Far East Cynic

Just too funny!

To really appreciate this you have to know the meaning of the acromym “MILF”. Not that I would know it. But if I did, I’d find this pretty funny: Subscribe in a reader

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Objection your honor!

Like a lot of people I have my browser set up so that I get a news summary called up when I open Internet Explorer. That way when I am stumbling to my computer desk, not quite awake yet, fresh from making the coffee, I can scan the days headlines.

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Lex and I talk politics.

We never get anywhere, but its always entertaining. P.S. Its my blog so I get to be the rabbit. Subscribe in a reader

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There goes the neighborhood…..

Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths; Our bruised arms hung up for monuments; Our stern alarums

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Channeling…….

Frustration. Keith Olbermann excels at it. Some people like him. Some people hate him. I fall into the former category because he pillories the people I want to see pilloried. Either way he is far more erudite than that windbag O’Reilly-although he is not objective either and one has to

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My advice to you……..

Start drinking heavily. I wish I could, but after still not feeling well for over a week, I caved in and went to the doctor yesterday. Who confirmed for me that yes, I had stuff in my lungs and it would probably be heading for pneumonia if we did not

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Selective interpretation……..

By the President of the Constitution. In his veto message his last paragraph: Finally, this legislation is unconstitutional because it purports to direct the conduct of the operations of the war in a way that infringes upon the powers vested in the Presidency by the Constitution, including as Commander in

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Something for the debate this week………….

Worth repeating. “Given that Bush isn’t really trying any serious regional diplomacy, I can’t escape the feeling that the surge was never designed to succeed in the first place, but just to give Bush the excuse to broaden the conflict to include Iran down the road (again, the animating aspect

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The silver lining………

Well, it only took 3 and a half months to get to a result that was inevitable since last February. The Democrats will blame the Republicans, the Republicans will blame the Democrats-each side will have speeches using the right type of back drop. ( Bush ordered his favorite props to

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Sick and tired

Well, I’m either getting better, or they will be removing my body from the airplane tomorrow. What appears to be a chest cold, has now seemed to have migrated to my head. I stayed in last night, except for a brief foray for dinner. My ailment does seem to retreat

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