Far East Cynic

Jumpin’ Jehosaphat!

What the hell was Mike Foley thinking? Actually, he probably was not. He just thought he was having a little innocent fun……..now the whole world knows about it. He says it was the booze……I discount that theory some what. All booze does is lower your inhibitions and make really dumb

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Jumpin' Jehosaphat!

What the hell was Mike Foley thinking? Actually, he probably was not. He just thought he was having a little innocent fun……..now the whole world knows about it. He says it was the booze……I discount that theory some what. All booze does is lower your inhibitions and make really dumb

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Traveling man!

Is a happy man. On the road again. Partly for business, partly for peace of mind. Heading down to the not so fragrant harbor to do some serious thinking about life and its current direction. As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for, someday yoou may surely get

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The son follows in his fathers footsteps……..

William F. Buckley’s son that is. Richard the Peking Duck found this little gem of an article in the Washington Monthly by Christopher Buckley. With tightly written prose, he captures the dilemna of today’s thinking moderate: I voted for George W. Bush in 2000. In 2004, I could not bring

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Not seeing the forest for the trees………

Busy time here in Korea. Plus I’m in a real funk. Things are not working out on the project the way they should be. And I have 3 + weeks to go. Its more than the project, its life in general. I get up in the AM and go do

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Curve balls…..

Keep getting thrown my way…….. My trip to Korea which is going to last almost a month has been moved up to this weekend. Blogging will be problematic, so we’ll see how the posting goes. McKinney lost………… Anybody want to bet a beer she blames on white people? (Even though

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Electoral foolishness………..

First, its primary election day in the US in 5 states. In two, Georgia and Connecticut, the incumbents are in trouble. For the record I am hoping both lose. Cythnia McKinney because she is a moron, Joe Lieberman because he needs to be the victim in a bigger cause: sending

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We’re putting the band back together!

The “Dream Team” that is. Its time to get a legal defense fund set up for the Marines. Watching the uproar over the “Hadji Girl” video and the resultant failure of the Marine Corps to defend its own guys has me really wondering what will happen when the results of

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We're putting the band back together!

The “Dream Team” that is. Its time to get a legal defense fund set up for the Marines. Watching the uproar over the “Hadji Girl” video and the resultant failure of the Marine Corps to defend its own guys has me really wondering what will happen when the results of

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Why I am down on Ann Coulter.

As I mentioned yesterday, I would like to take one of these and bring it right across Ann Coulter’s forehead: I skimmed her new book today at the book store. I’m not going to buy it because I’ll be damned if I am going to put money in her (Louis

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