Far East Cynic

At least do your homework…..

Over on a discussion board-there is a member who continually proves true Barry Goldwater’s old admonition from 1989-the Republican party of his day ( and now) is “full of kooks.” One of the things I continue to find to be one of the most annoying features of tebaggerdom today is

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Don’t expect him to admit it….

Slate Magazine has a great analysis of the attempted bombing in NYC. The jury is still out on many things. But they have it right on this one-Dick Cheney is proven wrong yet again.

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Stating it more eloquently than I

E.D. Kain over at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen sums it up nicely: Conservatives have their limited-government priorities all wrong. While libertarians and the left have focused on matters of security overreach – wiretapping, surveillance, executive powers, GITMO, etc. – the right has brushed all this off and focused instead

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Happy May Day!

Since I get repeatedly tagged as a slimy socialist-for merely sticking up for basic decency and fairness-might as well make the most of it. Workers of the world unite! 🙂 And yes, I like 80’s one hit wonders.

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A great story……

In front of Yanmashita park in Yokohama, located on the waterfront, the NYK ship Hikawamaru is moored as a floating museum. She recently celebrated her 80th birthday. The 11,622 ton Hikawa Maru was built in 1929 by Yokohama Dock Co – yard 177, for the Nippon Yusen KK line, Tokyo.

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You’ll never look at Meg the same way again.

Meg from the TV show “Family Guy” that is. This is Mila Kunis, the girl who does the voice of Meg: She’s also on the list of eight hot babes who play “World of Warcraft“. Who said video games are just for geeks?

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Some common sense about immigration…..

From where you would expect it to come from-across the pond. I am of mixed feelings about the Arizona immigration law. On the one hand,border security needs to be tightened up-we need to start having immigration checks both ways in and out of the country and if you get stopped

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