Far East Cynic

The real reason American owned airlines are going bankrupt!

Its a rainy Sunday morning here in Tokyo and my body clock is still not readjusted. So time to post some observations from my recent trip back to the States. I flew United Airlines over and American back. Both ways I saw things that you just don’t see when you

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Damn the media..Where’s the good news about Iraq?

I recieved another couple of e-mails yesterday about the media’s coverage of the Iraq mess. These writings all have the same theme: ” Why are not the media talking about all the good things that are happening in Iraq? What about all the schools opened and the private enterprise and

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Damn the media..Where's the good news about Iraq?

I recieved another couple of e-mails yesterday about the media’s coverage of the Iraq mess. These writings all have the same theme: ” Why are not the media talking about all the good things that are happening in Iraq? What about all the schools opened and the private enterprise and

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Highlights from Japan’s Weekly Shukan’s or Tabloids

Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction……. Subscribe in a reader

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Highlights from Japan's Weekly Shukan's or Tabloids

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Arnold working the crowd at a recent function in Tokyo

He gave a great speech and I was impressed! Subscribe in a reader

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Love: Hong Kong style….

True love for a HK Gal…… Ah Love! Subscribe in a reader

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Some ideas never go out of style- the misery index by Col Ken.

For those who don’t know him or of him, Col Ken is the commentator in the very successful book series, “Hardship Posting: True tales of Expat life in Asia” In the 3rd edition he has posted his true cost of marriage philosophy…one I completely agree with. Buy the book, you

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Despite the best efforts of our senior leadership to crush it…independent thought remains in our military!

Consider a few of these gems that were sent to me by a friend. There still may be hope for real cogent thought among the zombies…… Cynics delight- Military Quotes: “The ‘L’ in CENTCOM stands for leadership “At this Command, we have written in large, black letters: DNR (Do Not

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Greetings from the Land of the Rising sun

New as I am to the blog-o-sphere, I’m going to take some time to get up and running. The purpose of my blog will be to add my little voice to the din of ideas making there way around the globe. I’m not a conservative….I’m not a liberal. Just a

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