Far East Cynic

The Hagel Mess

Listen up boys and girls, because contrary to the opinion of some ( and you know you are), I can , in fact, be critical of the President of the United States. And today is a good day to be critical of Mr. Obama, since just two days ago-he made a

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But I thought we lost the war during Obama’s West Point speech?

LTG Daniel Bolger (Citadel Class of 1978) has a very good book out chronicling the truth that a whole lot of people don’t want to admit. For them, the wars were lost when the President of the United States decided to :1) not hang US troops out to dry with a

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Again it comes down to how many bother to show up.

Tomorrow is election day in the United States. Since I will be on my 5-year pilgrimage to the sacred soil in Charleston, I have already submitted my ballot via absentee. A fat lot of good it will do me since my Senator is running unopposed ( thank you Citizens United

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Going too far.

The S.O. and I had a marvelous time in Austria-and for what it is worth, October is a great time to visit. The mountains are still glorious, there is a little early snow, but for us at least the weather was nice and we did a lot of hiking. A

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You only see the “Y” in the road, not the end of it.

The S.O. has had to work all this weekend, and I have been on call for my job. Basically its a payment up front for the both of us-for we will be in Austria for her birthday at the end of the month. The timing is less than optimum, but

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Pumpkin Fest

In Ludwigsburg, they are running a Pumpkin Fest. In German, the word for Pumpkin is Kurbis(with an umlaut). It’s held in the garden of the palace in Ludwigsburg. Probably most amazing-besides the Pumpkin Wine, Soup, and Pasta-and beer-is the Pumpkin Figures. See for your self: And Elvis, had to stop by: And

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One of my pet peeves……..

I am sorry it’s been a long time between posts. I was on travel to the US, partly for business and partly to see my son. The business days tended to be long and involved, and when I got back to the room -between drinks, dinner, binging on Netflix, and

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Can’t believe I missed it.

Yesterday was Women’s Equality Day. And I totally forgot about it. I’m so depressed. 😀 After all, there are some hard facts of life: And while you are at it-get me a beer: Ok Honey?

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The darkness that always lies beneath the surface.

I wanted to write a quick note about the tragic loss of Robin Williams. His death will most probably be ruled a suicide. And I expect ( and in some of the worst corners of the internet-we are already seeing) the holier than thou brigades are already spouting venom-not understanding

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Just Kill Me Now.

Once again I have to apologize for the lack of posting. The S.O. and I went on a marvelous trip to Austria. And now we are back. And work got, even more, suckier in the interval. So, pix to follow-and now I ask for appeals to save me from flag

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