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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...
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Despite the best efforts of our senior leadership to crush it…independent...
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...
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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...
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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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Highlights from Japan’s Weekly Shukan’s or Tabloids
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction……. Subscribe in a reader
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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...
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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...
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Better business practices? Or are we just robbing Peter to pay for Paul’s war?
There is an excellent article on the web site DefenseTech.Org that explains the way the “whackateers” who manage the DOD budget are mortgaging our future to pay for the war today. Namely by using...
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Observations on America- Outside looking inside.
Long may she wave! As I pointed out earlier, I just got back from a week in the States, mostly for business , but I did take some time to go skiing up at Lake Tahoe. Since they have had the most snow...
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Hunter S. Thompson dead!
Opened up my e-mail to find in the current edition of the Straits Times that Hunter S. Thompson is dead by his own hand. What’s up with that? Seems to me the guy must have either so whacked himself up...
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Which is more important, democracy in the Middle East or progress for people?
JD Whitlock has made an excellent point about the march of democracy in the middle east. Citing a very good article in the New Republic . JD points out that democracy only matters in its effect on the...
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Recent pixs from the Singapore trip…..
Who could visit the Lion City without revisiting its past? So we went to Raffles. Skipped the Long Bar though…Beers are too expensive. Go across the street to Chijmes and have confession at Father...
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For those in Japan, here’s something really interesting
Here in Japan, every weekday at 12:20, they have a TV show on NHK called ???????Polite way to say, Its Noon!). Now the meat and the potatoes of the show is the kind of mundane panel discussions that...
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Putin vs Bush—Where does the truth lie?
Shades of the Cold War! Conservative pundits are asking a question straight out of the Reagan years, ” When are we going to get tough with Russia?” and ” Human Rights in Russia should be a top...
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Funny, I never met any girls like this…wonder where they are all hiding?
Reuters published an article saying Japanese girls do not want to get married. Those are the types of girls I should have met. My experience here has been quite the opposite. All the girls I met,...
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He’s BAACKKK!!
Greetings all, I’ve been away for 11 days and what a 11 days it was. Singapore, Bahrain, Guam and Osaka, a whirlwind tour if there ever was one. Hated not being able to post, but it was tough to do so...
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Bush Right? I don’t think so Tim!
Ah, what a week it has been. Tung Chee Wa gets sent packing, and Lebanon backs Syria into a corner. The papers are starting to speak the unspeakable, namely that maybe George Bush ( perish the...
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Thank God and greyhound he’s gone!
There should be dancing in the halls of the Pentagon today. Paul, “We’ll invade any ol’ country we want to” Wolfowitz is on his way out. Of course the fact that he’s going over to the World Bank and...
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St Patricks Day, the Vernal Equinox, and observations of life in Asia
Went with Harumi on St. Patricks day to hear an American-Irish band called Innisfree at one of the clubs. I was so shocked that she suggested going, I nearly fell over in my chair! After all, this is...
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