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Why I'd Vote Obama If I Were American

2008-01-22T12:27:10Z

His speeches opposing the Iraq War. All the points have since been proved correct. He likes to talk about hope a lot; but he is also a badass. == BARACKKKK: I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is...

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I don't want to convert

2008-01-16T16:47:43Z

Should I? There's nothing about that thing that I like.

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On Sincerity (Incomplete)

2008-01-13T03:30:25Z

The concept of sincerity is not a difficult one. Most cultures have it. This includes Chinese culture, my culture. We also have a word for it, though we, like the Arabs, are not particularly famous for it. The word is "cheng yi". We also have rela...

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Can't touch this

2008-01-08T09:52:14Z

You can't talk about a man building churches. Well, you can, if he was building them in any country but a Muslim one. When I was an intern at a now defunct newspaper (not my current employment) I did a weekly obituary, about local people, who are...

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Vietnam is a nutshell II

2008-01-08T04:23:59Z

It gets even nuttier up top. After two days in HCMC (Ho Chi Minh City) it was time to head north, to cooler climes and, we assumed, more charming locales. Miss June, the third leg in our tripod of adventure, decided to take the railroad, stopping...

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Vietnam is a nutshell

2008-01-06T10:51:12Z

Everything inside is nuts. It's been a week or two since I returned from Vietnam. Memories are hazy, like Hanoi, where I ended the trip in a hospital with needles poking out of my arms at the airport, just before I was supposed to go home. I wasn...

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