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Category: Social Commentary

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Americana / Daily Show / Politics / Social Commentary

Why the Left and the Right hate the Rally to Restore Sanity

By Steve on November 10, 2010

A couple weeks ago I arrived  home late Saturday night from a great evening with friends and the family.  However rather than collapse in bed as is the norm (those that know me also know…

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Books / literature / Social Commentary

Lovin’ on my Kindle!

By Steve on October 19, 2010

I have a confession to make!  I’ve been seeing a mistress.  The really embarrassing thing is that I was introduced to her by my wife Tammy.  And now my life will never be the same……

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Americana / Guy Stuff / Social Commentary

Gun totin’ 7-yr olds!

By Steve on October 8, 2010

Couldn’t believe this when I read it but a school board in Broward County Florida has upheld a school expulsion for a seven year old boy who brought a toy gun to school! A lot…

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Daily Show / Democrats / G.O.P. / Obama / Politics / Social Commentary

Restore the Sanity 2010

By Steve on September 18, 2010

I try not to blog too often on Jon Stewart and the Daily Show…else I would hardly blog about anything else…but when he announced his “Restore the Sanity” rally for October 30 in Washington DC,…

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Americana / Christianity / Democrats / G.O.P. / Grace of God / Hong Kong / Politics / Social Commentary

Conviction & Compassion: or What to do with my Democrat, Muslim, and Gay friends

By Steve on August 28, 2010

I recently had dinner with a new friend here in Hong Kong. We had been talking about different cuisines and I had been bemoaning the fact that my favorite Lebanese restaurant had closed. When I…

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Hong Kong / Social Commentary

Hong Kong Tragedy in the Philippines

By Steve on August 26, 2010

On Monday evening 21 Hong Kong tourists were taken hostage in the Philippines by a disgruntled former policeman hoping to get his job back. An 11 hour standoff with a Filipino SWAT team left 8…

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Africa / Hong Kong / Social Commentary

Robert Mugabe in Hong Kong

By Steve on August 16, 2010

There are few places left in the world that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is still welcome…and those places that still welcome him tend to not be places one would want to visit…except Hong Kong. On…

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Americana / Social Commentary

American History X-plained

By Steve on July 16, 2010

I realize this is a little late for an American 4th of July laugh. I am always wondering when I watch clips like this, “Is this a set up or are people really this stupid?…

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Americana / Daily Show / Foreign Affairs / Social Commentary

July 4th Cold War Comfort Food

By Steve on July 4, 2010

Maybe its just me, but doesn’t it feel good to be fighting the Russians again! Last week’s breakup of a major Soviet (sorry, I mean Russian) spy ring of deep undercover agents infiltrating American suburbia…

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Healthcare / Hong Kong / Social Commentary / Steve's Life

Public Health Care: My Experience

By Steve on June 21, 2010

So much has been debated recently on the health care issue in America especially when it involves the public option. Because of this I want to share with you my recent encounter with “the public…

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