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Drinking Game

I think President Bush has wasted a historic opportunity to demonstrate how dangerous alcohol can be. I mean the guy quit drinking and stayed sober for a long time, and the thing we all learned about his stand on alcohol consumptions. The Muslims who do not drink thought, maybe we are right about not drinking! But then something happened and the Muslims were like "we wish he would go back to his drinking days" maybe he won't bomb us as often. Maybe if Osama and his crew hit the bottle, things would have been different.

I mean we all want our leaders to be sober, but if the one world leader can manage to be both sober and reckless at the time time, we are in trouble. I think the Bush legacy shows us that you do not have to be drunk to do harm to others. Way to give the sober folks a bad name...way to clear the court of alcoholics...and please drink your way to peace!

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Smoking Gaza

I have always been frustrated by the fact that at least 40% of Palestinians living in the occupied territories smoke on regular basis. Other than the obvious health risks for the smokers and second hand smokers, there is the painful economics of smokers. People spend a significant portion of their income on tobacco products--money that can be used to purchase food for example. but then, I was thinking that if the people back home did not smoke, what else would they do to release stress and pressure? It's not like there are gyms, movie theater, parks, malls or other outlets. I can live with the fact that the people are smoking their life and their life savings away, but the alternative is much uglier.

As non-smoker, I do recognize that those who smoke find peace and tranquility in the tobacco products. The situation is so dire that, I think that if those who smoke to release their stress, are no longer able to do so, we will have a problem! I think they might be more violent, might be tougher on their children, or even rough with their significant other. Those are all things I would rather not see, but till that day I say "No, Habibi,smoke baby smoke"

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Drving Me Bunker

you know your off to a lousy day, when the bust you are on, take a wrong turn, and the bus driver looks at you and says "I messed up," and then asks you if you know the way to get your destination? Oh Really, how hard is your job?

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Pound 4 Pound

Here is some bad news!

Your Doctor tells you "Congrats! you dropped 15 Pounds!" Normally, this would be great news and you would want to share it with everybody! However, since we are a week away from Halloween (Candy Season); a month away from Thanksgiving (Pie Season); two months away from Christmas (Rich Dips Season). This comes as bad news! whatever your doctor tells you that has been dropped from your waist, is only history...you will pack those pounds! I want to see the doc in May and hear him say "Hey, you gained weight!" I would rather be an obese dude, and not the jerk who will always decline food when offered!

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Native Virginia Apples

I was in the Shenandoah National Park over the weekend to hike the Old Rag Mountain, which turned to be quite a pleasant experience. Once we finished out hike and since it is apple picking season, I had planned to go buy some local farmed apples. There were couple of stands on street corners, I had my friends--one from Jerusalem stop to grab some apples. The stand owner proclaimed he is "a native" Virginia man since my friend Ari commented on how much he likes his accent. Ari felt the need to share with the vendor that he used to pick apples up north in Apples orchards in the "Holy Land" the money the vendor heard the holy land (we had to repeat it twice!) He said we need more of that here, we need some of the Holy Land into this place, he mentioned something about big men taking the money an running with them. I looked at the farmer and my friends Ari and Kira Lee and said "Well, sir" I do not think the concept of the Holy Land is not working out for them too well over there! I think he did not hear me, but my friends who are liberal (surprise, surprise) thought it was worth a chuckle.

I honestly do not know what he meant by we need more of the Holy Land here, but in general whenever people of faith come together and unite, the ones who are not members of that faith are diminished. and I mean any religion and ever religion. They all however, make an effort to be inclusive of those who they might disagree with. But on issues that matters, minorities suffer in any religion dominated state...and that's why the constitution made sure that checks and balance are intact.

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Bar The Target!

Let me tell you about a bad day....

A bad day is when you wear a red shirt and go shopping at Target on Saturday morning and have strange people approaching you to ask various questions about different merchandise. On the same day you walk into a bar that you have always wanted to visit, you take three female friends of yours and barge into the bar...only to learn that you are in a gay bar, almost all are men! Strange men look at you with disapproving looks!

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