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I constantly find that there just isn’t enough cynicism to go round these days. Don’t expect me to blog a lot aolut the war in Iraq, because the level of hypocrisy disguides as ‘realpolitik’ and the numbers and depths of the lies (on both sides) are more than I can handle.<\/p>\n

How am I supposed to write something funny, incisive and indicative of my attitude when all possibility for cynic disbelief has been preempted by reality.<\/p>\n

Check out this little quiz:
\nZNet | Instructionals | Iraq War Quiz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I constantly find that there just isn’t enough cynicism to go round these days. Don’t expect me to blog a lot aolut the war in Iraq, because the level of hypocrisy disguides as ‘realpolitik’ and the numbers and depths of the lies (on both sides) are more than I can handle. 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