tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17760914.post4590911548026176585..comments2023-10-06T18:52:39.473+03:00Comments on A View from a Bar Stool in Beirut: Faint Praisedesmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611568921347660653noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17760914.post-13864447397753301502007-03-19T11:12:00.000+02:002007-03-19T11:12:00.000+02:00Good to see you again...My lovely Blues are always...Good to see you again...<BR/>My lovely Blues are always in the race! How are your claret & blues doing, by the way?!<BR/><BR/>We all know there's a problem, but I strongly disagree that espousing a party that enables Syria's Lebanon policy is a way out of it.<BR/><BR/>How about a compromise - leopards and their spots?desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14611568921347660653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17760914.post-70445196500444062972007-03-17T21:25:00.000+02:002007-03-17T21:25:00.000+02:00I see you are posting again now that Chelski is ba...I see you are posting again now that Chelski is back in the race.<BR/><BR/>I don't think it is a matter of trying to be hip by supporting HA or Aoun, but rather of acknowledging that we have a problem (and a huge one), and it is not by venting our frustration and demeaning our opponents that we are going to solve it.<BR/><BR/>As for Landis, much to do about nothing.<BR/><BR/>PS: Is it the tiger or the zebra that cannot change its stripes? Or both?Ms Levantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099790210004715335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17760914.post-83402716564948561682007-03-17T19:28:00.000+02:002007-03-17T19:28:00.000+02:00Hi Josey,You're right, it is a quick & easy way to...Hi Josey,<BR/><BR/>You're right, it is a quick & easy way to gain "street cred"... pseudo-intellectual Landis being a case in point.desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14611568921347660653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17760914.post-64731950066382139422007-03-17T17:34:00.000+02:002007-03-17T17:34:00.000+02:00Hi DesSome (most?) expats think that by espousing...Hi Des<BR/><BR/>Some (most?) expats think that by espousing the more radical/downtrodden local views they are really "integrating". (Maybe that's how Syrian-married Landis turned Baathist hack.)<BR/><BR/>T'is often the easy thing to do.<BR/><BR/><BR/>CheersJoseyWaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04107151613511099711noreply@blogger.com