Huckster Visits Israel

Former Gov. of  Ark, rockstar, and presidential candidate extraordinaire visited the Holy Land this week. Myself and four other foreign journalists had an intimate breakfast with the man Wednesday morning.  Because of other encounters in less holy places the governor and I had quite a bit to speak about.

From a sharp exchange at breakfast and a long conversation in which he personally implored that I understand how taxes ended up rising in his state while he was at the helm I built this article which ran in the JP*st today.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418638530&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

On Tuesday Huckabee visited the Shepherd Hotel, and Israeli development in West Jerusalem. Because press was excluded from the soiree I found myself face down in a pile of chicken crap using my 300mm spy cam to shoot these excusives of the die-hard zionist shmoozing.

Huckabee 2012!!!

Operaton Learn Arabic

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About one week at the Petra Hostel  perched on the edge of the walled ancient city.

Living in this hostel is a near camping expirence. The place is full of ancient filth and grime that blows  with the wind int the open doorways and windows from the Arab markets below.

Its loud. There are soldiers and merchants and mendicants jews christians arabs Armenians

The Jaffa Gate, just outside the room’s balcony is the main entrance to the Old City and thus a lively place to bunker against the summer heat and its also been effective for staging ‘operation learn Arabic.’

The CCYC in Brussels

Applied Geometry

An old friend (Rowen) and I explored the great beer capital of the world Tuesday. Both sailors, rannking members of the prestigious Camp Copneconic Yacht Club, and addicted to maps, we spent more time navigating the city on paper than we did in practice.