Sum Ting Wong

Crazy story out of San Francisco.

Honestly, I see a lot of sloppiness in journalism today. Mistakes are made that are plain unacceptable but in today's low standard world, people just accept it.

I think, and this is just my impression, real smart people are avoiding politics and journalism.

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Speaking of sycophantic journalism, Andrea Mitchell -  Queen Lik Sum Kim - was falling all over herself about Caroline Kennedy being appointed Ambassador to Japan.

Aside from saying, "Caroline Kennedy was almost born to be an ambassador, a picture perfect daughter in a telegenic first family. She captured our hearts all the way through her intense personal heartbreak."

Vomit.

And who is "born" to be anything anyway? 

"...Mitchell noted that Kennedy would undergo some State Department training, but remarked: "I'm not sure that there would be actually learning Japanese, that's a very hard language to learn..."

Whoa. Excuse me! This is hard! Heaven forbid we strive for excellence!

Call me old fashioned but learning the local customs and culture - which includes language - is kinda important in order to do an effective job, no?

Part of being a diplomat is gaining the trust and respect of that country. If you can't speak the damn language what good are you really?

Sum ting wong for real.