{"id":5151,"date":"2004-11-27T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-28T00:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/11\/27\/getting-kinky-a-cuban-cigar-a"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:12","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:12","slug":"getting-kinky-a-cuban-cigar-and-prof-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/11\/27\/getting-kinky-a-cuban-cigar-and-prof-b\/","title":{"rendered":"getting kinky — a cuban cigar and Prof. B"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After <\/FONT>Prof. Bainbridge<\/FONT> discussed <\/FONT>George<\/EM> Friedman<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A> and asked “Why Iraq?<\/A>“, Professor <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Yabut sought the wisdom of <\/FONT>Kinky<\/EM> Friedman<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A> from ‘Scuse Me While I Whip This Out <\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>: <\/EM><\/FONT>
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Reflections on Country Singers, Presidents <\/EM><\/FONT>and Other Troublemakers<\/EM>, which was published<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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last month.  <\/FONT>Although the Kinkster doesn’t tell us “Why Iraq?”, he <\/FONT><\/FONT>undercovers an Iraqi-Cuban<\/U><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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connection<\/U> in London that must surely concern George <\/FONT>W. Bush — “Phil the Tobbaconist <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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mentioned that Fidel Castro personally supplies <\/FONT>Cuban cigars to Saddam Hussein.” (at <\/FONT><\/FONT>p. 83<\/FONT><\/A>).  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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K. Friedman has smoked cigars in the White <\/FONT>House with both Bill Clinton and Geo. W. Bush <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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(but I will nonetheless hold my nose and plug him). <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV>
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\"kinky  If you’re feeling nostalgic, you can hear samples from Friedman’s first  <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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album, Sold American, <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A> <\/EM>(or order the 30th Anniv, <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>edition<\/FONT><\/A>, Sept. 2003), with such<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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classics as “Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed” and <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“High On Jesus.”   Also, check out his 2003 <\/FONT>dvd<\/FONT><\/A>,, Proud to Be an A**Hole <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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from El Paso<\/EM>  ( 2003). (dvd cover image <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A>, Sold American<\/EM> cover <\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A>)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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fly away, firefly
my hut’s smoky!
smoky!
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the great temple’s
smoking ban…
spring rain
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the nightingale
makes a face in the smoke…
mountain home<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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Kobayahsi ISSA<\/FONT><\/A>, translated by David G. Lanoue<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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                                                                                                                                                 <\/FONT> <\/FONT>Kinky Friedman<\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT> . . .<\/FONT> \"kinky<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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one-breath pundit<\/FONT><\/A>  <\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>
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