Category Archives: Pandits and Pancits
About Pandits and Pancits – During the presidential election of forever (i.e. the lame duck term of George W. Bush), Jay and I realized how often the word “pundit” was mentioned. So we jokingly said that we could be a pundit and came up with the play on words of “pandits and pancits”. “Pandit” is a related or root word for “pundit”, which means a skilled scholar. “Pancit” is a noodle dish of the Philippines of which Jay is Filipino and I am honorary. This series is just a bunch of random political conversations Jay and I have over IM. Obviously we don’t take ourselves seriously, so you don’t have to either.
Pandits and Pancits: Peace Prize & Olympics
Written on October 12, 2009 at 12:36 am, by cct
Pictured is Pancit Palabok. It was on Wikipedia.
This conversation relates in part to my blog post Obama and the Peace Prize with reactions from its feed on my facebook. I will try to integrate some of that feedback within the context of the conversation, since it’s obviously not on my blog itself. This conversation also involves other aspects such as the closing of Gitmo, the war in Afghanistan, economic crisis and the Olympic bid.