Quote of the Day

“You force me to talk about it. This should be a secret strategy to protect the nation.” — Cambodian despot, er, Prime Minister Hun Sen, huffily responding to opposition members of parliament who dared to question him (what sauce!) during a five-hour harangue on his defense policy. Which is … to secure Cambodia‘s border from Vietnamese incursion by building a barrier of casinos. Reasons Hun Sen, “One can remove border markers, but one can’t remove five-story hotels.” Damn! Why didn’t we think of this instead of erecting border fences to ward off invasion from Mexico and longtime archenemy Canada? Think of all the private-sector jobs it would create! Can you say, “Shovel ready”? (I thought you could.)