Not a homegrown expression, but one Burmese politicians use to describe the state of political debate. In Burma, the sound of political dialogue is the pure white static of silence... "The problem is so bad that any article which even mentions "dialogue" immediately looks hopelessly off the mark. Burmese politicians aren?t the only ones afflicted by one-hand-clapping syndrome. The entire Rangoon diplomatic corps woke in early November to discover that the capital was being relocated at an astrologically auspicious moment to Pyinmana, a semi-constructed command and control center to the north..."