Betzee said...

Betzee at 01:14 PM JST - 1st August

The only concern Japan has for foreigners is how it can profit from them;

While it's true proficiency in Japanese (in the absence of other skills) would enable a non-native speaker to land work other than teaching a foreign language during the 1980s, that ceased to be the case a…

Posted in Years ago, business was the main motivation for young foreigners to learn the Japanese language. But nowadays, people learn Japanese because they want to read Japanese manga, play Japanese games and read books on games before they are translated. at 01:14 PM JST - 1st August
Betzee at 11:04 AM JST - 1st August

I have been watching Fox News all day, and haven`t heard of any such allegations.

As my step-grandfather used to say, "I heard but I didn't listen." Guess he's not the only one afflicted with that condition:

A graphic for a Fox News story about liberals who are angered at…

Posted in Racial politics hit Obama-McCain campaign at 11:04 AM JST - 1st August
Betzee at 10:52 AM JST - 1st August

I cede to your greater expertise. I understood a "7 count indictment for failure to report gifts and income" to assume he had not reported it to the IRS.

What they did not charge him with was soliciting bribes, something much more difficult to prove. Even in cultures where bribery…

Posted in Longest-serving GOP Sen Ted Stevens indicted at 10:52 AM JST - 1st August
Betzee at 10:05 AM JST - 1st August

McCain s a man of honor, he doesnt have to play any card to win.

I could have agreed with you if you'd made that statement after he disavowed an introduction in Ohio where the local Republican party person repeated the full name of his expected opponent three times.

That…

Posted in Racial politics hit Obama-McCain campaign at 10:05 AM JST - 1st August
Betzee at 09:54 AM JST - 1st August

So what they’re going to try to do is make you scared of me,” Obama said. “You know, he’s not patriotic enough, he’s got a funny name,’ you know,he doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.’”

The Republicans want to have it both ways. It's…

Posted in Racial politics hit Obama-McCain campaign at 09:54 AM JST - 1st August
Betzee at 10:58 PM JST - 31st July

There has to be a happy median in interest rates. If they are high, investors make loads of money, but home owners pay out the ass. If they are too low, low home interest rates, but investors make nothing.

Reagan's mantra was deregulation. While it did provide impetus to growth,…

Posted in Obama says McCain equals 4 more years of Bush at 10:58 PM JST - 31st July
Betzee at 10:41 PM JST - 31st July

How good of you to remind people of the ultimate goal of the International Left- an appointed Politburo.

You don't follow trends in China too well do you? They've been moving toward free-market authoritarianism for quite a few years now.

Posted in Bush vows to take 'message of freedom' to Beijing at 10:41 PM JST - 31st July
Betzee at 10:33 PM JST - 31st July

Because tweaking American immigration policy is more important than say, condemning organ extraction from live prisoners in slave labour camps.

It fact it was other naturalized citizens who wondered whether becoming an American citizen was anything more than a get out of jail card free to Harry Wu (who's widely…

Posted in Bush vows to take 'message of freedom' to Beijing at 10:33 PM JST - 31st July
Betzee at 09:49 PM JST - 31st July

Backed into a corner he had to sign it.

Indeed. But big government just got a whole lot bigger.

Posted in Bush signs sweeping housing bill to offer mortgage relief at 09:49 PM JST - 31st July
Betzee at 08:39 PM JST - 31st July

Betzee, not all run deficits, just the liars and decietful ones that take advantage of their position and find themselves in a position to get favors and more favors (money) for their friends and bussiness partners and forgetting what they were doing there in the first place and throwing aside…

Posted in Bush vows to take 'message of freedom' to Beijing at 08:39 PM JST - 31st July