DS said...

DS at 10:24 AM JST - 21st September

I will trust Hatoyama when I see him support a sound fiscal policy. Japan's national debt level is completely insane, and the annual deficit only makes it worse. The national debt is approaching 200% of GNP- this is unbelievable, a horrid legacy for the current generation to burden their children…

Posted in Beware Japan’s new political beast at 10:24 AM JST - 21st September
DS at 10:19 AM JST - 21st September

Zurc;

I would think a person who uses racially charged terms like "cracker" or "KKK backer" would know who the REAL racist is...

If racism is the "soul of the republican party", perhaps you could explain why the racism which occurred in the US deep south in the 1950s and…

Posted in Dueling 'racist' claims defuse once powerful word at 10:19 AM JST - 21st September
DS at 10:30 PM JST - 10th August

My wife and I took the same type of photos (together) when she was about 8 months' pregnant. Both in lingerie and not. Black and White photos came out the best, they just looked damn elegant. A great way to mark the first page of a family photo album.

I…

Posted in Pregnant pix at 10:30 PM JST - 10th August
DS at 08:54 PM JST - 8th August

A few facts for the revisionists;

1/ Japan was NOT ready to surrender. Rather, plans were made to defend the Home Islands to the death- check out the plan, the name was Ketsu-go.

2/ Japan still had enough military power to ensure a bloodbath in the event of an invasion.…

Posted in Do you consider the A-bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be war crimes? at 08:54 PM JST - 8th August
DS at 06:18 PM JST - 7th August

I truly feel sorry for the youth of Japan. Every year they get a fresh marinading in self pity and plaintive naivete. A world free of nuclear weapons would be chaos. The trouble isn't nuclear proliferation at all. Rather, the problem is WHICH countries want to get nuclear weapons. If…

Posted in A-bomb survivors, students hope for Obama visit to Hiroshima at 06:18 PM JST - 7th August
DS at 08:59 PM JST - 4th August

Bill is a great choice to send over, though I have a feeling the deal has already been done and he is just the final chapter. He has stature, but at the same time is not a member of the Obama administration.

Posted in Bill Clinton in N Korea on mission to free journalists at 08:59 PM JST - 4th August
DS at 08:51 AM JST - 3rd August

It seems like six of one, half a dozen of the other to me. On the negative side, the health costs for smokers is higher than for others. On the plus side, they die younger so they don't drain the old age pension system as long as non-smokers.

Which is…

Posted in 3 Japanese wage court battle against Japan Tobacco at 08:51 AM JST - 3rd August
DS at 07:40 AM JST - 30th July

I agree that yawning, like peeing, is a natural act. However, like peeing, it also needs to be restrained in certain situations. It isn't too much to ask a child over 6 or 7 years old to at least make the attempt to cover or stifle a yawn. In my…

Posted in Teacher gets pay cut for putting chalk in yawning student’s mouth at 07:40 AM JST - 30th July
DS at 08:29 AM JST - 29th July

Hey, the kid asked for it!

Seriously, is this so traumatic that the boy had to miss school? I don't think so. Personally, it really bugs me to see the huge jaw-cracking yawns that some kids give during class. They need to be taught some manners; if not at home,…

Posted in Teacher gets pay cut for putting chalk in yawning student’s mouth at 08:29 AM JST - 29th July
DS at 07:30 AM JST - 29th July

I would have been happy to see the teachers "band together" and demand that the Board of Education provide them with the necessary tools to do their job properly. I have worked in JHS, and it is a very high pressure environment. A LARGE part of the teachers' work is…

Posted in Foreign schoolgirl's admittance delayed due to teachers' opposition at 07:30 AM JST - 29th July