JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Good_Jorb
Considering they weren't at war, why would you suspect that your neigherbors were building up a invasion force to steal your land?
Given the fact that in that area there are some sizable oil/hydrocarbon reverses that are starting to developed, I'm pretty that Vietnam doesn't want to lose those potential revenues. Besides it also set a precident that would China will use force to steal land. Vietnam has had military altercations with China in 92 and 94 as well over oil exploration.
Posted in: U.S. Navy warship docks in Vietnam
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Good_Jorb
On January 20, 1974, China invaded and annexed Hoang Sa. At that time China and Vietnam were not at war, so the island was illegally annexed and is still occupied by China.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/south-china-sea.htm
Posted in: U.S. Navy warship docks in Vietnam
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Good_Jorb
Considering that China currently illegally occupies part of Vietnam, it makes sense for Vietnam to buddy up with the US.
Posted in: U.S. Navy warship docks in Vietnam
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Good_Jorb
A guy and girl living together 24/7, going to work at their separate jobs and coming home is the exact same thing. What would them getting married prove?
Posted in: Schwarzenegger calls for same-sex weddings
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Good_Jorb
Therein lies your problem, stop hanging around with old English teachers(or most English teachers for that matter), the only reason a lot of them are still in Japan, is due to lack of employable skills anywhere else in world. They can't leave so they become closed, jaded and unwillingly to move on, stuck trying to hold on to their bitter beliefs. Hate and self-loathing warp the mind over time, you become so focused on the tree, you can no longer see the forest.
Posted in: If a longtime expat starts offering you advice, walk the other way
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Good_Jorb
Got to love Conversatives and their want for big government to enforce it's will on what people do in the privacy of their homes. Apparently it's government intrusion only when their rights are being infringed upon.
Posted in: Schwarzenegger calls for same-sex weddings
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Good_Jorb
Don't all former Presidents and their family members have to get a Secret Service detial to protect them?
Posted in: Crowd on VIP alert at site of Clinton's wedding
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Good_Jorb
With insanely high house hold debt levels, it is going to take a long time for people pay off their the debt to the point where they feel comfortable buying again. People have no body but themselves to blame for their poor consumer habits and the ensuing economic troubles.
Posted in: Economic growth likely slowed in second quarter
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Good_Jorb
I personally I'm not an advocate of fully free markets, but there seems to be a notable amount of hypocrisy amongst the pro-Arizona immigration law people and their complaints of government intrusion, taxation, bailouts and such that are seen as impeding the "free markets". Either you want a fully free market or a mixed market but selective choosing a free market or a mixed market to fit your views of day is hypocritical. Call it a mixed market, call it a semi-regulated market but don't call it a free market, unless you are willing to accept the ramifications of what the free market system entitles.
Posted in: Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law
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Good_Jorb
Yes it does, a true free market is entirely free of any Government regulations. Subsidies, tariffs, regulations and government interference all create market inefficiency.
Not everything is ok, in free market system the government exists to enforce property rights and contractual agreements between parties.
Canada? Why would a Canadian ever want to illegally immigrant to the US with 10%+ unemployment? According to stats, 81% of illegals come from Latin American countries, 9% from Asia and 6% from Europe, making a total of 96%, it would highly unlikely that would be any illegal Canada immigrants in Arizona. Statically speaking the odds of an illegal immigrant not being from Latin America are 1/5 and the odds of illegal immigrant maybe being from a first world country are 1/25+(which makes sense). I would imagine given the Arizona is border state that the odds of any illegal immigrant being a non-Latin are statically insignificant.
Posted in: Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law
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Good_Jorb
Really, and how many of these people lived in Iraq before the invasion? How many Iraqis were involved in 9/11 or any other terrorist attack pre-invasion? How many Iraqis before the invasion were involved in the torture of westerners like MistWizard?
Posted in: Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack
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Good_Jorb
What happened to working under the table?
Over production is not a sign of an efficient market, if the price falls due over production, a company/market would find a more effective way to use it's resources.
Piglet is right, pure capitalism as followed by libertarians, would allow for free labor markets, anything less is a lessor form of capitalism.
Posted in: Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law
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Good_Jorb
As long as there is billions of dollars in drug money to had, do you think that they wouldn't find away to get around the law? How long has the war on drugs been waged for?
Posted in: Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law
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Good_Jorb
That is assuming that employees would/can buy the product produced by employer. A true capitalist would also seek out a competitive advantage including lower wages. If an American loses a job to illegal immigrant, he should either increase his efficiency or reduce his wage to that of the labour supply equilibrium wage(most likely what the illegal immigrant is being paid) or both. A business/market should always be drivin to find the most efficent means of production, nationalism is hindrance to a fully efficent economic model, especially when the state starts to interfere with market.
Posted in: Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law
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Good_Jorb
Ah, illegal immigrants, the deflective gift that keeps on giving. Illegal immigrants are fueling America's drug problem(and who is buying the drugs?). Illegal immigrants are stealing American jobs(who's employing them and what jobs?). If Americans didn't buy drugs from or employ illegal immigrants there would be reason for them to come.
The biggest irony of the whole thing, is those that seem the strongest proponents Arizona immigration law, are also some loudest proponents for Capitalism.
Oh well, we know what kind of leaders get brought into power when illegal immigration is scapegoated (think Germany).
Posted in: Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law
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Good_Jorb
I'll agree with proudnippon, fashion is a relative, I have no right to judge anyone for what they wear. Uniqueness is a quality lost on many.
Posted in: Which fashion trend do you most wish would die?
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Good_Jorb
I doubt that 90,000+ classified documents were just found by a hacker and released to wikileaks. Pakistan was probably being uncooperative, so releasing documents that show that Pakistan's Military has ties to the Taliban is a shot over the bow to smarten up. Wars have been started with less reliable intelligence.
Posted in: US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures
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Good_Jorb
She was born in Okinawa, and therefore Okinawan. (According to wiki her ancestral makeup is 3/4 Japanese and 1/4 Italian)
Posted in: Namie Amuro ready to have a 'Wild Summer'
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Good_Jorb
They say there is somebody out there for everyone but I couldn't imagine there being a guy out who is thinking; My ideal summer fling, get greasy and dirty so I can dump into a girl at a fireworks festival and get her yukata dirty, after which I will be nothing but a gentleman and I will use my masculine wiles to progress our love in a sweet and timely manner and then at the end of summer I will drive my motorbike off a cliff ala Lando Griffin.
Posted in: What would be your ideal summer fling?
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Good_Jorb
You still have preference based on geographic origins of women, so your really not even that different.
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