KenjiYamamoto said...

KenjiYamamoto at 05:47 AM JST - 10th June

rephrase - 'they once thought' not 'had'.

Posted in Al-Maliki assures Tehran that U.S.-Iraq security pact will not harm Iran at 05:47 AM JST - 10th June
KenjiYamamoto at 05:47 AM JST - 10th June

shock and awe? saddam hussein attacked kuwait because iraq oil reserves were rapidly dwindling - that's why hussein attacked kuwait to begin with.

they went there for oil and to their shocked dismay, there's not as much of it as they once had thought.

Posted in Al-Maliki assures Tehran that U.S.-Iraq security pact will not harm Iran at 05:47 AM JST - 10th June
KenjiYamamoto at 05:39 AM JST - 10th June

i heard hiroshima and nagasaki are still radioactive sites...

may be us politicians should drop by. but they won't.

Posted in Rudd lays wreath at Hiroshima; 1st Western leader to visit city since bombing at 05:39 AM JST - 10th June
KenjiYamamoto at 05:46 AM JST - 9th June

speaking of shock and awe from above...

Posted in Oil producers urged to boost output as prices soar at 05:46 AM JST - 9th June
KenjiYamamoto at 05:45 AM JST - 9th June

may be the reason why hussein attacked kuwait was because his oil supplies were running low...

perhaps the us discovered to their dismay and shock and unbeknownst to the world at large was that there was little oil left in iraq rather than vice versa...

Posted in Oil producers urged to boost output as prices soar at 05:45 AM JST - 9th June
KenjiYamamoto at 09:19 AM JST - 7th June

aggh the skies falling! basically, we're not flying mucho anymore.

career pilots, ready the vomit bags.

Posted in Qantas cuts Japan flights in face of high fuel costs at 09:19 AM JST - 7th June
KenjiYamamoto at 09:17 AM JST - 7th June

chicago, the us again? how many times have they hosted it in the 20th cent.? at least three times by my count.

people in the states don't give a damn about the olympics (for them it's superbowl superbowl superbowl...), hold it elsewhere where people do bend over backs for the…

Posted in Ishihara to attend Beijing Olympics opening event at 09:17 AM JST - 7th June
KenjiYamamoto at 09:14 AM JST - 7th June

would you like a blanket sir? that'll be five dollars.
and a pillow? two dollars please. headphones? that's five dollars.

the barf bags are still there sir, no they're free. (for now...)

btw - inflight airline monthly magazine cancelled.

Posted in United Airlines to slash fleet, 1,100 jobs as fuel prices soar at 09:14 AM JST - 7th June
KenjiYamamoto at 09:11 AM JST - 7th June

as for the fuel, being a flight sim2004 buff, even a short hop from london egll to paris orly lfpo requires at least 30,000lbs of fuel, that's nearly ten cars in weight. and the cross-atlantic and pacific flights, lord, let's not go there...

Posted in United Airlines to slash fleet, 1,100 jobs as fuel prices soar at 09:11 AM JST - 7th June
KenjiYamamoto at 04:15 AM JST - 6th June

time to throw the peanuts out the window... toss in pillows and blankets too.

hello bus and train, good bye airplane.

Posted in United Airlines to slash fleet, 1,100 jobs as fuel prices soar at 04:15 AM JST - 6th June