JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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Molenir
Yep, driver is obviously at fault, but the girlfriends father really shouldn't have tried to stop him like that. Very stupid, and possibly tragic for both families.
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Molenir
Facts are stubborn things aren't they. Especially when you ignore several things. For instance, the budget submitted to congress by the white house, is nothing more then a suggestion, one no congress has ever approved. Not even once. The budget that is passed, is passed by congress, and signed by the white house. Now the President may push for more or less spending in certain areas, but whats passed, always passes through congress. Meaning, whoever passes it, has to take credit for it. It was a Dem congress that controlled the purse strings under Reagan, a Republican one in 94 that forced Clinton to make cuts he really didn't want to make, and forced him to change direction from liberal to moderate. Those are the facts, and they don't go away just because you want them to. Both parties are to blame for the mess we find ourselves in, but only the conservatives seem willing to actually address the issue. Moderates and liberals in both parties seem to think they were sent to Washington to increase the size of the government and spend more. This unfortunately is no longer something we can afford.
This is of course because Republicans want to kill women and old people. Of course going by that logic, you could say that Dems want to murder babies. Actually saying Dems want to murder babies is more accurate, as Dems are almost without exception all pro-abort.
Posted in: Obama to lay out spending plan
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Molenir
Come on Yabits, at least be a little honest here. It was a Democratic congress that led that charge, and under Clinton, who had a surplus, a Republican congress pushed that. And again, under Obama, a Democrat congress once again pushed more spending then we can afford. I grant that Republican congress under Bush went off track, but the Dems have zero credibility on the subject.
The pathetic thing about Obama is, he can preach all he wants now about fiscal responsibility, but the last 2 years have been pretty telling. In just 2 years he spent more then all the presidents from Washington through Carter, combined. He may as well be saying the sky is green, only an idiot would believe anything he has to say on the subject of deficit reform.
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Molenir
I did say hundreds of billions of dollars didn't I. Hmm, and you're right, the budget for those departments do total more then a hundred billion. Maybe I should have been more precise and stated exactly how much we would save by eliminating them. However I wasn't precise for the simple reason that not all the programs in them, should be cut. Guess that didn't occur to you either though.
Ridiculous it is not. Look at the budget for 2006, compare it to the income today, and you'll see that simply going back to the Pre-Dem budget would create a small surplus. That wasn't hard to check.
Actually, you're giving him way too much credit.
Posted in: Obama, Boehner each score points in budget pact
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Molenir
Which part isn't true? The part where he said Dems didn't want cuts? Cause if so, that most definitely is true. Not only is it accurate, Obama wanted to spend an additional 45 billion more then they are doing. So you could easily say that the Dems wanted to increase spending, not decrease it.
I won't get into your sniping at Boehner. Honestly though, comparing him with the former speaker, he still comes off a hundred times better. Except for the fake tan. I admit, that bothers me too.
Theres plenty of room for cuts. Removing most of the subsidies is a good start. Hell, you could just about kill the departments of Energy, Education, and Agriculture, and not really be worse off. That would save hundreds of billions of dollars. Structural changes to social security and medicare are going to happen or both programs will fail. Doing it sooner rather then later means it will be less painful to accomplish. No, theres lots of places they could cut. Even if they just rolled back spending to before the Dems came into power in 2006, they would have a surplus.
Posted in: Obama, Boehner each score points in budget pact
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Molenir
Hmm, well its easy to understand why. I mean in the week leading up to this 'historic' compromise where they cut 38 billion, the debt increased by more then 50 billion. Thats in just 1 week. Not the total spent, but rather the total increase in the debt caused by deficit spending. So pardon me if I don't exactly rejoice over cutting about 2% of what they actually need to cut. Now if they had cut 1.3 trillion, the amount of the deficit, then, then I'd have something to celebrate.
Posted in: Obama, Boehner each score points in budget pact
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Molenir
I believe he stated very clearly otherwise. You refuse to admit that if PP keeps 2 accounts, one for everything but abortions, the other for anything, that adding more money into the first account, means less needs to be used from the second account.
Whats even more ludicrous is your trying to equate these 'natural' abortions, with the medical procedure of abortion. It really does smack of desperation doing so. And thats apart from being completely off topic. We were already pushing the boundaries discussing abortion, but now you've gone completely off track.
Posted in: Last-minute deal reached to avoid U.S. government shutdown
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Molenir
You can say this all you want, but it does happen. Taxpayer money goes to pay for PP clinics. No, those clinics don't provide abortions, so no money is going to fund them directly. However PP money that otherwise would have had to be used to pay for these clinics, then doesn't need to with the federal tax dollars coming in. That money then gets spent elsewhere. On other services, including, yes Abortions. So while no taxpayer money is directly paying for abortions, by giving to these organizations, it is indirectly funding them. Saying otherwise is simply deceit.
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Molenir
Money is fungible. Meaning when it comes in, it goes where its needed. So money given to planned parenthood frees up dollars to be used elsewhere. So say PP is funding a clinic for low income women. The Federal dollars go to pay for that. PP then takes the money they otherwise would have used to pay for that clinic if the taxpayer dollars weren't there, and uses that money to pay for abortions. Don't kid yourself yabits, that is what happens. Spin it however you like. As long as you're giving money to organizations that pay for abortions, then taxpayers are funding those abortions, even if it is indirectly.
The fact that Dems were so desperate to continue this practice, and were willing to completely shut down the government if they didn't get their way, says a great deal about them and their policies. I'm very sad that Republicans caved and agreed to continue giving money to groups like this.
Posted in: Last-minute deal reached to avoid U.S. government shutdown
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Molenir
My point precisely. If you give money to planned Parenthood, guess what, thats money they no longer need to raise from other sources, and those other sources are then tapped to pay for abortion. See, the thing is, for me, I don't really care about abortions. I think its horrible, and evil, but right now, as Yabits and others have pointed out, its legal. Thats fine, but I don't want to have to pay for it, nor subsidize those that perform it. Unfortunately, under the Dems social welfare policies, I do. And Boehner, caved, meaning we'll continue to subsidize planned parenthood, despite being completely broke. They were arguing about 38 billion cut, while the deficit for this month alone was far greater then that.
Did anyone else catch 'Dirty' Harry's remarks by the way? Yesterday he was ranting about how Republicans want to murder women, then he changes course and announces a 'historic' agreement. I do wonder, did he agree to meet Republicans halfway, and decide to only make women a little sick?
Posted in: Last-minute deal reached to avoid U.S. government shutdown
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Molenir
A 1.4 trillion dollar deficit, and they managed to cut 38 billion... And Dems were screaming over them daring to cut that much. I really do wonder about the people in congress. Do they think we're that stupid? Really? The US cannot afford this deficit spending. They need to stop. And both Dems and Republicans need to buckle down and make the hard choices to force it. Even if it means shutting down the government. Unfortunately, it looks like neither has the balls to do the right thing.
Yes, medieval beliefs about the role of government. See some people want taxpayers to pay to kill babies. A group that unlike women, actually can't defend themselves, nor do they have a voice. Somehow, insisting that planned parenthood get by on private donations, rather then public ones is anathema to these types of people, who think the government should have a hand and a role in anything and everything.
Based on what I'm reading above, it sounds like Republicans caved. If this is in fact the case, Boehner is going to have to work like hell to keep his job.
Posted in: Last-minute deal reached to avoid U.S. government shutdown
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Molenir
Sorry, but what you're saying is, that unless Dems get their way, unless Republicans agree to use taxpayer money to pay for abortions, and all these other social issues that Dems want, then they're going to shut down the government. Which part of WE ARE BROKE! do you not understand?
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Molenir
Headline... Senator Schumer says he'll shut down the government if he can't murder babies!
Ok, thats obviously not how he phrased it. Yet, its completely accurate. He refuses any budget that doesn't provide funding to planned parenthood. IE the abortion group. A simple check on Schumers list of donors, reveals planned parenthood has given a significant amount of money to his campaign. Though of course I'm sure that has nothing to do with it...
Interesting though that the Senate still refuses to vote on a budget bill. Harry Reid won't even bring it to the floor.
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Molenir
Sorry, vast majority of the public? You're a bit backwards here. The vast majority of the public oppose these issues. They don't think the government should be doing what its doing, on health care or the environment. Do a bit of research please.
Posted in: Shutdown talks yield no deal in U.S. as clock ticks
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Molenir
And Dems think it will be against Republicans. The problem is, Republicans have done their job. They've passed a stopgap spending bill, they've passed budget items, but the Senate Dems refuse to act on them, and the President threatens a veto.
Posted in: No deal yet as possible government shutdown looms in U.S.
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Molenir
Democrats seem to be desperate to shut down the government. The House has passed a budget, the Senate won't even vote on it. Not only that, Republicans passed a bill that covers the military and minimal cuts that Obama has already agreed to. So why is it that he seems determined to veto it, on the off chance the Senate actually bothers to do their job?
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Molenir
Perhaps I should have been more clear. Obama himself is not a corrupt criminal, he's an incompetent president yes, but not a criminal. Its not him thats corrupt, but rather his administration. However you add in his constant consulting with union thugs, his oh so non-transparent administration, despite the promise... It adds up to something that stinks pretty badly. I don't doubt that the average person sees things simply aren't right. And as for his competence, anyone can look and see this. Its not a left/right thing. Its been demonstrated on too many levels his entire presidency. From his incompetent handling of the oil spill, to his waffling on Afghanistan, his timidity in dealing with Iran, his mis-steps with Russia, to the entire middle east policy. And thats just his foreign policy. His domestic policies are even worse. Even with the media trying to spin him as being a moderate, the average voter is a bit smarter then that.
Posted in: Obama announces re-election bid in email to 13 mil supporters
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Molenir
Yeah, people have quit buying into the global warming hysteria, so the 'scientists' are getting desperate for a new scare to drum up funding.
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Molenir
Understatement of the year!
Posted in: Obama presses Congress to avoid shutdown over budget
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Molenir
As a conservative republican, all I can say is, for me, its better if Obama gets the Dem nomination again. There is no one better to run against then someone with a proven record like him. Proven incompetent, proven corrupt, proven to be not a leader. It doesn't matter who the Republicans put up against him, even with the media pushing hard for him like they did in 2008, the people aren't going to buy a second term for this moron.
Posted in: Obama announces re-election bid in email to 13 mil supporters