TPOJ said...

TPOJ at 10:51 AM JST - 27th October

So, we 've got 7 votes for McCain and 66 votes for Obama on this site. Tells you a lot about this site.

Actually, I would say it tells you a lot about the level of intellect necessary to operate a computer, but you made it on here...

Oh wait,…

Posted in Who do you hope will be the next U.S. president? at 10:51 AM JST - 27th October
TPOJ at 12:21 PM JST - 25th October

I always keep both hands up, holding a strap, or the metal bar. I'm a big scary looking foreigner, the last thing I need is getting my life ruined over being at the wrong place, wrong time.

I was on a train a few weeks ago, and saw a guy…

Posted in Ex-college student gets 5 1/2 years for fabricating groping story on Osaka train at 12:21 PM JST - 25th October
TPOJ at 11:54 AM JST - 23rd October

Sarge at 11:26 AM JST - 23rd October "Well that's a rather simple view of things" Unfortunately, that's the view of Democrats/liberals.

Says the guy with the complexity of a popsicle stick.

Sarge, you have utterly failed to notice how miserably your posts fail to persuade even the simple minded…

Posted in Iran: Obama seems more rational than McCain at 11:54 AM JST - 23rd October
TPOJ at 11:45 AM JST - 23rd October

When a culture stresses authority and stability over accomplishment and innovation, it will not excel.

Even the "Japanese model" of manufacturing came from an American.

I get that this is a favorite target for Japan bashers, and has therefore lost a lot of its rhetorical impact, but it's a favorite…

Posted in Leaders should train students who have the potential to outshine them, but Japanese leaders tend to reject such students. at 11:45 AM JST - 23rd October
TPOJ at 06:58 PM JST - 21st October

The Japanese government formalized an experimental emissions trading system Tuesday that allows companies to voluntarily...

Stopped reading there.

I'd love to think this will work somehow, but companies here have a severe problem doing things that are compulsory. "Voluntarily?" It's a failure before it even starts.

Posted in Gov't approves experimental emissions trading system at 06:58 PM JST - 21st October
TPOJ at 01:26 PM JST - 16th October

Do most countries treat immigrants who don't have at least some communicative ability well, I wonder?

Who cares? The point is to deal with the issue, not search for an excuse to talk about something else.

A strong, 21st century should have initiative. You don't lead by saying "hey, if…

Posted in Communities with large numbers of foreigners call for immigration agency at 01:26 PM JST - 16th October
TPOJ at 11:43 AM JST - 14th October

There isn't a word of this I disagree with.

Posted in There are some men who say, ‘I don’t bring sex into the home, I just do it with other women away from home.’ We shouldn’t allow them to say something like that! Japanese women allow men too much — we need to show more effort and energy.” at 11:43 AM JST - 14th October
TPOJ at 11:16 AM JST - 11th October

Yep. And 98% of morbidly obese people are on a "diet."

Having a plan in place if different from actually doing anything to let it take effect.

Posted in 90% of big Japan firms implement mental health policies: gov't survey at 11:16 AM JST - 11th October
TPOJ at 11:16 AM JST - 11th October

I don’t have a boyfriend at the moment, but I’d like to do my best to find one from now on. I’d like to be married within 10 years. I hope I’ll still be attractive then.

I know the average women in Japan has difficulties getting married over a certain…

Posted in Maki Horikita looking for boyfriend as she celebrates 20th birthday at 11:16 AM JST - 11th October
TPOJ at 11:13 AM JST - 11th October

*When a visibly angry McCain supporter in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Thursday told the candidate “I’m really mad” because of “socialists taking over the country,” McCain stoked the sentiment. “I think I got the message,” he said. “The gentleman is right.” He went on to talk about Democrats in control of…

Posted in Raw anger in McCain's crowds as Obama strengthens at 11:13 AM JST - 11th October