Taka313 said...

Taka313 at 11:31 AM JST - 1st May

Sez,

A "more specific" banner would have required a carrier the size of a Pentagon wet dream Not necessarily. They could have just changed mission to profit. Voila!

Taka

Posted in White House says it has paid a price for 'Mission Accomplished' banner five years ago at 11:31 AM JST - 1st May
Taka313 at 07:58 AM JST - 1st May

"And we have certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner."

-dana perino

None of them personally, mind you.

Seriously, what "price" has anyone at the white house paid for this folly? Are halliburton stocks down? Oil prices taking a nose dive? Is Exxon in the…

Posted in White House says it has paid a price for 'Mission Accomplished' banner five years ago at 07:58 AM JST - 1st May
Taka313 at 08:32 PM JST - 30th April

If I remember correctly, S. Korean protests are not something to be taken lightly, no matter what the cause. When they protest, they PROTEST.

Taka

Posted in S Korean leg of torch relay marked by scuffles, protests at 08:32 PM JST - 30th April
Taka313 at 06:33 PM JST - 29th April
Sez, You are not the only one who thinks it's silly. This is an excerpt from an article I read the other day entitled, Ten Reasons Why Suspending the Federal Gas Tax Would be Bad for the Economy and Poor Public Policy:
1. It would eliminate almost billion that would…
Posted in Clinton focuses on Obama's opposition to gas tax plan at 06:33 PM JST - 29th April
Taka313 at 06:29 PM JST - 29th April

Dat5h, Could not agree more.

Taka

Posted in at 06:29 PM JST - 29th April
Taka313 at 07:01 AM JST - 29th April

I saw a TV special on this. They had hidden cameras set up and filmed salarymen attacking the flowers with umbrellas.

Thanks Nessie. I'll be humming Arnold Layne all day now.

Taka

Posted in Tulips chopped up in Yokohama at 07:01 AM JST - 29th April
Taka313 at 06:53 AM JST - 29th April

Mothers.

The good ones. No job is harder. No job is more important and no job has the potential upside and downside, based on performance.

Taka

Posted in Which professions do you respect the most? at 06:53 AM JST - 29th April
Taka313 at 06:52 AM JST - 29th April

What the hell? Shoving a police officer? Why isn't he slapping these kids into cuffs and taking them to jail? Let their parents come down to the station and pick them up, or better yet, put them into the back of a police car, put on the lights, turn on…

Posted in Being surrounded by angry junior high school students after warning them for hanging around convenience stores late at night, and that sort of thing, has become just a regular day-to-day occurrence. at 06:52 AM JST - 29th April
Taka313 at 06:42 AM JST - 29th April

Hey, just playing by their rules...

And therefore we can expect that you won't be passing judgement on "progressives" for doing the same thing you are now doing, right?

Taka

Posted in 38 killed in Baghdad clashes at 06:42 AM JST - 29th April
Taka313 at 08:55 PM JST - 28th April

Skip, I do realize the ramifications. However, can you not see where his stance could easily be seen by others as "insensitive to the poor?" But, fine, I'll concede that point, it's but one. Allow me to give you a better example of how Sen. McCain's criticism is pure political…

Posted in McCain calls Obama insensitive to poor people at 08:55 PM JST - 28th April