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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WhiteHawk
They want to be careful not only to prevent an error in making the call, but also to keep from tarnishing one of Nashville's few heroes (and no, Al Gore doesn't count).
www.tennessean.com has been carrying local updates, for those who want to follow up.
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VOR - They are. His wife had no idea he had this girlfriend. On the local news tonight, she was quoted as saying her whole world crashed down in an instant.
It's all very tragic. Four kids. Lots of fans.
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WhiteHawk
When umbrellas are outlawed, only outlaws will have umbrellas.
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WhiteHawk
Wow, a Japanese update on the old Messerschmitt! There's an original in a local car museum (Lane Motor Museum, Nashville). Really neat.
And some people say the Japanese have no individuality, and then complain when they do!
This guy is doing what he wants, living his dream, and not hurting anyone. More power to him.
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yabits:
Same topic, just on the other Souter thread. You suggested that the matter wasn't importing laws, but ideas. But Ginsberg has indeed suggested using laws from other countries as precedent, and Souter has expressed his agreement with her.
It's an example of empathy those on the left (like yourself) never consider. You want to limit what empathy "is all about", and I've pulled you out of your bubble and expanded your mind.
You think empathy is all about feeling pity for your perceived "underdog". You only think of empathy in the terms of "social justice", but never in the terms of true justice. And that's where a real judge comes in. It's not the place for a left-wing activist overflowing with pity and guilt.
You're attempting to redefine empathy and place it out of the reach of conservatives, pushing a myth that is based on nothing more than the prejudice of the leftist mindset. If you're going to debate the merits of empathy in a S.C. justice, you should start from a base of genuine knowledge, not blind hatred.
Nobody, not even the most right-wing extremist on the DHS watch list (and it's not me; I checked) would suggest "arming everyone" whether they want to or not. But even the most moderate leftist/liberal/Democrat is in favor of increasing gun control. If allowing people to arm themselves for self-defense is "the easy and dirty way out", what's your way? Removing guns from criminals? America already has the laws to do that. But even if the money needed to enforce these laws was made available (instead of being spent on buying votes), it would still be impossible. It's impossible in every country on the planet.
A judge worthy of the S.C. bench would have a proper understanding of the real world and know where his empathy would be appropriate. As I said before, I don't expect Obama to pick someone up to the job, but rather an agenda-driven activist, overflowing with their definition of empathy and understanding.
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yabits:
Says the person who brought up inventions and developments by private sector companies in other countries.
Actually, the governments of Washington D.C. and Chicago do exactly that.
Since the citizen in that situation does not have the luxury of an investigation and thorough trial before deciding the proper level of self-defense, yes, the citizen has the right to assume the worst and defend themselves accordingly. Especially since someone broke into their home while they were there.
It's not just home defense either. If someone sneaks up behind someone else in a grocery store parking lot and puts a strap around their neck, the person being attacked doesn't have the luxury of sorting out what the attacker wants before they run out of air. That scenario happened to me several years ago, and I escaped with my wallet, car, groceries and life because I was armed. And like the vast majority of the 70,000+ similar incidents that happen every year in America, I didn't have to fire my gun. Just dropped my groceries and pulled it out of the holster and stuck it in the attacker's ribs. He dropped his strap and took off running.
It's not just robberies either. Many owners and carriers of guns are women. Especially vital are those who are going through a nasty divorce and have a restraining order against their estranged husband. Those R.O.'s can't work, and are often ignored. The police can't protect them. The gun control advocates never take those women into consideration, never have empathy for them. Their hoplophobia is more important to them than the rights of those women, or anyone else in danger.
So you see, gun control may seem a "narrow" issue to you, but it was one of the vital issues to the Founding Fathers. It is, after all, the 2nd Amendment, not the 58th. It is also a vital issue to American citizens. Will Obama's nominee have empathy for the citizen who wants to keep the life and property they've worked for, or will they have empathy for the person who wants to take it away? As I said before, the pattern of behavior for a far-leftist like Obama and those who whisper in his ear does not bode well for the law-abiding citizen.
Remember Stevens' dissent on Heller? For all his education, he couldn't wrap his mind around the long-ago established fact that the Founding Fathers wanted American citizens to be able to defend themselves against a tyrannical goverment.
"Narrow" issue? Hardly.
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WhiteHawk
So you can't address my questions, and are just going to rely on personal attacks for your base of arguments. Fine. I don't have to live with you, you do.
I never stopped learning, I just started out with a good base of common sense. That's how I can present arguments that "educated" folks with inflated egos but no substance can't address.
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WhiteHawk
yabits:
I've asked you this before on this thread, and like most of my questions, you ignored it and reverted to a new line of attack. So here it is again:
So if the laws of other lands should hold precedent in America, then the reverse should be true, right? My carry permit should be good in Japan, following your logic. Or was your idea a one-way street where the U.S. is the submissive one?
The idea of individual citizens providing for their own defense (since the S.C. decided they are not guaranteed protection by law enforcement) isn't original to those "long dead" Founding Fathers, but America is one of the countries left which allows it (for the most part). So according to your logic, the 2nd Amendment and my right-to-carry should apply to any country I visit.
Now before you come up with a more irrelevent comparison (such as inventions by private sector companies), could you explain how other countries' laws should apply to America, but ours shouldn't apply elsewhere?
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yabits:
We're not opposed to learning and growing. But we don't define it as being manipulated by totalitarian college professors, as you basically did on another thread.
Learning and growing are things people do while they're young. Especially in that time after they leave college and get a job in the private sector for the first time, and realize why their socialist professors never leave the protective bubble of their campuses. Learning and growing is not what happens when a middle-aged person comes into great power, such as a national political office and a Supreme Court seat. That's called corruption.
Souter didn't learn anything, other than he had power without accountability. He certain forgot about the rights of property owners when the chance to increase tax bases came up.
But what you post is pure, indisputable fact? I bet you have no trouble convincing yourself.
Say, got any examples of Scalia and Thmoas's "misguided mercilessness"? Care to address my questions about empathy and the right of Americans to defend themselves? Or do you wish to just keep slinging your baseless attacks on conservatives?
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yabits:
No, but you have an interesting definition for "independence". It's obvious he changed while on the S.C.
Sorry, I didn't realize those were required qualifications for the S.C. Unless Obama meant understanding of the law. Then yes, understanding is an important qualification for a member of the highest court in the land. And there are plenty of examples of Scalia and Thomas demonstrating an understanding of the law.
By "empathy", did Obama mean "pity"? That's what leftists usually mean when they say empathy and sympathy, just as they usually mean "acceptance" when they say "tolerance". Do you think Obama wants a S.C. justice who is empathatic of someone like Heller, in Heller v DC, who just wants to protect his home as guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment? Going by behavioral patterns, I suspect Obama wants a S.C. justice who is more empathatic of the person who wants to break into Heller's home.
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WhiteHawk
divisive, not "divise".
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WhiteHawk
JoeBigs, Carter is 85 years old. He's divise (several people quit his Carter Foundation following his recent Israel-bashing book), suffering from dementia (got attacked by a rabbit, etc.), is incapable of accountability (blames all of his poor decisions as president on the first convenient fall guy he can find) and has already done too much meddling in America's foreign policies (nukes for North Korea, etc.) as it is.
I'm laughing at you too. Good God, you were serious about Carter! Could you have picked a more unqualified nominee from the left?
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WhiteHawk
yabits:
And as I posted on the other Souter thread, Souter has proven that power corrupts.
Remember? You tried to claim he had "independence", when the truth is that he slid to the left during his time among The Nine.
DS:
Ah, but he's already dismissed many of his own previous promises as "campaign rhetoric". Besides, the racists (those who count, pick and judge people by the color of their skin and not the content of their character) must have their superficial sense of diversity satisfied, and they're in charge now.
Actually, the only thing guaranteed is that the nominee will follow the pattern Obama set when he sought out friends, associates and pastors during his life: America blamers from the far-left.
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WhiteHawk
So if the laws of other lands should hold precedent in America, then the reverse should be true, right? My carry permit should be good in Japan, following your logic. Or was your idea a one-way street where the U.S. is the submissive one?
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b4b, that's a better post than you left on the other Souter article. But one could use your argument against term limits for presidents too.
I'm surprised that anyone can vote Sen. Byrd back into office. It's not like he's George Burns.
As for the S.C. justices, they're not elected directly by The People, as presidents and legislators are. They're appointed for life, never have to run for re-election (much less run against oppostition), and there is no recall vote option. How democratic is that?
As Souter has proven, the power can go change you.
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Sarge:
Indeed! Let's add senators and congressmen to that list as well! Arlen Specter just proved again that we need term limits in the legislature.
Souter started out conservative and went to the left during his S.C. tenure (as opposed to being genuinely "independent"), but his replacement will undoubtedly start from the far-left and, if anything, get worse.
Unfortunately, the topic during the confirmation hearings will be what it's always about: abortion. And while I don't like abortion (for medical reasons, not religious reasons), I also don't like the subject being used as a tool by both parties to hijack judicial nominations (and elections) and thereby preventing a more thorough vetting of a nominee's character and qualifications.
Goodbye Souter, enjoy your retirement at would should have been "The Lost Liberty Inn". I won't miss you, but I dread your replacement.
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yabits:
Such as someone who insists that precedent set in other countries should decide our laws?
And leftists are free of it? Have you seen Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy, Dodd or Frank lately? Why, next thing you know, someone will claim that leftists are incapable of being fascists!
It is also arrogance to suggest that America's constitution is null and void just because technology has advanced and people are creating new and exciting fields of crime.
They would have seen the problem of only counting parts of a state in order to help a single party. Any rational, logical person not committed to an ends-justify-the-means agenda would realize that the only fair and legitimate way to recount a state is to recount the whole state. Equal protection and treatment under the law, remember? There's something that's been missing lately, with "protected groups" and "hate crimes" laws. For another thread, perhaps...
Molenir:
Proof again that power corrupts. Not unlike the Republican-led congress that forgot its Contract with America and started spending and having scandals like Democrats.
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zurcronium, so you can show how Thomas has defied the constitution during his time in the Supreme Court? Okay, go ahead. Considering you still think the 2000 election was "hijacked", this should be entertaining.
From what I've seen of your posts over the years, Roberts, Scalia, Alito and anyone else who disagrees with your... colorful... world view is an 'idiot' with 'a[n] IQ at room temperature" (mixing your cliches?), even if you can never prove them wrong. The people you consider 'idiots' can explain their logic and decision-making process much better than you can. But hey, look at the bright side: A far-left president is in the White House, a far-left hack runs the house and another runs the senate. You could be appointed a judicial position!
As for the "only republicans would do such" comment, remember it is far-left Ginsburg who wants "world" court decisions to have more influence on American laws and U.S. Supreme Court decisions than America's own constitution. Hack? Why, yes she is.
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mistersmarmy:
And you do? Explain their reasons then, if you don't mind. As for criticizing them, I'll do so as much as I please. Sweeping deviant and destructive behavior under the "culture" rug does not protect them from being criticized by those of us in the free and civilized world. :-D
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yabits:
Independence? From what? All the independence in the world isn't worth much if it leads to bad decisions. Kelo, anyone? Heller? When was the last time Souter was on the correct side of the constitution?
And zurcronium? That was hilarious. Thanks for the laugh!
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