JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Corporate Business English Trainers
- ACT Systems, Inc.（株式会社アクト・システムズ）, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥269,500 ~ ¥280,000 / Month
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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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WhiteHawk
If Specter was anything other than a political opportunist and hack, and had any genuine principles or convictions (other than a pathological need to be in a position of power), he would run as an independent.
But complain about one party going "too far to the right" and leave it for a party that's gone waaaaaay to the left? He's a power-addicted hack.
Posted in: Pennsylvania's Specter switches parties, bolstering Senate Democrats
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WhiteHawk
"It's not pedophilia, it's just their culture." is the line I've always heard from their defenders. Sorry, the term defines their condition, it doesn't change whether it's legal or acceptable in that country or not.
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WhiteHawk
In America, if it's not American or British, it's treated as a novelty at best. The same could hold true for Britain.
Plus, if it's not in English, most Americans complain that they can't understand what the singer's saying. Since when did lyrics matter on a dance floor? Oh well.
It certainly isn't a quality issue. No pop music can be considered "good" until 20 years go by and someone gets nostalgic for it.
Posted in: Why do Asian pop stars have a hard time succeeding in the U.S. market?
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WhiteHawk
zurcronium:
That opinion would've carried more weight had you not plagiarized Shaeffer's Huffington Post column with your 10:42 post. How... shameless.
I notice that none of the defenders of this ridiculously huge spending plan have yet answered my original post on this topic. Perhaps they're too busy reading the bill? Or too busy looking for liberal columnists to copy/paste opinions from?
Oh well, back to the JT forums I go...
Posted in: Obama savors victory as Congress approves stimulus
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WhiteHawk
I wonder if Obama will equally savor the accountability if/when (when) this massive spending exercise fails to stimulate the private sector economy, or if he'll do like FDR, who waited for historians to rewrite the history of the New Deal.
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WhiteHawk
Condolences and prayers for those lost and their loved ones.
Posted in: 9/11 widow among 50 killed after commuter plane crashes into home in Buffalo
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WhiteHawk
Me:
USAFdude:
Okay, please inform the forum of what exactly changed about Gregg. Try reading the original article before posting this time.
SushiSake3:
Indeed. Democrats are the politicians in control today. I look forward to their JT supporters placing blame squarely on their shoulders every time they fail.
Posted in: Obama, Gregg differ over reasons for withdrawing nomination
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WhiteHawk
Good to see someone in Washington has such class and integrity. No wonder he wasn't going to fit in Obama's administration. I saw in another article, the White House released a statement about being disappointed in Gregg's "change of heart". No, Mr. President, Gregg's heart didn't change, your word did. Gregg stayed true to his heart and principles.
Hey, this makes the first Obama nominee that didn't have to step down because of an investigation or a skipped tax bill. Still have what, 18 lobbyists? Ah yes, change you believed in.
The dead. Nor should they vote. There's no legitimate reason for the census to be directed by Rahm Emmanuel. Period.
Posted in: Obama, Gregg differ over reasons for withdrawing nomination
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WhiteHawk
SushiSake3:
...only to be replaced by the next "issue". Obama's picking from a pool of Beltway Democrats, remember?
No wonder Democrats like to raise taxes. It seems they only expect eeeeviiiiil Republicans to pay them. ;-)
Posted in: Obama administration shaken by nominee withdrawals
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WhiteHawk
Maybe one day the Democrat lawmakers will realize the tax code is too complex. Or maybe not, since they don't pay the same penalties as the rest of us. Let's ask Charlie Rangel first...
Posted in: Obama administration shaken by nominee withdrawals
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WhiteHawk
[Announcer voice] "Yes, you too can speak like Obama! Learn how to speak English while promising billions in confiscated taxpayer income to your friends, supporters and followers!"
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WhiteHawk
That was a big step, I'll grant you that, but Obama has already promised even bigger steps.
And I'm very disappointed in him for not doing so.
Actually, he already had the senior vote (and Gore made even bigger promises, remember?), he just kept his campaign promise. Something some of us hoped was just a hallow campaign promise became yet another tax burden.
So it's better to turn to communism?
That's how gambles go sometimes. But investing in government bureaucracy has only one outcome, as the SS plan has proven. Just wait 'til you see the economic situation when that bill comes due!
Not surprising, but disappointing. Especially when previous generations expecting the government to guarantee their lifestyles have already run up over ten trillion in deficits.
If Japan takes bigger steps to communism, who will pay their tab? The U.S.? Who will pay the U.S. tab? China?
So, was I right about the inentions of your 12:28 post?
Posted in: Red star rising: With global capitalism on ropes, communism gains in Japan
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WhiteHawk
Communism is making gains in the U.S. too. In fact, it takes a big step on Tuesday.
Betzee, free-market capitalism isn't what took the U.S. heavily into debt. It was reckless congressional spending, which has nothing to do with capitalism and eveything to do with socialism/communism (the confiscation of wealth from citizens for the unchecked use of the state).
And did I understand your 12:28 post right, that communism could work if adequately funded? Well hey, what wouldn't?!?
It isn't so much a matter of funding, really, as it is conscience. And between the two, capitalism-with-a-conscience would be the much better system than communism-with-a-conscience.
I'm still waiting to see the wealthy who praise communism and champion its leaders move to a communist country and donate their wealth to the citizenry. You see, that's another problem with communism: Nobody wants to pay for it. They always want someone else to pay for it.
Posted in: Red star rising: With global capitalism on ropes, communism gains in Japan
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WhiteHawk
MadVerts:
Contrast Bush43 to his predecessor. Clinton rarely made a tough decision. Instead, he had the luxury of taking politically expedient options to make himself seem popular. He had the willing assistance of most of the media, of course.
We've gone over the decisions you're referring to before. No need to rehash again, unless you want to continue on JT's forum side. But I think it's worth noting that however low Bush's approval rating is, it's still more than twice that of congress. And guess where our new president came from?
And (yet) one more time, I am not a die-hard Bush supporter. I have opposed his support of amnesty for illegal aliens, increasing entitlement spending, signing every congressional spending bill that crossed his desk, handing education reform over to Teddy Kennedy, and other times he veered Left. But myopic BDS sufferers can think only think of Iraq (now that they've forgotten Katrina), just as they only mention deficits when it comes to defense spending (and never when the topic is welfare). Because the BDS sufferers keep threads focused on Iraq and defense spending, they'll mistake me for a die-hard Bush supporter since I supported the removal of Saddam Hussein and his sons, and the rebuilding of Iraq. It's funny, though, how things come to a stop when I remind them of Clinton and Yugoslavia...
Taka313:
As others have since backed up, Thomas is a hack. Possibly a bigoted hack. Bush avoided her because she's a joke. A very, very old joke.
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Belarus, shmelarus. It's still lower than under Carter's policies.
Posted in: Bush, in farewell address, says he acted in nation's best interest
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WhiteHawk
zurconium, if my figures wrong, then how come they add up?
Don't worry, Obama is here. Now you'll see some real spending! Hahaha!
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WhiteHawk
Nixon and G.H.W. Bush did what, tours? Drop by for a spot of tea?
Did they barter deals with North Korea? Shamelessly promote themselves for the Nobel? Make statements to the press regarding their dissatisfaction with the decisions made by their successors? "Observe" and approve the stolen elections of Leftist tyrants? Make dirty deals to get their wives senate seats in states they weren't from?
See, there's a difference between being a contributor -as Bush may do- and being a meddler. Clinton has done a bit of both, while Carter can't stop meddling.
Moderator: Back on topic please.
Posted in: Bush, in farewell address, says he acted in nation's best interest
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WhiteHawk
SW2, you were comparing a new plasma tv to the Iraq war. If you don't have/can't borrow the money for a new plasma tv (Iraq war), you really don't have/can't borrow the money for a new car (domestic entitlement programs). Get it now?
Which is the agreement we already have with Iraq. So we could've had budget-cutting McCain instead.
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WhiteHawk
George W. Bush:
Something his predecessor was never known for. And it's good he brought that up. Being president isn't about being popular, that's for American Idol contestants. It's about making tough decisions. Like his decisions or not, it was his job to make them, not the armchair presidents.
Betzee:
I always figured it was the "everything Bush does is wrong" crowd that was adolescent. "Go to hell, Bush." for example.
Actually, that tends to be the rule for Republican ex-presidents. It's the Democrat ex-presidents who don't have the dignity to respect the presidents who follow them.
Taka313:
Oh please. Thomas is not respected, and she's not a journalist. She's a columnist, and an agenda-driven partisan hack at that. If I were president, I would have never taken a question from her, ever.
And SS3, Bush never screwed me over, except for signing every spending increase congress sent his way. But hey, if presidential primaries weren't started in blue states with open primaries, maybe we could get a staunch conservative for a change, instead of all these moderates.
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WhiteHawk
Right, no president ever does that. /sarcasm
Yes, but it was a Democrat idea. And which Republicans supported it? I bet you'll find it was the exact same ones who regularly vote with the Democrats. They're called RINOs for a reason.
I love this one. So tell me, what exactly did Clinton do to create this utopia?
Posted in: How would you evaluate George W Bush's presidency?
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WhiteHawk
SezWho2:
Yes, at this point, everything congress spends (including the current $825 billion "stimulus" plan) is money we don't have.
And SW2, if you can't buy the plasma TV, I bet you can't buy the new car either.
Obama stepped back from his "16 months" campaign promise well before the general election. I think it was during a call to the Iraqi Foreign Minister, when Obama said that he would take much of his direction (on removing troops from Iraq) from the generals on the ground. Which was part of Bush's policy too. Besides, we already have a plan with Iraq to have our combat troops out by 2010 or 2011, so all Obama has to do is sit back and let the media give him the credit.
adaydream:
Here's one:
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=256259967324664
zurcronium:
From the above link:
2006 Defense (all): 19%, Enitlements: 59%, Net interest on debt: 7%, Other programs: 15%
adaydream:
Did he say anything about violating the constitution under Janet Reno? Pardoning members of Puerto Rican terrorist groups?
Nah, they got that out of the way back in the primaries.
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