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
GeorgeRouault:
America doesn't care about Iraq? If that were the case, we would've put their oil on our ships and left them to put the country back together by themselves (and fight off Iran and Syria at the same time).
As for the "puppet", who would that puppet be? Oh, that's right, you don't know because the Iraqi people haven't chosen him yet.
Israel wants to expand? Where did you hear that, at your KKK meeting? Israel wants to expand into Iraq? Syria? Lebanon? Iran? News to me.
Posted in: Sadr urged to do more to stem bloodshed
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WhiteHawk
Ah yes, I see what you mean now. I've witnessed such logic-torture before. It's always as frightening as it is entertaining. On the one hand, you're thinking "wow, it's fun to watch this person do this to themselves, just to meet the criteria of their own prejudice", but then you realize "oh no, this person is free to roam publicly". :)
Of course, if he really believed his own rhetoric, he would actually join these "freedom fighters". So he's really just trying to see if he can convince anyone else as well as he's convinced himself.
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WhiteHawk
adaydream, are you seriously putting Iraq under Saddam's dictatorship on the same level as America?
Posted in: Sadr urged to do more to stem bloodshed
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WhiteHawk
SuperLib, I apologize for that.
Posted in: Sadr urged to do more to stem bloodshed
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WhiteHawk
SuperLib,
Bush lied about the surge working? Funny, nobody told my B-i-L-to-be. He recently returned from another tour in Iraq, and said the surge has worked great.
But he's only been there, maybe you know more about the situation than he does...?
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WhiteHawk
Suddenly, I feel sorry for the residents of Indiana.
RR2 and SS3, I think both of you are right. Obama's facade is coming off, but at the same time, the momentum is there to keep him going and wrap up the DNC nomination. But that doesn't mean he'll win the general.
A few things that should be kept in mind are that 1) in the "record number of Democrat voters" are a significant number of Republicans who switched parties to vote for whoever was behind in their state. Pennsylvania was an example of that. 2) The division within the party from this extended battle. A lot of Obama fans hate the Clintons as much as (if not more than) many Republicans. There are a lot of Clinton supporters who feel the same about the empty suit- er, I mean Obama. Whichever Marxist gets the nom, there will likely be as many "protest votes" (staying home, write-ins) as in the GOP. 3) The superdelegates. yes, the party that insists on calling itself "Democratic" can have the voice of the people squashed by a select few elitists. The irony just kills me. Many of these superdelegates have been supporting Hillary for years, and have invested themselves in order to get a posh D.C. job or the vice-presidency. My state's governor, Phil Bredesen, is one such superdelegate. He's been campaigning for Hillary's VP for both of his terms.
It's quite true that McCain doesn't exactly inspire the conservatives. If it weren't for his budget-cutting, Joe Lieberman might as well be the nominee. But considering that the DNC has once again offered up a government-spending-will-cure-all-of-your-problems-real-or-imagined disciple of Karl Marx, MCain will probably be supported, however grudgingly. Besides, he might pick a sound running mate that would bring out the conservatives.
Posted in: Clinton, Obama focus on Indiana; McCain visits New Orleans
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WhiteHawk
SezWho2,
Nah, if someone makes racist remarks, that makes them a racist. It's not name-calling so much as categorizing.
Posted in: Obama's ex-pastor slams 'devious,' 'unfair' attacks
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WhiteHawk
What, you mean Jimmy Carter didn't monitor the election?
Posted in: U.S. says Mugabe lost election
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WhiteHawk
SezWho2,
You and I may differ on the definitions. I don't see "anybody who says stuff like that (Wright's inflammatory 'sermons') is an a--hole/racist/hate-monger" as an attack. And that's typical of commentary about Wright, is it not?
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WhiteHawk
OssanULTRA:
I haven't had a look at my dad's revolver yet, but he has promised me a chance to shoot it next time we can get some free time. As far as why he chose that round instead of getting a .357 or .44 in the same frame, it's probably because the .45ACP is known for superior "knock-down" compared to the magnum rounds. Also, the recoil is more manageable (Unless you shoot a less powerful hand-load, and then what's the point of carrying a magnum if you're going to do that?). Since the point is to knock a bad guy down and not penetrate through him to hit an innocent person in the background, the .45 is a good call.
Me either. My Sigs, even the P230, fire any brand of ammo I put in them, every time, without fail. Simply the best out-of-the-box guns available, in my opinion.
Posted in: Anti-terrorism drill in Tokyo
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WhiteHawk
Timorborder and nisegaijin,
There's nothing wrong with a revolver. It works like it's supposed to. A 9mm, .38, .40 caliber round coming out of a revolver will exit just as fast and inflict just as much damage as it will coming out of a Glock, or any other auto. The only advantage with autos are the size and weight. They are slimmer - and therefore easier to conceal - than revolvers, and the "plastic" guns are lighter. An all-steel 1911A is still quite heavy.
Here in Tennessee, licensed civilians like myself can carry open or concealed. I carry an alloy-frame Sig Sauer auto in .45ACP. My dad carries a Smith and Wesson revolver, also in .45ACP. Which of us would you rather try to carjack? See what I mean?
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WhiteHawk
I think it's all in how you approach the punishment. If you spank your kid when you're angry, that'll do more harm than good. But when you set the rules ahead of time ("Do this and you'll get a spanking."), when the time comes and the child breaks that rule, you can sit them down and calmly remind them of the rule and the consequences. They won't like the spanking any better, but they'll connect it to their behavior and the consequences rather than thinking you're mad at them or love them any less.
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WhiteHawk
Hey Rev. Wright, the "attacks" are not devious, nor are they unfair. In fact, they're not even attacks. It's properly called CRITICISM, and obviously you cannot take it like you dish it out. You've simply been exposed for your own words, that's all. And they weren't taken out of context, they were considered - by your own church - as the "best of" your career.
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WhiteHawk
Badsey, you're quite right. Unfortunately, we're run by elitists who make rules for us, not them. They don't care about our problems, because they've insulated themselves so well. If they lived in our neighborhoods, for example, they would care about things like illegal immigration.
On the international level, the fear of being criticized prevents anything substantive from being done about Iran/China/North Korea. This extends to the UN, of course, not that they can do anything anyway.
Posted in: Pennsylvania loss shows Obama still struggling to win key constituencies
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WhiteHawk
Maybe that explains why, in every election Carter has monitored, a despot has either come to power or retained power.
Posted in: Carter meets Hamas leaders over Israeli, U.S. objections
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WhiteHawk
Hang on. Clinton is saying she would do something as president that she wouldn't support doing as senator?
The "sniper fire" story was more believable.
Posted in: Clinton threatens to 'obliterate' Iran if Israel attacked
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WhiteHawk
It's too late for Clinton can "turn the tide" at this point, but it does make something about the '08 election entertaining.
Something that may have been missed in all of this coverage is that Obama is actually losing a constituency that he previously had wrapped up: The religious vote. Clinton did better among Christians than Obama in Pennsylvania. Obama can thank Wright for wrecking that.
Maybe the DNC convention should be pay-per-view...
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