JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Financial Advisor
- Select Asset Management KK, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥100,000 ~ ¥999,999 Paid Training Commission Based
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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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aerockyulhim
BeaverCleaver, yeah, I know, that was just one of those things that the right loves to throw at Clinton. It was kind of going with the whole of my point of outlining the staggering hypocracy that the right uses to bring down anything other than what they believe. So, yes, I will apologize for not making that clear. Thanks for bringing that to light so more people will (perhaps) know the truth.
Posted in: Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight
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aerockyulhim
My wife sometimes likes to watch this TV "drama" (it's more unintentionally hilarious and cringe-worthy than anything I'd call a drama) and she whips a bunch of prissy J-punks who constantly get into huge slapping brawls and Yukie always walks in and saves the day by beating the crap out of the OTHER J-punks that are not her students (who are themselves useless, crybaby J-punks). The fact that she's using violence to stop violence amongst the same two sets of people with different names kind of says something about the war on drugs in general. It's a battle you're not going to win, no matter who is brought in to fight it.
Posted in: Anti-drug poster featuring Yukie Nakama to go up at schools nationwide
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aerockyulhim
I'd be all for other people pressing my own country to do the right thing in most situations. I didn't mean to pick only on China but as it's the focus of this article...
Posted in: China backs down from requirement for Web filter
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aerockyulhim
Yeah, I guess it's difficult to get China to do the right thing when most of their detractors are just as guilty of similar infractions. In a perfect world...
Posted in: China backs down from requirement for Web filter
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aerockyulhim
People from all walks of life make it into government, and that's no reason to discount them. That's all I was trying to say there.
Posted in: Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight
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aerockyulhim
I don't think he was the greatest president, but most of his constituents did/do (at least that was the impression one would draw from the aftermath of his death, as well as their constant defense of his policies (Reaganomics) and it mirrors the constant defense of the Bushes policies). Clinton was a draft-dodger. My point wasn't democratic representatives in government are inherently good, and republican reps are inherently bad. I was saying that people who are discounting Franken and other former reps because of their jobs before getting into office have no ground to stand on.
Posted in: Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight
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aerockyulhim
The driver most likely couldn't see the very small child, but he probably could see the mother. I know that in America we have a law that pedestrians must be at the very least 2/3rds of the way through the crosswalk before you can drive into it. I don't know if it's a law here. Regardless, the onus was on the mother to help her child across the street. This was absolutely the wrong place to teach a child a lesson about being left behind. On the sidewalk or indoors, I can see the point of teaching a lesson, but in the middle of the F-ing street is brainless and most of the blame goes on the mother in this case.
Posted in: 2-year-old girl dies in hit-and-run while crossing street in Yokohama
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aerockyulhim
I can't count the number of times in all public areas of Japan how many times I see parents walking ahead of their children, with only occassional looks back. Not all parents do this, but a large number do. I don't know if it happens a lot in other countries either. But it's so sad to see these stories constantly happening here, and new parents continue to make the same mistakes that these other irresponsible parents make.
Posted in: 2-year-old girl dies in hit-and-run while crossing street in Yokohama
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aerockyulhim
I hope the postponement leads to an absolute cancellation of the requirement. It's great to see that finally with enough pressure China is able to back down. I hope more movements continue to pressure China so effectively to start doing the right thing in other situations.
Posted in: China backs down from requirement for Web filter
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aerockyulhim
By twice elected as president I meant to two terms. It was the same guy, in case anyone thought I didn't know that. And as to California I meant Reagan and Schwarzenegger. Sorry to mix the terms up.
Posted in: Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight
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aerockyulhim
And California twice elected actors to run their state. The American people twice elected an actor to be their president (and isn't he the right's diety and greatest leader in the history of the world and best president that they couldn't stop mourning for weeks on end and wanted to replace Abraham Lincoln for on the 5-dollar bill (I think it was the 5, but it could have been any of the others and still be a ludicrous idea)?). We have people elected into all forms of office in our country from ALL walks of life. Actors, former-athletes, former-wrestlers, veterans, draft-dodgers, etc. etc. The American government is made up of a snapshot of the American people. You CANNOT denounce Franken simply because he was a comedian and actor. So was the "greatest president ever" Ronald Reagan
Posted in: Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight
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aerockyulhim
And bushlover joins in the base use of President Obama's middle name. Must be the same guy, different account, as teleprompter. FAIL
Posted in: Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
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aerockyulhim
Everyone that is undressing the far-rights on this site can take comfort everytime you see teleprompter use President Obama's middle name. That means you've defeated teleprompter's arguments and he's now going to act like a petulant child that just lost an argument with his kid brother.
Posted in: Minnesota court rules for Franken in Senate fight
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aerockyulhim
We can only hope the police think of those other possibilities instead of dismissing a thorough investigation. While the cops can't do anything more than what they do to prevent stalking cases, they CAN investigate afterwards. Let's hope they do their jobs, as they should for any case.
Posted in: Stalker dies after setting woman's house on fire in Wakayama
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aerockyulhim
Yeah, we'll see how long their celebrations last when they realize they didn't take advantage of the US forces being there to help train and prepare them for the coming storm. Regardless of why we were there, the US forces WERE THERE, so it's now on the Iraqis to use that to their advantage or ignore it.
Posted in: Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
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aerockyulhim
Couldn't have said that better myself, SushiSake3. As someone with a vested interest in seeing the Iraqi forces fend for themselves and the US focus on more pressing issues at home and in Afghanistan (and maybe soon, North Korea), I'm extremely happy to see the US forces pulling out of Iraq.
Posted in: Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
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aerockyulhim
TheQuestion--I guess that may work, but we're less than 7 months into a new presidency. Is it okay to forget so soon? Yeah, I'm with you in thinking we just need to fix the problem and stop fighting and arguing over whose fault it is, and analyze it after it becomes history. I also agree that the left doesn't help the situation by hiding behind history instead of focusing their energy on fixing it. I think it would be a far greater victory for the left now and in future history if they would just fix the problems they inherited and stop letting themselves get pulled down to the far-right's level of hurling blame instead of finding solutions. History would look kindly upon that sort of thing (solutions, not hurling blame). Alas, Democrats are fit to playing the same games. I truly believe that President Obama is doing what he possibly can to fix the mess he inherited, but admittedly his constituents aren't helping as much as they could be when they'd rather play political games with the right than find solutions to the problems we all are facing together.
Posted in: Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
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aerockyulhim
Again, TheQuestion, it is relevant that he has to clean up the actions of his predecessor(s). The onus is on him to come to a solution, but we can't just slam the door on what got us here in the first place. Ignoring history is exactly what makes history repeat itself
Posted in: Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
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aerockyulhim
TheQuestion, I think the Iraqi forces have had enough time to train, so it would be their fault for not absorbing what the US forces were trying to teach them. We warned them about it, and obviously they voted for us to leave. Now we're leaving, it's their responsibility now. Our soldiers have other, more pressing battles to fight, and families to get home to (depending on where they get sent after their Iraqi deployment. A lot will NOT be sent straight home).
Posted in: Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27
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aerockyulhim
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Middle Name Hussein wanted the job.
Well, the left and right sure got a win-win situation here. President Obama is in power for the left, and now the right has someone to blame for their king's grievous war crimes and also have a "weapon" in President Obama's middle name. By that logic, every person who ever received that name is automatically an evil F. What's YOUR middle name? It could probably be linked to a criminal or evil person at some point in history. That makes you equally culpable, and from now on, everyone should refer to YOU by what someone else with the same name did or does. Great, GREAT logic
Posted in: Iraqis celebrate US pullback but bombing kills 27