alex2000 said...

alex2000 at 09:47 AM JST - 19th May

I am a conductor for CN in BC. Lots of wildlife is attracted to the grain that falls from hopper cars.

The headlights on the Locomotive just tent to freeze the deer in their tracks. At night we turn the headlights off, then blow the whistle to try and scare…

Posted in Train companies try to put the brakes on collisions with wild deer at 09:47 AM JST - 19th May
alex2000 at 11:47 AM JST - 4th September

Canada's similar form? Canada's parliament and upper house is based on the British Parliament and house of lords. It is nothing like America's.

The one country that did base its government on the US is the Philippines and their government is even more dysfunctional then the US if that is…

Posted in Which country's form of government comes closest to your ideal? at 11:47 AM JST - 4th September
alex2000 at 01:57 AM JST - 4th September

The U.K. (And Canada, most of the time).

Parliamentary systems that produce stable majority governments that can actually do something.

NOT the U.S. Too much gridlock. Not systems with proportional representation (Germany etc). Too much instability or, small parties have too much power.

Posted in Which country's form of government comes closest to your ideal? at 01:57 AM JST - 4th September
alex2000 at 10:08 AM JST - 2nd September

Where have you gone Koizumi? A nation turns it's lonely eyes to you...

Why can't we have stability? Or better yet a government where you feel there is a steady hand a the tiller?

Koizumi, come back!

Posted in Aso to run in LDP presidential race planned for Sept 22 at 10:08 AM JST - 2nd September
alex2000 at 09:40 AM JST - 2nd September

Come back Koizumi!!!

Posted in Fukuda's resignation 'irresponsible,' say business leaders at 09:40 AM JST - 2nd September
alex2000 at 09:38 AM JST - 2nd September

"Where have you gone Koizumi? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you..."

Darn it, why did he have to quit?? LDP term limits or not, he could have forced the LDP to keep him around for another couple years a least.

Lets have a decade or so of political…

Posted in Fukuda resigns as prime minister to avoid political vacuum; Aso says he's willing to run for PM at 09:38 AM JST - 2nd September