bebert said...

bebert at 05:05 PM JST - 2nd March

It took Ronald Reagan about 2 years to fix the economy that Ford and Carter screwed up over a 6 year period. I doubt Obama will be able to do it in the same amount of time by raising taxes, massively increasing borrowing and spending, giving more handouts to the…

Posted in Limbaugh, Pelosi take flak in White House-Republican battle at 05:05 PM JST - 2nd March
bebert at 04:46 PM JST - 2nd March

Brunei's house. Brunei's rules.

I agree. Immigrants from the Third World come to the West, legally and illegally, and are surprised when they go to jail for beating their wives, running cock fights or committing female circumcision on their daughters and are angry when they get arrested and go to…

Posted in Brunei defends whipping 400 immigrants at 04:46 PM JST - 2nd March
bebert at 03:51 PM JST - 2nd March

I think she did a great job in the 2004 film, Shimotsuma Monogatari.

I agree. Her over-the-top, roaring lion parts reminded me of some of Toshiro Mifune's wilder moments. I like her as an actress and a model, not so much as a singer/rock star.

Posted in Anna Tsuchiya introduces documentary on orphanage for Japanese-American children at 03:51 PM JST - 2nd March
bebert at 03:26 PM JST - 2nd March

Thanks to the liberation of Iraq, business opportunities abound!

Actually, thanks to the dropping of international sanctions. Saddam was always open to doing business with the developed world.

With criminal scum like Achmed Chalabi now having their fingers in the economy, I predict there will be a lot more corruption…

Posted in Japanese mission seeking business opportunities in Iraq at 03:26 PM JST - 2nd March
bebert at 03:13 PM JST - 2nd March

We true Americans (i.e. Democrats) need something to laugh at

Here is something to laugh at. Fourteen of the Fifteen states that are going to be hardest hit are states that went for Obama and almost all of those are blue states like Connecticut, California and New York who are…

Posted in Obama draws battle lines to reshape U.S. society at 03:13 PM JST - 2nd March
bebert at 02:52 PM JST - 2nd March

Stupid unnecesarry scene in the movie (the flag fight) - why whould they make it in such a way?

I agree with an above poster. During the 1980's there was a lot of jingoism in wrestling, with the "bad guys" being Russian, Iranian, Arab and (oddly) American religious conservative characters.…

Posted in Iran angered over films 'The Wrestler' and '300' at 02:52 PM JST - 2nd March
bebert at 11:02 AM JST - 1st March

Though extreme, this is the view many “pure” Japanese hold of their cousins to the north

I guess I had to add this. This is another example of a Westerner (and very likely not a Christian) taking umbrage at the Japanese sense of identity. I wonder if Mr. Sharp's people…

Posted in Tokyo’s thriving Ainu community keeps traditional culture alive at 11:02 AM JST - 1st March
bebert at 10:57 AM JST - 1st March

As the saying goes, it is easier to herd cats than to get a teenage girl to follow the rules of any kind. And they seem to always act against their own best interests.

Knee length or longer.

Posted in Posters over length of high school uniform skirts causing controversy at 10:57 AM JST - 1st March
bebert at 10:07 AM JST - 1st March

I wouldn't say a population of less than 50,000 is exactly thriving. But to be positive for once, hopefully JT will post an article announcing the release of their first CD.

Posted in Tokyo’s thriving Ainu community keeps traditional culture alive at 10:07 AM JST - 1st March
bebert at 09:33 AM JST - 1st March

Seems there is a market for whale meat after all. Whaling is one more aspect of the global economy that THEY want to destroy, so we will all be forced to live in shanty towns and crap in pit toilets that are full of flies.

Posted in Japan approves resumption of whale meat imports from Norway at 09:33 AM JST - 1st March