bonym said...

bonym at 06:24 AM JST - 3rd June

Typical stereotyping responses we see oh so many times here.

"Yeah, I can see it now. Ford F150's and F250's rumbling around the Japanese and Korean countryside and cities with "open markets"

Yes I could ! In fact right now I have two Japanese co-workers forced to go through net…

Posted in Japan business leaders hoping for GM revival after bankruptcy at 06:24 AM JST - 3rd June
bonym at 11:32 PM JST - 2nd June

"Japanese stocks extended their winning streak Tuesday, lifted by encouraging U.S. economic data and relief that the fate of General Motors Corp had finally been clarified."

Awww baloney ! Who writes this stuff anyway ? Stocks in both the USA and Japan are reflecting stable oil prices ! Nothing more,…

Posted in Japan stocks rise as GM bankruptcy lifts cloud at 11:32 PM JST - 2nd June
bonym at 05:14 PM JST - 2nd June

Cmon people, lightening strikes, engine failure, fire on board... doesn't affect the ability to communicate with the tower. This sounds like a complete electrical meltdown leaving the pilots flying blind. Sabatoge ? Perhaps. The plane had its regular maintenance just two months ago. A slow corroding acid would do the…

Posted in Vast search of Atlantic Ocean for Air France jet at 05:14 PM JST - 2nd June
bonym at 05:02 PM JST - 2nd June

"Respect for Islam"

Read, "Infidels stay out of the hjoly land" !

Fair enough, but only if Islam stays put... in the holy land.

Posted in Muslims want tangible change on Mideast from Obama at 05:02 PM JST - 2nd June
bonym at 04:52 PM JST - 2nd June

The Japanese government has but one ethical responsibility... to convince those companies that benefitted from slave labor during WWII to compensate those individuals. Ya hear me Mitsubishi !!!

Posted in Should the 1951 Treaty of San Francisco be amended to allow surviving ex-POWs and their kin to take legal action for compensation against the Japanese government? at 04:52 PM JST - 2nd June
bonym at 04:41 PM JST - 2nd June

Lots of misguided opinions, as usual, here.

GM has always made cars that people wanted. That is how they stayed at number one for so many years. All this hoopla about smaller cars is just nonsense. Toyota has done very nicely in the US and Japanese markets with their Xtrail…

Posted in Japan business leaders hoping for GM revival after bankruptcy at 04:41 PM JST - 2nd June
bonym at 04:32 PM JST - 2nd June

"Marie said afterwards: “I have to let you know, I have sex about five times a day. That’s how much I love it.” Yeah, right."

That explains the somewhat haggered and desheveled look in the photo. I'm thinkin the hand on the hip also has more to do with a…

Posted in Marie, at AIDS awareness concert, says she has sex five times a day at 04:32 PM JST - 2nd June
bonym at 04:28 PM JST - 2nd June

"Since when was English-speaking ability a prerequisite for playing the piano?"

Never said it was. I was making a simple observation to back my point... the audience knows nothing about him, they don't talk !

"So, did they applaud because they were 'wonderful people' being polite to an 'underdog'? Or…

Posted in Blind pianist wows audiences at Van Cliburn piano contest at 04:28 PM JST - 2nd June
bonym at 12:01 AM JST - 1st June

"The most important objective as I’m performing is that the audience is going to be moved,” Tsujii said through an interpreter."

An interpreter ? So he's unable to communicate in English with his audience ? Again, Americans know nothing about him 'cept he's a talented blind piano player. Lets leave…

Posted in Blind pianist wows audiences at Van Cliburn piano contest at 12:01 AM JST - 1st June
bonym at 10:50 PM JST - 31st May

"The big deal is the lad's performance."

Maybe. Or maybe just simple acknowledgement and appreciation of his efforts. Americans are wonderful people, they will go out of their way to support the underdog. Now lets not make too much of this "blind Japanese wows Americans" nonsense, it cheapens the whole…

Posted in Blind pianist wows audiences at Van Cliburn piano contest at 10:50 PM JST - 31st May