JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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U.S. Navy investigating how parts fell off aircraft near Atsugi
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Confrontation
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California court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'
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Kuroki reported pregnant 2 weeks after denying relationship with Akanishi
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buddha4brains
Yeah but no one has. But if someone did, there would be protests and rightly so.
Posted in: Protest brews over Cheney center at Univ of Wyoming
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buddha4brains
Explain? Are you suggesting that someone in the media put that poster up in order to report on it? No media is without bias. The ones to be wary of are those who loudly proclaim how unbiased they are while pointing fingers.
As to this photo, well the demise of the LDP is certainly newsworthy and there is no lack of critics to heap scorn on them. For the media, this is low hanging fruit.
Posted in: Out with the old
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buddha4brains
Capitalism is not the be all and end all of political economy. Wall St. almost bankrupted America and most of the world economy. The pro-capitalists often sound as rabid as the far left in their denouncements and delusions. Whether Japan veers towards socialism or capitalism is less of a concern as whether of not the people are being well served.
Posted in: Hatoyama backs fiscal regulation; says he's not turning to socialism
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buddha4brains
Don't forget all the drug users and other enablers (bribed officials etc.) north of the border (yes Canada that includes you too).
Posted in: Mexican candidate, his wife and 2 sons killed
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buddha4brains
Midnightpromise actually he was charge with something. How do I know? I stopped to read a newspaper which described the incident. It is not hard to find, try the NY Times.
Posted in: Kennedy remembered for 'dream he kept alive'
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buddha4brains
WhiteHawk you got to be kidding.
The wind farm story is all about Kennedy working with Ted Stevens and other Republicans to halt construction. And you wonder why no one bothers to prove you wrong. What are you right about? That Ted Kennedy passed laws with Republicans? Perhaps that is why so many Republican leaders attended his funeral. Even GW Bush, whom I not a fan of, attended - hated his politics and policies, but I can respect his civility.
Posted in: Kennedy remembered for 'dream he kept alive'
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buddha4brains
And yet ** WhiteHawk** he was respected on both sides. I guess American politics is just plain dirty ... can't really imagine Ted Kennedy being so self-serving and no one among his peers raising much of a fuss (Kennedy haters not included since they even condemn the air he breathed). You'd think he broke some law to be able to do all those things you allege.
Finally, did you write that yourself or did you just cut & paste someone else's idea?
Posted in: Kennedy remembered for 'dream he kept alive'
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buddha4brains
The Washington Post had an interesting myth busting story about healthcare outside the US. That is, if you dare to read it.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082101778.html
Posted in: Health care is a hot topic for debate in many countries. What do you think is the best system?
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buddha4brains
Is "white" a race? I always thought it was more of a race-based ideology than a race.
Posted in: Marie gives the lowdown on being 'half'
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buddha4brains
No one has denied that TK had done some terrible things in his life but that is not the sum total of what he had done.
And the woe-are-we whining from some in the Right is just pathetic. As if they never heard of G. W. Bush. skipthesong a few posts back nailed the sons of privilege thing.
Posted in: World leaders pay tribute to Kennedy
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buddha4brains
A very fortunate man indeed and in deed. Very few people could have lived his life. He made serious errors in his life, but has contributed mightily to his country. The NY Times reports on Nancy Reagan talking about how RR's warm relationship with TK and her own gratitude for his support on stem cell research.
Despite the hand-wringing of some on this site, TK was not the embodiment of evil. He was a flawed man, a very lucky man, but flawed nonetheless.
Posted in: World leaders pay tribute to Kennedy
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buddha4brains
I wonder at what point the pointy heads in the previous admin realized that they were not in a Jerry Bruckheimer film where basically anything goes if you wrap the flag around it? The rule of law is a b!tch, but it is what separates free societies from the terrorists.
Posted in: CIA hired Blackwater contractors to try to hit al-Qaida
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buddha4brains
Badsey that is rich. Who gave you the authority to decide which American citizen benefits from the American Constitution and who doesn't?
Posted in: Threats, jeers saturate angry health care debate
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buddha4brains
One pleasant surprise (and a welcomed one at that) is the apparent agreement on this board that things (can't call it a debate) are getting a bit much.
I tend to agree that the health care issue has become a proxy for other issues such as Obama being a black man (why else the sign wishing death to his family), sour grapes at loosing the election, or lord knows what else.
Whatever health care plan does emerge it will be flawed because the competing interests will never reconcile. If the GOP had reformed health care it would have been flawed for the same reason.
Posted in: Threats, jeers saturate angry health care debate
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buddha4brains
Did NHK 9 O'clock News skip this story? Or was it the very first story? I missed the first minute.
Posted in: Yang topples Tiger in PGA Championship
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buddha4brains
So you guys without insurance willingly risk financial ruin if something goes awry with your health? What's there to protect you?
Posted in: White House appears ready to drop 'public option' on health care
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buddha4brains
goldsounds define "victimless". Do you mean that the money and other material goods stolen in order to get more drugs did not create hardship for the person(s) who no longer had those things? How about relationships that have been destroyed by behaviour altered by drugs? The poor decisions made? The accidents caused?
I understand your reefer logic and I think it has some validity, but don't claim it is victimless. Even alcohol drinkers cannot make that claim about their drug of choice.
Posted in: How do you feel about legalizing some drugs? What are the pros and cons?
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buddha4brains
Badsy I have met many many Americans and many of them did not appear deficient between the ears (some did, but that's true everywhere). They also did not appear shy about standing up and making their views known. Certainly there are under-educated people in America, but with a little gumption a person can go to the library, on the internet, and learn more than what is being offered at school. Citizens from all developed countries have that same easy access to knowledge - but you gotta want to have it. In truly oppressive countries this would not be the case.
But without your health, everything else is second. Why some want to hamstring their fellow citizens over ideology is beyond me. You could have a perfect running capitalist (or socialist) system that serves no one, but the diktats of ideology. What good is that to anyone? A roof, some clothes, food on the table, health and security: if a nation can't or won't provide these basics (either actually or the means to acquire), then I fail to see the reason for the state (or any other entity that fails to provide the same i.e. insurance companies).
That there are 10s of millions of Americans without health insurance, millions more under-insured, and still more million at jobs only for the health coverage (what choice is that!) does not speak well of the United States' ability to function as a state for its people.
Posted in: Obama reprises campaign style in health debate
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buddha4brains
techall Ask them what? Did they (the Kurds) appreciate being abandoned by Poppa Bush after being encouraged to rise up against Saddam?
Will life be better for the Kurds and all Iraqis after the US forces leave? One would hope so, but there are no guarantees.
Posted in: Iraqis uneasy at idea of early U.S. withdrawal
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buddha4brains
I guess the big question is whether or not life in Iraq will be better after the US forces leave than before they arrived to oust he-who-is-not-relevant-to-this-discussion. All fair-minded people hope the Iraqi can emerge stronger and more secure (and free) regardless of the bogus reasons for attacking Iraq in the first place.
Posted in: Iraqis uneasy at idea of early U.S. withdrawal