cow76 said...

cow76 at 09:57 PM JST - 5th October

The best thing about Japanese cartoons is that they feature vaguely realistic family settings and thus children can relate to them. Chibi Maruko, for example, has a three generation household and many problems are ones faced by children. It's better than the crap we had on TV as kids -…

Posted in Mystery still surrounds death of Crayon Shinchan creator at 09:57 PM JST - 5th October
cow76 at 11:51 PM JST - 4th October

I remember as a child I was taught to shake hands and praise my opponent, win or lose. It's called 'sportsmanship' and I haven't seen a whole lot of it recently from anyone related to the Tokyo Olympic bid.

Posted in Ishihara blames Tokyo 2016 failure on behind-the-scenes deals at 11:51 PM JST - 4th October
cow76 at 12:35 PM JST - 4th October

Obama's handling of hurricane Katrina was also pretty bad. And he could have fought the civil war a bit better. On the other hand, the Louisiana Purchase was nicely done.

Posted in Afghan policeman fires on U.S. troops, killing 2 at 12:35 PM JST - 4th October
cow76 at 08:49 PM JST - 3rd October

The London Olympics will be the 18th in Europe. The US has had the Olympics only 4 times. So I expected the US to get them this time.

I agree with tclh, Presidents and Prime Ministers shouldn't get involved in the Olympic lobbying process. Sport shouldn't be related to politics…

Posted in Chicago's Olympic loss is blow to Obama, too at 08:49 PM JST - 3rd October
cow76 at 03:00 PM JST - 3rd October

Surely being remembered after one dies is a good thing?

Posted in 'Crayon Shinchan' TV series to go ahead despite cartoonist's death at 03:00 PM JST - 3rd October
cow76 at 02:56 PM JST - 3rd October

So the 106 delegates have had 4 years to make up their minds/be bribed and because Obama failed to changed enough minds in his 45 minutes he's a failure? I thinketh not.

Posted in Chicago's Olympic loss is blow to Obama, too at 02:56 PM JST - 3rd October
cow76 at 10:21 AM JST - 2nd October

If you can put GPS into every car and program the topography of the streets into the controlling program it MIGHT be possible to have driverless cars that never crash. I think this will happen in about 30 years. However, the problem is pedestrians. Either they also carry GPS devices…

Posted in Nissan unveils robot cars that can travel in group without colliding at 10:21 AM JST - 2nd October
cow76 at 04:35 PM JST - 1st October

Everyone should be buying guns to support our 2nd amendment rights - why not focus on more important rights like freedom of speech, privacy rights etc that are slowly being chipped away? If the government was talking about making it illegal to stab yourself in the foot with a fork…

Posted in Ban handguns? U.S. Supreme Court taking a new look at 04:35 PM JST - 1st October
cow76 at 04:27 PM JST - 1st October

Three students aged 13, 14 and 19 "wish to make their voices heard" - they're in the wrong job then. Reporters report what other people say. Duh.

Posted in Japan Times to send students to climate talks as 'junior reporters' at 04:27 PM JST - 1st October
cow76 at 04:22 PM JST - 1st October

I'm seeing a lot of right-wing contradiction over these bailouts. Bush bailed out the banks and that was fine because, hey, it was Bush. Then Obama bailed out GM and suddenly America's gone Soviet? You guys seriously make it hard for anyone else to take you seriously because there's nothing…

Posted in Should public funds be used to bail out big companies like JAL? at 04:22 PM JST - 1st October