JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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lakechamplainer
What an outrage! The United Nations should investigate.
Posted in: Ginza hostesses battle back against predatory work rules
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lakechamplainer
Drucker's ideas always seemed good to me. However, my experience is that in the US his ideas were taken by corporations and simply used as yet another attempt to browbeat workers and replace them with computers.
When I worked at W. R. Grace, for example, we went through all the Total Quality stuff, all the stuff about taking responsibility, etc. We would watch videos about people taking the initiative to order a helicopter to make sure something got delivered "just-in-time", yet I still needed about five signatures to order a $2,000 pump.
Somehow management never saw the disconnect, or more likely no one would point it out to J. Peter Grace.
Posted in: Japan falls for novel on management guru Drucker
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lakechamplainer
Were people around the world really expecting him to be God, as Mehmet Onal is quoted as saying in the article? And people say Americans are ignorant?
Posted in: Obama's star fades in Muslim world
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lakechamplainer
Klein2: I'm well aware of the Bush family, believe me. Thankfully none of them are on the ballot, at least this time. I hope that Jeb Bush or George P Bush or any others are ever on any ballots in my lifetime.
Posted in: GOP wins the House, falls short of Senate
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lakechamplainer
I think the Republicans succeeded in making this a referendum on Obama, which at the margins has the result of more Republicans winning. Two years ago, the Democrats succeeded in making it a referendum on Bush, and likewise more Democrats won than would have otherwise. Both cases are OK with me, they work towards my goal of voting the ins out. The scary part of this story is Andrew Cuomo running obviously on his father's name, and Jerry Brown, who succeeded Reagan who succeeded Brown Sr. as governor way back when, running again. We have to get away from these "dynasties".
Posted in: GOP wins the House, falls short of Senate
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lakechamplainer
And the real world relevance is......?
Posted in: China lays claim to fastest supercomputer title
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lakechamplainer
My favorite Danno story was the one where some psycho went around murdering people based upon characters in a comic strip called Judy Moon, because he thought he was protecting her, so Danno had to go back into uniform while the cartoonist drew him in the comic strip, and they caught the psycho, and everyone lived happily ever after.
Posted in: 'Hawaii Five-0' actor James 'Danno' MacArthur dies at 72
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lakechamplainer
In the old days McDonald's managers used to do MVRs, "Manager Visitation Reports". I was devastated once, as a callow 17 year old "swing manager", when we had a tough visit. The MVRer, who was the store manager's boss, made the comment that "the drink had good ice bricks", apparently because there was nothing else worthy of praise.
Posted in: Brazilian court rules McDonald's must pay obese employee
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lakechamplainer
What would W. Edwards Deming say?
Posted in: Nissan recalls 2 million vehicles worldwide
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lakechamplainer
When are the people who run American soccer teams going to get some, and play sudden-death after a 90 minute tie? Why do they have to follow FIFA's dictates, acting as if they come down from Mount Sinai or Mount Olympus?
Posted in: Bidding for next 2 World Cups turns into a circus
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lakechamplainer
I have been to Woonsocket, RI: There is no "there" there.
Posted in: Dark clouds for Democrats as Obama embarks on last push
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lakechamplainer
How does one tell a rising sun from a setting sun?
Posted in: Sunset
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lakechamplainer
How well are women doing when their husbands are out of work?
Posted in: Obama, Democrats reach out to female voters
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lakechamplainer
I assume ACTIVISTS = INTELLIGENCE OPERATIVES
Posted in: Taiwan activists head back after protest voyage near disputed islands
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lakechamplainer
What was Tojo doing in the time between the Japanese surrender and his attempted suicide/capture?
Posted in: U.S. vet who caught Tojo speaks out
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lakechamplainer
Sushisake3 - I don't follow your argument - why should I be as concerned with what did or didn't happen in Northern Ireland as I am with what happened in the United States?
Posted in: Unsettled nation marks 9/11 with rituals of sorrow
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lakechamplainer
Note to some of the posters who seem to think Americans are intolerant and mean-spirited - if President Obama is not re-elected, I assure the (most likely Republican) next President will take a much stronger stand, having been led there by the American people. The Islamic World is not likely to have a President who is as interested in reaching out to them as President Obama, and I say that with all respect. I like President Obama, I voted for him in 2008 in both the Democratic primary and the general election. Right now I don't know if I would vote for him again. If a moderate to conservative Republican, like for example Congressmen Paul Ryan, is elected President, he will almost certainly not be as interested in furthering a dialogue with the Islamic World as President Obama. No disrespect to the President or Congressman Ryan - they would just be following the thoughts of the American people - as put forth by Palin et al, probably not with the best motivations.
Posted in: Unsettled nation marks 9/11 with rituals of sorrow
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lakechamplainer
I think these discussions and controversies over these issues are good. I prefer to see the American people engaged on this issue, peacefully as they are, rather than passively attending memorials.
I see the building of the Mosque in that location as provocative - I don't see how anyone can see it otherwise. Also, where is the money coming from to build it? How come everyone else is always encouraged to be tolerant and respect others viewpoints - it sure seems that adherents of Islam are never encouraged to do so - certainly not by their leaders.
I think the President is "on the side of the angels" in this debate. However, we need him to take a stronger stand against what to me is clearly wrong, and is apparently viewed as wrong by most Americans. We need him to show leadership, and not get bogged down in trivia, which these discussions are, from the standpoint of the Presidency. This reminds a little of the "Beer Summit" issue involving the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Gates by a Cambridge, MA policeman - not really an issue requiring the President's full attention.
Posted in: Unsettled nation marks 9/11 with rituals of sorrow
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lakechamplainer
Janet Wood from Three's Company. Janet "Would". Get it?
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lakechamplainer
I might have missed it in the 300 plus posts, but is there any sort of plausible explanation for the premature announcement of the building 7 collapse?
Posted in: Do you believe that Al-Qaida was responsible for the events of 9/11