leitmotiv said...

leitmotiv at 01:23 PM JST - 20th June

"Obama's clear financial advantage over McCain"

It won't be enough to get him elected.

LOL. Not.

How's the fishing?

Posted in Obama says he won't take public campaign funds at 01:23 PM JST - 20th June
leitmotiv at 12:09 PM JST - 20th June

RedMeatKoolAid

Your foot, that smoldering bullet hole. How do you still type?

That seems to have been directed at me. I have no idea what it might mean. Can you explain?

Posted in Obama says bin Laden must not be a martyr at 12:09 PM JST - 20th June
leitmotiv at 11:49 AM JST - 20th June

Doesn't anyone find it obscene that the guy with the most money wins? shouldn't there be some sort of legislation that gives each candidate equal airtime and advertising space and no more than that?

Agreed - The system is really messed up. Money should be mostly removed from the equation.

Posted in Obama says he won't take public campaign funds at 11:49 AM JST - 20th June
leitmotiv at 11:05 AM JST - 20th June

It is possible to be comfortably gay and oppose gay marriage.

I suppose any bizarre and internaly inconsistent viewpoint is possible after reading some of the anti-equality posts here.

Posted in What are your views on same-sex marriages? at 11:05 AM JST - 20th June
leitmotiv at 10:40 PM JST - 19th June

Do you even know the meaning of inherent? Talk about acquiring rights, since you're not born Japainese, your parents are not Japainese, neither is your granny!

Dude...why the anger? OK I'll restate more carefully for you - the Japanese have granted voting rights that a few are quick to observe…

Posted in Kawasaki City gives foreign residents right to vote in referendums at 10:40 PM JST - 19th June
leitmotiv at 10:02 PM JST - 19th June

Our turn for LOL. You have about the same legal acumen Barack Obama possesses.

In what universe is a declaration ("Universal Declaration of Human Rights") an "important law [ legal ] body"?

OK I'll repost it with minor correction for the over-sensitive sematicists out there. I dont think the substance…

Posted in Obama says bin Laden must not be a martyr at 10:02 PM JST - 19th June
leitmotiv at 09:42 PM JST - 19th June

You don't have any inherent right to vote in Japain! You get what the Japainese decide to give you... PERIOD!

Yes and it appears they have given an inherent right to vote in this case.

Posted in Kawasaki City gives foreign residents right to vote in referendums at 09:42 PM JST - 19th June
leitmotiv at 08:02 PM JST - 19th June

I would love to sponsor some sort of "quailty of life referendum" with noise level caps - aimed at the black van freaks. I bet plenty of Japanese people would appreciate that.

Posted in Kawasaki City gives foreign residents right to vote in referendums at 08:02 PM JST - 19th June
leitmotiv at 07:54 PM JST - 19th June

Bin-Laden, if still alive, should be tried for his crimes - and let's face it, there's been plenty of them

Agreed. The sad thing is that a golden opportunity to do so was turned down. I dont mean the bungled Tora Bora incident. Afghanistan offered to give him up soon…

Posted in Obama says bin Laden must not be a martyr at 07:54 PM JST - 19th June
leitmotiv at 07:47 PM JST - 19th June

But he doesn't like the military tribunals that have been set up for the detainees however the Nuremburg trials were military tribunals.

The Nuremberg trials became the basis of several important law bodies including the Geneva Convention and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The current kangaroo-court "trials" regarding US…

Posted in Obama says bin Laden must not be a martyr at 07:47 PM JST - 19th June