pathat said...

pathat at 02:34 AM JST - 27th July

I am expressing my opinion based on my many years` experience living in and learning about Japan.

Your original statement stands only on the basis of your own beliefs.

What you choose to believe is a prejudiced statement about the Japanese, the A-bombing of Hiroshima, and the choice of locale…

Posted in Pelosi to visit Hiroshima for meeting, flower tributes at A-bomb monument at 02:34 AM JST - 27th July
pathat at 01:11 AM JST - 27th July

Ossan: You don`t speak for everyone here at JT, so stop presuming that you do.

Obviously, the G-8 has nothing to do with any WW-II issues. The other high-level G-8 meetings were held elsewhere in Japan. Therefore, I question the intentions of the Japanese side to have this meeting in…

Posted in Pelosi to visit Hiroshima for meeting, flower tributes at A-bomb monument at 01:11 AM JST - 27th July
pathat at 12:28 AM JST - 27th July

I don't see any connection between the G-8 and the A-bomb.

Of course there isn`t any which begs the question: Why hold this hangover G-8 meeting in Hiroshima unless to play the A-bomb victim card?

Posted in Pelosi to visit Hiroshima for meeting, flower tributes at A-bomb monument at 12:28 AM JST - 27th July
pathat at 11:36 PM JST - 26th July

Nobody did car chases like Starsky and Hutch.

Posted in Which movie has the best car chase? at 11:36 PM JST - 26th July
pathat at 05:48 PM JST - 26th July

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will travel to Hiroshima to participate in a Group of Eight lower house chiefs’ meeting

Man, enough already about the G-8 and the endless meetings! The G-8 is becoming a political Olympics with all of the preparation and construction of facilities and the…

Posted in Pelosi to visit Hiroshima for meeting, flower tributes at A-bomb monument at 05:48 PM JST - 26th July
pathat at 12:19 PM JST - 26th July

The Mariners deserve to have a failure like Kei Igawa through 2009, especially considered in the light that they have wasted many millions on a 3-year contract extension from next year for their overrated, unproductive catcher, Kenji Jojima.

Posted in Yankees lefty Igawa linked with trade to Mariners at 12:19 PM JST - 26th July
pathat at 12:14 PM JST - 26th July

Sarge wrote:

It's possible Hakuho may fall to Kotomitsuki today. It's also possible the Bulgarian gladiator will fall to Kaio today.

Thanks for the expert opinion, sarge. I am glad we are all clear on the possibilities now.

Posted in Hakuho clinches Nagoya sumo title at 12:14 PM JST - 26th July
pathat at 12:34 PM JST - 18th July

House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure'

Somebody finally tells the truth in Washington.

Posted in House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure' at 12:34 PM JST - 18th July
pathat at 12:32 PM JST - 18th July

Company records show his monthly overtime stood at some 40 hours

At the companies I go to, it is standard practice to simply lie about working hours in order to prevent there being any solid proof of employees working 80+ OT hours in most months. It is the Japanese way.

Posted in Skylark outlet manager dies from overwork at 12:32 PM JST - 18th July
pathat at 12:28 PM JST - 18th July

“I fear that we’re sitting on a financial powder keg,”

The warning signs have been there for years, but people chose to ignore them in most cases-from the top on down. Too bad, so sad.

Posted in U.S. leaders running out of options to deal with multiple economic crises at 12:28 PM JST - 18th July