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ReaganLegend: There are many Americans on this board who strongly support our fellow countrymen and women, and love to hit the Japanese every chance we get. But, in the interest of fairness, adults from any country should give credit where credit is due, and Kosuke Kitajima deserves credit for being an Olympic champion once again.
Posted in: Kitajima gears up for Hansen; Phelps, Rice grab gold in pool
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You sure about this?
Man alive, you tell some whoppers! Japan has been in a recession for almost 20 years? Really? Japan`s economic performance since the economic bubble burst has been generally poor, and at times in a recession by any terms, but what you are saying makes no sense.
Yes, the LDP has historically looked to the construction industry and farmers as some of its most loyal supporters through the pork-barrel spending it has done. So what? This is not news.
The hammer would have fallen on the LDP long ago if the public thought there was a palatable alternative. The DPJ is too much for them to stomach.
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Congratulations to Kosuke Kitajima. You are a true Olympic champion.
Hansen was a huge disappointment.
Congratulations also are in order to the Aussies who won gold and bronze and the American who won silver in the women`s 100m butterfly.
Posted in: Kitajima gears up for Hansen; Phelps, Rice grab gold in pool
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ReaganLegend: Taking the liberty to speak for the majority at JT, we hope that your comments about Bush are a joke.
The public has heard about the proposed tax increase for so long that they now believe it to be inevitable, regardless if the majority even truly understand the rationale for it. Just end all the dilly-dallying and announce a firm timetable for tackling the nations worsening fiscal situation. The uncertainty is making things worse.
By not doing anything, the public can say, "See, they only care about keeping power in the next election."
The LDP will probably get away with it, though, because the DPJ is so inept.
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We have the Olympics underway, and the Russia/Georgia conflict escalating, yet an affair that washed-up politician John Edwards had is generating tons of responses.
Whatever....
The public said さよなら quite a while ago.
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Rajakumar:
What is your point, other than thinly-veiled grumbling about the U.S.?
Japan, under a provision since abolished, used its prerogative as host of the Games in 1964 to get judo introduced-not only to show some Japanese culture to the rest of the world-but also to help it improve its medal chances.
Japan used its money and influence to get women`s wrestling introduced for increased medal opportunities.
All countries want to see certain sports they are traditionally strong in in the Olympics to enable them to move up the medal standings.
Japan so desperately is working to get baseball and softball readmitted as sports in 2016 because it has so few other medal opportunities in large numbers besides swimming and judo. The slogan, "Baseball in 2016," is part of the advertising on the Nippon Professional Baseball site, for example.
If you look carefully at the history of swimming in the Olympics, you will find that other countries have done very well, even better at times, than the United States.
Perhaps with a lot of the same successful techniques and training regimens being used the world over, as well as the same equipment, there might not be much of a gap between the best anymore.
My guess is that the U.S. will win the most medals in swimming again. Australia and Russia will do well, too. Some other countries will surprise, but, Japan, outside of Kosuke Kitajima and couple others, will disappoint. Anyway, we will see how things play out soon.
Posted in: Australia, U.S. swimmers face strong rivals at Games
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"economic and security dividends pay off back home"
This is truly an amazing statement.
Posted in: Bush heads to Asia for diplomacy and sports
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I served three of my years in the Navy here and have long thought the permanent U.S. military unnecessary. That being said, until Japan is willing to make the necessary changes to its constitution, as well as getting the public out of its dreamy peace condition for the past 60 years and accept that the Japanese people themselves should be responsible for the great bulk of this nation`s security, nothing will really change.
It is easier and cheaper to continue paying the "sympathy budget" each year, with the majority of the money supporting thousands of Japanese workers on the bases, and construction jobs that the Japanese benefit from as well.
It is easier to buy weapons from the U.S., and, in many cases, do licensing agreements with the U.S. to eventually provide big money/jobs for Japanese at companies like Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
When it is all said and done, I think most of the Japanese like the status quo.
Posted in: Does the U.S. need to have military bases anywhere in Japan?
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Wottock Hunt wrote:
They stand for the status quo.
Posted in: Cabinet
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Do you think the Olympic Games will be a success?
No, I do not.
And I think it will be a particularly disappointing Olympic Games for Japan.
Posted in: Do you think the Olympic Games will be a success?
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Rodney King: If you read carefully on this thread and the other related ones about Fukuda
s Cabinet changes, you would hopfully be able to understand that the bulk of the criticism from the JT crowd is that he simply shuffled a number of the same olLDP people in and out of different positions, without much thought it seems to ability, but more toward rewarding party loyalty.In general, it seems no one is particularly impressed with Fukuda
s new Cabinet-Japanese and foreigners alike. If Fukuda thought these moves would truly spark a lasting surge in his abysmally-low popularity ratings, hes probably quite mistaken.How do you feel about Fukuda`s seeming indifference to the "postal rebels" that Koizumi punished, Rodney King?
How about the fact that Bunmei Ibuki once held the post of Education Minister, even though he freely admitted to not knowing much about education matters?
How about the fact that Seiko Noda used to live with another Diet member outside marriage? Not much of a role model for the youth of Japan.
Posted in: Cabinet
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The Japan Times has the lineup and profiles of this cast of characters: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20080802a1.html
Posted in: Cabinet
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Attestation or prostration?
The guy at the top right looks ticked off not to be in the front row.
The guy on Fukuda`s left looks like one of the Keebler elves.
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wottock hunt wrote:
"Anybody else smell pork?
Cue massive construction contracts..."
It is sizzling in an LDP "fry pan" right now.
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Sarge: They should call it "Bare Biz" for women.
Keep it up, Japanese women, with the summer exposure. Perhaps a good part of global warming would be to get the women to start the downward migration earlier each year in the spring, and have the U-turn unrushed each fall. Thanks, Japanese women!
Posted in: Young women’s summer fashions show too much, poll reveals
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I am eternally grateful that so many Japanese women reveal much of their true selves in the summertime. The peaks and valleys make the long train rides much more bearable.
Posted in: Young women’s summer fashions show too much, poll reveals
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Maggie Gyllenhaal reminds me of Mona Yamamoto in this picture.
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No more Gilgamesh Night, no more Super Jockey, no more Tonight 2...no more fun.
Posted in: What do you think of the quality of Japanese TV variety programs?
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Nobody did car chases like Starsky and Hutch.
Posted in: Which movie has the best car chase?
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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'