skipthesong said...

skipthesong at 08:13 PM JST - 8th July

I find it interesting how the McCain "supporters" seem to say very little or nothing in support of their man, but they'll bash Obama until they are blue in the face."

By whom are you calling a McCain supporter? There are only two candidates and granted Obama seems better than…

Posted in U.S. public sees Obama as agent of change, McCain as just old: poll at 08:13 PM JST - 8th July
skipthesong at 08:09 PM JST - 8th July

kinniku: Yes, many homes have solar panels, but what is being sold is really mostly a show piece. You can run a small cabin off what is being sold, but that's about it. You can even make solar panels fairly easily. But, what the problem is by law, you can…

Posted in Lights go off in Tokyo, Hokkaido, elsewhere for G-8 summit at 08:09 PM JST - 8th July
skipthesong at 12:05 PM JST - 8th July

If Japan would get on the band wagon and start allowing home owner to properly buy and install solar panels and Wind Generators on their homes instead of making home owners pay 2million yen for stored power and not taxing imported products so much, this issue wouldn't even be an…

Posted in Lights go off in Tokyo, Hokkaido, elsewhere for G-8 summit at 12:05 PM JST - 8th July
skipthesong at 11:52 AM JST - 8th July

What change does Obama bring? All I hear is that he is talking about the same stuff every politician has over the years. Only change here is that he will be the president of a different color!

McCain really offers nothing either.

If you want change, vote for another party.…

Posted in U.S. public sees Obama as agent of change, McCain as just old: poll at 11:52 AM JST - 8th July
skipthesong at 11:47 AM JST - 8th July

what a great way to have young kids to learn to have faith in their country.

Posted in San Francisco group proposes naming sewage plant for President George W Bush at 11:47 AM JST - 8th July
skipthesong at 06:08 PM JST - 5th July

unscrejects: A black St. Peter - he was black? Didn't know that. Then again, they didn't have photos in those days. I guess you learn something new everyday.

Posted in Former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86 at 06:08 PM JST - 5th July
skipthesong at 05:13 PM JST - 5th July

For the US or UK to do anything about Mugabe would prove a political death.
The best thing to do here is to somehow leverage the African Union. He has been going at it for a long time now and we are only hearing about it recently. We need to…

Posted in Recognize me as Zimbabwe president or no talks: Mugabe at 05:13 PM JST - 5th July
skipthesong at 04:56 PM JST - 5th July

and I don't think we need to dwell so much on the past only what is in favor of what you want.

"There are segregationists of every hue and creed I think." But in the US, that is not how we are suppose to look at it. I will tell…

Posted in Former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86 at 04:56 PM JST - 5th July
skipthesong at 04:51 PM JST - 5th July

I don't get your point. Did you think I was praising Helms? I was not. I was calling him a segregationist as opposed to a supremacist. There are segregationists of every hue and creed I think."

Sez, there was a time when people did things that we look at NOW…

Posted in Former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86 at 04:51 PM JST - 5th July
skipthesong at 12:43 PM JST - 5th July

Wow, I thought the idea of celebrating July 4th was dead.

Taka, Yokota, Zama, and Atsugi seem to be the closest to me; of course there is the Sanno and that Stars and Stripes place. Noting going on there today?

Posted in Americans celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, patriotism at 12:43 PM JST - 5th July