smithinjapan said...

smithinjapan at 09:16 AM JST - 28th June

Petreus: I've decided that we are going to further reduce troop levels by sending another 30,000 to Iraq..... (to reporters)... Oh! You thought we meant reducing troops in IRAQ??? Hahaha... oh, you little ones! No no no... we're reducing our troops in the US!

Posted in Pentagon to order 30,000 troops to Iraq in early 2009 at 09:16 AM JST - 28th June
smithinjapan at 05:38 PM JST - 27th June

Wilbur: I agree with you. But I think in most cases the women prefer to remain anonymous and/or never report it at all. Clearly, it doesn't mention the women's names in the article, but is it clear to their significant others that it was them who was groped/molested? If so,…

Posted in Ex-university head jailed for molesting 5 female employees at 05:38 PM JST - 27th June
smithinjapan at 03:28 PM JST - 27th June

"I reflect on what I've done all the time... usually before give myself a little bit of self-lovin'!! HAR HAR HAR! .... please don't punish me! I have suffered enough!"

I think his punishment is pretty decent; I'm just utterly surprised there was no 'suspended sentence' inserted after it.

Posted in Ex-university head jailed for molesting 5 female employees at 03:28 PM JST - 27th June
smithinjapan at 03:22 PM JST - 27th June

Zen_Builder: "Crimes are comitted by criminals who ONLY posses illegal firearms. No legal gun-owner will commit a crime or shoot someone."

Yeah.... not like that dad who heard a rustle in his closet and blasted it with a shotgun, killing his daughter who wanted to surprise him for his birthday.…

Posted in Supreme Court says U.S. Constitution gives Americans right to own guns at 03:22 PM JST - 27th June
smithinjapan at 01:03 PM JST - 27th June

"Enough of the armchair chickenhawk blather. Any 'liberal - progressive' still tweet-tweeting at the US for what Al Qaeda gets up to in Iraq needs to head over there and pick up a rifle. I know, I know; the hard part is you're not sure which side to defend -…

Posted in 38 killed in Iraq bombings at 01:03 PM JST - 27th June
smithinjapan at 12:59 PM JST - 27th June

"YEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW!" We's is won, Cletis!! We's is WON gards darnit!"

Anyone in the US or otherwise who actually think it's a 'god-given right' to own a gun is an absolute moron, bottom line. Let's look at the stats for gun-related deaths in the US, and then compare them with the…

Posted in Supreme Court says U.S. Constitution gives Americans right to own guns at 12:59 PM JST - 27th June
smithinjapan at 12:51 PM JST - 27th June

The Japan/NK abduction is just that -- an issue between JAPAN AND NORTH KOREA! That's called a 'bi-lateral issue', my friends, and has nothing at all to do with the US taking them off the list of terrorist countries, much like EU countries removing embargos on Cuba (and sorry, skip,…

Posted in U.S. move to delist N Korea from terror list upsets kin of abducted Japanese at 12:51 PM JST - 27th June
smithinjapan at 05:36 PM JST - 26th June

I love how bureaucrats vow to 'work to try to prevent' recurrences of such things, but never actually vow for against a recurrence.

Posted in 1,400 bureaucrats received favors from cabbies, 151 punished at 05:36 PM JST - 26th June
smithinjapan at 05:33 PM JST - 26th June

I am against the death penalty for anything. Would I change my mind if one of mine were raped/murdered? who knows? but I DO know that that wouldn't change the fact that the State is doing exactly what it purports to be punishing.

Posted in Obama disagrees with Supreme Court decision outlawing death penalty for child rapists at 05:33 PM JST - 26th June
smithinjapan at 11:23 PM JST - 25th June

Piglet: I can't believe I'm actually sticking up for Sarge, but...

"Ethnic-based citizenship was the gold standard for most countries until last century. Japan is still far away behind modern democracies on this matter. If you hold Japanese citizenship, with regard to law, you are no different from your other…

Posted in Debito Arudo protests police questioning targeting foreigners at 11:23 PM JST - 25th June