smithinjapan said...

smithinjapan at 05:33 PM JST - 31st October

I'm sorry, mods, but the comments has to be addressed. Improving relations with Iran is not at all like talking with Hitler. Why is the correlation so ludicrous? Well, anyone with ears know who Hitler was because of what he did; on the other hand, while Iran has thrown out…

Posted in Across the globe, Americans gear up to vote at 05:33 PM JST - 31st October
smithinjapan at 05:28 PM JST - 31st October

Wow... what a study! Anyway, let's hope that Japan starts seeing things like pent-up stress, panic disorder, and depression not as belonging to a person who's 'handicapped' but as someone who just may need treatment from a doctor or doctors who are a little more with the times.

Posted in Health problems top list of suicide causes at 05:28 PM JST - 31st October
smithinjapan at 12:58 PM JST - 31st October

tclh: It's a silly thought, even to fathom, and an even worse argument by extension. Obama doesn't want to TALK to OBL, he wants him caught or killed. That does not change the fact that Obama is a very excellent and eloquent speaker who has won people over world wide.…

Posted in Economy reeling, Obama, McCain seek final votes at 12:58 PM JST - 31st October
smithinjapan at 12:54 PM JST - 31st October

timor: "Anyway, until Iraq comes up with some form of effective leadership, I don't think it is in any position to dictate terms to anybody."

One of the reasons the US has justified what is rightly called a very poor decision to invade Iraq and start the war is that…

Posted in Iraq wants all U.S. troops gone by end of 2011 at 12:54 PM JST - 31st October
smithinjapan at 11:59 AM JST - 31st October

tclh: "He is such a good talker and somehow I think he will talk to OBL as well instead of trying to kill him as he promised."

Simply ignorant. Why do you think he'll talk to OBL? Because he can address a crowd and actually talk to people about what…

Posted in Economy reeling, Obama, McCain seek final votes at 11:59 AM JST - 31st October
smithinjapan at 10:59 AM JST - 31st October

Sez et. al.: The almost genius thing about it is that Bush is only going to appear to be a footnote, and Obama is going to take all the blame as president, when Iraq was a failed debacle from its planning to its execution, and now its. The righties on…

Posted in Iraq wants all U.S. troops gone by end of 2011 at 10:59 AM JST - 31st October
smithinjapan at 10:55 AM JST - 31st October

"What???? Where the hell was he? I guess he's got better things to do like line up a country western CD deal, or the book he's peddling, or perhaps a run for Congress as he's said publicly. That's right, JTP's horizons have expanded far beyond owning a puny plumbing business…

Posted in Economy reeling, Obama, McCain seek final votes at 10:55 AM JST - 31st October
smithinjapan at 09:17 AM JST - 31st October

Whoawhoawhoa..... hang on a second.... McSame linked OBAMA to big oil and profits??? HAHAHAHAHA!! Wow... even the Republican desperation is getting desperate.

I have to admit one thing... I feel a bit 'odd' saying Republican in this sort of sentence... you don't all deserve to be grouped with McCain/Palin and…

Posted in Economy reeling, Obama, McCain seek final votes at 09:17 AM JST - 31st October
smithinjapan at 09:03 AM JST - 31st October

OssanULTRA: "If these Iraqis spent half the time on getting their country secured and it's act together as they do worrying about when the US troops will leave, we actually could leave. Like tomorrow."

It sucks when the country that doesn't ask you to illegally invade turns around and stabs…

Posted in Iraq wants all U.S. troops gone by end of 2011 at 09:03 AM JST - 31st October
smithinjapan at 09:02 AM JST - 31st October

You guys seem to miss the point. The government HAS taken responsibility for this in the traditional Japanese way -- they apologized. That in their minds means the matter is over and the issue resolved. Of COURSE they should have done something, and of COURSE they should have their asses…

Posted in Sapporo woman confined to home by mother for 8 years at 09:02 AM JST - 31st October