taikan said...

taikan at 03:54 AM JST - 3rd October

Historically, the number of persons allowed to pass the bar has been limited to the number of positions available at the Legal Research and Training Institute ("LRTI"), which every person who passes the bar must attend before becoming a judge, prosecutor or lawyer in private practice. In the 90s, the…

Posted in Panel calls for cut in number of law school students at 03:54 AM JST - 3rd October
taikan at 05:01 AM JST - 23rd September

If, as is widely expected, Aso calls for a lower-house election in the very near future, the Japanese people will have an opportunity to voice their opinion of the selection of Aso and the manner in which the LDP has been governing the country. Undoubtedly there will be many Japanese…

Posted in Aso elected LDP president at 05:01 AM JST - 23rd September
taikan at 09:36 AM JST - 18th September

Anyone who thinks AQ is failing should remember what Osama Bin Laden said in a tape released in 2004. Speaking about how AQ's actions were affecting the American economy, he said: "We, alongside the mujahedeen, bled Russia for 10 years until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in…

Posted in U.S. officials say Al-Qaida 'imploding,' unpopular at 09:36 AM JST - 18th September
taikan at 09:17 AM JST - 18th September

helloklitty, I have two questions. First, what did former Prime Minister Mori do that entitles him to credit for the high quality of broadband service in Japan? Second, is Japan willing to send him to the US so he can work his magic again?

Posted in For quality broadband, it's Japan by a mile at 09:17 AM JST - 18th September
taikan at 09:07 AM JST - 18th September

The AIG shareholders also need to be punished by having their stock declared worthless. The only way to keep this from happening again is to let the greedy get their collective noses rubbed in it.

In theory, this would be a good idea. However, almost 74% of AIG's shares are…

Posted in U.S. government bails out AIG with $85 billion loan at 09:07 AM JST - 18th September
taikan at 08:52 AM JST - 18th September

Are you unaware that Democrats control both the House and Senate?

And are you aware that the Republicans controlled the House and Senate from 1994-2006, and on top of that also have been in control of the White House since January 2001? Not that it makes much of a difference,…

Posted in U.S. government bails out AIG with $85 billion loan at 08:52 AM JST - 18th September
taikan at 08:40 AM JST - 18th September

Remarks defending a person who reached back a decade to attack Bill Clinton for the current Wall Street debacle.

Yabits -- Nippon5 didn't attack Bill Clinton. He merely said that the law was changed during the Clinton administration. That's correct. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which essentially repealed the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act…

Posted in Bush scraps comments on financial crisis at 08:40 AM JST - 18th September
taikan at 03:05 AM JST - 13th September

Realteacher -- I responded to your request for citing some examples by posting a link to a website that has hundreds of them, but for some reason the Moderator didn't think that was appropriate. Try looking up "revolving door" on Google.

Posted in Ex-bureaucrats taking executive posts at 45% of public-interest entities at 03:05 AM JST - 13th September
taikan at 10:53 AM JST - 11th September

Realteacher -- You should have considered the meaning of the name "taikan" before assuming that I lack understanding of the US system. Also, had you read my post carefully, you would have seen that I limited my comment concerning the "revolving door" to political appointees. By definition, that excludes the…

Posted in Ex-bureaucrats taking executive posts at 45% of public-interest entities at 10:53 AM JST - 11th September
taikan at 03:18 AM JST - 10th September

This should come as no surprise. It also provides a benefit for all concerned. The ex-government employee, who probably has been forced to retire at a relatively young age (55 or less) as a result of the "up or out" policy applicable to fast-track bureaucrats, needs the job because of…

Posted in Ex-bureaucrats taking executive posts at 45% of public-interest entities at 03:18 AM JST - 10th September