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tkoind2 at 08:39 AM JST - 25th September
Cheerful?!?!? Great. We can be cheerfully poor, overworked, underpaid with no prospect of retirment funds or health care when the system falls over. I'm feeling more cheerful already. Thank you PM Aso.
Strong?!?!? Just where are you seeing the seeds of strength? Japan is food and natural resource dependent. Japan's…
Posted in Aso says his mission is to make Japan cheerful and strong nation at 08:39 AM JST - 25th September
tkoind2 at 08:32 AM JST - 25th September
McCain is clearly trying to leverage this issue to his benefit. But I think a lot of people will see through this and most likely see him as siding with Bush.
The debates should go forward. I agree a president needs to be able to focus on a lot more…
Posted in McCain suspends campaigning over financial crisis; Obama rejects call for debate delay at 08:32 AM JST - 25th September
tkoind2 at 04:15 PM JST - 24th September
We are seeing symptoms of much wider problems. Globalization has developed using short term, often short sighted thinking. Companies wanted to make money by saving money on labor etc... They did not think about the long term political and economic issues. And they are still not thinking about those things…
Posted in Upheavals in economy and food security at 04:15 PM JST - 24th September
tkoind2 at 03:59 PM JST - 24th September
Abshin, with Aso in charge Japan will need more than luck in the future. It will need a miracle.
Posted in New PM Aso forms cabinet with close allies and rivals at 03:59 PM JST - 24th September
tkoind2 at 10:09 AM JST - 24th September
Depressing. Very depressing.
I have one confidence in brother Aso. He may well be the end of the LDP as his ability to put both feet in his mouth and to miss the point of most issues are the one set of unchallenged skill sets he has.
Posted in New PM Aso forms cabinet with close allies and rivals at 10:09 AM JST - 24th September
tkoind2 at 08:53 AM JST - 24th September
China knows what Japan doesn't seem to realize. Aso is not the right man for the job and faces an almost certain chance of complete failure.
The only light I see at the end of this political tunnel is that it may bring down the LDP once and for all.
Posted in Chinese media focus on Aso's upcoming political hurdles at 08:53 AM JST - 24th September
tkoind2 at 08:51 AM JST - 24th September
One other note. I honestly think Ahmadinejad and Bush are cut from the same poor quality fabric of common sense and usefulness. In another life they would make a great comedy team and would likely be good friends. They both lack any common sense in public and both badly represent…
Posted in Iran's leader gives thumbs down during Bush speech at U.N. at 08:51 AM JST - 24th September
tkoind2 at 08:48 AM JST - 24th September
Bush has been a global nightmare for 8 years now. I am surprised he got even 10 seconds of applause. What we think today is not as important as how history will remember Bush. I imagine history books will have at least the following to say about him.
Posted in Iran's leader gives thumbs down during Bush speech at U.N. at 08:48 AM JST - 24th September
tkoind2 at 04:14 PM JST - 22nd September
Japan has crazy notions about rational working hours. No regard for human beings or human health. Shocking more people don't just drop out... more than the 30,000+ per year that is.
Posted in On-duty officer apparently shoots himself at Tokyo police station at 04:14 PM JST - 22nd September
tkoind2 at 06:08 PM JST - 16th September
Let's face facts. The global economy is largely in the hands of people who exist primarily to make more money. Their judgement is driven by the demands of their companies to make profits grow year on year. And they are largely accountable only to their internal structures and significant shareholders.…
Posted in What do you think of the recent financial upheavals in the U.S. that have seen Lehman Brothers file for bankruptcy, Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch, the collapse of Bear Stearns and the U.S. government take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? at 06:08 PM JST - 16th September