tkoind2 said...

tkoind2 at 03:54 PM JST - 16th November

p.s. Show me a GOP candidate with answers that make sense for common working people and I will vote for him/her. I am not a democrat, I am one of your dangerous liberals who actually wants things to be better for ordinary people. Show me someone who can do that…

Posted in Palin book goes after McCain camp at 03:54 PM JST - 16th November
tkoind2 at 03:52 PM JST - 16th November

sailwind. Palin didn't even know the range of powers included in the office of vice president. If you watch her interviews she has very little to say other than popular GOP catch phrases about most of the issues.

The problem with politics at home now is that people care far…

Posted in Palin book goes after McCain camp at 03:52 PM JST - 16th November
tkoind2 at 01:05 PM JST - 16th November

What on earth makes anyone think she is so genuine and sincere? All I got from her run was that she was sincerely uniformed, clueless and incapable of making coherent statements. And genuinely scary and filled with backwards flat earth ideas.

If such a quaint creature can influence the Republican…

Posted in Palin book goes after McCain camp at 01:05 PM JST - 16th November
tkoind2 at 01:02 PM JST - 16th November

newjapanese. "I will not give up my seat to any students, gaikokujin male or female(with child, pregnant or whatever) or Japanese males."

While I understand some of those you will not give up seats for, others sound like over racism. Why give up a seat for a pregnant or with…

Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 01:02 PM JST - 16th November
tkoind2 at 12:25 PM JST - 16th November

Pain is a good teacher. We take the train to events sometimes and have a couple big cases on carts. They fit nicely into a corner and for sensible passengers we never cause anyone any problems. We are careful and polite to assure we don't bother anyone. And taking the…

Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 12:25 PM JST - 16th November
tkoind2 at 11:24 AM JST - 16th November

mansen. "I really left sorry for her when she got bashed by the media". If you run for office you can expect to be under the gun from the media. If you can't take it, don't run.

Sailwind. You should know by now that media will take anyone who can…

Posted in Palin book goes after McCain camp at 11:24 AM JST - 16th November
tkoind2 at 10:21 AM JST - 16th November

pawatan. " She's just not relevant."

I wish I could agree with you. But the scary thing is, she is relevant. If the mainstream people, with their 10second attention spans, fall out of love with "yes we can" we could easily see someone like Palin in office some day.

She…

Posted in Palin book goes after McCain camp at 10:21 AM JST - 16th November
tkoind2 at 10:17 AM JST - 16th November

There is a funny little film called "Idiocracy" where the future if populated by people who speak only in local slang, take TV as the absolute truth, and elect pro-wrestlers and monster truck types as president.

While a comedy, it rings a little too true here and there. Living with…

Posted in Palin book goes after McCain camp at 10:17 AM JST - 16th November
tkoind2 at 10:08 AM JST - 16th November

Civalry isn't something I have seen in Japan much at all. Not only on trains, but just simple behaviors guys here seem to be self centered and many of the penguin dressed types seem to be mindless ravening zombies after work. I've seen the elder left standing, pregnant women smashed…

Posted in Is chivalry dead on Tokyo trains? at 10:08 AM JST - 16th November
tkoind2 at 10:48 AM JST - 12th November

bamboohat. "This is the kind of thing you need to be successful. Take an existing set of products (apartments), re-package it without needing to actually produce anything (re model) and sell it to a hot niche (women who want to escape from reality)."

Just because something makes good business sense…

Posted in Meet the brains of Tokyo's women-only housing boom at 10:48 AM JST - 12th November