treebeard said...

treebeard at 07:30 PM JST - 30th May

bottom line.... you don't sell books by saying everything was great... at least not in the U.S.

Posted in McClellan says he believed in Bush as war started at 07:30 PM JST - 30th May
treebeard at 09:51 AM JST - 23rd May

... this is "new"? my Sharp smartphone (WS011SH) does this... and has since last year... hmmm

Posted in DoCoMo handset functions as IP phone at home at 09:51 AM JST - 23rd May
treebeard at 09:46 AM JST - 23rd May

Japan’s stockpile includes 1.52 million tons of imported rice from the U.S., Thailand and Vietnam in the compulsory “minimum access” annual purchase under the 1993 WTO agreement. The rest of the stockpile is domestic rice.

finally a chance to get rid of that stuff... are they sending the neat rice…

Posted in Japan to provide 20,000 tons of rice to Africa, developing countries at 09:46 AM JST - 23rd May
treebeard at 11:51 AM JST - 19th May

from AFP and the same speech:

*"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said. "That's not leadership. That's not going to…

Posted in Obama links McCain to unpopular Bush economic policies in campaign preview at 11:51 AM JST - 19th May
treebeard at 08:13 AM JST - 18th May

Sure it should, just as much as Obama's "race" or Hillary's "gender" should be a factor in the election

Posted in Should John McCain's age (he'll be 72 on election day) be a factor in the U.S. presidential election campaign? at 08:13 AM JST - 18th May
treebeard at 10:04 AM JST - 17th May

oops!

Posted in Japan mistakenly seizes S. Korean fishing boat at 10:04 AM JST - 17th May
treebeard at 10:03 AM JST - 17th May

so by his own admission he was "poor white trash", destined for welfare, drugs or alcohol addiction... instead the military thought they could make something of him, and they did. trained him, encouraged him, challenged him... he even made sergeant in six years... got his honorable discharge, and JOINED the…

Posted in U.S. soldier refuses to serve in 'illegal Iraq war' at 10:03 AM JST - 17th May
treebeard at 08:41 AM JST - 9th May

"Cool"

in more ways than one....

Posted in Rohm devises LSI consuming no power during waiting time at 08:41 AM JST - 9th May
treebeard at 09:02 AM JST - 6th May

Just say "no."

Posted in Valentine: Maybe MLB should let players compete in Olympics at 09:02 AM JST - 6th May
treebeard at 08:44 AM JST - 2nd May

It's not fair!!! It's not fair!!!

they are discriminating against people!!!

that is sarcasm for those of you in Tokyo.

They might try this test for some Japanese I have met... seems a lot of Japanese don't understand Japanese well enough to drive properly... or maybe my Japanese was not…

Posted in Foreign residents proficient in Japanese to be allowed to stay longer at 08:44 AM JST - 2nd May