yabits said...

yabits at 07:49 PM JST - 18th July

To those who counter Bush's total failure with the unpopularity of Congress:

If impeaching Bush and Cheney's sorry behinds would bump up Congress's numbers, you'd be all for it, right? (I believe they'd get a quick 20-point bump, minimum.)

The high percentage of people who know the USA is moving…

Posted in House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush 'a total failure' at 07:49 PM JST - 18th July
yabits at 07:41 PM JST - 18th July

The people who throw up "one world government" as an objection to the ICC are really being ludicrous.

Take the US, for example: We have federal system, but that does not do away with the state and territorial governments, and the thousands of county and city governments. What it does…

Posted in Do you think the International Criminal Court should be able to charge world leaders with crimes? at 07:41 PM JST - 18th July
yabits at 09:48 PM JST - 15th July

Funny how Bill Cosby was totally crucified for saying this a few years back and now it's a cool thing to propogate because the Lord Messiah Obama has pronounced it to be so...

One of the more moronic statements I've read around these parts. First, Cosby's criticisms went far…

Posted in Obama says blacks must exhibit more personal responsibility at 09:48 PM JST - 15th July
yabits at 06:12 AM JST - 14th July

Also, are you suggesting that by remaining anonymous enough not to "get caught" then there is no moral obligation to come forward and apologize?

I am suggesting that this incident does not imply any moral superiority on the part of the Japanese involved in it. And some posters using…

Posted in Japanese girl returns to Florence to atone for graffiti at 06:12 AM JST - 14th July
yabits at 03:26 AM JST - 14th July

We're not seeing all the other probably thousands of other graffiti writers from various countries stepping up to apologize, are we?

Sheeeyiiit...

How many of the thousands of other writers wrote the name of their school and took pictures while doing it?

Posted in Japanese girl returns to Florence to atone for graffiti at 03:26 AM JST - 14th July
yabits at 12:28 AM JST - 14th July

rdr jr writes:

Now folks this is a genuine act of class and decency.

What I know is that those words just sucked all the class and decency out of the action. They remind me of words said by my first Japanese language teacher: When explaining something, she would…

Posted in Japanese girl returns to Florence to atone for graffiti at 12:28 AM JST - 14th July
yabits at 10:43 PM JST - 10th July

Can someone tell me what in the heck that means in english.

C'mon, sailwind, you really can't interpret that message? kinniku's lame attempt at humor aside, what Jackson is saying is this:

"Black males are not entirely responsible for their condition. Society shares in the responsibility. Therefore, Obama needs…

Posted in Jackson apologizes for his comments about Obama at 10:43 PM JST - 10th July
yabits at 09:30 PM JST - 8th July

I was a little surprised to see "Bush's brilliant strategy" myself. In fact he was belatedly following the advice of General Eric Shinseki who was shown the door when he suggested more troops might be needed in the run-up to the invasion.

It is a bit like proclaiming the…

Posted in Iraq raises idea of timetable for U.S. withdrawal at 09:30 PM JST - 8th July
yabits at 07:20 PM JST - 8th July

So, the headline might actually need to read: "Actress CK gets buzz-cut WIG for stage play?"

What kind of reporting is this?

Posted in Actress Chiaki Kuriyama gets buzz-cut for stage play at 07:20 PM JST - 8th July
yabits at 07:11 PM JST - 8th July

Sarge writes:

You really don't know, do you? Well, for one thing, Iraqis are divided mainly into Shiites and Sunnis and they've hated each other for a thousand years and they still don't get along...

And a few years under an American occupation and Shiite-run government is going to…

Posted in 15 killed in Iraq attacks at 07:11 PM JST - 8th July