Tuesday February 14, 2012

JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION

yabits's past comments

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yabitsFeb. 13, 2012 - 09:58AM JST

I was responding to Yabits as he brought up Obama and his foreign policy in his comment on this thread.

Uh, the comment was on the Republicans' choice of putting this issue front and center the way they've done. With the economy steadily improving, I suppose they're desperate enough to try just about anything.

Posted in: Birth control row 'senseless': top Obama ally
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yabitsFeb. 13, 2012 - 09:54AM JST

The conservative screechfest that was CPAC highlighted 2 interesting points:

Also interesting was the white supremacist, Peter Brimelow, who took his turn at the podium early in the conference.

Posted in: Romney's presidential bid gets boost with Maine win
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yabitsFeb. 10, 2012 - 11:09AM JST

Republicans, seizing an opportunity to hammer the White House, have accused Obama of waging war on religious freedom with his proposal to require some church-affiliated entities to provide insurance that covers contraception for women, as well as other reproductive health services.

That's right Republicans, go on the assault against women.

That they've chosen this issue as their new hill to fight on shows how desperate they've become. They can't credibly attack President Obama's foreign policy and, as much as they wish otherwise, the U.S. economy is on the upswing, having been led by a stock market hitting pre-2008 levels and record corporate earnings.

Posted in: Birth control row 'senseless': top Obama ally
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yabitsFeb. 10, 2012 - 12:24AM JST

Think of it this way Mitt, you're making Bob Dole look really good by comparison.

And Santorum's handing of the rape of his daughter ought to generate some sympathy for Mike Dukakis.

Posted in: Santorum's wins shake up Republican race
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yabitsFeb. 10, 2012 - 12:22AM JST

This "gift" that God has "given" to a woman who has been raped?

From a spiritual perspective, I know where Santorum is coming from. He's taking on the mantle and message of a Mother Teresa. Good on him; the world needs more saints.

But he's also running for political office -- the most powerful office in our nation. Political, temporal power is something a genuine "saint" would shun.

And that is what makes Rick so twisted. And dangerous.

Posted in: Santorum's wins shake up Republican race
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yabitsFeb. 09, 2012 - 11:08PM JST

He was asked.......'Asked by CNN's Piers Morgan what he would do if his own daughter approached him, begging for an abortion after having been raped,

Santorum's response was the wrong answer, and demonstrates his being unfit to be senator of Pennsylvania, much less president of the nation.

The right answer: "First of all, Piers, my daughter would never have to come begging me to have an abortion because she'd never be in the position to need one after a rape. We as a family discuss these matters and our daughters know that they can depend upon us to provide them with the morning-after pill if, God forbid, such a tragedy as this one actually occurred. But the more important matter is what my fellow Americans could take away from my response, since that is real reason you are asking the question. As an American citizen, I recognize the separation of church and state, and therefore my personal religious-based beliefs must be made secondary to the settled law of the land, which includes the right of any woman to have an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy."

Posted in: Santorum's wins shake up Republican race
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yabitsFeb. 09, 2012 - 08:40PM JST

"Well, you can make the argument that if she doesn't have this baby, if she kills her child, that that, too, could ruin her life. And this is not an easy choice, I understand that. As horrible as the way that that son or daughter and son was created, it still is her child. And whether she has that child or she doesn't, it will always be her child, and she will always know that," Santorum said.

Santorum is a freaking lunatic. A woman who is the victim of a rape should immediately be allowed to take a "morning-after" pill so that the woman can comfort herself in the knowledge that this "gift" gets flushed out of her body the way more than 70% of zygotes do naturally. (That's fertilized eggs, people.)

That way, the woman won't have to explain to the poor kid when he demands to know who his daddy was (as is his right): "The only thing I know about him is he's a violent rapist." Ruin her life? Hell, for we know she's unleashing on society another human being with a hereditary proclivity towards violent crime.

As a personal code of conduct, what Santorum suggests might be worthy of respect. But he wants to go much farther than that -- so that the laws and machinery of the state come to enforce his own religious beliefs. The man is sick.

Posted in: Santorum's wins shake up Republican race
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yabitsFeb. 09, 2012 - 03:31AM JST

Even with Santorum's faults, he'd make a way better president

President of Unplanned Parenthood perhaps.

Posted in: Santorum reignites campaign with wins in Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado
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yabitsFeb. 08, 2012 - 07:00AM JST

Republicans like Rove are complaining because they were so dead wrong on the auto bailouts. Oh, how they wished GM and Chrysler were driven under so that they could be right and President Obama wrong.

Republicans believe that it is only they who can declare "morning in America." And the nitwit Repubs have now become the real pessimists on America.

Posted in: Ford blasts GM 'apocalypse' ad for Super Bowl; Chrysler also under fire
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yabitsFeb. 08, 2012 - 03:56AM JST

Yes, it was a 15-seat passenger van like those commonly used for airport-hotel shuttles.

According to the Star, some or most of the passengers were wearing seat-belts, as the story described responders having to cut them to try and rescue the victims.

Posted in: Eleven dead in Canada road accident
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yabitsFeb. 05, 2012 - 01:38PM JST

Perhaps this might be of interest to Nevadans, who suffer under the highest unemployment rate and worst housing situation in the country

Rather than providing some help to people, Willard wanted the whole bankruptcy thing to just play itself out. Of course, making over $20M a year from investments didn't help the fool from telling people he was "unemployed."

Posted in: Romney wins big in Nevada
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yabitsFeb. 05, 2012 - 01:35PM JST

I consume sugar every day and I'm not overweight and I don't have diabetes.

It is well-known that regular moderate-to-high sugar intake impacts brain function. I believe readers don't have to look too hard to see solid evidence of that.

Posted in: Time to tax sugar to combat health crisis: experts
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yabitsFeb. 05, 2012 - 01:25PM JST

Congratulations to the wealthy former venture capitalist, who earned $20 million from his investments in 2010 and paid just 13.9% in taxes. As the article points out.

They missed the facts that he enjoys firing people and that he only made "a little bit" off of his speaking engagements.

A little bit -- roughly $375,000 -- is nearly 10 times the yearly income of a majority of the American people.

Posted in: Romney wins big in Nevada
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yabitsFeb. 05, 2012 - 01:20PM JST

True, Romney has not laid out a plan to fix it, but I think that middle class Americans will have a much better chance at getting better than under Obama.

The American people were sold that same bill of goods when they turned over a healthy economy and a federal budget in surplus in 2000 to a Republican president and a Republican Congress. The result was a total squandering of the gains made in the 1990s and near-total financial collapse.

Obama made many grand promises when he was running, and what has he done?

Hundreds of thousands of Americans who work for the auto companies and the many hundreds of companies in that supply chain have President Obama to thank for helping save that industry.

How has Obama helped the middle class since he has been in.

Enabling children to stay on their parents' health-care plans as dependents until their post-college years has been a tremendous benefit to middle-class Americans. That added to the hundreds of thousands of middle-class jobs saved as mentioned.

Posted in: Romney admits he 'misspoke' over poor Americans
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yabitsFeb. 05, 2012 - 01:12PM JST

How much did I win? (it's bi-partisan also).

Sorry -- providing a "solution" to the wrong problem means you lose again.

The problem, as stated by Alphaape, was that Americans in the lower middle-class being forced to sell their assets, including their homes, in order to qualify for assisted living benefits. Those benefits do not pertain to Medicare.

Posted in: Romney admits he 'misspoke' over poor Americans
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yabitsFeb. 05, 2012 - 09:54AM JST

Cutting nearly all products that have sugar/corn sweeteners added to them out of my diet has made a tremendous difference in my health and well-being. The stuff is poison.

Posted in: Time to tax sugar to combat health crisis: experts
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yabitsFeb. 05, 2012 - 05:08AM JST

If you just happen to be a middle class person in that situation, you have to sell it all off to become poor in able to get assistance. That needs to be fixed.

How is Romney, or any Republican, going to fix that?

Cite one specific Republican plan that is going to greatly improve that situation for the increasing numbers of elderly Americans who will likely need it, and explain how that plan will indeed "fix" the situation for those you described at the "lower end" of the middle class.

I am betting that neither you nor any other GOP supporters on this board has any answers to that.

Posted in: Romney admits he 'misspoke' over poor Americans
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yabitsFeb. 03, 2012 - 12:25PM JST

The Media has a narrative and it is the Media that wants to draw greater attention to Romney's fortune and they will use anything they can to do it including using Trump as just another excuse to continuely to point it out.

In sailwind's Bizarro Media World, one of the wealthiest men ever to run (or attempt to buy) the office of president can say things like "I like firing people," and "I am not concerned about the poor," and journalists are supposed to pay it no mind. Likewise, when a Donald Trump -- a buffoon who fairly recently was calling Romney a "small businessman," who "never built anything," and who "bought companies and gutted them, killing jobs" -- comes out with an endorsement and Romney just can't wait to hop on a plane to be with the pathetic nutcase. So much for not caring about the rich!

But in sailwind's Bizarro Media World, journalists are supposed to behave like this is not happening.

Posted in: Trump endorsement of Romney a huge diversion in Republican race
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yabitsFeb. 03, 2012 - 12:14PM JST

A family of four, making mininum wage, has more disposible income, than a family of 4 making $60, 000.00 a year.

That has to rank as one of the most ridiculous statements made on this or any other forum. I pity the poor fool who actually believes it.

Posted in: After Florida win, Romney makes gaffe on poor
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yabitsFeb. 02, 2012 - 12:31PM JST

Romney explained that he was confident that food stamps, housing vouchers, Medicaid and other assistance would keep the poor afloat — he pledged to fix holes in that safety net “if it needs repair.”

He's LYING!!

Posted in: After Florida win, Romney makes gaffe on poor