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Rolando_jose
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 175
Location: Waiting for the november golden week
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| Let's see how he does. At least for me he looks too stubborn to quit as his former party mates. |
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Daimao Raki
Joined: 03 Jul 2008
Posts: 305
Location: Boro City, SC
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:17 am |
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| Wow, I can't believe this is happening. |
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saiyajedi
Joined: 14 Aug 2004
Posts: 66
Location: Osaka
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 9:55 am |
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| Daimao Raki wrote: | | Wow, I can't believe this is happening. |
Yeah, I am not pleased. When you're dealing with the LDP, it's really a least-of-several-evils situation, but Aso was definitely not my top choice. Things tend to pretty much stay the same in Japan no matter what, so hopefully he doesn't screw with things too much... |
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Mr. Just-A-Guy
Joined: 08 Jan 2006
Posts: 16
Location: A fragment of your imagination, Brazil
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:40 am |
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"Also last year, he said that Americans could not solve the Middle East crisis because they have blond hair and blue eyes"
LOL, a guy like that as a Prime Minister... Truly hilarious.
PS: I'm not American, I'm from South America |
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Dargonxtc
Joined: 13 Apr 2006
Posts: 4154
Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:03 pm |
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| Well, I don't agree with everything the man has said. But leaders who offend nobody and kowtow to every group rarely accomplish anything of any worth. So a shake up may be good for the country at this point, maybe something will actually happen. |
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fighterholic
Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:19 pm |
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| From what I've heard, he isn't afraid what he thinks is on his mind. Which should make things interesting, especially when he meets with whomever takes over the White House. I can only imagine what he would say to either candidates. |
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marzipan.dragon
Joined: 18 Jul 2008
Posts: 44
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:44 pm |
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Interesting times.  |
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DarkMirage
Joined: 18 Sep 2004
Posts: 18
Location: Singapore
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:54 pm |
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Rozen Aso!
Lol. |
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Kyogissun
Joined: 17 Aug 2007
Posts: 365
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:56 pm |
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*facepalm*
I pray to god he got elected over more than being a manga fan. |
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Richard J.
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Joined: 11 Aug 2006
Posts: 2931
Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:58 pm |
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| Mr. Just-A-Guy wrote: | "Also last year, he said that Americans could not solve the Middle East crisis because they have blond hair and blue eyes"
LOL, a guy like that as a Prime Minister... Truly hilarious. |
I don't know, aside from being a tactless statement there's a degree of truth to it. People automatically asign a greater degree of trust to people who look like they do. It's an unfortunate, scientifically analyzed reality of human nature.
Racial and ethnic politics aren't exactly easy to deal with when the differences between groups are, literally, color-coded.
| Mr. Just-A-Guy wrote: | | PS: I'm not American, I'm from South America |
Take a road trip North and a slightly annoying hike and you can recitify that situation. Just lay low till the amnesty kicks in.  |
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aluria
Joined: 11 Nov 2005
Posts: 347
Location: Surrey, BC, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:05 pm |
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| Don't know much about him but I like that he's not afraid to ruffle people's feathers. I hope he does well by Japan. |
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Mohawk52
Joined: 16 Oct 2003
Posts: 3858
Location: Celebrating Lindsey Hawker murder suspect arrest, in Basingstoke, UK.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:46 pm |
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| Richard J. wrote: | | Mr. Just-A-Guy wrote: | "Also last year, he said that Americans could not solve the Middle East crisis because they have blond hair and blue eyes"
LOL, a guy like that as a Prime Minister... Truly hilarious. |
I don't know, aside from being a tactless statement there's a degree of truth to it. People automatically asign a greater degree of trust to people who look like they do. It's an unfortunate, scientifically analyzed reality of human nature.
Racial and ethnic politics aren't exactly easy to deal with when the differences between groups are, literally, color-coded.
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Well it sure helped being Japanese in Iraq, didn't it?  There will be some interesting times in Japan in the near future then? I'm very sceptical of a political system that allows its leader to be chosen by basically a party commitee, instead of a general election by the people of the nation. That's how our Gordon Brown got to be PM, and Britain is suffering even more than under Blair. It's just not cricket. |
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v1cious
Joined: 31 Dec 2002
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Location: Fresno, TX
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 3:52 pm |
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| the guy sounds like Bush. good thing his power is limited. |
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Hon'ya-chan
Joined: 31 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:00 pm |
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| Kyogissun wrote: | *facepalm*
I pray to god he got elected over more than being a manga fan. |
He got elected over his Pro-Gundam platform. But knowing politicians, we're gonna get something akin to a Labor. |
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The Xenos
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Posts: 1102
Location: Boston
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:23 pm |
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| Kyogissun wrote: | *facepalm*
I pray to god he got elected over more than being a manga fan. |
Yeah. I think he got elected because he's a conservative nationalist nut job and for some reason that resonates with the Japanese people.
Wait.. that's even worse.  |
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