FReeper Canteen ~ Ways to Support the Troops ~ July 29, 2004

MoJo2001, Kathy in Alaska , Brad's Gramma and FRiends of the Canteen

[Radix]

1858 1st commercial treaty between US & Japan signed

 

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce Between the United States and Japan, 1858 (The Harris Treaty)

It was the U.S. which forced Japan to abandon her isolationist policy toward foreigners when Commodore Perry concluded the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Tokugawa government in 1854. However, while Perry secured fuel and provisions for U.S. ships and protection for shipwrecked sailors, he left the important matter of trading rights to another U.S. envoy, Townsend Harris (credited, incidentally, as the originator of the Free Academy in New York City that was transformed into C.U.N.Y.) who arrived in Japan for that purpose in 1856. It took two years of persistent work to break down Japanese resistance. But with the threat of imminent British demands for similar privileges (concessions they had already wrung from mighty China in war), the Tokugawa regime gave in and signed, as had taken place in China over a decade earlier, the "unequal treaty" outlined below. Ironically, it was the humiliation of this and the other treaties signed with Britain, France, et al. that made the Japanese embrace all too well the modernization that her tormentors had already achieved, making her by the end of the century the dominant Asian power and one who would soon win for herself (through victory in the 1904-5 Russo- Japanese war) the status of a great power.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Let's hope that the Pakistanis really do have a senior guy this time.

[tomkow6]

Hi, BobFromNJ!

Welcome to the Canteen!

Wanna buy a burka?

 

 

[Lady Jag]

Guaranteed to roll good!

[StarCMC]

Kerry's daughter is on now...where's her see-thru black dress?? That might have gotten them a bump in the ratings, hmmm?

[tomkow6]

...yeah, but what about flavor?????

[Kathy in Alaska]

This is swell: A kayaker rides waves on the Ottawa River in Ottawa, Canada.

[Radix]

We 64 Charlie 10's (Army Truckers) hated the Finance guys because they always messed with our TDY pay, but later when I grew up, I decided that even the finance guys were brethren too!

[tomkow6]

[Radix]

Did she say that she gargled snots for hours?

[Kathy in Alaska]

REENLISTMENT — Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly (right), U.S. Army Reserve chief and Army Reserve Command commanding general, administers the oath of reenlistment to 1st Sgt. Calvin Wiemer, 367th Engineer Battalion, at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, July 15, 2004. Helmly visited Bagram Air Base and met with Reserve soldiers serving there. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Chris Stump

[StarCMC]

Sheesh!! You must have looked thru a lot of yukky stuff to get that!

[Lady Jag]

It's 18 on the Booger Board

[tomkow6]

.........I learned alot of "stuff" in the Navy.........

[StarCMC]

Well, Morgan Freeman just went down in my estimations...he's narrating the vietnam bs video.

[Kathy in Alaska]

040721-N-1573O-022 Pacific Ocean (July 21, 2004) - Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Kyle Blatchley of New Port Richey, Fla., creates one of many roses for a cake that are baked aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) each day. The ship and Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14) are taking part in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest international maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This year's exercise includes seven participating nations; Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. RIMPAC is intended to enhance the tactical proficiency of participating units in a wide array of combined operations at sea, while enhancing stability in the Pacific Rim region. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Tyler Orsburn (RELEASED)

[StarCMC]

I don't even wanna know! LOL!!

[tomkow6]

mine!

[tomkow6]

mine!

[tomkow6]

mine!