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Premier’s Party Suffers Big Defeat in Japan
NY Times ^
| July 29, 2007
| NORIMITSU ONISHI
Posted on 07/29/2007 2:24:16 PM PDT by neverdem
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posted on
07/29/2007 2:24:20 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Honest Abe takes a beating.
To: neverdem
Since this is from the Scumbag Times I have no idea what to make of this news? All I know is the tone of the article can not be trusted.
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posted on
07/29/2007 2:36:32 PM PDT
by
sirchtruth
(No one has the RIGHT not to be offended...)
To: neverdem
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posted on
07/29/2007 2:39:11 PM PDT
by
patriciaruth
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562436/posts)
To: patriciaruth
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:27:18 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
("See You At The Signing"(sic) Er, NO Mr. President. See YOU at The Impeachment. Over border failure.)
To: patriciaruth
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posted on
07/29/2007 5:27:22 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
("See You At The Signing"(sic) Er, NO Mr. President. See YOU at The Impeachment. Over border failure.)
To: neverdem
What a nightmare, having only to choose between the Democratic Party and the Liberal Democratic Party.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:08:18 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
("The Democrats are the party of slavery." - Cindy Sheehan)
To: counterpunch
Despite the name, the LDP is the conservative party in Japan.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:35:06 PM PDT
by
GATOR NAVY
(Hey! Must be a devil between us)
To: counterpunch
And in USA you have the Democratics and what , for the most part , is the RINO party . Nightmare , too .
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:41:59 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: sushiman
Make that Democrats ...oops !
And furthermore I am pleased that the LPD got its collective butt kicked . They have needed a wake up call for far too long .
10
posted on
07/29/2007 6:43:53 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: sushiman
Yeah, but you know that’s not how it works.
Republicans in the US lost in 2006 for abandoning their core principles, and their response so far has been to try to be even more like the Democrats.
If it’s a wake up call, they’ve hit the snooze button.
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:46:53 PM PDT
by
counterpunch
("The Democrats are the party of slavery." - Cindy Sheehan)
To: sushiman
Louisville Police Department ?
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posted on
07/29/2007 6:47:33 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
To: GATOR NAVY
Despite the name, the LDP is the conservative party in Japan.Thanks for the feedback.
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posted on
07/29/2007 7:46:09 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Louisville Police Department Hehe...
LDP ...
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posted on
07/29/2007 8:09:10 PM PDT
by
sushiman
To: neverdem
Seems like what they call a government “Pension” over there is what we call Social Security over here. Looks like lots of people over there are aging, and are afraid that for some reason they will not receive their government pension when they retire (the article doesn’t say why). Perhaps their Pension system is as underfunded as our Social Security system. People are afraid they are not going to get paid.
As someone once said to me: “people always vote with their pocketbooks”. Sounds like like Abe-san just found this out the hard way.
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posted on
07/29/2007 9:35:16 PM PDT
by
Zetman
To: neverdem
Past prime ministers have resigned in the face of similar losses...resigned? - I thought they were supposed to run themselves through with a long sword - must be a new world......
To: Zetman
The Japanese pension system lost millions of pension records and now people have to prove they paid into it.
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posted on
07/29/2007 10:02:56 PM PDT
by
ezsmoke
To: AmericanInTokyo
Abe has been a staunch supporter of the U.S. is why I am unhappy that he hasn’t met the expectations of his people on the domestic front.
The alternative legislatures may be less open to foreign policies that are of mutual benefit to us and them.
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posted on
07/29/2007 11:38:29 PM PDT
by
patriciaruth
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562436/posts)
To: ezsmoke
“The Japanese pension system lost millions of pension records”
Beeeeeeery kurebaa.
Not surprising, but clever as all get-out. That should help them kick the can down the road for another decade.
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posted on
07/30/2007 1:39:57 AM PDT
by
dsc
(There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men. Edmund Burke)
To: patriciaruth
well, the Japanese domestic election should be about Japan, not about the U.S.
U.S. citizens certainly don’t vote in accordance with how it will play in other countries :)
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