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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:17 PM Original message |
PHOTOS: Japan welcomes Bush. "Are you brave enough to go to Iraq?" |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. ... |
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henslee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Alright. Our Japanese friends have a style of their own. |
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Bob3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. In everything they do they have their own style. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Just another country that hates our fearless (uh-huh) leader. Wonder if |
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Maggie_May (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Where is Karen Hughes? |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Trying to stuff herself into a kimono and calling Japan Air Lines? nt |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. LOL! |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, isn't it nice to know ... |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. oh dear |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. There's so much that we share, that it's time we're aware... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. want a new one? |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. LOL Thank you! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. That site is SO fantastic. I have had so much fun listening |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. St George and the dragonet- Stan Freberg We had that one too. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 08:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
83. "...and his fire was put out." (NT) |
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mark11727 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Wow --- great website --- thanks for the tip! |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
69. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I've been looking for a great version |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
90. There are songs there i have NEVER heard of..and artists too |
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rkc3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:26 PM Original message |
The world's hatred for the man (used loosely here) is further proof |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
85. That's true for a lot of them, I think - |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Oh crumbs- you gave me an earworm! |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
65. I just had this mental image of that ride at DisneyLand...and all the |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. ok I LOVE that image in my mind! |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Curse my lack of knowlage of Kanji! |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. I dunno it either, I'm really behind in my kanji... |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. i have this kanji dictionary, how many strokes do you suppose is in that |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:11 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. It's "Busshu wa satsujinhan" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. 12-stroke, I think ... and some katakana |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 07:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
81. 10 strokes |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. I'm told it takes a knowledge of 15,000 kanji to read a newspaper. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. No, only about 2500 are in common use in modern Japanese |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #57 |
67. I wonder how that bit of misinformation got into my skull. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 07:38 AM Response to Reply #67 |
78. The 1800+ kanji that students are supposed to know |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Wow! This is something I would not expect of Japan. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I posted earlier the headline "Few protests expected in Japan..." |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
56. Japan has been in the fight for the Iraqi people since the Gulf War -- |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Very creative and powerful protest with awesome * posters and masks! |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:31 PM Original message |
I'm working on it |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Cool! I have to ask: what is Kanji? Is it a dialect or a language? n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Kanji are the the traditional Chinese characters |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Thanks! I had no idea that Japanese is so complicated! n/t |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Doesn't Gaara have "love" tattooed on his forehead? |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. OMG Gaara! |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 08:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
84. Four ways to read. They learn English as well. :-) |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Well, the Japanese language has three different ways of writing |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Thanks for the info! Let us know when you've got the translation! n/t |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. But then when they're made into words, they follow whatever word or idea |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Kanji are used for the roots of words, and hiragana for the endings |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 08:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
82. Actually, four ways |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. Did we ever get a translation? :) |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. "spell and write better than our homegrown morans" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. It says "Bush go home" |
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TimeChaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. Thanks! |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:33 AM Response to Reply #43 |
72. bush wa...something er other? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 07:29 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Busshu wa kaere! |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #76 |
92. thanks! |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-05 12:00 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Good luck with your Japanese studies |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #72 |
89. Busshu wa kaere |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. is he bringing another plastic turkey to iraq again this year? or |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Gee, I wonder what summit these people are protesting? |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
16. They hate us for our freedoms n/t |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. And after the joy fest in Japan, it's off to China where protestors |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. Domo Arigato, Japan! |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. And these... |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. Didn't Poppy Bush vomit all over the Japanese PM when he was |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. The Japanese word for it is... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. Or ... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 07:41 AM Response to Reply #49 |
79. Actually, it's more like |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
63. Or, "a thousand points of lunch" |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. Time to NUKE JAPAN AGAIN |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
40. great images - added to the gallery ---------- ------------ > LINK |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. Translations of signs: |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Thank you for the translations! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Arigato gozaimashita! nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Domo arigato, Lydia-san. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 07:33 AM Response to Reply #44 |
77. Take another look at #2, Lydia |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
88. A, yappari ossharu toori desu |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. The 2nd photo says "Million Killer" in English - what does Japan know |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Yes, there were international protests against the Vietnam War |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 08:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Wow - Maybe Johnson avoided foreign travel to avoid the sort of |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. Freedom's on the march! |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
53. Hugs to our Japanese friends |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
60. Yay! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. When I visited in the fall of 2004, everyone wanted to know whether |
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ballaratocker (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
61. Seems very un-Japanese... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-15-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. "a land where formaltiy and restraint are the norm" SOMETIMES |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
70. Perhaps they will recommend seppuku to * |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
71. But, but, but there were suposed to be NO protets, as Japan |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
73. Leno had a * impersonator on earlier. |
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The Witch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
74. dupe n/m |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
75. I love the Japanese people. |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
80. Bless them all |
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ThatsMyBarack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
86. I'd rather call this thread.... |
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neebob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
87. Hey, now there's some Japanese writing I can read |
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egadsbrain (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-16-05 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
91. Thank you Japan for speaking truth to power |
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