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Post by tomo on Aug 30, 2009 11:44:54 GMT
Dear all,
The famous Minister of Finance who got drunk and passed out during a press conference lost his seat in Japanese diet.
He kinda deserve it. Japanese are well known to get over-worked and pass out during work, but it is very wrong of him to get drunk and pass out during work. This behavior doesn't represent other Japanese. (thought many are known to get drunk and pass out after work)
Tomo
P.S. That MoF is an ars-e-hole.
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Post by tomo on Aug 30, 2009 14:02:29 GMT
Ordinarily, if it were in the time of Shogun's, he would be order to do the ritualized suicide by self-disembowelment and his family and everyone under him would go "master-less". (This comes with semi-permanent stigma.)
But he is lucky. He just has to leave office and political life for a little while until heat dissipates. And, he is gonna start writing books or something. He probably isn't so bad a guy; he just has to stop drinking. (But he can do alcoholic-anonymous in PRIVATE life ... and not during civil service ... particularly in a press conference.)
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Post by merton on Aug 30, 2009 17:14:03 GMT
what's a japanese diet seat?
and how many hours a week do you work anyway?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2009 20:58:25 GMT
what's a japanese diet seat? and how many hours a week do you work anyway? MERTON He is talking about their Parliament, not about a dine- in Jenny Craig. SandyK
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2009 21:02:54 GMT
I bet the family has been disgraced, what is next for him? Miguel He might move to the U.S.A. and become an overpaid executive! Many of your top executives seem to have been asleep on the job,so he seems to have the right qualifications ! Alex
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2009 0:45:22 GMT
And from here they will go to down under! Final resting place. Miguel No, they always go back to the U.S. after slashing the staff levels of the companies, often leaving them with trouble meeting their statutory obligations afterwards, because of that. They then take home obscene amounts of cash and shares. e.g. Sol Trujillo.(ex Telstra CEO,and his predecessor.) Alex
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Post by tomo on Sept 1, 2009 0:10:20 GMT
The Liberty Democratic Party lost their dominance in Japanese diet. ... The lesson we learned is:
It is OK to be corrupt. ... Just don't do it where people can easy spot like right under their noses. More specifically, don't steal from a cookie jar which is virtually empty. You'll immediately be noticed.
For examples, the ministry of postal services used to own a large national chain of hotel/motel/inn chain to house vacationing "civil" servants. Rest of us has to draw lotteries for a room. ... With the drop of land-prices, we auctioned them off at discount prices. Some are still on sale.
It is also a flaw of Japanese citizens for knowing the wrong doings and dismissing em. So we deserve what we get too.
But it made a HUGE day to see LDP's smashed faces. You should listen to LDP's slogans. "We will the job right [next time]!" ... So you haven't been doing right till now, huh?
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Post by merton on Sept 1, 2009 2:28:47 GMT
why do your politicians have so much say over your diet? i'm confused.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 4:34:53 GMT
why do your politicians have so much say over your diet? i'm confused. MERTON You have been confused since the day you were born ! From Wikipedia : "The National Diet of Japan is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under a parallel voting system. In addition to passing laws, the Diet is formally responsible for selecting the Prime Minister. The Diet was first convened as the Imperial Diet in 1889 as a result of adopting the Meiji constitution. The Diet took its current form in 1947 upon the adoption of the postwar constitution and is considered by the Constitution to be the highest organ of state power. The National Diet Building is located in Nagatachô, Chiyoda, Tokyo."
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Post by toad on Sept 1, 2009 15:29:05 GMT
LOL. What's the betting this doesn't help Merton at all
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Post by merton on Sept 1, 2009 15:57:57 GMT
so, what's the point in calling it a diet? i've never seen diet used like that. apparently it can be used to describe a regular occurence.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 21:27:15 GMT
so, what's the point in calling it a diet? i've never seen diet used like that. apparently it can be used to describe a regular occurence. MERTON A regular occurrence ,is you making a bloody fool of yourself ! Wake up to the fact that other nations have different languages and meanings for words that may sound similar to that used in other countries. Despite what you may think, the rest of the world does not revolve around the U.S.A. , it's bastardisation of the English language, or be in any way inferior to your people ! Obviously, words like Diet were in use worldwide before they were hijacked for commercial purposes. SandyK
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Post by insomniac on Sept 1, 2009 23:26:57 GMT
And from here they will go to down under! Final resting place. Miguel No, they always go back to the U.S. after slashing the staff levels of the companies, often leaving them with trouble meeting their statutory obligations afterwards, because of that. They then take home obscene amounts of cash and shares. e.g. Sol Trujillo.(ex Telstra CEO,and his predecessor.) Alex Or do a John DeLorean and blow £80 Million of tax payers money before getting busted by the FBI for "alleged" drug trafficking www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/delorean.shtml
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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 1, 2009 23:35:51 GMT
so, what's the point in calling it a diet? i've never seen diet used like that. apparently it can be used to describe a regular occurence. In Scotland a "preliminary" court hearing is referred to as a "diet".... god only knows what weird fcker' came up with that one (probably the drunk wanking bastard with the white wig)...... Don't question it Merton..... just accept there are a load of weird fcker's in power out there and they can call a feast a diet if they want to
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 23:48:11 GMT
BEFORE Diet Pepsi,Diet Coke, Jenny Craig,Gloria Marshall,Pritikin Diet etc. etc., there was :
diet The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright
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diet parliamentary bodies in Japan, Poland, Hungary, Bohemia, the Scandinavian nations, and Germany have been called diets. In German history, the diet originated as a meeting of landholders and burghers, convoked by the ruler to discuss financial problems. The imperial diet or Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire began as a loose assembly of ecclesiastic princes and imperial cities, meeting at irregular intervals. After 1489 three colleges representing electors , princes, and imperial cities arrived at decisions separately—even over war and peace—then combined them. The emperor could ratify the whole or parts. Among the most important diets were those of Worms (1495) and Cologne (1512); see Maximilian I , Holy Roman emperor. The most important diets of the Reformation were Worms (1521), Speyer (1529), and Augsburg (1530, 1547, 1555). The diet declined in importance and after the peace of Westphalia (1648) it became an assembly of independent princes, meeting after 1663 at Regensburg as a conference of ambassadors without legislative power. For the federal diet of 1815-66, which succeeded the imperial diet, see German Confederation . The term was revived for the legislature of the German Empire in 1871, and was used until the end of World War II; see Reichstag .
The Japanese diet was established as the national legislature in 1889. Until 1947, the upper house (Peers) was appointive, the lower (Representatives) elected. Its powers were negative: no bill could become law without its approval, except in an emergency; the government could function with last year's budget if the current one was not approved; legislation was initiated by the executive. After 1947, the upper house was made elective (Councillors). Suffrage became universal, and the lower house gained precedence over the selection of the prime minister, budgets, and treaties; it can override the upper house on bills with a two-thirds majority. Most legislation is initiated by the cabinet. Since 1947 the Japanese diet, once peripheral, is central to Japan's politics; see Japan , under Government and Politics.
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Post by merton on Sept 2, 2009 3:45:57 GMT
so, what's the point in calling it a diet? i've never seen diet used like that. apparently it can be used to describe a regular occurence. MERTON A regular occurrence ,is you making a bloody fool of yourself ! Wake up to the fact that other nations have different languages and meanings for words that may sound similar to that used in other countries. Despite what you may think, the rest of the world does not revolve around the U.S.A. , it's bastardisation of the English language, or be in any way inferior to your people ! Obviously, words like Diet were in use worldwide before they were hijacked for commercial purposes. SandyK wow, you're awfully angry.
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Post by merton on Sept 2, 2009 5:02:58 GMT
yes, why, it's just now that i noticed that. wowee
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Post by tomo on Sept 3, 2009 1:28:37 GMT
di⋅et 1 /ˈdaɪɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [dahy-it] Show IPA noun, verb, -et⋅ed, -et⋅ing, adjective Use diet in a Sentence See web results for diet See images of diet –noun 1. food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health: Milk is a wholesome article of diet. 2. a particular selection of food, esp. as designed or prescribed to improve a person's physical condition or to prevent or treat a disease: a diet low in sugar. 3. such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight: No pie for me, I'm on a diet. 4. the foods eaten, as by a particular person or group: The native diet consists of fish and fruit. 5. food or feed habitually eaten or provided: The rabbits were fed a diet of carrots and lettuce. 6. anything that is habitually provided or partaken of: Television has given us a steady diet of game shows and soap operas. –verb (used with object) 7. to regulate the food of, esp. in order to improve the physical condition. 8. to feed. –verb (used without object) 9. to select or limit the food one eats to improve one's physical condition or to lose weight: I've dieted all month and lost only one pound. 10. to eat or feed according to the requirements of a diet. –adjective 11. suitable for consumption with a weight-reduction diet; dietetic: diet soft drinks. Origin: 1175–1225; (n.) ME diete < AF, OF < L diaeta < Gk díaita way of living, diet, equiv. to dia- dia- + -aita (akin to aîsa share, lot); (v.) ME dieten (transit.) < AF, OF dieter, deriv. of the n. di⋅et 2 /ˈdaɪɪt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [dahy-it] Show IPA –noun 1. the legislative body of certain countries, as Japan. 2. the general assembly of the estates of the former Holy Roman Empire. Origin: 1400–50; late ME < ML diēta public assembly, appar. the same word as L diaeta (see diet 1 ) with sense affected by L diēs day Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009. Cite This Source ****----****----****----****----****----****----****----****----****----****----****----**** Some lettering with different origin. This forum makes my boring day to so-darn-exciting-that-it-leaves-me-trembling day.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2009 23:23:31 GMT
Miguel Australian beef is used in McDonalds restaurants in quite a few countries,maybe even in the U.S.A. ?. Perhaps you export those to places like the U.K. ? Alex
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2009 23:32:13 GMT
It will soon enough! But it is being done in a very insidious way ... via Burger King ans McDonald's! We are converting others! ;D Miguel My comment was a little harsh. It was aimed mainly at MERTON who lets other people do his Googling for him. I had severe Arthritis pain at the time I wrote that, but still, that's no excuse for such a blanket comment. My apologies. Alex
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Post by clausdk on Sept 5, 2009 15:26:45 GMT
Only one problem, where is the money to buy all that stuff? Buy stock in macdonalds, then you will convert AND make money at the same time. There is also the option to catch escaped japanese, ground them up and sell it like beef down-under.. You can also charge your batteries at your neighbours house and save some power. No problems there ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2009 22:00:48 GMT
Miguel No, I wasn't making up stuff, but yes to the last part. Unfortunately, sometimes MERTON annoys the hell out of me with his simplistic views due to lack of life experience. We do need to liven this place up though, so I will reply to Nathan, and undoubtedly upset a few people in the process. Alex
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Post by PinkFloyd on Sept 5, 2009 22:30:26 GMT
sometimes MERTON annoys the hell out of me with his simplistic views due to lack of life experience. X2 mate.... we all thought we knew it all when we were in our teens / 20's but, fortunately (for others), we didn't have a podium like the internet to annoy people with our simplistic / immature / ridiculous ideas / observations..... MERTON "does" have such a podium and he's chosen to annoy us with his inane, immature crap both in "person" and in his "paintings".... a double whammy, if you like All we need now is for him to take up "music" or "dance"........ jesus, the last thing I need when I log on in the morning is MERTON expressing himself in "dance" resplendent in a full spandex leotard We've all been there though Alex, I was a right mouthy bastard when I was his age, (some say I still am), so look at him the same way you look at an annoying fly.... he's a pest that serves no purpose other than to eat his own vomit.... let him spout crap, let him run about like a headless chicken, allow him "space" to fly about but DON'T let him lay any maggots
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Post by merton on Sept 6, 2009 5:17:30 GMT
you people really do have a hard time looking in the mirror. doctor hit you in the wrong in when ya came out?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2009 7:19:35 GMT
you people really do have a hard time looking in the mirror. doctor hit you in the wrong in when ya came out? MERTON Why don't you just leave this particular subject to people who are either parents, or who have expertise in this area ? Perhaps you would like me to post the name of the Syndrome diagnosis made by your mate Leporello,who was eminently qualified in that area ? Do you really want to go there ? SandyK
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