Comments on: Japanese Presidential Puns http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/ Deas Richardson is currently living as a JET and teaching English in the middle of the Seto Inland Sea, a gorgeous part of Japan. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:30:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Balanced News Coverage « Victory Manual http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/comment-page-1/#comment-5588 Balanced News Coverage « Victory Manual Wed, 14 May 2008 02:15:22 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=385#comment-5588 [...] Deas hit a little bit on the issue of balanced coverage in Japanese media of the 2008 U.S. Presidential E... a couple of weeks ago, and it sparked my [...] [...] Deas hit a little bit on the issue of balanced coverage in Japanese media of the 2008 U.S. Presidential E… a couple of weeks ago, and it sparked my [...]

]]> By: claytonian http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/comment-page-1/#comment-5255 claytonian Sun, 04 May 2008 13:37:40 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=385#comment-5255 I have a hope that McCain is just really secretly playing the game, because I think it's likely the opposition has been crippled by itself as usual. I was watching all the Reverend Wright stuff I could find today, and I thought he sounded pretty sane personally, so I may be at odds with a lot of people. I know old Dennis doesn't approve *laugh* oh well, I'll keep listening. I guess I didn't know why she changed it to brownish yellow journalism. Poo connotations? That's how my mind works. <em>claytonian's last blog post..<a href='http://surrealu.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-my-hashi-are-not-your-hashi.html' rel="nofollow">Why my hashi are not your hashi</a></em> I have a hope that McCain is just really secretly playing the game, because I think it’s likely the opposition has been crippled by itself as usual.
I was watching all the Reverend Wright stuff I could find today, and I thought he sounded pretty sane personally, so I may be at odds with a lot of people. I know old Dennis doesn’t approve *laugh* oh well, I’ll keep listening.
I guess I didn’t know why she changed it to brownish yellow journalism. Poo connotations? That’s how my mind works.

claytonian’s last blog post..Why my hashi are not your hashi

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/comment-page-1/#comment-5033 Deas Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:27:04 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=385#comment-5033 Clay - You're an art guy. Ochre. Lighter than burnt umber, not quite as yellow as sienna, in the same general vicinity as sepia. Not perfect for yellow, but hey, it's a pun - it's an imperfect art. And journalism is one aspect of the media. Theoretically anyway. Also - I'm not one, but I dislike the term neo-con. It's too fuzzy in its modern vernacular meaning and seems to be bandied about too much. I see that you dislike McCain. That doesn't shock me, really. I do too. But I dislike all of the candidates. I wish none of them were running. But that's how the cookie crumbles. This is shaping up to be another pick the least of the bad choices type election. Sigh. Clay – You’re an art guy. Ochre. Lighter than burnt umber, not quite as yellow as sienna, in the same general vicinity as sepia. Not perfect for yellow, but hey, it’s a pun – it’s an imperfect art. And journalism is one aspect of the media. Theoretically anyway. Also – I’m not one, but I dislike the term neo-con. It’s too fuzzy in its modern vernacular meaning and seems to be bandied about too much. I see that you dislike McCain. That doesn’t shock me, really. I do too. But I dislike all of the candidates. I wish none of them were running. But that’s how the cookie crumbles. This is shaping up to be another pick the least of the bad choices type election. Sigh.

]]> By: claytonian http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 claytonian Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:02:27 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=385#comment-5032 I don't see the ocher pun... a turn of phrase perhaps? I actually do think being a woman or a minority actually could give a perspective that would make you a better president. And I actually do think being an old white guy that thinks of Asians as "gooks" (his words, not mine) could give you a perspective that would make you a bit less effective. That being said, I used to like McCain a great deal more, before he started to reach out to the neo-con base. He had a sense of humor, which communicates levity to me, but the jokes have turned sour... <em>claytonian's last blog post..<a href='http://surrealu.blogspot.com/2008/04/japanese-study-blogs-list.html' rel="nofollow">Japanese study blogs list</a></em> I don’t see the ocher pun… a turn of phrase perhaps?

I actually do think being a woman or a minority actually could give a perspective that would make you a better president. And I actually do think being an old white guy that thinks of Asians as “gooks” (his words, not mine) could give you a perspective that would make you a bit less effective. That being said, I used to like McCain a great deal more, before he started to reach out to the neo-con base. He had a sense of humor, which communicates levity to me, but the jokes have turned sour…

claytonian’s last blog post..Japanese study blogs list

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/comment-page-1/#comment-5026 Deas Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:21:06 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=385#comment-5026 Alex - True. I think it's smart to get out of the limelight as long as possible though. All of the candidates look worse each time they're in the news! Ha ha. I'm all for criticizing a lousy response to Hurricane Katrina, but I also fault the local government for their role in the fiasco too. (Also, I edited the URL to look pretty.) Ha ha. Megan - That's a sweet pun you just made. First time I've seen it. And it was beautiful. Yellow Journalism = Media Ochre. Man. Let me just bask in that for a while. Ha ha. :-D Alex – True. I think it’s smart to get out of the limelight as long as possible though. All of the candidates look worse each time they’re in the news! Ha ha. I’m all for criticizing a lousy response to Hurricane Katrina, but I also fault the local government for their role in the fiasco too. (Also, I edited the URL to look pretty.) Ha ha.

Megan – That’s a sweet pun you just made. First time I’ve seen it. And it was beautiful. Yellow Journalism = Media Ochre. Man. Let me just bask in that for a while. Ha ha. :-D

]]> By: Megan http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/comment-page-1/#comment-5024 Megan Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:35:56 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=385#comment-5024 Those puns are awesome. I like the komi / gomi one especially. Yellow journalism is media ochre, as they say. ^_^ <em>Megan's last blog post..<a href='http://ferret-kitty.livejournal.com/134992.html' rel="nofollow">Of the weekend past</a></em> Those puns are awesome. I like the komi / gomi one especially.

Yellow journalism is media ochre, as they say. ^_^

Megan’s last blog post..Of the weekend past

]]> By: Alex http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/comment-page-1/#comment-5021 Alex Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:49:47 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=385#comment-5021 McCain's not entirely out of the press as it is, though. (in Western media, that is) He's making headlines down in New Orleans with his criticism of the Bush administration's hand in (or lack thereof) the Katrina response. http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080424/pl_bloomberg/a1krq5x3pni_1 <em>Alex's last blog post..<a href='http://victorymanual.com/2008/04/20/and-here-i-thought-irony-was-a-foreign-concept-in-china/' rel="nofollow">And here I thought ?irony? was a foreign concept in China.</a></em> McCain’s not entirely out of the press as it is, though. (in Western media, that is) He’s making headlines down in New Orleans with his criticism of the Bush administration’s hand in (or lack thereof) the Katrina response.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080424/pl_bloomberg/a1krq5×3pni_1

Alex’s last blog post..And here I thought ?irony? was a foreign concept in China.

]]> By: Deas http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/comment-page-1/#comment-5018 Deas Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:39:18 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=385#comment-5018 負け犬 is even more of a shoehorn than 負けいん, don't you think? Ha ha ha. But I like the duality of the pun potential. Ha ha. Yeah, I agree with your take - once the Democrats have their candidate, McCain will reemerge. But I for one think it's brilliant to stay out of the press while all the craziness is happening between Obama and Hillary. Smart. Why make trouble when nobody's looking at you? I'm less likely to burn out on someone I haven't seen for a few months. Ha ha. Sigh. Politics. 負け犬 is even more of a shoehorn than 負けいん, don’t you think? Ha ha ha. But I like the duality of the pun potential. Ha ha. Yeah, I agree with your take – once the Democrats have their candidate, McCain will reemerge. But I for one think it’s brilliant to stay out of the press while all the craziness is happening between Obama and Hillary. Smart. Why make trouble when nobody’s looking at you? I’m less likely to burn out on someone I haven’t seen for a few months. Ha ha. Sigh. Politics.

]]> By: Alex http://www.rockinginhakata.com/2008/04/28/385/comment-page-1/#comment-5015 Alex Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:18:42 +0000 http://www.rockinginhakata.com/?p=385#comment-5015 The race <i>is</i> only between Clinton and Obama! For now, at least, since we're still in the primary election. Once the democratic party has found its presidential candidate, I'm sure we'll see more McCain face-time on Japanese International News. Oh, and McCain --> 負け犬? <em>Alex's last blog post..<a href='http://victorymanual.com/2008/04/20/and-here-i-thought-irony-was-a-foreign-concept-in-china/' rel="nofollow">And here I thought ?irony? was a foreign concept in China.</a></em> The race is only between Clinton and Obama! For now, at least, since we’re still in the primary election. Once the democratic party has found its presidential candidate, I’m sure we’ll see more McCain face-time on Japanese International News.

Oh, and McCain –> 負け犬?

Alex’s last blog post..And here I thought ?irony? was a foreign concept in China.

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