Comments on: UPDATE II: Japan Won’t Be Needing Sean Penn

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 23:01:39 +0000

The major problem with the Mainstream Media right now is “How to make a mountain out of a molehill?” The Russian reactor was of a different type and Three Mile Island only released maybe a chest x-ray into the atmosphere; which is probably how much this reactor did. Yet the American news screaming continues. The Japanese news continues to be the voice of reason and pass on the instructions of the people in charge without causing a panic. This is the big difference between America and Japan. Japan believes in the Judeo/Christian concept of ‘Love others’ which is more akin to the Hebrew, ‘respect’ than the Greek ‘love.’ And that respect- for their leaders, for their fellow Japanese, for their news media- more than any racial solidarity is the key to their keeping order. Their leaders join with them in resisting immigration, try not to overextend the economy and misuse their authority, the people respond with loyalty; something, unheard of in this country.

By: greenhell

greenhell — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:37:30 +0000

Japan is awesome in many ways, so I hope you don’t mind another story:

Leaving Japan for good after several years, I had two large pieces of luggage plus a bag that I was taking through the subway to the airport in Tokyo. I was somewhat disheveled and worn out due to the very busy weeks preceding my departure. Along the way I was stopped by a security guard (post 9/11 by the way). Polite but firm, he asked to see my passport and what I was doing. I showed him my passport and told him I was headed home. He was reasonable, became almost friendly after he saw that everything was in order, and moved on. No searches, no rubber gloves, nothing. I can only dream of that treatment in the US.

Perhaps knowing that their visitors actually leave the country puts them in a better mood?

By: Scherie

Scherie — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:29:50 +0000

It’s funny you should mention Sean Penn. Since the Japanese do not fit the weak, infantile stereotype of Haitians(or black people in general) this highlights leftist racism. Black people are only seen as victims to be used as props for photo ops and telethons. As someone who is black, I take offense to this.

Japan is really the only nation that can truly handle a natural disaster of this magnitude. But it will be very difficult and painful.

By: james huggins

james huggins — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:37:16 +0000

Wolf Blitzer is a jerk. Always has been. Sean Penn is a mega jerk. Always has been. The Japanese will do the best that can be done in any circumstance. That’s their style.

[You have a gift for succinct words.]

By: Roy Bleckert

Roy Bleckert — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:40:17 +0000

IM- “Japan will be okay. It’s a highly civilized, advanced society. ”

Isn’t it amazing how the briefest analysis is usually the best ?

Japan will be all right , they will need help both short & long term & you can look at it as look how well Japan stood in the face of a 8.9 earthquake

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:15:50 +0000

Tina Williams’ post on your FACEBOOK got me thinking:

Consider the NEW ORLEANS hurricane/flood where the city workers (cops and firemen) abandoned the city to LOOTERS – how would OSAKA behave???

Yes – America has plenty to teach Japan these days (all negative) and hopefully they will not be so stupid as to pay attention. The “third world” learned some good lessons for the West – now they can get grow rich and watch us degenerate into multiculturalism, spendthrifism, and self-centered perversity (while maintaining our arrogance and delusions that we are “NUMBER ONE”).

By: T. MacKinnon

T. MacKinnon — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:57:42 +0000

I too was shocked at the insensitivity that Blitzer displayed in that interview. Not only were no condolences offered, Wolf seemed to be on attack mode. He did most of the talking (shouting?), repeatedly cut away to talk to other people, and, at one point, he even cut the ambassador off mid-sentence!

I am truly impressed with the dignity with which the Japanese people and media are handling this crisis. What a contrast between their calm approach and the tawdry sensationalism of CNN!

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:15:49 +0000

..and the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington (former favorite charity being Bernie Madoff) – is running a collection plate for the impoverished, starving, primitive Japanese!

Japan allowed a whopping number of 3 Vietnamese boat people (less than Israel) in the 1970’s. Let Japan handle its own affairs.

Did Japanese cities have the riots and looting that American cities have when lights go out?

Somehow, Americans have annointed themselves as the indespensible saviors of the world (who must “contain the evil” in the words of Sistah Sarah Palin) and teach all the primatives.

Meanwhile, the left is back to open season on nuclear power so they have to be in complete glee.

By: Sioux

Sioux — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:34:17 +0000

I cannot watch CNN or Fox or any of the talking heads on TV – I have gotten all my news about what is happening in Japan via the Internet. It is obvious to me that the marching orders are out to the Wolf’s of the world: Treat our Allies like enemies and our Enemies like your BFF. I agree wholeheartedly about where I would want to be during such a disaster. Sure wouldn’t be San Fran or HOtlanta.

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:55:46 +0000

In 1850, Admiral Perry and the US Fleet went to Japan and insisted that the Japanese open their government to the US or he would shell Japanese seaports. Japan with no army or navy capitulated. The US used Japan as a surrogate almost relentlessly thereafter to advance its influence in the orient. By 1933, the US policy had become so abusive that US Marine General Butler sent an open letter to the US Congress advising that if we did not change our policy we would go to war with Japan. We didn’t and ww2 occurred; the loss of life and brutality on both sides was appalling. We bombed and burned Japan in the war to the point that we reduced the Nipponese people to the Stone Age. They recovered and rebuilt their country to a first world nation. We attacked them in the news when they achieved economic parity by simply making better products and competitive pricing. They survived the Kobe Earthquake and Toyoda survived the American Inquisitor, now this tsunami caused by a record breaking earthquake, their nuclear power problems only hitting a level four out of ten from it. I wish them the best.