Another Pointless Election

[Coligny]

The japanese paraverse is getting boringer by the minute... Words and speech have no meaning. Actions or inactions have now meaning either. Soon water won't be wet anymore.
I draw the line at gravity, they day they manage to fuck it up too and stuff start falling upward i'm off to greenee pastures...

[matsuki]

Words and speech have no meaning. Actions or inactions have now meaning either. Soon water won't be wet anymore.
I draw the line at gravity, they day they manage to fuck it up too and stuff start falling upward i'm off to greenee pastures...

[Coligny]

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At least this buffoon did it of the air...

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[Salty]

WTF – those who voted for the LDP don`t actually support the LDP? Then why in hell did they vote for the LDP?

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/news ... 2000c.html


People who voted for LDP, its candidates divided over policies of Abe gov't: Mainichi poll

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe led his party to a landslide victory in the Dec. 14 House of Representative election by focusing on his economic policy mix, dubbed "Abenomics." But even those voters who cast ballots for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its candidates do not wholeheartedly support key policies pursued by the Abe government, according to a survey conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun.

The Mainichi Shimbun interviewed people who voted for the LDP and its candidates in the latest lower house election at polling stations in 30 cities and wards across the country from Hokkaido to Kyushu. The Mainichi asked them whether they support four key policies -- Abenomics, revising Article 9 of the pacifist Constitution, the government decision to allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense and reactivating idled nuclear reactors. A total of 114 men and women responded to the Mainichi's queries.

A small number of the voters polled criticized Abenomics, which Prime Minister Abe had touted as the biggest point of contention, saying something like: "It doesn't bring any benefits." But about 90 percent of respondents said they were in favor of the economic policy mix. Nonetheless, only about 20 percent of voters said they support all of the four key policies, leaving voters divided over the other three policies.

More than 50 percent of voters said they were against revising Article 9 of the Constitution and over 40 percent said they were opposed to reactivating idled nuclear reactors. Nearly 40 percent of the voters said they were against the government decision to allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. As a whole, many of the voters were skeptical about reactivation of idled nuclear reactors and constitutional changes, but they apparently voted for the LDP in anticipation of positive effects from Abenomics in the future.

Voters who cast their ballots for the LDP had diverse views on the ruling party's policies. A man in his 50s in Matsubara, Osaka Prefecture, was in favor of Abenomics, saying, "I want them (politicians) to improve the economy." But he also said, "I am against the other policies. I don't want Abe to do whatever he wants. But for now, I need a salary (raise)."

Elderly voters, who have experienced war, expressed negative opinions about revising Article 9 of the Constitution and allowing Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. A woman in her 70s in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, said, "I definitely don't want war. I am opposed to any policy that brings us closer to war." She was in the Hyogo Prefecture city of Nishinomiya when the city was hit by U.S. air raids during World War II. Her classmate was killed in the air raids. A woman in her 50s in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, said, "We have had no wars for decades thanks to Article 9 of the Constitution. I want Japan to be a country where our grandchildren can also live peacefully."

Some of the voters queried by the Mainichi pointed out that there was a problem with government procedures to make it possible for Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense. A man in his 40s in Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, who has a fourth-grade elementary school boy, said he was in favor of Abenomics. But he said, "There is a possibility that young people will be sent into battlefields." On the government decision to allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense, he said he was scared about moves to do whatever the government wants by simply changing its interpretation of the Constitution.

A man in his 30s in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward lashed out at Prime Minister Abe's hasty move to change the government's interpretation of the Constitution to allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense, saying, "The government should allow this only after going through procedures to revise the Constitution." Meanwhile, a man in his 50s in Tokyo's Koto Ward said, "It is necessary to allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense, but it is not necessary to go as far as to revise the Constitution."

Opinions vary among voters over the reactivation of idled nuclear reactors. A woman in her 40s in Tokyo's Koto Ward, who said she was in favor of the Abe government's economic policies, sided with the policy of breaking from nuclear power generation, saying, "If we settle (for non-nuclear power), we no longer need nuclear reactors." A woman in her 40s in the city of Fukushima voiced a harsh opinion, saying: "Are they going to reactive (nuclear reactors) even though there was such a serious accident?"

Meanwhile, a man in his 50s in Nagoya said, "I am against nuclear power generation but there is no choice because alternative energy sources are not available." There were many other voters who said Japan should do away with nuclear power if alternative energy sources are available.

There were voters who raised questions about Prime Minister Abe's political tactics although they want him to take steps to improve the economy. One of the voters described Abe's political tactics as "too outrageous." Another said, "He just goes ahead and does things while we don't know anything about them." A woman in her 70s in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward said, "Even though the LDP won big in the election, I don't want them to think that all of those who voted for the LDP are in favor of all of its policies." December 16, 2014(Mainichi Japan)

[Russell]

WTF – those who voted for the LDP don`t actually support the LDP? Then why in hell did they vote for the LDP?

Because they are suckers.

Every people deserves the leaders they get...

[matsuki]

Shoganai is not supposed to be a feature of democracy....

[matsuki]

Isn't the election over? WTF is up with the super panic baba sounding sound trucks roving the neighborhood???

[kurogane]

Super Panic Baba could be your Pro Wrestling name, man.

Anyhoo, none making noise pollution down here. BTW, it looks as though the LDP got the full boot from Okinawa.3 LDP MPs booted out in favour of 1 new commie (GoGo NipponKyousanto!), 1 new independent and 1 new delegate from the Lifestyle Party (Seikatsu no Tou), wtf that is, and 1 incumbent Shakai Minshu-to (SDP??). They're batting .750 down here. It's a start.

[Mike Oxlong]

We got some neighbourhoods that would not be much out of place in North Korea.

[kurogane]

Is there a Yorokobi-gumi???? hubba hubba

I think that is fairly normal for Not Fully Urban places. Lenin actually had a term for it: democratic centralism

As Lenin described it, democratic centralism consisted of "freedom of discussion, unity of action." (from Wikipaedo)

[matsuki]

The one that just went by was hocking something for 5,000yen...and something that is "nambaaaaawan!" I can't make out 95% of the shit they're saying but ever since right before that election, they've been going around the neighborhood non-stop from 8am.

[kurogane]

Probably just selling laundry poles. They usually drone out a drawn out Sao..........Takeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I find them overpriced but it does save you from riding home with a 5 metre pole wedged into your bicycle frame...

[matsuki]

Probably just selling laundry poles. They usually drone out a drawn out Sao..........Takeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I find them overpriced but it does save you from riding home with a 5 metre pole wedged into your bicycle frame...

No...not those or the tofu people...or the yaki imo people...these are the speaker trucks. I'm sooo tempted to throw shit at them

[wagyl]

I thought you were saving all your shit for my front door.

Now I know how all those lemurs your two-time feel, errrr, I mean multiple-time.

[matsuki]

I thought you were saving all your shit for my front door.

Now I know how all those lemurs your two-time feel, errrr, I mean multiple-time.

I've got plenty of shit to go around. Oddly enough, I haven't heard a single one of them come by today. Either they've given up or are taking sunday off.

[Yokohammer]

I thought you were saving all your shit for my front door.

Now I know how all those lemurs your two-time feel, errrr, I mean multiple-time.

I've got plenty of shit to go around. Oddly enough, I haven't heard a single one of them come by today. Either they've given up or are taking sunday off.

Is it possible that, like the soldiers who remained in the Philippine jungle, they hadn't heard that the election was over?

[matsuki]

I thought you were saving all your shit for my front door.

Now I know how all those lemurs your two-time feel, errrr, I mean multiple-time.

I've got plenty of shit to go around. Oddly enough, I haven't heard a single one of them come by today. Either they've given up or are taking sunday off.

Is it possible that, like the soldiers who remained in the Philippine jungle, they hadn't heard that the election was over?

With the ancient election laws here, I wouldn't be surprised.....that or they've gone deaf from their own noise pollution

[wagyl]

I do suppose you know that there is more than one level of government here.

[matsuki]

I do suppose you know that there is more than one level of government here.