tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post2264302537982357375..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: This Is Not The Time To Talk About Investments In Green Energy And High Speed RailK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-90083134927836064192011-01-28T08:26:32.319-08:002011-01-28T08:26:32.319-08:00If Tokyo is typical of the fruits of Japanese mana...If Tokyo is typical of the fruits of Japanese management, then that's the last thing we want. The place has 37,000,000 people and it feels like every one of them is right next to you.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-43567334236217296412011-01-28T06:39:02.510-08:002011-01-28T06:39:02.510-08:00Hah... every try to get across the Tokyo/Yokohama ...Hah... every try to get across the Tokyo/Yokohama area by train? The trains themselves are wonderful, but figuring out the payment system is hellish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-9670292078493445102011-01-28T06:29:12.751-08:002011-01-28T06:29:12.751-08:00What happened to all the seminars on Japanese Mana...What happened to all the seminars on Japanese Management?Secular Apostatehttp://www.secularapostate.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-50470949836590922152011-01-27T14:16:40.502-08:002011-01-27T14:16:40.502-08:00Despite billions of dollars spent on high speed ra...Despite billions of dollars spent on high speed rail as a part of the Stimuloid Porkgasmâ„¢, I don't think a single mile of track was laid. I don't think we have to worry about land siezures. The government has regulated itself into total inaction.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-2888363816945834832011-01-27T12:42:40.383-08:002011-01-27T12:42:40.383-08:00Almost guaranteed they'll just slam down a &qu...Almost guaranteed they'll just slam down a "right of way" and take the land.Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-49270218824687408312011-01-27T12:21:39.071-08:002011-01-27T12:21:39.071-08:00Will the high speed rail stations be served by loc...Will the high speed rail stations be served by local or community monorail lines? I don't want to have to walk more than a block to the monorail station, but it better not block my view or make noise.<br /><br />Getting property rights for all these train lines is going to take years, and will either be incredibly expensive or lead to a tyranny that makes Kelo look tame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-29625240671356316172011-01-27T08:26:58.423-08:002011-01-27T08:26:58.423-08:00They're not reproducing.
Sort of like here, b...They're not reproducing.<br /><br />Sort of like here, but add in a bias against marrying women who are over 25, a habit of guys who want to get married before that being traditional in all the wrong ways, and-- well, there's a <i>reason</i> that the homely and/or jerk sailors and Marines tend to get married in Japan, and it always seems to be to a drop-dead lovely lady. Compared to how she's been treated before, they at least treat her like she's alive, not an, ahem, marital aid.<br /><br />I don't know what the numbers are overall, but I know our ship had at least a half-dozen guys who married a Japanese national and stayed. They're having children a lot faster than the pure Japanese folks. (One couple had a son, and are getting huge payments from the government for it-- apparently the male birthrate is incredibly low, because girls take care of the parents. *shudder*, when you think about what that indicates.)Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.com