tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post4778348579415393446..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: The Japanese Tea PartiesMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-32271841896682732542010-04-23T03:06:29.967+09:002010-04-23T03:06:29.967+09:00"...in the hopes of captureing the attention ..."...in the hopes of captureing the attention of the members of middle-aged urban/suburban managerial class and their spouses (cue the devilishly handsome new party secretary-general Nakada Hiroshi)."<br /><br />Oh no, not more center folds/MILFs. I had hoped to escape the 'Next Political Idol' farce by reading Japanese current affairs.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12906087512482407243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-44911353860380922152010-04-22T15:00:44.356+09:002010-04-22T15:00:44.356+09:00hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just vi...hello... hapi blogging... have a nice day! just visiting here....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-78426142794714678922010-04-21T04:56:51.427+09:002010-04-21T04:56:51.427+09:00Thank you for the very informative post.
I don...Thank you for the very informative post.<br /><br />I don't think "baramaki" means "rose strewing," however, except in the figurative sense, which you very well may have intended.<br /><br />According to the Kojien, the "bara" part is written 散, meaning scattered.<br /><br />Sorry to butt in with pedantry!Fernandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491910771126306851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-82925723416622894772010-04-21T02:05:53.242+09:002010-04-21T02:05:53.242+09:00Haven't you gotten the update yet? Tea Partier...Haven't you gotten the update yet? Tea Partiers are now to be labeled as spoiled wealthy assholes.<br />Oh, and racist.<br />See you in November! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-15229588333618550882010-04-20T03:28:54.387+09:002010-04-20T03:28:54.387+09:00"[T]he projected Nippon Soshinto voter is ver..."[T]he projected Nippon Soshinto voter is very nearly the social opposite of the Tea Partier: he/she is an urban or near-urban, upper middle class, highly educated individual."<br /><br />In other words, almost identical to a Tea Partier.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com