Friday 31 October 2008

Happy Halloween!



Pretty scary, huh? Mind you, John McCain seems like a breath of fresh air in Japan, which has been stuck with one-party rule since 1945 (with a brief exception in the 1990s after the Japanese economic miracle bubble miraculously burst). Japan does have a new prime minister who promised new elections, but he has decided the severity of the world's economic crisis means it's a bad time to exercise democracy (that, and his extremely low approval ratings).

By the way, don't worry, the white background will be back tomorrow once the, er, excitement of Halloween has passed.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

alarming news paddy,the daily mail ran a piece about how Obama might yet throw this a la kinnock in 1992.basically acting like he's got it etc etc.

best news is they reckon Palin is getting ready for 2012!!!!you'll love that won't you.:)

you couldn't make it up.

Anonymous said...

btw was in the clarry last night and some nutter got thrown out.some things never change.it's gets exciting once every five years I reckon.

Our Man in Abiko said...

Do they still have a rowdy side and a slightly posher side, or have they remodelled? Who is the landlord now?

Anonymous said...

yes they do,the 'lounge' is where I drink natch!

no idea who the LL is.