If political success is akin to an orgasm, this lack of staying power must leave the population as a whole (pun oversight intentional ;) ) panting and dissatisfied. So the question for who next tries to climb aboard the, ah, podium, should be young and genki, or mature and experienced?

Well....... at least he meets the age requirement.

Gotta love the public. Yesterday polls said ~ 60% of the country wanted him to resign.

Today he grants their wish & the the public is shocked.

No matter. It's not as if it will make a difference anyway, IMO.

Japan 1 Cameroon 0
 

Congratulations to team Japan for their first victory in the 2010 World Cup! :cool:

Thanks!　^

^^

NZ wine tasting session
 

160 kinds of NZ wine tasting at Ritz Tokyo on Jul 7 evening.
(3,000 yen/person)

They accept first 300 applicants only. Just started.

Though the website is in Japanese only,
http://www.nz-wines.co.nz/wineclub/

they say "many" wine makers from NZ, who I believe speak English, are to join it.

participating wineries:
Allan Scott Family Winemakers Anthem Wine Company, Kusuda Wines,
Schubert Wines,Staete Landt Vineyard Babich Wines,Churton,Cloudy Bay
Vineyards,Constellation New Zealand, Coopers Creek Vineyard,Crossroads,
Winery & The Crossings, Highfield,Hunter's Wines (NZ) Ltd, Craggy Range,
Dog Point Vineyard,Kauri Bay,Kumeu River,Mt Difficulty Wines,The Crater
Rim,Wild Rock, Kokolo Farm NZ,Matua Valley Wines,Misha's Vineyard
Wines,Mud House Wines,Murdoch James Estate,Osawa Wines/Flying
Mouton, Peregrine Wines,Ra Nui Wines,Richmond Plains,River Farm
Wines,Seifried,Seresin Estate,Spy Valley Wines,Te Mata Estate Winery
TerraVin Wines,The Millton Vineyard,Urlar ,Villa Maria
Estate,Felton Road,Lawson's Dry Hills, Wines,Mountford Estate,
Neudorf Vineyards,Palliser Estate,Trinity Hill,
Vindico Negociants,Vinoptima Estate,Yealands Estate

Japan 3 - 1 Denmark

Congratulations to Japan for the win over Denmark and advance to the knock out stage!

Good luck vs Paraguay on Tuesday! Ganbare! Faito!

Thanks from me and them. ;)
http://inventorspot.com/articles/world_cup_fans_japan_are_soccer_shocker_43607

x 2. ^^

Fun game to watch at the gym....great outcome! ^^^

IMO, Japan has no shame in the Parguay game or the World Cup 2010.

The team played better than expected & was tough defensively. We would stand a better chance if the offensive squad was more aggressive.

Congrats to the team for exceptional effort!

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Japan should be deeply ashamed at the way their players cried like a bunch of little girls at the end when they lost. Good sportsmanship requires one to be both a good winner and a good loser.

And they could not even score a point. Winning requires that effort. As you say, too defensive, to the exclusion of offense. Just a pitiful showing in my opinion. and then afterwards, truly ridiculous. Way to represent? No.

At least we're not using France as a role model. ;)

True. But the "we're"? I think for Olympics and similar global events such as this, it is important to support one's own country. I was represented by the Americans who did equally poorly and should be ashamed of their whining about goals not credited in the last few minutes. To the American team I would say, "Get real. Score early and avoid the problem of blown calls later." Dominate to win, don't merely hope to is my feeling.

Al, is that you? :D