bodhisamaya Wrote:Edit: Something I can say for America is that Obama did give the best State of the Union address in my lifetime: Part 1 Part 2

That was good, but you know what would have made it even better, right?

kazelee Wrote:That was good, but you know what would have made it even better, right?

Fart jokes?

The only prominent Japanese pundit I can think of is Mr. News, and he's as level-headed and moderate as it gets.

JimmySeal Wrote:The only prominent Japanese pundit I can think of is Mr. News, and he's as level-headed and moderate as it gets.

Whether he can be called a "pundit" is probably open to question, but the opinions of Ishihara Shintaro certainly resonate with a very large segment of the Japanese public. Opinion by Ishihara regularly appears all over TV and print.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishihara_Shintaro

kazelee Wrote:

bodhisamaya Wrote:Edit: Something I can say for America is that Obama did give the best State of the Union address in my lifetime: Part 1 Part 2

That was good, but you know what would have made it even better, right?

Ladies and Gentlemen, our new Secretary of Defense

Womacks23 Wrote:Whether he can be called a "pundit" is probably open to question, but the opinions of Ishihara Shintaro certainly resonate with a very large segment of the Japanese public. Opinion by Ishihara regularly appears all over TV and print.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishihara_Shintaro

He's definitely not a pundit... but he is a huge douchebag.

He's the same if Sarah Palin didn't quit her job.

He's on TV and in papers over here saying crazy shit just as much.

o.0

I was gonna say "exceptional-ism." But Kitano works as well.

Off topic.... for a moment I wondered why I could see everyone's IP address.

kazelee Wrote:o.0

I was gonna say "exceptional-ism." But Kitano works as well.

Off topic.... for a moment I wondered why I could see everyone's IP address.

http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=6535

Bill Maher is a simple minded douche that thinks the entire world revolves around atheists and non-atheists.

liosama Wrote:Bill Maher is a simple minded douche that thinks the entire world revolves around atheists and non-atheists.

He is the most religiously atheist man I have ever seen. But, he has very good writers and so makes some very good political points. He has terrible timing as a comedian though. I wish Jon Stewart was delivering his jokes.

bodhisamaya Wrote:

liosama Wrote:Bill Maher is a simple minded douche that thinks the entire world revolves around atheists and non-atheists.

He is the most religiously atheist man I have ever seen. But, he has very good writers and so makes some very good political points. He has terrible timing as a comedian though. I wish Jon Stewart was delivering his jokes.

Really? Although Stewart is one of my favorite comedians, I always think today that his timing is really bad. He was a lot better at comedy when he was younger I think, but now he's more on the ball in a lot of other ways.

As for Maher, he's certainly not a deep thinker by any means, but I think that assessment might be a bit too much of an exaggeration for me. He's smarter than the average guy you meet on the street, but not nearly smart enough to be worth listening to for his intellect (putting his comedy aside).

Stewart is a lot smarter than Maher, and also a good deal funnier.

caivano Wrote:I wonder what a person who speaks a different language sounds like imitating English... (if they have 0 knowledge of English)

Here it is, from a Brazilian TV show based on American Idol (the interesting part starts at 40s):

gdaxeman Wrote:

caivano Wrote:I wonder what a person who speaks a different language sounds like imitating English... (if they have 0 knowledge of English)

Here it is, from a Brazilian TV show based on American Idol (the interesting part starts at 40s):

That reminded me -

It's from the Bulgarian equivalent. They even subtitled it