some 12 hours earlier. and now, we re in this situation. a situation that is totally his doing. as he said, he will take the blame. he will shoulder. it and indeed, the actual shouldering of this blame and this problem is by the american workers, some 800,000, and now, we find mothers who want to be feeding their babies infant formula and not be sure it is properly inspected. this is outrageous. the president has got to sign the bills that are in the senate. the house of representatives have passed bills first on january 3, to open the entire government, and give time for negotiations. we did so again this last five days. those bills are sitting over in the senate. and unfortunately, the senate is taking their clue from the president, not from their constituents. those bills do get some bipartisan support with a number of republicans also voting for those bills. congressman, why do you think the president though is now pulling back from his national emergency threat, which would allo
laid back, but the island is also a relative hot bed of political activism. largely inspired or provoked by what okinawans see as high handed treatment from a central government with different cultural and historical traditions. who don t consider their needs or priorities. and their hugely disproportionate shouldering of the u.s. military presence for the entire country. currently there are close to thirty military installations on okinawa. and even though it s one of the smallest japanese prefectures in terms of livable area, they accommodate more than half of the foreign military presence. even more problematic, much of okinawa s arable land suitable for farming. on an island whose whole traditional identity was built around farming, is eaten up by military bases. the military base issue. is this more important for older
which is worse? chinese tourists or american marines? vivian: i ll stick with the marines. anthony: semper fi. not everybody here agrees with vivian, by a long shot. okinawans may be easy going and laid back, but the island is also a relative hot bed of political activism. largely inspired or provoked by what okinawans see as high handed treatment from a central government with different cultural and historical traditions. who don t consider their needs or priorities. and their hugely disproportionate shouldering of the u.s. military presence for
cultural and historical traditions. who don t consider their needs or priorities. and their hugely disproportionate shouldering of the u.s. military presence for the entire country. currently there are close to thirty military installations on okinawa. and even though it s one of the smallest japanese prefectures in terms of livable area, they accommodate more than half of the foreign military presence. even more problematic, much of okinawa s arable land suitable for farming. on an island whose whole traditional identity was built around farming, is eaten up by military bases. the military base issue. is this more important for older people or younger people? keiji: oh, it s for the older people. anthony: it s for the older people. keiji: yes. so when you actually go to a place where they have a, like, a protest going on.
government with different cultural and historical traditions. who don t consider their needs or priorities. and their hugely disproportionate shouldering of the u.s. military presence for the entire country. currently there are close to thirty military installations on okinawa. and even though it s one of the smallest japanese prefectures in terms of livable area, they accommodate more than half of the foreign military presence. even more problematic, much of okinawa s arable land suitable for farming. on an island whose whole traditional identity was built around farming, is eaten up by military bases. the military base issue. is this more important for older people or younger people? keiji: oh, it s for the older people. anthony: it s for the older people. keiji: yes. so when you actually go to a place where they have a, like, a protest going on.