SamuraiDave
Vagabond traveler current English Teacher in Japan. Hiked the Inca Trail, Ran with the Bulls of Pamplona, Climbed the Great Pyramid of Egypt, and ate Natto in Japan.
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- 57 contributions, 14 original videos, 69 commenter kudos, 466 responses
activity // SamuraiDave
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BUSH-NAZI LINK CONFIRMED Documents in National Archives Prove George W. Bush's Grandfather Traded with Nazis - Even After Pearl Harbor ... more-
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- responded 7 minutes ago
The sins of the (grand)father? Terrible yes but two generations ago in a different time. It's Cheney who is running the show anyhow. ... more20 other responses to this -
I'm an Army Captain who just got back from Iraq about 10 days ago. I got involuntarily recalled out of the inactive reserves to return to Iraq for a second tour. The FEDEX package came in the mail one... more-
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- greenlight given 4 hours ago
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SAN DIEGO -- Blackwater Worldwide, the global security firm whose conduct in Iraq has drawn criticism, is again trying to open a training facility in the face of local opposition. ... more-
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- responded 5 hours ago
Blackwater gives a black eye to American reputation worldwide more3 other responses to this -
A 49-year-old woman accused of cyber-bullying has been brought to court. She posed as a 16-year-old boy on MySpace and harassed a 13-year-old girl -- at first flirting with her, then dumping her and... more-
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- responded 5 hours ago
In dealing with internet harrasment, laws need to be revised. ... more27 other responses to this -
Japan's Imperial System stretches back of two thousand years. According to Japanese mythology, the emperor is descended from Jimmu, a semi-divine being whose grandmother was Amaterasu-Omikami, the Sun... more-
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- greenlight given 6 hours ago
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A teacher was shot to death in northern Afghanistan after he gave a speech condemning suicide bombings, it was revealed today. ... more-
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- responded 6 hours ago
Why the knee-jerk guilt-ridden comparisons with the US in the responses? There is hardly a comparison. As much as I hate Bush and the war in Iraq, I haven't taken leave of my... more8 other responses to this -
It’s a situation that almost beggars belief, but a Nagoya man died on Sunday after having doused himself in kerosene and being given a lighter by police. ... more-
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- greenlight given 7 hours ago
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We (TWODEE) are asking for your support. We are running the Anchorage marathon to raise money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. This is something we do every year and this year we are working... more-
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- responded 1 day ago
Sorry to hear of your loss! Good luck! more13 other responses to this -
Surely the problem is not that watching violence on screen & committing it in computer games causes people to go and commit violence themselves, but that it *desensitises* people to violence and... more-
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- responded 2 days ago
Those virtual people had it coming anyway. I'm sure some of them would have become virtual Hitlers. more6 other responses to this -
This is a brief review by Stewart Brand of a talk given at The Long Nor Foundation. These talks are available podcasts on the Long Now website. Many great topics! ... more-
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- responded 2 days ago
Temperature is a racial remark? more13 other responses to this
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gear // SamuraiDave
next to nothing - panasonic handcam and laptop
details // SamuraiDave
- Current Project:
- teaching english, traveling, writing travel stories, video editing
- Influences / Heroes:
- JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr,, Winston Churchhill, Spiderman
- Political Bent:
- Independent with a twist of old fashion liberalism
- What I would Change About the World:
- education - it's important that people know "how" to think rather than "what" to think
- Favorite Movies:
- Apocalypse Now, LOTR, Seven Samurai, Dead Man
- Favorite Directors:
- Kubrick, Kurosawa, Coen Brothers
- Favorite TV Shows:
- Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Arrested Development, Simpsons, South Park
- Favorite Bands:
- exotic ones, seven cycle theory, secret commonwealth