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The Economy: San Francisco, Japan, Ho Chi Minh City

…nd usually do not return until 8 or 9 at night.   The only way out is to become a “Freeter” (フリーター) which is a combination of the English word “Freeand the German word “Arbeit” which means work.  These people do not want to join the soul sucking world of the Salaryman so simply work a lot of part time jobs.   One trick the Japanese (and Americans) are starting to employ is simply hiring workers on contracts.  This means they do not have to pay y…

Disoriented

…Japan.  While there I had to make a decision.  We were visiting my parents-in-law with my young son.  The great grandmother lives in Tochigi Prefecture which is just below Fukushima. The decision was mine to go and I did my research.  Never in my life would I have thought that I would have to make a decision concerning radiation.  The choice also involved my young son as well as immediate Japanese family.  I chose to go as we have a great grandmo…

All-American Muslim Reality TV Show

…tar sign with the hand” shaped like the devil’s horns. Despite that, the 31-year-old Dearborn woman — who calls herself a hillbilly at heart — is a proud Muslim. From these opening paragraphs Americans should understand that many American Muslims are just as delinquent as any other major American religion!  See my American comrades, she has a “rock-star hand tattoo,” she can’t be all that bad!  🙂   I guess this is a tactic which shows the complete…

The Value of Money

…towards death. I hope that Louis Vuitton bag or Lexus is worth the cost. —- Or perhaps I have over-thought this.  Perhaps, our work is what forms many of our identities?  Work makes the man and without work there is no man?  Perhaps we are such insecure creatures that many of us need our career to define us?  I work, therefore I am?  Perhaps money only takes a secondary seat?  Money simply determines the pedestal and the more money accumulated th…

America – the ‘we’ illusion

…latively easily. Well, let’s take a look at that. I’ve worked for two, well-known, American companies. If you work hard, make profits for the company then you should be good to go right? No. For the past decade the companies I’ve worked for hit record profits as we drove down cost and increased the profits coming in from customers. You’d think this would translate into bigger bonuses and a sense that we’re all on the same team at a company level e…