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JUNewsBot
06-07-2007, 05:59 PM
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An accident reported on Route 330 early Saturday quickly brought police to the scene near Futenma Marine Corps Air Station.While investigating, another car passed, went out of control, and crashed into a roadside stone wall close by.
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P_chan
06-08-2007, 08:09 AM
Ha I love the "I didn't break it" and the "I didn't get in an accident" part.
I'm surprised he didn't say "There were no cops!" or "I wasn't even out driving!" or "You aren't even real!"
bokuwa
06-08-2007, 01:05 PM
That is a sure way not to have to take the test. Crash into it and no testing.
He should have been like "What?! That stone wall hit me! I didn't do anything!"
or even better
"Stone wall had it coming. Sitting over there all smug. If I had a chance I'd bust that up all over again."
P_chan
06-08-2007, 04:33 PM
Remember that guy who hit that girl in the face in okinawa city and stole her purse? Didn't he say something like "I didn't do it" once they found the purse on him?
InDuhUSA
06-08-2007, 10:06 PM
I think this guy was just "stone-walling" - Get it? Huh? Huh?
Okay, it was a bad joke. I will never show my face here again :(
(Don't ya'll wish :D)
I'm going to start calling you Tempestuous and start calling Tempestuous InDuhUSA. :P
http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?p=451
InDuhUSA
06-08-2007, 10:14 PM
I'm going to start calling you Tempestuous and start calling Tempestuous InDuhUSA. :P
http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?p=451
Eeeeewwwwww. After reading Tempestuous jokes, I think I now see the torment I just put others through with mine. I beg all of you for forgiveness :D
bad_karma
06-12-2007, 06:40 AM
Man, this has to drive the senior brass on island crazy.
No matter what they do and how hard they try (buddy system, liberty cards, et al.) , the 10% always seem to find a way to rear their ugly heads.
Peace,
BK out
Tempestuous
06-12-2007, 11:10 AM
I'm going to start calling you Tempestuous and start calling Tempestuous InDuhUSA. :P
http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?p=451
Eeeeewwwwww. After reading Tempestuous jokes, I think I now see the torment I just put others through with mine. I beg all of you for forgiveness :D
HOW HURTFUL!!!! :(
*Big, girly, crocodile tears*
*shewt!* You all like my lame jokes THAT much! Too cool I will have to post a few more for ya.
Watch out though, you may encourage me to continually respond in corny/puny.
He will soon be finding out that prison walls are never built to scale.
P_chan
06-12-2007, 04:38 PM
Man, this has to drive the senior brass on island crazy.
No matter what they do and how hard they try (buddy system, liberty cards, et al.) , the 10% always seem to find a way to rear their ugly heads.
Peace,
BK out
That is very true and it makes me so mad. It's always the few making it worse for the rest of us.
DoctorP
06-12-2007, 04:49 PM
That is very true and it makes me so mad. It's always the few making it worse for the rest of us.
The rest of us? I gathered from your earlier posts (another thread) that you are no longer affiliated with the bases. Am I wrong?
Watch out though, you may encourage me to continually respond in corny/puny.
He will soon be finding out that prison walls are never built to scale.
OMG....... :eek:
Man, I just now got this...
P_chan
06-12-2007, 04:55 PM
nope you must be thinking of someone else.
Tempestuous
06-13-2007, 08:25 AM
OMG....... :eek:
Man, I just now got this...
YEAH! I am not the only "space"! :p
xxzjxx
06-13-2007, 04:28 PM
Japanupdate is always putting anti-military news articles on their website, I cant even believe the Military on Okinawa lets them put their fliers in almost all of our facilities.
Japanupdate's editors are like 12 year old girls spreading rumors and mischief.
I wouldn't believe half of the stuff they post on this website.
TheNoNamedOne
06-13-2007, 04:38 PM
Whoa! xxzjxx, some good issues embedded in those comments. The forums here are actually a good place to discuss them -- such as freedom of speech; how a free press is valuable to government institutions; the value of criticisms etc...
Perhaps you could build a good OP on one of these and set it aside for discussion in its own thread. You may be surprised to see some here (myself included) already accuse JU of going too soft on the military.
In any event, we welcome your input.
xxzjxx
06-13-2007, 04:44 PM
Whoa! xxzjxx, some good issues embedded in those comments. The forums here are actually a good place to discuss them -- such as freedom of speech; how a free press is valuable to government institutions; the value of criticisms etc...
Perhaps you could build a good OP on one of these and set it aside for discussion in its own thread. You may be surprised to see some here (myself included) already accuse JU of going too soft on the military.
In any event, we welcome your input.
Sure, you say "value of criticism" I say "fabrication of events" I'm tempted to label JU as the deployed version of Weekly World News.
Its just so ridiculous how they can quote an offender in such a fictitious way, and I think any intelligent human can filter out this websites BS, and HOPEFULLY that is.
TheNoNamedOne
06-13-2007, 04:48 PM
Like I said, you seem to be wanting to make JU the topic, and not the story you have posted in. If that is the case, then make an OP thread and support your claim, rather than just make a declaration. Or, are you just venting some frustration or misplaced anger?
Japanupdate is always putting anti-military news articles on their website, I cant even believe the Military on Okinawa lets them put their fliers in almost all of our facilities.
Japanupdate's editors are like 12 year old girls spreading rumors and mischief.
I wouldn't believe half of the stuff they post on this website.
Label it anti-military. Hey, whatever helps you sleep at night. We print what becomes news. You can't actually tell me any of the stories we've printed has been FABRICATED. We have an international staff, a few of us are American, a few Japanese, one from Europe. There's no REASON to be anti-military. And the reason why our papers (not fliers) are set at your facilities is because your fellow service members enjoy and use our classifieds. Heck, you're using this website. You're going to tell me that you don't use this website for news or classifieds? What's your purpose for being here then? Just curious.
You can believe whatever you want to believe. If you want to pretend Santa Clause exists and that all the staff at JU hate you, go ahead. Whatever helps you sleep better. I personally think you just want to vent. And that's fine with me. Pull out all the stops and unleash hell. I won't stop you. Just stick within the boundries of our rules. Hell, bash the heck out of JU. I won't be upset about it in the slightest.
Here's a pro-tip for all of the short-bussers out there too. This one is completely free. On the house.
If you don't want stories to be printed about some bad apple marine/army/airforce/whatever service member causing trouble, don't cause trouble. The same acts that are printed as news in our paper here would ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY be printed in a local paper in the states had they happened there.
Rape a girl here and it'll become news. Smash the crap out of an alcohol test in New Jersey and you'll positively make the news there as well.
But I'm not going to convince you one way or the other. Like I said above, you sound like you've got your own issues and are just pissed off about something. Vent it. Get it out in the open if you want. But you are one naive person if you think the same news we print here wouldn't be printed in the states had it happened there.
And you don't see "god, those military guys sure are stupid, i wish they'd leave" printed at the end of our stories now, do you.
Its just so ridiculous how they can quote an offender in such a fictitious way, and I think any intelligent human can filter out this websites BS, and HOPEFULLY that is.
Sorry, you left a lot to comment on.
The way you worded this, I'm led to believe you were actually there. Because, otherwise YOU WOULDN'T KNOW if the quote was worded in a fictitious way. Was there an extra passenger in the car? Or are you just pulling this out of the air?
P_chan
06-13-2007, 10:15 PM
Here's a pro-tip for all of the short-bussers out there too. This one is completely free. On the house.
If you don't want stories to be printed about some bad apple marine/army/airforce/whatever service member causing trouble, don't cause trouble. The same acts that are printed as news in our paper here would ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY be printed in a local paper in the states had they happened there.
Rape a girl here and it'll become news. Smash the crap out of an alcohol test in New Jersey and you'll positively make the news there as well.
But I'm not going to convince you one way or the other. Like I said above, you sound like you've got your own issues and are just pissed off about something. Vent it. Get it out in the open if you want. But you are one naive person if you think the same news we print here wouldn't be printed in the states had it happened there.
And you don't see "god, those military guys sure are stupid, i wish they'd leave" printed at the end of our stories now, do you.
Well said! I agree, you do something like raping a girl then it's going to be in the news, no matter where you. Since we are guests in this country anything bad we do gets blown up 10 times.
Seems like xxzjxx is just trying to get people in here mad if you ask me.
Since we are guests in this country anything bad we do gets blown up 10 times.
And you know the same exact treatment would be given to a foreigner who breaks the law on US soil! Especially if they were *gasp* Muslim. The media would drown in their drool over the story.
Seems like xxzjxx is just trying to get people in here mad if you ask me.
Maybe I pissed him off somehow. Maybe I deleted one of his classifieds. Who knows.
Or maybe he's just genuinely angry to be stationed here.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 07:40 AM
Label it anti-military. Hey, whatever helps you sleep at night. We print what becomes news. You can't actually tell me any of the stories we've printed has been FABRICATED. We have an international staff, a few of us are American, a few Japanese, one from Europe. There's no REASON to be anti-military. And the reason why our papers (not fliers) are set at your facilities is because your fellow service members enjoy and use our classifieds. Heck, you're using this website. You're going to tell me that you don't use this website for news or classifieds? What's your purpose for being here then? Just curious.
You can believe whatever you want to believe. If you want to pretend Santa Clause exists and that all the staff at JU hate you, go ahead. Whatever helps you sleep better. I personally think you just want to vent. And that's fine with me. Pull out all the stops and unleash hell. I won't stop you. Just stick within the boundries of our rules. Hell, bash the heck out of JU. I won't be upset about it in the slightest.
Buddy, are you purposely trying to sound unintelligent?
You have no idea, but we had no reports on Futenma of a Marine driving drunk in the past 2 months, so if you really say this news is "Factual", then explain why the military police don't even know about this incident?
If you are directly translating from Okinawas news papers, you might want to hire some REAL investigators for your news articles. Its very true that Okinawa prints anti American and anti-military articles when ever they feel it will get attention from the public.
My wife is from Mainland and she swears that most of the news about the US military out here in Okinawa is very frivolous and almost embarrassing to read, since they have the philosophy of guilty until proven innocent in the Okinawan media.:p
It's not only in the Okinawan media. It's pretty much the standard by the police out here as well.
But it's guilty until proven innocent in the US media as well. Man you're in a lot of denial.
So, you're basically telling me that just because Futenma didn't mark this incident in their drunk driving log that it didn't happen? And you're accusing me of sounding unintelligent? Ok bud. I also have a wife from the mainland. Just because your wife feels a certain way doesn't make it right.
And, on a final note, I'll come out and say that I don't ALWAYS approve of the news we print. I'm not going to say it's made up, but when the local media is obsessing over a certain crime, JU follows suit. I don't write the story, so there's nothing I can do about it. As webmaster, all I could do was put up a forum so you and I could bitch about it. Which I will do.
I don't know how many times I've had to post a story online as part of my job and wanted to append something like "In other news, Okinawans still fail at understanding how to properly protest" or "In other news, NOBODY CARES", but I'd most likely lose my job for something like that. However, now that I have these forums, I CAN openly bash some of the news we print.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 09:42 AM
Ok, so we already know the military does not have much to do with JU, except that a lot of people advertise in your classified section. That explains a large part of the Anti-US/Anti-Military sediment. I would also venture to guess that the staff at JU is anti-Iraq war and that they hate Bush.
One thing that I did notice that stands out just like CNN and BBC and Times publications, is that JapanUpdate NEVER, and I mean NEEVVEERR displays the positive things that the US Military is doing. Such as community relations events, and we have so many!
I would probably not be too far off on saying, if there were two stories concerning American Military Personnel, One being positive, such as cleaning trash off a beach or visiting a nursing home or Marines and Sailors going to an orphanage during their own free time, their weekends, that Japan Update would rather use the negative story, for political reasons of course!
Go ahead, be my guest and make the military look like we are one big problem out here in Okinawa, I know...... its your job, you do it well too. Smearing is Japan Updates best quality.:D
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 09:52 AM
It's not only in the Okinawan media. It's pretty much the standard by the police out here as well.
But it's guilty until proven innocent in the US media as well. Man you're in a lot of denial.
So, you're basically telling me that just because Futenma didn't mark this incident in their drunk driving log that it didn't happen? And you're accusing me of sounding unintelligent? Ok bud. I also have a wife from the mainland. Just because your wife feels a certain way doesn't make it right.
And, on a final note, I'll come out and say that I don't ALWAYS approve of the news we print. I'm not going to say it's made up, but when the local media is obsessing over a certain crime, JU follows suit. I don't write the story, so there's nothing I can do about it. As webmaster, all I could do was put up a forum so you and I could bitch about it. Which I will do.
I don't know how many times I've had to post a story online as part of my job and wanted to append something like "In other news, Okinawans still fail at understanding how to properly protest" or "In other news, NOBODY CARES", but I'd most likely lose my job for something like that. However, now that I have these forums, I CAN openly bash some of the news we print.
Denial over what? I'm not denying anything that we dont already know is true. Fox News is probably the only network in the US that is at least somewhat balanced.
Its not that I'm extremely Pro-military, but I call it like it is, and thats for sure. If you cant understand my thinking, then you definitely have horse blinders on, or you never were a member of the US Military and in that case, you would understand how it feels to have everybody see you as the problem child of the pacific. We want to have good relations with the Okinawan public, but we just cant do it when the media is shitting all over our faces for one bad human that just happens to be American and Military.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 10:03 AM
Just a note,
I'm not angry to be stationed here, I asked for it, since my wife is Japanese, and I had a great time when I was in Iwakuni.
One thing that I did notice that stands out just like CNN and BBC and Times publications, is that JapanUpdate NEVER, and I mean NEEVVEERR displays the positive things that the US Military is doing. Such as community relations events, and we have so many!
Never is a strong word. I have posted literally dozens of stories of the positive things that the US military is doing. Would you like me to post a link to all of them? Here are a FEW.
Here's one:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6464
Here's another:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6463
Here's another:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6474
And yet another:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6536
Want some more?:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6549
Oh wow. There's more!:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6417
Good lord, another one?!
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6415
Maybe next time choose your words more wisely. Otherwise, you'll come across as someone who has no idea what they're talking about.
If you look at the dates on those, they're relatively close. Here's why. For quite a while, base public affairs was sending me stories of the positive things Marines were involved in, and I'd put them online. Why aren't we doing this anymore? Because base public affairs isn't sending me the stories anymore. We rely on the local media for our stories. We were also relying on base public affairs to enlighten us on the good actions of the military. One of those two sources has stopped caring enough to get us the news. Wanna take a guess which one?
I would probably not be too far off on saying, if there were two stories concerning American Military Personnel, One being positive, such as cleaning trash off a beach or visiting a nursing home or Marines and Sailors going to an orphanage during their own free time, their weekends, that Japan Update would rather use the negative story, for political reasons of course!
Call up Mulder and Sculli. If you want to believe I and all the staff of JU hate you, fine. Whatever. But I can personally vouch for myself that EVERYTIME I HAVE EVER RECEIVED A POSITIVE NEWS STORY REGARDING MILITARY ACTIONS, I have put them online. The reason they were never printed in the paper? Maybe because they weren't sent to the editor as they should have been.
Here's another pro-tip. On the house. If you'd like us to do a positive news story on the actions of the US military on Okinawa, email us about it. webmaster@japanupdate.com.
Go ahead, be my guest and make the military look like we are one big problem out here in Okinawa, I know...... its your job, you do it well too. Smearing is Japan Updates best quality.:D
You're basically a lost cause because you'll never believe otherwise. You're completely closed off to the idea that you're wrong. That's fine. This isn't the first time I've dealt with people like you, and I guarantee it won't be the last.
Bones
06-14-2007, 11:01 AM
I've been around the block long enough, to realize what you are trying to say, xxzjxx.
You are tired of everyone pointing the finger at the military (it really doesn't matter which country you happen to be serving in. ..), it's part of the job.
Learn how to deal with it, MARINE!
I personally enjoy reading about the problems that people get themselves into and, it doesn't really matter what branch of the service that they may be serving in. It's a little scary to be reading things like; "I didn't know that I was doing something wrong......"
Perhaps you can point me to the part where it says: " and it is perfectly legal for me to do this within these countries, if ......", what?
I've spent enough time on Okinawa, to know that the local Police does not discriminate against anyone. If they tag you for being drunk, that's what you are. If they accuse you of smashing things, they have witnesses, etc...
If they falsely accuse you, they will be the first to admit their mistake.
Well, maybe eventually, but when you're caught......
NBTP
xxzjxx acts like the military are the only ones discriminated against. I'm white as day. I face just as much distrust anytime I leave my house as ANY of you. I face just as much racism anytime I leave my house as ANY of you. And anytime an Okinawan meets me for the first time, they automatically associate me with the bases. You can go all emo about being in the military and being hated if you want. But it's not all you.
I have no REASON to be anti-military. I'm not half Okinawan. Or even full Okinawan for that matter. I, in fact, love my fellow Americans. I, in fact, think America is most likely the greatest country in the world. Hey, there's my bias. You caught me.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:05 AM
So, you're basically telling me that just because Futenma didn't mark this incident in their drunk driving log that it didn't happen?
Dude, please belive me when I say this.
Anything that happens off base directly effects our liberty, we get punished as a whole for one stupid Marine's action. If someone gets caught driving drunk off base, or robs a taxi, and it is TRUE, then we all pay for it on Futenma.
If you are not "lucky" enough to work on Futenma, than you can never really understand where I come from. We know everything that happens on and off base. Even a lot of things that are so ****** up, but are never reported in Japanese news, and you guys at Japan Update never find out about.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:07 AM
Never is a strong word. I haver posted literally dozens of stories of the positive things that the US military is doing. Would you like me to post a link to all of them? Here are a FEW.
Here's one:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6464
Here's another:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6463
Here's another:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6474
And yet another:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6536
Want some more?:
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=6549
Maybe next time choose your words more wisely. Otherwise, you'll come across as someone who has no idea what they're talking about.
If you look at the dates on those, they're relatively close. Here's why. For quite a while, base public affairs was sending me stories of the positive things Marines were involved in, and I'd put them online. Why aren't we doing this anymore? Because base public affairs isn't sending me the stories anymore. We rely on the local media for our stories. We were also relying on base public affairs to enlighten us on the good actions of the military. One of those two sources has stopped caring enough to get us the news. Wanna take a guess which one?
Call up Mulder and Sculli. If you want to believe I and all the staff of JU hate you, fine. Whatever. But I can personally vouch for myself that EVERYTIME I HAVE EVER RECEIVED A POSITIVE NEWS STORY REGARDING MILITARY ACTIONS, I have put them online. The reason they were never printed in the paper? Maybe because they weren't sent to the editor as they should have been.
Here's another pro-tip. On the house. If you'd like us to do a positive news story on the actions of the US military on Okinawa, email us about it. webmaster@japanupdate.com.
You're basically a lost cause because you'll never believe otherwise. You're completely closed off to the idea that you're wrong. That's fine. This isn't the first time I've dealt with people like you, and I guarantee it won't be the last.
Hey moron, did you check the dates on those articles? I know its 2007 this year. You are telling me that you had to dig back 2 years to prove your point?
WOOHOO, you get a cookie for doing the bare minimum.
Did you read my post? Did you read the reason the stories stopped coming in?
How'd you do on the reading comprehension portion of your SAT test?
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:15 AM
But you say that you have to wait for the base to send you stuff to report on? Why dont you guys go out of your way to locate COMREL's. I get emails every single week at work advertising a COMREL event.
As a matter of fact, I'll start emailing you the events that take place, that way you can go out and see these motovated Marines and Sailors who are spending their own free time making life better for Okinawans.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:18 AM
Did you read my post? Did you read the reason the stories stopped coming in?
How'd you do on the reading comprehension portion of your SAT test?
Is this your final excuse?
It takes 2 years for Japan Update to take the inititive to call base relations and say "hey bitches, keep sending us stories, its been 3 months since we last got a call/mail/fax from your punk asses."
Seems simple to me, but what do I know? I'm just an idiot with a low SAT score!!
TheNoNamedOne
06-14-2007, 11:18 AM
Hey moron, ...
Do not engage in personal insults. Consider this a warning.
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xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:20 AM
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You better warn the Admin then too, hese breaking YOUR rules also.
Tell you what, forward those to me. Or even better yet, get base public affairs to start sending us their news briefs and photos. I know for a fact they make them. Or even better yet, put together a full story with photos and I'll get it in our site and do my best to get the editor to print it.
Write it professionally. You seem to already have a knack for writing, so I'm sure you'll do a good job.
We don't have an army of reporters. Which is one reason we rely on the local media to provide us with news briefings. If you actually want to help and get the word out, help and get the word out.
But I can already hear your reaction: It's your paper, you write it. I won't fault you with that. It would be preferable to base public affairs to start sending us their news briefs as they were always well written and the photos they sent us were always top quality.
Is this your final excuse?
It takes 2 years for Japan Update to take the inititive to call base relations and say "hey bitches, keep sending us stories, its been 3 months since we last got a call/mail/fax from your punk asses."
Seems simple to me, but what do I know? I'm just an idiot with a low SAT score!!
You're the one who called me a moron while responding as if you had completely skipped over my reason. Not my problem.
I'll dig around my email. If I can find one of my emails from 2005, I will do just that. Well, except for the "bitches" part.
Would you be satisfied then?
Do you honestly still feel, after reading my posts, that I honestly hate you and the US military.
And one last thing: my duty as webmaster is to put the content I'm sent online. Nothing more. I'm not a reporter. I don't do stories. That's what reporters are for. We're lacking in the reporters department. That's not an excuse, it's a fact. We're putting the paper together with basically a five man team, and we're not omnipresent. Three of those people are in graphics design and layout. One person translates news from the Japanese media into English. And we, contrary to some people's beliefs, live on a world, like you, that has 24 hour days.
So any help we can get is appreciated.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:25 AM
Ok im finished arguing, I'll just put it this way.
I'll talk to the bases and see if they can start sending their stories to you guys again.
That is the only way that I'm going to get MY way. It is fully understood now.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:27 AM
NO, i dont think you guys hate the military in Okinawa.. I never thought that to begin with, but I think that people get in this nitch where they find it easier to report the negatives rather than the positives.
I'm going to back down becauese I could argue forever about anything, but its not going to solve a single issue between us.
I know your not the editor and you just do what they tell you to do. Rather, I was attacking you as part of the group and not as an individual. That is wrong I know, but it felt good to air my dirty laundry.
Ok im finished arguing, I'll just put it this way.
I'll talk to the bases and see if they can start sending their stories to you guys again.
That is the only way that I'm going to get MY way. It is fully understood now.
I would really appreciate this.
Hey, people need to vent. I told you yesterday to get it out of your system. Hell, I OFTEN need to do this. My wife has to listen to me vent ALL the time. And like you, sometimes I wonder myself why the hell such and such a story was even printed.
But there are no conspiracies. We don't go out of our way to post the negative and avoid the positive. We work with what we have. I have personally put a lot of time into this website and this company as a whole and would LOVE to see us come out more well-rounded.
And if the forums can help that heppen from your input and people like you, the the forum will prove to be worth its weight in gold.
If you get in touch with the bases, the address is webmaster@japanupdate.com. If I get it, I'll positively put it online, and I'll have a talk with the editor about AT LEAST posting one of the positive stories per week. Paper space will be the only issue, but I'm sure he'd be thrilled about not having to translate as much Japanese to English.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:35 AM
You should check out www.japantoday.com
its not local, but it is certainly Japan-wide.
You know, I can see how finding articles can be a challenge with a such a small group of individuals. To add to that, I can honestly tell you that not much happens in Okinawa that the military is really interested in, so I can see why some of these articles may be negative, because there is just hardly anything else to put out that will be of interest to Americans out here.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:38 AM
Hey, I have a question that is going to branch off the subject slightly.
Are you guys interested in finding extra help?
Exactly.
This is Okinawa. There's not a whole lot to cover lol.
Hey, I have a question that is going to branch off the subject slightly.
Are you guys interested in finding extra help?
We might be. If you send me your resume and the type of help you'd like to offer, I'll certainly forward your information to the boss. Shoot me a PM or email it to webmaster@japanupdate.com.
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:41 AM
TheProsecutor send me a infraction message..
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:42 AM
We might be. If you send me your resume and the type of help you'd like to offer, I'll certainly forward your information to the boss. Shoot me a PM or email it to webmaster@japanupdate.com.
Actually,
My wife is searching for a job. I can have to contact you guys, I think it would be better to try for a job that makes a difference, she wants to work at the PX, and I just dont think it would be that rewarding.
For... language? It's not a huge deal. An infraction won't get you banned. It's just a warning. If you got one, he felt you broke a rule. So just make sure you read up on the rules and if you have any comments or complaints about the rules, drop us a message on the JU Forum Issues and Feedback (http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=11) forum.
Edit: Ah, insulting another member. That's a default infraction so the wording might be confusing. Maybe for calling me a moron when I'm clearly not. :P
Actually,
My wife is searching for a job. I can have to contact you guys, I think it would be better to try for a job that makes a difference, she wants to work at the PX, and I just dont think it would be that rewarding.
Good man. I'm the same way with my wife.
TheNoNamedOne
06-14-2007, 11:48 AM
TheProsecutor send me a infraction message..
Take it to the Forum and Feedback category. Do not discuss moderated posts in the thread they are moderated in. Read the rules of the forum here (http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/announcement.php?a=4).
xxzjxx
06-14-2007, 11:50 AM
LOL, I just cant win can i?
Time to update the news. Get ready for a bunch of new threads. lol.
Traveller
06-20-2007, 10:00 AM
xxxzjxx makes it difficult to battle back against those Marine stereotypes, but I do give him credit for appearing to come around. Perhaps his wife can help.
I don't have past issues of JU handy, but I do have Stars & Stripes. You don't have to look closely to see the "negative" stories, and they aren't only about military personnel. That applies to both local stories and those from around the world. The same applies with other editions of S&S. When troops behave, they don't generate negative coverage.
Interesting to note, though, that the public affairs offices seem to send all their good news stories, and the fluff, to S&S but not JU. Seems to tie with youur ealier "we know everything that happens on and off base" comment. You know what's going on, but are hiding it on Futenma? Why not share the good and the bad? I hope you can use your influence with the PAO types.
Keep writing though, and expand your thoughts to other stories JU publishes. Objectivity is a good thing, me thinks.
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