Japan's new first lady says she rode UFO to Venus

[BeatleBoot]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090902/lf_nm_life/us_japan_election_alien

Japan's new first lady says rode UFO to Venus


TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's next prime minister might be nicknamed "the alien," but it's his wife who claims to have had a close encounter with another world.

"While my body was asleep, I think my soul rode on a triangular-shaped UFO and went to Venus," Miyuki Hatoyama, the wife of premier-in-waiting Yukio Hatoyama, wrote in a book published last year.

"It was a very beautiful place and it was really green."

Yukio Hatoyama is due to be voted in as premier on September 16 following his party's crushing election victory over the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Sunday.

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Imagine that.

[scheming daemons]

1. What is it about conservative women...... Are they ALL nutcases?

[gatorboy]

5. Actually, she's the "liberal".

The Liberal Democratic Party is considered to be the center right, conservative party.

[scheming daemons]

11. Not according to the reports last night. Said the more conservative party won.

[gatorboy]

12. Eh. I guess whoever did the reporting should learn japanese.

Though it does seem very hard to keep up with. Their "left" and "right" standards are probably in no way similar to ours.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_%28Japan%29

The Liberal Democratic Party, frequently abbreviated to LDP or Jimintō, is a centre right, conservative political party and the largest party in Japan.


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

Democratic Party of Japan

Political ideology: Social liberalism, Social democracy

One more story:

http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1743918,CST-NWS-japan31.article

TOKYO -- Japan's opposition swept to a historic victory in elections Sunday, crushing the ruling conservative party that has run the country for most of the postwar era and assuming the daunting task of pulling the economy out of its worst slump since World War II.

A grim-looking Prime Minister Taro Aso conceded defeat just a couple of hours after polls had closed, suggesting he would quit as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, which has ruled Japan for all but 11 months since 1955.

Unemployment and deflation -- and an aging, shrinking population -- have left families fearful of what the future holds.

Fed up with the LDP, voters turned overwhelmingly to the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which ran a populist-leaning platform with plans for cash handouts to families with children and expanding the social safety net.

"This is a victory for the people," said Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the Democrats and almost certainly Japan's next prime minister.

[Joanne98]

21. Reports are liars. The center-left won.

More confusion over the role of neo-liberal economics.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Were there lots of giant robots and tentacle monsters?

[The Straight Story]

13. She once had tea with Godzilla and Mothra in an underwater palace

And negotiated a peace with them.

[gatorboy]

3. And from there, straight towards Iscandar where she helped save earth from the Gamilons.

[lpbk2713]

4. She was forced to.

Godzilla threatened to devastate Tokyo if she didn't cooperate fully.

[The Straight Story]

6. Was kucinich with her?

:hide:

[HopeHoops]

7. At least she's more sane than Nancy Reagan

She thought Venus was going to tell her what color to dye her hair and other important shit like that.

[louis-t]

8. Wonderful.

[tridim]

9. Did she eat Fugu that day by chance?

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Who knew they do psychedelics in Japan?

:shrug:

[Stevenmarc]

14. Not to be outdone Palin now claims she can see Uranus from her porch

[Soylent Brice]

15. so, how does one acquire Japanese LSD?

[wuushew]

16. I fail to see how such a belief is any worse than any given religion

I guess if you hop on a large enough woo-woo bandwagon the size of the social group protects you.

[scheming daemons]

17. Yep. From the point of view of this atheist, she's no wackier than most Christians

[Progressive_In_NC]

19. and from the view point of christians, she no worse off than most athiests :) NT

[Vidar]

18. Pleasantly colorful, as long as she doesn't influence policy.

[Joanne98]

20. If it was green it wasn't Venus.