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10/21/2010 18:37 #52992
*All* 150 years?Category: mobl
10/03/2010 23:46 #52895
Rest Stop SnapCategory: mobl
Beautiful sunset near Baker, Oregon yesterday during my drive to PDX.
libertad - 10/04/10 18:44
That is really beautiful. It must be so different out there.
That is really beautiful. It must be so different out there.
10/02/2010 12:37 #52876
Portland, ORCategory: mobl
09/29/2010 10:15 #52854
Nebraska!Category: mobl
jbeatty - 09/30/10 08:33
Reminds me of my first set of college days. I miss watching storms roll in from afar.
Reminds me of my first set of college days. I miss watching storms roll in from afar.
paul - 09/30/10 01:00
holy flatness. Good luck on the move!
holy flatness. Good luck on the move!
tinypliny - 09/29/10 13:54
Good luck with the move!!
Good luck with the move!!
matthew - 09/29/10 13:44
Wow, that's pretty flat. It makes Buffalo look like San Francisco in comparison. I like the colors, amber waves of grain.
Wow, that's pretty flat. It makes Buffalo look like San Francisco in comparison. I like the colors, amber waves of grain.
At first it does seem odd since they bombed us and then we nuked them twice. But if you think a bit past that once we won there where all these rules and laws (that I don't know) but it keep there army small and they rebuilt after the war and went on to great prosperity and look at us. You could say that the losing the war was the best thing that happened to them and you would be right, but still kinda odd. Oh yeah and now we buy anime and porn off of them not just their steel and electronics......
Heh, it just says relations. They are just being democratic and remembering the good and the bad.
(e:jim) - that is a really good point. It does seem weird to commemorate the years the U.S. and Japan were at war.
Period covers WW2, so commemorating the whole 150 year span just struck me oddly.
Yes, if memory serves, March 31, 1854 was the day when Japan signed a treaty with the U.S. to open Japan to American trade. Most historians think that the Japanese government agreed to the treaty because they didn't want to be attacked by Commodore Matthew Perry and his black ships. For most practical purposes, there were no relations between Japan and the U.S. before that date.