Like Water Flowing, Like Air Circulating, and Like Dragon Rising under the Sun
The Woman of 2009 is of course Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton. It is not her personality but her view on the world that has been tested this year. In fact, no terrorism has been successfully conducted in the air, on the land, or at sea around the American homeland this year so far. Arguably, one stupid comment on Israel, Islam, Iran, India, and international relationships with Russia, China, and North Korea might have damaged American reputation.
In Japan, it is said that Secretary Mrs. Clinton recently put the Japanese ambassador to America on report to the State building and also called the Japanese Foreign Minister by phone, probably, to make clear her standpoint on the U.S. Marine bases in Okinawa, Japan.
If America cannot maintain trust from Japan, it cannot act even like a super power in economy and war.
Anyway, the Obama-Hillary line can win more friends, probably, than the Bush-Rice line from poor countries in the world.
SECTION I: LAO-TZE
About 2500 years ago or so, Confucius described Laozi or Lao-Tze after receiving a lesson from him as a kind of dragon, since there are no methods to catch a dragon while there is against any other animals.
Accordingly, Lao-Tze, a kind of holy hermit so mysterious, preached some down to people:
"One who lives a righteous life on the righteous path never leaves traces of his act, movement, and existence."
"The best way of living is to live like water. Water benefits everybody. It flows to places everybody dislikes and keeps a distance from. Accordingly, water is close to righteousness and holiness."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi
As Loa-Tze, an actual person or not, was freer from worldliness than any other ancient Chinese thinkers, he is still respected and preferred by many Japanese.
In contrast, Confucius had a dream of administering a nation in an ideal manner applying his wisdom.
If you want to be a leader, you must try to be a Confucius; if not, you had better think of trying to become a Lao-Tze.
SECTION II: FINANCIAL DEFICIT OF JAPAN
As I once wrote, if China is adjacent to America over borders, for example, in the south like Mexico or in the north like Canada, America should suffer grave deflation.
How can any single economy, except Japan, stand over 20 years while helping one billion or more Chinese and their industries to grow as large as Japan?
It is not a miracle of China but of Japan.
Chinese rise in the 21st century is a result of a miracle Japan has brought about on the Asian Continent during the 20th century.
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I gave a warning one or two months ago that a liquid bomb, if used by a suicide terrorist, could destroy a jet airliner.
However, those who viewed EEE Reporter seem to have failed in alerting the U.S. Government while they were expected to do so.
A Japanese man was abducted in Yemen though released in safety; a rare rain fell around Mecca causing big floods; and Dubai crashed in building follies like a mirage.
It is time for all the peace-loving Muslims in the world to recall the tragedies of the great Sumatra tsunami and earthquake of December 2004 and unite for prevention of suicide-bombing terrorism, since it must be only Allah who takes life away from man.
About a half an hour ago, a Japanese cable TV channel introduced an 11-year old girl living in Gaza who lost her father and younger brother in the invasion by Israel a year ago, while having been hit on the head where a score of fragments still remain giving her an unbearable pain.
However, most probably, this sort of news report is not allowed to be delivered through the mainstream media in the U.S.
Yet, you just now got information that EEE Reporter listened to the news.
(December 25 is regarded as the end of the Christmas festivity in Japan. No one buys Christmas cakes any more on December 26. However, Bach [1685-1750] composed some for Christ. It is December 29, Tuesday, 2009 today.
http://menuet.net/c1/c0101.mid
Source: http://menuet.net/cb.html)
Luk 12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Luk 12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.