Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan, will resign. Also stepping down is Ichiro Ozawa. After a series of misscues,
calls for Hatoyama's resignation started popping up. Among the issues dogging Hatoyama were questions about a sizeable amount of money he received from his mother (possibly disguised as campaign contributions to keep him from looking like a weak candidate who couldn't raise funds), reneging on a promise to move the US Marine bases out of Okinawa, and
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posted by Ghidorah
on Jun 1, 2010 -
55 comments
Norman Mineta, the lone Democrat in
George W. Bush's cabinet has
resigned. He was the longest serving Secretary of Transportation in history. "He was also the first Asian-American Cabinet member during the Clinton administration, and the first Cabinet member to switch directly from a Democratic to a Republican Cabinet." (
from CNN article).
So why did some call for him to be
impeached? Norm Mineta and his family were among the 110,000 Japanese-Americans who were forced from their homes into internment camps during World War II.
His experience had such an impact on him that after September 11th, he
spoke out against the
racial profiling of Muslims, Arabs, and well, anyone with a turban and a beard.
Some people didn't agree with him.
posted by eunoia
on Jun 23, 2006 -
7 comments
Stephen Byers resigns (finally). Here is
a profile of the man. Do politicians have to fall into the same pattern
everytime something like this happens? Press: You've done something wrong. Politician: No I haven't. I'll admit to no impropriety on my part. Prime Minister: I'll stand by my minister. Press: But we can prove he did something wrong. The Public: I'll go with what they say, and he should resign. Prime Minister: Look mate, it's about the voters. Politician: I still don't believe I've got anything to hide but save the government embarassment, I'll resign.
posted by feelinglistless
on May 28, 2002 -
7 comments
