post # 500 on this blog

I guess the idiot is going out of office with a bang. Koizumi headed to the Yasukuni Shrine around 7:45am this morning. South Korea must be livid, especially considering they and various other Asian countries had warned him not to visit today, the anniversary marking the end of World War II..

Now I sincerely doubt his true intentions and think he does it just to provoke other nations and do it as an act of defiance (and not, as he claims, an act for the fallen). Oh and just a side note: his hair looks whiter and more out-of-control frizzy than ever...age is definitely taking a toll on him.

Handheld candles spell out "Yasukuni No" at Meiji Park in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, where an estimated 1,000 people gathered Monday night to protest Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's expected visit to Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday. SATOKO KAWASAKI PHOTO