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Koichi Toyama wants to be President of the United States

Koichi Toyama, the man who ran for governor of Tokyo and became a YouTube celebrity through his speeches calling for the destruction of Japan, is back! Now he’s got something to say about the presidential election in the United States:

And for those of you who missed it, his famous Tokyo gubernatorial election speech:

39 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - September 6, 2008 at 11:18 am

Categories: Odd / Strange, Politics Tags: toyama koichi

Andrew

The Beatles are British…

http://www.japanprobe.com James

He addresses that seconds after mentioning them.

Andrew

I should’ve finished watching the video before I commented… >_<

http://www.chirimotsumoreba.net Jordan

Yeah, that is usually the proper procedure.

doinkies

Haha, I was wondering where he went…
http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

What a sad attempt at becoming a revolutionary. His tactics are reminiscent of a certain outspoken foreign-born Japanese citizen who lives in Hokkaido – Loud and ineffectual, lacking substance and tinted with attention-mongering.

I thought it was supposed to be corny humor at first, but it ended up just being whinging.

weirdo

What a sad attempt at becoming a revolutionary.

Huh?

I thought it was supposed to be corny humor at first, but it ended up just being whinging.

No…your first assumption was right.
http://www.chirimotsumoreba.net Jordan

Hey buddy, I think you are taking this a bit too seriously. He is obviously making a statement within a joke.

http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

Yeah, at first it was satire, but then at the end he starts going on a rant about the U.S. staying out of foreign affairs.

weirdo

How the hell does he keep a straight face? He’s awesome.
ダビ

I think he’s serious. He just happens to be pretty much insane. He’s been involved in ultra-left wing politics his whole life. See japanese wikipeida http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/外山恒一

And it seems the two years in prison for “sedition” were actually for hitting his girlfriend when she broke up with him.

http://www.chirimotsumoreba.net Jordan

Being involved in ultra-left wing politics isn’t insane in and of itself. Besides, what was “ultra-left wing” decades ago is considered common sense today.

concerned Filipino

You think? I thought the world had generally moved right in the past few decades…

cheezewiz

Neoconservative thinking came from the ultra left wing.

Fartnog Buttstinkle

You’re kidding, right?

Being involved in “ultra” ANYTHING is something that’s insane; the world needs less liberals and conservatives and more MODERATES.

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dogtato

ahaha that was pretty funny kind of dragged at the end though.

If he’d stopped when the satire ended he’d have had a Daily Show quality video.
LOD

Toyama is just an attention seeker, who wants to show himself as a mad man, when he really is not.
He fails because he is not a professional comedian (such as Minoru Torihada), nor a true mad man (such as Jesus Mitsuo Matayoshi). That’s why he’s only moderately funny.

As for the Wikipedia entry, I believe much of its article was edited by Toyama himself. [citation needed]
Dimitrov

It looks like it takes a madman or an attention seeker to tell the truth these days. Thats the only sad thing.
somegirl

as an American, I found him hilarious and wonderfully amazing in what he has to say. anyone who takes this seriously just lacks a sense of humor

http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

As a United States of American who chooses not to live in the States, I found this frightening because it comes off as satire, but he is actually dead serious about in his hate for the U.S. and Japan, abolish the system, f**k the man disillusioned angry teenager mentality. He is deep ultra-left with his anarcho-communism ideals.

Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert? Political satire. Koichi Toyama? Sarcastic would-be anarchist revolutionary suffering with delusions of grandeur.

concerned Filipino

On the contrary, I think it’s genius.

“My fatherland has betrayed me!”

Although the population of America is over 6 billion, fewer than 200 million can vote!”

Yeah, I’ve been wondering about that as well, you know?

http://nonplayercharacter.blogspot.com/ NPC

He’s joking right? the US’s population is only estimated to be 305mil.
http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

NPC: 6 billion = world’s population under American rule. That’s what Koichi Toyama was trying to say.

Concerned Filipino: How many years have you been paying taxes to the federal and state U.S. governments?
concerned Filipino

Alex: I don’t pay taxes to governments I don’t agree with, yet the US chooses to take charge of my national affairs for free. Aren’t they generous?
http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

Well, the answer is quite simple – The majority of citizens must demand their gov’t to demand a U.S. pullout from the region by electing officials who hold the same view, in which case along with the U.S. forces the Philippines will lose the financial support of the U.S. aid budget for building new roads, schools, ports, and medical facilities. It happened in 1991, and it can happen again. Next time, make sure you don’t elect new officials who want the U.S. to come back.

Until that happens, the gov’t of the Philippines will continue to request U.S. support to fight against groups like the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF?!), Abu Sayyaf, and Rajah Solaiman.

Personally, I’m voting for a U.S. pullout from all hostile regions in the Middle East as well as the Philippines, because it’s an an enormous waste of tax money on a lost cause, and that money can be put to much better use.
concerned Filipino

So basically, because the US is giving us money, that allows them to interfere in our affairs. I’ve heard this argument so many times. I thought I’d dealt with it already. Well, I for one am not worried about the Philippines losing American aid, so I’m not threatened by that.

“Next time, make sure you don’t elect new officials who want the U.S. to come back.”

We already know our administration is an American flunky without Americans having to tell us, thank you very much.

And thanks for reminding me about 1991. (Really, the Americans would never have pulled out if Mt. Pinatubo hadn’t erupted.) Funnily enough, the Philippines was in some ways, in better shape back then than it is now.

As to groups like the MILF, have you heard the new theory making the rounds here? People are saying that maybe the US wants to continue existing, to justify their continued presence here. Interesting.

“because it’s an an enormous waste of tax money on a lost cause, and that money can be put to much better use.”

Not because it’s immoral and unfair to the inhabitants of those regions, certainly?
concerned Filipino

That’s “wants groups like them to continue existing”, sorry.

Dimitrov

What ? You find a person with teenage mentality and “anarcho-communist ideals” (hahahaha) frightening. Grown-up “United States of Americans” like you shouldn’t be afraid of would-be revolutionaries like this chap, after all – he only speaks nonsense, right?

http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

Right, and Aum was just a small cult. It’s when you underestimate people that problems catch you unaware.
Dimitrov

Yeah, its when things like the Aum incident occur,that you get to call terrorist anything you don’t agree with.
http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

How can you argue with a straw man?
Dimitrov

Just don’t cry, please

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Rob

I don’t care if this guy’s serious or just fancies himself as the next Andy Kaufman – I just want lessons. That delivery is AWESOME!
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http://neosamurai.blogspot.com Kaishin

This guy got much smarter since the last appearance on the net.

Koichi Toyama wants to be President of the United States

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