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...that mid-19th century life was exactly "ideal." But the heat generated online by the ad does reveal that the war and resultant redrawing of the map 160 years ago can still spark a furor on both sides of the border. Thousands of critics accused the ad of being anti-American and took pains to defend the inclusion of the southwestern states into the union. "It is absurd to believe that the U.S. stole Texas and California since most inhabitants of the Southwest considered the 19th century Mexican government a totalitarian regime and wanted independence, and rightfully so, from Mexico...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Vodka Tonic for Mexico's Loss? | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

...have passed since the proposal of the tax revisions, the Lower House can approve the bill with a two-thirds majority. The DPJ says that if the LDP does this, then they could slap a formal reprimand against Fukuda. And last November, when the bill to renew Japan's anti-terrorism refueling mission in the Indian Ocean became a point of contention, the DPJ also suggested a reprimand and opposition party leader Ichiro Ozawa left for a trip to China with his senior advisors in a spectacular display of disapproval. Nevertheless, the bill ended up passing three months past deadline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Row Ends Over Japan's Central Bank | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

...complaints on its Internet site and threats to boycott the Swedish-made brand in the U.S., Absolut announced it was withdrawing the advert. "In no way was this meant to offend or disparage, nor does it advocate an altering of borders, nor does it lend support to any anti-American sentiment, nor does it reflect immigration issues," wrote Absolut spokeswoman Paula Eriksson on the company website. "Instead, it hearkens to a time which the population of Mexico may feel was more ideal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Vodka Tonic for Mexico's Loss? | 4/8/2008 | See Source »

...embrace of the American Evangelicals. They cite a verse from Revelations claiming that Jesus will return only after two-thirds of the Jews are killed and the rest are converted to Christianity. "They are not supporting us out of love," says one opponent, Rabbi Shalom Dov Lifshitz from the anti-missionary group Yad La'achim, "but because they believe that if we convert out of Judaism to Christianity, it will bring on the Apocalypse." And that, he says, is "a danger to the people of Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Evangelical at Armageddon | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

...pastor in Jerusalem from a mainstream church expressed skepticism about the motives of the Christian Zionists - and of the cynicism of Israelis who play along. "It's the worst kind of anti-Semitism," says the cleric, who asked to remain anonymous given the sensitivity of the issue. "At the end, these Evangelicals say that all the Jews will be dead except those who become Christians. But in the meantime, the Israelis are happy to fill their hotels with them and use their help to get American weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Evangelical at Armageddon | 4/7/2008 | See Source »

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