Our Night Out With Soy Heirs, Cheeseheads and Ahnuld
Nothing like a good soy sauce to bring out the top military brass and Who's Who among Cheeseheads.
In case you wondered what happened to him, Richard Myers, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, emceed an event Wednesday night at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce honoring the Kikkoman Corporation's 50th anniversary in America. Myers had the distinction of recognizing two governors, a Cabinet secretary and a barrel of members of Congress, all of whom gathered to pay tribute to one Yuzaburo Mogi, chairman and CEO of Kikkoman.
A highlight of the evening was a reading from one of the Senate's more important pieces of legislation: S. Res. 323, a resolution "recognizing Kikkoman Foods, Inc., for its 50 years of operations in the United States."
"Whereas Kikkoman Foods established sales operations in San Francisco, California, in 1957, expanded production in Walworth, Wisconsin, in 1972, and further expanded production in Folsom, California, in 1998;
"Whereas Kikkoman Foods annually ships over 30,000,000 gallons of soy sauce throughout North America..."
There were a couple of other solemnly read whereas's before the "therefore be it resolved" part came, which essentially commended Kikkoman Foods for its "cultural and economic vitality of the United States."
Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) read from their own House resolution. Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold couldn't make it, but a top Kohl staffer was on hand to read the Senate counterpart.
The Mogis -- there are lots of them, mostly men, based on a cursory reading of nametags -- beamed with pride. The family, by the way, co-founded Kikkoman more than three centuries ago.
Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez spoke, so did Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle, who noted Mogi's connections to the new prime minister of Japan, joking, "Mogi-san moves in big circles."
And California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger piped in via video, delighting the Mogis with his uproariously hilarious (ok, not so much) one-liner: Kikkoman soy sauce goes great with everything, including Austrian food.
Then came the Japanese techno-beat digital drum duo Aun, which you could just tell Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) and former Wisconsin Gov.(and former GOP presidential candidate) Tommy Thompson were really digging!
Very Kitchen Stadium-esque, by the way, for you "Iron Chef" fans.
By Mary Ann Akers |
September 27, 2007; 4:44 PM ET
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Posted by: cheesehead man | September 28, 2007 1:19 AM
I could not get to say thanks to the people
that care for our orphans, so forth
Posted by: william c. wing ,florida | October 2, 2007 11:47 AM
Cheesehead Man: It's a gossip column. That's what she writes about. If you want real news about what's actually happening with our nation's policy makers that affects those of us in the midwest and the rest of the country, try reading the rest of the website. Congrats on Favre, btw.
Posted by: Lost in Cheeseland | October 2, 2007 5:45 PM
International Blogger Day for Free Bumra ( 4 October 2007)
We would like to inform, in fact request you to know about the brutality and information blackout in Crisis Burma recently.
( for further information : http://www.ko-htike.blogspot.com)
Junta is so cruel and wicked neglecting outside world. But international pressure have been getting higher through local bloggers and internet users. So now they are targeting all people including bloggers, internet cafe, journalists, even to those who carrying camera and handphones. ( what a worst in this 21st century)
The fact is that defenseless people are suffering and struggling apparently behind the international watching windows now. Junta cut down all blogspot service, even the whole internet system . In that sense , we would urge you to promote your freedom for those of unfortunate Burmese civilians by campaigning International Blogger Day ( 4 Oct 07) for Free Burma as follows.
http://www2.free-burma.org/index.php
We world request you to make know the rest of the world on behalf of those who have no more information freedom and severely suppressed not to talk and speak out the world.
We do hope a lot for your help on behalf of Burmese Google and Blogspot users.
Regards,
Burma changer ( on behalf of Free Burma campaign)
Posted by: burma.changer | October 3, 2007 3:44 AM
Poor Guy...
Posted by: Peter | October 4, 2007 7:03 PM
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Your blog on the soy sauce party with the Wisconsin political crowd is classic inside D.C. boring blah blah blah.... "who's who blah blah blah"
I grew up near Walworth. Where I live we actually talk about things that matter to reall people like JOBS, WAGES, etc. These things are actually produced by Kikkoman and other companies in "fly over" land and maybe you could have noticed this if you weren't to preoccupied about who showed up at the party.
While you and the D.C. crowd wank on and on about "who's who" from Wisconsin, out here we actually produce the gourmet cheeses you eat at your high buck events, and things like Harleys that are cultural icons, and believe it or not high end medical devices that are used to see if you have cancer growing inside you.
Leave the beltway, come to Wisconsin, talk to someone that actually lives here. You might have more to say than who showed up at what party.
Does anyone really care about this crap anyway. If you do, D.C. must be one sick place to hang out...