-
Obama pick of Richardson:Typical response to Asian American history
We must not still matter in the new diversity of the Obama administration. No one seems to remember Wen Ho Lee.
Let’s play, “What if?” If Wen Ho Lee were black, would there be any forgetfulness for what Richardson did to him?
If Wen Ho Lee were Jewish, and Richardson publicly persecuted him, would anyone be so [...] -
Obama polarizes Asian-Americans with Richardson choice for cabinet
Wen Ho Lee is as close as it gets in modern contemporary Asian Pacific American history to a mythic victim of U.S. racism in our nation.
Unlike a symbol of injustice like a Rosa Parks, Lee was no activist, and not seeking to challenge society. He was merely an ordinary Asian American scientist who was merely [...] -
Richardson to Commerce? Obama blows it
The announcement of Bill Richardson to the Obama cabinet is a slap in the face to every Asian American who supported the president-elect.
The major skeleton in Gov.Bill Richardson’s closet remains what he did to Wen Ho Lee.
The public may have forgotten. But Asian Americans haven’t.
If you need to refresh your memories about what happened to [...] -
Thankful for Sarah Palin
The governor has beat George Bush to the punch and has upstaged the White House’s traditional pardon of a turkey with one of her own.
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/134739
But if you really want the full story on turkeys check out this:
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/turkey_investigation -
Centrist Obama, the technocrat
I nearly fell off my chair election night when I heard CNN’s Roland Martin say Obama was studying Ronald Reagan.
Is he going to turn “trickle down” into “trickle everywhere”? How’s that for redistribution?
But just the thought of Obama reading Reagan confirmed my sense of how Obama is hell-bent on outdoing Bill Clinton.
The excitement most people [...] -
Sarah, thank goodness, we hardly know ye; But here’s a recipe for her revenge
I don’t want to just tell Sarah Palin to take all her rented clothes, go back to her great view of Russia and stay out of the Lower 48. But a few months is enough, don’t you think? Still I want to be charitable unlike those meanies inside the McCain camp who are talking out [...]
-
SF Supes race, District 3 Update: David Chiu, the popular winner, but is he the ranked choice?
I have prematurely declared David Chiu the victor of the District 3 Supervisors race in San Francisco.
While Chiu did win the popular vote with more than 39 percent of the vote, he did not win the majority required for an official victory. The San Francisco Dept. of Elections is counting the rank choice ballots to [...] -
After Obama election, race is old hat: Now age is the rage
I must confess there was a bit of an anti-climactic feeling seeing the Obama victory on Tuesday. I did feel the power of history a few month’s back in Denver when Obama gave his acceptance speech at the DNC. I even felt it at a Denver store when I saw what appeared to be a [...]
-
Obama’s New America, and the same old, same old
American voters saw a black man walking toward them on the street and did not put their heads down or turn the other way. They joined him, made him their leader and followed him to history.
This is the New America of Barack Obama. And it’s about time. The historical references to slavery and Dr. [...] -
President-elect Obama
It was hard to imagine even a year ago, but here we are. A person of color elected to the highest office of the land. I’m stunned by the history of the evening.