Yearly Archives: 2008

What is “Marriage Protection”? A Social Conservative’s View on Prop 8

Posted on October 29, 2008 by akrypti

The irony was not lost on any of us when the initiative measure known as Proposition 8, which fundamentally alters the California state constitution, would be titled the “California Marriage Protection Act” (emphasis my own). It might have been titled … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Family, LGBT, Lifestyles, Politics, WTF | Tagged | 12 Comments

John Cho says NO on Prop 8

Posted on October 28, 2008 by jozjozjoz

Alternate title of post: John Cho, not just a hot/not hot actor with a ginormous head. But in all seriousness, I was moved by his speech on why he, as a young father, opposes Prop 8. Check it out:

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Entertainment, Family, LGBT | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

CBS News: the Asian American Vote in Virginia

Posted on October 28, 2008 by John

Watch CBS Videos Online I was taking a look at the Asian Americans for Obama website, and came across their post on the Asian American Vote in Virginia. The news story profiles Asian Americans who support McCain and those who … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Politics | 4 Comments

In Other Asian People Related News…

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Moye

Zhenghao Shen, a Chinese college student in Australia, stabbed a friend in the head after an argument broke out while they were playing World of Warcraft (of course). It was told the victim asked Zhenghao to turn down the volume … Continue reading →

Posted in Video Games, WTF | 10 Comments

CNN: Asian Americans on election

Posted on October 28, 2008 by John

Embedded video from CNN Video The other day, CNN’s Veronica De La Cruz asked Asian American voters what’s on their minds. To be honest, I didn’t see the point of her approach of going down to Chinatown using a Flip … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Politics | Leave a comment

Young Vietnamese Americans turn away from GOP

Posted on October 27, 2008 by John

Well, just after blogging about The Los Angeles Times writing about Vietnamese Americans leaning more towards Senator John McCain, the San Jose Mercury News reports that “Young Vietnamese Americans turn away from GOP“: “… But more than three decades after … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Politics | Leave a comment

“Asian American? You may be fatter than you think!”

Posted on October 26, 2008 by jozjozjoz

The headline above is directly quoted from an article at foodarazzi.com. Various organizations have used Body Mass Index (BMI) to draw the lines between categories such as Obese, Overweight, Normal, and Underweight. The World Health Organization defines Normal as 18.5 … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Drink, Health, Lifestyles | 8 Comments

In defense of “Real” Americans

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Bo

The McPalin camp has been doing a pretty good job of driving a big race/class wedge in America over the past several weeks. Palin, in particular, has been doing all she can to fan the flames of intolerance as she … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Politics | 9 Comments

Reaching the Chinese-American & Taiwanese-American community to vote NO on Prop 8 in California

Posted on October 25, 2008 by jozjozjoz

Yesterday I was lucky enough to have lunch with two awesome Asian American women in K-Town. We discussed various topics, but the discussion eventually got around to Prop 8. Cyn3matic said that she had recently gone to Ranch 99 for … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, LGBT, Politics | Tagged | 4 Comments

Filipino American Cinefest, 10/31 and 11/1 in San Francisco

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Jeff

The 15th Annual Filipino American Cinefest, a film festival of Filipino American movies, is Friday, October 31 ( 1-5 pm) and Saturday, November 1, 2008 (3-6 pm) at the San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium. (100 Larkin Street @ Grove … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Entertainment, Movies, The Arts | Tagged , | Leave a comment

John McCain enjoys wide support in Vietnamese communities

Posted on October 25, 2008 by John

As I have blogged before, the Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans favor Senator John McCain for President, while most other Asian American ethnicities prefer Senator Barack Obama. Los Angeles has the largest aggregate number of those of Vietnamese heritage outside of … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Politics | 5 Comments

Kelly Tsai: “Black, White, Whatever”

Posted on October 24, 2008 by John

Self-described spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, has recently released, in collaboration with others, a video version of “Black, White, Whatever…”: “…a witty spoken word poetry call to arms for politicians everywhere to stand up for underrepresented communities, like the … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Discrimination, Observations, Politics | 4 Comments