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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Category Archives: Politics
Rocking the Vote Amid the Shrimp Dumplings
I’ve often blogged about how apathetic Asian Americans have been when it comes to political involvement and voting, so I was pleasantly surprised to read in Sunday’s New York Times about New York City’s Chinatown community organizer Eddie Chiu making … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations, Politics
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Former SF supervisor Ed Jew pleads guilty to federal charges
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Over a year after he was accused of extorting people who wanted to open Quickly Tapioca branches in the Sunset District in San Francisco, Ed Jew has now pleaded guilty to all federal charges … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, WTF
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Obama campaign needs to lose 80/20
If there’s anything I despise, it’s spam. One thing I hate worse than spam? It’s political spam. And the 80-20 Initiative doesn’t do itself or the Democratic Party any favors. Lo and behold, I go and check the one single … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Politics
Tagged 80/20, Democrat, election, opinion, PAC, Politics, spam
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News Hour: Oregon’s Poet Laureate Reflects on Japanese Internment
On Friday’s (10/3/08) PBS’s New Hour, the news program did a story on Oregon’s Poet Laureate, Lawson Fusao Inada, a 3rd generation Japanese-American who : “Along with more than a hundred thousand other Japanese Americans, Lawson Fusao Inada was sent … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Observations, Politics
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Thai politician kicks and punches a TV journalist for asking tough questions
That’s right, a Thai politician (not to be confused with the infamous fighting Taiwanese politicians) kicked and punched a TV journalist on-air during an interview for asking confrontational questions. Known as Thailand’s King of Sex, Chuwit Kamolvisit (also reported as … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, WTF
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New survey: Asian Americans could play key role in outcome of presidential
Sorry for blogging so much about the election, but we are in the last few weeks until November 4th… This morning, the 2008 National Asian American Survey (NAAS) was released by researchers from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Politics
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Asian Americans For & Against Governor Sarah Palin
On Sunday, Senator John McCain’s Vice Presidential running mate, Governor Sarah Palin, was in the San Francisco Bay Area Sunday morning for a fundraiser in Burlingame (specifically at the Hyatt near SFO). There were definitely a couple of hundred supporters … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Politics
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State of Asian America: Trajectory of Civic and Political Engagement
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP), a public policy institute, has just published a free report / electronic book titled, “State of Asian America: Trajectory of Civic and Political Engagement.” There are a series of round table discussions in … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Politics
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Otto Lee – Candidate for Santa Clara Supervisor
Click to enlarge. Photo courtesy of Sophia Yen. As the November election approaches rapidly, I am continuing to blog about Asian Americans running for public office as well as Asian American involvement in politics. A few weekends ago, I had … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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I See Asian Americans Being Politically Involved! David Chiu, San Francisco Supervisor, District 3
This past Friday, I went to a Presidential Debate party (you watched the debate, right?) / fundraiser for David Chiu, who is running for San Francisco Supervisor, District 3. (District 3 consists of Chinatown, Nob Hill, North Beach and Telegraph … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Politics
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Obama San Jose Office Opening – Where Are You Asian Americans?
Earlier this week, I attended the opening of the Obama campaign office in San Jose. No, there isn’t really a chance that California is going to the Republicans. This office is for phone banking into swing states. Now you probably … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Politics
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Thursday in San Jose: Know Before You Go! Asian American Voter Education Night
Did you know that this is a presidential election year? That Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama are running for president? If you’ve been tuned out to the election so far this year, here is a chance for you … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
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