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Comment/feedback # 11
| Very Nice Site! Thanx! http://excellent-credit-card.blogspot.com For commenting on #11 |
Comment/feedback # 9
| Hi, Mr/Ms Woo, You gave interesting comment and are very knowledgable. Curious who you are, and how do you look. Where I can find your picture so I see you one day somewhere I can say hi to you? Regards, Leda For commenting on #9 |
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| Dear Leda: Thanks for your kind words. To know more about me, "google" me. To see a picture of me, go http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/officers.asp and then click on my name, S. B. Woo. SB For commenting on #10 |
Comment/feedback # 7
| S.B.Woo, I am with you. I am aggressive feeding 80-20 emails and Education material to people that I know because this election is going to be a big leap for us. The unfortunate is that these people do not show support. I have to redesign my strategy. Gary Tang For commenting on #7 |
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| Dear Gary: Right! The 2008 presidential election may well represent a BIG leap for Asian Americans. Keep on trying. People don't change their minds quickly. But by and by, a combination of empirical experience and reasoning will get them to understand America -- thereby empowering them. Thanks. SB For commenting on #8 |
Comment/feedback # 6
| Hi S.B. Thank you for these succinct arguments to enlighten our fellow Asian Amercans! Do you have a well thought out letter that we should send out to senator Obama? Best wishes for the Holidays! Beverly For commenting on #6 |
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| We have a lot of work to do if we want to lift ourselves up from the dump. We have to start together now and take advantage of the political system first and foremost. We are handicapped by our upbringing and ignorance but especially the lack of generosity and community spirit. We feel like we are strangers in somebody else's country. Even the smartest minority in this land, the Jews, took almost 40 years to transform their status from ground zero to the upper most echelon. The sooner we beg ... more ... |
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| Agreed. However, almost everything you've said here has been said before. What we need is action. I urge you to take action today and now! Thanks. SB For commenting on #4 |
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| Agreed. However, almost everything you've said here has been said before. What we need is action. I urge you to take action today and now! Thanks. SB For commenting on #5 |
Comment/feedback # 1
| I did fax a letter to Sen Obama. What is the status? Did he respond? For commenting on #1 |
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| Not yet. Persist! Thanks. SB For commenting on #2 |
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Many Asian Ams. were surprised.
They ask, "How could 80-20 get away with fighting the leading
presidential candidates and yet succeed in getting our grievances
addressed by the same candidates?"
80-20's secret is knowing what an election is about in America.
New immigrants often mistakenly believe an election is ONLY about
voting for the best candidate. However, that's not all there's to it.
The American Forefathers meant for elections to assure democracy.
That is, during the election time, even the "weak and powerless" such as
the Asian Americans, who are mostly new immigrants not knowing much
about politics and not having the money* to hire lobbyists in Washington
D.C., can still make politicians sit up and listen to their grievances.
Each adult Asian American has a vote just like he/she who is among the
"richest and mightiest." If there is a grievance that most Asian Ams
resonate with**, we can deliver a bloc vote. Politicians pay attention to
even a small minority such as the Asian Americans that have proven to be
capable of delivering a bloc vote.
That is what 80-20 is all about -- to organize our community so that
our grievances will be heard during the election time and in that process
help make America "a more perfect Union."
But more importantly, that is what elections in America are all
about -- giving the ordinary people a chance to have their grievances
addressed by the political establishment. If some of the presidential
candidates show that they don't share our concerns, then 80-20 PAC***
will lead a bloc vote to defeat such candidates. The real world of politics
is just like the real world we see in our workplaces. Its proper functioning
depends on carrots and sticks.
Comments are welcome at
http://www.80-20educationalfoundation.org./politicaledu/posterboard.asp
Respectfully yours,
S. B. Woo
President
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc.
* Actually there are many very rich Asian Americans. However, owing to
their lack of interest or understanding of Am. politics, they have mostly
shied away from politics or been extremely ineffective. I wish more will
soon step up to shoulder their social responsibilities.
** The issue that has hit the resonant cord of a large majority of Asian
Americans is their lack of equal opportunity in workplaces and, if
qualified, to be Federal judges. Fortunately, most prominent Democratic
presidential candidates have already made iron clad commitment to help
Asian Americans achieve equal opportunity, except one -- Senator
Obama. Is he too inexperienced to know that equal opportunity is
America's core value?
*** 80-20 Educational Foundation conducts political education only. 80-
20 PAC leads the bloc vote.
