The Conversation
- “But he hit me back first!” (13)
- Siegfried: If it was a Russian or any other white man who told blacks”to go back to Africa”, it would...
- Raguel: I saw that Spike Lee film “Do the Right Thing” years ago but still can’t understand it.
- bigWOWO: Stele: “Care to qualify that statement? Even if that were true, you have to look at this case on its...
- Two podcasts that address racism in the military, and Danny Chen the person (9)
- Raguel: The origins of racism in the American military as described by loudestfuckingazns is accurate. Very recently,...
- bigWOWO: Sorry, Larry, just noticed that the spam robot junked your comment. Approved!
- bigWOWO: Agreed. It just has more weight if you include your name. Not that the ideas are any less valid, but it just...
- Facebook IPO (5)
- King: Actually WOWO, I bump into plenty of Asians up at the Art Center College of Design http://www.artcenter.edu/a...
- bigWOWO: Agree with King. This might not be a bad thing for Asian Americans to hear about. We can jump off the STEM...
- Raguel: People are too accustomed to thinking about value only in terms of money. Even artists are guilty of it. Some...
- Stop SOPA and PIPA (7)
- Raguel: Found a great website, take a look at this: https://www.cdt.org/ Why should privacy be important, in an age...
- Raguel: Following the temporary shelving of SOPA and PIPA in the long line of net neutrality battles, the feds and...
- Chr..: “Asian American men have to get more involved, not less. It’s a civic responsibility, and you have to...
- Activism is as activism does (10)
- trolldetector: Brooks also goes onto say ‘You should attach yourself to a counter-tradition and school of...
- bigWOWO: By the way, speaking of activism, there was a great David Brooks column recently. He talks about how people...
- Raguel: I have no experience whatsoever with activism. I simply do not feel safe participating in it. There is always...
- How to Win a Streetfight (18)
- bigWOWO: No worries. I feel the same way. Nothing against her, but just doubtful.
- Raguel: Hi Byron! I’ve been occupied doing a lot of reading and thinking recently. I suppose its just another...
- bigWOWO: Hey Raguel, What about your comments on ASSK?
I agree with everything you said. About #1…I think...
- What Cultures Value (19)
- UFC 117 Sonnen vs. Silva Recap (1)
- bigWOWO: I think Michael Bisping solved the Chael Sonnen puzzle today, even though he lost a controversial decision....
- 6 on 1 Beatdown of Asian Man (36)
- King: “I mean I look around me and 99% of the time there are no women that look like or dress like Adriana Lima...
- SWR: Apparently the girl in the second video was not the girl who filmed the fight. It was probably unwise of her to...
- Raguel: I mean I look around me and 99% of the time there are no women that look like or dress like Adriana Lima in...
- Selfish Reasons To Have More Kids by Bryan Caplan (Review) (6)
- bigWOWO: Jeff, You called it! They were (if I recall correctly) 7 (twins) and 2. He’s still in the honeymoon...
- jeffat8asians: “Overpaying?” With the possible exception of college tuition (and even that is arguable),...
- Hitler: Kids suck lol.
- The Asian Rock Thread (16)
- ben: I’ve been getting into Asian rock music recently so thank you all very much for uploading all these videos.
- Simple Pickup on ABC News (132)
- Tommy: I think I’m coming here more for Moro’s comments than BigWoWO’s posts.
- Moroboshi: I didn’t say that. All I said was guys who believe in HBD are the same guys who probably also follow...
- Chr..: Moro, I don’t want to argue with you anymore! You seem to think that AMs are just as popular as other...
- “Lazy” Americans and the Decline of the American Middle Class (6)
- bigWOWO: But kobu, how can we have literature and art without money to support artists and writers? About...
- kobukson: I don’t know why everyone seems to think the notion of the decline of the middle class is such a bad...
- bigWOWO: There are a lot of veterans (supposedly) on that site. I can kind of understand it–military guys are...
- Aung Sung Suu Kyi Movie with Michelle Yeoh (45)
- bigWOWO: Eurasian, Lee Kuan Yew has always been upfront about Singapore’s hybrid system. To the best of my...
- Eurasian Sensation: @ BigWowo: New governments following independence or a major power struggle often have the sort...
- N: @bww And ironically, one of the rare democratic successes in the region that is Singapore behaves much closer to a...
- Paper Pushers by the Stunt People (4)
- Andre M. Smith: I divide my year annually between New York and Shanghai. One of my common visitations in the latter...
- Raguel: Smiley tests 8 )
8( - Raguel: ROFL! Thank you for thoroughly destroying Amy Chua, Andre. WELL SAID ^_^ You know the destruction is so...
- Amy Chua: Chinese Conceit, Chinese Ignorance, and the $24,000 question (245)
- Andre M. Smith: I believe some useful purpose will be served by offering here, what the lawyers might like to call,...
- N: What’s your opinion on Yundi Li and Yoyo Ma.
- Andre M. Smith: Amy Chua has never lived in China. Her understanding of its culture, that is, the culture as it’s...
- How to Finish Life With No Regrets (9)
- trolldetector: ^ i’d agree with that. but i wouldnt call them ‘idiots’, just misguided. crazy media...
- N: Agree with Jeff that not one regret is unlikely, the key is learn from it. Another way to look at it is that...
- American Jobs and India (14)
- lingyai: I am not sure what happen there with my name, that is not my email, so just ignore.
- lingyai@hotmail.com: @bigwowo Just because the average income in India is $2 a day doesn’t make a person...
- AM/AF couple: Nottyboy, Yes, just like every place of employment, upper management needs to do a better job in terms...
- Literary Fiction vs. Realistic Fiction and the Literary Hierarchy (6)
- Sana Rose: Well, now I am confused. I still can’t classify the novel I am writing.
I wouldn’t say...
- Sana Rose: Well, now I am confused. I still can’t classify the novel I am writing.
- National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012 (32)
- Raguel: http://www.occupydream.org/ ^ I heard about this from Russell Simmons. I hope that things develop well to...
- Raguel: So is that the reasoning for why you don’t need the right to due process? Are you some kind of fucking...
- N: @King The constitution gave power to the states to benefit white america or the constitution gave benefitial power...
- When Your Fan Base is Full of Crazy People (24)
- N: @American girl Too be honest, I don’t really see why this video that ‘disgusting’ –...
- Mitt Romney and the Problem of Wealth (6)
- Raguel: Where do people get their information and knowledge from, though? Media, and education, word of mouth only...
- “But he hit me back first!” (13)
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Connections and helpful activities through the web
Chen Xiao
CNN had this inspiring story off its front page.
Chen Xiao, living in Beijing, had a terrible 2008. So she put her life online, asking strangers to hire her for $3 an hour. She does little tasks around Beijing, meeting people and sharing in their experiences. She’s found that she’s making a good living and meeting lots of interesting people.
What she stumbled upon was not only a new life but a new way to make a living. She charges about $3 an hour, and she’s been asked to do almost everything from delivering pet food to caring for stray cats to taking a hot lunch to a homeless man.
Fox News criticizes Jindal
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought Jindal bombed last night. Check out the footage above. When he first came on with that phony looking walk, I cringed. Then when he started talking, it reminded me of an infomercial. He began by pumping us up, telling us how we all have to get along. Then he told us the Repubs disagreed with Obama and that they wanted to cut our taxes and government spending.
His delivery was weak. Weak. As I said, I don’t think he even convinced himself. He seems like a nice enough guy, but what a shipwreck of a performance.
Obama's Speech to Congress
(Picture from the NY Times)
Obama nailed it tonight with his speech. As CBS New Senior Political Correspondent Jeff Greenfield said after the broadcast, it was like a Fireside Chat. Obama used the platform to address the American people, not just the people in the room. Obama pretty much said that this was his intent:
I have come here tonight not only to address the distinguished men and women in this great chamber, but to speak frankly and directly to the men and women who sent us here.
Rupert Apologizes
The Most Powerful Media Man in the World
(Picture from Ask Men.)
Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp owns the New York Post, apologized today for the chimp cartoon. It’s a warm, sincere apology, and it’s the right thing to do. It’s good to hear that the apology came from the very top. The most powerful media man in the world has apologized for an offending cartoon in one of his many papers.
“It was not meant to be racist, but unfortunately, it was interpreted by many as such. We all hold the readers of the New York Post in high regard, and I promise you that we will seek to be more attuned to the sensitivities of our community.”
Locke for Commerce Secretary
Sources say that Obama is going to nominate former Washington governor Gary Locke as Commerce Secretary. See the news story here. As you political junkies know, Richardson left because of a federal investigation, and Republican Judd Gregg left over the stimulus bill and other “irresolvable” differences. Hopefully this nomination will stand.
Glen S. Fukushima Fellowship
(Picture from here.)
Curtis Chin from APAP asked that I publicize the following fellowship. The application deadline is FRIDAY, so if you’re interested, get your application out this week. According to the website, “Selected fellows will receive a cash stipend and free housing to work on an exciting campaign.” Of course each applicant should do his or her own research on the candidate Judy Chu to see if her policies are in line with the applicant’s, but it sounds like an excellent opportunity for the right person.
From APAP:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Curtis Chin at 213-453-1986 or curtis (at) apaforprogress.org
Frugality on Trial
I saw this article in the NY Times yesterday. The article talks about how following Japan’s Lost Decade, consumption continued to lag. People were so affected by the past economic problems that they never got back up. For example:
Today, years after the recovery, even well-off Japanese households use old bath water to do laundry, a popular way to save on utility bills. Sales of whiskey, the favorite drink among moneyed Tokyoites in the booming ’80s, have fallen to a fifth of their peak. And the nation is losing interest in cars; sales have fallen by half since 1990.
Bamboo
Check out this awesome CNN video on bamboo. Bamboo is awesome. It’s a form of grass, it grows really quickly, and according to the video, it absorbs quite a bit of carbon dioxide. It’s strong, durable, and it looks cool. Check out the video to see what people can build with bamboo. And it’s not just Asian people who are into it!
My Letter to Disney
See my letter below. If you want to contact the same people, download my Disney contact data file here and do a mail merge from your main document. (Every activist should know how to do a mail merge. If you don’t, check out the tutorial here.) All you have to pay is the money for the stamp. The OCA and Organization of Chinese Americans are not included in my contact list–for them, I handwrote the addresses and cover letters. I sent all of my letters on February 17th, 2008. So far, I’ve only heard back from one recipient–OCA. I’m glad that OCA stands behind us Asian Americans. Very few others seem to be listening.
The NY Post Needs to Apologize
The NY Post posted the political cartoon above, and it’s causing an outroar. Al Sharpton is angry, although he’s giving them a chance to explain:
“The Post should at least clarify what point they were trying to make in this cartoon, and reprimand their cartoonist for making inferences that are offensive and divisive at a time the nation struggles to come together to stabilize the economy if, in fact, this was yet another racially charged cartoon,” he said.
The cartoonist Delonas is defiant and unapologetic, calling the controversy “”absolutely friggin’ ridiculous.”
