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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (645677)	2/16/2012 11:54:26 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1574005

>> I think Romney can cream Obama in a debate. Ten, I'm feeling better about him. He's really starting to hit on all cylinders. It is really hard to be objective about it when you're in the heat of the primaries. Remember the way Obama & Hillary went at it? It is all forgotten by the time it is over. Hell, even Newt will be standing on the stage congratulating Romney. I'm a little concerned about Santorum because I think he's too extreme. But I don't think he's going to do it.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (645677)	2/17/2012 1:31:32 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1574005

Jeremy Lin: Game-Changer for Asian Kids? GISH JEN LIKES SEEING OUR STEREOTYPES CRUMBLE By John Johnson, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Feb 17, 2012 11:58 AM CST (NEWSER) – Novelist Gish Jen loves the Jeremy Lin phenomenon for reasons that go well beyond basketball. When she sees the Knicks star play, she thinks of her older brother, now in his 50s, who was a gifted athlete growing up, she writes in the New York Times. But "when Bob was in his glory days, our Shanghainese-born parents were completely consumed with getting him into medical school." He never did become a doctor, and Jen wonders what might have happened had their parents encouraged his athletic pursuits the way Lin's parents encouraged his. "Who knows what will happen now that athletic Asian-American kids can say, 'Look at Jeremy Lin!'?" she writes. "And other people, beholding Jeremy Lin, might come to better appreciate how complex Asian culture truly is—how malleable, too, and how poised to enrich America in yet more surprising ways." Americans often see China as a menace, but now "we have the Lins to remind us that China spells gifts, too." Full column here.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (645677)	2/17/2012 1:39:16 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1574005

Romney just REEKS phony. He's the (R) John Kerry, headed for the same fate.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (645677)	2/17/2012 2:04:51 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574005

Actress in controversial ad for Pete Hoekstra’s Senate campaign is ‘deeply sorry’ By Dylan Stableford \| The Cutline – Thu, Feb 16, 2012 digg.com An Asian-American actress who starred in the controversial ad produced by Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra's U.S. Senate campaign has apologized for her participation. "I am deeply sorry for any pain that the character I portrayed brought to my communities," Lisa Chan, the actress, wrote in a statement on her Facebook page. "As a recent college grad who has spent time working to improve communities and empower those without a voice, this role is not in any way representative of who I am. It was absolutely a mistake on my part and one that, over time, I hope can be forgiven. I feel horrible about my participation and I am determined to resolve my actions." In the ad, which ran in Michigan during the Super Bowl, Chan portrays a young Asian woman riding a bike through a field of rice paddies and speaking broken English while thanking Hoekstra's opponent, Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow, for her "reckless spending." "Thank you, Michigan Senator Debbie Spenditnow," the woman says. "Debbie spends so much American money. You borrow more and more from us. Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good. We take your jobs. Thank you, Debbie Spenditnow." The spot sparked outrage in the Asian American community. "It is very disturbing that Mr. Hoekstra's campaign chose to use harmful negative stereotypes that intrinsically encourage anti-Asian sentiment," the Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote group said in a statement. In 2010, Chan, who studied sociology at the University of California Berkeley, launched The Strive, a 501 c(3) charity organization "geared towards empowering at-risk youth through inspiration and improved public education." According to the San Francisco Chronicle, which profiled her in 2007, Chan won Miss San Francisco's Outstanding Teen pageant that year with a platform of "empowering the youth toward an educational revolution" while maintaining a 4.2 grade-point average.