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As I was planning on all the fun things I could do in Taiwan and making a list of all the food I will have to eat over there, I found out that I will not be able to return this December as I have planned earlier. Just the day before we reserve the hotel for the wedding banquet, the Taiwanese government informed me that in order for me to avoid being drafted, I will need to have a document that proves I live oversea. To prove that I live oversea, I will need a perminant green card, AND if I return to Taiwan before I obtain such document, I will be foreiting the chances of applying for the document. So, this December I will have a lot of free time all by myself.

So Taiwanese policy blows, but recent events with internet search engine companies are no better. First Yahoo! sold out one of their users to the Communist Chinese government, so somebody is now jailed for 10 years just by writing emails to others expressing his point-of-view. is Yahoo! Chinese owned or US owned?

On the other hand, Google has decided to kiss Communist Chinese’ Red ass by labeling “Taiwan, a province of China” on Google Map. This is my theory for the world in the next few years: The avian flu will outbreak in Asia, kill millions of people. Just when they are trying to contain the virus, Taiwan will be left alone because: 1. They are not part of UN, 2. They are not part of WHO, 3. China will threaten other countries from helping Taiwan (as they have done for SARS), simply because they think Taiwan is a province of China. Taiwan is just an international orphan, pay them no attention.
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Looking back to the US, things aren’t any better. First Bush nominated his personal lawyer for many years to become the next Justice. A person who has been a corporate lawyer for many years, who have never been a judge before, but is: 1. A woman, 2. Extremely loyal to Bush. On to other people in the administration, Majority Leader DeLay (R, TX) was indicted for something I don’t care but is apparently badly enough that even a Texan would indict him.

Bennett (Former Republican Education Secretary) is under under attack for the statement he made:

I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could — if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down. That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down.

He later defended himself by saying, “I’m not racist, and I’ll put my record up against theirs.” I am sorry mister, doesn’t matter how “impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible” it is, you still are stating every black kid will grow up to be criminals. This is what you should’ve said, “you could abort every baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.”

Oh, so back to President Bush, apparently this is what he said:

God would tell me, George, go and fight those terrorists in Afghanistan. And I did, and then God would tell me, George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq… And I did.

And now, again, I feel God’s words coming to me, Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East. And by God I’m gonna do it.

Get peace in the Middle East? Have you heard of Make Love, not War? Send some love over there, not troops. Save the money for the needies in the US, not over there. Save the money for education, employeement, disaster relief. Build stronger levies, build bigger bridges, build some alternative source of energies. And oh, in case you haven’t heard, the US employeement rate is slipping – again.