One of the best known humanitarians in Vietnam, a Swiss woman who has spent almost half her young life caring for orphans and the handicapped, has been accused by Vietnamese-American right-wingers of being (now let’s all say it together) a communist agent.
Showing that they cling more to their fragile and insecure ideology than they care about Vietnamese, these zealots have been making the accusation on web sites and in dozens and dozens of email being circulated around the net for a week now. 
The wild accusation is based on one person alleging that, in a fundraiser in California, the woman many Vietnamese call “Miss Heart” supposedly did not salute the old South Vietnamese flag.
“Miss Heart” (“Cô Tim” in Vietnamese) was just a young 20-year-old art-school graduate when she engaged on a trip around the world in 1992. Going through Asia, Aline Rebeaud arrived at Saigon.
As the story goes, one night Rebeaud came upon a Vietnamese boy lying in the street of Saigon, about to die of starvation.
Where thousands upon thousands of Vietnamese just walked on by, Rebeaud stopped.
She picked up the street kid, brought him back to the “mini-hotel” where she was staying, and nourished him back to health.
And she has been doing that ever since, to hundreds of other children of Vietnam, a country with no particular tie to her other than a caring heart of one human being for another.
Using money from the sale of her artwork, Aline Rebeaud bought a thatched house in the far outskirts of Saigon and began housing young orphans and handicapped there.
Thus was born the Maison Chance (in Vietnamese: Nhà May Man). Maison Chance houses orphans and the handicapped, and teaches them handiwork skills that would allow them to make a living when need be.
That was when Aline Rebeaud became known as Miss Heart, and the orphans that live with her call her Mother Heart (in Vietnamese: Me Tim).
Maison Chance needed, and was granted, a license from the communist government of Vietnam to operate in the country as a non-governmental organization (NGO). Unlike other countries, in Vietnam you’re required to have permission to do good deeds.
As Maison Chance grew, the sale of Rebeaud’s artwork wasn’t enough any more. Rebeaud began raising funds to support the expanded institution. Vietnamese around the world chipped in and created support arms for the Maison Chance in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
It was during a recent fundraising trip that the controversy erupted.
Last month, “Cô Tim” went on a North American fundraising tour, including a stop in Little Saigon, at Nguoi Viet Daily News’ community room. Rebeaud brought along a series of artwork created by the children of Maison Chance. In addition to raising funds for the organization, Rebeaud was also selling the artwork, with proceeds going directly to the child-painter, she said.
At Nguoi Viet, although it was not an official fundraiser, people still donated money and bought the artwork.
Even perennial protestor Ky Ngo had enough sense not to disrupt the Nguoi Viet event.
Elsewhere, “Cô Tim”‘s fundraising was hugely successful. At an event in San Jose, with alumni of the now-closed Buddhist university Van Hanh, she raised at least $57,000 in just one evening.
It may be the success that engendered envy and jealousy, but shortly after news of the successful fundraising spread, emails began to surface, questioning Cô Tim’s motives.
Then it was said that, at an event in San Fernando Valley, Cô Tim had left the room when the people began to salute the flag of the former South Vietnam. When she came back, she asked for the flag to be taken down, and the organizers obliged.
For that, Cô Tim has been accused of being communist spy, an agent of the government of Vietnam.
Epithets started flying.
This writer derided Cô Tim as a “big-nosed shrew from nowhere and working in communist Vietnam.” A reference to the big nose is a Vietnamese racist term to call Caucasians.
This email calls on people in Texas to “chase the Tim Aline Rebeaud wench … out of Houston.” The yellow highlight is in the original.
This writer gave the opinion that Vietnamese abroad should not contribute to any humanitarian efforts in Vietnam. “Poor, orphaned, handicapped children – let the communists deal with them,” he wrote. Vietnamese abroad should, according to him, only give money to anti-communist causes.
Now, if hundreds of orphans are counting on your status as a NGO approved by the communist government, then wouldn’t you put the lives and livelihood of the orphans ahead of the need to display a flag?
Maybe you wouldn’t. But that says a lot about your perverted sense of priority.
It’s tough. I wonder what happens if she didn’t ask the organizer to take down the flag. Would the Vietnamese government take away her NGO status in Vietnam?
The notion that anybody who is not conforming to the idealogy of those old farts is a communist will soon die. Those old farts will soon be going to nursing homes. Stupidity, ignorance, bitterness, lack of understanding the reality of the post-modern world is what fuels the heart of all those old farts. But looking at the current events, I will have to say this: do not underestimate the power of stupid people in a large group.
Principle of collective punishment is applied here.
Since these orphans and handicaps live in a Communist county, they must somehow responsible for existence of the regime; so no handout for them. These groups of Viet Kieu want to punish all Vietnamese in Vietnam.
Just thinking out loud,
If children are first, she asks for NGO status to take care of these children (checked)
If children are first, she fundraises to maintain operation of her orphanage (checked)
If the children are first, what is the point of asking for people to take down the flag?
I want to know what her reason for asking people to take down the flag. And what is up with flag and fundraising event?
Really, for the whole time, she only asks organizers to take down the flag at the end of the event. Is it possible that this might be just a jesture offering to help “clean up” the place after everything is done?
Can some one enlighten me?
Ignorant Bystander, you are just way too dump. First of all, all humantarian groups must be non politics, bipartisan you understand taht dump ass? Just as not country can have their flag with or army with the Red Cross. Simply at that. It is like a convention. If any humantarian group get caught in any political activities, they will likely get some type percussion.
Just like project Vietnam. And the ignorant and heartless are still criticizing those human acts. That only proves that they are actually the heartless
Dear friends,
I paid more attention to the amountof money that Ms Tim [yes, it means HEART, something that eachof us is supposed to have one -- but it seems like that's something one can lose too] could reveive from many supporters in the U.S.
We can just forget about the [fill in the blanks yourselves to your own taste] who are fighting for their (lost) causes. The world is moving forward, let’s help the young and underprivileged Vietnamese, with the hope that they will help (re-)build a better Viet Nam someday, somehow.
The two sides of the Commie-AntiCommie fight we are witnessing are basically the same kind of people, but due to some randomness of history, they “belong” in opposite camps. But, that is another bad luck of our people.
Thanks, Bolsavik, for the news….
I agree with you “a H,” about the money trail that is. I just hope people, including FreeWind, tries to read between the lines more often.
Peace out.
Taking care of orphans should come before the flag issue here.
Miss Heart is in a situation where she still needs a license or a support from the current communist government to maintain her gracious work of helping neglected orphans.
Thank you Miss. Heart!
This incident has just shown that a large number of Viets are immoral and the immoral Viets are here, there, everywhere…One more reminder from the late author Hoa`ng Va(n Chi’: “If we (the Vietnamese people) adhered to morality, neither the French nor the Communists would be able to dominate us.” (Hoang Van Chi’s speech in Palo Alto, California, 1978 or 1979)
Why did these people feel the need to fly the flag on this occasion in a public place? Why not in their own homes?
IMHO Mse Tim asking the “old” flag to be taken down for fear of retributions from the Communist government in VN. And rightly so. And this says a lot about the “perverse sense of priority” from the Vietnamese government that is not only incapable of looking after their own people but dare to impose stupid conditions on NGOs that want to help. It’s no different than the North Korean government who rather let their own people starve to death than accepting food aids wich can be visibly traced to a foreign country.
These old farts will die soon.
Tim is a really caring person. I saw her on Thuy Nga Video. I have more respect for her than these witchhunt old farts. I know many these old farts had been treated badly. But there are other old farts who were lazy and corrupted in the old south Viet army.
The war is over more than 30 years ago. It is time to look in to the future. McCain went back to Viet Nam and greet his old enemies.
I bet you these old farts are willing to see Vietnamese people suffer from hunger, sickness…
I can’t blame the people who sincerely fought bravely for the Republic of Vietnam and not get recognized and praised enough.
On the other hand, their children need to get on with their own present life and future here in the States.
Can we reconcile the past and move forward?
The Little Saigon Mob along with the the “boo hoo hoo” soldiers of the old Republic need to put their bitterness and black hearts in the place where they belong, the trash bin! They open their mouth, Vietnam this and Vietnam that. Oh, I care so much about my country and those darn communists are messing it up.
It takes a foreigner to dedicate her life to improve the lives of your nation’s children. That’s embarrassing not to mention touching. I don’t see any brave souls of the “old republic” in Vietnam lending a hand. Why? Because they are a bunch of “turtles” hiding in the comfort of their shells basking in the wealth of the US with so much time on their hand to organize protests.
The Vietnamese-American youths doesn’t give a rat’s rectum about the “old republic.” They want peace. They applaud kindness. And they reject hate. Realistically, when all these veterans’ ideologies dissipate with these senior citizens going into senile dementia at the same time receiving disability social securities, these ridiculous hatred and vicious attempt to smear an agent of peace will also go into a poof of air.
What I really concern about Co Tim is the level of her honesty in managing the fund raised. She collected a great amount of $$$ (could be millions of US dollars) from Vietnamese oversea after each of her global trips, and how will we judge her Maison Chance’s financial account when she is CEO, CFO and also accountant for her network.
According to the following website’s link, Tim-Aline is such lier when she declared her NGO institution and herself is not involved into politics. No, she does involve and it’s one-sided involved.
http://www.vietland.net/main/showthread.php?t=3538
She proved herself not a fair, honest and transparent woman which is not as common as nonViet people are, that’s why the oversea Vietnameses raised voices of not trusting her anymore.
When you raise voice for the truth, that is not because you’re extreme. It’s because you don’t want to cover for a can of worms.
Tim-Aline needs to be a courage and honest person in order to gain respects from the oversea Vietnamese communities when she wants to reach out to them. Lying, flip-flop, devious to gain benefits or to deliver agendas will not survive for long with those wise communities.
http://www.vietland.net/main/showthread.php?t=3538
vietvista, amen to that.
Ooh!!! Agendas! Wow! Mysterious! Evil! I thought you are going to give me a link of some high authority, dependable source that will enlighten me on how dishonest Tim is.Vietland, an underground anti-commnunist site that will response to a “breaking wind” that comes from the mainland and labeled it as EVIL! Bunch of flies that is hopelessly misguided mounting on a pile of bull dung hoping for the resurection of the “old republic.”
You people make me laugh. Explain this to the Vietnamese youths in the US your mission which is twindling into mere nonexistence, and they will LAUGH at your face.
FreeWind wrote: “…Ignorant Bystander, you are just way too dump. First of all, all humantarian groups must be non politics, bipartisan you understand taht dump ass? Just as not country can have their flag with or army with the Red Cross. Simply at that. It is like a convention…”
There are many pictures of Co Tim standing next to many different flags of different countries…including the American flag.
I am completely amazed and angry at the criticism from these communist supporters on this website. We, the Vietnamese People of the free world, are doing a good deed here which should have been done by the rotten communist government of present Vietnam. You commies should be on your hands and knees. You rotten commie supporters thinking the present Vietnamese government are so great; you can always go back and help out. Thousands of people are being beaten and oppressed every single day including kids and elderly. The Vietnamese People of the free world donating money is a temporally relief not a solution to the problem. Take a look at the big picture, you narrow minded commies. In order to save the Vietnamese people in Vietnam, you have to change the system of government. The flag is a representation of Free Vietnamese People wanting freedom. It is a symbol of freedom to us, not of past political regime. It is our heritage, a piece of freedom. And even if our fathers and grandfathers are to past away, our younger generations of tomorrow will continue to carry on the torch of freedom and continue the quest to throw the communist government in Vietnam, we will continue the fight as our ancestors did in the past. Does she (Tim Aline Rebeaud) ask the United States and other countries to remove their flags when entering their countries? Does the president of the United States ask North Korea to remove their flag when visiting them? Asking the Vietnamese-American to remove the yellow flag at a donating ceremony is inexcusable. We are the givers not the beggars here. We set the tone. You commies do not set the tone at begging events.
Young Vietnamese-American Generation of Tomorrow!
@ Young Vietnamese-American.
I think that the VN communities around the world condemn the communist government, not people. I have no idea why you feel otherwise. The core issue here is who is doing anything for the people who are being neglected. Certainly you are not, so it seems, only in rhetoric.
As for the flag, is the Republic of Vietnam still in existence officially or only in your mind? If so, shore up shore weapons, live in a compound and practice this hate, so the ATF, FBI, and SWAT can serve up another Waco Branch Davidian in your local neighborhood.
Or is it all empty talk?
Yo people…..can’t we find some common ground here. Because of the VC’s own insecurities, they make all NGOs doing work in VN not take pictures with the yellow flag. Fine. But when “Young Vietnamese-American” says, “Asking the Vietnamese-American to remove the yellow flag at a donating ceremony is inexcusable,” I don’t agree with that. Some of us still want to donate to charities to help our people. Red flag or yellow flag, it is still OUR PEOPLE who are starving and needing help. So, as long as the NGO is NOT some kind of puppet propaganda for the government, and as long as it is doing genuine fundraising for a good cause, we should lighten up on the flag issue. But I respect those like Young VA who thinks that it is inexcusable. My answer is, JUST DON’T GIVE. If you cannot move past the flag issue, and help out people, then just get out of the fundraising room, and don’t support the cause. Just don’t leave the room, and call everyone else still in there commies.
IN OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY, DYNASTIES AND REGIMES HAVE RISEN AND FALL. FLAGS HAVE COME AND GONE. THE ONLY ENDURING CONSTANT IS THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE. I WILL NOT LET ANYTHING GET IN THE WAY OF MY LOVE FOR MY PEOPLE. YES, VN NEEDS SYSTEMATIC POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION, BUT MY LOVE FOR VIETNAM AND THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE GREATER THAN MY HATRED FOR COMMUNISM.
I just got this letter from Maison-Chance:
Dear friends and supporters of Maison Chance,
Recently a small group of Vietnamese in California has written very strong words criticizing Maison Chance for the handling of the flag ceremony in San Fernando , CA , with the obvious objective to create confusion in the mind of the Vietnamese community. To avoid further misunderstanding, our association has decided to issue a letter stating our strict position as a charity organization not to be involved in any ceremony having a political or religious character.
Please help us circulate this letter among friends and relatives who have attended our fundraising campaign lately.
Thank you very much for your support, wish you and your family a wonderful week!
Hoa Wendy Vo
832-209-9505
http://www.maison-chance.us
No worries, we are working on freeing Vietnam as you speak. I have done more than you could ever imagine, commies. I know you like the communist system of Vietnam. I don’t see you standing up for thousands of oppressed people in Vietnam right now, people that are mistreated, beaten and imprisoned. Are those less concerned on your list? If you are talking about neglect, the people as a whole in Vietnam is being neglected. Any voice for them? Oh, that is right; they have you for their voice. I’ll bet you are on the first flight back to Vietnam to help out. Aren’t you? As I clearly stated earlier in my passage, it is the government’s job to provide and take care of the people. When the government failed, then it is time for a replacement. Donation is a band aid; it is not a permanent solution to a failing system of government. The flag is a symbol not of the land but a symbol of the People. I know how it must have frustrated the commies to believe that a group of people who left the country are still a vital threat to the communist government existing. Commies one other thing, we don’t need compound to practice. We are fighting right now! Be afraid, be very afraid. The war had never stopped; it only transformed.
Young Vietnamese-American of Tomorrow!
@Bolsaman,
Completely agree:
“IN OUR COUNTRY’S HISTORY, DYNASTIES AND REGIMES HAVE RISEN AND FALL. FLAGS HAVE COME AND GONE. THE ONLY ENDURING CONSTANT IS THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE. I WILL NOT LET ANYTHING GET IN THE WAY OF MY LOVE FOR MY PEOPLE. YES, VN NEEDS SYSTEMATIC POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION, BUT MY LOVE FOR VIETNAM AND THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE GREATER THAN MY HATRED FOR COMMUNISM.”
@Young Vietnamese-Americans:
Please send us a memo when you have successfully free Vietnam. Sometimes a “band aid” is more effective than ignorant hemorrhage. Your “commies” labeling tactic on people who disagree with your mission statement is a great way to recruit. Keep it up.
Tim Aline’s main focus in life has been charitable works in VN, so she is not a political
savy person. A good politician or an opportunitist wouldn’t ask the organizers to remove the yellow flag, but she would say or do anything to please everyone in order to raise the maximun money to help the poor.
Unfortunatelly, Tim Aline didn’t understand the political atmosphere in certain oversea communities. Tim probably worried about the image of her standing in front of the yellow flag that might affect her charitable works in VN. Whatever her reason, I think her action may negatively affect her future fund-raising effort in the Vietnamese communities in the US. (eventhough it only accounts for a small portion of her overall fund-raisings).
Tim Aline is an angel ! she doesn’t understand the ugly, nasty, petty politics in the Vietnamese communities. I’m sadden to see how the anti-Commie extremists used this incident to attack her and the intergrity of her charitable works. I’m sadden but not surprised since I know certain group of people always ready to politicize everything, even with something as ridiculous as a star on the Macy’s belt knuckle.
I’m sure Mother Teresa of Calcuta also had her share of attacks by various group when she was alive. But Tim Aline and Mother Teresa are both very strong will,
They don’t let criticisms slow down their work.
At the end, Tim Aline, and Mother Teresa, will be remembered by the world by
their great sacrifies for the most needy & miserable people, and the people who
criticized them will be remembered for their jealousy and pettiness.
I wrote in my previous email : “Tim Aline’s main focus in life has been charitable works in VN, so she is not a political savy person. A good politician or an opportunitist wouldn’t ask the organizers to remove the yellow flag …”
But then I saw a clarification from Maison-Chance (via Bolsa Man’s email) : “our strict position as a charity organization not to be involved in any ceremony having a political or religious character.”
So it’s not Tim Aline’s decision to display or not display any flag. It’s Maison-Chance’s policy.
Case close. But I’m sure the anti-commie extremists will not stop their attacks.
Before I leave this website and let you guys live this fantasy and feel good world because I have donated a few thousands of dollars to help my people, you have forgotten the reason why we no longer have a country. The issue is not about the flag but Tim Aline Rebeaud is knowledgeable about the political scene. She does a good deed don’t me get wrong. Her work should be appraised. I am only questioning the need of her to separate the Vietnamese people of the free World from our symbol. When she was in Canada, she met with the Deputies of the Democratic Party – Thomas Mulcair and Hoang Mai. Did she ask them to remove their flag or symbol? Every sports team has its symbol or flag. This yellow flag is a symbol of us who we are and why we here, all over the free world and country less. It is our identity. Now, I will leave you to your thoughts.
“Departing is such sweet sorrow.”- W. Shakespeare
Prideful Vietnamese of the Free World.
Before I leave this website and let you guys live this fantasy and feel good world because I have donated a few thousands of dollars to help my people, you have forgotten the reason why we no longer have a country. The issue is not about the flag but Tim Aline Rebeaud is knowledgeable about the political scene. She does a good deed don’t me get wrong. Her work should be appraised. I am only questioning the need of her to separate the Vietnamese people of the free World from our symbol. When she was in Canada, she met with the Deputies of the Democratic Party – Thomas Mulcair and Hoang Mai. Did she ask them to remove their flag or symbol? Every sports team has its symbol or flag. This yellow flag is a symbol of us who we are and why we here, all over the free world and country less. It is our identity. Now, I will leave you to your thoughts.
“Departing is such sweet sorrow.”- W. Shakespeare
Tim Aline was facing a difficult choice: Either ask people to remove the flag, or risk the Vietnamese government close down Maison Chance.
Almost all Vietnamese-Americans understand that. A very small minority may get angry and decide not to donate.
Only the most hateful would attack Tim Aline. Those few were not even there to help the Vietnamese unfortunate. Yet they attack people.
@Dear all:
At around a little after 10am, I manually changed the system time from Daylight Saving to Standard time.
I didn’t realize that it would mess up the timing of the comments. Some of the comments that were posted before 10am ended up looking like they were posted later. The comments appear out of order. I fixed some but couldn’t fix all. Sorry about that.
Attention everyone ! ! !
Mr. Young Vietnamese-American wants you all to stop every thing having to do with Vietnam, and wait for “him” the fight the communist.
* Stop send money to your family back home. Around 2 to 5 Billion annually.
* Stop going back to Vietnam to visit your family. Around 250,000 and growing.
* Stop allowing Vietnamese students and tourists coming here from Vietnam.
Around 10,000 and growing rapidly.
* Stop promoting humanitarian programs.
His purpose is “the more people dying in Vietnam, the better for his cause”
OH !
Might be, he should try harder to persuade the Bush administration which is doing very possible to discredit his anti-communist cause.
Who is the enemy now: the communist regime in Vietnam, or the Bush administration support it, or both.
Fighting for democracy in fact requires broader interaction between Vietnamese people, not less. Enriching Vietnamese people in Vietnam to counteract with the power of the regime is a way to fight the regime. Increasing humanitarian programs to show VKs do care about the social condition in Vietnam.
By advocating total embargo, Mr. Young Vietnamese-American destroys his own purpose.
Young Vietnamese-American wrote : “… you have forgotten the reason why we no longer have a country …”
It’s YOUR opinion. For me, never once in my life I think that I don’t have a country. No matter where I’m or what I’m doing, I always think that Vietnam is my country. Eventhough I’ve lived in the US a lot longer than in VN. I still think that this is only my adopted country while my home country always is Vietnam.
We didn’t lost a country, we only lost a regime. He who thinks he “lost a country” is often bitter, angry and desperate. He would find every opportunity to criticize or attack anything or anyone’s positive contributions to Vietnam.
That’s right Elaine. The country of VN is much more than regimes, boundaries, or flags. It’s the Tình T? Dân T?c Vi?t Nam that is in each and everyone of us.
To: Young Vietnamese American, I understand your points. But why can’t we still fight for democracy, human rights, freedom, and justice…..while still caring for our people; feeding the hungry, educating the kids, caring for the elderly, providing health care for those who need it. Just because the Vietnamese government turn a blind eye to these social justice issues, it doesn’t mean we should as well.
This is the REAL challenge of the next generation of Vietnamese, inside of VN and abroad. How do we promote political change in VN without indirectly helping the communist government grow stronger? How do we better people’s lives without making the government officials’ lives better? Those are the very valid concern of people like “Young Vietnamese American”, who can only resort to their isolationist thinking.
I tend to believe that there needs to be a multi-pronged policy.
1) Engage the students/young people.
2) Do charity/NGO work to build up the civil society infrastructure.
3) Work with professional groups (legal, financial, media, labor unions, etc.) to get them to demand for basic changes
4) The Vietnamese diaspora must continue to lobby their governments to pressure VN to change
All change in VN must start from the people of VN. We, as Vietnamese Americans, can only support or join the cause. Change in VN will never happen if it’s only pushed by the diaspora, and the majority of the people in VN do not support it.
I think Young Vietnamese-American is actually a communist agent infiltrating overseas social spaces such as this blog site to agitate and divide the Vietnamese American community, and sway its members, particularly young ones, to sympathize with the communist government.
The communist strategy against its opposition is multifaceted. To dissuade overseas Vietnamese from joining anti-communist efforts, why not take the opposite strategy by pretending to be a Viet Kieu who writes and behaves like a donkey (ass)?
Young Vietnamese-American Said: Now, I will leave you to your thoughts.
My thoughts are that you’re an idiot. And thank you for leaving.
Another good one…
Certainly there is a real danger of mis informed/inexperienced youths being deceived by the commie agents. However it’s our duty to educate and protect them from Mao followers.
Jung Kim, were those your postings earlier? They fit your profile…
How come only young VN people are susceptible to communist propaganda and not other groups? Seems like you and your kind have this paranoia…
Hahap, rinse off your eyes with vinegar… I only read 2 postings prior to this one!
Please verify the facts before jumping into conclusion! Co Tim did not request anyone to “ha. co” or remove their name tags. When she arrived at the event, le chao co was over, and the concert was going on. The organizer did not handled things properly and now trying to blame on her.
It is so ironic that some of you claim to be expert of communist regime with only a few years living in communist Vietnam, and yet so ignorant about democracy after 30 years living in America.
“Using communist medicine to treat communism disease” is your motif operanti. The risk of you becoming another big communist is a real present danger.
I, Joe the plumber, is an expert of taxation just because I am paying ( or not paying ) taxes. Therefore I should be appointed into the cabinet.
Many of you ( older generations ) are so gullable, thus becoming easy baits for fanatical propoganda which provokes hatreds, not humanity. Some of you only want to destroy, and yet offer no sollution to build a different future.
So, Mr. Young Vietnamese-American, first of all, stop lying about you being young because you are a Vietnam war vet.
Question:
What do you think if you are going to Democratic fund raising for Obama but the organizers aksed you not to wear any Obama pins or display any sign to support Obama? What would you react? oh, that’s o.k because my money will go to Obama’s campaign eventually so I will do whatever the organizers asked me to do. Do you think people are that stupid?
The goals of communism has alway been to politicize and control all aspects of life : religion, education, culture, humanity etc… and they failed.
You are trying to do the same thing, just opposite direction. Both sides of the same coin. Both thrive on hatred.
Please tell how you are different from those communists, if you can !
@ Joe the Plumber.
Run that person out of town, Joe. We’re having fun blogging about everyday life.
I, Joe the Plumber, am changing my handler’s name to “Country First”. It sounds so much better.
These old farts need to get over. They abandoned their posts their weapons when the NVN army invaded Saigon and ran like a dog. Leave Ms Tim alone. She spent almost half of her life taking care these unfortune children.
To the Anti-Communist Witch Hunt:
I know you all are obsessed with communist witch hunting, so I would like to present some data to enlighten you and your people regarding this topic.
http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/09/11/fnm/
Follow this link and you will find that communist China and Russia have poured hundreds of billions of dollars underwriting risky loans for the US homeowners. If the US government can accept foreign monkey without fear of invasion, why do you feel the need to counter this communist “infiltration”?
Your current day understanding of geo-political-economic interaction is none, so your fear tactic is totally out of delusion. Now go home and take care of your family.
We have to do something about Cindy McCain. She saluted the red flag every time she went to Hanoi. She has a commie visa, and those commies treat her like queen there, so she must be a commie.
Did any one see John McCain saluting the red flag at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC, a few years ago ?
is Cindy McCain doing dirty over here for commie ?
Good one…Country First.
Fighting for Religious Freedom :
“US President George W. Bush has accepted Saudi King Abdullah’s personal invitation to attend a November 13 UN inter-faith conference, the White House said Wednesday. Bush “appreciates King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia’s initiative in calling for this dialogue and remains committed to fostering interfaith harmony among all religions, both at home and abroad,” said spokeswoman Dana Perino”
What is WRONG with this picture ? This is today’s event at the United Nations ! ! !
Saudi Arabia is the most religious intolerance place on earth. US solders over there can not openly practice Christianity, can not celebrate Christmas. US female solders stationing in Saudi Arabia can not drive car, and can not walk alone on street. Islam is the state religion, and no other religions are allowed. If this is President Bush’s idea of religious freedom, then it is no wonder he is siding with communist regime in Hanoi on current religious conflicts in Vietnam.
Basic lesson of history : Hiding behind the US flag to fight for freedom in Vietnam has been a mistake for the past 50 years.