What’s the first thing that Congressman Anh Joseph Cao ought to do?
U.S. Rep. Cao, the former Jesuit seminarian, should ask the Vietnamese Embassy for a visa to travel to Hanoi to join the Catholics of Thai Ha in prayer.
That would be a win-win situation for Cao, regardless of whether visa is granted, and a lose-lose situation for the Communist Party of Vietnam.
What are they gonna do? Allow the protestors to mingle and pray with a U.S. elected official? Or reject the visa request and look all “not in with it” with the first Viet Congressman?
This piece of unsolicited advice is brought to you by mischief-maker extraordinaire Bolsavik.
CDE can go give a kiss to Arturo de Bogus in his rear cheek and go to jail together!
Van Tran pals around with gang members and convicted criminals!
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/25/local/me-vantran25
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2003/06/10/29634.htm
CDE you stop attracting trash like Art Pedroza to our blog. Got it idiot?
Art Pedroza is the wannabe gang without real job…… a big bogus loser!
Art and CDE can get married….. two happy boys!
Lou and Loretta is walking low now due to fear.
Jung Kim, how do we know if you not the one posting these links and impersonating your friends out of jest? You are the clown here on this blog site.
Ask my friends idiot! I am the only guru in this town. You are wasting my time you dim sum choker.
I think Jung Kim is one of the gang bangers caught and convicted in this fraud scheme along with his boss’ wife. Now he works as bozo, the clown. Can’t hide from the truth.
http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jun/25/local/me-vantran25
http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2003/06/10/29634.htm
Mr. Bolsavik,
Why you would continue to let these thugs hijack your forum to engage in personal attacks on each others, regardless of the topics.
This forum has degraded to a open “dau to” where perpetrators would throw out outrageous slanders and profanities, then hide behind the wall of anonymity.
Good suggestion. Let’s start with you first. Is that your real name, Country First?
Give me a break.
Mr. Miguel Nguyen,
You got me there ! ! !
It is the tone on this forum that I am so fed up now.
Agree.
There’s definitely something to be said for, Bobby Jindal and Joseph Cao, being lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.
Louisiana ranks #2 among most corrupt states. People were definitely ready for a change.
How much of the vote were for Joseph Cao’s platform and how much were against William Jefferson?
Take the luck when it does come your way, but continue to bring people together to address a wide variety of issues and concerns.
Cao now, Cao tomorrow and Cao forever.
Are you guys crazy? He’s a congressman for Louisiana! And his district is mostly blacks and more blacks. Why would he ever have a Vietnamese mandate? Get real. He won’t even make it through one term if he starts going off on tangents about Vietnam. So damn Bolsa.
I disagree…. Mr. Cao is a prudent viet american man who has deep compassion for all communities having said that, undoubtly he has great potential to influence US policy toward vietnam.
I agree with Gay8 and I like the “So damn Bolsa” statement.
However, whatever Cao does, it may not matter. Cao won because of Jefferson’s criminal problems and low voter turnout in a largely Democratic district. The demographics of his district just don’t support a second term. Unless the Democrats really screw up with a candidate, or decide not to put in any money, Cao has little chance of winning.
So, since he has one only term, he may just go all out and focus on his pet issue – Vietnam. Unless he switches party as a previous writer suggested, Cao may just go Bolsa.
Witty and ingenious as ever Mr. Nhien. I hope our first Viet-American goes far, and does well. More importantly, I hope he is the first of many (hopefully the many being Democrats)
No, I think we are going to see more viet republicans in the offices…we tend to have stronger family value foundation.
Jung Kim,
There are exceptions to the family values foundation. You are a product of one screwed up Viet family.
Hey Fag Finder, now who is talking garbage…your are a prime example of defective poodle from our viet gene pool!
Jung Kim that is a disgusting word. And to be blunt your assertion that Democrats in any way have less family values is as ignorant and baseless as your choice in vocabulary. One could easily argue that economically speaking, Democrats care for poor impoverished families more, seeing as how we are more willing to lend a helping hand.
I don’t believe that is true…..the most of Dem. congressman are super rich in now days.
Dems believe in abortion and support gay marriages! Your kind of family value but not our viets.
The most of viets, including our all respected Monks and Fathers do not condone abortion nor gay marriage!
Lesson of democracy and US elections in Vietnam :
Yes, it is possible to spread democratic ideas in Vietnam.
by political science professor of Boston University in Vietnam
** Could this be a start of a process of democracy awareness in Vietnam?
Dr. Graham Wilson, a professor of political science at Boston University, visited Ho Chi Minh City October 6 – 7, 2008. He gave presentations on US Presidential Elections at Nong Lam University (NLU), the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) and the Center for International Education (CIE) at Vietnam National University. At each institution, he addressed several issues, including how the candidates are chosen, voting procedures, the Electoral College, opinion polls, focus groups, independent campaigning by interest groups, the impact of the economy on voting, and major changes in foreign and trade policy.
Dr. Wilson also had a roundtable discussion with the local media, including Tuoi Tre Newspaper, Thanh Nien Newspaper, VietnamNet, Saigon Giai Phong, and Saigon Marketing Magazine about issues surrounding the upcoming US Presidential Election. The discussion shed more light on the US political activities, the presidential election itself, the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates, and many other relevant issues. Several articles were published, including partial transcripts from the Q & A with reporters.
http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov/highlights/10/07/2008.html
Bogus,
No Bogus is no better than a Janet Nguyen and Andrew the Do Do hog. Sytuipid who eat paste for lucnh and dinner.
Look at all the lawsuits against Janeyt Nguyen’s family members for fraud.
If only I knew in which county department Jung Kim works…then I could make a phone call and get him fired for spending tax payers’ money on Bolsavik.com. Jung Kim is the fat that we need to shave. There is too much bureaucracy in this county and too many lazy workers that do not do anything and Jung Kim is the perfect example. Look at the time he’s writing answers.
Jung Kim, You’re an embarrassment to all the Republicans. You do not deserve to call yourself a Republican. You’re fascist, hypocrite, loser.
US senator criticises Vietnam’s trade ‘imbalance’_ too much imports from Vietnam
** Good news or bad news **
Export-led economies such as Vietnam should rely less on trade with the United States and more on stimulating their internal markets for economic growth, a senior US senator said Wednesday.
“The United States has to boost its own economy and consumption” amid the global downturn, Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, told a press conference during a visit to Hanoi, the capital of the communist country.
“We urge export countries seriously to move away from policies that focus so much on exports and instead to focus on local consumption.”
Baucus added: “We also have to address the large imbalance of trade between the United States and Vietnam,” calling it “a trend that cannot be maintained.”
Last year Vietnam’s exports to the United States, its largest foreign market, topped 10 billion dollars, while Vietnam only imported US goods worth 1.7 billion dollars, said the state-run General Statistics Office here.
Vietnam — whose major exports include oil, textiles, rice and coffee — predicts about 6.5 percent economic growth this year, down from last year’s 8.5 percent, amid falling demand in foreign markets and lower commodity prices.
Hey Marcos de Larvae, you wish to find my phone number? Ask Bolsavik you idiot!
I will ship you out to Africa ….only to be their protein additive for food diet plan.
Marcos de Larvae must be a Arturo idiot from Santa Ana…….a pervert with hungry stomach. Go get some pho soup left over at Janet’s office.
Hey idiot Marcos ….. why don’t you dial 1 (800)- GURU-ONE ?
Santa Ana man accused of sending night-vision goggles to Vietnam arrested in Oklahoma
December 17, 2008 – 12:30 a.m.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) – One of three men accused of sending night-vision goggles to Vietnam in violation of U.S. arms control laws was arrested Tuesday.
Liem Duc Huynh, 49, of Broken Arrow, Okla., was apprehended in Tulsa, Okla., and will be brought back to Southern California on charges of conspiracy and illegally exporting defense products, said Todd Tristan, an assistant U.S. attorney.
Huynh and two other men are named in a five-count federal indictment issued Dec. 3 that alleges they illegally shipped at least 55 goggles — which are used for night-time military-style activities — to Vietnam in 2004 and 2005.
If convicted on all charges, Huynh could face up to 45 years in prison.
“It is important to keep this technology out of the hands of our potential adversaries,” Tristan said. “Once these are put in a foreign stream of commerce, we have no idea who the end user is and what the potential end use is.”
Dan Tran Dang, of Santa Ana, and George Ngoc Bui, a U.S. citizen living in Vietnam, are also named in the indictment. Dang has not been arrested but has agreed to cooperate with authorities, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Bui remains a fugitive.
Prosecutors accuse the three men of forming a Huntington Beach company to buy goggles from New Jersey-based Win-Tron Electronics and ship them overseas to Bui without procuring the required licenses from the federal government.
Dang shipped accessories for the goggles via a freight forwarder, then hid the goggles in suitcases and flew to Vietnam with them, where Bui paid for his travel, according to the indictment. On other occasions, an unidentified associate of the men traveled with the goggles.
Tristan said he did not know who the end buyer was.
Dang’s attorney, Dana Cole, said Dang has been cooperating with federal authorities and declined to comment further on the case.
Huynh told The Associated Press by telephone that he got involved in the case because Bui was a longtime friend but denied sending the goggles.
Huynh is due in court Jan. 12 in Santa Ana.