Tuesday, December 16, 2008

蔡建榮 is very angry at Taiwanese for not doing enough to demand a real referendum law

I sympathize with him. Common folks have little understanding why 公投 is interesting or important. The truth is that we should not say we are a democratic country if we do not have a proper referendum law. I propose that we shock everybody about our fake referendum law using which nothing can ever pass.

Here is 蔡建榮 angry article:

第二次江陳會簽署的四項協議未經立法院決議通過而「自行生效」,DPP指政府便宜行事目中無人,KMT說依據兩岸人民關係條例規定,立法院如果一個月內未決議,視為同意。

DPP與KMT兩黨都是爛貨爛黨。KMT不用講根本就是爛貨爛黨,DPP明知道法律或是協議一定要經過立法院同意,就算總統向外國宣戰也要立法院追認,DPP知道嚴重性卻完全沒有發動百姓嚴重抗議,只有開記者會草草了事,這算甚麼在野黨?這叫做愛台灣?有第一次「自行生效」就有第二次第三次,最後統一也「自行生效」,DPP難道配當本土政黨嗎?

台灣社、北社、中社、南社、東社、客社、醫社、台灣教授協會、台灣教師聯盟…等等加入公投護台灣聯盟的一些本土社團,你們難道只是一些只要名氣不想出力的團體嗎?你們不是要公投護台灣嗎?護到哪邊去了?難道四項協議「自行生效」不嚴重嗎?連一丁點抗議的聲音也沒有,連記者會做個秀也懶得開,「公投護台灣聯盟」這個名稱你們還有臉用?你們難道不覺得丟臉?

修正公投法靜坐我是從一開始就參與,超過50天的靜坐活動,為什麼聲勢做不起來?「修正公投法」並不是靜坐就能達到目標,靜坐只是一個起點一個開頭,推動社會運動才是本體,加入公投護台灣聯盟的一些本土社團,必須用實際的行動展開社會運動,要有實際且持續的動作才有可能達成目的。

我常常在台北車站舉牌一人遊行,也曾經到公館台大校門口與萬華龍山寺做同樣的動作,因為我盡全力推動也只有如此;但是加入公投護台灣聯盟的一些本土社團,每個社團只要派出少數人力做同樣的動作,將會造成很大的宣傳效果,如果全台319鄉鎮全面實施,效果將會很驚人。各位本土社團老大,希望你們能放下大老的身段做一些動做出來,全力推動「修正公投法」。
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(蔡建榮先生是公投護台灣聯盟在立法院群賢樓前門靜坐活動的積極參與者)

Monday, December 15, 2008

李慶安: You are an American citizen!

Here is a short and sweet message for 李慶安: You are an American citizen!

Citizenship lesson for Lee

I was shocked to learn that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Diane Lee (李慶安) does not seem to have even a basic understanding of US law regarding her citizenship. In fact, she seemed to try to confuse voters with misleading statements about US law, just as President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) did a few months ago.

The US State Department’s Web site provides the following: A person wishing to renounce his or her US citizenship must voluntarily and with intent to relinquish US citizenship:

1. appear in person before a US consular or diplomatic officer, in a foreign country (normally at a US embassy or consulate); and

2. sign an oath of renunciation.

“Renunciations that do not meet the conditions described above have no legal effect. Because of the provisions of section 349(a)(5), Americans cannot effectively renounce their citizenship by mail, through an agent, or while in the United States. In fact, US courts have held certain attempts to renounce US citizenship to be ineffective on a variety of grounds, as discussed below,” it says.

I hope Taiwanese will wake up and not allow themselves to be fooled by the KMT.

JIM CHUNG

Southfield, Michigan

Rampant double standards in Taiwan
by 李欣芬

貓纜 出了問題之後,
監察院 不聞不問,
爆料名嘴 突然都發不出聲音,
檢察官 一夜之間都變成了瞎眼的人 原來是雙重標準作崇!
一樣是死忠的支援者,
阿扁有國務機要費案,挺扁就是挺貪腐,讓支援者抬不起頭,操弄切割。
宋楚瑜有興票案,挺宋就是不離不棄有情有義,拱他參加兩次大選。
馬英九有黨產和特別費案,挺馬就是給台灣一個希望。

一樣是集會發生流血衝突,
民進黨嗆陳圍城,是暴民、暴力黨、暴力小英。
按照統媒的角度,黃花崗七十二烈士拋頭顱灑熱血,緬甸紅番花事件,也是暴民。
國民黨兩次大選選後抗爭,衝突更激烈甚於嗆陳圍城,沒有媒體貼上暴民暴力黨的標籤,定調是作票造假、官逼民反。
紅衫軍倒扁紅潮,是正義之師、沛然不可擋。

一樣是民眾攻擊事件,
李登輝剛卸任時被退役上校潑紅墨水,是李登輝助長檯獨撕裂族群, 老兵看不過去,咎由自取。
胡自強參加陳雲林晚宴被吐口水,是綠營支援者沒水準、民主蒙羞。
蘇安生踹陳水扁和許世楷,是國慶大典貴賓。

一樣是用廣播號召群眾,
王定宇是公然聚眾滋事首謀,8天起訴。
紅衫軍用電台指揮群眾,是新聞自由、很單純的電台商業行為。

一樣是執行勤務有爭議,
紅衫軍時,倒扁婦女被憲兵摀嘴抬走,憲兵高層數人遭到懲處。
嗆陳圍城時,侵門踏戶的局長高昇,打民眾的警察沒事,調派有軍人身份的替代役站第一線的下令者也不動如山。

一樣是社會各角落,
阿扁當家,頭條新聞天天是自殺、燒碳、車禍、溺水、卡奴、偷搶、吃餿水、逞兇的飆車族、共吃一碗麵的單親家庭、吃不起營養午餐的學童、破口大罵火車誤點的旅客、快要活不下去的百姓、凍死的遊民、滿街跑的流浪教師。
馬英九當家,媒體開始注重社會責任,卑微辛苦的小人物一夕之間全部不見了,祥和有禮的新聞多了,吃飯時不用配屍體和裸體。

一樣是法官的心證,
阿扁陳明文蘇治芬,可能會逃亡,上手銬羈押限製出境。
辜仲諒六案纏身,已經逃亡兩年,基於人道考量,不用羈押和限製出境。

一樣是在法庭上為自己辯護,
綠營的是不認罪、無恥、毫無悔意。
藍營的是不計毀譽、捍衛自己的清白。

一樣是辦大案的檢察官,
許阿桂是忍者桂、不畏強權、司法女藍波。
陳瑞仁是司法英雄、有道德良知。
侯寬仁是法匠、十個版面的追殺。

一樣是企業的捐款,
捐給綠營的是賄款、髒錢。
捐給藍營的是政治獻金。

一樣是司法守則,
人人平等和法律無假期,是在辦綠營時說的。
無罪推論和偵查不公開,是在辦藍營時說的。

一樣是教育工作者,
莊國榮評論馬英九父親,是有辱師道、不應續聘。
同一學校的李桐豪呼籲全民槍殺陳水扁,是反應人民心聲。
劉兆玄在冷水坑夜會女主播,是討論國事、無損師道。

一樣是說了×這個字,
莊國榮是爆粗口、怎樣教小孩。
馬英九競選時說×得要死,是突破自我、貼近中南部選民。
競選文宣用趕羚羊和草枝擺,是創意。

一樣是說了人這個字,
白冰冰說謝長廷不是人,媒體說是可以理解的。
江霞說投藍藝人不是台灣人,媒體說是可惡,江霞的後果用膝蓋想就知道。
馬英九說會把原住民當人看,媒體說是口誤,不會把這句話炒得人人朗朗上口, 高金素梅也沒有帶人來出草。

一樣是面對媒體不說話,
陳幸妤是結屎面、沒有家教、傲慢。
周美青是酷酷嫂、省話一姐、惜口如金。

一樣是說出對媒體的看法,
呂秀蓮認為大話新聞對她不友善,快,SNG立即連線。
林懷民認為聯合報不要那麼藍,唉,沒幾個人知道。

一樣是發表不同意見,
綠營的人卡粗魯,標題是嘲諷、痛批、砲轟、回嗆。
藍營的人卡高尚,標題是回應、表示、呼籲、語重心長。

一樣是誠信,
媒體用誠信兩字來掐王世堅,草螟弄雞公, 不,是雞公弄草螟,弄得你不得不跳海。
媒體不會用誠信來掐馬英九,因為要掐的話掐不完。
李明博(韓國)有夠倒楣,為了政見跳票要道歉兩次,還要撤換整個內閣。

一樣是罪不及妻孥,
三不五時去堵陳幸妤,最好是拍到她失控發飆的畫面。
前農委會主委蘇嘉全青菜一把5元的談話,去堵他身心障礙的岳母,讓他難堪。
改朝換代後,媒體謹守本份,不會動不動就去堵官員的家人。
所以,不會因為毒奶風波去堵劉兆玄在食品工業研究所上班的老婆, 也不會去堵周美青和馬唯中,問她們馬英九民調下滑感覺如何的問題。

一樣是丟雞蛋抗議,
北社要向陳雲林丟雞蛋,是強暴侮辱罪。
中日斷交時,馬英九丟中日本特使,是熱血青年、英勇愛國、表達嚴正立場。

一樣是白米詐彈客楊儒門,
因為抗議的對象是扁政府,所以是小蝦米對抗大鯨魚, 是為弱勢發聲的英雄,引起各界聲援。
如果楊儒門抗議的對象是馬政府,一定是危害公共安全的偏激份子,造成人心不安,引起各界撻伐。

一樣是八掌溪事件, 像發生在綠營執政,無限上綱,中央級官員下台負責。
如果發生在藍營執政,統媒一定定調是地方層級的疏失, 中央變成是震怒者和危機處理者。

一樣是黨內不同的聲音,
李登輝執政,把趙少康塑造成政治金童,來進行政治對抗。
阿扁執政,抓幾個人當棋子,塑造成開明改革青壯派,給他們很大的發言空間。
馬英九執政,壓制雜音,完全鞏固領導中心。

一樣是蓋棺論定,
偉大蔣公的功過是非,從以前到現在,討論了三、四十年。
王永慶曾振農過世,生前的事蹟,媒體報導洋洋灑灑,長達數日。
唯獨一人,不能擾他在天之靈。

雙重標準,讓是非被扭曲。
雙重標準,讓見解被操弄。
雙重標準,讓情緒被撩撥。
這樣的雙重標準,非國家之福啊!

Friday, December 12, 2008

A people that have a distaste for fairness

I. Taiwanese are thirsty for 陳水扁's blood

This news report suggested that Taiwanese were thirsty for 陳水扁's (and family) blood. "Crucify him! Crucify him!", over 60% Taiwanese shouted.

自由電子報: 扁弊案偵結 逾六成民眾贊成對扁求重刑 【11:41】

〔本報訊〕前總統陳水扁家族弊案昨日偵結,首波起訴陳水扁、扁嫂吳淑珍、兒媳陳致中黃睿靚夫婦等十四人。蘋果日報民調顯示,有六成一民眾贊成檢察官向法院 建請對扁家人處重量刑;TVBS民調則顯示,有高達七成七的民眾不相信陳水扁的清白。

扁家弊案偵結,對於陳水扁昨日被起訴的的結果,蘋果日報民調顯示,有六成一民眾贊成檢察官向法院建請對陳水扁、吳淑珍、陳致中、黃睿靚處重量刑,而有兩成民眾認為應該「具體求刑」,有一成四的民眾則認為判決太過嚴厲。

而TVBS民調顯示,陳水扁被求處「最嚴厲之制裁」,有高達七成七的民眾不相信陳水扁是清白的,有近一成則相信。

中國時報民調則顯示,有五成民眾認為,扁被求處「最嚴厲之制裁」是司法獨立的展現,並有四成七民眾肯定特偵組的表現,但對於法官裁定陳水扁當庭釋放,有五成二民眾認為陳水扁惡行重大,應該繼續羈押。
Do Taiwanese care about fairness? Apparently not. Here is a powerful protest detailed in a separate blog:

司法與媒體從沒有把阿扁與馬英九、民進黨與國民黨放在同一個天平上衡量

II. Where does Ma's power come from?

This story started with

嗆馬建中生 遭師當眾訓50分鐘

〔記 者林秀姿、林相美/台北報導〕馬英九總統本月六日以「總統校友」身分參加台北市建國中學一百一十週年校慶時,被高一蘇姓小學弟當面嗆聲「馬英九不要做秀! 不要出賣台灣!」蘇同學事後遭校方嚴重關切,導師周麗麗還在十日課堂上公開訓誡長達五十分鐘,並強調「看不出來馬英九有賣台!」引發其他學生與家長不滿, 認為白色恐怖入侵校園。

課堂斥生 敢嗆就不要遮姓名

蘇姓 學生的同班同學和家長昨天聯袂向本報投訴表示,嗆馬就要被導師約談、公開訓誡,根本就是校園白色恐怖!蘇同學的同班同學表示,班導師周麗麗於九日約談嗆聲 的蘇姓同學後,十日在第一堂國文課上公開訓誡蘇同學,還當著全班四十三名學生說,「敢嗆聲就不要遮遮掩掩,遮住學號與姓名,很沒有Guts(膽量)。」

學生轉述,周麗麗並訓誡蘇同學「有種就不要怕被記大過」,更說蘇同學的嗆聲行為已經達到記過標準,因為蘇同學在重要集會場合、擅自離隊嗆聲,周麗麗還在課堂上說,「看不出來馬英九有賣台。」

同學噤聲 以後不敢公開嗆聲

學 生指控,周麗麗半講半罵,長達五十分鐘,甚至還延後下課時間,全班同學已有寒蟬效應,只能沉默以對,蘇同學則安安靜靜挨罵,沒有回嘴;學生表示,沒有人理 會老師訓誡的內容,而且也不會排擠蘇同學,他覺得蘇同學「勇於嗆聲,很屌!」不過,他也坦言,往後不敢在校園內公開嗆聲,「只能罵了趕快跑。」

那 位學生的家長則忿忿不平地表示,校方既然尊重言論自由,就不應該秋後算帳,導師的訓誡有如潑婦罵街,「怎麼可以公開恐嚇,打壓學生的言論自由,對學生造成 嚴重心理傷害。」家長批評,該名導師上課時常談論政治話題,而且政治立場鮮明,師長不應該把政治立場的言論帶到課堂上。

記者昨天撥打建中教師周麗麗的行動電話,接通後周麗麗強調不願表示意見,隨即掛斷電話。

打壓學生 自由校風一大諷刺

建國中學校長蔡炳坤昨天表示,嗆聲事件發生後曾向馬英九致意,馬英九再三跟他強調「千萬不要為難學生,要包容不同的聲音」,所以不會處分學生。他稱,校方是擔心蘇同學遭其他同學異樣眼光,才請導師周麗麗關心,沒想到會引來其他聲浪。

記者另向蘇姓同學同班的其他兩名學生與家長查證,他們都表示確有此事,一位家長並批評,「嗆馬就被打壓、恐嚇記過,這對一向號稱自由校風為全國標竿的建中來說是一大諷刺。」

記者昨天也打電話至蘇家,蘇家人表示,蘇同學不在家,也不方便發言。

My friend Dr. Taitzer Wang of Cincinnati has this to say:

以前有學生嗆扁,沒有學校導師因而覺得需要「訓話學生五十分中又延長下課」,也沒有校長覺得需要去向阿扁「致意」

I invite Taiwanese to convince me that you value fairness.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

小屁屁: the language of a colonist

王建煊消毒:「屁」話只是提醒監委
中時電子報 - 2008年12月8日
監察院長王建煊昨針對「辦大案,別查人民陳情案的小屁屁」發言風波出面澄清。王建煊表示,他從未說過人民陳情案都是「小屁屁」,但監院人力有限,所以「小屁屁」說法是提醒監察委員查案要有輕重緩急,有些屬個人利益的案子先放著,建議應先調查重要案件。

My first wave of anger was not toward 王建煊, it was toward the Taiwanese who voted for Ma, who then nominated 王建煊 for 監察院長. Say I am shallow if you want. I am trembling with anger that we have a foreigner as our 監察院長. I hereby challenge any Taiwanese: have you ever in your life ever said something like 小屁屁? This is not Taiwanese. This is the language of a colonist!

These incomprehensible Taiwanese: 林益世, 邱毅, 王清峰, ...

I received the following message asking all Taiwanese to help stop 林益世 from turning 公視 into a KMT channel like TVBS. This post is my condemnation to 林益世 and other Taiwanese who are undermining Taiwan's existing freedom of speech and other human rights. Here is the message:

主旨: 一人一信來抗議,別讓林益世害慘公視!(請盡量轉寄)
日期: 2008 12 10 星期三 下午 2:52

各位關切台灣媒體與公視的朋友,

昨日國民黨立院黨團黨鞭林益世提案要求公視執行預算須逐項報請新聞局等主管機關核可,還要求修法大幅增加董事名額。我們認為林委員的提案將使公視倒退成為政府電視、嚴重傷害公視之獨立性。因此,我們發動「一人一信」的抗議活動,希望所有支援獨立專業與多元的公視理想的朋友們,透過電子郵件、網路留言,或打電話與傳真的方式,給林益世委員、立法院國民黨黨團、行政院、與總統府等單位,表達您的不滿。

下方列有抗議信範本與相關聯絡方式,提供參考。進一步資訊與說明,還煩請看網頁:http://savetbs.wikidot.com
別讓林益世傷害公視,也要求馬英九總統管管林益世,不要害公視!
台灣媒體觀察教育基金會、媒體改造學社 2008.12.10

The rest of the message is at the very end of this posting. I highly recommend sections three and five of 2008-12-10's 大話新聞 that showed clearly what 林益世 has been doing.





What the KMT Taiwanese underlings 林益世, 邱毅, 王清峰, ... are doing is to help Ma turn Taiwan into a second Tibet; destroy a relatively free society and turn it into a totalitarian police state. What do 林益世, 邱毅, 王清峰, ... gain personally from such destruction? I cannot imagine. I also cannot imagine any kind of personal gain can justify the horrific sufferings they will bring to their offspring and their fellow countrymen if they should succeed.

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The rest of the message contains four sample letters to 林益世,
國民黨立院黨團, 行政院 and 總統府:

林益世委員
電話:02-2358-8221、8226
傳真:02-2358-8225
電子郵件:lym056a@ly.gov.tw 或直接點選 此連結
範本:
立委您好,我是一位支援公共電視獨立運作的公民。
依照公共電視法,新聞局每年捐贈九億元作為公視運作經費,皆由公視提出預算,立法院通過後動支,主管機關並無審核公共電視事業預算之權力,其目的維持公共電視財源之穩定與經營之獨立性之設計,不應輕易改變,也不容任何人破壞;而公視董事的代表性不在於比人數多少,而是在於審查過程的正當性。行政院跟立法院應該重新檢討立委介入公視董事審查以及審查過程黑箱化的問題,而非以增額董事轉移焦點,委員您近日對公視的提議將製造更多政治介入的機會,並癱瘓公共電視運作,與實務運作背道而馳。在此希望您正視此問題,實踐馬總統就任時絕不以政治力干預媒體的宣示。
網站:http://blog.udn.com/suma100/detail

國民黨立院黨團
電話 02-23433255
傳真
電子郵件
主席信箱:http://www.kmt.org.tw/category_2/category2_2.asp
範本:
您好,我是一位支援公共電視獨立運作的公民。依照公共電視法,新聞局每年捐贈九億元作為公視運作經費,皆由公視提出預算,立法院通過後動支,主管機關並無審核公共電視事業預算之權力,其目的維持公共電視財源之穩定與經營之獨立性之設計,不應輕易改變,也不容任何人破壞;而公視董事的代表性不在於比人數多少,而是在於審查過程的正當性。行政院跟立法院應該重新檢討立委介入公視董事審查以及審查過程黑箱化的問題,而非以增額董事轉移焦點,貴黨林益世委員近日對公視的提議將製造更多政治介入的機會,並癱瘓公共電視運作,與實務運作背道而馳。在此希望貴黨黨團正視此問題,實踐馬總統就任時絕不以政治力干預媒體的宣示。

行政院
電話(02)3356-6500
行政院院長民意專線電話號碼(02)33567043
傳真02-33566920
電子郵件 mailto:eyemail@eyemail.gio.gov.tw 或直接點選 此連結
範本:
院長您好,我是一位支援公共電視獨立運作的公民。依照公共電視法,新聞局每年捐贈九億元作為公視運作經費,皆由公視提出預算,立法院通過後動支,主管機關並無審核公共電視事業預算之權力,其目的維持公共電視財源之穩定與經營之獨立性之設計,不應輕易改變,也不容任何人破壞;而公視董事的代表性不在於比人數多少,而是在於審查過程的正當性。行政院應該重新檢討立委介入公視董事審查以及審查過程黑箱化的問題,而非以增額董事轉移焦點,林益世委員近日對公視的提議將製造更多政治介入的機會,並癱瘓公共電視運作,與實務運作背道而馳。在此希望您正視此問題,實踐總統馬英九就任時絕不以政治力干預媒體的宣示。

總統府
電話
總機:(02)2311-3731
傳真(02)2331-1604
電子郵件mailto:public@mail.oop.gov.tw 或直接點選 此連結
範本:
總統您好,我是一位支援公共電視獨立運作的公民。依照公共電視法,新聞局每年捐贈九億元作為公視運作經費,皆由公視提出預算,立法院通過後動支,主管機關並無審核公共電視事業預算之權力,其目的維持公共電視財源之穩定與經營之獨立性之設計,不應輕易改變,也不容任何人破壞;而公視董事的代表性不在於比人數多少,而是在於審查過程的正當性。行政院跟立法院應該重新檢討立委介入公視董事審查以及審查過程黑箱化的問題,而非以增額董事轉移焦點,林益世委員近日對公視的提議將製造更多政治介入的機會,並癱瘓公共電視運作,與實務運作背道而馳。在此希望您正視此問題,實踐總統您就任時絕不以政治力干預媒體的宣示。

Friday, December 5, 2008

Mickey Horse and his amazing gondola

Ma is very proud of his great achievement of building a 4.03公里 貓空纜車 during his eight year Taipei mayorship. He was very critical of the 345 公里 高鐵 built by the then president 陳水扁. He called 高鐵 廢鐵.

What has happened is that 345 km 高鐵 has become such life's necessity that even Ma loves to ride it. It brings Taiwanese to a new level of thinking about time and space. At the same time, The 4 km 貓空纜車 is incapacitated permanently. Let us entertain the thought that Ma had been given the task of building the 345 公里 高鐵. Let us go one step further: imagine what can happen if Ma is elected president!

Support 王美琇's call for 抗暴
because Ma is governing
with no legitimacy

Ma is now governing Taiwanese with no legitimacy.
Ma's government
  • pays lip service to its constitution, but disregards and violates it at will
  • is the worst offender of its judicial system. It applies law extremely leniently to KMT people, but extremely harshly to others. It turns blind eyes to cases against KMT people. It stonewalls requests for investigations into KMT people.
  • instead of being transparent, openly refuses to disclose what it does and refuses to respond to people's inquiry.
Among KMT people, I could not think of one who is ethical. The few who are responsible for making Taiwan a just society, 馬英九, 王清峰 and 王建煊, are completely unethical and devoid of any sense of fairness.

Taiwanese should all stand up to support 王美琇's call for 抗暴.

自由電子報:王美琇《星期專論》點燃全面抗暴運動

自由,是民主的基石和人類創造力的根源;自由權更是最基本的人權,體現對於人類基本尊嚴的守護。包括言論出版自由、集會結社自由與宗教自由等。

十七世紀英國政治哲學家洛克曾說:「政府存在的目的,是保障人民的福祉和自然權利,包括生命、自由與財產等。」政府的權力來自人民的同意和授予,我們並沒有授予政府權力,以國家暴力來剝奪或侵害人民的自由。

只有受害者 沒有加害者

然而,我們看到「陳雲林事件」中,軍警暴力在國家領導人的默許下赤裸裸的侵害人權,而且,竟然可以全身而退,不必付出任何代價。身為最高指揮官的馬英九總統,不但不向人民認錯道歉,甚至企圖用「消費券新聞」來掩蓋罪行與沖刷人民的記憶。

國家暴力侵害人權已經鐵證如山,但是馬政府依舊兩手輕輕一拍,彷彿一切從未發生。台灣社會繼續重演「只有受害者,沒有加害者」的歷史,人民在黑暗中哭泣和累積憤恨。馬英九真的以為只要掌握新聞操作,就可以全面「湮滅犯罪事實」了嗎?

這 次,我們絕不妥協了。如果我們沉默不反抗,這次,他們打我們的身體;下一次,他們就會掐住我們的咽喉。記得那句諺語嗎?─自由就像氧氣,氧氣消失前,你不 會感覺到它的存在。因此,我們看到野草莓學生站出來揭竿反抗運動;也看到受害者和律師群站出來,發動一波又一波的控告行動。

是的,這次我們絕不妥協了。

有 人說:「沒有用啦,法院是他們開的,他們根本不會處理。」我認為,該做的事還是要去做。這不是我們的問題,這是他們的問題,我們要把問題丟給他們。我們要 質問這些領人民納稅錢的國家檢察官和法官:難道台灣的民主是建立在合法化的國家暴力之上?你們是否已經淪為國家暴力統治集團的幫兇?台灣的民主法治還在 嗎?或者已經和人權雙雙宣告死亡?

國家暴力重創台灣的民主,國際媒體議論紛紛,馬英九先生儼然成為台灣的「民主之恥」。讓我想起社會學家Hirschman所說:「反動意識形態是政治與社會衝突動亂的根源。它們經常導致進步性改革的倒退,有時候會為人類帶來巨大的苦難和不幸。」

檢調司法淪為統治工具

其次,在法務部長王清峰的指揮下,檢調單位已經明顯淪為政治追殺的工具,成為另一種無形的國家暴力。從陳前總統、陳明文與蘇治芬縣長到綠營前政府官員等人的不當羈押,已經讓美國法政學界和國際人權組織、國際媒體等,相繼對馬政府提出民主倒退與司法不正義的嚴重警語。

「不 當羈押」之所以令人詬病,是因為檢調人員若握有十足證據,應可立即起訴,沒有羈押必要。然而,檢調卻先羈押涉案嫌疑人,使其失去自由,再以疲勞轟炸方式逼 問案情,再取其所需要之「若干情節」(證據),套入「已經預設結局」的故事裡。台灣的冤案比例如此之高,就是這種辦案手法的結果。「不當羈押取供」已經嚴 重侵犯人權,台灣的檢調司法依然麻木不仁。

一八六八年美國通過憲法第十四修正案,規定「各州不得在未經『正當法律程序』(due process of law)的情況下,剝奪人民的自由或財產。」所謂「正當法律程序」是司法正義的基石,也是人權的基本維護。但是,馬政府顯然仍把司法當作對付異己的工具, 即使違反正當程序、激化社會對立也在所不惜。

當人民對司法喪失信心,又如何能夠信任政府執法的公正性?司法是社會正義的最後防線,一旦最後防線全面潰堤,人民唯一的自救之道,難道不是走上街頭或革命推翻暴力政府?

不得立法侵犯的自由

再者,集遊法更是反民主反自由的國家暴力。野草莓運動所標舉的「捍衛人權」和「修改集遊法」,是替台灣人民爭取百分百的自由人權。他們所要的,就是「不必經過檢查許可」的集會自由,政府只需要負責秩序維持即可。

我想請問大家:什麼是自由?一半的自由是不是自由?恩准核可下的自由還算是自由嗎?政府如何「事先審查」人民的言論或集會自由?你如何預先知道我要說什麼或做什麼?讓我舉一七九一年的美國憲法第一修正案給大家參考吧。

該修正案指出:「國會不得制定以下法律:干涉或禁止宗教自由;剝奪人民言論或出版自由;剝奪人民和平集會或向政府陳情之請願權利。」換句話說,就是「沒有任何法律」能夠「剝奪集會或言論自由」,也就是「不得立法」侵犯人民自由。這是距今兩百一十七年前的美國憲法。

已經進入二十一世紀,台灣竟然還存在「集遊法」,不僅已經「公然立法」,還「公然違憲」。不禁讓人懷疑,集遊法存在的目的,難道是為了對付異議份子?現在他們相繼約談或移送法辦相關人士,就是以此法作為追殺工具。「集遊法」儼然成為箝制自由和對付政治異己的國家暴力。

偽裝民主的真暴政

洛克指出:「統治者無論有任何正當性的資格,如果他的命令和行動,不以保護人民為目的,而是以滿足他個人的野心私利為目的,而且權力被利用來使人民屈服於他的專橫與不正當命令,就是暴政。」

現在,我們所面對的就是一個「假民主、真暴政」的政府;一個以偽裝民主形式死灰復燃的威權統治集團。這個威權集團一黨獨大、五權到位,不必接受任何法定監督;更可以用「合法化」的國家暴力來壓制反對聲音。NCC、檢調司法和國安軍警特,不都已經「展現績效」了嗎?

面對民主倒退的危機,全國的本土社團正在醞釀要延續野草莓運動的能量,繼續燃燒自由的火焰。我們要回到黨外時期的運動模式,以全國巡迴演講的方式深入民間和大學校園,把國家暴力真相和台灣的全面危機說給人民聽,凝聚人民的力量,一起來對抗威權統治集團!

「您」的威權統治,已經威脅到人民的自由;「您」的國家暴力,更重創台灣的民主。為了捍衛民主自由,朋友們,我們別無選擇,展開全面抗暴吧!

(作者王美琇為社會運動工作者)

Thursday, November 27, 2008

26,000,000 Taiwanese ruled by 20 KMT elites

The absurdity in the Wonderland is completely out of proportion and beyond comprehension. In November 2008, Taiwanese totally lost control of their destiny. Ma seems to be the only person calling shots, others are at best puppets.

On the surface, the ruling party is KMT. But when a Chinese Communist Party officer comes in town early November,
  • He is treated like God, beyond logic, beyond belief and completely out of proportion
  • KMT went all out to make its flag invisible and illegal
The clueless Taiwanese elected Ma as president in March; they have no clue that CCP is now the real boss.

There are a handful of people that are beyond and above law. Examples are
  • Ma: even after he was indicted, he was treated like king in court. The prosecutors and judges all defended him.
  • Diane Lee: She cannot be touched. The government stonewalled any and all requests for investigation into her US citizenship just as it stonewalled any and all requests to investigate Ma's US permanent residence visa!
How many of such untouchables are there?

What happens when Taiwan is finally in the hands of CCP? Will these handful of untouchables be well treated for their services to China in handing over Taiwan? I strongly doubt it. But these people all are protected by umbrellas such as US citizenship, etc.

The more intriguing question is what will happen to the KMT underlings?
These are peole who are not in the inner circle. They are sort of like Nazi collaborators, carry out the dirty work, but are not decision makers. They are not pure blooded Chinese like Ma. Examples are Wang, Wu, Chiu. They are dispersible. They have not the slightest hope when Ma handed Taiwan over to China. Let us ask a silly question: what is going to happen to a KMT cadre in Nantou county?

True. Many of these people are also protected by some kind of umbrella. But is it worth it?

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Freddy: 馬英九,你是台灣人的國仇家恨!! and 國仇家恨記者會 問答

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Freddy: 馬英九,你是台灣人的國仇家恨!! 2008/11/22

我們終於清楚看到,人民選出來的總統,會如此對待人民,毫不手軟的暴力對待;用司法暴力的對待;用警察暴力的對待;用媒體暴力的對待,堂而皇之地用國家之名暴力對待人民!

雲 林檢調單位於十一月四日凌晨六點,未經約談調查程序,便大舉搜索雲林縣政府縣長室及縣長官邸,並立即拘提蘇治芬縣長;歷經十多小時的疲勞訊問,五日凌晨 六點,雲林地方法院裁示交保候傳,蘇治芬為示清白放棄交保,高舉被銬上的雙手步入警車,絕食超過200小時,直到無保釋放。

陳雲林來台 期間,台灣公民體驗了「戒嚴傳統,全新感受」中國國民黨政府縱容(命令)警察在台北城公然以暴力侵害人權。在圓山飯店週邊,看人拿攝影機、相機就搶奪抬 離,在國賓飯店週邊封鎖交通,看人穿具有抗議理念的T恤就拉去撞牆、強行拖離;看人舉旗子(不論是國旗或雪山獅子旗)就沒收折斷!在行政院前,薛香川試 圖用威權語言打發學生不成,出動警察強力架離靜坐學生;新竹科學園區上班的公民得被檢查證件、在高速公路行駛的車輛得被警察在交流道檢查後車廂!連上揚唱 片放音樂,分局長李漢卿竟公然違法帶隊侵入民宅,強迫停放音樂,硬拉下鐵門,到現在態度依然囂張,高呼自己還會再做一次!

這個政府用拒馬隔開人民、用警棍痛毆人民、用司法迫害政敵、用優勢警力架走學生,讓台灣陷入更深層的對立與不信任,挑起台灣人民的恨。你可以把責任推給敵對陣營,可以把你所畏懼的政敵銬入鐵牢禁錮,可以把手無寸鐵無力反抗的
人 民毆打傷害。你最好準備更多監獄,準備更多手銬,成千上萬個手銬,因為,我們已經準備好了,所有渴望自由的台灣人民都準備好了,準備抗暴,請將我們的雙手 戴上手銬!請把我們押入牢籠,因為,我們已準備好,隨時用肉身迎向警棍,準備好被國家暴力的對待,因為,這個政府,現在就是如此對待人民!

你們儘管宣稱我們是暴民,儘管用藍綠切割我們,儘管用國家暴力剝奪我們的言論、集會遊行自由;儘管不顧司法程序正義,將政敵一一關入大牢,你們儘管用「挺兩天就過去了」對待廣場上的學生,儘管用華麗的言詞、無辜的表情包裝威權、邪惡的本質,我們只是再次認清你們的真面目!

不用任何政黨指揮或指導我們,我們已經清楚看見國家暴力的展現,已經親身體驗中國國民黨的戒嚴傳統,已經明確感受馬英九全面的暴政統治、司法迫害、警察暴力,人民彼此的對立,人民對統治者的恨,現在被你完全挑起!

馬英九,你是台灣人的國仇家恨!!






國仇家恨記者會 問答
2008/11/22

前言: 台灣人民奮鬥了幾十年, 終於享有了人權與自由, 這是我們國家最重要的價值, 這些價值被誰剝奪, 誰就是我們的敵人, 是我們的國仇. 這段期間很多人只是發表不同意見就被警察打 被公權力壓迫, 許多人的親友家屬都緊張害怕與憤怒, 我被警察打, 家人都很憤怒, 一直打電話叫我要小心, 這不是家恨 是什麼? 而馬政府不檢討 不道歉 不懲處, 我們用"國仇家恨"這四個字, 剛好而已!!

* 錢從哪裡來:
我做事都是先衝再說. 如果要等到確定誰要給你錢才做事, 這不是逆轉本部的風格. 現在陸續有許多小額捐款支持, 我們要感謝大家. 另外也感謝自由時報讓我們到月底才付款.

* 聽說是扁還是謝出錢的?:
你聽誰說就去問誰, 我不想回應這些沒有根據的言論。

* 那你們未來還有什麼計畫?:
大家慢慢就會看到, 就像這次做這張戰報, 做了大家就知道. 我們如果要做啥會先說, 那就不是逆轉本部了啦,科科。

* 難道那些暴民不該被譴責嗎? :
請 問暴民是怎麼定義的? 暴民是怎麼起來的? 他們是去搶銀行還是有燒殺擄掠? 被警察違法打人而被迫反擊, 這算什麼暴民? 記者被警察打,難道也是暴民嗎?記者還有內政部長親自去道歉,一般人民呢? 政府不用向被國家暴力傷害的人民道歉?我們絕非鼓勵暴力,但請大家想想,是怎樣的政府,會讓人民被逼的走上街頭,變成馬英九政府口中所謂的「暴民」。

* 昨天警察有出來說明, 說你們廣告上面用的照片當事人 周威佑 是被寶特瓶打到, 不是被警察打:
他 們這樣的態度, 再次表現馬政府公權力的傲慢. 他們用個案來模糊焦點, 而迴避我們所質疑的那段時間公權力全面性的違法, 限縮人民的自由與人權. 許多人跟我一樣, 只是穿理念的T-shirt,拿個旗幟,就被警察言語恐嚇,架住撞牆毆打, 我相信包括在場的民眾, 還有警察自己, 還有馬政府, 他們都知道這樣的違法情事. 我要呼籲他們不要再只是選擇個案來回應, 模糊公權力集體暴力的問題, 這樣只是繼續激化人民對政府的憤怒.

* 你們為甚麼不反扁 反貪腐? :
台灣人奮鬥幾十年來所擁有的自由與人權 , 在這幾個月嚴重倒退, 人民走在路上可能被警察打, 言論自由被公權力壓迫 , 這是國仇家恨, 比什麼都還重要. 請不要用其他的事情來模糊焦點.

* 你們選舉的時候支持謝長廷, 你們做的事情不是謝或是民進黨授意的嗎?:
你以為我Freddy或是逆轉本部想要幹麼,還需要去問誰或經過誰的同意嗎? 你們以為有人可以授意我們做什麼事情,那各位可以自己去問這些你們提到的人。

* 那你選後還有跟謝長廷 陳水扁 還是民進黨聯絡嗎?:
我的朋友很多, 音樂圈 電影圈 政治圈, 還有一種叫金屬猴魔圈的, 我想跟誰聯絡是我的事情, 我沒必要跟誰報告。

最 後 , 我們要再次重申, 我們的名字是"台灣青年逆轉本部" , 我們是獨立的單位, 不隸屬於任何政黨或政治人物, 請不要替我們戴帽子畫顏色,什麼謝長廷逆轉勝總部 民進黨青年軍 台灣青年軍 等等都不是,這也會對被扯到的其他單位或個人產生困擾, 請你們以後能夠把簡單的這八個字看清楚, 我們是 台灣青年逆轉本部

有許多網站可以看到更多台灣政府以暴力對待人民 壓迫言論自由的照片與影片, 以下列舉幾個:

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/photo/2008/11/07/2008032082

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=tR4BLec9Kxk

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/billypan101

http://takayukiroom.blogspot.com/2008/11/20081106-3.html

http://takayukiroom.blogspot.com/2008/11/20081106-3.html

Thursday, November 20, 2008

郭峰淵: A story of two hypocrites

是誰說
  • 當前的要務是行憲…我們主張…以悲憫之心優先解決人民切身的問題,以培養自由、人權、法治的文化,促使公民社會早日出現
  • 當局對言論自由的打 壓、對法治的扭曲、對若干人權的漠視,使人開始憂慮非自由主義民主特徵的浮現
  • 我們將努力…透過一場又一場高素質的辯論過程,建立台灣公共政策辯論 的理性文化
誰又在當選之後國家立刻民不聊生,警察濫權,無故侵犯民間商店,蠻橫的禁拿國旗,拿股市名嘴開刀?
  • 答案是馬總統。
然後,有文章說
  • 經濟搞到天天有人全家大小燒炭
  • 台灣商品品質和食品衛生每下愈況
  • 今天的台灣,則是沒能力但卻惡意的亂領導
你會以為這是在描寫二○○八年的台灣。畢竟,今天的台灣因馬政府的無能,搞得民不聊生、人民因毒奶粉受苦,還有自焚的災難,並有很多人民因為反對馬政府而走上街頭,甚至遭受警察暴力。
  • 但上述描述不是針對二○○八年,而是二○○六年著名評論家南方朔的專欄用語
  • 而今天的南方朔又說什麼呢?
  • 他說「連續五天的暴力失控,打人有理,政府畏首畏尾的讓步」。
這是精神錯亂的世界
  • 和平的二○○六年台灣被扭曲
  • 「燒炭」、「食品衛生每下愈況」,「自焚」 的二○○八年,人民遭受警察暴力則被形容成「政府畏首畏尾的讓步」。
這就是台北中國城,在這個醬缸之城,一個有理性的人,又如何能跟南方朔、馬英九這樣的中國人講理呢?這大概也是為什麼,達賴喇嘛表示已放棄對中國的和平解決問題的希望。

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中國人 不可理喻

◎ 郭峰淵

是 誰說「當前的要務是行憲…我們主張…以悲憫之心優先解決人民切身的問題,以培養自由、人權、法治的文化,促使公民社會早日出現」;「當局對言論自由的打 壓、對法治的扭曲、對若干人權的漠視,使人開始憂慮非自由主義民主特徵的浮現」;及「我們將努力…透過一場又一場高素質的辯論過程,建立台灣公共政策辯論 的理性文化」?誰又在當選之後國家立刻民不聊生,警察濫權,無故侵犯民間商店,蠻橫的禁拿國旗,拿股市名嘴開刀?答案是馬總統。

然後,如果 有文章述說「經濟搞到天天有人全家大小燒炭」、「台灣商品品質和食品衛生每下愈況」、「今天的台灣,則是沒能力但卻惡意的亂領導」,你會以為這是在描寫二 ○○八年的台灣。畢竟,今天的台灣因馬政府的無能,搞得民不聊生、人民因毒奶粉受苦,還有自焚的災難,並有很多人民因為反對馬政府而走上街頭,甚至遭受警 察暴力。但上述描述不是針對二○○八年,而是二○○六年著名評論家南方朔的專欄用語。而今天的南方朔又說什麼呢?他說「連續五天的暴力失控,打人有理,政 府畏首畏尾的讓步」。難道這是個精神錯亂的世界?和平的二○○六年台灣被扭曲成「燒炭」、「食品衛生每下愈況」,「自焚」的二○○八年,人民因遭受警察暴 力則被形容成「政府畏首畏尾的讓步」。

這就是台北中國城,在這個醬缸之城,一個有理性的人,又如何能跟南方朔、馬英九這樣的中國人講理呢?這大概也是為什麼,達賴喇嘛表示已放棄對中國的和平解決問題的希望。(作者為中山大學資管系教授)

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

台灣人不愛看書: a huge crisis

[My comments at the end]


前衛出版社 清倉賣庫藏書

前衛出版社社長林文欽,感嘆無奈台灣閱讀風氣消退,負債千萬,不得不將庫存的四十萬本,於中山足球場一樓拍賣。(記者謝文華攝)

社長林文欽嘆:台灣人不愛看書

〔記者謝文華/台北報導〕「被譽為台灣文學最後堡壘」的前衛出版社傳出經營困難!二十六年來出版台灣歷史、政治、社會、語言、文化、自然生態超過一千兩百種書籍的社長林文欽(見圖,記者謝文華攝),長期靠標會、跑三點半印書,累積負債一千萬,無奈坦言:「台灣人不愛看書,台灣出版蠻牛累了!」

前衛在二十三日前,於北市圓山捷運站對面的中山足球場一樓,以每十本一千元至三千元、下殺三至五折的「死豬仔價」賣書。他說,賣出的錢若足夠繼續編印一百種「台灣經典寶庫」,死而無憾。

前衛於台灣政經社會面臨轉型之際誕生,是台灣學出版重鎮及反對運動著述大本營,出版過台獨教父「王育德全集」、台灣新文學之父「賴和全集」、喬治柯爾「被出賣的台灣」、小林善紀「台灣論」,及耗資千萬出版的陳玉峰教授「台灣植被誌」與「台灣作家全集」系列。

此外,還曾出版過江鵬堅、施明德、許信良、姚嘉文、李登輝等人著作,堪稱「出版過最多黨主席著述」的出版社;另曾創辦「台灣新文化」、「台灣e文藝」及接辦作家吳濁流創刊的「台灣文藝」三種雜誌,是啟蒙學運世代台灣意識的沃土,也有無數書籍曾遭禁。

憂網路訊息成學術制式資料來源

現年五十五歲的林文欽感嘆,台灣人對知識追求的熱情退步、社會氛圍墮落,只剩美食、養生、投資理財、八卦、陰陽命理書籍還暢銷,偏偏前衛都不出這五類書。而科技的殺傷力更大,十八歲以上成人一週讀書二點七小時,上網時間則是閱讀的十倍。「網路提供的是跳躍、飄浮的資訊,無法成為中心知識,如果網路訊息成為學術界制式資料來源,將非常危險」!林文欽很感憂心。

林文欽說,父親林石評是個「怪胎」,曾是糖廠職員、鄉民代表,身為國民黨員,卻常做反國民黨的事。林文欽自己的經歷是在雲林崙背讀書時,老師滿口中國腔,學生攏聽嘸,講母語還得被罰錢,從小對國民黨反感。

林文欽從文化大學中文系畢業,曾在三民書局三年十個月編了五百種書籍,深感本土作家不受重視,也見識老闆因白色恐怖被盯、被恐嚇,決心集中本土中堅作家,如鍾肇政、李喬、葉石濤、林雙不、宋澤萊等人的力量,編自己想編的書。

Sad comments:

  • 前衛出版社社長林文欽 is right: 台灣人不愛看書.
  • A visit to bookstores will show 台灣人對知識追求的熱情退步、社會氛圍墮落,只剩美食、養生、投資理財、八卦、陰陽命理書籍還暢銷. In August 2008, I visited biggest bookstores in Taiwan and asked for 彭琳淞's「馬英九這個人」and 謝志偉's books. They are not in the main display areas. They are very difficult to find, if available at all.
  • If Taiwanese are to become first rated world citizens, they must be well read. That is how they can avoid electing someone like Ma, ever again.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

陳雲林 馬戲團

In what way do Taiwanese approve of 陳雲林's visit and signing of any documents? Fact is, PEOPLE are excluded from any such decisions. There is absolutely no participation from anyone other than a small cadre of KMT elites. Therefore this is a secret dealing between KMT and CCP. I conclude that
  1. Taiwanese must most strongly state that anything signed is strictly between KMT and CCP and has absolutely nothing to do with Taiwan
  2. Taiwanese have no obligation to pay the thousands and millions of dollars lavishly spent on treating 陳雲林 like a king. Since KMT has been using our money to pay for this purely KMT/CCP affair, we must demand an immediate payback.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

National flag No! Enemy's flag Yes!
警毀國旗 反護五星旗

YouTube Video

This is so deliciously absurd, if only it were a novel. But since it happens in my country, I wish it were only a nightmare. Oh my gosh! You know what? I think I just lost my country.


自由廣場2008-11-5

給我用力的傳

大學生

YouTube上面這段影片:「搖頭!警毀國旗 反護五星旗」,網址是http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=ag8vFfk3avU 請你用力的傳!狠狠的傳!不管你是綠的、藍的,把通訊錄裡面的名單全部勾起來,全部給他傳出去!我們要一個答案:為什麼在自己國家裡,國旗會被沒收?但是 用一千多顆飛彈對準我們的中國,不承認我們這個國家的中華人民共和國,它的五星旗卻可以大方飄搖展示,還受到我們繳稅供養的治安人員保護?為什麼馬政府會 接受中國這種屈辱的條件?

馬英九,上一次你在足球場禁止國旗入場,我還當你無知初犯;這一次,你們這些奴才嘴臉,真的是令人吐血est!我你馬的總統!我你馬的國民黨!

(作者為政大學生,台北縣土城市民)

In Taiwan we just have the Republic of China, but there are no people

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
Washington, D.C.


Roger C. S. Lin et. al.
v.
United States of America




There is an old joke about a Taiwanese gentleman living in the United States. He was talking to a group of American friends who were planning on vacationing in Asia, and trying to explain about the situation of Taiwan. He said if they wanted to get more information about Taiwan in the library, internet, travel fairs, etc. they should remember to use the full title of "Taiwan Republic of China."

The friends were somewhat puzzled by this, and asked: "Isn't the full name of China actually just People's Republic of China"?

The Taiwanese fellow thought for a moment, then said: "No, in Taiwan we just have the Republic of China, but there are no people."




Surprisingly, this joke provides a good introduction to the US Court of Appeals case of Roger Lin et. al. v. United States of America, which is commencing in Nov. 2008. As most people know, native Taiwanese people currently carry Republic of China passports and other identification documents. However, the basic rationale for this lawsuit is that (1) no international legal documents have ever recognized the transfer of Taiwan's sovereignty to the Republic of China, (2) neither the United States nor any other leading world nation recognizes the Republic of China as a sovereign state, hence (3) native Taiwanese people cannot be correctly classified as having "Republic of China nationality."

Dr. Roger Lin and the other Plaintiffs/Appellants assert that under the US Immigration and Nationality Act, the Sentate-ratified San Francisco Peace Treaty of 1952, and related US Supreme Court precedent, native Taiwanese persons must be correctly classified as "US national non-citizens."

Based on this interpretation, beginning in October 2005, Dr. Roger Lin initiated written communications with the Taipei Office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT). Receiving no response, he then lead a large group of native Taiwanese persons to AIT on March 29, 2006, with US passport applications in hand, and expressed the desire to apply for US national non-citizen passports. However, AIT denied all of the applicants physical entry to its premises.

With the help of a prominent Washington D.C. law firm, a number of these applicants filed suit in the United States District Court, Washington D.C., on Oct. 24, 2006. In a decision dated March 18, 2008, the District Court recognized that native Taiwanese people, including the Plaintiffs/Appellants, have been essentially stateless for nearly sixty years. However, the Court felt that the lawsuit presented political questions which were outside of its jurisdiction.

In early November 2008, the Appellants presented their first Brief to the US Court of Appeals, Washington D.C. Using extensive legal analysis, comparative historical & economic overviews, in accompaniment with many case references, the Brief stresses that this lawsuit does not present a "nonjusticiable political question." Rather, the needed adjudication is a straightforward matter of ascertaining the Appellants' civil rights under US laws, Senate-ratified treaties, the US Constitution, and the existing framework for relations with the people of Taiwan as established by the US Executive Branch.

All people concerned about the future democratic development of Taiwan are invited to read the entire Brief for complete details.


November 3, 2008

Brief (.pdf) 53 pages

Cover Page (stamped) (.pdf) 1 page

Joint Appendix (.pdf) 381 pages


Monday, November 3, 2008

Displaying national flag is a crime II

Taiwan News: Dear President Ma, where have all the Taiwan flags gone?

... excessive police use of force by banning people from unfurling Taiwan's national flags has been blasted by the public for making northern Taiwan under the “martial law.” ...

Displaying national flag is a crime

Wonderlanders must be proud of this ultimate absurdity: displaying national flag is not a pride, it is a crime!

警毀國旗 反護五星旗 (YouTube Video)

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

KMT uses 10% of the country's police force to welcome a China envoy 陳雲林

1025 遊行》4699名警力待命
聯合新聞網 - 2008年10月23日
民進黨明天舉行一○二五大遊行,警政署掌握的情資顯示有治安之虞,昨天開會決定將動員四千六百九十九名警力維安與交通管制;其中,前總統陳水扁的安全維護,列為首要重點。 受到毒奶粉和大陸海協會副會長張銘清在台遭受暴力事件影響,警政署研判一○二五遊行人數可能超過

7000警護陳雲林比1025嚴格
臺灣新浪網
中國海協會會長陳雲林即將來台灣,國安局長蔡朝明27日表示,已經列出三原則,四個不允許和七個確保等工作方針,保護陳雲林。
他還說維安規格比1025還高,果然警政署長王卓鈞透露,將部署7000人保護,儼然是元首級規格,因此綠營痛批馬政府在矮化主權。中國海協會會長陳雲林來台灣的維安任務,主導的國安局,已經有明確的工作方針,三個原則,四個不允許和七個確保,好像中國共產黨的標語一樣。
警政署也首度透露維安人數,既然不是元首級規格,怎麼又說比1025還嚴格,蔡朝明說法似乎自我矛盾,綠營更是質疑,國安局根本是違法。
陳雲林的維安問題,立法院吵翻天,就算綠營對陳雲林來台灣有意見,馬政府顯然一意孤行。

To summarize:
  1. For a Down-Ma rally 0n 2008-10-25 that attracted 600,000 to 1,000,000 people, 4699 police were used.
  2. For a low-ranked China envoy, 7,000 police will be deployed. That is the total number of police force in Taipei and 10% of the complete police force of the nation.
Questions:
  1. What is the record before 陳雲林's visit?
  2. How many police are deployed usually to welcome the visiting head of a country?
  3. How many will be deployed if the president of USA were to visit?
The absurdity is lost only among KMT people.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Whores that pretend to be news media


二次政黨輪替後的國慶

景氣低迷,要說今年國慶有什麼值得歡欣鼓舞,恐怕談不上。但換個心情看,人民想過個正常的國慶,大約也就是如此了:一切儀節皆依常例進行,不必去猜元首會不會張口唱國歌,不必臆測他將發表什麼驚世言論,不必看軍警四處圍堵抗議隊伍,這樣「平淡」的國慶也就夠了。

過去八年,人們就連一個正常的國慶也等不到,許多人到了那天反而更感困惑自己活在什麼國家、為誰而慶?今年的國慶外賓較少、規模較小、花樣較少,卻也顯得 更真實些。民眾要不要去總統府前舉國旗,其實沒差別,這個國家到底還是大家認識的那個國家。這應是許多久未出現的臉孔重返國慶現場的主因。

掛著「中華民國國慶」字樣的牌樓雖顯老套,但因為久違之故,倒也給人幾分親切。馬總統的演說或許沒有太多驚奇,但談吐之間,可以看出他面對人民的誠實。比 起阿扁歷年國慶喊過的拚經濟、朝野和解、台灣入聯等激昂而虛假的口號,馬英九一句「你的痛苦,我都了解」,聽來比較貼近民生。

今年的國慶雙十,平淡而低調;為生活勞頓的民眾,至少可享受三天假期。值得慶幸的,或許還包括國慶放假使台灣逃過昨日國際股市慘跌之劫。茂伯成為國慶風雲 人物,導演魏德聖、跆拳國手蘇麗文成為台灣精神的新表徵,這說明難有新意的政治必須轉向民間求取靈感,也說明一個平實國慶之不容易。

近年來,常有人說「台灣不是一個正常的國家」,但昨天卻是近年來最「正常」的國慶。

【2008/10/11 聯合報】@ http://udn.com/

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Recommending "Child 44" to Wonderlanders

Child 44 is an extremely rare book. It is a thriller that is not entirely believable or convincing. Regardless, it gave me not a single dull moment in all of its 448 pages. The book set stage in Soviet Union, but I thought about Wonderland all the time while reading the book. I find striking similarity between the lives of Soviets in Child 44 and Wonderlanders:
  1. The unthinkable is the daily reality
  2. Twisted logic and absurdity are the norm
The cruelty and suffering told in Child 44 is hard to match. Yet, while one can easily understand (in fact, sympathize with) the behaviors of the Soviets in Child 44, it is nearly impossible to comprehend the Wonderlanders who
  1. prefer lies from 聯合中時 and TVBS to truth; prefer Pravda to New York Times.
  2. voted for a president Ma who had a long public record of inability, lying as a way of life, unethical conducts, depositing public funds into personal accounts, and is effectively an American.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

We celebrate our Hitler's birthday


[Received in an email message. Found later that it is from 鯨魚網站 by Spieler]

殺人魔王希特勒Adolf Hitler生於1889年4月20日,於1945年4月30日舉槍自盡於元首的防空洞內,死後幾桶汽油,一把番仔火,就結束他罪惡的一生。Hitler 殺的人很多,光是猶太人就六百萬人,殺人殺多到,連史達林在Katyn殺的幾萬波蘭軍官以及精英,也要賴在希特勒頭上。

以色列人當然不會為紀念希特勒,在4月20日那天放假。即使是德國人,也不可能在這天放假慶祝,誰不跟希特勒納粹法西斯切割的乾乾淨淨,除非新納粹取得德國政權,目前是絲毫看不出有這種跡象。

然而遠在亞洲的台灣,雖然也不會在4月20日那天放假紀念希特勒,但是才上任一百多天的九劉政權,卻要在蔣介石的生日10月31日紀念放假,這種行徑跟舊 KMT有什麼兩樣?人家德國人不敢的,九劉政權就有guts,敢放?羞辱台灣人到這種地步!蔣介石不是二二八的元兇嗎?難道他有史達林的機會,可以將這個罪責賴給他人?還是九劉政權中有能言善道的,可以改變這歷史的事實?繼續吹捧蔣介石是「民族救星」?
今年的10月31日式星期五,連著後面的週末,「至少」三天不用上班,這會是「德政」?這是九劉政府給台灣人的。到時我們也要好好回報!
[立於希特勒出生屋前的警世石,上面的德文漢譯為『為和平、自由與民主,永遠別再法西斯,數百萬人的死警醒世人』

Monday, September 8, 2008

IEEE changed our country name to “Taiwan, Province of China”

Here is an excerpt of a correspondence:

目前IEEE許多期刊使用的IEEE ScholarOne Manuscript Centra系統對台灣有國名誤用的情事。經了解,作者經該系統投稿時,該系統會要求作者須填上住址,其中有一欄為country code,該欄位是一個選單,台灣僅有一選項,為 “Taiwan, Province of China”。該系統之前使用的是”Taiwan, Republic of China”,我不知為何會被改為此一名稱,但我認為此事極為嚴重。因為這可能會嚴重影響國內會員投稿的意願,而且如果我們放任此一系統要求國內作者鍵入此一”國”名,那麼未來IEEE的期刊如果也改成此一”國”名,那我們還怎麼回應?所以我已經立即寫了一封信給IEEE總會主席表示嚴重關切,請見如下。

China believes that "A lie told a thousand times becomes truth", just as it believes that Japanese invasion into China was bad, but genocide in Tibet is good.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Mickey Mouse 拼經濟

中央廣播電台: 促銷柚子劉兆玄認購1600箱帶頭拼經濟

救景氣! 馬不只自己買禮盒還邀政府機關加入拚經濟
NOWnews - 2008年9月4日
馬總統一大早就到果菜市場,幫忙攤販促銷中秋節水果禮盒,因為擔心經濟不景氣民眾不消費,馬總統自己就帶頭做起。總統不只自己買、總統府買,他甚至還要其他政府機關一起加入刺激買氣的行列。 馬英九表示,希望能由有消費能力的政府機關、公司行號,一起來幫助提振我們 ...

馬總統愛心認購月餅促銷並分送全國166所原住民學校NOWnews

My daughter loves shopping. I will persuade her to run for President in 2012.

Breaking news: enemy loves our president

中國評論 快評:李登輝發飆 馬英九踩痛了他?

中評社快評/李登輝怒氣沖沖地說,三個多月來,馬政府快速向中國大陸傾斜,為了包機直航、觀光客來台,進而承認“九二共識”。眼前馬政府在政治、經濟的措 施都朝向“終極統一”的目標前進,不在乎選舉期間的承諾。李登輝宣稱,“台灣是主權獨立的國家”。李登輝又鼓吹兩岸關係是“國與國的關係,至少是特殊國與 國的關係”。 

李登輝發飆是事出有因的,因爲馬英九踩痛了他。日前馬英九聲稱兩岸是非國與國關係,這是公開糾正李登輝長期鼓吹的“國與國的關係,至少是特殊 國與國的關係”的觀點。李登輝當然會不滿了。但是,李登輝的“兩國論”害死台灣,使得兩岸失去了長期賴以生存的互信基礎,導致台灣長期籠罩在惡劣的氣氛當 中,遺害極大,今天再不糾正,兩岸關係無法改善,台灣難於獲利。

中國評論: 社評:大陸全力支持馬英九執政拼經濟

中評社香港9月8日電(評論員 鍾維平)在台灣經濟不斷向下盤旋,民生日愈受到衝擊,經濟影響政治,馬英九政府聲望節節後退的最麻煩時刻,大陸出手了。經過一段時間的研究,大陸推出了有利台灣經濟發展的新政策。

A great distinction Wonderlanders have earned for themselves is that they elected in 2008 a president who is so well loved by their enemy (one that aims thousands of missiles at them).

Saturday, September 6, 2008

A brainwashing propaganda disguised as news


中華聯合數位映像(NOWnews): 馬總統愛心認購月餅促銷並分送全國166所原住民學校(2008/09/05 22:42) 馬總統不只是買水果,幾天前他還買了四千兩百盒月餅分送給弱勢團體。"拚了!馬訂購8400盒月餅,分送弱勢。"

"屏東縣獅子鄉丹路國小全校五十名學生,拿到馬英九總統夫人周美青送的月餅,這些小朋友都捨不得吃,直說要等爸媽回家再吃。"

"拿到總統夫人周美青送的月餅,丹路國小小朋友好高興。"
"美青阿姨送愛心月餅,丹路學童驚喜。馬總統不只是買水果,幾天前他還買了四千兩百盒月餅分送給弱勢團體。"
記者王宗銘/台北報導

Since this is labeled: 記者王宗銘/台北報導, it presented itself as a news report. But if it were really a news report, it should not have had a title like '馬總統愛心...'. It might be true that Ma bought 四千兩百盒月餅分送給弱勢團體, but 記者王宗銘 could never know that this was out of 愛心. Knowing Ma, it was more likely a show with no sincerity and is done completely at the tax payers' expenses. 愛心 in the title immediately disqualify the writeup as news.

This NOWnews news report serves to explain why Wonderlanders cannot easily tell the differences between news and opinions. This in turn explains why our Wonderland has a long way to go to become civilized.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Why gamblers vote for KMT

自由電子報: 相信馬上好 股民慘賠走絕路

The above news was about a gambler 何景宗 who voted for Ma. He voted for Ma not for any right reasons when people should vote for a president:
  • ability
  • high morality
  • vision
  • the future of the country
No. He voted for Ma simply for a belief that Ma would bring a stock market boom and help him make some quick buck in stock trading.

In short, he was not choosing a president, he was speculating on a short term cash gain. Worse, his speculation was not based on Ma's track records which showed Ma to be non-credible and unelectable. The voter behaved like a banker who would loan money to a person with the worst credit rating simply because the person said : "I will pay you back with handsome interest".

Added to gamblers like 何景宗, there were many who gambled on the outcome of the election. Regardless of what a gambler was gambling on, the number of voting gamblers in Wonderland was sizable and they voted not based on the merits of the candidates, but on greed. KMT and the so-called news media systemetically painted a picture that Ma would win big. They manufactured polls like this: 聯合:56%選馬18%投謝 蘋果:36%投馬19%選謝. This had the simple effect of turning greed-driven gambling voters to campaign for Ma so they could cash in some easy money.

While my sympathy goes to 何景宗 for his wasteful death, I think of millions of innocent Wonderlanders who suffer so because of gamblers like him.

Wanderlanders sound off: get out, you 馬英九!

自 由電子報: 馬英九在接受墨西哥太陽報專訪時,大言不慚地抹殺台灣的國家主權地位。 他說:兩岸的關係應該不是兩個中國,雙方是一種特別的關係,但不是國與國的關係。此話再度印證, 馬總統所說的不獨是真的,不統是假的。

Wanderlanders: 馬英九 you do not belong here!






China listen up: Wanderlanders are no Chinese!




Tuesday, September 2, 2008

The incomprehensible Wonderlanders

Here is a snapshot of 2008-09-03: 中央日報網路報 社評 that attacks 830 rally. It starts with this picture

Then, it says:

「八三0遊行」結束,由於參加人數不如主辦單位的預期,而且活動的訴求也不斷遭到模糊,因此事後有媒體形容所謂「嗆馬」的活動,看起來真像是一場「萬人大健行」。

There are three things notable that I list from the least surprising to the most.
  1. KMT lies and distorts facts as it does every moment of the day.
  2. The presence of the picture completely contradicts the written words. Why does 中央日報 include the picture?
  3. KMT's complete lack of human decency does not bother the Wanderlanders. Many ask why Wonderlanders don't get angry. TVBS continues to be one of the most popular TV channels and 聯合報、中國時報 continue to be widely read. It is speculated that, in spite of the amazing 830 anti-Ma rally, Ma would still be elected if the election were repeated on 2008-08-31, the day following.

Monday, September 1, 2008

How KMT sees 830: 名不正 言不順 動員能量受影響

First, 830 pictures:

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Next, KMT media and pundit reports.

中央日報: 中評網1日社評:台灣綠營人士強力發動的830大遊行落幕,主辦單位台灣社宣稱有30萬人,台灣警方估計約有5萬人參與。這固然是綠營在馬英九520上任 後最盛大的一次實力展現,比起2006年紅衫軍反貪腐百萬人上街的盛況,則有如天壤之別。關鍵在於,當一項活動辦得名不正,言不順,動員能量自然會受到影響。

A pictorial comparison follows:

中央日報: 100萬紅衫軍警政署: 4萬3千人 (830)



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So you think 中央日報 is a bad lying wolf? In contrast, according to 08-30 大話新聞, many KMT media chose not to report 830.

聯合報: 有關遊行人數,馬總統昨公開提及「將近五萬人」,與台灣社宣稱卅萬人有極大落差,引發綠營不滿。總統府發言人王郁琦解釋,遊行群眾數據由警政署提供,實際人數約四萬三千人,「這是警方的數據,不是總統府的數據」。

周福來 on 中華聯合數位映像: 台灣社主辦830「百日怒吼,全民站出來」大遊行落幕了,雖說是護主權,但主題不明顯,意在嗆馬,但力道也不夠,倒比較像是民進黨支持者的嘉年華會,熱鬧有餘而精彩不足。 民進黨主席蔡英文就任後首次參加大型群眾運動,她說「感覺還不錯」到底意指為何,是遊行散步感覺很好,還是大拜拜搖旗吶喊很爽,真的就不得而知。

Sunday, August 31, 2008

李嗣涔: President of the best university proved illiterate and hypocritical

2008-08-30: 中華聯合數位映像: 前總統陳水扁及兒子陳致中都是畢業於台大法律系,對於兩人學法玩法,最後甚至涉及洗錢風暴,台大校長: 首度以台大大家長身分,針對校友陳水扁父子對社會造成的不良影響,對外界道歉,同時還強調會加強學生的品德教育,希望不要再教出這樣的學生。

台大校長李嗣涔 is illiterate. If he had common sense, he would have known that 陳水扁 at the time of his statement was a suspect, but has not yet been indicted, let alone convicted. On what ground could he justify throwing stones at a suspect before he is proven guilty? Isn't this what his law school teaches, that one is innocent before proven guilty?

台大校長李嗣涔 is hypocritical. He was compelled to criticize an innocent alum, but never felt any need to condemn convicted felons such as 邱毅, or a morally bankrupt man like 馬英九. If he cares about education, he should lecture the news media on the social injustice of labeling 陳水扁's case 'Money Laundering' before any evidence has been found that his bank deposits came from illegal dealings. By definition, 馬英九's case was closer to 'Money Laundering' as public records showed that he deposited public funds into personal accounts. Yet 馬英九's case was never labelled as such and 台大校長李嗣涔 never felt any need to protest the unfairness of the treatments.

Why is our Wonderland so sick? The answer is obvious.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Vancouver Sun editorial speaks for the confused Wanderlanders

Here is an excerpt of the editorial, which is included at the end in its entirety:

Taiwan is a self-ruling entity, collecting taxes from and delivering services to its citizens. It has trade ties internationally and does more than its share at times of international crisis. Taiwan sent aid to China at the time of the Sichuan earthquake.

But China, with a veto on the UN Security Council, refuses to recognize Taiwan's independence and demands other countries do the same -- which they do, out of fear of losing trade with China.

So the world pretends Taiwan is not a nation, leaving it in a state of international limbo.

Meanwhile, Taiwan continues screaming the truth, describing itself a thriving, functioning democracy with its own elected government and standing military. It conducts is own foreign relations. Historically the nation has not -- even for so much as a single day -- been ruled by the People's Republic of China.

"Taiwan is an independent and sovereign state. No other individual or government can legitimately claim to represent the Taiwanese people any more than the U.S. can claim to represent the people of France."

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Barbara Yaffe, Vancouver Sun

Published: Thursday, August 28, 2008

Taiwan has signalled a stunning shift in its long-standing bid to assert its sovereignty and independence from China.

In an attempt to appease Beijing, the small island country -- for the first time in 15 years -- has dropped its annual request to the United Nations for full membership.

Taiwan, controversially, is now asking only for participation in 19 UN-related agencies, bodies like the World Health Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the International Civil Aviation Organization.

The request coincides with the reconvening of the UN's General Assembly on Sept. 16.

The shift is a reflection of a strategy being deployed by Taiwan's new government. Last May the nationalist Democratic Progressive party government was replaced by the Chinese Nationalist party or KMT, which campaigned on improved Taiwanese relations with China.

Since then, the two countries have negotiated direct flights between their capitals. In the past, the connection was limited to transit through Hong Kong.

But tensions across the Taiwan Strait remain high and the KMT decision regarding UN membership is being met domestically with significant resistence.

"All in all, the latest UN approach misses the key point," huffed an Aug. 16 Taipei Times editorial, "which is working to have the people of Taiwan treated with respect and having their voice represented at the UN."

A Democratic Progressive party spokesman, Pan Meng-an, asserted that the new UN strategy has "broken the hearts of the Taiwanese people."

Beijing has reacted to the policy shift, with the Chinese ambassador to the UN, Wang Guangya, turning thumbs down: "The mainland and the Taiwan region are not yet reunited but the fact that the two sides belong to one and the same China has never changed."

Some background: Taiwan lost its United Nations seat in 1971 when the world body turned the China seat over to the People's Republic of China.

Taiwan marked nationhood in 1949 when, after a civil war on the mainland, KMT politicians set up their own headquarters in nearby Taipei, ruling by martial law and leaving China to be ruled by the Communists.

Taiwan made the transition to democracy in the late '90s and now stands as a freedom-loving, technologically advanced nation that is the world's 18th largest economy.

For its part, China insists Taiwan is a breakaway province. Beijing uses its trading clout to block Taiwan's bids for international membership.

A press release this week issued by Taiwan's diplomatic office in Vancouver, asserted: "It is the fundamental right of the Taiwanese people, including the 80,000 Taiwanese-Canadians residing in Greater Vancouver -- many of whom still maintain close ties with their families in Taiwan -- to be represented in the world's largest and most important international organization."

Taiwan is a self-ruling entity, collecting taxes from and delivering services to its citizens. It has trade ties internationally and does more than its share at times of international crisis. Taiwan sent aid to China at the time of the Sichuan earthquake.

But China, with a veto on the UN Security Council, refuses to recognize Taiwan's independence and demands other countries do the same -- which they do, out of fear of losing trade with China.

So the world pretends Taiwan is not a nation, leaving it in a state of international limbo.

Meanwhile, Taiwan continues screaming the truth, describing itself in its press release as "a thriving, functioning democracy with its own elected government and standing military. It conducts is own foreign relations. Historically the nation has not -- even for so much as a single day -- been ruled by the People's Republic of China.

"Taiwan is an independent and sovereign state. No other individual or government can legitimately claim to represent the Taiwanese people any more than the U.S. can claim to represent the people of France."

The Harper government has been unwilling to speak in support of Taiwan, fearful of a backlash from Canadians doing business in China.

But that should not prevent individual MPs who feel strongly about such things as freedom and reality from stepping forward to back Taiwan's legitimate quest to join the world's international bodies.

byaffe@vancouversun.com


Thursday, August 28, 2008

Wonderlanders defy logic and common sense

中國阻我參與UN 府:不能稱非善意. My first attempt at comprehending the incomprehensible 府:不能稱非善意 was to translate the whole thing into English: "China again blocked our attempt to get into UN; Our government stated that we should not regard China as being unkind." Damn right! This is much beyond being unkind! This is indescribable hostility. Hold it, what is so stunning is that the government spokesman 王郁琦 actually tried to say that China was OK! The government spokesman 王郁琦 was defending China. Is he a Chinese agent or worse, is our government a China proxy?

Another shocking news is 陸委會民調/53%民眾:北京對我不友善. Only 53% say China is unfriendly when China
  1. aims thousands of missiles at their friends and families. Do they care about their friends and families?
  2. claims that it owns their land
  3. openly hurt them in the SARS near-pandemic and openly prevented them from getting international assistance
  4. hurt them whenever it can. For example: because of China, Taiwan was rejected by WHO for the 11th times in 2008 after 11 attempts. China can't care less about Wonderlanders' health. Surpringly, neither do Wonderlanders themselves.
Do Wonderlanders consider China friendly to Tibetans? Will they consider genocide friendly or 'not really unkind' (不能稱非善意)?

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Foul-mouthed 邱毅

Celebrities talking irresponsibly and uncivilly is commonplace in the Wonderland. Here are excerpts of the infamous 邱毅 in his recent attack on 陳致中 and 黃睿靚:
陳致中 黃睿靚夫妻 賊公賊婆! ... 一定心裡有鬼 ... 不要再藉由挑眉、轉動眼珠、故做優雅來逃避問題 ... 不簽授權書一定是做賊心虛。

陳致中黃睿靚拒簽授權書 邱毅:做賊心虛: 中時電子報

扁家兒子陳致中、媳婦黃睿靚昨(二十五)日赴特偵組偵訊時,拒絕簽署查帳授權書,國民黨立委邱毅表示,這對夫妻真的是「賊公賊婆」,說要接受司法調查不是嘴巴講講就好,應拿出實際行動簽署海外銀行授權書,兩人不簽授權書一定是做賊心虛。

邱毅痛批,不管是吳淑珍堂哥吳景茂、堂嫂陳俊英、吳淑珍本人都不簽授權書,現在連主角黃睿靚跟陳志中也不簽,一定心裡有鬼,這樣叫什麼面對 司法,一定是做賊心虛。對於黃睿靚跟陳致中有很多質疑,希望黃睿靚跟陳致中要實問實答,不要再藉由挑眉、轉動眼珠、故做優雅來逃避問題。

邱毅說,黃、陳兩人在美國有多少財產,有沒有房子、車子、存款、投資?有沒有駕照?有沒有第三國護照?在銀行開戶、辦駕照是用哪一個護照?是用中華民國護照,還是邱毅派他辦公室主任去美國調查的時候看到的第三國護照?

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Angered by this report, the Civilized Wonderlanders, an organization devoted to promoting civility, issued the following condemnation:

  1. 邱毅 should not call anyone 賊 unless he has evidence of thefts.
  2. 不要再藉由挑眉、轉動眼珠、故做優雅來逃避問題 ... OK. tell our citizens when they are allowed to move their eye balls and eyelids. Is it OK that their hearts beat 65 times? Please teach them how to be 優雅 naturally.
  3. 邱毅's existence proves the extreme sickness of our once beautiful land:
    • Expression like 賊公賊婆 is so uncivilized whose utterance should only be expected from the least educated. Yet, it came out of a 台大 Ph.D. and once a 台大 professor 邱毅.
    • 不簽授權書一定是做賊心虛 shows 邱毅 freely uses double standards. Why did he not likewise criticize 馬英九 and 李慶安 不簽授權書 for US citizenship investigation?
    • Instead of being shamed by 邱毅, news media treated him as if he is credible and respectable and uses him to poison our land.
    • Instead of being shocked by 邱毅, some Wonderlanders regard him as a hero, proving that ethics is now lost in many Wonderlanders.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Taiwan, the Wonderland!

Taiwan is the ultimate wonderland! In this land,
  1. People elected a Hong-Kong born, US permanent resident as its president in 2008. Once elected, this foreigner president stopped recognizing Taiwan as a country.
  2. The judicial system is controlled by a party called KMT, which uses it to persecute KMT's enemies 24 hours a day (for example, 陳水扁) and protect its friends (for example, 馬英九, 李慶安). To understand what this means, imagine USA's Justice Department is owned by the Republican Party and all judges are Republicans.
  3. The media is free to report what it likes to report and suppress what it does not. It is allowed to fabricate news and opinion polls. It is a common practice to mix news with commentaries so news and comments are not easily distinguishable.
  4. There is a referendum law in place since 2003 that was designed to fail any initiatives. Five years after its inception, nothing is able to pass. The wonderland people are overjoyed with their referendum right. Here is a proof: 方齋夜話:入聯公投同意率達94.01% 鳥籠公投法卻讓它無法過關- 樂多日誌
Let this be a humble start of an epic. I do not come close to Lewis Carroll's literary prowess. But I suspect my wonderland is beyond his wildest dreams that perhaps gives me some advantage. You can help with a guest blog or comments.