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2005-02-21 Southeast Asia

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Posted by CrazyFool 2005-02-21 11:34:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The 64-year-old Olympia man has persuaded a dozen cities, including Olympia and Puyallup, to either ban the communist flag at international events or to fly the flag of the defunct South Vietnam government instead. He said his ill will comes from having heard that many fellow countrymen were tortured. He refuses to meet the three touring artists.

The cities of Westminster and Garden Grove, CA use the South Vietnam flag as thier city flag.
They moth have majority Vietnamese populations now. Ever hear of "Little Saigon"?

Posted by BigEd 2005-02-21 12:14:57 PM|| 2005-02-21 12:14:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I once dated a woman whose father had been a SV Colonel. His outfit actually fought - part of the Tigers. That cost him: he was "re-educated" for over 3 years after the war ended before they allowed him to join his family in the US. His feet were beaten daily and, when they let him go, he had long since lost the ability to walk. He lives with them in the LA area - Huntington Beach, I think. He would have a LOT to say about these "artists" being granted visas, much less touring and peddling their crap. I would joyfully dare any commie dufus, much less one from today's Vietnam, to get in his face, heh. He was curling 160+ lbs in his wheelchair at age 55 - back in 1990 when I last saw him.

Posted by .com 2005-02-21 12:26:50 PM|| 2005-02-21 12:26:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 .com, great story. One good thing we got out of that war is Vietnamese Americans.

"But maybe this will prompt a discussion into why there are hard feelings and these political divisions."

It's just a complete mystery to you, Perfesser? Nothing comes to mind?

Posted by Matt 2005-02-21 12:45:21 PM|| 2005-02-21 12:45:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Maybe the prof would spend a few minutes reading VietPundit, and learn a little about why most Vietnamese-Americans have bad feelings about the "Democratic People's Republic of Vietnam". But then he wouldn't have the grounds to support the desecration and corruption that Hanoi inflicts on the noble Vietnamese history.

Posted by Old Patriot 2005-02-21 7:56:24 PM|| [http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2005-02-21 7:56:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 hmmmm - he oughtta do a little stop'n'talk with the "Little Saigon" - Huntington Beach regulars. You were right, PD

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-21 8:14:20 PM|| 2005-02-21 8:14:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 OP, good call on Vietpundit. He's got some good stuff up.

Posted by Matt 2005-02-21 8:19:39 PM|| 2005-02-21 8:19:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Artists huh? I look forward to the Piss Ho Chi Minh piece or general Giap rendered in elephant dung and porno mag booties.

Posted by ed 2005-02-21 8:19:57 PM|| 2005-02-21 8:19:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 America did get a major injection of South Vietnam's best and brightest. I remember one kid, in an algebra class, never having heard of it before and barely speaking English, who after a few months was explaining finesse points to the teacher. The cowboy clique didn't know how to relate to Vietnamese, so one of them picked a fight with the kid, who had been studying martial arts since about the age of 5. Being thoroughly whupped in the fight, the cowboys decided that those Vietnamese folks "is okay." Soon, he was sporting blue jeans and a cowboy hat, and his cowboy buddies had him up on a horse and learning how to lasso. Not what I would call having a difficult time adjusting to their new land. I think he and his family now own their own ranch.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-02-21 10:13:20 PM|| 2005-02-21 10:13:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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