STOP Racist Attack by Supporters of a Presidential Hopeful!

Dear Fellow Asian Americans,

A group, alleged to be Ron Paul supporters, released an immoral and reprehensible video attacking Jon Huntsman, former US ambassador to China, as a "Chairman Mao-style Manchurian Candidate" for speaking Chinese and adopting a Chinese and an Indian daughter. The video portends that these humanitarian acts make him un-American and unfit as a presidential candidate!. See for yourself at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PsJvLVoOq4

The perpetrator tried to exploit Chinese and Indian stereotype and xenophobia for political gain. They tried to insinuate that anyone who looks like a Chinese or Indian and speaks Mandarin—indeed anyone who even associates with or shows any affinity for anything Asian—cannot be a trustworthy or patriotic American. By extension of this logic – any one other than Euro-American should not be accepted or embraced as true American. Such attempts NOT ONLY hurt the interest of all Asian Americans, they ALSO hurt American national interests both at home and abroad. As MLK Jr. put it, "An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere!" Such an ugly incident must be nipped in the bud.

80-20 strongly condemns this attack ad. We praise Ron Paul for disavowing it. We also praise Jon Huntsman for his unequivocal defense of his actions, his position and broad outlook. We pledge to force any presidential candidate who is behind this message to stop it when the facts become clearer. We further challenge the presidential candidates to make written pledge to 80-20 questionnaire that, if elected the President of the United States, s/he will uphold the solemn duty mandated by the US Constitution to treat all citizens equally with dignity, respect and fairness regardless of race and ethnicity.

Remember McCarthyism in the 1950s? Remember the "Asian Gate" and "the Cox Report" in the 1990s? These ugly incidents are good reminders why racism will always lurk and surface when opportunity arises. The Asian American community needs a national organization like 80-20, supported by half a million like-minded individuals. Ever vigilant to the current events,80-20 can quickly mobilize and use our group clout to reward or punish politicians.

Let it be known that 80-20 can and will cause sustained damage to any presidential hopeful who directly or indirectly engages in race baiting or other conduct hostile to Asian American interests. We expect no more and no less than fairness and simple decency.

If you approve of our work, please join 80-20. The larger the membership list, the more our clout.
Go to: http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp
OR send a check to 80-20 PAC 13337 South St. #189 Cerritos, CA 90703. 

Basic $35; Family 
$50; Student $15; Life Member $1,000.

From: 80-20 Collective Leadership

Welcome to Exciting New Year - 2012

First, on behalf of all the members of 80-20 Initiative, the Executive Committee takes this opportunity in the New Year to express our most sincere gratitude to Dr. SB Woo, who first initiated the idea of an Asian American PAC with a block-vote strategy, brought together many prominent Asian American leaders and launched the 80-20 Initiative in 1998 and has since then dedicated more than a decade of his life to the growth and development of this unique organization.

Over the last nine months, Dr. Woo, by working with ALL OF YOU, created a miracle by doubling our membership in only 9 months in such a difficult economic time for our nation. This is also an opportunity for us to say THANK YOU to all the 80-20 members who have made this miracle possible by coming forward and becoming members!!!

Going forward, SB will continue to search for a new president and executive director for 80-20 and maintain valuable political contacts at the national level. In the interim, the Executive Committee has formed a Collective Leadership to carry out the day-to-day functioning of 80-20 until a new president is identified.

2012 is the national presidential election year. Increasing 80-20 membership will show our community's growing political clout. Therefore, to check the status of your membership, please go to:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp.
A notation like (12/11) or (1/12) after your name means your membership expires on Dec. 31, 2011 or Jan. 31, 2012 respectively.

If your membership has EXPIRED, or will expire by 1/31, PLEASE RENEW IT TODAY
On-line by clicking on http://www.80-20initiative.net
OR send your check to 80-20 PAC 13337 South St. #189 Cerritos, CA 90703.
Basic $35; Family $50; Student $15; Life Member $1,000.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year
From: 80-20 Collective Leadership

A MIRACLE has occurred!

   Thanks to many of you, a MIRACLE has occurred.
   80-20 has achieved DOUBLING and some. See how the red line has shot above the green line.

   Click on a href="http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp *.

See how our mebership list has become soooooooooooooo long. When the list will be updated for the influx of the last 4 days, another 250 names will get on.
                      Why is this a MIRACLE?
1) Pragmatically: When 80-20 announced this "Double or Die" campaign, how many of us thought it could be done? How many organizations, Asian or non-Asian, that has a dues-paying membership just below 2,000 can DOUBLE its membership in 9 months, at such a tough economic time?
2) Philosophically: POLITICAL APATHY is the fundamental weakness of our community. 80-20 challenged our toughest problem in order to prove the worthiness of its own existence. Now we know. Even our worst problem can be overcome.
3) Politically: It DOUBLED OR PERHAPS QUADRUPLED our political clout in a 9-month campaign. Tens of thousands of "word of mouth" recommendations have been made by our supporters to their friends and relatives. When 80-20 issues the NEXT "CALL TO ACTION," it'll create 2 to 4 times the impact.
                      What is in the future?
   Hopefully, 80-20's membership will double again in a few more years.
  Happy New Year! It's a great victory for our Community!
  
Respectfully and saying Good Bye,
S. B. Woo, who shall serve you from the 2nd line. Thank you. ☺ ☺ ☺
  
* a notation like (till 12/11) behind each member's name gives the expiration date of that membership. A 1-month grace period is automatically extended for all expirations. If it is NOT renewed within that period, then the name will be removed from the membership list. Please RENEW or upgrade. The larger the membership list, the more our clout.

Go http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp
or send a check to    80-20 PAC    13337 South St. #189    Cerritos, CA 90703. 

Basic $35; Family 
$50; Student $15; Life Member $1,000.

49 members short with 1.5 days to go

                       So close!
  49 members short with only 1.5 days to go
                     A MIRACLE seems to be happening!!!

   OUR COLLECTIVE BIG HEARTS are propelling this Miracle. Look to the day when we will have doubled and even quadrupled YOUR group political clout.


   Go take a look at 80-20's membership list. Click on
http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp . It has gotten sooooo long, thanks to many of YOU. It is being constantly updated, although we may still be a day behind owing to the HUGE INFLOW in the last days. :) :)

   We still NEED 49 more members to DOUBLE!


   To join, clicking on http://www.80-20initiative.net . OR send your
check to    80-20 PAC    13337 South St. #189    Cerritos, CA 90703. 

Basic $35; Family 
$50; Student $15; Life Member $1,000.
  
Respectfully yours,
S. B. Woo, who shall continue to serve you in the 2nd line, if you help to
                      achieve doubling of 80-20's membership by year's end.
  
Special Acknowlegement
William C. Hsiao, Cambridge, MA and
Trinh Quan & Patrick Lin, New York, NY joined 
as Life Members, when
80-20 is apparently heading toward dissolution on March 
23, 2013. 
 It
takes a Heart!  Miles and miles of hearts!

99 members short with 3 days to go

  99 members short with only 3 days to go


   Let's make the MIRACLE happen. If 80-20 DOUBLES its membership in 9 months in such a bad economic time, it will be a POLITICAL MIRACLE.

   Where can the strength for that MIRACLE come from?

                     From YOUR HEART.

               What does that MIRACLE prove, if it happens?

It shows the tremendous affection that 80-20 enjoys in the hearts and minds of Asian Americans. More importantly, it doubles and perhaps quadruples YOUR political clout.


                   Let's empower ourselves greatly!

To join, clicking on http://www.80-20initiative.net. OR send your
check to    80-20 PAC    13337 South St. #189    Cerritos, CA 90703. 

Basic $35; Family 
$50; Student $15; Life Member $1,000.
  
Respectfully,
S. B. Woo, who shall continue to serve you in the 2nd line, if you help
                        achieve DOUBLING by year's end - only 3 days away.

215 members short with 5 days to go UNLESS …

215 members short with only 5 days to go!

o With 3,300 members, 80-20 is already 83% above last year's total membership -- a small miracle

o However, a BIG MIRACLE - DOUBLING - is needed to serve the Asian Am. community in issues where we really need service.

                         Example?

Sticking up for our college-age youngsters to fight against higher college admission bars against Asian American applicants. 80-20 is the ONLY national Asian American organization* that has spoke out on this issue. Indeed 80-20 intends to file a legal brief at the Supreme Court advocating a race neutral and merit-based college admission practice. To succeed, 80-20 needs your backing.

Who can help achieve this BIG MIRACLE?


    YOU! The miracle is in your heart.

To join, clicking on http://www.80-20initiative.net. OR send your
check to    80-20 PAC    13337 South St. #189    Cerritos, CA 90703. 

Basic $35; Family 
$50; Student $15; Life Member $1,000.

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo, who shall continue to serve you in the 2nd line, if YOU HELP TO ACHIEVE DOUBLING OF 80-20's MEMBERSHIP BY YEAR'S END.

*The Asian American Legal Foundation, a worthy CA based organization, has filed a Amicus Curiae with the Supreme Court. 80-20 salutes it.
 

Special Acknowlegement
Samuel Lee, Belmont City, CA joined 
as Life Members, when 80-20 is
apparently heading toward dissolution on March 
23, 2013. He didn't say
a single word to us. But his message is DEAFENING. 
Heart!

Poll Results on AsAm sentiment on college admission

[A] The College Admission Issue & 80-20
   You may personally be strongly against the current college admission policy. You may be anguished over our letting our youngsters take it on their chins during the college admission process.
   But do you know how other Asian Ams, besides your friends, feel about this situation?
   Do you know of a single elected AsAm official, or an AsAm civic organization or an AsAm professional org. that will speak out for you on this issue?
   Do you know any entity except for 80-20 that will find out if there is a way to get our voice heard?
   80-20 just finished a formal test poll. It found that even the "most liberal" Asian Am sector, and therefore the most likely opposition to 80-20's advocacy of a DIFFERENT admission policy, very strongly support filing a legal brief at the Supreme Court for a different college admission policy.
[B] 80-20's Poll
   80-20 polled 1,000 Asian Ams who are associated with our universities i.e. those with email addresses ending in ".edu". It asked them if they agree or oppose 80-20's intention to advocate a race neutral and merit-based college admission policy at the supreme court. Here's the poll.

   "Kindly please respond to this poll. 80-20 needs to know the sentiment of 
our members, who have apparent association with a university, towards 80-20's decision to file a "friend 
of the court" legal brief with the Supreme Court arguing for a merit-based and race 
neutral college admission policy. That is, based on an applicant's current scholastic 
achievement and evaluated future potential only. You response is absolutely confidential.

   Please REPLY in the form of, say, 1b, 2c, 3d, etc.

1) I am registered as a
       a) Republican,   b) Independent/Decline,   c) Democrat,   d) others

2) I am a
     a) faculty/staff   b) graduate student   c) Undergrad   d) none of the above

3) My feeling toward 80-20's filing a legal brief that is described above as a college admission policy at the Supreme Court is

  a) strongly for  b)somewhat for  c) neutral  d) somewhat against  e) strongly against

4) I know some Asian Am. student leaders on my campus     a) Yes     b) No

5) When 80-20 endorses a presidential candidate, it affects my vote
     a) 100%. I vote accordingly.
     b) somewhat positively
     c) not at all
     d) somewhat negatively,
     e) the opposite way.

[C] The Poll Result -- based on a 14% respond rate:

[D] Is 80-20 Worth Saving - 275 more members, with only 10 day to go?
   To join, using a credit card, click on http://www.80-20initiative.net . OR
send your check to    80-20 PAC    13337 South St. #189    Cerritos, CA 90703. 

Basic $35; Family 
$50; Student $15; Life Member $1,000.

Respectfully yours,
S. B. Woo, who shall continue to serve you in the 2nd line, if YOU HELP TO ACHIEVE DOUBLING OF 80-20's MEMBERSHIP BY YEAR'S END.
                        Special Acknowlegement
Wilson S Wang, Sunnyvale, CA and Paul C. Yang, Princeton, NJ joined as Life Members, when 80-20 is apparently heading toward dissolution on March 23, 2013. They didn't say a single word to us. But their message is DEAFENING.
How Noble!