80-20 Initiative

Saturday, September 24, 2005

See How Many DID THEIR SHARE

80-20 urged its supporters to pour in faxes and e-mails to President Bush and the 4 major Senators he will consult for his next Supreme Court nominee. We first sent a poll to 15,000 activists 2 weeks ago to ask them if the Asian American Coalition for Equal Justice (AACEJ), in which 80-20 is one member and EQUAL PARTNER, should push for a Supreme Court nominee. WITHIN ONE WEEK, 1/5 RESPONDED! Today, we have over 3,500 POSITIVE responses.

We then asked our supporters to fax and e-mail President Bush and the 4 Senators to let them know about the 5 candidates our supporters picked in the poll. LOOK AT HOW MANY DID THEIR SHARE! Hundreds more poured in their faxes, but below is a sample of the faxes, e-mails, and reports to us that were sent.

I DID MY SHARE. TOGETHER, we shall overcome. Counting on YOU.

Yuko J. Nakanishi,
Ph.D.,
MBA

I did my share. Let's make it happen.

Chungsoo J. Lee

Dear President George Bush and Honorable Senators,

I understand that only 8 of the 839 judges in Federal courts are Asian Americans (AsAms). The AsAms are not well represented at all in our federal court. I strongly believe qualified AsAms deserves considerations.

Here are five of the outstanding AsAMs candidates, each merits Nomination

[names omitted]

for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice.

I support the campaign of "AsAm Coalition for Equal Justice" (AACEJ), of which 80-20 is one member, to increase AsAm representation in Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court.

Thank you for your attention.

Yours respectfully,

Bik-Kee Vuong, Radiochemist, National Institutes of Health

I sent letter to these people yesterday.

Sincerely,

Vo Nguyen, M.D.

I received your "call to action" which I will do as outlined in your
message. But let me go on record that I presented to you an alternate
Nominee, "The Honorable Justice JOYCE LUTHER KINNARD of the Supreme
Court of the State of California since the 1980ties". She is an
Eurasian Woman of Dutch, Indonesian and Chinese parentage. She is as
qualified as any of those Asian Lawyers that you have named earlier.

Thanks and regards.

Blitar

Dear fellow Chinese and members of the Gulfcoast Chinese-American Association,

We have a historic window of opportunity to push for an Asian American supreme court nominee. Although our chance of success is not high, the successful outcome of this goal is crucially important in enhancing equality for Asian American minorities for generations to come. This is all the more why I earnestly request that each and everyone of you to please INVEST an hour of your time to respond to the following call for action from SB Woo of 80-20.

We can make it happen if we all work together in a unified and concerted effort. If not this time, certainly by the next. As Lao Tse said, “A Journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step.” It is high time we get started.

Recall the struggles of African Americans for civil rights. It wasn’t easy, but it had to be done. We sit today on the shoulders of giants like Martin Luther King who helped advance the fight for equality for minorities. The task is unfinished. Today, Asian Americans are up against the “glass ceiling” across all sectors of private industry, government and academia. It is time for YOU to carry the torch and do your part for the greater good of this nation.

Mahatma Gandhi said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world”

Please join 80-20 and your fellow Asian Americans in this worthy campaign. A sample letter from me to President Bush can be found at the end of this email.

Thank you for answering the call to action!

Sincerely,

Dr. Edward Lin, President & CEO, Ingenious Technologies Corp.

I DID MY SHARE.

Mike C.H. Lin, Ph.D., Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Dear President Bush,

I think that Asian Americans (AsAms) have been under-represented in
the top levels of corporations and government, including the US Supreme Court.
For example, only eight of the 839 judges in the U.S. Federal courts are Asian
Americans. I think the numbers speak for themselves.

Now that there is an opening in the U.S. Supreme Court, it is time to
select an AsAm, since there are several well-qualified AsAm legal experts with
qualifications that are suitable to be a U.S. Supreme Count Justice. For example:

[names omitted and statement for AACEJ omitted]

I think you will be doing great justice if you would appoint the first
AsAm to be a Supreme Court Justice.

Thank you.

Yuet Mei Lam

I am not good with words, but I have done my parts.

All five, faxed.

Brian Ng

Dear President Bush and Venerable Senate Leaders:

For your consideration, may I recommend the nomination of one these

fine, capable and qualified persons for a position on the Supreme Court.

[names omitted]

Only 8 of the 839 justices in Federal courts are Asian American. This is pathetic! …

My name is Renee Lau.

I am a registered voter and taxpayer.

Renee Lau

Faxed to the President.

Jack Qian

Although I was able to fax the President and three senators on the
below list, I've been getting the busy signal all day, for Senator
Specter's fax number: 202 228-1229. Do you have another fax number for him?

Thank you.

Jon Wu, Attorney at Law

OK. I sent in my five faxes

Y.C. Larry Ho

A fax was sent to President Bush at 11:00 pm today.

Thanks

Rick Chen, DuPont Captial Management

Dear President George Bush:

May I nominate

[names omitted]

for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice?

I have been very attentive with recent news on next surpreme court
justice. I have noticed that only 8 of the 839 judges in Federal
courts are Asian Americans. America is a land of freedom and human
equality. Qualified asian americans deserve consideration.

I support the campaign of "AsAm Coalition for Equal Justice"
(AACEJ), of which 80-20 is one member, to increase AsAm representation
in Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court.

Shengyin Gu, Phd student in University of California, Davis

Your honors,

May I nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Hing Lum

From White House auto reply.

Katy Woo
Trustee, Widener University

I just Faxed it to Bush. Thanks for your help.

Ken

Dear Senator Arlen Specter

May I nominate

[names omitted]

for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice?

Thank you n best regards,

Chiehming Maria Tam, Kuehne & Nagel Inc., Sales Support/Transpacific Airfreight

Please see attachment.

Thanks

John J. Fong

Dear President George Bush:

Only 8 of the 839 judges in Federal courts are Asian Americans
(AsAms). The numbers speak. Qualified Asian Americans deserve
consideration. I support the campaign of "AsAm Coalition for Equal
Justice" (AACEJ), of which 80-20 is one member, to increase AsAm
representation in Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court.

May I nominate

[names omitted]

for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice?

Thank you for your attention.

Doanld Li, Ph.D., Director of System Programming

Dear President George Bush,

I would like to nominate

[names omitted]

Conlene Yee

I DID MY SHARE. TOGETHER, we shall overcome. Counting on YOU.

Joanna Chen, Wachovia Securities

Fax to Sen. Arlen Specter.

Tjendrawani Ong-Dahl

Dear President Bush:

May I nominate

[names and statement of support for AACEJ omitted]

Respectfully submitted,

Theresa Ku, Ph.D., Linguist

Dear President George Bush,

May I nominate Harold Hongju Koh, a Korean American for your
consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice? Only 9 of the 839
judges in Federal courts are Asian Americans. As a supporter of 80-20
organization, I support the campaign of "AsAm Coalition for Equal
Justice" (AACEJ), of which 80-20 is one member, to increase AsAm
representation in Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court.

I believe qualified Asian Americans deserve consideration.

S.K. Sohn

I did my share.

Gene Chang

Dear President George Bush:

May I nominate Harold Hongju Koh for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice?
Harold Hongju Koh is a Korean Am, Dean of Yale law School, having served both Republican and Democratic Administrations.

Cao, Shuwen, Chinese/Japanese cataloger, East Asian Library, Princeton University

Dear President George Bush

May I nominate

[names and statement of support for AACEJ omitted]

Name, Peter Lin

fyi. Sen
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Dear President George Bush:

May I nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Sen Liu, Ph.D.

Dear Senator Harry Reid:

May I nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Sincerely yours,

L. Amy Sung, Ph.D.

Dear President George Bush

May I nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Name: Dean Shu, Title: Engineer

Dear President George Bush and Senators:

May you kindly give me half a minute of your time ... and kindly hear
me emaily-nominate:

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Being a ... (I refuse to use the word "victim" here) of some workplace
injustice from a Fortune 100 Company -- MetLife, I personally support
the campaign of "Asian American Coalition for Equal Justice" (AACEJ),
of which 80-20 is one member, to increase Asian American representation
in Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court.

Respectfully,

Name: K.P. Chen, Title: a Texas Realtor

Dear President:

May I nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Name: Leslie Tam

Dear President George Bush:

May I nominate

[names and AACEJ support omitted]

Thanks for your attention.

Helen Xu

I DID MY SHARE. TOGETHER, we shall overcome. Counting on YOU.

R Fong

I DID MY SHARE.

TOGETHER, we shall overcome.

GK Chun

I sent four emails except: Sen. Arlen Specter: 202 228-1229 - Fax;

Thanks.

Regards,

Henry Wang

i'm just done faxing to all of them.

Fan Jiao

Dear President,

May I nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

JC Sheu

I have faxed the attached letter to Bush and copies of the second
letter to the 4 senators. I used your initial letter to 80-20 as a
basis for argument b/c it was so good! I will also send these letters
by email to all the parties concerned. Thanks for your great work on
this! Yours,

Ruth Chang

Dear Sir:

May I nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Celia Chang, CPA

I will write a letter to nominate Asian justice.

Bing-Cheng Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Faxes sent to President Bush and all 4 senators.

I DID MY SHARE. TOGETHER, we shall overcome.

Adrian

FYI.

I just submitted my email to Senator Specter regarding the Supreme
Court Justice nomination through his webpage.

Hue-Sun Ahn

I have faxed a letter to each of the following:

President George Bush: (202) 456-2461 Fax; president@whitehouse.gov
or comments@whitehouse.gov ,
Sen. Arlen Specter: 202 228-1229 - Fax; David_brog@specter.senate.gov
Sen. Bill First (R-TN): 202 228-1264 -F; leader@republican.senate.gov
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV): 202 224-7327 - F; leader@democrat.senate.gov
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT): 202 224-3479 F; senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov

Thanks for taking the lead action in this extremely important event.

James G. Lee
Shell Chemical LP

I did my share on faxing and emailing to the 5 leaders you listed.

Thank you for the information.

George, 80-20 supporter

===================Letter body============

Dear Sen. Leahy

May I nominate

[names omitted]

Please speak on behalf of the under-represented AsAms community, and

we will remember your favor. Thank you.

George Hwang
Research Associate, Genentech Inc,.

September 21, 2005
Via fax to (202) 456-2461
The Honorable George W. Bush
President
United States of America

Dear Mr. President:

As you consider the important task of nominating the next Supreme Court justice, May I respectfully urge you to consider the following exceptionally qualified Asian American candidates:

A. Wallace Tashima, Senior Judge, Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit:

Harold Hongju Koh, Dean of the Yale School of Law

Robert A. Takasugi, Senior District Judge, Central District of California.

Denny Chin, District Judge, Southern District of NY,
Ronald S. W. Lew, District Judge, Central Dist. Of CA
Anthony C. Ching, Solicitor General of AZ,

As an individual committed to advance equality and justice in America, you may be surprised to know that while Asian Americans represent 4% of the US population, only 8 of the 839 judges in Federal courts are Asian Americans (0.95%). These numbers speak for themselves and cry out for action to the conscience of all who believe in the American system of equality and fairness for all. I beseech you to help heal the wounds that inequality has caused, and use this historic opportunity to nominate an Asian American to the US Supreme Court.

Mr. President, I support the campaign of "Asian American Coalition for Equal Justice" (AACEJ), of which 80-20 is one member, to increase Asian American representation in Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court. Thank you for your consideration of our earnest request.

Sincerely, 



Ed

Dr. Edward Lin, President & CEO, Ingenious Technologies Corp.

sent faxes to all.

Keith Weng

I have just faxed to Pres. Bush and the 4 Senators. Attached is the message for your information.

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Julia C. Wan

Thanks. I did my share..

Dear President George W. Bush:

May I nominate Harold Hongju Koh, a Korean American who is a Dean of
Yale law School, having served both Republican and Democratic
Administrations, for your consideration as the next Supreme Court =
Justice?

[support for AACEJ omitted]

Sincerely,

Kim H. Song, Ed.D, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Dear President George Bush:

May I nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Sincerely yours

Gene H Chang, Ph.D.,

Victor Hsiung

Dear President George Bush:

I would like to nominate Ronald S. W. Lew, a Chinese American,
District Judge, Central District of California for your consideration
as the next Supreme Court Justice. Sincerely,

Joel Wong

Dear S.B. Woo,

I have faxed/emailed to the senators as well as the president. I did my share. Together, we shall overcome.

Cynthia

Dear President George Bush:

I would like to nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice. Would you
please kindly consider my nominations? Currently only 8 of the 839
judges in Federal courts are Asian Americans. We must do more to
correct this under-representation. Qualified Asian Americans deserve
consideration. I support the campaign of "AsAm Coalition for Equal
Justice" (AACEJ), of which 80-20 is one member, to increase AsAm
representation in Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court.

Sincerely,

Dr. Peter Yang

I DID MY SHARE. TOGETHER, we shall overcome. Counting on YOU. A. Lu

Dear President George Bush:

May I nominate

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Paul Chu, Ph.D., Reseach Staff at Oak Ridge National Lab

Dear Mr. President George Bush,

May I nominate Denny Chin, A Chinese Am., District Judge, Southern
District of NY, for your consideration as the next Supreme Court
Justice?

[support for AACEJ omitted]

Sincerely,

Name: Samson H. Cheung, Ph.D.

I just faxed the following to the President. Thanks for your efforts mobilizing us to achieve.

Jason Li

Thank you for the hard work for all of us!!

Ming

The Honorable President George Bush:

May I nominate

[names and AACEJ support omitted]

Sincerely,

Jianping Zhu, Ph.D.

Dear President George Bush:

May I nominate

[names and AACEK support omitted]

al Courts, including the Supreme Court.

Bin Ke, Associate Professor of Accounting, Pennsylvania State University

Dear President George Bush,

May I nominate the following candidates for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice?

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Sincerely,

Wei Gao, Senior Oracle Developer

I DID MY SHARE. TOGETHER, we shall overcome. Counting on YOU.

(I've sent five e-mails to the listed recipients respectively, instead of fax them.)...

Dr. Yan Zhou, Visual Resources Curator

I DID MY SHARE.

Thank you very much

Eric Liu

Dear President Bush:

May I nominate

Harold Hongju Koh, a Korean Am, Dean of Yale law School, having served
both Republican and Democratic Administrations, for your consideration
as the next Supreme Court Justice?

[support for AACEJ omitted]

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Best Regards,

Ming Fu, Engineer,

Dear President Bush:

May I nominate Harold Hongju Koh for your consideration as the next
Supreme Court Justice? He is a Korean American who has served both
Republican and Democratic Administrations and is currently the Dean of Yale
law School. I have copied the following weblink to his homepage for your
consideration.

http://www.law.yale.edu/outside/html/faculty/hkoh/profile.htm

[support for AACEJ omitted]

Ngee-Sing Chong, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry,

Middle Tennessee State University

I DID MY SHARE.

Thank you,

Qian Zhao

I did my share !

Fred Wong

I did my share by sending the emails to President Bush and two senate leaders. Thanks.

Best wishes,

Dr. Qiang Fu, Associate Professor, University of Washington

Dear President George Bush,

I am writing to urge you to consider:

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

Thank you very much for your attention.

Sincerely yours,

Ning Qian, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Columbia University / NYSPI

I have faxed a messae to President Bush and each of the senators
yesterday. Sorry I forgot to fax a copy to you.

Terry

Faxed to all five names yesterday afternoon 3-4PM EST.

Ge "Gary" Cao, Collegiate Funding Services, LLC

I DID MY SHARE - emails to President and the 4 senators. TOGETHER, we shall overcome.

Jenq-Yann Wellington Ku

Dear Mr President, Senator Leahy,

Please consider the following candidate :

[names and support for AACEJ omitted]

James chu

I fax a letter to each of President Bush and the Senators except for
Senator Specter becasue his fax was busy. I also e-mailed the letter
to President Bush and the four Senators. Below is the content of my
letter.

Dear [President George Bush][Senator ______]:

I would like to suggest the following candidates for your
consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice:

[names omitted]

Asian American judges are disproportionately few in Federal courts,
even though there are many highly qualified Asian American jurists. I
support the campagin of "Asian American Coalition for Equal Justice"
(AACEJ) to increase Asian American representation in Federal Courts,
including the Supreme Court.

I urge you to consider these qualified candidtates.

Sincerely,

Laiying Sarah Chan

Siu, Chea-Hwa wrote:

I did my share.

I did my share !

Fred Wong

Derek Yeung wrote:

I DID MY SHARE

Shinn,Victor Q - TOM wrote:

5 fax sent.

Dear President G. W. Bush and Senators Arlen Specter, Bill First,

Harry Reid,

Patrick Leahy:

Thank you for receiving this note. Would you please consider an Asian
American to be the next Supreme Court JUstice. If OK, may I suggest the
following fine Gentlemen and Judges for your consideration.

[names omitted]

Best regards,

Harry Kuo

I DID MY SHARE. TOGETHER, we shall overcome!

5 faxes were just sent.

Stanley Zuo

Thank you so much for your hard work. I did my tiny share that needs
to be done.

Aloha,

Alex Tang, Integrated Engineering Corporation

Keep up the Good work.

Here are my successful faxes. I had some trouble faxing to Senators
Specter and Reid. Maybe the fax machines have been overloaded. I will
try again tomorrow.

Dear President George Bush:

Hello! My name is Kin Ma and I am a West Michigan citizen, Chinese American, and an instructor in geography at Grand Valley State University. I have been a citizen for nearly 25 years. I have been part of the 80-20 Initiative, a coalition to promote Asian American involvement in the U.S. political process.

At this critical time, may I suggest the following qualified Asian Americans for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice nominee?

[names omitted]

There are 11.8 million Asian Americans living in the United States as of the 2000 census, which make up about 4.2% of the United States population.

[support for AACEJ omitted]

Sincerely,

Kin M. Ma, M.S., Instructor, Geography, Grand Valley State University

Dear President George Bush:

I know you are planning to nominate a supreme
court justice. I would like to take this opportunity
to nominate the following Great Judges in order of
preference for your consideration.

[names omitted]

These spectacular Judges will not only be a great
asset to our country, but also serves a beacon to the
whole world that america is TRULY a melting pot and
the light of the world. Please consider one of these wonderful judges
as the next Supreme Court Justice.

Thank You,

Jasper Wu, Systems Engineer

Dear S.B.,

I send messages to President Bush and the key senators.

Thank you and best regards,

Peter Luh , Professor, UConn.

Dear President George Bush,

As part of an ever growing Asian American community, I am writing to
urge you to consider the following five well qualified leaders as
candidates for the next Supreme Court Justice:

[named omitted]

Thank you for your consideration.

Jeff Shu

Dear President George Bush:

May you consider Harold Hongju Koh, Dean of Yale law School, a
Korean American as your nominee for the next Supreme Court Justice? He
served in both Republican and Democratic Administrations.

The numbers speak for themselves. Only 8 of the 839 judges in
Federal courts are Asian Americans. Qualified Asian Americans deserve
consideration.

I support the campaign of "Asian American Coalition for Equal
Justice" (AACEJ) to increase Asian American representation in Federal
Courts, including the Supreme Court.

Wenjun Jiang, Pharmacoepidemiology Fellow

Dear Senator Specter:

As an Asian American professional in higher education, I believe that the time has come that the Asian American community in this country now should have sufficient representations in the legal branch of the government, especially in the Supreme Court. As of this time, among the 839 judges in the Federal Courts,there are only 8 Asian American judges. Does It mean that there isn't any qualified Asian Americans in the legal field? Of course not, for example, the Dean of the Yale Law School, Harold Hongju Koh who has served both in the Republican as well as Democratic administrations, could anyone say that he is not qualified to be a Supreme Court Justice? Another example is Anthony C. Ching, the first ever Solicitor General in the state of Arizona, both his training
and experience easily qualify him to be a good Supreme Court Justice.

May I recommend to you for consideration one of the two to be a candidate of the second vacated position in the Supreme Court. This is only fair and proper thing to do in this time of our nation's history. May God bless America.

Respectfully,

Richard Yungdeh Chu

This is what I will be faxing to the 5 names:

Dear XXXX,

I would sincerely like to nominate the following candidates for your
next Supreme Court Justice based on their OUTSTANDING achievements and
qualification.

If you observe the number of Asian American faces you meet on a daily
basis, and the number in each neighborhood, in each school, in each
business, "8 out of 839 judges are Asian Americans" is a MOCKERY and a
clear message to Asian Americans that - WE CAN CO-EXIST WITH YOU, WE
CAN USE YOUR SERVICE, WE CAN EVEN HAVE YOU OVER FOR DINNER, BUT "WE DO
NOT RECOGNISE YOU - AND WE ARE NOT GIVING YOU CREDIT AND FAIRNESS".

I IMPLORE you, to give consideration and support the campaign of "AsAm Coalition for Equal Justice (AACEJ) of which 80-20 IS ONE MEMBER, to increase AsAm representation in Federal Courts, including the Supreme

Court of this GREAT COUNTRY OF THE UNITED STATES.

Catherine Yang, Accountant

Dear Senator Leahy,

I think that Asian Americans (AsAms) have been under-represented in
the top levels of corporations and government, including the U.S.
Supreme Court. For example, only eight of the 839 judges in the U.S.
Federal courts are Asian Americans. I think the numbers speak for
themselves.

Now that there is an opening in the U.S. Supreme Court, it is time to
select an AsAm, since there are several well-qualified AsAm legal
experts with qualifications that are suitable to be a U.S. Supreme
Count Justice.. For example,

[names omitted]

As an influential Senator, I would appreciate very much if you would
give this matter serious consideration.

Thank you.

Don M. Tow

Mr. Woo:

I remember you from your speaking at Panasonic and I will fax this tothe President.

Mary J. Surh

Dear Senator Reid,

May I nominate Harold Hongju Koh, a Korean Am, Dean of Yale law
School, having served both Republican and Democratic Administrations
for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice? Only 8 of
the 839 judges in Federal courts are Asian Americans. Qualified Asian
Americans deserve consideration. I support the campaign of "Asian
American Coalition for Equal Justice" (AACEJ), of which 80-20 is one
member, to increase Asian American representation in Federal Courts,
including the Supreme Court.

Sunjay Mathur, Medical Student, Case Western Reserve University

Dear President George Bush:

I would like to nominate Denny Chin, A Chinese American District
Judge, Southern District of NY, for your consideration as the next
Supreme Court Justice.

[support for AACEJ omitted]

Dr. Christina Tan

Helen Pollak wrote:

I Did My Share, Together We Shall Overcome

Hi, I DID MY SHARE. TOGETHER, we shall overcome. Count on me!

Gina Zhang

I am a resident and a university professor in the state of North Dakota as well as a member of 80-20. I strongly support the campaign of "Asian American Coalition for Equal Justice" (AACEJ), of which 80-20 is one member, to increase Asian American representation in Federal Courts, including the Supreme Court. Below is a list of the Asian Americans who are well qualified as the Supreme Court Justices.

Harold Hongju Koh is a Korean American, Dean of Yale law School, having served both Republican and Democratic Administrations; Denny Chin is a Chinese American, District Judge, Southern District of NY; Anthony C. Ching is a Chinese American, the first ever Solicitor General in AZ; and Ronald S. W. Lew is a Chinese American District Judge, Central District of California.

May I nominate anyone of them for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice? Asian Americans are ALWAYS underrepresented in judiciary and other political arenas and deserve consideration. I thank you for your consideration in advance.

Sincerely,

Y-T. Lee, Ph.D., Professor and Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Minot State University

Dear President George Bush

May I nominate

Harold Hongju Koh, a Korean Am, Dean of Yale law School, having
served both Republican and Democratic Administrations,
Denny Chin, A Chinese Am., District Judge, Southern District of NY,
Anthony C.Ching, a Ch. Am, the first ever Solicitor General in AZ,
Ronald S.W.. Lew, a Ch. Am, District Judge, Central Dist. Of CA,
& Robert A.Takasugi, Japanese Am., Senior District Judge, Central District of California.
for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice?

Taehwan Kim, Ph.D., Lead Artificial Intelligence Scientist, FFRDC, The MITRE corporation

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Call To Action

Subject: Call To Action

TODAY, President Bush will see 4 Senate leaders asking for their
views on the next Supreme Court Justice.

TODAY, please fax (MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE) or email our political
leaders for TIMELY INPUT.

See the template fax below for the TOP 5 selections of Asian Am.
jurists in an 80-20 poll taken by more than 3500 AsAm activists.
Please fax if at all possible.

Please USE YOUR OWN WORDS to give the following message:

#####
Dear (President George Bush or Senator xxx):

May I nominate

Harold Hongju Koh, a Korean Am, Dean of Yale law School, having
served both Republican and Democratic Administrations,
Denny Chin, A Chinese Am., District Judge, Southern District of NY,
Anthony C.Ching, a Ch. Am, the first ever Solicitor General in AZ,
Ronald S. W. Lew, a Ch. Am, District Judge, Central Dist. Of CA, &
Robert A.Takasugi, Japanese Am., Senior District Judge, Central
District of California.

for your consideration as the next Supreme Court Justice?

Name,
Title,
Address #####

FAX it now. Kindly copy me in via sbw@udel.edu & say: I DID MY
SHARE. TOGETHER, we shall overcome. Counting on YOU.

Sunday, August 28, 2005

FAQ on Winning Equal Opportunity (2)

FAQ. Q1 Who will benefit?
Q2 Will 80-20 take actions or just talk?
Q3 Is 80-20 picking on Labor Secretary Elaine Chao?
Q4 Was it racism that has caused the following statistics?

"Asian Americans have only 55% of the chance to rise to the
top rank in the private Industries (1.9 million AsAm workers),
41% of the chance in the universities (70,000 AsAm workers),
and 30% the chance in the Federal government (86,000
AsAm workers), as compared with that of an average Am.
worker in the same positions i.e. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. "

Q1 Who will benefit?

When AsAm's chance to rise to the top equals that of the national
average, then

(a) In "private industries," 130,500 ADDITIONAL AsAms will
be promoted to "officials and managers". An additional 1.8
million will benefit knowing that they will enjoy equal
opportunity to rise to the top starting from then on.
(b) In "universities," 4889 additional AsAms will be promoted to
administrators; 70,000 will benefit in future chance for
promotions.
(c) In the Fed. Gov. 240 additional AsAms will be promoted to the
SES rank; 80,000 will benefit in future chance of promotions.

Another 11 million AsAms will benefit indirectly because a rising tide
raises all ships. To understand how the above numbers are attained, visit
Table 2: http://www.80-20initiative.net/attachmentA.jpg

IN SUMMARY: 2.1 million AsAms will benefit directly. Another 11 million
Asams will benefit indirectly. Future generations of AsAms will benefit.
America will benefit! In extending equal opportunity in workplaces to
AsAms, America becomes "a more perfect Union."

Q2 Will 80-20 take actions or just talk?

80-20 will work with all who share our cause & take decisive actions.
But we want the AsAm community to be thoroughly aware of the relevant facts
first. Please hold your horse for now. But get ready!

2.1 million AsAms will benefit directly. Another million Asams will benefit
indirectly. Future generations of AsAms will benefit. America will
benefit. In extending equal opportunity in workplaces to AsAms, America
becomes "a more perfect Union."

Q3 Is 80-20 picking on Labor Secretary Elaine Chao?

NO, not at all! Exec. Order 11246 specifically states that the
enforcement of EO 11246 is the responsibility of the Labor Department, which
is under the administration of Sec. Chao. So if we want EO 11234 enforced
on our behalf, we must communicate with or appeal to Sec. Chao.

As a public servant, she has the OBLIGATION to
EITHER point out 80-20 is in error in its understanding of the government
data OR go to bat for AsAms by enforcing EO 11246.

Q4 Was it racism that has caused the following statistics?

Race is not the issue. Any group in America that doesn't have the
"group political clout" has gotten, is getting and will get discriminated.
That was evident in American history in the treatment of the Irish, Polish,
and Italians when they first immigrated to the USA. That was also clear in
seeing how Jews, women, African Americans, gays, & Hispanics were treated
then and now. Our lack of GROUP political clout is why we suffered and
still suffer discrimination!

JOIN 80-20 to help win political clout for AsAms and end
discrimination against us. Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html (Paypal)
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the check. To see
if you are already a member, visit:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/memberlist2005.html

Monday, August 22, 2005

Winning Equal Opportunity (1)

Dear Fellow Asian Americans:

Here is the striking information about the glass ceiling over us. 80-
20 has FORMALLY presented the information, established after months of
intensive studies, to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. YOU MUST READ IT. If we
want to enjoy EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, we must ALL work on it. 80-20 by itself is
NOT strong enough.

Respectfully,
S. B. Woo
President, The 80-20 PAC, Inc.

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2.1 million AsAms work for "private industries," or "universities" or
"the Federal government," as defined by the Fed. Government. They have the
WORST chance to rise to the top, when compared with Whites, Blacks,
Hispanics, Native Americans, and women. Here is what 80-20 has reported to
Sec. Chao and asked for help:

"Asian Americans have only 55% of the chance to rise to the top rank in
the private Industries (1.9 million AsAm workers), 41% of the chance in the
universities (70,000 AsAm workers), and 30% the chance in the Federal
government (86,000 AsAm workers), as compared with that of an average Am.
worker in the same positions i.e. the national average. "

Woo also informed Sec. Chao that the above conclusions were drawn from
"federal government data, easily accessible on WEB sites:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0334.pdf ,
http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/2002/us.html,
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/tables/dt227.asp , and
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d03/tables/dt228.asp "

In addition, Woo provided Sec. Chao with two charts for a quick view of
how poorly AsAms have fared as compared with Whites, African Americans,
Hispanics, Native Americans, women, and the national averages. Even the
exact data used, and the simple calculations which lead to the conclusions
stated in paragraph 3 were provided to Sec. Chao through 4 tables. For the
charts and the letter to Secretary Chao, please visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/Chao051505.doc
For the tables: http://www.80-20initiative.net/attachmentA.jpg

After 3 months, Sec. Chao has not replied. Perhaps, her office is
carefully studying the information provided to her. We are certain that
Sec. Chao knows that she has the OBLIGATION to either point out why 80-20 is
wrong or go to bat for the millions of AsAms using Executive Order 11246.

What is Executive Order 11246? Here is an exact quote from a 2003
Department of Labor document (Pam. OFCCP 7), entitled "Three Decades of
Commitment To Nondiscrimination & Equal Employment Opportunity"

"Executive Order 11246, as amended
This order, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson
in 1965, prohibits discrimination in hiring or
employment opportunities on the basis of race, color,
gender, religion, and national origin. It applies to all
contractors and subcontractor holding any federally
assisted contracts worth more then $10,000.

In addition, the Executive Order requires contractors
and subcontractors with a contract of $50,000 or
more, and 50 or more employees, to develop a written
affirmative action program, that sets forth specific and
result-oriented procedures to which a contractor
commit itself to apply every good faith effort. "

80-20 aims to win EQUAL opportunity in workplaces for you and your
children. Watch out for "Winning Equal Op. - 2" in a few days.

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Announcement:
Kuang Zhou Yang, a 3.6 GPA Sophomore from the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute has been appointed a 80-20 Chancellor Tien Summer Intern. He
will join Yvon Wang of Princeton and Jenny Jiang of UC Berkeley, both
National Merit Scholars, who have been appointed interns earlier.
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Any US citizen or PR can be a member TODAY. Using a credit card,
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the check.
Basic membership is $35; Family (2 voters) is $50, Life Membership is
$1,000. Student membership is $15. THANK YOU.

Thursday, July 28, 2005

Updating You; Announcements

1) On the Supreme Court Justice (SCJ) Front:

80-20 was aware of the immense implications of a NEW SCJ early!
Since 10/2004, 80-20 has plugged for an AsAm SCJ. Hence, once there
was a vacancy, many media and elected officials contacted 80-20
regarding qualified AsAm candidates for SCJ. 80-20 did a lot of raising
of internal and external awareness of the benefits of an AsAm SCJ.
Since there was only one vacancy, the odds for an AsAm SCJ were not
great. However, 80-20 will keep a keen lookout & seize every
opportunity to win EQUAL JUSTICE for the 13 million AsAms. Please
do your share.

2) Our Earlier Announcement to AsAm IEEE Members Led to Success!

James M. Tien, an 80-20 Life Member, wanted to run for IEEE President
again, since he was narrowly defeated the last time. So he wanted
IEEE members to petition for him. 80-20 announced his petition site.
He got 3000 petitioners owing to various efforts. As a result, he will
be on the ballot for 2006 IEEE President-Elect. Hopefully, he'll make
history and help break the glass ceiling. Find out more at
http://boldfish.ieee.org/u/461/07215031 We must win EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY in workplaces. Please do your share.

3) New Announcement On "US-China Cultural Engagement Act"

80-20 is pleased to honor a request by Board Member Jerry Xiangzhong
Yang to announce a site where you may sign an open letter to support
the "US-China Cultural Exchange Act." The Act was introduced by
Senators Lieberman (D-CT) and Alexander (R-TN), and is now
Senate Bill 1117. "The bill aims to provide $1.3 billion to greatly
enhance Chinese-language education in K-12 schools; expand the
exchange of artists, scientists, and students, particularly young
students, between the two countries; and promote scholarly studies on
contemporary China." To sign the letter visit:
http://www.nccaonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view& id=22&Itemi
d=36

4) THANK YOU:
1) Stanley & Josephine Chen $1500 2) Kong-Pei Chen: $1,000
3) S. B. Woo: $500 4) Lawrence Tom: $250
5) Leo Lee: $100

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Join 80-20! Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of
the check. Life membership is $1,000; Family (2 voters) is $50;
Basic Membership is$35; Student membership is $15.

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Next Supreme Court Justice an Asian Am?

Fellow Asian Americans, aim high! Be bold! Help achieve a
common vision!

Supreme Court Justice Sandra O'Conner has just resigned.
President Bush could nominate a replacement as early as mid-July.
Could he be nominating the FIRST EVER ASIAN AM. candidate?

Not likely in this round. But it's not impossible, especially
if Chief Justice Rehnquist resigns also and President Bush will be
sending TWO names to the Senate! In that case, Bush will likely
nominate one conservative and one moderate. Many highly qualified
AsAms jurists are ideal replacements.

Our qualified jurists include 2 Circuit Court Justices: Ronald S.
W. Lew and A. Wallace Tashima; and 7 District Court Judges:
Denny Chin, Anthony W. Ishii, George H. King, Dana Makoto,
Susan Oki Mollway, Dana Makoto Sabraw and Robert A.
Takasugi. 80-20 has provided you with their brief bios earlier. Get
to know them from your own contacts..

Learning from the past, we don't just want any AsAm in high
government positions. Such complacency could BACKFIRE! For an
AsAm supreme court justice, we want the equivalent of a Thurgood
Marshall, not a Clarence Thomas.

Having a good AsAm Supreme Court Justice will mean winning
equal justice for AsAms ONCE & FOR ALL. Why? Any gross injustice
can always be appealed to the Supreme Court. Recall that it was the
Supreme Court that OKed the internment of Japanese Ams during
WWII.

In this email we highlight two more prominent AsAm jurists:
a. Harold Hongju Koh, Dean of Yale Law School, and
b. Anthony B. Ching, the first ever Solicitor General of Arizona.

Harold Honghiu Koh #####
He is married to Mary-Christy Fisher. They have two children in
Emily J.Y. Koh and William H. W. Koh. From '81 to '82, he clerked for
Supreme Court Justice Harry A Blackmum whom he greatly admires.
Then he went into private practice briefly. From, '83 to '85 he worked
For Reagan Administration's Dept. of Justice as Attorney-Adviser. In
'83 he also joined the Yale faculty. From '98 to '01 he worked for
Clinton Administration's State Dept. as the Assistant Secretary for
Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. He is now the Dean of Yale Law
School. He was mentioned by the NY Times as a possible candidate for
the Supreme Court:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/22/politics/campaign/22kbench.html

Anthony B. Ching #####
He is the first ever Solicitor General of Arizona for 12 years. In
Arizona, a Solicitor General is in charge of all civil cases in which the
State is a party, while the Attorney General is in charge of the criminal
cases. Anthony argued two cases in the US Supreme Court in Graham
v Richardson and Perez v Campbell (both in 1971). Coincidentally,
Justice Sandra O'Connor was a state senator in Arizona before being
appointed to the Supreme Court by Reagan.

Join 80-20. It is EFFECTIVE & ALWAYS FOCUSED on the most important
issues impacting AsAms. Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html (Paypal) PERSONAL checks are
payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Basic membership is $35; Family (2 voters) is $50, Life
Membership is $1,000. Student membership is $15. Thank you.

Monday, June 20, 2005

July 4th & 80-20's "Sea of Flags" Project

######### ANNOUNCEMENT: Acknowledging the generosity of

1) James Cheung of LA: $5,000 2) Bipin R. Parekh of Charlotte: $5,000
3) Mark Le of NC: $1,250, 4) Kathleen To of TX: $1,050
5) Dongzi Liu of CA: $1035 6) Dr. Ki-hyun Chun of Charlotte: $1,000
7) Alec Y. Chang of CA: $500 #########

NON-Asian Americans think that Asian Americans (AsAms) are more loyal
to our respective "old countries" than the USA. See evidence at
http://www.80-20initiative.net/em050301.html .

So long as that is the case, we are UNLIKELY to win
1) equal opportunity in workplaces, and
2) equal justice.

That is one reason 80-20 urges you to DISPLAY A FLAG in
front of your homes & businesses on July 4th.

To see how popular 80-20's flags project is, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/flagproject.html . You'll find
o where to buy a flag,
o how to organize a BIG "Sea of Flags" project in your community,
o how much publicity came from mainstream and ethnic media, &
more will come if you organize your community project,
o what are the contents of 80-20's radio ads in Korean, Vietnamese, &
Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin). Such ads are broadcast in
many big cities, especially those in CA, thanks to your dues.

Besides being pragmatic, there are REAL REASONS for
celebrating July 4th -- THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY IN USA:

o You can make money any way you want, provided it is legal, &
spend it any way you want.
o You can take any political position including criticizing Pres. Bush,
as 80-20 did for his non-enforcement of Executive Order 11246 for
AsAms, WITHOUT PUNITY.
o You can choose to leave USA if you want; stay if you want.
o You can practice any religion you want, including being a Buddhist or an atheist

So let's hoist a flag to celebrate the birth of a GREAT NATION.

HOWEVER, America is not perfect. AsAms don't yet enjoy
1) EQUAL JUSTICE -- recall Wen Ho Lee and Captain James Yee
2) EQUAL OPPORTUNITY in workplaces, on which 80-20 has shocking data to share with you, after July 4th is over.

Join 80-20. It is EFFECTIVE & ALWAYS FOCUSED on the most important
issues facing AsAms. Any US citizen or P.R. may join.
Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html (Paypal) PERSONAL checks are
payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the check. Basic membership is $35; Family (2 voters) is $50, Life Membership is $1,000. Student membership is $15.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

The Great Battles You've Won

There is EXCITEMENT, FUN, SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT & PRIDE in being a part of 80-20. Why? Because we fought & won great battles together.

Do you remember YOUR EXCITEMENT, whenever you received a "CALL TO ACTION" email from 80-20 laying out a battle plan whose victory depended primarily on YOUR PARTICIPATION?

Do you remember YOUR FUN, whenever you followed the battle plans & sent email/fax/call in YOUR OWN WORDS & WITH YOUR OWN TWISTS to help turn the battle in our favor?

Do you remember YOUR SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT, when YOUR ACTION helped achieve victories one after another?

Let us count OUR VICTORIES, whether won in conjunction with other AsAm orgs. or in solo:

o General Wesley Clark & TNT broadcaster Steve Kerr called 80-20 Pres. S. B. Woo at his home to apologize for referring respectively to Chinese and Yao Ming as "Chinaman," & asked 80-20 to convey their apologies to the entire AsAm community,
o Abercrombie & Fitch C.O.O. Seth Johnson called S. B. Woo at his home to relate its decision to withdraw its 4 new lines of T-shirts that denigrated AsAms, within 4 hours of a suggestion by 80-20,
o The Nat'l Republican Comm. withdrew, within 24 hours, a TV ad that showed the USA being nuked by China. 80-20 was the ONLY AsAm org. that spoke up & demanded the ad's withdrawal.
o Acting alone again, 80-20 got 8 Democratic president candidates including Kerry & Edwards to answer YES/YES/YES in writing to promise enforcement of Executive Order 11246 to ensure equal opportunity in workplaces for AsAms, should they be elected.
o During the SARS hysteria, a NJ school district apologized and took other compensatory actions for turning AsAm teachers away from contracted work for fear of SARS, two days after S. B. Woo negotiated by phone with the school superintendent.
o After weeks of resistance to give satisfactory apologies, Seattle Times and 101.5FM of NJ gave satisfactory apologies 3 days after 80-20 joined other sister organizations in protests.
o 80-20 delivered two bloc votes in the last two presidential elections to the candidates it endorsed. More than any of the above, those bloc votes gave us the political clout that WILL WIN for us:

(1) Federal government enforcement of Executive Order 11246, &
(2) an Asian American Supreme Court Justice.

For a complete account of OUR VICTORIES, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/unity1.html .

Do you remember YOUR PRIDE? When you know that YOU PAID THE MEMBERSHIP DUES that sustained 80-20 to win those battle together!!!

If you are NOT yet a member, JOIN 80-20 now. We know that you are NOT a freeloader.

1. Honorary Family Life** (2 votes) -- $10,000
2. Honorary Life** -- $5,000
3. Family life** (2 votes) -- $1,500
4. Life** -- $1000
5. Family (for couples only, 2 votes) -- $50
6. Basic (1 vote) -- $35
7. Student -- $15
** Members' names on permanent display on 80-20's web site. See
http://www.80-20initiative.net/members.html .

Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the check.

Monday, June 06, 2005

Serving YOU!

ANNOUNCEMENT: 80-20 has appointed 2 National Merit
Scholars to "Chancellor Chang-lin Tien Summer
Internship." They will both help recruit 80-20 members,
cutting their political teech in the real world of their own
community. Yvon Wang studies at Princeton and Jenny
Jiang at UC, Berkeley. They are role models -- serving their
own community to win equal opportunity & justice.

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Can you face your children, if the following radio
conversation about YOU occurs in your hometown? .

On 101.5 FM in NJ, the following conversation took place. Two
guys, Craig Carton and Ray Rossi, were spreading anti-AsAm sentiment
centered upon a Korean-Am political candidate running for office in
Edison, NJ. Result? A listener called in (capitalization our own):

"Caller: Hi, I love you
Carton: Thank you.
Caller: You just said it all, the last couple of...callers, I guess
they don't know that they live in America & WE'RE BEING OVERRUN.
I had just moved out of Edison because of what has happened in the
past 10 years... ORIENTALS ARE ALL ALONG, THE WHOLE
COMPLETE ROUTE 27 AND INDIANS HAVE TAKEN OVER
EDISON IN NORTH AND ALL OVER.
Carton: DAMN ORIENTALS AND INDIANS.
Caller: I..I moved out..36 years I've lived in Edison
Carton: And what was the biggest problem you had with the
Orientals and the Indians ?
Caller: I can't handle them! THERE'S NO AM. PEOPLE ANYMORE.
Carton: Eh..
Caller: THEY ARE SHOVING US THE HELL OUT!
Carton: It's like you're a foreigner in your own country isn't it?
Caller: You go to own store and you can't even see American people,
you don't see our own kids, American kids, working in stores anymore...
Carton: Like the next time you see an American, you think you'll
probably hug him or high five him or something?
Caller: Oh, that's why where I moved too, that's all I have, thank
God for now anyways.
Carton: YEAH I'M WITH YOU... SHARON, WE'RE JUST THE
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, & ai appreciate your call.
Caller: Keep up the good work.
Carton: All right, you got it baby... I think the quote was DAMN
ORIENTALS AND INDIANS.* "

* See entire transcript: http://www.80-20initiative.net/jerseyguys.pdf

The NJ AsAm leaders rose to the challenge.&nbs p; They organized a
Large & effective coalition including working with a NY coalition, &
providing the talk transcript and the names of the sponsors of the
radio program. Nevertheless after 4 weeks of negotiations, the
station still refused to get the two guys to apologize on air.

80-20 NATIONAL STEPPED IN at the invitation of the NJ Coalition.

80-20 targeted 3 of the radio programs' largest advertisers and
asked their CEOs to stop their ads. In 2 days, two of the three
advertisers responded positively. On the 3rd day, the "two guys"
agreed to apologize on air. In addition, the station manager
agreed to take 4 other measures to prevent future reccurence.

How will you face your children if this kind of talk blasts
away in your hometown radio stations? That is where 80-20
counts! It gets results. JOIN 80-20. Pay by credit card:

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (easy)
http://www.80-20initiative.net/paypal.html (Paypal)
PERSONAL checks are payable to "80-20 PAC", mailed to:
Jing-Li Yu 80-20 special Assistant
P.O. Box 527340 Flushing, NY 11352-7340 .
Write down your E-MAIL address & PHONE no. on the BACK of the
check. Basic membership is $35; Family (2 voters) is $50, Life
Membership is $1,000. Student membership is $15. Thank you.

Better yet! Forward this email to your friends and relatives.
Proudly identify yourself as a member & ask them to join!

Saturday, February 05, 2005

Helping APAs Get Appointed

Here is what 80-20 did to induce the Bush Administration to make the cabinet appointments. You will see how 80-20 goes out of its way to help APA Republican Leaders.
In mid-Dec., 2000, African and Hispanic Americans had been appointed
to cabinet positions. In contrast, APA Republican leaders were having
trouble even seeing relatively low-level staff people involved in the appointment
process.
Therefore, on 12/14/00, 80-20 decided to find a way to induce President
Bush to appoint an APA cabinet member . The task was given to S. B Woo.
In the next few days, S. B. called two noted Republican APA leaders,
Matt Fong and John Tsu, to coordinate efforts. Without reaching either,
he left messages offering to help.
Matt Fong called back. On that day, he and many other GOP APA
leaders were in Washington D.C. working on possible appointments.
S. B. asked how things were going for them. Matt said that the APA
GOP leaders were pooling their political assets to lobby for APA cabinet
and sub-cabinet appointments. He also stated that they were having
trouble getting to see the right people.
SB asked whom they wanted to see. Matt named two. One was
Andrew H. Card who was then the Chief of Staff of the Transition Team

(T.T.) headed by V. P. Cheney. Card later became Bush's Chief
of Staff. Another person was Clayton Johnson, III, Exec Director of T.T.
S. B. observed aloud that Card was not easy to get hold of. However,
not being able to see Johnson was NOT a good sign. Matt agreed.
SB then asked how 80-20 could be helpful to them? Matt expressed
the wish to generate public pressure to open the right doors. SB
promised to help create that pressure.
On 12/21/00, SB sent an e-mail to V.P.-elect Cheney who headed the Transition
Office. S. B. took the carrot approach, stating

" .... APAs as yet do not identify with either party; we are here ready for you to make a move to win us over. Asian Ams. reside mostly in CA, NY and NJ. These are states rich with electoral college votes that GOP could win in 2004. ...

I respectfully request that you consider appointing qualified Asian Pacific
Americans to policy-making positions in President Bush's Administration
soon, possibly including a cabinet position." For the complete e-mail, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/unity2.html#Ex1
On 12/27/00, not having heard back from Cheney, 80-20 went to its trump
card, sending an e-mail to its 230,000 supporters, urging them to send
e-mails to the Transition Team:
"Call for Action:
... APA political leaders in both parties are beginning to understand that 80-20's success induces both political parties to pay more attention to them -- a win-win
situation that is good for our community and our political leaders.
To illustrate, we request that YOU fax or e-mail Pres.-elect Bush urging him to include Asian American Republican leaders In his cabinet.

Fax (413) 460-2609 or email it to advice@BushCheneyTransition.com.
A simple statement will suffice: " Dear Pres.-elect Bush: I urge you to include Asian Americans in your cabinet appointments. Respectfully yours, (your name and address)"
A helping hand from us NOW to get our APA Republican leaders appointed is more powerful than statements in the future saying that 80-20 works for the benefit of our community and is NOT a front for the Democratic Party.
"The only way to have a friend is to be one." -- Emerson
Send it TODAY. COUNTING ON YOU."
Although SB didn't ask the supporters to copy him in, hundreds of supporters
copied SB in while e-mailing President-elect Bush AND V.P.-elect Cheney.
80-20 estimated that at least 1000 e-mail went into the Transition Office
on the SAME day. For the complete 80-20 e-mail to its supporters sent on
12/27/00, visit http://www.80-20initiative.net/unity2.html#Ex2
The next day, on 12/28/00, 80-20 used the tremendous and immediate response
from its supporters to lobby about 400 reporters to "call the Transition
Team to get its response" regarding the aspiration of the APA community.
80-20's e-mail said:
"Dear Media Friends:
Although 80-20's e-mail entitled "President Bush/.../Call for Action" has NOT yet reached 1/3 of its 430,000 supporters, a huge amount of e-mail form Asian Americans has apparently already poured into Bush's Transition Ofc. ....
Please consider calling the Transition Office to get its reaction to these e-mails from Asian Pacific Americans. Thank you.

SB"

Many reporters from the largest mainstream media did call the Transition Office. For the complete 80-20 e-mail to reporters, which includes e-mails from supporters responding to 80-20's call, visit http://www.80-20initiative.net/unity2.html#Ex3
THE NEXT DAY, ON 12/29/00, the transition office responded positively. For the first time V.P.-elect CHENEY CONTACTED NORM MINETA, a Democrat, and inquired about his interest to serve in the Bush administration.

Inducing the Bush Adm. to make that critical first appointment was extremely important. IT MEANT that 80-20, through its various channels, had convinced the GOP that winning APA votes in 2004 would be of strategic importance. Other appointments would logically follow. THE REST WAS HISTORY.

In addition, expect other significant APA appointments shortly before Nov., 2004.
A little humor shouldn't hurt politics. Prior to Mineta's appointment, many APA GOP leaders publicly blamed 80-20's endorsement of Gore as the reason why Bush had not appointed an APA cabinet member. Now that there are TWO APA cabinet officers, was it all to 80-20's credit? :-)

Of course, not! We all share the same goal, though using different approaches. There is NO REASON that APA Democrats, Republicans, Independents and 80-20's leadership can't work together, whenever feasible. Winning equal justice and opportunity for the APA community should be the ONLY agenda.

Readers may also want to note that most of the 80-20's leaders have no personal political ambition at all. Some have even announced publicly not to run for election or accept any government appointment.