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.

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

Please USE YOUR OWN WORDS to give the following message:

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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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

GREAT NEWS

The following press release is self-explanatory. It certainly verifies the great support that 80-20 enjoys among the Asian American voters. In addition, 80-20 predicted 4 weeks ago that its endorsement of Kerry would cause the Kerry/Bush vote to change from the 43/36 reported by a national poll to at least 65/35 on election day. All of that came true! Thanks to your support, 80-20 has delivered two consecutive bloc votes. Together, we've achieved CONSIDERABLE political unity, which is great for our children. The following press release may attract considerable mainstream media attention.

For Immediate Release (Nov. 5, 2004)
Contact person: S. B. Woo (302 366-0259, 302 740-0050-c,
sbw@udel.edu, 866 FOR-8020)
Asian American Voters Bucked The National Voting Trend

President Bush did better against his opponent in 2004 than in 2000, nationally and in all race subgroups except for the Asian Americans, according to LA Times' national exit poll. Somehow, the Asian Americans bucked the national trend. See
http://a1022.g.akamai.net/f/1022/8158/5m/images.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2004-11/14935824.pdf
and
http://images.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2003-07/8643142.pdf
The Latinos shifted towards Bush by 14 points; the Blacks by 9, the Jews by 7; & the Whites by 4*. However, Asian Americans shifted away from Bush by 5 points*, bucking the national trend. Why?

S. B. Woo, President of 80-20 PAC, Inc., the largest Asian American political action committee said, "This unique result is not an accident. It is a reflection of how much the internal political cohesion of the Asian American community has improved."
"We sent 8 pro-Kerry emails into the in-box of about 70% of our voters in the 4 short weeks after 80-20 endorsed Kerry. In terms of monetary value, sending 8 messages to 1.1 million families is worth $4 million dollars, using third class postal mail. If first class mails are sent, the cost doubles. A cyberspace organization can do all of that at practically zero cost. That is the effectiveness of 80-20," said Woo.

The Asian American community has traditionally been ignored by both Democrats and Republicans. The 80-20 PAC was organized in 1998 to correct that "benign neglect." 80-20 promises to deliver a swing bloc vote to the political party which most effectively serves the
Asian American community's rightful concerns. "

We could have delivered the votes to President Bush this year, if he and the Republican party had paid more attention to our needs. The Republican party probably didn't believe that 80-20 has the ability to deliver votes. After two consecutive deliveries of bloc votes, I hope both
parties will now compete to serve our legitimate needs. We don't want favorable treatment. We only ask for equal justice and equal opportunity in workplaces," said Woo.

80-20 was rated as one of the two most effective cyberspace political organizations in the 2000 election, in a book authored by three Syracuse University professors
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813340055 .
In 2000, the 80-20 PAC endorsed Gore, and delivered nationally "more than two of every three votes" to him, according to a very large national survey of how Asian Americans voted, partially sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
http://www.80-20initiative.net/PNAAPs.html . In 2000, the LA Times national exit poll agreed with the "NSF poll" within the statistical uncertainty.

*In 2004, the Bush: Kerry ratios were Whites (57:42); Blacks (14:86); Latinos (45:54); Jews (26:74) and Asians (34:64). In 2000, the Bush : Gore ratios were Whites (54:43); Blacks (9:90); Latinos (38:61); Jews (22:77) and Asians (37:62)

A Short, Final Message from 80-20 Before 11/02

In the final analysis, our political system encourages individuals to vote THEIR OWN INTERESTS. Hence, the reason that 80-20 urges all Asian Americans to vote as a bloc for Kerry is simple. It is THE BEST WAY TO POLITICALLY EMPOWER OURSELVES. FOR OUR OWN GOOD, we must reward politicians who, in comparison, has helped & will help us more – KERRY.

Politicians always court a community that can deliver a SWING bloc vote. The Republican Party might think that the bloc vote delivered by 80-20 in 2000 was an accident. After this coming bloc vote on Nov. 2, whether Bush wins or loses, the Republican Party will face the reality of an ASAm bloc vote.

RESULT? BOTH PARTIES WILL COMPETE TO SERVE OUR
RIGHTFUL CONCERNS! Our children will benefit, & America
becomes “a more perfect Union.”

So please. Please vote to empower yourself on November 2.


THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE VOTING

1) To find one's POLLING STATION, call 1-866-our-vote or
http://www.mypollingplace.com/find.php .

2) If you are voting for the FIRST time, you MUST present photo
identification,
3) If you are prevented from voting for any reason, you HAVE THE
RIGHTS to request a “PROVISIONAL BALLOT.” Vote in that ballot,
and then let the lawyers from the two parties fight things out.

Do you live in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New Hampshire? If
you do, you can REGISTER AND VOTE ON THE SAME DAY.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special
_packages/election2004/10038669.htm.

An IMPORTANT REMINDER:

As soon as the next president is known, 80-20 will REVERT BACK to its NON-PARTISAN stand, until the NEXT endorsement. AFTER the endorsement, 80-20 becomes partisan again so that both parties will serve our rightful interests to win 80-20's endorsement. That is what
effective politics is all about – CARROTS & STICKS.


GO VOTE FOR KERRY. GO VOTE FOR KERRY. GO VOTE FOR KERRY.

Will Osama be alive without Iraq War? Republicans for Kerry

A] Will Osama Bin Laden be alive to issue his warning to us, if the full might of the USA were turned loose on him? No way. So who took our eyes off the ball?

B] Republicans for Kerry

Bob Smith, former Republican Senator from New Hampshire (1991-2003)
Marlow Cook, former Republican Senator from Kentucky (1968-74),
Lee Iacocca, former Chairman of Chrysler,
John Eisenhower, son of Pres. Eisenhower, author, and ambassador to Belgium from 1969-71,
Elmer L. Andersen, former Republican Governor of Minnesota (1961-63),
William Milliken, former Republican Governor of Michigan (1969-82),

C] More than 180 Former U.S. Ambassadors from Republican & Democratic Administrations for Kerry
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=37385

D] 12 Generals and Admirals Endorse Kerry
http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=34048


UNITY IS POWER. VOTE AS A BLOC FOR KERRY.

Remember these 2 key points:
1. Kerry & Edwards both promised in writing to enforce Executive Order 11246, a law that has been used to eliminate job related discrimination for all Americans, except for Asian Americans.
Bush and Cheney REFUSED to promise.

2. Kerry & Edwards both condemned in writing Congressman Howard Coble, House Chairman of "Homeland Security Subcommittee" who justified the WWII internment of Japanese Americans. Bush & Cheney were SILENT.

See a collage of newspaper ads that 80-20 has placed in various Communities, which stressed the above two points.
http://www.80-20initiative.net/collageAd04.html
SEE our TV ad. http://www.80-20initiative.net/TVad2004.htm
Please pass the URLs to your friends and relatives.

ASK YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO VOTE FOR KERRY. Many votes are just one asking away. We thank Nelson Lee who reminded 80-20 of the importance of sharing one's choice for president with friends and relatives. "I think I've convince my mother to vote for Kerry." Nelson Lee

Kerry Overtook Bush in the Homestretch

[A] Kerry 0vertook Bush in poll in the Homestretch

The Washington Post and ABC poll, which has always shown Kerry to be further behind Bush than most other polls showed on 10/27 that Kerry has finally overtook Bush by 2 points, although it is still within the statistical uncertainty. Visit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/elections/2004/charting.html

[B} 36 Newspapers Abandoned Bush For Kerry, according to Washington Post.

In addition 9 papers abandoned Bush but didn't endorse Kerry. Bush has won over only 6 papers that backed Gore in 2000. In terms of circulation, the papers that endorsed Kerry beat those of Bush by 17.5 million to 11.5 million. In short, the informed group is abandoning Bush in significant numbers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A447-2004Oct26.html


[C] AsAms Will Win Regardless Of Who Wins on November 2nd.

80-20 is working hard to help our endorsed candidate, John Kerry, win. However, it is important for us to realized that SO LONG AS WE VOTE AS A BLOC, we'll win on NOVEMBER 2, regardless of who will win the White House.

Politicians & political parties will always court those who can help them win the next election. If we deliver another bloc vote in 2004, on top of the one in 2000, both parties will become believers that the AsAm community is now a bloc voter. That means: the two parties will then earnestly compete to serve our rightful interests!

Vote as a bloc, and our DREAM will come true!

[D] Help 80-20 to help yourself. Join as a member!

Any US citizen or perm. resident can be a member. Using a credit card, visit http://www.acteva.com/go/80-20 (easy to use)
or http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.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.

[E] The Importance of AsAm Vote in Battleground States

In these battleground states, the AsAms can provide a victory margin for Kerry of the sizes shown below. If you don't think Kerry is going to win by such a margin in YOUR state, then you know how important YOUR vote is. Remember, Bush won Florida by 537 votes!

State Population % of No. of AsAm The Margin for
In Millions* AsAms* Voters** Kerry if We
Vote 80 to 20#

OH   11.44    1.2%    22,900     13,740

FL   17.02    1.7%    48,300     29,980

PA   12.37    1.8%    37,000     22,000

NJ    8.64    5.7%    81,700     49,000

MI   10.08    1.8%    30,000     18,000

WI    5.47    1.7%    15,000      9,000*  

* Data from the Census Bureau. Population is from 2003 estimate.
** Assumes 1 in every 6 is a voter, as is the situation nationally.
# Calculated from (AsAm voters x 0.6)

[F] APA Arts, Entertainment, Literature & Media Stars For Kerry
The pan-ethnic United Coalition of Asian and Pacific Islander
American Independent Arts, Culture and Media Professionals
proclaimed their unequivocal support of John F. Kerry for President.
Created by novelist Stewart David Ikeda and filmmaker Eric Byler,
members include such well-known community stars as Gish Jen, Ravi
Kapoor, Justin Lin, David Henry Hwang, Gene Cajayon, George Takei,
and Chang-rae Lee. Many of its members will be out this week
rallying voters in battleground states. See
http://www.APAforKerry.org/artists.

Hear SB Woo on Michigan Chinese Voice Radio Program Online –
Sunday Oct. 31, 11 AM. He will be interviewed in Mandarin by
Amy Seetoo on Chinese Voice Radio AM 1480 this Sunday, October 31,
11:00 am to noon, Eastern time. The interview will be simultaneously
broadcast on the web at www.wsds1480.com . (Download "plug-in" from
Internet Explorer to hear.)


QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ
Know the total monetary worth of 80-20's conditional endorsement of Kerry?

Ans: $4 to $8 million dollars! That will be the cost of sending 8 pro-Kerry
mails (by Bulk or by first class) to 1.1 million AsAm families and individuals.
That is not to mention money that 80-20 spent on TV and newspaper ads. You know
the impact of pouring this kind of money in support of Kerry in 4 weeks? Let
those who had ignored the Asian Am. community BEWARE! 

Kerry May Appoint AsAm To Supreme Court/ + & - Reactions

[A] KERRY MAY APPOINT AN ASAM TO THE SUPREME COURT!!

Three days after 80-20 raised the Supreme Court Justices issue
worrying about a Supreme Court filled with Bush appointees, the NY
Times answered. A front page article on 10/22 says that Kerry may
appoint the first Asian American to the Supreme Court! See excerpt:

“With no vacancies on the court in more than a decade, there
is heightened expectation that the next president will have
one or more opportunities to choose justices and shape the
court for years to come.

Some people who could be considered for the Supreme Court,
according to interviews with several Democratic advisers:

Harold Hongju Koh, the dean of Yale Law School. Professor
Koh, a widely admired scholar who has worked in both
Democratic and Republican administrations, would be the
court's first Asian-American member.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/22/politics/campaign/22kbench.html

A Supreme Court appointment like that, for Asian Ams., will mean

(1) NO MORE risk of internment for us and our children, &
(2) NO MORE selective enforcement of laws, e.g. enforcing E.O. 11246
for all Americans but not for AsAms. We’ll get a just hearing in
the
highest court of our land.

Vote KERRY For A Brighter Future.


[B] RECORD MEMBERSHIP SET! New Goal: 2400 members

80-20 is NEVER MODEST in achieving goals for YOU (e.g. an AsAm
Spreme Court Justice & the enforcement of EO 11246). It sets
high goals for itself also. Please help 80-20 grow to 2400. Using
a
credit card, visit http://www.acteva.com/go/80-20 (easy to
use)
or http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.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.

[C] READERS’ REACTIONS – Both Positive & Negative Ones:

(i) Positive Ones

1) Your endorsement committee did a great job in the endorsement
process. Congratulations. I have held off my presidential campaign
donation. Now I shall split it in half - one for the 80-20 TV ad and
one
directly to the Kerry campaign, identifying that I am a 80-20
initiative
supporter as 80-20 suggests. Sun-yiu

2) Thanks for all your effort. Phoebe

3) Thank you for your dedication to the benefit of all Asian
Americans! We admire you and we are very grateful to you for
everything you have done for all of us. I have just sent a $100 check
to 80-20 as a donation. Yi

4) Your article is very well written and I fully agree with you.
Vinnie Goel, Ph.D., PE

5) Your choice for a Kerry is a great one. .. I am not a member yet
but I do want to be a regular member next year. CAReddy

6) Thank you for the excellent work that you and others are doing. I
have been following 80-20 and am gradually convinced of its value.
Sharon Hu

7) I'm looking forward to my membership. I think your emails re: 80-
20's work are opening people's eyes about the possibilities and
benefits
of working together as a block. Carol Suzuki

8) Just this morning I mailed to the Wing Luke Asian Museum in
Seattle, WA a small cardboard suitcase that held all the personal
possessions of our dear friend Miyo Enokida (now in her 80s) as she
and her family headed off for internment back in the bad old days of
WWII. Patriot Act and all lead me to think it would not be beyond the
imagination to anticipate Bush/Cheney imposing the same today on
various "suspect" populations. I will sign up for 80/20 membership
today. Check my web site . George F. Drake

9) Thank you for sending me some very valuable info. I always read
them with interest. Jagat

10) Thank you for the message. I strongly support the 80-20
endorsement of Kerry. Your reference to the justification of
internment by Howard Coble is news to me. Could you please send me
more information? Youxue Zhang

11) We endorse the support. Ashok K. Batra, Esq.
President, Indian Amer.Pol.Aff.Comm, Silver Spring, Maryland

12) I'm not sure what Bush is thinking. What does he think South
Vietnam was doing for 20 years before 1975... we were fighting. Minh

13) As soon as I can, I will join the organization. Looking forward to
being active and becoming a member. It is rewarding being upon good
and intelligent people. Debra A. Warren

14) Well done SB Ka Sing

15) Admire your devoting efforts for the benefit of Asia-Americans
XH

16) In full agreement. Joseph Tsang Man

17) I and my husband have voted for Kerry this morning because will
not at the town on 11/2/04, also we will do our best to tell the people
around us why we voted Kerry. Weixian

18) Keep up the good work. I just mailed a small donation.
Ted Chiao, San Francisco

19) WE ARE COMPLETELY IGNORED BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION
RIGHT NOW PER YOUR INFORMATION. WHAT MORE DO WE
NEED.OUR VOTE MUST NOT BE DIVIDED OTHERWISE WE WILL
NEVER HAVE A CLOUT. WHEN KERRY WIN THEN THEY WILL KNOW
THAT THEY CAN NOT IGNORED THE ASIAN VOTES. ANDY

20) I support your backing of the Kerry/Edwards democratic ticket. You
can
rest assure that there will be bias attacks against Asians if war
should
commence between North Korea and the United States …Yichuan1 Sherwin
Chow

21) You have been doing a great job in promoting 80-20. All Asian
American
should thank you for your noble effort. Philip

22) Thanks for your effort to support Kerry, I agree you 100%. I'll
try
to promote our choice in Houston as much as I can. Edward I. Tsao

23) WE ARE CAMPAIGNING AND DOING FUNDRAISING FOR KERRY. WE
HAVE A HOUSE PARTY THIS SUNDAY FOR KERRY. I AM GLAD THAT YOU
ARE TELLING EVERYBODY TO VOTE FOR KERRY. WAY TO GO. A VOTE FOR
KERRY IS A VOTE FOR BETTER AMERICA. ANDY YAP,M.D.

24) Good job. Well done, Jack Feng

25) Thank you for all your great work! More power to you!
Ellen Abellera

26) good advice and very informative. youngtae shin

27) I am a Vietnamese-American and an arden supporter of John Kerry
from day one. … Most young Vietnamese-American people like me support
John F. Kerry. Phillip D. Nguyen


(ii) Negative Ones -- the Mentality of Some Bush Supporters.

1) I'm voting for Bush. Go back to Asia if you don't like our
President. Kato S.

2) As an Asian and a veteran, I do not endorse Kerry. It would be
disastrous for the United States as well as for all the free
countries.
Perhaps it would be best for those who oppose the United States and
what the country stands for to leave. GK

3) Go back to your dog eating jungle you fxxking rag head .

4) FxxK YOU STUPID LIB Khiet Tran

5) You freaking Communist. Benjamin Lane

6) NO, this is a man who supported the North Vietnamese, he
supported Communism. Do not again ask me to vote for Mr Kerry.
Chain Christen

7) I DON"T KNOW ANY VIETNAMESE, YOU SHOULD BE DAMN GLAD TO
LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT WAS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR YOUR
FREEDOM, I'LL VOTE BUSH lOVER A TRAITOR LIKE KERRY ANY DAY

Needless to say, MOST Bush supporters don't have the above type
of mentality. Nevertheless, that a certain fraction of Bush voters
think ike that is a source of great concern.

Supreme Court Justices/ How You Can Help

[A] ARE YOU WORRIED?

Four of the 9 Supreme Court Justices may retire, according to
many accounts. Their ages:

William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice, 80 years old.
John Paul Stevens, 84 years old.
Sandra Day O'Connor, 74 years old.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 71 years old.

A NY Times opinion piece asked in its title: "Imagining America if
George Bush Chose the Supreme Court."

For Asian Americans (AsAms), there is a more threatening issue.
When Pres. Roosevelt ordered during WWII the internment of ALL
Japanese Ams in the continental USA, Fred Korematsu challenged the
order all the way up to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled
that he and ALL Japanese Ams. be interned while only those Italian
and German Ams. who were suspected of espionage were also
interned.

Remember, John Kerry and John Edwards condemned Cong.
Howard Coble, who justified internment. George Bush and Dick
Cheney did NOT. Now you know the importance of electing John
Kerry.

[B] HOW YOU CAN HELP KERRY

(1) The simplest way you can help WITH AN IMPACT is to write a
letter to the editor of your local paper. Please be brief & to the
point.
That's how editors like it. Talk about issues that most Americans care
about.
(2) Advise S. B. Woo how to buy ads in free papers in the states
of
FL, and OH, whether it is in Korean, Vietnamese or Chinese. Please
contact him via sbw@udel.edu. 80-20 wants to buy more ads.

[C] Will YOU HELP SET A RECORD MEMBERSHIP?

80-20 needs 11 more members to reach its record high of 2011
members. Please help us. Using a credit card, visit
http://www.acteva.com/go/80-20 (easy to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.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.

[D] HAVE YOU SEEN OUR TV OR NEWSPAPER ADS?

Our TV ads are seen in 50 states via Phoenix, TVB (Jade) and
ETTV. They are seen around News time, variety shows and movies. If
you don't have those channels, you can view them by visiting
http://www.80-20initiative.net/TVad2004.htm Our newspaper ads
are in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Missouri and New Jersey.


[E] HOW 80-20 USES CARROTS & STICKS

1. For about 3 yrs. & 9 months, 80-20 is NON-partisan.
2. After 80-20 has endorsed, it is VERY partisan in favor of the
3. endorsed candidate. That is when 80-20 rewards & punishes.
4. After the election, 80-20 is again NON-partisan.

Why? Carrots & sticks! That is the ONLY way to induce the two
political parties to COMPETE to serve the rightful interests of Asian
Americans. WE punish the party enough that ignores us. It'll learn
NOT TO IGNORE US again. UNITY IS POWER. Vote as a bloc.

An 80-20 Member Registering Voters

The following account is by William Uy, a life member of 80-20 and a Republican Delegate to 80-20's Endorsement Convention, of his recent experience registering voters in Oakland, CA.

Dear 80-20 Supporters,

I thought that you would be interested in the results of our (my wife Jing and I) voter registration activity in Oakland Chinatown. Since we do not speak Cantonese, we were lucky that three senior high schoolers - who speak Cantonese - volunteered to help us.

In a total of 6.5 hours (in two days), we registered 128 voters (includes on-site registration and cards requested) – predominantly Chinese Americans. We were busy the moment we set up our registration table. 53 of those were registered on-site and 35 were FIRST TIME voters. Even though we have voter registration cards with Chinese instructions, there were some who
still needed help filling out the cards. We also helped those, who brought their actual ballots and do not know what to do, even though the ballots have both Chinese and English instructions.

I tell you! It was a truly very satisfying and patriotic work. This is specially so when you watched the excitement and determination of some frail, white hair senior housewives who were registering for the first time in their life – and they are for Kerry!

Party affiliation of those registered on site: 2 Republicans, 14 Democrats, 37 declined to state party affiliation. However, it is safe to assume that over 90% of the 128 voters are for Kerry – judging from their comments.

Attached are some pictures taken of our voter registration activity. Note that I have used 80-20 as the organizer of this activity.

We also conducted voter registration at our parish church, St. Ignatius, in Antioch. Only 3 came to register (all Democrats).

William Uy

Pictures from the Event

48 Nobel Laureates on Bush / Bush On Vietnamese

[A] 48 Nobel Laureates Think Pres. Bush MISUSES Science:

Earlier this year, a report was issued, entitled "Scientific Integrity in Policymaking: An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science." Signers include
48 Nobel Laureates,
62 National Medal of Science recipients, and
135 members of the National Academy of Sciences!
Visit: http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/page.cfm?pageID=1320


[B] What Pres. Bush Thinks of Vietnamese. What An INSULT!

On the Sept. 27 edition of the O'Reilly Factor, a Fox News Channel show, the following conversation between Pres. Bush and O'Reilly occurred:
O'REILLY: The South Vietnamese didn't fight for their freedom,
which is why they don't have it today.
BUSH: Yes.
O'REILLY: Do you think the Iraqis are going to fight for their
freedom?
BUSH: Absolutely. Read the transcript:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133712,00.html .

The Vietnamese American is the only AsAm group that still favors Pres. Bush to Kerry. Look, however, what Bush thinks of Vietnamese. Politicians often ABUSE their MOST LOYAL supporters who are POLITICALLY NAIVE. Here is one example of this kind of abuse! What an INSULT! Pass this email to your Vietnamese friends.


[C] Will you be the one to push 80-20 to a RECORD membership?

80-20 needs 43 more members to reach its record high of 2011 members. Please help us. Using a credit card, visit
http://www.acteva.com/go/80-20 (ease to use) or
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.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.


[D] 80-20's TV Ad Beaming Into The "Battle Ground States"

If you subscribe to Jade (TVB) or Phoenix or ETTV, you may begin
seeing 80-20's ads as early as this coming Wednesday urging Asian
Ams to vote for Kerry.

When? During prime time, especially during News segments.

Why Go For Kerry? / Good news

Our "Hope & Fear " are what led us to Kerry.

First, MORE HOPE for winning equal opportunity in workplaces e.g. in getting raises, promotions and rising to the top.

Kerry & Edwards both promised in writing to enforce
Executive Order 11246 for Asian Americans. EO 11246
is a law that has been used to eliminate discrimination
in workplaces for ALL Americans except for Asian Ams.
Bush & Cheney REFUSED to promise.

Second, LESS FEAR of having our civil rights violated, if, God forbid, a war breaks out between the U.S. & an Asian nation, say North Korea.

Even the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (with many Bush
appointees) reported that the Bush administration's civil rights
record was not satisfactory. Visit
http://www.usccr.gov/press/2004/100504b.htm
Would threats and harassment come to YOU & YOUR FAMILY,
whether you are N. Koreans or not, since our compatriots don't
know the difference between N. Koreans & Asians Americans?
Remember how Sikhs, Arabs and Indian Americans were
threatened & harassed in the post 9/11 atmosphere?
Would a Bush Administration provide as much support for you
as a Kerry Administration?

Will the worst - internment - happen?

Kerry & Edwards condemned in writing Congressman
Howard Coble, Chairman of House Subcommittee on
Homeland Security who publicly justified on 2/3/2003 WWII
internment of Japanese Americans.
Bush & Cheney were SILENT, in the face of a huge
protest from every component of the AsAm community.


THEREFORE, vote for Kerry/Edwards for OUR OWN SAKE.

[Pass the above to your friends & relatives.]
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Join 80-20. Any US citizen or permanent resident can be a member.
Using a credit card, go http://www.acteva.com/go/80-20 (ease to use)
or http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.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.
Thank you.

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Good News:
1) Fel Amistad, an 80-20 Board Member, is running for a position on
San Mateo County Board of Education. We wish him luck.

2) Recent addition to war chest:
Alice Huang of CA: $1,000
Xiren and Mandy Cao: $500.
An onymous of Delaware $1,000
S. B. Woo $4,262
Yi Li $100

Media Attention/Help Kerry/Readers' Reaction

[A] MEDIA ATTENTION:
Thanks to YOUR GREAT SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS, 80-20's endorsement of Senator Kerry for President (with reservation) was extremely well covered in print, audio and visual media in all Asian American communities.

PRINT MEDIA: To see the multitude of articles thus far, not including all the weekly print media from the Japanese, Korean, Indian, Filipino and Vietnamese media which WILL be carrying news about our endorsement (since phone interview have already occurred), go to
http://www.80-20initiative.net/collage04.html

AUDIO & VISUAL MEDIA, NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL:
Interviewed by 2 Koran Am. radio stations in LA; ETTV & Phoenix TV reported our endorsement. Phoenix TV, the CNN of China, is international. It described 80-20"an influential Asian Pacific American organization." Two TV stations in Hong Kong are each sending a
TV crew to interview 80-20 leaders and supporters this month. Voice of America interviewed 80-20.

WEBSITE:
http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/politics_law/8020_endorses_kerry_1004.asp
http://www.imdiversity.com/Villages/Asian/politics_law/wang_reality_tv_politics_1004.asp
http://www.chinapressusa.com/yaowen/200409220036.htm



[B] HOW YOU CAN HELP SENATOR KERRY
We've constructed a special web page to help get Senator Kerry elected. Please go visit, if you want to help: http://www.80-20initiative.net/endorsekerry.html .

The "reservation" in our endorsement involved diverting resources, which is also a clear message to Senator Kerry & the Democratic Party to do more for the Asian Am. community IN THE FUTURE. That said and done, 80-20 intends to do its best to help Kerry get elected.

Those with ethnic cable TV in CA and ethnic satellite TV in the nation may begin to see 80-20's TV ad urging AsAms to vote for Kerry. To see a similar spot shown in 2000, go to
http://www.80-20initiative.net/tvad2.html
NOTE: if you use a modem, you need to wait a while for it to load.

[C] GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES
We need 103 more members to break last year's record of 2010 members. For your own sake, help 80-20 grow. Any US citizen or permanent resident can be a member , using a credit card, visit http://www.acteva.com/go/80-20 (ease to use) or http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership.html (via 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.

[D] Reader Comment on "To Endorse, with reservation"
1) Good choice. I support this decision 100%. Scott
2) Brilliant! 'nuff said. Christina Fong
3) Kerry-Edwards will have my vote. Bush-Cheny MUST go! N. Nguyen
4) Pls. send me your office address. I wish to make a contribution.
Ted Chiao
5) Dear Claire, Pauline, Jason, Mike & ZH :
Enclosed please see the 80/20's endorsement announcement of the US Presidential Candidate. I admire her decision of " Endorsing Sen. Kerry for president with reservation ... Bob
6) You did a great job. Thanks Nelson Mar
7) Jose, Remove the full page Ad on page 16, & replace it with this (80-20) story. This story must be included in this edition, as it is timely to do so, . Johnny Pecayo, (Editor Manila-US Times)
8) I am so impressed with what your organization is doing. I cannot wait to participate in the organization at some point in time.
Debra A. Warren
9) We have recently provided a donation to Kerry for his campaign.
When I received a letter yesterday from Kerry's campaign headquarters for additional donations, I realized that all of us should give as much as we can to "80-20" so that "80-20" will be more powerful and effective. As such, I indicated in the letter that we would give our future donations to "80-20 Initiative for Asian Americans" and Kerry will get support from "80-20 Initiative". We will send a donation check to "80-20" today. Yi Li
10) Dear friends: Following is the background of 80/20 Initiatives' Endorsement of Senator Kerry for the President.
Timothy Chen
11) In about four hours, we registered about 50 voters. William Uy

80-20 Endorses, with reservation, Sen. Kerry & Why

80-20's elected Delegates, composed of 1/3 Republicans, 1/3 Democrats and 1/3 Independents, unanimously voted to "endorse , with reservation, Senator John Kerry for President." Their reasons are seen in the press release appended at the end.

In spirit, the "endorsement with reservation" means the following. 80-20 sends a clear message to all politicians & political parties: "If you want AsAms' votes and money, you need to earn it. No more free lunch."

In pragmatic terms for Asian Americans, the "endorsement with reservation" means the following: 80-20 still STRONGLY recommends that AsAms vote for Kerry. However, the 80-20 National will not be going all out in applying its resources to campaign for Kerry. The National will divert part of its war chest for a lawsuit against the Department of Labor which will better serve our community's interest. However, we'll still be doing a lot for Senator Kerry**.

In pragmatic terms for the Kerry campaign, the "endorsement with reservation" may imply the following: A recent poll showed the choice of Kerry/Bush among AsAms is 43/36, with 20% undecided. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-asianvote15sep15,15189204.story?coll=la-headlines-nation,5189204.story?coll=la-headlines-nation . Having endorsed Kerry/Edwards, 80-20 predicts that by election time, we'll
increase Kerry's current 7 point lead to at least 30 among AsAms. However, had 80-20 decided on a full endorsement two weeks ago, it would have delivered 80% of the Asian American votes, resulting in a 60 point margin of victory for Kerry among AsAms.

In summary, 80-20's decision achieves three goals. a) To let President Bush and the Republican Party know that if you don't help us, we don't help you. b) To let Senator Kerry and the Democratic Party know that you had helped us some and we'll help back some. c) To let both parties know that 80-20 has tremendous ability to deliver Asian Am. votes. If the two Parties don't believe it now, on election day they'll find out the 80-20's "endorsement with reservation" would increase Senator Kerry's current 7-point lead to at least 30 among Asian Am. voters. Imagine, what they could have gained, had they earned 80-20's FULL endorsement!

**80-20 National will still focus in a couple of contested states to try to win electoral votes for Senator Kerry. We'll still do TV and newspaper ads. The ads will still be in four languages: English, Korean, Vietnamese & Chinese. However, given the delay of two weeks in getting all such efforts started and the allocation of fewer resources, the amount of the buy and the length of air time will obviously not be as large.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (October 2, 2004)
Contact Person: S. B. Woo, (302) 366 0259

Largest Asian American PAC Endorses, with Reservation,
John Kerry for President


80-20, a National cyberspace organization capable of reaching 70% of Asian American (AsAm) registered voters in 30 hours, announced today, with reservation, to endorse Senator John Kerry for President. This decision was unanimously made by 1/3 Republicans, 1/3 Independents, and 1/3 Democrats, 2 weeks after its Endorsement Convention in San Mateo voted to postpone a decision.

A recent poll showed the choice of Kerry/Bush among AsAms is 43/36, with 20% undecided. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-asianvote15sep15,1,5189204.story?coll=la-headlines-nation . Having endorsed Kerry/Edwards, 80-20 predicts that by election time, we'll increase Kerry's current 7 point lead to at least 30.

Had 80-20 decided on a full endorsement two weeks ago, it would have delivered 80% of the Asian American votes, resulting in a 60 point margin for Kerry. 80-20 is sending a clear message to all politicians and political parties: "if you want AsAms' votes and money, you need
to earn it. No more free lunch!"

Senator Kerry was given the nod because, in comparison, he and the Democratic party are better than Bush and the Republican Party for the past 4 years. Here are the comparisons:

A) Senators Kerry and Edwards both promised in writing to help AsAms achieve equal opportunity in workplaces through the enforcement of Executive Order 11246, while Mr. Bush did not. http://www.80-20initiative/preselect.html EO 11246 has been enforced to break the glass ceiling for African Americans, women, Latinos, Native Americans, but not for Asian Americans.

B) Kerry & Edwards sided with AsAms in condemning Congressman Howard Coble, Chair, House Subcommittee on Homeland Security. Coble stated in public on Feb. 4, 2003 that internment of Japanese Americans during WWII was for protecting Japanese Ams. AsAms would be most worried by that type of protection should there be a significant conflict between USA and an Asian nation. In contrast, Bush & Cheney were silent. See Kerry and Edward statements:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/Kerry.html , and
http://www.80-20initiative.net/Edwards.html

C) The Democratic Party's position on immigration policy and anti-hate crime policy is better for all minorities including AsAms.

80-20 will divert a part of its election war chest to its pending lawsuit against the Department of Labor for its non-enforcement of Executive Order 11246 for AsAms.

In 2000, 80-20 endorsed Gore, and delivered nationally "more than 2 of every three votes" to him, according to a very large national survey of how Asian Americans voted, partially sponsored by the National Science Foundation (http://www.80-20initiative.net/PNAAPs.html ) 80- 20 is rated as one of the two most effective cyberspace organizations in the 2000 election, by a book published by three Syracuse University professors (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813340055/qid=1025198992/ref==sr_1/104-2670764-6623936 ).
To know more about 80-20, visit http://www.80-20initiative.net