Comments on: Race to Oust San Jose Councilwoman Madison Nguyen Heats Up http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/28/race-to-oust-san-jose-councilwoman-madison-nguyen-heats-up/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carlos http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/28/race-to-oust-san-jose-councilwoman-madison-nguyen-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-114872 Carlos Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:09:35 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2554#comment-114872 Can anyone tell me WHO are Vietcong (communist), aren't they vietnamese too ? These old Folks felt asspaint to their face they defended, they never accepted the shame true " we had lost " the war. Carrying the old memories of suffers times on their backs, go around waving the 3 reds stripes yellow flags (not even exist anymore)shout out Communist, someday they will call me mexican communist too (-: ! they have the right to raise their voices and recall cuz that is the constitution, but intended to bring up an accusation to the councilwoman Madison N. without any accurate evidences that is an ill-bred, the most dumb thing i ever seen doing that to your own ethnical. They all grew-up in the war times, they love create WAR, period. Perhaps, there are atleast peace in VietNam right now, people need helps overthere, go back and raise your arms don't stay here and raise the flags. Can anyone tell me WHO are Vietcong (communist), aren’t they vietnamese too ? These old Folks felt asspaint to their face they defended, they never accepted the shame true ” we had lost ” the war. Carrying the old memories of suffers times on their backs, go around waving the 3 reds stripes yellow flags (not even exist anymore)shout out Communist, someday they will call me mexican communist too (-: ! they have the right to raise their voices and recall cuz that is the constitution, but intended to bring up an accusation to the councilwoman Madison N. without any accurate evidences that is an ill-bred, the most dumb thing i ever seen doing that to your own ethnical. They all grew-up in the war times, they love create WAR, period. Perhaps, there are atleast peace in VietNam right now, people need helps overthere, go back and raise your arms don’t stay here and raise the flags.

]]> By: Carlos http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/28/race-to-oust-san-jose-councilwoman-madison-nguyen-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-139995 Carlos Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:09:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2554#comment-139995 Can anyone tell me WHO are Vietcong (communist), aren't they vietnamese too ? These old Folks felt asspaint to their face they defended, they never accepted the shame true " we had lost " the war. Carrying the old memories of suffers times on their backs, go around waving the 3 reds stripes yellow flags (not even exist anymore)shout out Communist, someday they will call me mexican communist too (-: ! they have the right to raise their voices and recall cuz that is the constitution, but intended to bring up an accusation to the councilwoman Madison N. without any accurate evidences that is an ill-bred, the most dumb thing i ever seen doing that to your own ethnical. They all grew-up in the war times, they love create WAR, period. Perhaps, there are atleast peace in VietNam right now, people need helps overthere, go back and raise your arms don't stay here and raise the flags. Can anyone tell me WHO are Vietcong (communist), aren’t they vietnamese too ? These old Folks felt asspaint to their face they defended, they never accepted the shame true ” we had lost ” the war. Carrying the old memories of suffers times on their backs, go around waving the 3 reds stripes yellow flags (not even exist anymore)shout out Communist, someday they will call me mexican communist too (-: ! they have the right to raise their voices and recall cuz that is the constitution, but intended to bring up an accusation to the councilwoman Madison N. without any accurate evidences that is an ill-bred, the most dumb thing i ever seen doing that to your own ethnical. They all grew-up in the war times, they love create WAR, period. Perhaps, there are atleast peace in VietNam right now, people need helps overthere, go back and raise your arms don’t stay here and raise the flags.

]]> By: 8Asians.com » San Jose’s Madison Nguyen Notches Victory in “Little Saigon” Recall http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/28/race-to-oust-san-jose-councilwoman-madison-nguyen-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-114812 8Asians.com » San Jose’s Madison Nguyen Notches Victory in “Little Saigon” Recall Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:25:41 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2554#comment-114812 [...] As I have blogged before, I personally don’t have a strong opinion on how effective of a city council member Madison Nguyen has been, especially since I don’t live in San Jose or the district she represents. But I am generally against recall elections unless an elected official has violated the law, so I’m glad that Nguyen beat back her detractors. Let the voters judge and re-elect Nguyen or vote her out in the next scheduled election, which I’m assuming is this Fall. [...] [...] As I have blogged before, I personally don’t have a strong opinion on how effective of a city council member Madison Nguyen has been, especially since I don’t live in San Jose or the district she represents. But I am generally against recall elections unless an elected official has violated the law, so I’m glad that Nguyen beat back her detractors. Let the voters judge and re-elect Nguyen or vote her out in the next scheduled election, which I’m assuming is this Fall. [...]

]]> By: Phở Kinh Yue http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/28/race-to-oust-san-jose-councilwoman-madison-nguyen-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-114542 Phở Kinh Yue Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:24:55 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2554#comment-114542 John, not necessarily. There's Chinatowns all over the USA as well, ones in SF and ones in LA so I'm guessing Little Saigon can apply the same way. There's a Little Saigon in Houston, or at least that's how the Vietnamese community there sees it as. Just like there's Koreatowns in LA and in Garden Grove. Little Saigon seems more similar to Little Tokyo, just because they are using the name of a city vs a name of a country. Now I'm not from San Jose, but looking at how Madison Nguyen is being accused of being a communist because she chose the name "Saigon Buisness District" to me is wrong. The Communist changed the name Saigon in Vietnam to "Ho Chi Minh City" in Vietnam. So why would the communist be wanting to work with her when the communist didn't even want to keep the name Saigon in the first place? Saigon was an actual city that existed before Pre-Communist power in Vietnam. Little Saigon is a name that was picked by the refugees that moved to USA. From her point of view, Madison Nguyen decided to go with the name "Saigon Business District" because two of the popular names that were given were "Little Saigon and New Saigon". She has her own Youtube channel and talks about these exact issues and what she also has done or will do for the Vietnamese community there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK-1O-qgJjI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWM3GmwSpCo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJBb5rmVa7Y If Madison Nguyen decided to go with "Ho Chi Minh City Business District", then there might be justification for calling her a communist. If Madison Nguyen was using the Communist Flag instead of the flag with the red stripes/South Vietnamese flag, then I could understand why she's being called a communist. This whole anti-communist issue is very similar to how Taiwanese feels about the Chinese government. Many Vietnamese refugees or war vets will protest the communist flag any chance they get. I remember going to a Vietnamese concert here in USA, and there were protesters outside just because the singers were from Vietnam. Madison Nguyen even talks about being called a "communist" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZRrgIdx5sA. In all fairness, I'd look more at Madison Nguyen's record and what she has done for the community as a whole vs a simple name such as "Saigon Business District" which I still don't see how it supports communist, when again the communist changed the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City. John, not necessarily. There’s Chinatowns all over the USA as well, ones in SF and ones in LA so I’m guessing Little Saigon can apply the same way. There’s a Little Saigon in Houston, or at least that’s how the Vietnamese community there sees it as. Just like there’s Koreatowns in LA and in Garden Grove. Little Saigon seems more similar to Little Tokyo, just because they are using the name of a city vs a name of a country.

Now I’m not from San Jose, but looking at how Madison Nguyen is being accused of being a communist because she chose the name “Saigon Buisness District” to me is wrong. The Communist changed the name Saigon in Vietnam to “Ho Chi Minh City” in Vietnam. So why would the communist be wanting to work with her when the communist didn’t even want to keep the name Saigon in the first place? Saigon was an actual city that existed before Pre-Communist power in Vietnam. Little Saigon is a name that was picked by the refugees that moved to USA.

From her point of view, Madison Nguyen decided to go with the name “Saigon Business District” because two of the popular names that were given were “Little Saigon and New Saigon”.

She has her own Youtube channel and talks about these exact issues and what she also has done or will do for the Vietnamese community there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK-1O-qgJjI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWM3GmwSpCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJBb5rmVa7Y

If Madison Nguyen decided to go with “Ho Chi Minh City Business District”, then there might be justification for calling her a communist. If Madison Nguyen was using the Communist Flag instead of the flag with the red stripes/South Vietnamese flag, then I could understand why she’s being called a communist.

This whole anti-communist issue is very similar to how Taiwanese feels about the Chinese government. Many Vietnamese refugees or war vets will protest the communist flag any chance they get. I remember going to a Vietnamese concert here in USA, and there were protesters outside just because the singers were from Vietnam.

Madison Nguyen even talks about being called a “communist” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZRrgIdx5sA.

In all fairness, I’d look more at Madison Nguyen’s record and what she has done for the community as a whole vs a simple name such as “Saigon Business District” which I still don’t see how it supports communist, when again the communist changed the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City.

]]> By: Phở Kinh Yue http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/28/race-to-oust-san-jose-councilwoman-madison-nguyen-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-139994 Phở Kinh Yue Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:24:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2554#comment-139994 John, not necessarily. There's Chinatowns all over the USA as well, ones in SF and ones in LA so I'm guessing Little Saigon can apply the same way. There's a Little Saigon in Houston, or at least that's how the Vietnamese community there sees it as. Just like there's Koreatowns in LA and in Garden Grove. Little Saigon seems more similar to Little Tokyo, just because they are using the name of a city vs a name of a country. Now I'm not from San Jose, but looking at how Madison Nguyen is being accused of being a communist because she chose the name "Saigon Buisness District" to me is wrong. The Communist changed the name Saigon in Vietnam to "Ho Chi Minh City" in Vietnam. So why would the communist be wanting to work with her when the communist didn't even want to keep the name Saigon in the first place? Saigon was an actual city that existed before Pre-Communist power in Vietnam. Little Saigon is a name that was picked by the refugees that moved to USA. From her point of view, Madison Nguyen decided to go with the name "Saigon Business District" because two of the popular names that were given were "Little Saigon and New Saigon". She has her own Youtube channel and talks about these exact issues and what she also has done or will do for the Vietnamese community there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK-1O-qgJjI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWM3GmwSpCo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJBb5rmVa7Y If Madison Nguyen decided to go with "Ho Chi Minh City Business District", then there might be justification for calling her a communist. If Madison Nguyen was using the Communist Flag instead of the flag with the red stripes/South Vietnamese flag, then I could understand why she's being called a communist. This whole anti-communist issue is very similar to how Taiwanese feels about the Chinese government. Many Vietnamese refugees or war vets will protest the communist flag any chance they get. I remember going to a Vietnamese concert here in USA, and there were protesters outside just because the singers were from Vietnam. Madison Nguyen even talks about being called a "communist" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZRrgIdx5sA. In all fairness, I'd look more at Madison Nguyen's record and what she has done for the community as a whole vs a simple name such as "Saigon Business District" which I still don't see how it supports communist, when again the communist changed the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City. John, not necessarily. There’s Chinatowns all over the USA as well, ones in SF and ones in LA so I’m guessing Little Saigon can apply the same way. There’s a Little Saigon in Houston, or at least that’s how the Vietnamese community there sees it as. Just like there’s Koreatowns in LA and in Garden Grove. Little Saigon seems more similar to Little Tokyo, just because they are using the name of a city vs a name of a country.

Now I’m not from San Jose, but looking at how Madison Nguyen is being accused of being a communist because she chose the name “Saigon Buisness District” to me is wrong. The Communist changed the name Saigon in Vietnam to “Ho Chi Minh City” in Vietnam. So why would the communist be wanting to work with her when the communist didn’t even want to keep the name Saigon in the first place? Saigon was an actual city that existed before Pre-Communist power in Vietnam. Little Saigon is a name that was picked by the refugees that moved to USA.

From her point of view, Madison Nguyen decided to go with the name “Saigon Business District” because two of the popular names that were given were “Little Saigon and New Saigon”.

She has her own Youtube channel and talks about these exact issues and what she also has done or will do for the Vietnamese community there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK-1O-qgJjI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWM3GmwSpCo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJBb5rmVa7Y

If Madison Nguyen decided to go with “Ho Chi Minh City Business District”, then there might be justification for calling her a communist. If Madison Nguyen was using the Communist Flag instead of the flag with the red stripes/South Vietnamese flag, then I could understand why she’s being called a communist.

This whole anti-communist issue is very similar to how Taiwanese feels about the Chinese government. Many Vietnamese refugees or war vets will protest the communist flag any chance they get. I remember going to a Vietnamese concert here in USA, and there were protesters outside just because the singers were from Vietnam.

Madison Nguyen even talks about being called a “communist” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZRrgIdx5sA.

In all fairness, I’d look more at Madison Nguyen’s record and what she has done for the community as a whole vs a simple name such as “Saigon Business District” which I still don’t see how it supports communist, when again the communist changed the name of Saigon to Ho Chi Minh City.

]]> By: john http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/28/race-to-oust-san-jose-councilwoman-madison-nguyen-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-114511 john Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:03:18 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2554#comment-114511 isnt the name "Litte Saigon" is already taken by L.A.? why are we gonna have two Little Saigons isnt the name “Litte Saigon” is already taken by L.A.? why are we gonna have two Little Saigons

]]> By: john http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/28/race-to-oust-san-jose-councilwoman-madison-nguyen-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-139993 john Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2554#comment-139993 isnt the name "Litte Saigon" is already taken by L.A.? why are we gonna have two Little Saigons isnt the name “Litte Saigon” is already taken by L.A.? why are we gonna have two Little Saigons

]]> By: Tran http://www.8asians.com/2009/01/28/race-to-oust-san-jose-councilwoman-madison-nguyen-heats-up/comment-page-1/#comment-114368 Tran Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:43:57 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=2554#comment-114368 Hi all, For people who do not understand why the name "little Saigon" is so important and symbolic than the "Saigon Business District", please read little Saigon to honor and support the people who have fought, killed, and been suffered from the freedom of Vietnam. More than 50,000 US Solders and million of South Vietnam soldiers were killed in the war, and millions people are still suffer from the oppression of the Vietnam communist now. Yes, we live here to enjoy the freedom as granted. But our relative, brothers, sisters and our Vietnam nation does not have it. Yet, "Saigon Business District" just the name that the business owners want to be called so that they can easier to do business with anyone including the Vietnam communist. Our parents, uncles, ants, and first Vietnam generation in US is the most suffer for the cause so please bear that in your mind and that why they have fought hard for the name, for the symbolist of our time. If they do not exist, then you do not have anything even with Madison Nguyen. For her, I just wonder that she or her parents might forget to teach her why they brought her here and why the name is so important that people have fought and killed for. thanks Hi all,

For people who do not understand why the name “little Saigon” is so important and symbolic than the “Saigon Business District”, please read

little Saigon to honor and support the people who have fought, killed, and been suffered from the freedom of Vietnam. More than 50,000 US Solders and million of South Vietnam soldiers were killed in the war, and millions people are still suffer from the oppression of the Vietnam communist now.
Yes, we live here to enjoy the freedom as granted. But our relative, brothers, sisters and our Vietnam nation does not have it.

Yet, “Saigon Business District” just the name that the business owners want to be called so that they can easier to do business with anyone including the Vietnam communist.

Our parents, uncles, ants, and first Vietnam generation in US is the most suffer for the cause so please bear that in your mind and that why they have fought hard for the name, for the symbolist of our time. If they do not exist, then you do not have anything even with Madison Nguyen. For her, I just wonder that she or her parents might forget to teach her why they brought her here and why the name is so important that people have fought and killed for.

thanks

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