Won game against Eagles 24-23. We've got keep the faith. We'll what will hold for them next (football) season, for now, we'll just wait and see... Maybe they'll make a comeback, no?
I got no more time to strategize, I gotta go
goodnite nity nite.
I heard from someone (I'm not gonna mentioned who-it'll compromised the individual) that the Niners have changed coach this season, but the players are still the same.
Hope they keep an injury-free year! Best of luck to 'em! May the best team (that would be theNiners) win!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
bay area sports
...brought to by cchu320
let give y'all the dl: baseball, at the moment, rules! cos of the Giants! (YaY Giants!)
basketball rules also when Golden State Warriors won the NBA playoffs
and football is l-a-m-e except for those die-hard fans out there 49ers suck ever since the 80s and 90s
i don'r care much for Oakland As (except for when Jose Canseco played for 'em) or Raiders
hockey, hockey, hockey-who cares? but i bet there are a buncha hockey fans out there who watched teams such as San Jose Sharks. The only hockey I watch is the Disney channel movies Mighty Ducks.
And the only winter sport I enjoy watching is figure skating and maybe snow boarding
let give y'all the dl: baseball, at the moment, rules! cos of the Giants! (YaY Giants!)
basketball rules also when Golden State Warriors won the NBA playoffs
and football is l-a-m-e except for those die-hard fans out there 49ers suck ever since the 80s and 90s
i don'r care much for Oakland As (except for when Jose Canseco played for 'em) or Raiders
hockey, hockey, hockey-who cares? but i bet there are a buncha hockey fans out there who watched teams such as San Jose Sharks. The only hockey I watch is the Disney channel movies Mighty Ducks.
And the only winter sport I enjoy watching is figure skating and maybe snow boarding
Giants All the Way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't Stop Belivin'-Not Ever!
Just Gotta Have Faith They'll Eventually Make it to the Play-offs, then onto the World Series! Yay!
Giants are doin' so well(despite all those injuries they've been having): they just have gotta get into the World Series. Maybe their opponents are lousy ballplayers. But whatever it is, Giants are so on top of the game unlike my ole fave team, the Niners. Go Giants
As one song ( not the Journey's Don't Stop Believin')- the other one Black and Orange. Here's the video to Black and Orange song: http://vimeo.com/16190446
Giants can go all the way! One is a big deal but the second one, well, I think the whole damned town'll come down to celebrate when they creamed the opposing team cos we are the champions, as the queen song goes.
Anyways here's hoping the Giants get into the playoffs, then the World Series!
Go Giants! Giants all the way!
Together we are giant!
Too bad they didn't make it to the playoffs, never mind the World Series! Last yr they won the World Series on a fluke, on a technicality.
As they say, Better luck next yr, guys, cos this yr there were way too many injuries....
Here's hoping the best 4 y'all!
Anyways here's hoping the Giants get into the playoffs, then the World Series!
Go Giants! Giants all the way!
Together we are giant!
Too bad they didn't make it to the playoffs, never mind the World Series! Last yr they won the World Series on a fluke, on a technicality.
As they say, Better luck next yr, guys, cos this yr there were way too many injuries....
Here's hoping the best 4 y'all!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
60s era in SF
What was San Francisco really like? Was everybody high? Stoned? Drunk? If they stoned drunk, so they were prob'ly feeling the high.
Love, peace-that must've been how they felt when they gotten high but they could've gotten out of the nonconformist state cos everybody was living in a commune back then and did something to their advantage instead of getting wasted all the time. It was the wartime, people! Instead of getting high, why not make a diff in a person's life?
Love & Peace-what a buncha crock!
Here's a vid of a different Haight Ashbury than from today of those worthless, useless, stoned drunk nonconformist Flower Children. Check it out!
Love, peace-that must've been how they felt when they gotten high but they could've gotten out of the nonconformist state cos everybody was living in a commune back then and did something to their advantage instead of getting wasted all the time. It was the wartime, people! Instead of getting high, why not make a diff in a person's life?
Love & Peace-what a buncha crock!
Here's a vid of a different Haight Ashbury than from today of those worthless, useless, stoned drunk nonconformist Flower Children. Check it out!
The Building of Golden Gate Bridge
How was the Golden Gate Bride, ya wonder? Well, wonder no more. View this shttp://www.5min.com/Video/Crossing-San-Francisco-Bay-A-Bridge-Is-Born-509944126hort video here:
Fleet Week History
A lil Fleet Week history
culled from the Fleet Week website
This will be a big year for Naval Aviation as it celebrates its 100th year. It all began shortly before 11 a.m. on the morning of 18 January 1911 when Eugene B. Ely took off from Tanforan racetrack in San Bruno, California in his Curtiss pusher biplane, and, in full view of thousands of spectators ashore, on ships and at the city piers, and in a flock of small craft gathered around, landed his bi-plane on the USS Pennsylvania that was anchored off the San Francisco waterfront. His biplane dove and snagged the arresting gear about halfway up its length. The Curtiss pulled ropes and sandbags to a smooth stop before reaching any of the safety barriers. This was the first landing of an airplane aboard a US Navy ship.
From its humble beginning in 1911, the Navy's flight program has grown to become a guardian of freedom for America and its allies. The U.S. Naval Aviation program includes three branches of the military: the Navy, the Marine and the Coast Guard.
Hear 'em roar!
Blue Angels have Risen Again!!
Are ya jelly yet, mi SoCal amigas?
Boy, I wonder how those adventurous pilots feel when they're piloting those Blue Angels! They must be feeling like Angels themselves. Do they go to the sun? Prob'ly not. They prob'ly don't go so high cos people won't be able to see 'em. Best case scenario: they might get sunburnt or something or worse case scenario, they might even like Maverick's BFF in Top Gun died. But not from being near the sun...
/Maybe they got codenames like in Top Gun-my all-time fave movie: Maverick was my fave, oh yeah he was played by Tom Cruise before he turned all Scientology on us. (Scientology is not a real religion) Luv 80s Tom Cruise! Anyway, enough about Tom Cruise who married a girl and not a woman. I prefer the sane Tom Cruise over the crazy Tom Cruise, but I digress...
Down on the ground, the feeling is exhiliarating hearing those Blue Angels flying overhead, must be even more exhiliarating piloting the plane. And imagine the responsibilities! Trying to keep the plane level, at top speed, and everything. They must have a lot of training and practice-well, I guess they practice on Thursday and Friday and the main event is on Saturday and Sunday.
Wonder if there's any women pilots? If so, hope they are much better than the guys. Watch out, guys. here comes women taking over the Blue Angels!
Enjoy Fleet Week, y'all!
Try to get a pix of the Blue Angels but was impossible-they were way too fast! They must
feel the need for speed!
-Maverick 'n' Goose from Top Gun
No doubt!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Women's Suffrage Movement in Cali
Goodd News for women & Asians alike:
California's voters granted women's suffrage in 1911, when they adopted Proposition 4. Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee (October 21, 1886 – October 5, 1993) was the first Chinese American woman voter in the United States. She registered to vote on November 8, 1911 in California
Yay, Chinese American women!
California's voters granted women's suffrage in 1911, when they adopted Proposition 4. Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee (October 21, 1886 – October 5, 1993) was the first Chinese American woman voter in the United States. She registered to vote on November 8, 1911 in California
Yay, Chinese American women!
Friday, March 18, 2011
Candlestick Park
Let the wind blow in
Whoosh
Brrr
But that's the price y'all pay for being a loyal (or not that loyal-I went over the As when I though the Giants didn't had a chance in prayer, Ah well. Perservance paid off, right?)
I remember.... I watched my 1st Giants game in that ballpark that was another team back then (sorry, they're were losers, but I stuck it out 'cos I thought they might win and now they've finally, FINALLY won! Now this is a winning team!
Now Candlestick-excuse me-Monster Park is used only for football games. 49ers games, to be precise. I remember when Candlestick Park was used for both baseball n' football games. As for me, I've never been to a football game, whether it's a 49ers (yay!) or Raiders (boo!) game. As I said before, 49ers once ruled the football field back in the 80s-that is one of the highlights of the 80s! Now they're in last place. :(
Whoosh
Brrr
But that's the price y'all pay for being a loyal (or not that loyal-I went over the As when I though the Giants didn't had a chance in prayer, Ah well. Perservance paid off, right?)
I remember.... I watched my 1st Giants game in that ballpark that was another team back then (sorry, they're were losers, but I stuck it out 'cos I thought they might win and now they've finally, FINALLY won! Now this is a winning team!
Now Candlestick-excuse me-Monster Park is used only for football games. 49ers games, to be precise. I remember when Candlestick Park was used for both baseball n' football games. As for me, I've never been to a football game, whether it's a 49ers (yay!) or Raiders (boo!) game. As I said before, 49ers once ruled the football field back in the 80s-that is one of the highlights of the 80s! Now they're in last place. :(
Castro: from working class neighborhood to gay epicenter
Writing about Britney being in the Castro district got me thinking, how did Castro became gay? It was a working class Irish neighborhood in 1930s until mid-1960s.
The Castro became a working-class Irish neighborhood in the 1930s and remained so until the mid-1960s.
There was originally a cable car line with large double-ended cable cars that ran along Castro Street from Market Street to 29th St. until the tracks were dismantled in 1941 and it was replaced by the 24 bus.
The U.S. Military offloaded 1000s of gay servicemen in SF during WWII after they were discharged for being gay. (It's wrong but what can you do about it?) Many settled in San Francisco, and so it began the outpouring of gays to the Castro neighborhood.
It became known as the epicenter for gays during the Summer of Love in 1967. The neighborhood, which was formerly known as Eureka Valley, became known as the Castro after the theatre at Market & Castro streets. San Franciscan gays move to Polk Gulch, where the rent in low or available for purchase for low down payment in the Victorian houses, after about 1970.
You heard of Harvey Milk? Well, he would become one of the most famous residents of the Castro. While he was running a camera store, Castro Camera, he started his campaign as a gay activist.
Included in Castro at that period was the 'Castro clone,' a mode of dress & personal grooming (nowadays, it's called metrosexual) tight denim jeans, black or desert sand colored combat boots, tight T-shirt or, often, an Izod crocodile shirt, possibly a red plaid flannel outer shirt, and usually sporting a mustache or full beard—in vogue with the gay male population at the time, and which gave rise to the nickname "Clone Canyon" for the stretch of Castro Street between 18th and Market Streets. There were numerous famous watering holes in the area contributing to the nightlife, including the Corner Grocery Bar, Toad Hall, the Pendulum, the Midnight Sun, Twin Peaks, and the Elephant Walk. A typical daytime street scene of the period is perhaps best illustrated by mentioning the male belly dancers who could be found holding forth in good weather at the corner of 18th and Castro on "Hibernia Beach," in front of the financial institution from which it drew its name. Then at night, after the bars closed at 2 AM, the men remaining at that hour often would line up along the sidewalk of 18th Street to indicate that they were still available to go home with someone (aka The Meat Rack).
Nowadays, Castro is still C-R-A-Z-Y. You never know what you might expect, what's waiting for you at the nest corner!
So beware n' have fun! Castro is party town!
You know you're in Castro when you see the rainbow flag around. Come pride month, the rainbow flag is around every pole in SF. Being gay is accepted. Some people who live in the City for awhile have turned gay.
The Castro became a working-class Irish neighborhood in the 1930s and remained so until the mid-1960s.
There was originally a cable car line with large double-ended cable cars that ran along Castro Street from Market Street to 29th St. until the tracks were dismantled in 1941 and it was replaced by the 24 bus.
The U.S. Military offloaded 1000s of gay servicemen in SF during WWII after they were discharged for being gay. (It's wrong but what can you do about it?) Many settled in San Francisco, and so it began the outpouring of gays to the Castro neighborhood.
It became known as the epicenter for gays during the Summer of Love in 1967. The neighborhood, which was formerly known as Eureka Valley, became known as the Castro after the theatre at Market & Castro streets. San Franciscan gays move to Polk Gulch, where the rent in low or available for purchase for low down payment in the Victorian houses, after about 1970.
You heard of Harvey Milk? Well, he would become one of the most famous residents of the Castro. While he was running a camera store, Castro Camera, he started his campaign as a gay activist.
Included in Castro at that period was the 'Castro clone,' a mode of dress & personal grooming (nowadays, it's called metrosexual) tight denim jeans, black or desert sand colored combat boots, tight T-shirt or, often, an Izod crocodile shirt, possibly a red plaid flannel outer shirt, and usually sporting a mustache or full beard—in vogue with the gay male population at the time, and which gave rise to the nickname "Clone Canyon" for the stretch of Castro Street between 18th and Market Streets. There were numerous famous watering holes in the area contributing to the nightlife, including the Corner Grocery Bar, Toad Hall, the Pendulum, the Midnight Sun, Twin Peaks, and the Elephant Walk. A typical daytime street scene of the period is perhaps best illustrated by mentioning the male belly dancers who could be found holding forth in good weather at the corner of 18th and Castro on "Hibernia Beach," in front of the financial institution from which it drew its name. Then at night, after the bars closed at 2 AM, the men remaining at that hour often would line up along the sidewalk of 18th Street to indicate that they were still available to go home with someone (aka The Meat Rack).
Here's a video clip on how Castro became the gay epicenter:
Nowadays, Castro is still C-R-A-Z-Y. You never know what you might expect, what's waiting for you at the nest corner!
So beware n' have fun! Castro is party town!
You know you're in Castro when you see the rainbow flag around. Come pride month, the rainbow flag is around every pole in SF. Being gay is accepted. Some people who live in the City for awhile have turned gay.
Giants at Spring Training
Giants are so unstoppable!!!
According to the the stats, they've won 17 and lost 5 games at Spring Training. That's pretty commendable. I say, go team! They're unbeatable! Somebody try to stop 'em now!
I say, bring it on! They can take on any team (esp. LA Dodgers!)
Giants all the way!
Although I'm not a betting kinda gal, I'm betcha Giants'll take us to the World Series.
To the World Champs!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Britney Spears Sings on GMA on March 29 at the Castro Theatre
Breaking News: Britney Spears to Sing on Good Morning America on March 29 at the Castro!
She will be filming @ the Castro on the March 27; it will be shown on Good Morning America on March 29. (I like Britney, not! I got a love-hate relationship with Britney-she's a vapid airhead, good singer, bad choices.) Traffic will be C-R-A-Z-Y; no place to park (like there are usually places to park!)
If you intend to go, be prepared! A word of caution: for those going to work, trains will be jam-packed (as if it isn't always!) Don't drive that day to see Brit-Brit or to work, take Muni. If you take Muni get up early.
On the bright side, Castro will get lots of media attention after Brit-Brit's mini-concert. I predict it will become a tourist trap (as if it isn't already!) since Brit-Brit will make it famous all over again.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Coit Tower
Wanna know the history behind Coit Tower? I've never been there, but here's the lowdown:
Coit Tower was constructed at the request of Lillie Hitchcock Coit in 1933 for whom the tower was named. Coit was quite a character! Not only was she married into money, she was born into money. She was like the real Calamity Jane (only Calamity Jane was a fictional character and Coit was a real person). She was way ahead of her time-smoking cigars, gambling avidly, living on the edge. Cuz she was born into money and married into more money made her behavior more acceptable to others.
In her day, she wasn't known best for her antics instead she was known best for obssession w/ firefighting ever since she was rescued from a fire as a child. She grew up to become a volunteer firefighter for Knickerbocker Engine Co. No. 5 In those days, fires broke out frequently due to the material use to construct buildings at that time. Lillie Hitchcock Coit was always found helping put out fires.
Although she died in 1929 (right at the start of the Depression), she still had money to her name, using the money to commission Coit Tower in honor of the firefighters which she adored. She also wanted the area to serve as a beautiful spot (What a beauty!) for viewing the city which she loved.
IMHO, I think she was a girl ahead of her time-no one fault her because of her money. She did a noble duty helping fight fires amongst the other firefighters. I admire her spunk, spirit. Unlike some people, she didn't spend her inheritance on frugal things-she wasn't greedy w/ her money-instead she used her money to serve her community for generations to come-she gave back to the community. She had a good soul. I wish there are more like that nowadays. Maybe there are and we don't see it? But everybody is into commericalism. Buy, buy, buy! they tell us. And when we do buy, it just gets consume. Nobody will know our legacy unlike Lillie Hitchcock Coit. Her legacy is the Coit Tower. We must sustain (like that'll help, but whatever!) We must leave something behind, like some sort of legacy, kind of, sorta what dear ole Lillie Hitchcock Coit did way back in her day did-maybe a time capsule? Any suggestions?
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Notice
Sorry I get my info from other sources. I try to add my own opinion to these references but I need references! Sorry!
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade
Since Chinese New Year's upon us, I'd like to take this moment out to address a live studio audience. (J/K)
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade is the Chinese New Year Parade-the biggest one outside of Asia. Originated in the 1860s during the Gold Rush era, it is the biggest and most watched parade ever! Around Chinese New Year, Chinatown is hoppin' with 2 fairs-Chinese New Year Flower Fair and the Chinese Community Street Fair, ending with the Chinese New Year Parade. Be there or be square!
Named one of the top 10 parades, over 100 units, including floats & specialty units which feature the theme of the this year's zodiac (this particular year is the year of the rabbit, my brother's year; last year was the year of the tiger-my new nephew's year and so it goes), will participate in the (extravagant shall we say?) parade. Nowhere in the world will you see a lunar new year parade with more gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, ferocious lions, and exploding firecrackers. Some of the parade highlights include elaborately decorated floats, school marching bands, martial arts group, stilt walkers, lion dancers, Chinese acrobatics, the newly crowned Miss Chinatown USA and the Golden Dragon.
The Golden Dragon is over 201 feet long and is always featured at the end of the parade as the grand finale and will be accompanied by over 600,000 firecrackers! The Golden Dragon was made in Foshan, a small town in China. The Foshan dragonmasters formerly made all the costumes for the Cantonese opera, and the Golden Dragon bears many operatic touches, such as the rainbow colored pompoms on its 6 foot-long head. It is festooned from nose to tail with colored lights, decorated with silver rivets on both scaly sides and trimmed in white rabbit fur. The dragon, made on a skeleton of bamboo and rattan, is in 29 segments. It takes a team of 100 men and women to carry the Golden Dragon. This is also considered an honor to be chosen for the grand finale.
San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade is the Chinese New Year Parade-the biggest one outside of Asia. Originated in the 1860s during the Gold Rush era, it is the biggest and most watched parade ever! Around Chinese New Year, Chinatown is hoppin' with 2 fairs-Chinese New Year Flower Fair and the Chinese Community Street Fair, ending with the Chinese New Year Parade. Be there or be square!
Named one of the top 10 parades, over 100 units, including floats & specialty units which feature the theme of the this year's zodiac (this particular year is the year of the rabbit, my brother's year; last year was the year of the tiger-my new nephew's year and so it goes), will participate in the (extravagant shall we say?) parade. Nowhere in the world will you see a lunar new year parade with more gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, ferocious lions, and exploding firecrackers. Some of the parade highlights include elaborately decorated floats, school marching bands, martial arts group, stilt walkers, lion dancers, Chinese acrobatics, the newly crowned Miss Chinatown USA and the Golden Dragon.
The Golden Dragon is over 201 feet long and is always featured at the end of the parade as the grand finale and will be accompanied by over 600,000 firecrackers! The Golden Dragon was made in Foshan, a small town in China. The Foshan dragonmasters formerly made all the costumes for the Cantonese opera, and the Golden Dragon bears many operatic touches, such as the rainbow colored pompoms on its 6 foot-long head. It is festooned from nose to tail with colored lights, decorated with silver rivets on both scaly sides and trimmed in white rabbit fur. The dragon, made on a skeleton of bamboo and rattan, is in 29 segments. It takes a team of 100 men and women to carry the Golden Dragon. This is also considered an honor to be chosen for the grand finale.
Rain or shine, come watch the parade!
As for me and my fam, we usually watch it at home, but one year my mom and I were lucky to get into a building that was right over where the parade was passing us by and we saw the action up-close n' personal. We took it all in and had fun doin it to the nth degree! We had a blast! Great times Great times! If we only had a chance to do it again...
Gung Hay Fat Choy! (Happy New Year!)
May the year be prosperous (unlikely since y'know the economy) but who knows with a lil luck...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Old San Francisco Maps
Wonder how old San Francisco was likeway back in the day? Well, here's a peek
Here are some old San Francisco maps from back in the day:
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| 1776 |
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| 1848 |
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1849-50 |
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| Lske in the Mission |
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| Area destroyed by fire of April 18-21, 1906 |
How about this blast from the San Francisco past?!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
49ers-then & now
Ah the good ole days! waaaaaaaaaaaaay back when gold and red were synonymous to Super Bowl back in the 80s when they won practically every single Super Bowl consecutively from 1981 to 1994. Back when we had Joe (and Jennifer) Montana & Dwight Clark. The unstoppable 49ers! In my heart of hearts, I always wanted to be a cheerleader... But I cheer them on in front the TV where I got front row seat front n' center. Not to mention Roger Craig. As the Queen song went, We were the champions, no time for losers. I think they wrote that song for Joe Montana's 49ers team. We were unstopppable. Let us show them losers what we're made of (I'm talking about you, Dan Marino!)
One of my fondest childhood memories are of me and my brother along with my parents watching practically every 49ers game As a avid fan, my brother even collected 49ers cards. (It didn't hurt that Joe Montana was great eye candy!) Back then in the 80s the 49ers ruled Candlestick! (Remember, we only had 1 ballpark, so no separate ballpark for football n' baseball!) Yes, Giants were lousy back then too, but as a kid, what did I know? I always held out hope that they would win someday! Well it took a whole new millenium for them to achieve that goal! Well, I digress...
As I was saying... Bill Walsh +Joe Montana=49ers red n' gold (in the form of a Super Bowl trophy)!
Steve Young may be a good player (and incredible eye candy!) but not Super Bowl material. After Steve Young's 49ers brought them to the Super Bowl but was massacred. I didn't watch much football after that.
Nowadays, there just one word for what the Niners are: they 'suck!' Even though they've a new coach, no one but no one can replace-he's irreplacable- the one n' only the greatest coach that ever walked the field of Candlestick Park, coaching the legendary players of the 80s in the locker room-the one n' only the late great Bill Walsh. (Let's have a moment of silence, please.)
49ers (and Giants and Golden State Warriors) all the way!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Angel Island
Used as an immigration base for Chinese (unfair! unjustice! Give us human rights!) from 1910-1940, it was sort of a West Coast Ellis Island. Like an immigration station for Asians, mostly Chinese because of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, many immigrants spent years on the island, waiting for entry..
IMHO, why would they want to do that?That period of time was a horrible time for us Chinese Americans. The federal, state, local governments excluded us from being Americans even if we are born in this country-the land of opportunity.
You know, San Francisco means Old Gold Mountain in Chinese, meaning there will be good fortune in the Wild Wild West.
Us Chinese and Japanese should not be segregated 'cuz of our race. Chinese should not be sent to a immigration station out in an island or Japanese should not be sent to internment camps during the war whether or not they are born here. It is human rights. It is the principle of the matte, that is simple enought!
As you can see from the upon picture, they were poked and prodded like animals; they weren't treated like decent human beings, which is totally in the wrong.
They were also made to live in tiny, prison-like quarters. Many immigrants spent years waiting for entry. Sad but true. It just breaks heart to hear how many of my fellow Chinese ancestors suffer to come to this old gold mountain, as they called it, where there's no chance of opportunity for them.
Because a fire destroyed the administration building in 1940, subsequent immigration processing took place in San Francisco
In 1962, the Chinese American community successfully lobbied the State of California to designate the immigration station as a State Landmark. IMHO, why would they want to do that?That period of time was a horrible time for us Chinese Americans. The federal, state, local governments excluded us from being Americans even if we are born in this country-the land of opportunity.
You know, San Francisco means Old Gold Mountain in Chinese, meaning there will be good fortune in the Wild Wild West.
Us Chinese and Japanese should not be segregated 'cuz of our race. Chinese should not be sent to a immigration station out in an island or Japanese should not be sent to internment camps during the war whether or not they are born here. It is human rights. It is the principle of the matte, that is simple enought!
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