By S. B. Woo
Why? THE BLESSINGS oF LIBERTY that we enjoy as Americancitizens are magnificent. To name a few:
* We can practice any religion we want, including being a Buddhistor a muslim or an atheist.* We can take any political position including criticizing Pres. BushWITHoUT repercussion. For example, 80-20 has criticized Pres.Bush often for his non-enforcement of Executive order 11246 forAsAms.* You can make money any way you want, and spend it any way youwant, providing that both are legal.* You can choose to stay in or leave the USA anytime you want.
There are also pragmatic reasons to celebrate July 4th. A large % ofour compatriots believe that we are more loyal to our old countriesthan our chosen country. That is, we have an image problem whichmakes the winning of equal opportunity and justice very difficult. Ittakes images to fix an image problem. Hence, if you live in Little Saigon,or Chinatown, or Little Tokyo or Little Calcutta, organize "Seas of Flags"to celebrate and do us and your children a favor.
For benefits to our community brought by 80-20's flags project, seepositive publicity from the mainstream media and more:http://www.80-20initiative.net/flagproject.html .
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is planning a big write-up about hownew immigrants celebrate July 4th. 80-20 is one of organizations ithas contacted. So if you are doing something big, let me know. AWSJ reporter may come on the scene.
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