so if u r paying any attention to the presidential election in the state
u should know the most famous plumber of all time
“Joe the Plumber”
here is a pic of the man (on the right)
hehe

via yahoo news

最近 Tina Fey 在 SNL 模仿 VP 候选人 Sara Palin 大热
热到干脆选 “Tina Fey 4 VP” 算了
我一直想把视频给抓下来
可惜 NBC 的防盗链做的太好
连内嵌都不行
只好给链接了
好像这周四 Prime time NBC 特意要把最近 SNL 的恶搞集中起来放一遍
如果到时候拿到视频再放出吧
呵呵
Sen. Biden and Gov. Palin go head to head
Gov. Palin and Katie Couric get real and adorable
Gov. Palin and Senator Clinton address the nation

另
BTW
最近很多点击都是来看 “温家宝 CNN” 的（没想到这么热的关键词，我发的毫无内容的贴居然是google搜索结果的第一个链接，太丢人了……）
CNN 也很给面子的没有把 video 撤掉
看来大家都很关心啊
的确是值得一看的访谈

10/09 UPDATE:
全文中文翻译 via yeeyan

很少见国内高层领导人被海外媒体采访
这次温家宝来纽约后
接受了 CNN Fareed Zakaria 的专访
很是不错
基本上算开诚布公（部分话题包括 6×4，达赖，Darfur 以及米国最近的金融危机等）
温总理的表现很给国内领导人的国际形象长脸
推荐一把
全文在这里
视频在下面

Part 1

Part 2

另
一直没有写到最近华尔街的动荡
sigh
不提了
一提都是眼泪
Wall Street, R.I.P.

很喜欢这个系列的NBA广告
但是没想到最新一期的TIME居然用了这么一个封面
有点寒

Zhengyou（诤友）
老实讲我本已经忘了这个词是什么意思
知道看到澳大利亚总理Kevin Rudd上周三在北大的演讲
这个会讲中文的老外用一种崭新的手法来评论（或者说批评）中国的一些政体问题
他没有像一般的无知西方媒体一样上来就列举中国的种种不是
而是从鲁迅开始讲“言论自由”
从魏征开始讲“ 诤友 ”
在炫耀了一番他的中国历史知识后
他回到了”the concept of harmony”（和谐）
顺便又提了一把” 百日维新 “及其领导者 康有为
最后又以” 诤友 “来结束

老实讲我以前没听说过这个Rudd（米国新闻台除了伊拉克以外一般没有国际新闻）
但是看了这一篇讲演后他立刻成为my favorite foreign leader
这才是我们所需要的朋（诤）友

I am a Buddhist myself, and respect people’s rights to protest, but on this particular issue, I think the “free” media in the west present a much distorted picture of what’s really happening in Chinese Tibet. They keep talking about Chinese government’s crack-down of “peaceful protests”. They make it sound as if the Chinese government is the “bad guy” and that the Dalai Lama people are some kind of angels who “bring peace” to the world. But wait a minute, who’s killing whom in Tibet? The “Tibetan protestors” are the ones that are destroying shops, burning cars, and killing innocent Chinese people who are just trying to make a living. If they are peaceful protestors, fine, it’s their right. But they are anything but peaceful, they are violent rioters. What about the people that were killed or injured during those riots, don’t they deserve some kind of respect? How come no one in the west is criticizing the rioters?

It is one thing for Tibetans to protest, it is another thing for westerners to join them. Most westerners can’t even tell the difference between an ethnic Han Chinese and an ethnic Tibetan Chinese. But they hear words like “human rights” and “religious freedom”, exactly what they mean or how subtle the issues are, they don’t have a clue. This allows the few separatists in Tibet to sugar-coat themselves with these keywords, because they know that they will get westerners’ attention this way. They are taking advantage of the stereotype in the west that all people under a communist country must somehow suffer. When in fact, China today is anything but a communist country, and the vast majority of the people are much much much better off.

Another misconception is that if somehow China grants Tibet independence then there will be true democracy and prosperity in Tibet. Let’s face it, Tibet is probably one of the most isolated places on earth, and if it wasn’t because of the Chinese, Tibet would be hundreds of years behind the rest of the world in terms of industrialization and modernization. Do you really believe that in a place as poor and backward as Tibet, there would be “true democracy”? Wouldn’t it be more likely that Tibet will fall into the hands of a few “Buddhist fundamentalists”, and maybe even become the next Afghanistan?

Moreover, people in the US like to compare China’s Tibet to US’s Iraq, or Soviet’s Afghanistan. It’s not really an appropriate analogy, because Iraq and Afghanistan are sovereign countries, but Tibet, whether people like it or not, is part of China. In fact a better analogy would be:

Tibet is to China
Texas is to US

A majority of the Tibetans are now much better off than they were before. China has spent hundreds of millions of dollars building schools, hospitals, transportations in Tibet. The vast majority of Tibetans now have access to running water, education, something that they could never have dreamed of before the revolution, when they had a feudalist slavery society.

China has come a long way. Remember, China used to be called the “sick man of Asia”, but now it’s hosting the Olympics. Obviously, China still has a lot of problems, and is still learning the ropes. The international community should help and encourage China, not boycott it. Having the Olympics in China sheds light on a lot of China’s problems. I genuinely hope and am confident that China will emerge as a better country after the games, so let’s give China a chance.

Finally, I just want to say to all the athletes, American, Chinese, Russian, etc, that you are innocent, and wish all of you the best of luck at the Olympics.

Peace

— Posted by Charles Harris

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and an article from WSJ
another article by Helen Zia 謝漢蘭
who was one of the torch bearers in San Fran yesterday
her interviews videos （视频） #1, #2

“老人力战脏毒” 视频
这就是昨天贴的那个照片里面的老人

UPDATE #2:
照片都是在第一线的同志们照得
不是每一张都找到原作者并征得同意转贴
所以在此先谢
有问题请联系我
立刻就拿掉
—————————————————–
UPDATE:
忽然发现今天上午在youtube传的几段新闻视频
12小时内有近10万人次看过
套用下面照片的标题
很有气势！
——————————————————

很有气势

好象是mitbbs集资租的飞机打标语

这次买买提组织的不错
好像不到24小时就捐款$1xk
然后组织各地同学去三藩
坐飞机的报销机票
开车的报销油钱

http://www.youtube.com/cloudfan

今天奥运火炬抵达美国
唯一的一站是旧金山（三藩）
在湾区的华人以及加州附近的华人自发组织起来
在火炬接力的路线上为奥运打气助威
同时打打藏独的气焰
难得见到华人如此团结
从早上开始就和藏独打擂台
街道两侧红旗飘飘
非常有气势
可惜米国媒体一如既往的倾向藏独
转播的画面里难得见到我们的红旗
挑了一些现场的视频放在youtube (live video)
有兴趣的可以去看看
再次向今天去三藩助威的华人表示敬意！

UPDATE:
转一篇陈冲的文章

UPDATE #2:
转2个老人的照片
很喜欢前2张的沧桑感



点图片看全图

UPDATE #3:
毛同学今天战斗在第一线
贴张他高扯国旗的背影
辛苦啦
就知道你丫会去

嗯
很久没更新了
其实也没什么特别的
就是忙了点
其它一切正常
如果不算最近藏独群魔乱舞的话

说起藏独最近的行径
其实我平时属于最不愤的那类青
但是看到西方媒体的不实报道和大量无知的西方人盲目支持藏独
我还是没忍住
到处在网上和老外舌战
到处贴pro-China的文章和video
也着实是小愤了一把

不过愤归愤
咱们不能和老外似的连西藏在哪里都不知道就举个”free tibet”的牌子在那里乱叫
就算对骂也要有论有剧的骂
都说中国的媒体是censored或者biased
那我们就找些E文的来看
比如刚才发个的那个video
比如这里的一个长贴
比如有本书“Cultural Genocide and Asian State Peripheries” （作者是哥伦比亚大学毕业的博士，现在在香港教书）
最后无意中发现在Washington Post的网站新开了个blog
作者叫John Pomfret
虽然没有听说过他
但是从他的简历里看算是个中国通（起码去过中国，在那里呆过，其实不止呆过，这哥们是Post’s bureau chief in Beijing）
老实讲看了他的3个帖子
基本不能算是和我们一拨儿的
但总体还算中肯
起码没有特意的bash China
所以暂且推荐一把（另外也因为喜欢他的blog的站名：A Foreign Devil’s Take on the Middle Kingdom）

UPDATE:
最后补一句
其实中国人自己是最知道政府的种种问题的
不过我们自己关起门来怎么骂娘都行
你海外势力骂就不行

the left one is what’s on CNN’s website.
the right one is the actually full picture.
for some reason CNN cut off the “right” part of the picture…

The western media are having some new “material” to bash China due to the recent incident in Tibet.
Here is a Must-see video before you jump into any conclusion regarding this matter. (Yes, I am talking to you, the CNNs and the APs and the rest of you!)

dipdive.com — Great video featuring will.i.am, john legend, herbie hancock, nicole scherzinger, scarlett johansson, kate walsh, and others, singing along with the Yes We Can speech by Barack Obama. Nice tune!