5/04/2008 09:00:00 AM|||Sarah Michelle Spinosa|||

Pictured above from left to right: Van Tran as Moe, Paul Lucas as Curly, and Dina Nguyen as Larry. Kinda creepy, isn't it? ;P Discuss... and have fun with this one!

SMS

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|||1625463080869466697|||OK. So I Was Bored! But You Reap The Benefits!4/30/2008 09:28:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
Mexican hating GOP Assemblyman Van Tran has dug himself quite a hole. He flew into Orange County last Monday to try to derail the endorsement of Supervisor Janet Nguyen, and he utterly failed. In the process he angered many of his party's leaders. Just watch the videos of that meeting that I put up here on the Orange Juice. It was not good news for Tran.

And the news gets worse. Red County blogger Nick Naylor (not sure who he is but his name sounds like that of a porno actor!) wrote an interesting post today about Tran's strange endorsements in this cycle. Check out the motley crew that Tran is backing:

Van Tran (AD 68):

-AD60: Larry Dick

-AD71: Neil Blais

-SD29: Dennis Mountjoy

-SD33: Harry Sidhu

-Supe1: Dina Nguyen

From what I hear, Dick is going to win in the 60th Assembly District, while the 71st is a toss up. Mountjoy is TOAST. Bob Huff is going to trounce him. And what about Sidhu? No se puede! I don't see any way that Sidhu will even come close to victory against Assemblywoman Mimi Walters. I think she is going to blow him out of the water. It won't be close. As for Dina, please. The only question now is who will get less votes in the First District, Dina or the other Trannie, Hoa Van Tran. It's a race to the end of the line!

Supervisor Nguyen on the other hand is supporting Walters. Here are the rest of her picks, again courtesy of Naylor's Red County post:

Janet Nguyen (First District):

AD60: Larry Dick

AD71: No Endorsement

SD29: Bob Huff

SD33: Mimi Walters

Those look like winning endorsements. And Nguyen now enjoys the support of almost her entire party leadership! And the news gets far worse for Tran. Nguyen's Supervisorial District overlaps half of Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez's Congressional District, which Tran clearly lusts for. Tran's own Assembly District overlaps only about a quarter of Sanchez' District. So even if Sanchez does move on one day, Tran won't have a clear path to D.C. Nguyen will surely block him.

It didn't have to be this way. After Nguyen won last year against a slew of opponents, Tran could have reached out to her, buried the hatchet, and moved on. But instead he dug in his heels. And now he is slowly immolating in a fire he inadvertently set himself. Nguyen's endorsement last week likely marked the beginning of the end for Tran. And he will have no one to blame but himself.

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|||4120286333418734576|||The Trannies are going down with the Titanic...4/25/2008 06:40:00 AM|||Art Pedroza|||
It is hard to figure out what has happened to Paul Lucas. I spoke to him at length last night, at Drinking Liberally. It was rather brave of him to show up, but he did bring Commie Girl with him and she was not happy. Well, with me anyway. Something Sarah Spinosa posted about Commie Girl and former State Senator Joe Dunn made her very enojada. It was all I could do avoid having my head ripped off by her, but I digress.

I asked Paul when he was going to become a Republican. I was joking, but also somewhat serious. I don't think he realizes the extent to which he has tanked his reputation in his party. Everyone is aghast that he has apparently gotten in bed with the Trannies. I asked him in fact if he was going to sue the Trannies for putting his signature on the infamous letter that was distributed at this week's OC GOP Central Committee meeting. No, he said, he was not going to sue them.

Well, if my signature was used without my permission, I think I would sue. It is obvious that Paul WAS working with the Trannies, even if he does show some remorse now. How could this happen?

I am sure you are familiar with the expression, "pride goeth before the fall." In this case, Paul told me that he became upset with Supervisor Janet Nguyen because she said something mean about him to someone else, who then ratted her out to Paul. He refused to say what was said about him.

I know for a fact that Paul went nuts trying to get an appointment from Supervisor Nguyen to the Harbors, Beaches and Parks Commission. He drove her staff nuts for weeks in his pursuit of that elusive appointment. But put yourself in Nguyen's shoes for a minute. How could she appoint the guy who ran against the incumbent Republican in the 68th A.D.? Her party would have slammed her! Nguyen had no choice but to NOT appoint Paul. And he took that personally.

Paul was so mad that he did something unbelievable. He went over to the dark side. He went over to the Trannies. I wonder if Mike Schroeder or Van Tran recruited him? Or maybe both of them did? It reminds me of the scene in Return of the Jedi, where the dark and evil Emperor goads Luke Skywalker, telling him to feel his anger and strike at Dark Vader. Luke was sorely tempted, but in the end he dropped his weapon and refused to go to the Dark Side. Paul unfortunately did embrace his anger and resentment, and now his political career is all but over.

The question is, when WILL Paul go Republican? I don't see how he avoids this. He is DONE in the Democratic Party. It sort of reminds me of my old friend Al Snook. Al was always rejected by the OC GOP. So one day I told him he ought to go Reform and run for the Assembly. That was back when the Reform Party was kicking tail. So he did. And the Reform Party promptly collapsed. When Al went over to the Democrats, O.C. Register reporter Martin Wisckol called him a "political whore." What will he call Paul when HE goes red? And what can we call Paul now that he has been marked by the Trannies? What a mess. It is not unlike a Greek tragedy.

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|||2228681268534278171|||Is Paul Lucas the new Al Snook?4/24/2008 07:34:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
I accidentally omitted the video of Assemblyman Van Tran speaking at this week's OC GOP Central Committee meeting, when Supervisor Janet Nguyen was endorsed by her party. So I am enclosing it below. Be sure to pay attention as Tran cracks a lame joke at the beginning of his speech, and no one laughs.



BONUS FOOTAGE:

Below is a video clip of Tim Whitacre, the traitorous Republican who sued his own party, speaking against the endorsement of Supervisor Janet Nguyen. Imagine his embarrassment when two of his former followers, Brett Franklin and James Vanderbilt, voted FOR the endorsement, and another, Rosie Avila, abstained instead of voting no.

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|||6396154391388483627|||Video: What Van Tran said when the OC GOP endorsed Janet Nguyen4/23/2008 09:42:00 PM|||Sarah Michelle Spinosa|||


There's a new story on 'The LBC' about Paul Lucas' involvement in the Nguyen/Tran endorsement scandal. A little over a month ago, I gave him the benefit of the doubt after he assured me he filed in the 1st District simply because of the lack of Dems, but according to the story, Paul did sign the statement that alleged that Janet provided him opposition research on Van Tran. Apparently, however, he claims he didn't write it and Chris Prevatt believes him. Decide for yourself.
In my wildest nightmares, Paul Lucas never came to mind. But Tran and Schroeder went there. The first hint of their desperation came in March when Paul Lucas, without any reasonable explanation, plunked down a more than $1,400 filing fee and pulled papers to challenge Janet Nguyen in the First District Supervisor’s race. Paul had not talked to a sole in democratic circles before making his decision and speculation ran rampant that he had been convinced to run by Dina Nguyen. Paul professed his innocence and claimed that he decided to run because there were no “good” democrats running. He implied, to multiple individuals, that he was talking one for the team. Paul has made it clear to me on more than one occasion that he never used those exact words, but his meaning was quite clear...

Then we have Van Tran and his minions distributing a letter on Monday night, signed by Lucas under his ex-officio title of “Member of the Democratic Party of Orange County,” attesting to the same accusation. Don’t take my word for it, here is the letter...

What is more interesting to me though is the lengths to which Van Tran and Mike Schroeder appear to be willing to go to reclaim their power as King makers. Think about it, how desperate do you have to be for power to stoop to Paul Lucas to get it back?

Sadly, I finally have to admit that it's likely my friend Paul Lucas is a Trannie. I wanted to support him after his first snafu, and I encouraged others to do the same as he seemed to be trying to do the right thing, but now I'm afraid I have to retract any support I've voiced for him in the past. He has shown for a second time in as many months that he is not qualified to hold office.



('The LBC' edited Joe Dunn out of the above photo when they placed it on their site.)


I'm sorry Paul, but you just keep screwing up. I can only wonder what your precious Commie Girl has to say on the subject or about the rumors that you've been making bad decisions because you're smitten with Dina Nguyen. The former 'sweetie' of yours has recently been spotted having some cozy face-time with Joe Dunn in Santa Ana according to my eyes and ears around town. What's really going on here?

SMS

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|||906602980498083304|||Van Tran, Paul Lucas, and Janet Nguyen In Love/Hate Triangle4/22/2008 11:14:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
Below is part two of the exclusive Orange Juice video footage of Monday night's OC GOP Central Committee meeting, where Supervisor Janet Nguyen was endorsed by her party. This is the video the Trannies don't want you to see!

In this clip the endorsement is announced and you get to see the dejected Trannies slink out of the room as they slither after their boss, Assemblyman Van Tran.

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|||1847983741689447168|||Video Exclusive: OC GOP endorses Supervisor Janet Nguyen, Part 24/22/2008 10:40:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
One of our pajaritos surreptitiously shot the videos you will see below, at Monday night's OC GOP Central Committee meeting, when Supervisor Janet Nguyen was endorsed. Assemblyman Van Tran flew down from Sacramento to cause trouble at the meeting, but everything backfired in his face.

For starters, Tran's assistants, Dave Everett and Saolo Londono, were seen distributing a nasty letter that bore the signature of Paul Lucas, the Democrat who ran against Tran in 2006 for the 68th Assembly District. OC GOP Chairman Scott Baugh read the letter during the meeting and then he explained that he called Lucas, who denied what the letter said. Very strange. Baugh then referred to the letter as "gutter politics." My pajarito caught Everett squirming on video as Baugh denounced him without naming him.

The clip below is part one. I will be putting part two up later tonight. These are the videos the Trannies don't want you to watch...

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|||6786122476864276574|||Video Exclusive: OC GOP endorses Supervisor Janet Nguyen, Part 14/12/2008 05:46:00 AM|||Art Pedroza|||
One of the bloggers at the local blue blog has been foaming at the mouth over Democratic Supervisorial candidate Hoa Van Tran of late. So I decided to take a closer look at this virtually unknown candidate, who is taking on incumbent First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen.

There have been numerous allegations that Hoa is in league with Assemblyman Van Tran. I understand that he NEVER speaks ill of him or his acolytes, whom I call the "Trannies." But let us set that aside for the moment and scrutinize what little information is out there about Hoa, who for some reason is using a karaoke picture as his official campaign portrait. (But can he do Sinatra?)

We will start with a look at Hoa's website. He has nothing to say about the precarious state of Orange County finances. It is well known that our County government has some troubling issues in that area, including the incompetence of Orange County Treasurer Chriss Street and the ridiculous pension increased for public employees that a previous board voted for. There is no mention of these problems on Hoa's site. Strike one.

Hoa does say that "My top priority as Supervisor will be health care and parks." I wonder where Hoa plans to put these parks? The First District is completely built up. I am a big fan of public space, but realistically the only way we are going to get any more parks in the First District is to demolish buildings. I am all for that, but is there a chance in hell that the cities in the First District will go along with this? Look at how Santa Ana fumbled the ball with Centennial Park!

As for health care, what can one Supervisor do about that? And what can Hoa do that Supervisor Nguyen is not doing? This looks like a useless exercise in semantics by Hoa. In fact he has NOTHING to say about how exactly he plans to have an impact in this area. Strike Two.

Ask the residents of the First District what their top priorities are. I suspect stopping crime will be number one on the list. Which brings me to another point. Supervisor Nguyen has been a LEADER on the issue of conducting a proper national search for our next Sheriff. She is the ONLY Supervisor who NEVER endorsed the ousted Mike Carona, to her credit. Hoa has NOTHING to say about this issue, which is unbelievable.

Hoa does, to be fair, have this to say about crime, "As your Supervisor, I will fight to reduce crime by investing in police. We must support our brave police, soldiers and firefighters." Again, empty words from an apparently empty man. Show me one Supervisor who would not say the same thing? As the old burger commercial pondered, "Where's the beef?" Certainly not on Hoa's website.

The only other information we can glean from Hoa's website is that he is a lawyer who "represents consumers and small businesses" and he was in the army. He also says that "Education is the path to the American Dream." Duh! Again, this is not exactly an enlightened position. Any other politico would agree with that.

Gustavo Arellano, over at his Navel Gazing blog, was quite enthused to hear that Hoa supports amnesty for immigrants. But isn't it interesting that there is NO mention of this issue on Hoa's website? Here is a better question, when is Hoa going to repudiate the anti-Mexican Trannies who flew to the Mexican border recently to malign our neighbors to the south? I have not ready any such statements from him.

I did stumble across another blog article that was posted on Gustavo's blog by a reader, wherein Hoa expands on his views on immigration. Therein an anon blogger actually asked Hoa this question, "What about Assemblyman Van Tran and OC Supervisor Janet Nguyen and their stands on immigration?" Of course Hoa did NOT answer the question. Instead some blowhard named Pho Do Nguyen spouted off apparently so Hoa could stay out of it.

Even more illustrative of the emptiness of Hoa's position on immigration was his response when he was asked what he would do about this issue as a Supervisor, “Nothing. I’m just stating my personal stand. It’s really a federal matter. I’m running for county office.” Strike Three.

Clearly Hoa is the emptiest of empty suits. He has almost nothing of consequence to say about the issues facing the people of the First District. He appears to have built his campaign around platitudes. And he has NO political experience, unlike Supervisor Nguyen who previously worked for two County Supervisors and one State Assemblyman and who also was elected and served on the Garden Grove City Council. To use a baseball analogy, Hoa is trying to jump up from a minor A league to the majors, while Nguyen is already an All Star at the Major League level.

Sorry Hoa. No se puede!

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|||7471171720532484797|||Why Hoa?4/06/2008 05:10:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
Truong "Tomahawk" Diep has a post up over at Red County about the two Trannie candidates, Hoa Van Tran and Dina Nguyen. Apparently they opened their campaign offices. They are vying to see who will finish behind Supervisor Janet Nguyen in June.

Take a look at the picture below. That one is courtesy of Nguoi Viet Daily News. The one above came from Diep's post. Interesting that he would have the same photo that was used in the Vietnamese news media. As I have said all along - both Hoa and Dina are allied with Assemblyman Van Tran.

Diep also revealed that State Senator Lou Correa's brother in law, Edgardo Reynoso, is running Hoa's campaign. He must have been the one who recruited the pelones you see above for the campaign. I don't recall Correa working with pelones running around in Dallas Cowboys gear.

Diep is all torn up because Correa is refusing to endorse Hoa. Why is that a surprise? Correa is not stupid. Of course he won't endorse Hoa. We all know Hoa won't speak ill about Van Tran. He is an affiliate of the Trannies. No reputable Democrats are going to waste their time on him.

As for Dina, the fact that her campaign shot shows her alone in an empty office speaks volumes.
Can you say "no se puede?"

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|||6391591910774283882|||Vatos locos for Hoa Van Tran?4/03/2008 07:36:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
The L.A. Times is reporting that "A man who had been protesting a Vietnamese-language newspaper every day since late January was arrested this morning on suspicion of assaulting one of the newspaper's reporters."

As our readers know, the protests have involved many of the same Trannies (followers of Assemblyman Van Tran) who routinely show up to protest at local colleges that display the Vietnamese flag, which they deem to be communist and not worthy of being displayed.

Besides this assault, which the reporter captured on video, "police are continuing to investigate reported criminal activity, including a bomb threat and other threats against newspaper employees."

The protesters are angry at Nguoi Viet Daily's "decision to print a photo of a foot spa painted with the colors of the South Vietnamese flag." The protesters are being sued by Nguoi Viet's editor, Anh Do.

It is high time for Van Tran to denounce these violent deranged protesters! If he does not, we can assume that his silence is a tacit endorsement of these violent tactics! Moreover, at this point it is obvious that the protesters are terrorists. It is time for the Homeland Security department to begin a formal investigation.

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|||3914301549305061219|||When will Van Tran repudiate the Little Saigon terrorists?3/28/2008 10:27:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
There is an interesting article in the O.C. Register about the Trannies (followers of Assemblyman Van Tran) attack on a local newspaper in Little Saigon. These fascists are freaked out over a picture that they think cast aspersions on a flag that no longer represents anything. South Vietnam is gone. It won't ever be back. When will the Trannies get over that?

Kudos to Anh Do, editor of the Nguoi Viet Daily News, for standing firm against the Trannies (see picture above, from the OC Weekly). In fact she is suing them! They are obviously trying to run her paper out of business, for the flimsiest of reasons. They need to get a grip. This is the U.S. We believe in freedom of the press. It matters here.

In fact it matters so much that L.A. Times columnist Dana Parsons also has written about the shameful protests against Nguoi Viet Daily News. Read his comments here. Parsons writes that Do has said that "she has received death threats, that the paper has gotten bomb threats and that it will produce, if necessary, witnesses to testify about harassment outside the building."

The Trannies need to figure out that just because they don't like a picture, or some other demonstration of the commie flag they hate, is not a good reason to flip out. That is not how we do things here in the U.S. If you don't like something you can write about it in a blog, or send a letter to your local newspaper. You can even protest, but doing so for weeks on end and threatening people in the process is not cool.

Freedom matters here. The sooner the Trannies figure this out, the better. Assemblyman Van Tran should intercede and call his dogs off. The protest is led by a guy named Ky Ngo. In this article, Ngo has this to say about Tran, "“Everyone is proud of him,” said Ngo Ky, a self-described activist in Garden Grove. “He doesn’t belong to his family anymore. He belongs to the community.” The same article also quotes Westminster Councilman Andy Quach, another Trannie. Quach and Garden Grove Councilwoman Dina Nguyen have been involved in protesting flag displays at a community college in Irvine and elsewhere.

This issue is going to backfire on Tran and his minions. Americans won't tolerate Ngo and his unctuous behavior. I hope Do kicks his a** in court!

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|||2261713460832052865|||Ahn Do stands up to the "Trannies"3/28/2008 10:03:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
The O.C. Register is reporting that "A majority of Californians say immigrants help the state’s economy more than they hurt it, according to the latest statewide poll published by the Public Policy Institute of California." Wow!

The poll was conducted this month. It clearly showed that the people of the Golden State are not interested in demonizing immigrants. In fact those polled also indicated that most immigrants who have worked here for more than two years ought to be allowed to apply for legal status.

Contrast these findings with the latest stupid press release from Mexican-hater Assemblyman Van Tran. In this release he bragged about the fact that "This week 30 GOP Assemblymembers joined Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s call for President Bush to continue funding for National Guard troops assisting the Border Patrol in our nation’s frontline defense against terrorism and illegal traffickers. "

Terrorism? Have any Mexicans committed acts of terrorism that I am not aware of? Were the Saudis who partook in the hideous 9/11 attacks Mexicans? I don't think so! In fact several hundred Mexicans died in the attack on the World Trade Center towers!

Tran also bragged that "The letter was initiated by Assemblyman Van Tran after Tran led a 20-member delegation from Orange County on a helicopter tour of the California/Mexico border last month."

I wonder how much this ridiculous stunt cost California taxpayers?

As for the drug trade, there would be NONE if not for the fact that Americans like to do drugs. When our politicians come to terms with that (and of course many of THEM like to do drugs too), perhaps they will find a way to legalize some of them so they can tax the sales and get rid of this underground economy?

At any rate, demonizing Mexicans isn't going to fix our state's budget problems. Now we know that most Californians disagree with our CA GOP legislators - no wonder the Republican Party is the minority party in California. Don't expect that to change anytime soon.

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|||3414090585472927907|||Californians agree - immigrants help the state economy3/25/2008 10:28:00 PM|||Sarah Michelle Spinosa|||
has been fired! A week ago I was considering writing a story about the battle of the Nguyens after I began seeing Janet's signs out so quickly, but eventually I abandoned it because I've always felt that there is no such thing as too early to start campaigning. In many ways, a politician should actually never stop, so I felt it wasn't newsworthy.

That changed last night when on Harbor Blvd in Santa Ana I saw this. Oh yeah, people, it's going to be that kind of race. Democrats were angry with Joe Dunn for saying no to the race and with Paul Lucas for almost saying yes, but there stands a very good likelihood that this race will be another bloodbath and the Democrats will most certainly gain the seat back next time around if they can field a mainstream candidate.





So be patient Dems. Things tend to work out in the end and I'm sure they will here. The added benefit is that now Joe will have more time to prepare for his eventual new job. Joe Dunn, I hope you're listening. A lot of people think you would be perfect for this seat!

SMS

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|||5535850312190774250|||The starting gun in the 1st Supervisor's race...3/19/2008 07:07:00 AM|||Art Pedroza|||
The collection of YouTube videos that our blogger Claudio Gallegos stumbled upon, which I think were shot by Truong Diep, a Trannie, are priceless. In the collection are a series of videos of the Trannies and their allies as they visit the U.S./Mexican border. In the clip below you can see Andy Quach, of the Westminster City Council, as he is decked out in his "Neo" black trench coat. And look for supervisorial candidate "Ding Dong" Dina Nguyen. She flits in and out but appears to be wearing fatigues.

The main subjects are Assemblyman Van Tran and O.C. Register hack columnist Frank Mickadeit, who appears to be enthralled by Tran and his Trannies.

I find this footage to be incredibly offensive to Latinos. Who do these Trannies think they are? They were given red carpet treatment when their parents and grandparents were unable to hang on to their country. Today all of them are making ample use of government benefits. But they scorn the hard-working Mexican immigrants who are fleeing for a better life, just like the Vietnamese did back in the 1970's. What a bunch of hypocrites. Shame on the O.C. Register for participating in this gross exercise.

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|||3947315358046976407|||Trannies gone wild on the Mexican border3/15/2008 02:23:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
I met the other day with a very respected local elected official who had this to say about the "Trannies" - the followers of Assemblyman Van Tran - "they appear to be in complete and utter disarray." That was proven true again today as the Trannies failed to rig the Orange County California Republican Assembly (CRA) endorsement for their gal Dina "Ding-Dong" Nguyen, in her pathetic campaign against the popular incumbent in the First District, Supervisor Janet Nguyen.

The first vote garnered Janet 11 votes, one shy of the number needed for an endorsement. There were several other votes. Each time the Trannies just could not gather enough votes for their candidate to prevail. Again and again they tried and each time they came up snake-eyes as Dina failed to get the endorsement, which was of course a victory for Supervisor Nguyen.

According to an inside source, at least one of the Trannies' allies voted for Supervisor Nguyen. "Tim Whitacre and his Trannie allies looked like they were trying to herd cats, as they failed over and over to get Dina the votes she needed," said my source.

And so the misery continues for the Trannies. Earlier this year their previous candidate, Trung "B.K." Nguyen was forced to pull out of the race for the First District when word of his bankruptcy was leaked to the local Vietnamese press. Then their new candidate, Dina, screwed up not once but twice as she tried to file her candidate's paperwork with the O.C. Voter Registrar's office. She finally succeeded when Andy Quach, yet another Trannie, stepped in to fill out the forms for her. What a lame attorney Dina must be if she cannot even file basic candidate's forms!

Congratulations Supervisor Nguyen on punking Dina and her keystone cop allies at today's O.C. CRA endorsement meeting! I am told we will have a video recording of Dina's failure later today or tomorrow for our readers to watch and laugh at.

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|||6058110871683950709|||Trannies blow it at OC CRA endorsement meeting!3/10/2008 07:25:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
I received an email press release today from Assemblyman Van Tran's office touting his choice of Anaheim City Councilwoman Lucille Kring as his “Woman of the Year” for the 68th Assembly District. Isn't that interesting? Why didn't Tran pick his fellow Trannie, Garden Grove City Councilwoman Dina Nguyen? Maybe he knows something about Dina that we don't know? Is she "damaged goods?"

Tran's press release went on to say that:

Kring was recognized during a formal ceremony on the Assembly Floor in appreciation of her outstanding community services to the City of Anaheim.

“Councilwoman Kring is a dedicated leader in her community who has volunteered for numerous non-profit organizations and causes,” said Assemblyman Tran. “I am pleased to name her as my Woman of the Year for all that she has given to Anaheim and Orange County.”

In case you are wondering what this "Woman of the Year Award" is all about, here is Van Tran's explanation:

The Woman of the Year ceremony is a time to celebrate California’s exceptional women who are improving their communities. Honorees from each of the state’s 80 Assembly districts gathered in Sacramento to be recognized by the Assembly during a special ceremony. Assemblyman Tran was delighted to present Anaheim City Councilwoman Lucille Kring with a special resolution by the California State Assembly honoring her service and her many contributions in making Anaheim a better place to live.

Well, congratulations to Councilwoman Kring. My condolences to Dina, who apparently is not "Woman of the Year" material.

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|||7457900408892242864|||Why didn't Van Tran pick Dina Nguyen as his "Woman of the Year?"3/06/2008 08:09:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
The race for Orange County's First Supervisorial District got a little wackier today when Paul Lucas, a Democrat who ran for the 68th Assembly District in 2006, filed to run against incumbent Supervisor Janet Nguyen. Lucas, who had previously announced a campaign for the Garden Grove City Council, is thought to have been up to this by the Trannies - the followers of Assemblyman Van Tran - who Lucas previously ran aginst.

Lucas is obviously NOT Supervisor material, for those that know him. He is generally a fun guy to hang out with, but it is one thing to run for the City Council, or to run as an underdog for Assembly. It is quite another to run for Supervisor. In fact, according to the O.C. Weekly, he once "pretended to hump a tree." Gross! And Lucas has no money. I am told he paid for his filing fee today with a credit card.

Lucas, as far as I know, has had an awful hard time keeping a job the last few years. He works in a very niche field, as a consultant on water quality issues. I am not even sure if he is working now. But he is now running for Supervisor. Word on the street has it that the Democrats are royally P.O.d at Lucas, but maybe they should not be.

I am hearing that it is almost a lock that freshman Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides, also a Democrat, will file tomorrow as well to run against Supervisor Nguyen. It is hard to take him seriously, as he has not accomplished anything of note in his brief career, but the public does not know that. It is likely that Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido will throw his machine behind Benavides. The resulting campaign mailers will make him look like the Man, when he is indeed just a puppet of Puildo.

However, Benavides did oppose Measure D, even though he was not vocal about that. It is possible then that Pulido would rather move him to Supervisor and find another puppet to replace him on the Council.

One more wrinkle - Santa Ana School Board Member Rosie Avila, a Republican, loves Benavides, who graduated from Biola University, a Christian college where Avila is a Trustee. Benavides also used to be pro-life, until he switched to pro-abortion when he became a Council candidate. I believe that one of the reasons he did so well in his council campaign was that Avila and her allies in the hard right evangelical community backed him to the hilt. Now that we all know he is pro-abortion, will they again back him against a Republican Supervisor? Maybe not.

Also, Avila filed today to run for Congress again, against Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist, for the right to take on Congressional Representative Loretta Sanchez in November. If Gilchrist finds out that Avila is undermining Supervisor Nguyen, he could do a mailer and tell all the local GOP voters that Avila is supporting a pro-abortion Democrat. That won't help her at all.

As for Lucas, running for Supervisor might help him raise his name I.D. for his Council race. But it also could make him look like a buffoon. However, think about this scenario...Lucas runs and his presence on the ballot hurts Supervisor Nguyen with white voters. There are two other Vietnamese candidates in the mix, Garden Grove Councilwoman Dina Nguyen, a Republican attorney, and Hoa Van Tran, a Democrat attorney. The Red County Blog today posted a story indicating taht Nguyen and Hoa work at the same law firm! So yes it is apparent that they are BOTH Trannies, just as I postulated in a recent post.

At any rate, the presence of Lucas and two other Vietnamese candidates on the ballot gives Benavides a chance to get into a runoff with Supervisor Nguyen. Then all bets are off. Money will become the big issue. Supervisor Nguyen is raking it in, but will she be able to do so again in November? And will Pulido's contacts unload wads of cash on Benavides?

Now if Lucas helps Benavides get into a runoff, all he has to do in November is endorse Benavides and voila, Lucas is back in with the Democrats. And at that point Supervisor Nguyen would be in some real trouble.

The problem with Lucas, Benavides, Dina and Hoa is that you just cannot take any of them very seriously. None of them are Supervisor material, in my opinion. In fact Dina found out today that she screwed up her signatures for her filing. According to Red County, she turned them in on the wrong form! What a ding dong! She is so not ready for the big time.

Lucas in particular is not someone anyone can really take seriously. It is a well known fact that he got mad at Supervisor Nguyen because she did not appoint him to the County Beaches, Harbors and Parks Commission. Is that really a good reason to run against her? It seems rather petty. He also claimed, in the O.C. Weekly, that he got mad at Supervisor Nguyen because she yelled at him in public. That seems far-fetched. I have never seen Supervisor Nguyen yell at anyone. But Lucas apparently backed Dina Nguyen for the Garden Grove City Council. And now he is running alongside her, as a fellow Trannie. What a revolting development!

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|||7100680176177633081|||Did the Trannies recruit Paul Lucas to run against Supervisor Janet Nguyen?3/03/2008 09:22:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
I recently wrote about Assemblyman Van Tran's latest trip to San Diego - this time he brought his fellow Trannies as he flew to the border...to stop the Mexicans like fellow Trannie Trung Nguyen did in 2006, when he posed at the border while running for Supervisor.

The picture above was published in Viet Bao Daily Online. Pictured are: Andy Quach, Dina Nguyen, Van Tran, Truong Diep, and Steve Jones (GG Council).

With news of Trung Nguyen's bankruptcy plastered all over the Vietnamese media, I guess Tran didn't want to bring him along. Or maybe he was the one holding the camera? How anyone can take these people seriously at this point is beyond my comprehension.

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|||6828873033358496640|||Los Trannies locos atacan la frontera2/29/2008 04:22:00 PM|||Art Pedroza|||
It appears that Assemblyman Van Tran is once again trying to save us from the Mexicans. He announced in a press release today that he led a delegation of his fellow Mexican-hating Republicans on a helicopter tour of the border area in San Diego. Exactly what in the Hell does this have to do with the 68th Assembly District that Tran ostensibly serves?

Apparently Tran's latest wild copter ride was part of his request for federal funding for the National Guard to bolster the Border Patrol. Excuse me, but why is a state legislator poking his nose in business that pertains to the U.S. government? If anyone ought to be looking into this it ought to be members of Congress.

Of course Tran wants to go to Congress, but Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez is standing in his way. Thank God! So all he can do is pretend he is a Congressman and waste our money paying for these stupid helicopter stunts. I wonder how much this little jaunt cost the taxpayers?

If only the Democrats had the huevos to take on Tran. But they don't. Instead the focus of their enmity is Supervisor Janet Nguyen, who is NOT one of the Trannies - those who blindly do what Tran tells them to do. I am not sure if the O.C. Democrats will even field a candidate against Tran next year. Typical.

Who is the greater threat to the working poor and area Latinos? Not Supervisor Nguyen. The real problem is Van Tran - but the Democrats could care less. In fact rumor has it that their Vietnamese candidate against Nguyen, Hoa Van Tran, is himself a Trannie. That figures. I wonder if he hates Mexicans too?

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|||5940765982755980178|||Van Tran flies to San Diego to save us from the Mexicans2/29/2008 07:13:00 AM|||Art Pedroza|||
I have been told by more than one source that the reason the O.C. Democrats are desperately looking for another candidate is that they now suspect that their current candidate, Hoa Van Tran, is in fact a Trannie - an acolyte of Republican Assemblyman Van Tran. Apparently Hoa won't say anything bad about the Assemblyman or any of his crooked henchmen.

This comes at a bad time, as the Democrats appear to finally making some headway with the Vietnamese voters in Orange County, according to the L.A. Times, which published an article about this very subject today. Here are a few excerpts from the Times article:

...for the first time, registration of new Vietnamese voters as Democrats is outpacing Republicans in Orange County, and the number of newly registered Republicans has declined.

Last year, a small group of political staffers and community activists formed the Vietnamese American Democratic Club, which has been strategizing with the Orange County Democratic Party about campaigns and registration drives. The group has launched a show on Little Saigon Radio to spread its message and encourage debate on issues including presidential candidates and health policy.

To community activists, the emergence of Vietnamese American Democrats shows growth in a community that used to denounce Democratic voters and even aimed death threats at the few who campaigned for Democrats.

"Before, if you put yourself out as a Democrat, people may say you are not hard-line enough against the Communists," said Phu Do Nguyen, Tran's campaign manager. "But that perception is changing because people are facing real issues of everyday life."

"Vietnamese refugees were naturally more concerned with foreign policy rather than domestic policy, even though Democratic policies at the time would probably have been more beneficial for them," Brody said.

Tran, 42, of Garden Grove, came to the U.S. in 1980 after escaping Vietnam by boat when he was 15. He joined the military after high school, serving as a mechanic in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. He worked for the Orange County Public Defender while attending law school.

"The perception is that Republicans are anticommunists and Democrats are communist," Tran said in a recent show on Little Saigon Radio. "But that is not entirely true."

Still, as a political neophyte, Tran faces considerable odds. He has little name recognition, and some traditional backers of Democratic candidates, such as the Orange County Employees Assn., say they plan to sit this race out.

Why is the O.C. Employees Association sitting this one out? My sources tell me that they are the ones trying to recruit lame Santa Ana Councilman David Benavides to take on Supervisor Janet Nguyen. So let me get this straight. The union wants to take out the first Vietnamese Supervisor in O.C. history...and they are not backing the only Democratic Vietnamese who is challenging her. Sure looks like this union does not like Vietnamese politicians. Or maybe they have figured out that Hoa is in league with the Trannies?

Liberal OC blogger Chris Prevatt, who is a member of this union, knows the truth...but he isn't going to tell us. So far he has been attacking me for spilling the beans about his union's talks with Benavides. Typical union hack - attack and cover up.

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|||6536952929618211492|||Is Hoa Van Tran a Trannie?2/26/2008 07:52:00 AM|||Art Pedroza|||
It turns out the Emperor has no clothes. Our blogger, Thomas Gordon, recently wrote about the utter failure of the Trannie candidates for the First Supervisorial District to raise any money for their campaigns against incumbent Supervisor Janet Nguyen. Gordon found out about this from a post written by OC GOP consultant Adam Probolsky, over at Red County.

Now Martin Wisckol, over at Total Buzz, has added more details to the story. Here is what Martin had to say about the Trannies emerging debacle:

Six months ago, the talk was about how Supervisor Janet Nguyen’s campaign funds were getting gobbled up by legal expenses, and how that would handicap her reelection bid.

Now, it looks like she’s the clear frontrunner in the fundraising game. At the end of last year, she had $116,000 free and clear ($155,000 cash on hand and $39,000 in debt). And her legal issues have since been resolved.

Meanwhile, challengers Trung Nguyen and Dina Nguyen had debt, and Hoa Tran hadn’t yet opened an account by the Dec. 31 filing deadline.

Trung’s $237,000 in debt is mostly to himself. He needed to loan his campaign that much last year to make it a close race with the better known Janet. The fact that he hadn’t retired that debt by the end of 2007 does not leave him looking financially strong to take another run at Janet.

Garden Grove Councilwoman Dina Nguyen, meanwhile, shows $30,000 in debt for her city council account. Again, not a position of financial strength with which to launch a campaign for higher office.

Then there’s the ongoing puzzle of why two close allies of Garden Grove Assemblyman Van Tran — the political big man in Little Saigon — have both entered the race. Cocktail pundits have Trung dropping out to help clear the field for Dina, but Tran is mum when it comes to public explanations or prognostications.

We do know, however, that Tran would like to see Janet lose … and that many other GOP leaders would like to see Tran and other Republicans clear out, so Janet can have a clearer path to reelection. Hoa Tran is the only Democrat in the race so far….

The Trannies are also hurting elsewhere. San Jose Councilwoman Madison Nguyen, a Democrat, is also an ally of Van Tran. And she is now facing the threat of a recall over her bad decision to name a shopping area the Saigon Business District instead of Little Saigon. Sorry Madison, Van Tran won't be riding to your rescue. He has his hands full trying to find money for his Trannies in Orange County. And the money simply is not there.

It sure looks like Supervisor Nguyen is going to waltz to the finish line in June. The imminent defeat of the Trung and Dina Show might well foreshadow the end of Tran's influence. Nobody likes a loser, and Vietnamese American voters in particular tend to stay away from politicians who gamble and fail. Who knew Tran had a gambling problem? Except he is not rolling dice, he is churning out lame Trannie candidates instead.

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|||185819207299536859|||The fall of the Trannie empire?1/26/2008 07:08:00 AM|||Art Pedroza|||
A local Vietnamese American newspaper has lampooned disgraced former O.C. Sheriff Mike Carona in a cartoon reproduced above. If you look closely on the left you will see one of Carona's reserve deputies, Assemblyman Van Tran, running away with a briefcase full of cash. Priceless!

Where did the idea for this cartoon come from? See the picture on the left. This picture used to be on one of Tran's web pages. I am guessing he has removed it by now. Both Tran and Carona are advised by GOP consultant Mike Schroeder, whose wife works for O.C. District Attorney Tony Rackauckas. How convenient. I wonder what the folks at the District Attorney's office think of Van Tran's wife, who was indicted a few years ago?

Don't forget, this corrupt bunch is the same crowd pushing Trung Nguyen and Dina Nguyen for the First Supervisorial District, against incumbent Supervisor Janet Nguyen. Don't let the Trannies get away with their corruption! Go to this link and find out how you can help Supervisor Nguyen's campaign.

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|||7869884942987449627|||Carona and Van Tran lampooned in Viet Weekly cartoon1/23/2008 06:57:00 AM|||Art Pedroza|||
With all the rancor going on within the OC GOP, one has to wonder "why do the Trannies hate Supervisor Janet Nguyen so much?" They cannot point to any particular actions or votes on her part that are particularly offensive, or against Republican sentiments. But Supervisor Nguyen cannot do anything without being attacked.

For example, she voted against medicinal marijuana cards. She did so because of a case in San Diego that is in the courts. Nguyen sensibly thought it was a good idea to let the case run its course and then seize the ruling as precedent. But the other Supervisors disagreed. Was this a reason to slam Nguyen? Of course not. In fact, had she voted along with the other Supervisors, the Trannies would have sent out mailers saying she was pro-drugs.

So why do the Trannies hate Supervisor Nguyen so much? It comes down to two things. Assemblyman Van Tran conducts himself like a mafia godfather. His empire stretches all over the country. He bankrolls Vietnamese American candidates from both parties as long as they swear fealty to him. And he then makes sure that his network of crooked, corrupt friends gets jobs and referrals. Just like the mafia, these compromised politicians game the system in their favor.

Just look at Trannie right hand man Andy Quach, who is on the City Council in Westminster. He makes a living "consulting" businessmen who have to deal with the City of Garden Grove. Why do you think the Trannies tried to put Dina Nguyen on the Garden Grove Planning Commission? What great deal that would have been for them - having an insider on a commission so she could approve their plans.

And who did Quach put on the Westminster Planning Commission? His then girlfriend, Roxanne Chow. How convenient. This would allow the Trannie consultants in Garden Grove to have an insider vote their way on projects in the City of Westminster.

Ultimately the Trannies are not about good public policy. They are about money and power. But there is a second reason they hate Supervisor Nguyen. Van Tran, their godfather, wants nothing more than to be a Congressman. It has been his burning ambition ever since his early days in politics when he worked for Congressman Ed Royce.

When Tan Nguyen ran against Loretta Sanchez he did so as a trial balloon for the Trannies. This allowed them to see what might work when Tran himself eventually runs. That offensive letter that Tan sent to Mexican American voters in the district was no coincidence. It was a plot by the Trannies to see what might work.

The one problem for Tran is that now someone is in the way of his lifelong ambition. That would be Supervisor Janet Nguyen. The reason Tran wants to destroy her is simple. She is a possible competitor for the 47th Congressional District - and she refuses to let Tran guide her career. That's right. This all comes down to Tran's greed for power. He must destroy Supervisor Nguyen so that he can one day ascend to Congress when Loretta Sanchez gets tired of serving the 47th Congressional District.

Tran will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Just like the mafia kingpins, he will send wave after wave of Trannies into the breach to advance his goals. What we saw at this week's OC GOP Central Committee meeting was just the tip of the Trannie iceberg.

This is why it is so important to stop Tran and his acolytes. This is why I am so opposed to them. I despise politicians who get elected so they can stuff their pockets and hire their friends. The Trannies are a perfect example of this perfidy. They are the ones who must be stopped.

If corruption in politics makes YOU sick, please do what you can to help Supervisor Nguyen prevail over the Trannies. Go to her website and make a contribution today. We can stop the Trannies, but not if we stand on the sidelines.

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|||6129842789590269923|||Why do the Trannies hate Janet Nguyen?11/22/2007 12:02:00 AM|||LittleSaigonInsider|||
There is a current post from Tomahawk (aka Truong Diep) over at Red Count/OC Blog, where he included a letter received by Little Saigon Mobster Boss Van Tran, from Senator Barbara Boxer. If you noticed the letter, it was dated 10 days before it was posted, on November 9th, why did it take 10 days for the release of this letter?

The Trannies are always the first ones to brag to their constituents that they know what they are doing, even when they don't. They love showing how important and credible Mr. Van Tran is as an Assemblyman. Which is why they made a point of posting about Senator Boxer writing a small personal note to him. It is well known that these kind of gestures are very important to make one look "important" to this community base.

However, here is the real reason why they finally released this letter to the public 10 days later. It's because they got trumped again by O.C. First District Supervisor Janet Nguyen.

In last Sunday's Nguoi Viet Daily News, Supervisor Janet Nguyen was featured in the front top half page of the local section talking about her recent DC Trip to lobby for the county, her district and the human rights issue for Vietnam. It includes a photo of her and Senator Barbara Boxer. You can read the article at this link.

She addressed the Human Rights issues in Vietnam to Senator Barbara Boxer, who is the Chair of the Subcommittee on East Asian & Pacific Affairs. At the meeting, Senator Boxer also told Supervisor Nguyen about the Human Rights hearing that she will be holding.

So it is so obvious why the Trannies decided to "show off" the letter from Senator Boxer after the fact. If this is not trying to play catch up to Supervisor Janet Nguyen, then I don't know what else is.

The article goes on to talk about her visit with Sen. Dianne Fienstein's Chief of Staff, Orange County Congressional delegation or their staff, other Senators and Congressional members outside Orange County and California, the Department of Justice and the Special Assistant to the President for Intergovermental Affairs at the White House.

She lobbied and talked about how Orange County does not receive its fair share of funding for Orange County when it comes to housing, anti-gang prevention programs and transportation. In addition, she talked about the 241 Toll Road and human rights issue in Vietnam. Supervisor Nguyen used examples from her district or the county to address each issue.

In addition, she also attended and participated in a parade that marked the 25th Anniversary of the Vietnam War Memorial.

The Trannies have been in office since 2000, yet they have never lobbied for any other issue in DC or Sacramento beside the Human Rights problems in Vietnam. If they did, they certainly didn't boast about it in the last 6 years. There is no doubt this is an important issue to the Vietnamese American community, but what about issues that affect our daily lives here in the U.S.?

Kudos to Supervisor Janet Nguyen for being the first Vietnamese American elected official to care enough to address the issues that affect her constituent's daily lives while also focusing on the personal issues that primarily affect the Vietnamese American community. You can see from this trip, she has extensive knowledge about the issues that are important to her district and county, and to the Vietnamese American community.

This entire episode clearly shows how scared the Trannies are of Supervisor Nguyen. If they are so confident of their so called "popularity" in the Vietnamese American community, then why are they stuck playing catch up?

Trung Nguyen's recent campaign letter claims that he has earned the endorsements of "virtually all the Vietnamese American elected official in Orange County." However, do these endorsements really amount to anything, when the Trannies appear to be lagging behind Supervisor Janet Nguyen when it matters? I don't think so - nor I suspect will the Vietnamese American community in Orange County.

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|||3263471159006298269|||Shameless Trannies try to catch up to Supervisor Janet Nguyen11/16/2007 07:30:00 AM|||Art Pedroza|||
The O.C. Register is reporting today that disgraced O.C. Sheriff Mike Carona "has resigned from a prominent federal Homeland Security task force and lost his security clearance after a federal indictment against him was unsealed, Homeland Security officials said Thursday."

D'oh! So much for American's Sheriff! I wonder if Carona's taint is going to hurt his bogus reserve deputies, such as Assemblyman Van Tran (pictured above) and State Senator Lou Correa? If they have not already turned in their guns and badges, I suggest they get on it.

As one would expect, Carona's handler stepped in with a load of B.S. - "Carona spokesman Mike Schroeder responded, "That's just false. He tendered his resignation right away. It wasn't because he was asked to."

But what did Homeland Security have to say about this? ""We asked him to submit his resignation," said DHS spokesman Larry Orluskie."

Schroeder is such a big, fat liar!

The damage to O.C. was assessed by O.C. Supervisor Chris Norby. , who "wondered Thursday whether Carona's tarnished reputation and dismissal from Homeland Security would rub off on the county. "Orange County has been a leader in these areas and has had a leadership role. The situation (Carona) is in has wiped that out," Norby said. "How long is the erosion going to continue?"

But wait, there's more bad news. "Carona also was on tap to become the president of the Major County Sheriff's Association in January but has contacted the group and declined to take the post."

And Supervisor John Moorlach weighed in as well with "a question aimed at Carona. Why do we have to partner with you during this difficult time?"

In related news, one of Carona's deputy sheriffs is in seriously hot water, according to the L.A. Times:

An Orange County sheriff's deputy has been charged with falsely imprisoning as many as 12 prostitutes and sexually assaulting them while pretending to be on official police business, the district attorney's office said Thursday. Richard Rodriguez, 43, a deputy assigned to the Orange County Transportation Authority, is accused of handcuffing prostitutes loitering on Harbor Boulevard, putting them in his patrol car and driving them to isolated areas. He allegedly then would sexually touch the victims or photograph them in the nude posing in different positions, prosecutors said.

I wonder if Carona personally hired this guy? He sure seems to be a Caronista in terms of his behavior...

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|||8626143499236163693|||Disgraced O.C. Sheriff Mike Carona tossed from Homeland Security task force11/11/2007 08:47:00 PM|||LittleSaigonInsider|||
Garden Grove Planning Commissioner, Brian Nguyen, threatens an elderly man, and abuses his civic position.

Trannies appearing in the picture above, from left to right: Van Tran, Lan Nguyen, Brian Nguyen (GG Planning Commissioner appointed by Dina Nguyen), Andrew Nguyen (Democrat Westminster Trustee), John Tran (Democrat Rosemead Mayor), Dina Nguyen, Andy Quach, Roxanne Chow (Andy Quach's girlfriend & his appointed Westminster Planning Commissioner), Tri Ta and Trung Nguyen.

Brian Nguyen was appointed to the Garden Grove Planning Commission by Councilwoman Dina Nguyen when she was elected to the Garden Grove City Council. He is now known as the Trannies' new ground guy. He is usually first at an event to scan the event for the Trannies. He calls them to let them know who is there, whether the event has started or not, and even reserve seats for them. He even goes beyond that when Dina shows up.

His representation to the community is that he is just one of the Trannies' new fall guys and staff. He is slated to run for GG City Council in 2008.

His recent actions have caused an outcry in the community. Below is a translated letter from Mr. Ly Van Hop regarding his recent interaction with Brian. Mr. Ly sent this letter to Orange County Catholic's Bishop Mai Thanh Luong and Father Mai Khai Hoan.

In summary, Brian and a few people were upset with Mr. Ly's communist rhetoric and questions. Instead of asking him to be quiet, they pushed and forced him out to the back of a restaurant and threatened to beat him. Mr. Ly is 77 years old. One of the men came at Mr. Ly and almost beat him. That man was Brian who then handed his official GG Planning Commission's business card to Mr. Ly.

After this came out, some Vietnamese American businesses started talking about how Brian has used this same tactic against them. He would tell them that if they need anything from the city, they have to go through him and he'll make sure they will have no problem with their request. In addition, he would tell them to not to worry about the City Council either. He has assured businesspeople that he and Councilwoman Dina Nguyen will make sure all their projects pass.

Not only do the Trannies act like mobsters in the community, but they also show how their so called "anti-communist" public display is also fake. Almost beating up a 77 year old man because he was questioning their non anti-communist views is undemocratic and deplorable.

Below is the translated version of Mr. Ly's letter to Orange County Catholic Church's Bishop. Yes, this was printed in VietWeekly and yes, the Trannies will try to discredit the paper since VietWeekly was the first newspaper in Orange County to report on Van Tran's wife and her criminal insurance fraud scram in Sacramento. Regardless, the letter is what is important and not where it was printed.

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This is the letter that was published all over the Vietnamese internet and reprinted by Viet Weekly (Oct 17, 2007).

"Why Do All the Priests Surprisingly Look at Me Like an Enemy?"

Dear Bishop Mai Thanh Luong and Father Mai Khai Hoan:

I'm Ly Van Hop, 77 year old devout Catholic, living in Arizona. I knew Bishop Mai Thanh Luong of the Orange County Archdiocese during the Vietnamese Martyrrs event in Hawaii in 2006. I was one of the assistants of the Catholic Youth Association for the Southwestern U.S., of which Father Mai Khai Hoan the Chaplain. I am part of a group of Arizona Catholics concerned about human rights and freedom of religion in Vietnam.

When we heard that Bishop Chau Ngoc Tri of the Da Nang Archdiocese (2nd largest city in central Vietnam) and other priests from Vietnam were coming to the U.S. and that there would be a reception at Seafood World Restaurant in Little Saigon on Sunday, August 19, 2007, I drove for 6 hours from Arizona to attend.

At the reception, besides Bishop Mai Thanh Luong, Father Hoan, Bishop Chau Ngoc Tri, were 20 priests from Vietnam and the U.S., as well as other Catholics, particularly those who had lived in Da Nang. Most of the people attended with only one purpose, to listen to Bishop Tri tell stories about his diocese and his fundraising. I paid $25.00 and was treated as a VIP guest from out of state. To be treated at as VIP you only need to give money or speak out in support of the Bishop.

When it came time for question & answer, I was the first one to speak. Unfortunately all the priests looked at me like I was the enemy, because I dared to ask many sensitive questions regarding freedom of religion in Vietnam. I wanted to ask Bishop Tri two questions (the text of which had to be submitted to Bishop Tri and the priests present). I said," Your Eminence, please let us know if there is real freedom of religion right now in Vietnam. Do the Vietnamese communist suppress the Catholics or not? Are the Vietnamese Bishops and clergy independent from the State, with the right to run the church or not?"

Just as I finished the question, a group of people acting like thugs started yelling at me, asking for me to kicked off the podium. Then five or six men came up to take the microphone away from me, pushed me, a sick and frail, 77 year old, one grabbed my hands, and another picked me up by my arms and carried me out of the restaurant.

They were violently forcing me out, in front of the bishops and priests, peaceful and devout Catholics, all of whom were indifferent to my situation. None of them tried to stop the incident. I felt I had to write this letter to the media to let people know all the facts, and to request Bishop Luong and Father Hoan tell the truth about what they had seen.

The sad thing is, as I was violently accosted and physically removed from the restaurant, all of the bishops and the priests stayed there, attending the party; not one bothered to look and see how I was doing or to object to how I was treated. And I am a devout Catholic not some enemy. I had thought the party was an occasion for people like me to express my concerns about freedom of religion in my fatherland. I did not understand why all of my "Shepherds" quietly let these thugs attack me, just as the Communist secret police still keep attack the innocent people daily in Vietnam.

I didn't know the identities of the men who pushed and forced me out until one of them reached into his pocket and handed me his business card:

City of Garden Grove
Brian Nguyen
Planning Commissioner
Cell (714) 688-6947- dtribrian@gmail.com

Claiming he was part of security, he came at me with an angry look and threatened to hit me. Fortunately, some people standing around intervened so that I was not beaten.

They should have let me ask all my questions and allowed to go back to my seat in order to listen to Bishop Tri's answer, whether his answer was true or not would have been his choice. Why, in the middle of the Vietnamese refugee capital of the United States, was my fairly common opinion treated in exactly the same manner as Father Ly and other human rights activists had been treated by the Communist in Vietnam?

Finally, I apologize for interrupting the enjoyment of the bishops and priests at the party, while the people of Vietnam were suffering from floods and typhoons, and from the oppression of the Communists.

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|||5965205544605263413|||The "Trannies" Strike Again!1/07/2007 08:43:00 AM|||Art Pedroza|||
Now that the Vietnamese community has come to the forefront in Orange County, I think it is time to examine an issue that has been festering since this summer.

Tan Nguyen, the OC GOP candidate who ran against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, made immigration an issue, then he went too far by mailing a letter to Latino voters telling them they could not vote if they were not citizens. Did Nguyen commit an arbitrary act - or were his actions merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg?

I am told that some of Assemblyman Van Tran's associates, whom I often refer to jokingly in this blog as "Trannies," have been heard on Vietnamese radio stations ripping into Latinos. Of course I cannot prove that allegation - but it is fairly damning. It hints at a brewing storm that could well tear apart the people of central Orange County.

On the surface you would think that Vietnamese Americans and Latin Americans would share some commonalities. Both peoples have suffered greatly and have fled their countries of origin to find better opportunities here in the U.S. However, that is where the similarities end. The Vietnamese immigrants were brought here by the U.S. government. They were handed government services and in many cases free college education - and small business loans.

Meanwhile, Latin American immigrants come here illegally for the most part. No red carpet for them - just border patrol officers, dangerous deserts, and Minutemen. Even if they find jobs and settle down to raise families, they do so with the ever-present risk of being caught and deported. And they do the dirty work - whereas most Vietnamese residents gravitate to white collar and government jobs.

You would think that the leaders in each community would try to find ways to bridge the differences between these two peoples. However, the Trannies are fanning the flames of racial hatred - and even an outsider to their clique, Janet Nguyen, mentions "cracking down on illegal aliens" in her campaign mailers.

There are more Latino voters in the 1st Supervisorial District than there are Vietnamese voters. But the latter figure to vote in greater numbers in the upcoming special election than their Latino counterparts. Unless Latino voters wake up and smell the coffee. Will they? They have a Republican and a Democrat Latino candidate to pick from, in Carlos Bustamante and Benny Diaz. Will these candidates motivate them to go to the polls? I don't think Bustamante will succeed in that regard - but Diaz might.

And what does the future bode? For years experts have predicted that while Latinos will eventually dominate this state by sheer force of numbers, power will eventually coalesce in Asian communities. The reason is obvious. The latter focus on educating their children - that is common to Chinese, Japanese, and now the Vietnamese. Latinos too often fumble that ball.

Part of the problem is the fact that the local school district with the most Latino students, Santa Ana Unified, is an unmitigated disaster. How many Latinos are on its school board? One - John Palacio. The rest of the board members include two white trustees and one Asian.

Take a look at the Garden Grove and Westminster School Boards. They are filled with Vietnamese trustees. What a difference. That is what happens when one community votes and the other one doesn't. You could even argue that one community cares while the other one is asleep at the wheel.

Some of the fault for this is political. The Democrats dominate Santa Ana - but their leaders are supporting a white candidate for the 1st District, Tom Umberg. They look down at Diaz even though he is an educated professional who cares about his community more than Umberg ever will. I know several Latino Democrats who have already endorsed Umberg. What are they thinking?

On the statewide level, Vietnamese children can look forward to in-state college tuition. I can't remember if California adopted this for Latino immigrants. Perhaps our readers can speak up about this? Denying Latino high school students equal access to college is popular in my party, but it is damning to the future of the Latino community at large. Education is the only way out of the bottom of the socio-economic pool.

As for the political repercussions of the Vietnamese cold war with O.C. Latinos, take a look at the picture on the left. That is allegedly supervisorial candidate Trung Nguyen's car. If there is any hope for Latinos to ultimately prevail in central O.C. it is the fact that the Vietnamese community is splitting up - perhaps permanently. Trung apparently feels he is the "Number one Vietnamese." Tran thinks he is. Janet Nguyen hopes she will be.

The flip side of this equation is that the Latino community is split as well - and too many Latino voters do what their Democrat masters tell them to. I don't know that they would find warmer waters in the OC GOP - in fact I think my party for the most part is generally not a good place for Latinos. They tolerate us when we do as we our bid - and banish us when we show too much independence.

Look at the OC GOP Caucus in the 69th Assembly District. Its chairman, Tim Whitacre, is most proud of one accomplishment - recalling Nativo Lopez from the SAUSD board. The other caucus members include exactly one Latino - me, although it should be noted that caucus member James Vanderbilt's is Latino on his mother's side. I am also told that in the Central Committee elections last year, I was the only Latino Republican countywide to succeed in getting elected. Not good!

Latino voters and community leaders will have to unite in order to prevail in central O.C. Right now they could do so behind Diaz and actually do something that matters - replace Lou Correa with another Latino leader. But Correa apparently won't even endorse Diaz for fear of his Democrat masters. Nor will Congresswoman Sanchez. How very disappointing.

Latino leaders also need to make sure that our community does not respond to the hate coming from some GOP Vietnamese leaders with equal measure. We need to build bridges - not explode them. But that doesn't mean we should lie down and just take the vitriol.

Democrat Vietnamese leaders have been silent - but they are starting to wake up. Garden Grove school board trustee Kim Oahn Nguyen-Lam came to prominence this year when she was rejected by the Westminster School Board after they initially hired her as their new superintendent. Phu Nguyen made the headlines when he almost ran for the 1st Supervisorial District. Lan Pham did run - although he is a dark horse at best.

Democrat Vietnamese leaders need to take steps to nullify the actions of their anti-Latino GOP brethren. I think they will - but first they need to stop voting for the Trannie candidates and recruit their own candidates, from their own ranks. That will take guts.

I will do my part here at the Orange Juice by bringing to light every instance of Latino bashing by Vietnamese politicians that I come across. We must shame them into stopping this Xenophobic behavior. It must not be tolerated in this New Year.

You would think that Vietnamese politicians in the O.C. would have learned from the fate of Tan Nguyen. You would be wrong. But there is still time for them to change their ways before this Cold War becomes a full-blown guerra.

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