1999年11月19-20日日记

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1999年11月19、20日记

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l  公交车65岁以上老年人享有优惠待遇，我们两人60-64岁成了一个盲区

l  ROSE送了我们一只1$的放大镜,眼睛不好,所以室内每个地方都放了一个

l  交警”利用人们怕麻烦心理，乱罚款，从中“分红”，这种腐败何日能清除

l  电脑网络发展到这一步简直令人不可想象，几乎所有人都处于电脑的监控下

l  来了法拉盛华人集聚区,必得采购中国食品，这里不仅便宜而且齐全

l  购买电话卡一张8$,打203分钟国内电话,一张国际电话的卡，15$打75分钟

l  在感恩节前购满250$可以免费获得该商场的火鸡一只

l  中餐馆，五菜一汤四个人，相当丰满总共28.15$,加上小费15%,合计32.15$

l  华人积聚地（含商店）公共厕所问题没有解决。McDanard商店去“方便”

l  推动全美900万亚裔在2000年大选中发挥作用的网上宣传资料

1999年11月19日 (星期五)   天晴，C-4- 15

    今天北京气温预报-2 --  6C，上海市7-16C， 哈尔滨-3 -- 0C。White Plains的气温明显升高，而且预报后四天继续攀高。6:30-7:20AM的晨练从Chatterton Pkwy Ave.直奔位于Tarrytown Rd & Central Pkwy交界处的 County Center了解Westchester- Manhattan间的往返公交线,找到始发站的BXM4C线,该线路始发站离我们家步行20分钟,由Westchester- Manhattan的终点Broadway & Bowling Green,全程约85分钟,每张票5.00$,如果65岁以上则2.50$,如果购买10张联票则4.20$一张。其间停11站，即Central Park  Av & Hartsdale Av、Central Park Av & Ardsley Rd、Central Park Av & Tuckahoe Rd、Cnetral Park & Palmer Rd、Central Park Av & Midland Av、Central Park Av & Yonkers Av、Central Park Av & McLean Av、Fifth Av & 98^th St、Fifth Av & 43^rd St、Fifth Av & 23^rd St、Broadway & Bowingling Green。看来我们去曼哈顿下城和上城均可座这趟“专列”了，而且不用乘火车倒车（指去下城和上城）。公交车规定65岁以上老年人享有优惠待遇，在这点上对于我们两人来说60-64岁成了一个盲区了，在国内已经退休，在美国人们认为你不属于老人圈，这个问题如何解决，用中国的退休证能够说明你已经退休，但是同样享受不了这里的优惠待遇。

     9:50-10:00AM,分别给系里和李洪山发了E-MAIL,一个是关于利用AHA年回宣传历史系并吸纳留学生问题,另一个是讯问关于历史的WEB SITE。10:20AM和张世祥通了电话，他明年一月较忙，商定明年4月我们去加州洛杉矶，这样比较松快。和胡玉坤电话未通，正好她出去了。

ROSE送了我们一只1$的放大镜,她说，用10$买了10个,因为眼睛不好,所以室内每个地方都放了一个,因为眼睛不好所以也不敢开车。我们回送了一块真丝头巾。全天追述昨纽约之行。7:30PM和上海的妈妈通了长途电话,我们寄去的信已经收到。股市相对平稳。ABTL-0.62,为14.75$;CHL+3.44,为92.00$;ANSR-2.19,为23.44$,BLSW+0.81,为62.62$;CSCO+0.19,为88.12$;LEAF)0.75,为41.25$. Y今天又收到康州交通法庭寄来的罚单，罚款60$,起因是几个月前,Y驾车前往法拉盛停车场停车,责难Y停错了位置因而罚款.Y以为,那里的标志极不明显,罚款理由不充分,但是考虑到与他们纠缠起来没完没了,赔不起时间,只能认罚。据说“执法”人员正是利用人们的这种心理，乱罚款，从中“分红”，这种腐败现象不知何日才能清除。

1999年11月20日 (星期六)   天晴，10-18C, 傍晚中雨

    今天这里气温明显增高，纽约13-19C， 北京2-8C，上海8-16C，哈尔滨-5 - 3C。6:35-7:25AM晨练仍是空无一人, 校车停开,学生不用上课,汽车也少。我走老线路，从Harvard Rd - Central Parkway Ave - Battle Ave - Cahtterton Pkwy Av.

早上Z给我显示在INTERNET网上可以查出经常使用E-MAIL的人的地址、电话。基本情况，以及通过什么路线可以从自己家里到达被查询人的家里。例如Z查询了Huang Kailai, Wang Jianguo, Yuan Tsing三人，都能很容易地找到他们的地址和电话，也找到去他们家的步骤，有他们家的草图，标明他们家的所在街区的正确位置。而对于网上有他们的详细情况，他们三人自己还不一定知道。当然条件是查户主，名字，住在那个州要准确，例如查贾宁，查我就找不到，查不常上网的王霈也很困难。这一技术不知国内安全部门和公安部门是否掌握。电脑网络发展到这一步简直令人不可想象，在这种情况下，实际上几乎所有人都处于被电脑的监控之下。

    9:30AM-3:00PM,我们全家四人驱车前往法拉盛(Flushing)华人集聚区,它属皇后区(Queens)。J驾车自Chatterton Pkwy Ave -- White Plains Station—Broxn Pkwy Ave—Cross Bronx Expwy –Bronx Whitestone Bridge—678 No. Whitestone Expwy –Van Wick Expwy –25A Northern Blvd—Main St. 10:05AM-1:05PM,我们在停车场停车,然后去世界书店浏览,接着观看法拉盛华人集聚区的主要街道,在这里到处是华人,据说主要是来自台湾的,不过近年来自大陆的也不少，不会说英语的人也不用犯愁。现在这个地区就其地域来说规模已经超过了在曼哈顿的中国城（China Town）。来了法拉盛华人集聚区,必得采购中国食品，这里不仅便宜而且齐全。我们就进香港超级市场（Hong Kong Suppermarket）总共采购了44样，合计134.36$(含税1.14$),其中包括冬菇两袋,每袋3.29$,鼓汁风爪一袋2.79$, 爆炸肉皮一袋2.99$,绍兴料酒一瓶1.95$,上等麻油一瓶2.59$,万家香酱油一大瓶(1加仑即128 OZ)5.99$,万岁纯净玉米油(Corn Oil)一大瓶(118 FL OZ 3.5L公升)4.50$,鸭胗2.54$(每磅2.59$),酱条瓜一瓶1.89$,腐乳一瓶1.89$(另一种0.99$),荔枝每瓶1.89$,可香熏肚一袋3.99$,小鸡一只1.90$,1.64$(每磅0.89$),雪鱼丸一袋2.69$,带鱼一包3.29$,萝卜丝糕四个1.49$,海蛰一袋1.15$,挂面一包2.50$,笋肋一袋5.50$,不粘锅一个10.99$,大碗一个2.79$,五花肉4.44$,肉1.83$,排骨2.07$,鱼10.68$(每磅3.49$),鱼6.30$等。用信用卡支付，我行使签字权。这一签1000元人民币出去了。  在这里购买电话卡（Phone Card）相对便宜，购了一张COD（Call On Demand）花8$,可以打203分钟国内电话,平均每分钟4美分多，另一张7$打160分钟,还买了一张打国际电话的卡，15$可以打75分钟,平均每分钟为0.21$。随后，我们找中国餐馆吃饭，到了南北和饭店，那里有人在排队，生意极佳。于是改到另外一家中餐馆，五菜一汤四个人，相当丰满（煎鱼，糖醋排骨、爆炸虾、肉丝炒笋丝、丝瓜 以及榨菜小肚汤，总共28.15$,加上小费15%,合计32.15$了。饭吧,驱车在法拉盛地区浏览,围绕Main St.附近转悠,谁知驾车的Z感到有“出口”的需要，于是转由Y驾车，Y原来准备在香港超级市场“方便”，那知这个在美国最大城市中的中国特色商业区却根本没有你“方便”的地方，无奈只有找到Roovelet AV & Main St间的 McDanard商店去“方便”了。Z如法炮制，到那里“出口”，而Y开车在外面转悠（没有停车位），由Main St. 转向Northern Blvd – 36^th St–38^th St—Main St.与Z相会,然后折向Union St.- Northern Blvd. 25 A -678 No.-278 No- 95 Rd回White Plains。去时付3.5$的过桥费,回来时要另加1.5$的公路费(95号公路)。看来在美国，华人积聚地（含商店）的公共厕所问题仍然没有解决。

Rose的儿媳妇及其三个孙女来了（家里离这里驱车20分钟），这“五朵金花”见了L，还要看看我，我们就下去看望她们，其中最小大一位还学习中文，而中文教师是一位美国人，我们送了它们一封(20个)檀香书签（Bookmark），她们非常高兴，于是我们与他们全家合影留念。晚上冒雨驱车和Y、L去Pathmark采购物品，按规定在感恩节前购满250$可以免费获得该商场的火鸡一只,我们的卡上显示已购246.96$(11.17),这次我们购买了5.97$,这样就“达标”了，我们选了一只最小的重13磅的免费火鸡（12.92$）,准备在感恩节自己动手来烤火鸡。

Z的点子不少，早上给我演示网上查询地址和基本情况。晚上有给我设计网上调查，这些都具有可行性，不过我要慢慢地消化它。在Hotmail上我还收到J转来的有关推动全美900万亚裔在2000年大选中发挥作用的网上宣传资料, 其中David Lee, executive director of the Chinese-American Voters Education Committee, an organization located in Cupertino and San Francisco. 很有意思，现全文转载如下：Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:19:14 -0500 (EST) Regards, Nianjun Zhou；Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 19:44:36 -0600 From: Thomas Shen <CS.TT.SHEN@worldnet.att.net> Subject: Fw: 80-20 FEATURED in 2 mainstream papers in CA For your information. Thomas  From: SB Woo  <s_b_woo@80-20.net> To: cs.tt.shen@worldnet.att.net  Subject: 80-20 FEATURED in 2 mainstream papers in CA Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 3:19 PM The San Francisco Examiner and The Argus (an Oakland, California paper) both FEATURED 80-20 last Monday. Such reports about 80-20 are all the more significant, since 80-20  has NEVER sought mainstream media attention.  We strongly believe that if we get our act together, the media and politicians will come to us.  Things seem to be working out as we anticipated, thanks to the enthusiastic support of all of YOU. You may recall that CNN and New York Times also covered 80-20 within the last four months.  The two recent articles are appended below.

SPECIAL NOTE: We'd love to hear from SOME of you regarding our ongoing fundraising. Thanks. SB

Asian Americans Go Online to Flex Their Political Muscle Monday November 15, 1999, "Argus" By Lisa Gardiner, NEARLY EVERY day, Adam Chou sits down to his home  computer and launches a flurry of e-mails.  And he could be making political history.  This computer systems manager is one of the many local organizers of The 80-20 Initiative, an Asian-American political action group founded last year in Foster City. The group's goals aren't necessarily new. They're trying to get the majority of the United State's 9 million Asian-Americans, who traditionally split votes between Democrats and Republicans, to ally with one party in the 2000 presidential election. But their organizing tool is unique: they have no office, only a growing list of e-mail addresses now 70,000 strong. As the first Asian-American political group in cyberspace , the group's potential impact on next year's election is being  watched with fascination.  "This is really a novel approach and  we don't know what is going to happen," said David Lee, executive director of the Chinese-American Voters Education Committee, an organization located in Cupertino and San Francisco.  What remains to be seen "is whether you can move  from cyberspace into the polling place," Lee said.  "I think  that's something that's yet to be seen." The group's name reflects their goal: They'd like to see 80 percent of Asian Americans sink their vote and contributions in one party's candidate.  With endorsements and contributions, the group plans to reward the political party's candidate who is most committed to ending discrimination against  Asian-Americans and increasing their representation in policy-making positions.Already, group leaders say they have the support of presidential candidate Bill Bradley, though those with the non- partisan group say they won't decide on an endorsement until after the national party conventions.  Daily e-mail, which distributes updates and information about the organization, has given the group an unprecedented ability to mobilize, Chou said.  "(Otherwise) you would have to establish so many grassroots organizations around the country," said Chou, a Fremont resident.  "Just thinking about stuffing envelopes would turn (people) off." And its steering committee includes a bevy of Asian-American leaders, including Chang-Lin Tien, a former University of California, Berkeley, chancellor, Alex Esclamado, the national chairman of the National Federation of Filipino-American Associations, and S.B. Woo, a physics professor from the University of Delaware and former lieutenant governor of Delaware. Recent fund-raising efforts have brought in $65,000, Woo said. But in the affluent Asian-American community, "the sky's the limit," he said.  And by next year, they're hoping to have 300,000 e-mail addresses, he said. Traditionally, the Asian-American vote has been difficult for politicians to court, said Terry Christensen, a political science professor at San Jose State University. While African- Americans and Latinos traditionally vote Democratic, Asian-Americans can swing to either party. For instance, Chinese Americans tend to register as independents, and Vietnamese Americans have primarily registered as Republicans, Christensen said.  But with split votes comes fraying political clout.  Woo, who spoke recently at an Asian-American leadership conference in Danville, said a group's political power resides not in its numbers, but its ability to vote as a block.  American Jews, for instance, number just 6 million in the United States, but because of their ability to vote together, have immense political clout, Woo said. Still, some wonder how easily the Asian-American population can be united.  Its groups includes Indo-Americans, Pakistani- Americans, Vietnamese-Americans,Filipino-Americans,Japanese-Americans, Chinese-Americans and others. It includes everyone from recent immigrants to families with generations of history in the United States. John Kim, executive director of the Korean Community Center of the East Bay in Oakland, said he was excited about the initiative but wasn't sure how successful it could be.  "The diversity (in the Asian-American community) is a huge factor," he said. "How do we successfully do outreach to the Korean community, the Hmong community, the Laotian community..." So far, the organization, which was founded in the Chinese- American community, appeals primarily to upper-middle class Chinese Americans, Chou said. And there may be a reason for that: a recent Bay Area poll shows Chinese-Americans are more likely to have Internet access than any other ethnic group, Lee said.  Yet if Asian- Americans join together, they could make or break a close election, some said.  l  In the meantime, they may make  history with their tactics.  "It's the first attempt to organize on the Internet, especially for an  ethnic group," Lee said.  "It's never quite been done like this in the Asian community before."

    Wooing Politicians With Asian Voters,WILLIAM WONG,Nov. 15, 1999, San Francisco Examiner

    A SMALL group of prominent Chinese Americans, meeting last year in Foster City, launched an ambitious national political movement called the "80-20 Initiative."  Its specific goal is to convince Asian Americans to swing 80 percent of their vote and financial support to the major party presidential candidate who pledges to support the group's mission. Organizers figure that if Asian Americans were to vote as a powerful 80-20 block, instead of splitting their vote roughly 50-50 as they did in 1992 and 1996, politicians would listen to their concerns.  California- along with New Jersey and New York - are special targets.  At the time, I called the movement "quixotic, provocative and pie-in-the- sky." As the presidential campaign of 2000 warms up, I have not fundamentally changed my view, but on Nov. 7 I had an opportunity to check up on the progress of 80-20. At a gathering in Danville, the movement's pied piper, S.B. Woo, made a presentation to local Asian American political groups. Woo, a professor of physics at the University of Delaware, is a former Democratic lieutenant governor as well as an unsuccessful candidate for the party's U. S. Senate nomination in Delaware. It is his strong belief that highly qualified Asian Americans don't have equal opportunities at the highest positions in the federal government, academia and the corporate world. They hit the "glass ceiling." One remedy, he believes, is to use the Asian American community's growing voting strength and financial resources in ways that will increase the chances for Asian Americans to win significant political appointments, including an historic cabinet seat, as well as a greater presence on university faculties and corporate boards and management. The way to do that, he and his colleagues believe, is by pressuring the next president to support their goals in return for their votes and money. Presumably, the president, if he agrees to push the 80- 20 agenda, will appoint more Asian Americans to major administration positions and push for Congress to hold hearings on why well-educated Asian Americans continue to be excluded from top academic and corporate leadership jobs. The 80-20 movement began with about 50 individuals, including former UC-Berkeley Chancellor Chang-lin Tien. Through a campaign carried out largely via electronic mail and the Internet, Woo said the initiative now has 70,000 "supporters" with a goal of reaching 100,000 early next year.The 80-20 leaders have asked all the major party presidential candidates to pledge their support for the movement.  Thus far, only Democrat Bill Bradley has done so, according to Woo. Even though he has not been satisfied with the "tentative early responses" of the Republican candidates and Vice President Al Gore, Woo said, "I am not worried," in part because it is still early in the presidential election process.  At the beginning, the movement wanted to first consolidate Chinese American votes any political contributions with other Asian American groups signing on later. Woo said 80-20 now has support from a Filipino American and a Pakistani American group and hopes to sign up Asian Indian and Korean American organizations. He also said the movement just began a fund-raising drive and in less than 24 hours raised $30,000. What Woo and his colleagues DON'T like to discuss is the breathtaking diversity in the Asian American community - and how wildly unpredictable the voting patterns have been among Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, Filipino Americans, Korean Americans, Vietnamese Americans, Indo Americans, etc. One need look no further than San Francisco to be perplexed by the political divisions in the Chinese American and Asian American population, which is about one third of the City's population. Statewide, as well, Asian American votes have been split along party and ethnic lines in sometimes confusing patterns. Nonetheless, Woo said, "I am optimistic that 80-20 will attract more Asian Americans, because we all want to be first-class citizens. We have to look at things that unite us and not divide us." ***************

* Note that Bill Wong said, "I have not fundamentally changed my view,..."  However, that means he HAS CHANGED his mind some what.  It is significant that 80-20 is slowly changing the mind set of such a battle-hardened and respected journalist. A powerful political movement is one that changes people's minds. Basic 11-17-99 - Message sent to -- cs.tt.shen@worldneSubject: 80-20 FEATURED in 2 mainstream papers in CA  Date: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 3:19 PM