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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2007
6A
‘Rule 5 of thumb - don’t upset Georgia Tech fans
Lordy, I upset some
Georgia Tech fans a
couple of weeks ago
by poking fun at their all
night welcoming event and
brand
alignment
hootenan
ny Nov.
1.
One
reader
told me
that stu
dents no
longer use
slide rules
at Tech, as
Dick Yarbrough
Columnist
yarb24oo@bellsouth.net
I had implied. I suppose that
means they’ve also given up
the T-Squares they used to
wear on their belts like pis
tols. Another reader, after
making a close examination
of the picture that usually
accompanies this column,
'Profile' foreign donors? But of course
Asian- American
groups don’t like
the increased pub
lic scrutiny that Hillary
Clinton’s mysterious Chinese
dishwasher donors are get-
ting.
T o
which I
say, in
words that
should be
universal
ly under
stood: 800
hoo.
In the
wake of
eye-open-
Michelle Malkin
Columnist
malkin@comcast.net
ing investigations by the New
York Post and Los Angeles
Times of more dubious for
eign funny money flowing
into Hill’s coffers, ethnic
grievance organizations are
stepping forward to condemn
these stories as examples of
“negligent journalism.” Yep.
The newspapers are guilty
of “negligence” because they
actually broke news instead
of covering "it up.
Both uncovered dish
washers, cooks and other
suspect Hillary campaign
contributors in New York’s
Chinatown, Flushing, the
Bronx and Brooklyn who
were limited-income, lim
ited-English-proficient and
smellier than stinky tofu.
One Asian donor admitted
“to lacking the legal-resident
status required for giving
campaign money.” Another,
Hsiao Wen Yang, said she was
reimbursed for her SI,OOO
donation - setting off clear
alarm bells over yet another
possible straw donor scheme
on the heels of Norman Hsu
gfate.
The reports prompted
Asian & Pacific Islander
American Vote, a “national
nonpartisan, nonprofit orga
nization that encourages and
promotes civic participation
of Asian Pacific Islander
Americans in the electoral
and public policy processes
at the national, state and
local levels,” to issue a press
release this week carping
about the media’s “undue
scrutiny on a specific ethnic
subgroup.” Lisa Hasegawa,
APIAVote board member,
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informed me that I was old
and ugly. (That was a shock
er. I thought I looked like
Prince William.) A number
of Tech athletic supporters
railed about my lack of edu
cation since I attended the
University of Georgia (the
nation’s oldest state-char
tered university, located in
Athens, the Classic City of the
South.) That included Randy,
who kept writing me and
referring to me as a “moran”
I sic |. He also threatened to
show up at my speech to
the Smyrna Rotary Club in
October with his friends and
heckle me. The only problem
is that the speech was in
October of last year. Details
don’t seem to be Randy’s
strong suit. ...
In fairness, a number of
Georgia Tech fans told me
expressed her dismay over
the campaign finance probes
zeroing in on New York City’s
Chinatown:
“We are alarmed by the
potential negative impact of
irresponsible reporting and
the harm it may have on
legitimate political partici
pation by members of the
Asian American and Pacific
Islander community. It is
imperative that the media
approach these serious alle
gations with deliberation,
focus and the highest lev
els of journalistic integrity.
As the Asian American and
Pacific Islander community
embraces their right to par
ticipate in the civic process, it
is important that the greater
balance and responsibility be
taken when addressing this
important issue.”
Translation: Lay off the
Chinese dishwashers for
Hillary, you racist, xenopho
bic, ethnic smear-mongers!
The only ones guilty of
irresponsible behavior here
are the political apologists for
Hillary and the media orga
nizations that would rather
kowtow to political correct
ness than follow in the jour
nalistic footsteps of the New
York Post and Los Angeles
Times. The Clinton campaign
is counting on left-wing edi
tors to capitulate under heat
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that they did not approve
of what the current athletic
administration is doing to
the image of the school. One
said the late legendary Coach
Bobby Dodd must be “whirl
ing in his grave.” I agree.
Somehow, I don’t remember
Tech having any problem
filling Grant Field when he
was turning out those great
teams of his. But then, what
do I know? I am just an old
and ugly moran. ...
All of this may be moot
anyway. Earlier this month,
while we weren’t looking,
Ray Mcßerry, chairman of
the Georgia League of the
South, attended a secessionist
convention in Chattanooga.
According to the League, he
was there to discuss “the
practical use of ‘secession’
as a remedy for the uncon
from Asian-American groups
who want to deflect atten
tion away from suspicious
foreign donations.
“I’m going to keep reach
ing out to everybody in our
country. I want to be a presi
dent to everybody,” said a
defiant Hillary in defense
of her indiscriminate fund
raising. “Asian-Americans in
Chinatown and Flushing have
the same right to contribute
as every other American,”
Howard Wolfson, a campaign
spokesman, told several
newspapers. “We do not eth
nically profile donors.”
“Ethnic profiling” is the
rhetorical bugaboo the
Clintons hope will stave
off more investigations
and invocations of Asian-
American donor scandals
past. Learning well from
their far-left minority coun
terparts, these groups have
tried to turn the debate away
from candidate and donor
responsibility to the collec
tive “rights” of the entire
“Asian American and Pacific
Islander community.”
The identity politics tribe
can call it “ethnic profiling.”
I call it learning from history.
We’ve been here so many
times before. With convicted
DNC fundraiser John Huang
and Charlie Trie and Pauline
Kanchanalak and Maria Hsia.
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OPINION
stitutional encroachments
of the out of control and
increasingly corrupt federal
government upon individual
liberties and States’ Rights.”
Also attending was the
“Second Vermont Republic.”
If Vermont and Georgia
do secede from the union,
Georgia and Georgia Tech
will probably have to give up
football and play ice hockey
all year. The University of
Vermont doesn’t play college
football (although it does play
club football, but that doesn’t
count). Nobody in what will
remain of the United States
will play us since we will be
foreigners. It would be like
them playing Bolivia. I hope
Ray Mcßerry has thought
through all of that. Here’s
a suggestion: Why don’t all
the flaggers move to Atlanta
With the Chinese Buddhist
monks and nuns who helped
engineer a Gore campaign
reimbursement scheme and
shredded documents related
to their temple fundraiser.
Democrats apparently
believe that only Americans
should be saddled by
Byzantine campaign finance
regulations while foreign
donors get a pass. Asian-
American lobbyists appar
ently believe minority groups
should get less scrutiny from
the media than everyone else.
If it’s “ethnic profiling” to be
extra-careful of Chinatown
donors who can’t speak
English, live in dilapidated
buildings, have never voted,
can’t tell Hillary Clinton
from Hunan Chicken or sim
ply can’t be found, then “eth
nic profiling” should be the
standard procedure of every
responsible campaign.
Discrimination is not a
dirty word when it comes to
keeping dirty money out of
American politics.
Michelle Malkin is author of
Unhinged: Exposing Liberals
Gone Wild. Her e-mail address
is malkinblog@gmail.com.
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Some readers have asked
me to encourage former U.S.
Sen. Sam Nunn to run for
president. I’m not sure I carry
much weight with him these
days, but I am willing to try.
Given the underwhelming
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He is a good man and would
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You can reach
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