The commenters at Red County/OC Blog have been working overtime to slam O.C. Supervisor Janet Nguyen over today’s visit by the President of Vietnam, Nguyen Mien Triet. He will be staying tonight at the St. Regis Hotel in Dana Point. There will be a reception for him tomorrow.
The first Red County/OC Blog post was by someone named “Little Saigon Watch” – who my sources say is really Truong Diep, who works for Assemblyman Van Tran. That post revealed the details about Triet’s visit.
The next post was by Jubal/Matt Cunningham. It linked to a Total Buzz post about the visit. In that post, Martin Wisckol wrote about Tran’s plea that businesses boycott the Triet visit. Wisckol wrote this about the plea, “Conspicuously — but predictably — absent from the list of Vietnamese-American leaders is the county’s second-highest ranking V-A elected official, county Supervisor Janet Nguyen, who is at odds with Van Tran and his team, which includes Trung Nguyen. “
What Wisckol fails to note is that Tran did not invite Nguyen to participate in that written plea. of course. He is still mad that Nguyen beat his acolyte, Trung Nguyen, who in the past year has also lost a GOP Central Committee election and a water board election.
In fact, Nguyen’s Chief of Staff, Andrew Do, has been involved in protest organizing all along. Nguyen is also paying for a bus that will take protestors to Dana Point, where she will be speaking today at 3 p.m. She will also be on a Vietnamese radio station today at 2 p.m. to talk about the protest to Triet’s visit.
I am told that Tran and his allies are paying for food and water for the protesters. The last time I looked, renting a bus was an expensive proposition and a very decent gesture of support on Nguyen’s part.
“Little Saigon Watch” struck again in a Red County/OC Blog post dated June 21. Here is what he wrote, “What’s equally troubling however is the complete silence from Janet Nguyen’s office on this issue.” Complete silence? After Do has been involved in protest planning from the start? I suppose that Nguyen’s radio interview today won’t count either?
The post also mentioned an Orange County Office of Protocol, which is involved in the Triet reception tomorrow. My sources tell me this office is privately funded, but uses office space provided by the County of Orange.
Here are the facts you won’t hear about at Red County/OC Blog:
- Supervisor Nguyen wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice expressing her dismay at the human rights violations committed by Vietnam against its peoples.
- Her uncle was executed during the fall of Saigon, because he was in the military unit that was the last defense against the North Vietnam army.
- Her father fought against the communists in Vietnam.
- Her brother has been defending our country in Iraq.
- Supervisor Nguyen’s family fled after the fall of Saigon. They paid the price while Tran and many of his associates left Vietnam well before the war ended. The elite got out first – and everyone else paid the price later.
If the bloggers at Red County/OC Blog want to attack Supervisor Nguyen they ought to do it with their real names. I don’t mind when the public uses anonymous identities to comment, but bloggers should not. I have disagreed with Jubal/Matt Cunningham about that from the start. We don’t let our bloggers here at the Orange Juice! post in that fashion. Ever.
It is cowardly for this “Little Saigon Watch” to sling arrows at Supervisor Nguyen under the veil of his secret identity. Come out of the shadows – be a man and let us know who you are so we can weigh what you have to say more appropriately.
It is worth noting that Cunningham himself did not step out of the shadows until OC Weekly outed him. No wonder he supports this ridiculous practice of attacking people under false pretenses.
Supervisor Nguyen assured me today that she is opposed to communism and to the deprivations visited upon the people of Vietnam by Triet’s regime. She hopes that he will see how happy people are in this country because they are free to protest, to speak out and to practice the religion of their choice. She hopes that he will contrast this with the unhappiness of his own people, who deserve the freedom that we enjoy here in the U.S.
UPDATE
The O.C. Register has posted an article about the protest, complete with new pictures. I have enclosed one of them above. Here is an excerpt from the article:
“Our aim is to let the American public know that we
It looks like all comments are censured.
There is a difference between censorship and moderation. We moderate our posts because some crazies like to flame us with F-words.
We don’t censor posts because we disagree with them.
And unlike some local blogs we don’t ban people for ripping us.
“We don’t censor posts because we disagree with them.”
Art,
You know that that is not true. You have admitted a censure ship against the Allan Bartlett’s post from Powder Blue Report.
You are like Bush: The amnesty is not amnesty.
The problem with liars is that they forget their lies.
Poster 3,
Allan’s post was offensive, but actually I did not delete it. Although I would have. It was awful.
“It was awful.”
Art,
The FAQ is: Did it contained any F-words?…. No!
So you have censured Allan’s post!
Perhaps you do not understand difference between moderation and censure ship.
However, we do know that it is never you but someone else who deletes the posts.
Are there two Art Pedrozas in the OJ?
Poster 5,
You think my co-bloggers do nothing around here? Think again! Everyone here contributes. That includes post moderation and deletion.
Yes, Bartlett did not use the F word, but his post was not something to be proud of.
Now we understand Art,
“his post was not something to be proud of.”
So we should not print truth – only what we are proud of?….. Huh?
Is such publishing called biased?
So it is a OK with you if the OC Register and LA Times print only what they are proud of?…. regardless of the truth?
FYI Art, that is called political correctness and censure ship – in plain language a crapola.
The Vietnamese are being pretty divisive.
Instead of meeting with and attempting to work with Vietnam’s leaders to address human rights issues, they shun them and try to attack them when they do come to this country to discuss issues with those that will listen. Some people are willing to move on from the past and try to make positive change for today’s Vietnam.
Why is Janet Nguyen participating in the rallys and hostile group actions?
According to the LA Times, the people rallying attacked the wrong car and engaged in terrorizing innocent people staying at the Dana Point hotel. That kind of behavior should not be condoned or tolerated.
I would respect Janet more if she was making an attempt to meet with Vietnam’s leaders to try and resolve today’s issues and do something positive but, apparently, she’s not.
Great point by the last poster! What are any of these people doing to change the government in Vietnam today? Maybe they feel guilty for bugging out of Vietnam and coming here for the good life instead of staying and fighting. I guess it’s a lot easier and safer to rant and rave against the commie’s from a good safe distance across the ocean!