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Tim Maddog was abducted by aliens several years ago and is now secretly blogging from an island where even the domestic media doesn't know its name.
Before his abduction he helped to create The Sedition Commission, actively opposed an infamous racist political candidate, hosted his very own weekly radio show (where he was threatened by backers of the aforementioned candidate), and fought the College Republicans singlehandedly. During the 1980s and 90s he published the 'zine Vital Information.
Tim Maddog is an atheist, a vegetarian, a non-drinker, and a bicyclist. If you don't use your rear view mirror when driving alongside him, he will rip it off of your car with his bare hands. If you're an extra-large uniformed soldier, and you crash your motorcycle into him, be prepared for an ass-whoopin'. He's a Maddog! On the other hand, if you smile at him, he'll smile back at you. (See more on my Blogger profile)
The name of the rap?
The name of this blog comes from the title of a rap done by Tim Maddog on The Sedition Commission's An Ambient Boot to the Head. Listen to it online here.
Maddog Quotes
* Question everything -- especially this.
* My race is human. What's yours?
* They cannot control us!
* Part of the real secret is that "us" includes you.
* Ignorance is bliss, and I'm pissed.
* I only eat live meat.
* Everything in moderation -- even moderation itself. (...though I'm apparently not the first to have said it.)
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Trust the Chinese Nationalist Party?
Why not just add the word "not"?
During Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Mr. Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) presidential campaign, he used the double entendre 「馬上好」 (mǎ shàng hǎo) as a slogan. The phrase can mean both "Ma becoming president is a good thing" and "Things will be good soon."
It's not, and they won't.
The campaign was taking place at a time when, in contrast with constant pan-blue media reports to the contrary, Taiwan already had a very healthy economy. At that time, the news hadn't yet come out that during the first quarter of 2008 -- under the administration of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) -- Taiwan's GDP growth rate was a "better-than-expected" 6.06%.
Ma's campaign extended the slogan of "mǎ shàng hǎo" to imply that an even more immediate "change" would occur (although they failed to tell us in which direction that change would take us). One of the ads which used that slogan had someone lampooning former president Chen. In that commercial, a child's voice asks, 「那還要等多久？」 ("So how much longer will we have to wait [for things to get better]?"). The fake Chen replies, 「馬‧上就會好」 (mǎ shàng jiù huì hǎo), or "When Ma is elected, things will be better immediately."
See/Hear for yourself (video starts slowly):
0:20 YouTube video: "馬上就會好"
That's only what we said, not what we meant
A little over one month ago, I had already suggested my own variation on Ma's slogan. Now, even his team is realizing that they'd better backtrack.
Yesterday's news reported that Premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) announced that 「馬上漸漸好」 (mǎ shàng jiàn jiàn hǎo) ("Things will gradually get better") will be the new slogan. He claimed that 「馬上」 is "just an attitude" (態度) and that the slogan is now being used by the DPP to "hurt the Ma administration." That might be a good excuse if the KMT hadn't come up with the slogan themselves.
Liu Chao-hsiuan (劉兆玄) helps Mr. Ma (馬英九先生) change his tune
(Image via SET's Talking Show [大話新聞])
For now, all I can do is (foolishly?) hope that the KMT doesn't do irreparable damage to Taiwan while they're in office -- as if they're not already well on their way to doing so.
Shapes of things to come: Taiwan, 台灣, Mr. Ma Ying-jeou, 馬英九先生, Liu Chao-shiuan, 劉兆玄, economy, 經濟, slogans, 口號
Cross-posted at Taiwan Matters!
During Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate Mr. Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) presidential campaign, he used the double entendre 「馬上好」 (mǎ shàng hǎo) as a slogan. The phrase can mean both "Ma becoming president is a good thing" and "Things will be good soon."
It's not, and they won't.
The campaign was taking place at a time when, in contrast with constant pan-blue media reports to the contrary, Taiwan already had a very healthy economy. At that time, the news hadn't yet come out that during the first quarter of 2008 -- under the administration of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) -- Taiwan's GDP growth rate was a "better-than-expected" 6.06%.
Ma's campaign extended the slogan of "mǎ shàng hǎo" to imply that an even more immediate "change" would occur (although they failed to tell us in which direction that change would take us). One of the ads which used that slogan had someone lampooning former president Chen. In that commercial, a child's voice asks, 「那還要等多久？」 ("So how much longer will we have to wait [for things to get better]?"). The fake Chen replies, 「馬‧上就會好」 (mǎ shàng jiù huì hǎo), or "When Ma is elected, things will be better immediately."
See/Hear for yourself (video starts slowly):
0:20 YouTube video: "馬上就會好"
That's only what we said, not what we meant
A little over one month ago, I had already suggested my own variation on Ma's slogan. Now, even his team is realizing that they'd better backtrack.
Yesterday's news reported that Premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) announced that 「馬上漸漸好」 (mǎ shàng jiàn jiàn hǎo) ("Things will gradually get better") will be the new slogan. He claimed that 「馬上」 is "just an attitude" (態度) and that the slogan is now being used by the DPP to "hurt the Ma administration." That might be a good excuse if the KMT hadn't come up with the slogan themselves.
Liu Chao-hsiuan (劉兆玄) helps Mr. Ma (馬英九先生) change his tune
(Image via SET's Talking Show [大話新聞])
For now, all I can do is (foolishly?) hope that the KMT doesn't do irreparable damage to Taiwan while they're in office -- as if they're not already well on their way to doing so.
Shapes of things to come: Taiwan, 台灣, Mr. Ma Ying-jeou, 馬英九先生, Liu Chao-shiuan, 劉兆玄, economy, 經濟, slogans, 口號
Cross-posted at Taiwan Matters!
Labels: economy, Liu Chao-shiuan, Ma Ying-jeou, slogans, Taiwan, 劉兆玄, 口號, 台灣, 經濟, 馬英九
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Deep thoughts 2, June 7, 2008
A one-man band?
It would be rather difficult for one person to make off with 560 metric tons of fertilizer all by himself.
The usual subjects: Taiwan, 台灣, deep thoughts, 深思
Cross-posted at Taiwan Matters!
It would be rather difficult for one person to make off with 560 metric tons of fertilizer all by himself.
The usual subjects: Taiwan, 台灣, deep thoughts, 深思
Cross-posted at Taiwan Matters!
Labels: deep thoughts, Taiwan, 台灣, 深思
Deep thoughts, June 7, 2008
What's in a name, huh?
Perhaps Taiwan's new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Ou (歐鴻鍊), is not aware that the United States has a Taiwan Relations Act -- not a "Republic of China Relations Act."
Even Thomas Christensen (remember him?) has the sense to call Taiwan "Taiwan" -- at least he does when the context includes the PRC (AKA "China").
Beyond Francisco's grasp: Taiwan, 台灣, Republic of China, 中華民國, ROC, 華, China, 中國, People's Republic of China, 中華人民共和國, PRC, 中共, deep thoughts, 深思, Francisco Ou, 歐鴻鍊, Taiwan Relations Act, 台灣關係法
Cross-posted at Taiwan Matters!
Perhaps Taiwan's new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Francisco Ou (歐鴻鍊), is not aware that the United States has a Taiwan Relations Act -- not a "Republic of China Relations Act."
Even Thomas Christensen (remember him?) has the sense to call Taiwan "Taiwan" -- at least he does when the context includes the PRC (AKA "China").
Beyond Francisco's grasp: Taiwan, 台灣, Republic of China, 中華民國, ROC, 華, China, 中國, People's Republic of China, 中華人民共和國, PRC, 中共, deep thoughts, 深思, Francisco Ou, 歐鴻鍊, Taiwan Relations Act, 台灣關係法
Cross-posted at Taiwan Matters!
Labels: deep thoughts, Francisco Ou, PRC, Republic of China, Taiwan, Taiwan Relations Act, 中共, 中華民國, 台灣, 台灣關係法, 歐鴻鍊, 深思
