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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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Monday, January 26, 2009
In Ma Ying-jeou's brain, down is up (again)
Grand delusions
"Ma Ying-jeou course on political terminology"
An editorial cartoon from the April 16, 2004 edition of the Taipei Times
Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said in his Lunar New Year's Eve speech yesterday that "[Taiwan's] international profile had been raised to a higher level and the public again had confidence in the judiciary." (See a Mandarin report here.)
I call horseshit.
Let's clear the air of this stink, shall we?
As for the part about the [Taiwanese] public's "confidence in the judiciary," on January 8, 2009 (less than three weeks ago), the Taiwan News reported that:
As for "Taiwan's international profile," take a look at these indicators:
The Truth of Ministries
Can you say "Orwellian"? I knew that you could.
Caving in to pressure from China is not "peace," freedom is not slavery, and ignorance is not strength.
Not what the news tells you they are: Taiwan, 台灣, Ma Ying-jeou, 馬英九, China, 中國
Cross-posted at Taiwan Matters!
"Ma Ying-jeou course on political terminology"
An editorial cartoon from the April 16, 2004 edition of the Taipei Times
Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said in his Lunar New Year's Eve speech yesterday that "[Taiwan's] international profile had been raised to a higher level and the public again had confidence in the judiciary." (See a Mandarin report here.)
I call horseshit.
Let's clear the air of this stink, shall we?
As for the part about the [Taiwanese] public's "confidence in the judiciary," on January 8, 2009 (less than three weeks ago), the Taiwan News reported that:
According to recent surveys conducted by Academia Sinica and the Web site Yahoo! Kimo, over 50 percent of the people do not believe in Taiwan's judicial system and over 75 percent have no confidence that the Judicial Yuan will undertake judicial reform [...]That would mean that Ma is not telling the truth. (You decide if it's on purpose.)
As for "Taiwan's international profile," take a look at these indicators:
* November 6, 2008: Scholars and writers from around the world publish an "Open letter on erosion of justice in Taiwan."Nope. All of this evidence -- plus the notice taken by Amnesty International, Freedom House, the International Federation for Human Rights, and Reporters Without Borders -- points to a lowering of Taiwan's international profile, and it's precisely because of the behavior of Ma's government.
* The same letter as an online petition has been signed by over 2,000 people so far.
* November 25, 2008: Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng (王清峰) calls the open letter "inaccurate."
* December 2, 2008: "Eroding justice: Open letter No. 2" counters Wang Ching-feng's claims.
* January 8, 2009: Over a month later, Wang Ching-feng comes up with "clarif[ications]" regarding the open-letter writers' so-called "misunderstandings."
* January 21, 2009: "Eroding justice: Open letter No. 3" is addressed to President Ma Ying-jeou.
* January 24, 2009: Two more "US-based Taiwan experts add [their] names to open letter [No. 3]."
* January 25, 2009: President Ma tells us that the situation is the exact opposite of what the information above tells us it is.
The Truth of Ministries
Can you say "Orwellian"? I knew that you could.
Caving in to pressure from China is not "peace," freedom is not slavery, and ignorance is not strength.
Not what the news tells you they are: Taiwan, 台灣, Ma Ying-jeou, 馬英九, China, 中國
Cross-posted at Taiwan Matters!