tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3129164673173151788..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: L'Affaire Lee Teng-hui Round Up: KMT responds and Other StuffMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-35501007198283333312011-07-08T22:18:56.939+08:002011-07-08T22:18:56.939+08:00Anon, the fact that X is bad strategy and extremel...Anon, the fact that X is bad strategy and extremely stupid doesn't mean that policymakers will not embrace X. The KMT is constantly shooting themselves in the foot with stuff that is easy for outsiders to see is quite stupid -- moving closer to China than necessary, acting like indifferent assholes during Morakot, etc. <br /><br />I'm getting really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really tired of explaining this over and over, but I will do it one more time:<br /><br />the issue isn't whether Lee is corrupt. The issue is that only DPP/pro-Taiwan politicians are pursued and apparently for political reasons. Many of the murderers and looters of the martial law era are still alive. The Lafayette mess has never been cleared up. Etc.<br /><br />So I really don't give a shit whether Lee is guilty or not, because that's not the important issue in this case.<br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-53902450929665460462011-07-08T18:02:24.671+08:002011-07-08T18:02:24.671+08:00Again, I would point out the simple fact, if I wer...Again, I would point out the simple fact, if I were a sane KMT political strategist and I could actually control the judisiary branch, prosecuting Lee right now would be the on the "disastor" list and not "strategy to winning" list.<br /><br />Most active senior member of the KMT is connected to Lee somehow, the "deep blue" branch is fairly small in relative to the total vote bracket in a election where obviously the centric votes count the most. More over, thte supports of PFP or New party were generally those that disliked the Lee era KMT but disliked the DPP just as much, not many had a PERSONAL thing against Lee, they simply did not like the obviously corrupted and staled government with too many old men .<br /><br />However, we should go back to the obvious facts again that if you lived in Taiwan in the 90s, there should be little doubt that the era was obviously loaded with corruption, Lee was not excluded from the rumor even back then. One of the most problematic is actually that of the Golf Course that poped up in the 90s, it is well known that Lee was an avid fan of golf, and many Golf Courses poped up with very questionable screening during that period and then were legalized with even more question marks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-26370214533596756062011-07-07T06:51:10.439+08:002011-07-07T06:51:10.439+08:00The Chi・com・post has been after Tsai Ying-wen, sad...The Chi・com・post has been after Tsai Ying-wen, saddling her with two counts: <br />• helping Lee with allegedly siphoning off discretionary funds;<br />• acting as agent of the US under USMG proxy governing authority CEO Chen.<br /><i>False accusation covers up Tsai's role in Lee's graft case</i><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.chinapost.com.tw/editorial/taiwan-issues/2011/07/07/308828/p2/False-accusation.htm</a><br /><br />My comment:<br /><br />Once gain, your piece confirms my hunch that the Formosan Japanese are dissuaded from participating in the Chinese exiles’ elections. <br /><br />And they should be, since no Formosan Japanese has any business involving him/herself in the internal affairs of both an exiled government they host and a governing authority anointed by the main occupying power.<br /><br />However, I smell a rat when you, weasels, flashed the “reviled obsolete country” name to better brand former president Chen a traitor. A Traitor? For having publicly acknowledged an underling status in the chain of command on US-occupied Japanese Taiwan? <br /><br />Quit keeping the Formosan Japanese under the delusion that they have a stake in the internal affairs of an exiled/proxy occupier government. And quit usurping an underling status of proxies of the USMG on Japanese Taiwan. Instead, debrief the Formosan Japanese by applying the letter of the TRA. <br /><br />The US executive has been quietly telling their proxy “governing authorities” to remove all reference to their exiled government. They must remove their flag, pennants and related markings and symbols from US-occupied Japanese Taiwan. <br /><br />Furthermore, they ought to restrict the use of their exiles’ passport to the Chinese exiles and help the Formosan Japanese recover their legal nationality and their official language. They must also return the properties and financial assets they plundered. <br /><br />For that rule of law-impaired party of Kleptocrat Moss-Troopers, it is going to be root canal coaxing those acculturated Formosan Japanese into waking up and smelling the coffee after 66 years of nightmares-filled slumber. I sincerely feel for their Chinazi’s pains. <br /><br />Here’s a hint from Japan-educated Lee’s collection of aphorisms. It boils down to two ideograms.「公私」together separate public and private assets, public and private affairs, exiled government affairs and civilian affairs of US-appointed occupation authorities on Japanese Taiwan. <br /><br />Fifty years of Japanese rule of law taught the Formosan Japanese through practice those values that are also a cultural heritage the exiles claim to be the standard-bearers of. <br /><br />It is a wonder how, after sixty-six years of studying overseas「留学」on Japanese Taiwan, the Chinese exiles have remained steadfastly impervious to those moral values. <br /><br />Those barbaric AQs had laid waste to their motherland. The main occupying power of Japan knew it. And, nevertheless, it allowed them on Japanese Taiwan. <br /><br />And in the span of two or three generations they have been able to turn the upright Japanese Formosans into acculturated minkuk mongrels. How deeply disturbing!!Waltzin' Jalomanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-43116220237246698402011-07-06T07:49:22.312+08:002011-07-06T07:49:22.312+08:00Let's not overlook the following facts:
1. Wh...Let's not overlook the following facts:<br /><br />1. When the SIU held a press conference to announce the "prosecution" (read: "persecution") on June 30, 2011, <a href="http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2011/new/jul/1/today-fo2.htm" rel="nofollow">Lee's lawyer Wellington Koo (顧立雄) was disallowed to attend the press conference and was denied access to the information distributed at the press conference. (linked report in Chinese)</a> <br /><br />2. Ma Ying-Jeou held a two minute long press conference at 4:00pm on July 1, 2011 to claim that he is not behind the persecution. <br /><br />It was not until ten minutes after Ma's press conference (i.e. at 4:10pm on the same day), <a href="http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2011/new/jul/2/today-fo3.htm" rel="nofollow">did the SIU deliver the indictment document to the accused Lee Teng-Hui. (linked report in Chinese)</a> <br /><br />3. United Daily (UND) got the indictment document no later than the night of June 29, 2011 and had a 6 page report on the matter before the SIU's press conference on June 30.<br /><br />It means that Lee could not publically defend himself properly almost two days after the UDN's massive first-impression forming "report", the SIU's public accusation and Ma's press conference.<br /><br />Don't know if this is all fair (or even legal) according to Taiwan's legal procedures.SYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-82541909406715044602011-07-06T06:16:07.389+08:002011-07-06T06:16:07.389+08:00"As everyone knows, former President, Vice Pr..."As everyone knows, former President, Vice President, Taipei Mayor, and award-winning ag econ scholar Lee Teng-hui, a tower of recent Taiwan history..."<br /><br />You forgot Governor of Taiwan Province in your list of Lee Teng hui past positions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1911299078279029142011-07-06T02:56:21.853+08:002011-07-06T02:56:21.853+08:00This also on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch...This also on Youtube:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ktUGCKqN0U&feature=player_embeddedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-5982251198764582892011-07-06T02:06:13.840+08:002011-07-06T02:06:13.840+08:00This here is bizarre: SIU would be deaf and dumb t...This here is bizarre: <i>SIU would be deaf and dumb to ignore Chen’s accusations that the SIU did not have the guts to deal with Lee’s case.</i><br /><br />What do Chen's alleged accusations have to do with opening a case against Lee? Chen dared the SIU to go after Lee, so that's why they have to go after him? Are they actually admitting that they act on a dare rather than evidence?<br /><br />Similarly bizarre the declaration of the Prosecutor General that "Chen [...] squelched the investigation" would mean that politicians can interfere with SIU's operations at any time, they only ever go after whoever is a politically convenient target. Again, that's a strange thing to admit to...StefanMuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041616398172997165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-14053411533169312732011-07-05T22:18:17.356+08:002011-07-05T22:18:17.356+08:00Very nice synopsis of the situation. I couldn'...Very nice synopsis of the situation. I couldn't have expressed it better myself. Nicely done.Michael Le Houllierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18340108983853325219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-5383551576871497622011-07-05T22:13:53.902+08:002011-07-05T22:13:53.902+08:00Way to go after that unpopular scoundrel, Lee Teng...Way to go after that unpopular scoundrel, Lee Teng-hui who shepherded Taiwan Taiwanese society from the ever popular authoritarian rule to the loathsome state of democracy. <br /><br />Making points with the middle class who benefitted under Lee's reforms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com