Speeding KMT

An idea is suddenly a new law? 

That's What Happened these last two days in Taiwan's legislative bureau. 

The scrambling of the legislators on Jan. 18 was their respective attempts to stop or aid the final strike of the gavel in the passing of an amendment.  KMT refers to the heavy-handed day of action as "The Way A Political Party Should Act".

After the first week of getting along with the 3 new (DPP) legislators at the office, the KMT realises they might lose more seats in the next legislators election on Feb. 27th, and suddenly rushes through an amendment that makes voting for local representatives effectively useless.

It basically establishes that while Taiwan continues to vote for their regional representatives, the people working FOR the regional representatives are now appointed by the KMT and not the representative.

There's another problem-

The amendment supposedly passed with 68 votes, but all the legislators were on stage with not one seated to cast a vote.  This is the creation of paper so-called evidence; legislator and FTV founder Chai Tong Rong refers to it as "The Darkest Era".

It is democracy speeding in reverse.

Chai Tong Rong appears on news channel 53's 頭家來開講 ("Head of House Opens Talks") with a clear message, Taiwan is being forced to face a future with "No Choice".

3 Counties, Green 100% !

Headline: KMT's Taitung candidate admits defeat.

Taoyuan,  Taichung,  Taitung - after today's legislator's election these three areas are centres of the Democratic Progressive Party. 

The FINAL Vote Count

Taoyuan  桃園

【郭榮宗 (DPP) 53.633 votes /
    陳麗玲 (KMT)  36,989 votes /
    彭添富（no party）1760 votes】

Taichung  台中
【簡肇棟 (DPP) 63,335 votes /
    余文欽 (KMT) 51,776 votes 】

Taitung  台東  
【賴坤成 (DPP) 23,190 votes / 
    鄺麗貞 (KMT)  21,215 votes /
    洪銘堅（no Party）2482 votes】

~ Green Taiwan ~

Next vote: four legislators election on February 27.

Please Feed The Fish

The blog's fish tank was missing a few fish.
It seems they digi-evolved "discontentment".
 
They're probably hiding from American beef. 
"You Are What You Eat", my fish complained.

That explains mad cows. 
Mad cow disease started in cows that were fed the innards of "past" cows, and then the diseased cells live on in the dirt even after the diseased animal is burned.

Happily, US cow innards is not allowed in Taiwan, but what about the rest of the cow? 

Cloned cows were almost pushed to market in the US during the last decade, despite intense anger over the mad-cow epidemic throughout the Americas and Europe.
Finally, a horrific picture splashed onto the news: "leg-growing-from-calf-head" doesn't even begin to describe it.  The cloned cows were not heard from again.

Mad Cow Disease spreads, that is fatally certain, and then there is The Madness of the Cow-Industry, from which there seems to be no cure.

New Year, New Decade, More Posts

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Thanks to all the readers and passersby on these happy InternetS~
I'll keep doing what I do through the happy next DecadeS.

HAPPY 2010!