Does China Have A Space Program?

First of all I know nothing about aviation.  The only thing I can fly is a kite.  Go ahead and laugh so I'm not the cream of the crop the expert journalist who knows about space exploration perhaps even having lived the life of an aviator.  But I do fly kites for fun and yes I am a grown up man who hasn't gone beyond the level of a child to more sophisticated devices or craft.  Many of us haven't.  And so therefore I can take some of you to the   sport mostly children adore not adults so much.  If it is safe then I will fly it and yes Howard Huges was a great  man an aviator and industrialist who I came to admire.  Call me one of his fans.  The time before  last not counting  today the Chinese were recovering from  a long time of being in  the cellar poor and backwards and when in  grammar school the Chinese space program consisted of cartoons mocking the Chinese sitting in a rocking chair with fireworks beneath the chair in their attempt to send a man far far away.  But my teacher stepped in and interceded by not ridiculing the Chinese.  This was in the 1950's when Elvis was the pelvis.  The thing to do for me was to tell my classmates that I was Japanese after all they had some pretty good ships and a navy until they were defeated by America.  From what the expert journalist report on the Chinese Space Program they the Chinese are doing a little bit more than putting firecrackers beneath a rocking chair and sending it off to the moon.  And no I did not get this from my 1973 Funk And Wagner set of encyclopedias.  But the real question is how did the Forty Niners do today against their opponent?  Did you think I would want to  jinx them by watching play?  If they lose today then I will be hurt far less than if I watched it.  It would be nice to see this home town team of mine claim another dynasty  in football like they did in the 80's.  Do I have to wear another paper bag over my head  and see the word dynasty as just another foreign word?

When Diaries of The News Become Journals

Enough of the need for me to define the meaning of what the phrase or title of a blog should or should not be  called when the issue of this blog called Journalism Reports has only just begun…or has it?  Ordinarily attracting attention in my direction is not an everyday desire but only in my fantasy or a far off dream.  Commenting on the news on the air does not appear to be radical or a brand new threat anymore as I am adjusted to this form or format.

Ann Frank succeeded in writing a world famous diary due to the time of history  where she had no choice but to attempt to survive against all odds.   Having read the book The Catcher In The Rye many times over as did Bill Gates I will have to say it does  please me as that this is also what a super rich man had done maybe because we both dropped out of college but this is the only two things we have common.  Let us face the fact that everyone is interested in a good news story whether we admit to it or deny it.  As  many of us know  Holden Caufield was the main character in JD Salinger's fictional book where we see Holden Caufield a loser who drops out of college.  But yes it is fact as I know it one of the richest men in the world has read this book many times over.

Today is Christmas Day.  This blog is not dead as I have  not abandoned it.  How could I forget a day such as this one?  It is understood to me that a man died on a cross a God or Jesus Christ as he is known this isn't about physics but it is a religion.  The news people  cannot ignore this day in as much that at one time the separation between church and state existed.  Too many years have gone by with little attention to the teachings of Jesus but more solid evidence and facts are at my command thanks to the Internet and it is my quest to find out what exactly did Jesus  Christ have to say about himself and the powers he possessed.  Is it not safe or correct in noting that in America Christianity has been fairly ingrained into the social structure of America?   Is it not true that the symbol of Christianity is the cross as is the symbol of Chinese civilization is The Great Wall Of China?  No one famous made this up but                                this is a statement made to describe the symbols of two nations.  Ann Frank was smart and through the power of her written words she still lives her soul is ever present.  But I will be searching for the genius types who can explain away the scriptures.  But simply put the belief in Christianity can justify my belief that the soul within all living beings can never be destroyed and never die.

We must not forget about sports and the symbol  or logo which represents the local football team here in the San Francisco Bay Area?  Didn't they play a game a few days ago?  And the game was good up to the last remaining  minutes?  Has not the question which plagues this West Coast city of San Francisco come up again of whether the local team will see another dynasty?   I'm not watching and I will not jinx them.

When We Grow Older

My father wrote the first book authored by a Chinese American male that I can currently recall.  Many more have been written by female Asians or females of Chinese American ethnicity than males I suppose in the rush to give the Asian female American equality within this American society I have begun to know.   Who is to know better than his own son who he helped raise and nurture?    And thus I begin to review my own father's book entitled "Resourceful Chinese".  Joe  Montana the great football quarterback who played for the Forty Niners told me what goes on in his mind when he is under pressure to win and come back from behind with only minutes left in the game sometimes seconds and now maybe somehow someone will let him know what I think as a Chinese American who could never make it to the big leagues not even a dream could get me there.  My father did not profit from this book nor do I make money writing this blog therefore to advertise here would be inappropriate one would think.  This is merely a hobby of mine as was the works of Ann Frank who wrote the book Diary of Ann Frank.  I am not a professional writer but when can someone like my father become a professional writer when he has passed on?  I am here and if  at all possible will see to his dreams that his already published book is met with world wide approval.  The reporters of the news have long since briefed me on the news and I have responded.  As I grow older I have seen the hopes and dreams come alive yet at times too often enough unfulfilled.  For instance the city from which my father spent most of his life when he wrote his book "Resourceful Chinese" namely Oakland the dream in which Martin Luther King spoke about is not happening.

Robots or Slave Labor?

Where is America headed?  It had better not take a nose dive.  How do the unskilled and uneducated too poor to find a job survive?  I know what I speak about as I am in that category for I have seen the rich getting richer and the  poor getting poorer?  Yes, it is true I must watch what I say for the powerful and the rich do have tremendous  power over me  yet I love this country don't I for it is a democratic one with the ability for one and all to speak about life, liberty and the pursuit for happiness?  The old timers   know these words very well we know them well and are out to apply these words to our very existence.    The masses have tremendous power and will not be led around by dictators like before who ruled with impunity.  I do not have the answers but I am learning through you for the power is in the people.   My apologies I did not get to the topic of robots and slave labor as yet.  I'll get there.

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A Building Encounter With A Russian

The best company I could come up with was any company from anywhere I did not buy into the latest reports on bad performance but relied on over as well as current performance and a man with a Russian accent came into the picture here in America. I'm not writing this report for profit as yet to date I do not get paid for what I write but what is valuable to me as hinted by a renown editor who has read my works writing is good for the soul and I need all the good soul that can be mustered. The owner and boss of his company was rather unique and prepared to do business from the get go although I will not mention the name of the company as I am not here to plug or advertise anyone at the moment now. But will I in the future? I'm writing this post as a human interest story and yes I know no one wants to be fooled. Having carefully studied the market and what would suffice for my building needs to make a long story short I used fiber cement for the material although I never heard of such material until I began to examine it for the present day circumstances. It was for construction and repair of old siding or wood which in my opinion was decaying. Would stereotyping this Russian man be of any assistance to my needs? I knew the Russians built the Kremlin and they were very successful in producing a machine gun in answer to the brutal assault to their homeland during the second World War against the invading Germans. But could this Russian man meet my needs for design and durable structure outside my very own house? As you know stereo typing is a dirty word or dirty words it is politically incorrect to the fullest and judging the Russian people by only one man of this ethnic culture would be unfair and not just. How can I stereotype when I never saw this man playing music or ever typing? And my point? Reiterating I am not your typical journalist my blog is nothing more than a diary I call a journal as I journey through life noting the news in my life as seen as well on the news channels and the internet as I attempt to assess all views on life rather than just mine. And the end result of this story? They did a knock up job or in other words the job they did was excellent meeting approval not just of my judgement but by all. Any corrections to my story are welcome.

The Major Causes of A Breakup

A famed psychotherapist spoke on the radio the other day indicating that the primary reason are financial problems to religious differences. My question posed to her was one of completely different approach. My question challenged the validity of whether pornography hindered a marriage or helped. Her response was an excellent one as Ronn Owens commented my question posed was an excellent one. Being prepared and at the ready to answer her questioning for me Owens interceded replying I would be on hold. It did not take a rocket scientist to come up with a smart answer.

Quality Of Products Will Improve

One of the first Chinese made or made in China products was one I had bought and took great pride in the ownership of this merchandise. But that was so long ago when a young man. Now that I am older and losing my hair many years from now little did I realize that almost every product on market is made in China or would be made in China as it is today. I never in my most wildest imagination or dreams think that this would happen. The thoughts were that China is a third world nation a laggard so to speak doing things the primitive ways and in the thirties in the last century the thought was that it was a poor nation filled with starving people and it would remain that way indefinitely. I had no ideal the economy would rapidly advance so fast and accelerate like there was no braking power. It had to slow down no industrialized nation had ever kept up such pace in that number of years. It had never been done. It is just not me that has made this observation but almost everyone I have come into contact with which is the masses or the common person on the street not the advanced degree educated of the elite. We must never forget that it is the masses of the people who have created the very foundation with which the elite can survive and prosper. So then what is my point? I have seen the light of day when in my later years when all of hope had little chance to survive that indeed perhaps a laggard nation had a breathe of life and a chance for hope.

It Takes A Hero

My idols are Ann Frank and my father and his brother Ed. Ann Frank wrote about her life expectancy and in my mind wrote one of the most important literary works of the modern times. Most of us would agree that the world was at a major war and for the most part not a subject to bring up anymore unless taught in history classes but knowing about history these days...ops here I go off again into tangents not relevant to the purpose of this journal. For one concept is that I am American and no I did not just arrive in this country of America from China and make claim to it because it suits my fancy. I just wished my immediate ancestors left a journal or a diary about their hopes and wishes and what was important to them if anything at all. This is the intention of this journal I am writing. If it appears that I am writing an introduction to this blog called Journalism Reports for an endless length of time I am in all probability. Believe it or not I am inspired by the works of Ann Frank and if can ever be an inspiration to anyone and do good then maybe just maybe I will have accomplished a dream. My father when I knew him while he was alive was a good man and I have no fear of being connected to him and what his brother did in World War 11 in his mission to Nazi Germany has made me into an American proud of what he had done. His story can be googled his website is accurate from all of my accounts and if I stand to be corrected then let it be known my knowledge of the mechanics of this Internet is something of desire or in other words why more commentaries to this blog is not in order remains a mystery to me. My father is a book author and his story within me lives and if in anyway I can promote his book I will. It is called "Resourceful Chinese" which to me initially struck me with embarrassment. Being Chinese in America for the most part was a very good thing for many ethnic Chinese if they wanted to subsist and survive as America was certainly a place to do it. But to become a mainstream rock of part of an affluent society the Chinese had little place but a waiting line to be admitted into this country of America. No I am not an immigrant nor was my father or his father a bank teller who drove around in a model T Ford. Ann Frank wanted to become a journalist and she too had a dream and a story to tell but then again Adolph Hitler did too and he did his best to smash her dreams. Yet her story lives on through her book and will never die and it triumphs over Hitler's story the name I wish not to give credit to. If I can tell of my father's story then maybe his dreams will live on. He was very proud of his book yet no one paid it attention. But now I have. The evidence is here it has been made. He left this piece of evidence behind and now it is for me to tell in his own words. I do know I have very little interest in what I am now saying but that can be changed. And so what is my point? My point is a very good one. Read on.

Dynasty

Dynasty and the meaning of this word comes to mind. Currently in my world where I live in the San Francisco Bay Area the Forty Niners have had a dynasty where they ruled in the major sport of football. I know nothing about football as I had mentioned to Ronn Owens and Joe Montana on the air but they took my call nevertheless the media wants to know what the average type Joe on the street out there in radio land what he is thinking. They also took my call when Steve Mariucci was on his last days with the Forty Niners as one of the winning coaches but a dynasty at that time would be no more not for a time until possibly now if at all. This is the word for those sporting teams who have more important wins than they do anything else. The big game for this region I have come to know and be born of is right here in river city or San Francisco by the Bay and yes I left my heart in San Francisco where dreams are made possible. After all I lived in this area where this local football team was a nothing or championships were not at all. Even a little common person on the street knows this is to be true or my question presented now must be a good one and true. Will the Forty Niners win the next big game in this case the Superbowl in this case the Ravens I believe. Now I ask you who are the Ravens? My main focus is not to present myself as a football expert but as one of the common persons wandering along the streets nearby and where I knew San Francisco as a place of my haunts as I still do and yes whether this local team wins or loses San Francisco will continue to be a famous city by the Bay. There is also the theory of China becoming the number one super power of the world in a dynasty of which it has known before but hardly recognized by the rest of the world since it was so long ago since China has seen the zenith of its power and bright future of its civilization. Whether China can live in another dynasty is in question in my eyes since it has known poverty and humiliation for too long a time where even dreams of living in a dynasty could not even have been realized. Bill Walsh was and is a remarkable man and guided a team of players on to greatness and set the tone just maybe. He was a genius and yes I met him on the air and spoke to him on his style of coaching a flavor that will never leave me blind. So you see in sports genius can be accomplished not just in physics as Albert Einstein was known for but in many other fields of endeavor. Will China become a great power among nations that no one could ever conceive of not even a dream come true? Is this a story just another ugly duckling story we as children grew up under?