Opinion by Justin C. Sok
All it takes is a few snowflakes to start the avalanche. It was crystal clear that they were the ones, with their lapse of judgment, which caused all the commotion in the Cambodian and Cambodian-American community and Cambodian people abroad for the past months.
Someone had asked me, “Was I surprised about the whole issue?” At first I thought it was so odd to hear such a ridiculous rumor. But once I learned about whom these people were, I was not surprised at all. It’s so pathetic and disgraceful for the Cambodian people, the City of Long Beach, and the Cambodian people around the globe. It is quite clear to the public that, in fact, they have had their own hidden agenda. As a matter of fact, they are the political buffoons with their thick-faced, who would love to ingratiate and grovel at someone’s feet for better shade. These are the kind of people, which can be called the “Basking in reflected glory” – by associating with other high-ranking people, they hope that some of their glory will rub off on them, too.
I was present at the City Council meeting to offer my support for our Cambodian and Cambodian-American community. I would like to briefly give a scenario for the public to see what went on in the City Council Chamber. It was the last item on the City Council Agenda: Public – Immediately Prior to Adjournment. After the speeches presented about the “invitation issue” by an agglomerate of intellectual Cambodian-Americans, Mr. Mayor Bob Foster threw in the towel to signify that he and the rest of his City Council members have heard enough about the issue. Ironically, the atmosphere in the Council Chamber was even more appalling when Mr. Mayor Bob Foster yielded motions to get responses from the City Council members if any of them and/or any city staff had heard or were involved with the “invitation issue” claimed to be made by the Cam-CC representatives. Every City Council member had no firsthand knowledge apropos of the “invitation issue”. Mr. Mayor Bob Foster then offered his support for our voices and yielded the motion to further investigate the “invitation issue” to be made by the designated city staff and to be the mediators for the purpose of bringing together the two groups to clear the air at the special meeting, which will be on this Friday, March 7, 2008.
I learned that if you were to make such grave accusations, you would be better damn certain. Let’s put it on the record, the Cambodian and Cambodian-American people were cleared certain that the accusations they had made were true. The facts are objectively real, while the truth must conform to the facts. So if you can’t find the facts, you can never prove the truth. Guess what? The people found the facts, and they had proved the truth. Therefore, to the so-called Cambodian Community Congress delegates, just when you think you got the world by the neck, you find out the world has got you by the head and tail. Just remember, the best place to put up a show of a pile of dirt SANds is at somewhere else and not on Anaheim street corridor.
My hat is off to the group of our Cambodian and Cambodian American people who had the courage to stand up before Mr. Mayor Bob Foster and the City Council members to contest for our good cause. You are the backbone and the bulwark of law and order to fight against the injustice made upon the weak. Our objective about the whole issue was not to show the world about the “Us against them” or vice versa. But it was clearly about the benefits for the majority, and that’s how democratic principle works.
Thank you and have a wonderful day.
Justin C. Sok
March 6, 2008
California
Someone had asked me, “Was I surprised about the whole issue?” At first I thought it was so odd to hear such a ridiculous rumor. But once I learned about whom these people were, I was not surprised at all. It’s so pathetic and disgraceful for the Cambodian people, the City of Long Beach, and the Cambodian people around the globe. It is quite clear to the public that, in fact, they have had their own hidden agenda. As a matter of fact, they are the political buffoons with their thick-faced, who would love to ingratiate and grovel at someone’s feet for better shade. These are the kind of people, which can be called the “Basking in reflected glory” – by associating with other high-ranking people, they hope that some of their glory will rub off on them, too.
I was present at the City Council meeting to offer my support for our Cambodian and Cambodian-American community. I would like to briefly give a scenario for the public to see what went on in the City Council Chamber. It was the last item on the City Council Agenda: Public – Immediately Prior to Adjournment. After the speeches presented about the “invitation issue” by an agglomerate of intellectual Cambodian-Americans, Mr. Mayor Bob Foster threw in the towel to signify that he and the rest of his City Council members have heard enough about the issue. Ironically, the atmosphere in the Council Chamber was even more appalling when Mr. Mayor Bob Foster yielded motions to get responses from the City Council members if any of them and/or any city staff had heard or were involved with the “invitation issue” claimed to be made by the Cam-CC representatives. Every City Council member had no firsthand knowledge apropos of the “invitation issue”. Mr. Mayor Bob Foster then offered his support for our voices and yielded the motion to further investigate the “invitation issue” to be made by the designated city staff and to be the mediators for the purpose of bringing together the two groups to clear the air at the special meeting, which will be on this Friday, March 7, 2008.
I learned that if you were to make such grave accusations, you would be better damn certain. Let’s put it on the record, the Cambodian and Cambodian-American people were cleared certain that the accusations they had made were true. The facts are objectively real, while the truth must conform to the facts. So if you can’t find the facts, you can never prove the truth. Guess what? The people found the facts, and they had proved the truth. Therefore, to the so-called Cambodian Community Congress delegates, just when you think you got the world by the neck, you find out the world has got you by the head and tail. Just remember, the best place to put up a show of a pile of dirt SANds is at somewhere else and not on Anaheim street corridor.
My hat is off to the group of our Cambodian and Cambodian American people who had the courage to stand up before Mr. Mayor Bob Foster and the City Council members to contest for our good cause. You are the backbone and the bulwark of law and order to fight against the injustice made upon the weak. Our objective about the whole issue was not to show the world about the “Us against them” or vice versa. But it was clearly about the benefits for the majority, and that’s how democratic principle works.
Thank you and have a wonderful day.
Justin C. Sok
March 6, 2008
California
16 comments:
Hi I'm new here. I'm Khmer living in So California. I want to boycott Richer San and his wife businesses. Who are Richer San and his wife ? Do they own any businesses ? Along the Anaheim street or with the Khmer communinity maybe ?
Thanks.
Thank again Justin Sok!
Great reflection Justin. Cambodian people should strive to be their own in the community development.
Not allow those few parasites and opportunists use them as their tool.
Dear Justin C. Sok;
It’s so pathetic and disgraceful for the Cambodian people, the City of Long Beach, and the Cambodian people around the globe.
Please leave people on the other parts of the globe alone. This is the issue of Cambodian-American in Long Beach.
Thank you
Thank you Justin Sok!
The moron's (Justin's) democratic principle is the gorilla living in slum can never get their own town without begging us for help.
hahahaha....
Beg, beg, beg, that is all what gorilla know.
Many people living in the west too long often suffering a delusional disorder. They don't know what they are talking about most of the time. Just ignore them.
great reflections, justin. america is a free country with people around the globe coming to co-exist with one another peacefully. as soon as sok an's name comes up the co-existence seems to crack. sok an is a divisive figure. he should not be allowed to divide the khmers in long beach. for the harmony of the khmers living in long beach and in america the long beach city council should just cancel the invitation straight away. what is the use of bringing sok an to inaugurate the cambodian town? only a few board members like richer san and his cronies will benefit. and sok an will not bring any benefit to cambodia town. on the contrary, his presence causes division among the cambodia population in long beach. just cancel the invitation, the sooner the better.
Oh shut the fuck up, loser. What is wrong with your short term memory? We were the one who got the Cambodian Town, not you, remember? You guy is nothing more than a "Piss On".
The Vietcong slaves are getting frustrated because they can't have what they want and what they want is to bully their way into democratic process! No can do!
YEs 3:51PM you are right, BOOOOOO!
We just only want to show The PHD of No Education how democracy work in a real democracy world!
Official listen to the people, fool boy!
Don't be stupid like your father, boy!
Don't buy diploma! or get it from Coconut Head! you will be a coocoo like your Kvak father!
Well, why should we pay for gorilla education and be idiots like your shit-heads?
The Khmer community needs to do a recall on all of the Representative of the Khmer. How can no one know who invited Sok An. That is some funny stuff. Do you know what that sounds like? Hun Sen`s Political team. What should happen is that the community stop all contacts, any relations to the community board leaders. When I was dinning at Gary Ung restaurant, he made this comment to me and my older bro about cambodia`s politics;
" whoever is more powerful, you stand by them so there won`t be any conflict for yourself" And there he is standing proud serving the powerful.
Yep, and I called that smart, not stupid.
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