Abe Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national holiday in 1863. To my best recollection,I still remember the day when I had to recite Gettsburg Address in 1942 at Gonzaga College in Shanghai. Bing Crosby's "I dream about a White Christmas" still singing in my ears. Bing made a large donation to Gonzaga University in the State of Washington decades ago. Governor O'Malley attended Gonzaga in Washington years ago. On this Thanksgiving, many in America have given up their jobs, their homes(foreclosure). We live in the age of uncertainty as Prof. Galbraith published his book decades ago. But we must have mindset of optimism with President-elect Obama who would change the course to break the racial barriers to treat all Americans as Americans with his Asian background to treat Asian Americans as Americans. ALOHA to the leader as a native of the State of Hawaii,the paradise of the Pacific. The other side is China. Here we can foresee the good future of Sino-American Economics in the 21st century with bright anticipation.
Francis Shieh a.k.a. Xie Shihao, an Asian American since 1954, an honorary citizeh of the City of Honolulu,Hawaii on November 28, 2008 at 6.56 a.m.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment