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Going Home
Soon I will be leaving Qingdao on the coast of China where I have lived in self-imposed political exile for the past three years.
July Fourth will find me dogging Little Timmy Walberg on his campaign trail on my campaign to assure that his carpetbagging political career in my home region comes to emphatic end.
My eagar and enthusiastic support of The Brave Barack Obama to be inaugrated as a ligitimately elected President of AUSPONA will not deminish my sincere effort to see to the defeat of Little Timmy Walberg.
Sincerely in pursuit of happiness and freedom from insane fudking tyranny in AUSPONA,
David Tecumseh Schmidt, MSW, University of Michigan '82
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why in the green earth would u want ot come back to 4 dollar a gollon gas and 7 dollar a pack of cigs....... to a place where babies die at birth at a rate near india i'll be tradin gplaces with u soon my friend......... 2,000 a month translates to 14,000 RMB's a month... I'll be on the fifteenth floor with a maid and massure'........... jack
Gotta do something.
You are right, Jack. Surely you are rigfht. I could not live back home with limited income I receive from Social Security Disability and a small pension. Welcome to China. I expect to live most of the rest of my life in China or, in the least, not in A United States part of North America [AUSPONA]. And, again, you are correct in my ability to live comfortably here on the limited income I earned for this stage of my life. I paid my dues.
Still I must return to do my part in a sincere effort to change those things back home that drove me away from my beloved country, AUSPONA.
I will work earnestly and had to reverse what the Fascist Unpatriotic Despotic Knuckled-headed Imbicilic Neo-conservative Goons [fudking], mainly Republicans but enabling Democrats too, to change what they have done to destroy my once proud and great nation.
Sincerely in pursuit of happiness and freedom from fudking tyranny in AUSPONA,
David Tecumseh Schmidt, MSW '82 University of Michigan, Tecumseh High School '59
Return to AUSPONA delayed.
I truly appreciate this service, this chance to express myself here. Knowing that few if anyone will read what I leave here is not a deterrent to me to at least make an effort to inform others of my perspective on different topics or subjects.
Some back home may be aware of the algae problem in the waters off the coast of China generally and Qingdao particularly. My home here, Qingdao, is the venue for the 2008 Olympic sailing competition. Because of the floating masses of blue-green algae along the shoreline that competition has been put in jeopardy.
Hundreds of tons of the algae has been removed in some seemingly futile fashion or manner. Volunteers and The People's Liberation Army troops using make-shit-pitchforks and wicker-baskets to collect and carry off the algae initially. Then huge front loaders were employed on the beaches to load giant dump trucks to carry the stuff away when human power to carry it off and up steep grades to street level were indeed efforts futility.
My last effort to help was two days ago when I again went into the water of bay Number On Bathing Beach to gather and carry to shore armloads of the stuff. Then I proceed to help volunteers and city workers employ a 30 to 40 yard fishing net to coral the algae and haul it ashore. In total I have been to the beach more than six times to help haul it ashore.
Some early training for the sailors has been impeded but I think the problem can and will be managed to prevent any disruption of the competition. The effort, however, will be very costly with ships and boats and netting and boons employed to protect the sailing waters.
My effort to help with this problem is in now way the reason I did not return to AUSPONA as planned for The Fourth of July. I find it quite daunting making the effort to return. Much stress and angst and even depression are what has delayed my return.
I will return, however. The question is: When?
algae in China
Hey Dave, WTF?? What is AUSPONA? Have you lost your friggin' mind?
Can't the Chinese handle the problem? The Olympics are over (last August).
It's snowing now in your home town.
Bob La Prad '62
maybe left me a wrong email
Hi, david, this is shawn , friends from the train back to qingdao ,i am not sure about your email address,please email back to me.
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