TO ALL ASIAN-AMERICAN, FEMINIST VETERANS FROM ENLISTED :

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WITHIN ONE GENERATION OF FOUR DAUGHTERS, OF WHICH I WAS THE THIRD-BORN, I WAS THE ONE THAT STARTED ATTENDING STUDENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES FOR MY YOUNGEST SISTER STARTING DURING HER FIRST GRADE. I HAD TO BECOME A TRANSLATOR AND BASICALLY, A MOTHER AT AGE SEVEN. TO SURVIVE, I HAD A DREAM OF ONE DAY BEING AWAY FROM ABUSIVE, POLY-ADDICTED, BIPOLAR PEOPLE. FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THIS EPIDEMIC IS CALLED CRACK COCAINE.

IT'S NOT JUST ISOLATED TO D.C. METRO IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, UNFORTUNATELY. I AM HAUNTED BY HOW THESE METH, CRACK AND HEROIN ADDICTS ACT IN DENVER METRO. THE RESURGENCE OF CRACK COCAINE IN D.C. METRO IS A TERRIFYING EPIDEMIC, THAT SEEMS TO BE LARGELY IGNORED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION. IN HIS HOME CITY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT ERADICATING MOST OF THE GANGS, AND DRUG CARTELS ALSO. IF WE VOTE FOR ANY MORE BEAUTIFUL, GLAMOROUS PEOPLE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE, WE'LL SIMPLY END UP ANOTHER DRIVE-BY SHOOTING VICTIM.

***A KEY FACTOR IN EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE THAT WOULD GO WELL WITH THE ARTICLE ABOVE, IS THAT AN ASIAN-AMERICAN FEMALE WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED AND WELCOMED INTO THE WARM-HEARTED COMMUNITIES OF RED-ROBED, BUDDHIST MONKS. THOSE SPIRITUAL LEADERS OF COMPASSION ARE BETTER, AND MORE ACCESSIBLE THAN CATHOLIC CARDINALS.***