Big Bang! 으아~~~~!!
Sen. Barack Obama said firmly that families are off-limits in the campaign for president, reacting to news that GOP running mate Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.
"Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president."
Obama said reporters should "back off these kinds of stories" and noted that he was born to an 18-year-old mother.
Daily Focus English
I was overwhelmed with joy.
Korean teams get off to a good start!
A: Did you see the Beijing Olympic swimming competition?
B: You bet. Park Tae-Hwan got what he deserves for his hard work.
A: He sure did. Did you also see the korean women archery team win 6 straight times in Olympics?
B: Of course. Everybody was cheering with all their heart.
A: I was also overwhelmed with joy when our national anthem was played during the awarding ceremony.
ClustrMaps is one wicked visitor counter.
It actually shows from where the visitors came on the mini map.
Noboby's here. Let's wait a while first.
Labor party crisis deepens
Rep. Shim Sang-jung yesterday stepped down as the leader of the progressive Democratic Labor Party in a move expected to trigger a full-blown fissure between the party`s two major factions.
Shim`s resignation came one day after party delegates voted to reject a renewal proposal made by her ad-hoc leadership committee, including the dismissal of two radical pro-Pyongyang members convicted in an espionage scandal in 2006.
The assemblywoman has yet to announce her departure from the party, which observers say is likely to be soon.
Shim and her supporters, the People`s Democracy faction of the DLP, called for decisive action to strip the party of North Korean leanings. The PD is formed of moderate members who support significant changes to overhaul the unpopular progressive party.
Shim`s resignation from the emergency reform taskforce is therefore expected to spark a split between the PD and the National Liberalists, a group of more radical, pro-Pyongyang members within the DLP. The majority NL has voted down the reform proposal.
Factional fighting has been intensifying in the wake of the party`s poor showing in the Dec. 19 presidential election.
"We did not perceive the reform package to be a real remedy," said Kim Chang-hyun, former secretary-general of the DLP and member of the NL. He said further discussion was needed in order for the party to reach a decision on next steps.
The inevitable fallout between the PD and the NL is likely to mark the party`s first factional divide in the eight years since it was launched, critics say.
The DLP became the first leftist party in the nation to have seats in the National Assembly in 2002.
This reputation is on the verge of crumbling, observers say, noting that up to 100 or so DLP supporters in Seoul`s west and northern regions have said they would leave the party.
Party heavyweights such as Roh Hoe-chan, a fellow legislator who supported Shim`s reform package, are also considering departure. Shim herself, however, has not yet left the DLP, despite repeated calls from fellow moderates, such as Cho Seung-soo, a former DLP member who recently left to start a new progressive party. Cho is calling on Shim to join his New Left Action party.
Chun Young-se, the only Assembly representative left in the party after Shim`s resignation, is to lead the DLP for the time being.
Jin Joon-kwon, a well-known columnist and culture critic who left the DLP in 2002 over its increasingly pro-North Korean leanings, yesterday slammed the party`s refusal to accept the reform plans.
"As of today, the DLP is no more," Jin said, urging progressives to break from the DLP to form a new progressive force.
Mirroring the rapidly dwindling support for left-wing parties, the DLP suffered a crushing defeat in the presidential election last year. Its candidate Kwon Young-ghil secured just 2.8 percent of the vote, far lower that its projection of 10 percent. He won 3.9 percent in the 2002 election.
By Kim Ji-hyun (jemmie@heraldm.com)
2008.02.05
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fissure : N-COUNT
A fissure is a deep crack in something, especially in rock or in the ground.
ad hoc : ADJ : usu ADJ n
An ad hoc activity or organization is done or formed only because a situation has made it necessary and is not planned in advance.
ex) The Council meets on an ad hoc basis to discuss problems.
ad-hoc leadership committee - 비대위 정도로 해석하면 될 듯
dismissal :
1 해산;퇴거;해방;퇴학, 퇴회(退會)
2 면직, 해고 《from》;【법】 (소송의) 각하, (상소의) 기각
3 (생각 등의) 방기
radical
adjective
1.= extreme, complete, entire, sweeping, severe, thorough, drastic
2.= revolutionary, extremist, fanatical
3.= fundamental, natural, basic, profound, innate, deep-seated
x= superficial
noun
4.= extremist, revolutionary, militant, fanatic
x=conservative
leaning : 기울이다. 쏠리다.
Alice, very pale, was leaning against him as if for support.
vote down : 부결하다 reject[kill, vote down] a bill
intensify : If you intensify something or if it intensifies, it becomes greater in strength, amount, or degree.
inevitable : If something is inevitable, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided.
fallout
1. Fallout is the radiation that affects a particular place or area after a nuclear explosion has taken place.
ex) They were exposed to radioactive fallout during nuclear weapons tests.
2. If you refer to the fallout from something that has happened, you mean the unpleasant consequences that follow it.
ex) Grundy lost his job in the fallout from the incident.
leftist: 좌파, 좌익, 급진..
on the verge(가장자리,변두리) of crumbling(부서지다)
Even heavy rains continue in this area, here's still hot.
I really hate HOT weather! Sometimes I couldn't draw my breath well, even I feel dizzy.
I have to go lunch,
I will be back..-_-;;;
How much I am expecting to come to August!!
It is really goooooood.
But It's a little pity not to complete DSP business well.
And Do Not Drink Coffee and Do Not Hold Up the work.
It's a busy Monday morning at the end of July.
hmmm
feel very tired and gloomy
I don't know why.. the music I'm listening? or heavy work?
Maybe the music!
Let's finish the work ASAP! and study English.
Go for it!!
