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About Me

The first Generation X presidential candidate, John Kusumi was the 18-year-old for U.S. President in 1984 (Independent / Practical Idealist). He is the founder and Director Emeritus of the China Support Network, formed with fellow Americans in 1989 to respond to the tragedy of China's Tiananmen Square massacre. He is also a leader of the Freedom First, Olympics Second Coalition -- a combination of many groups that are opposed to Beijing's Olympic Games unless China first is free. He is also a columnist, podcaster, public speaker and advisor to leading Chinese dissidents, with material at Kusumi.com.
Back at age 25 in 1992, Kusumi helped out the presidential campaign of former Governor Jerry Brown (D-CA):

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My Interests

Original GenX politico

If you like my material, check out www.kusumi.com for a review of my advocacy from 1980-present.

I'd like to meet:

If you're cool, you're welcome here! Flamers and unduly argumentative comments, being uncool, may be deleted (as may things too blatantly commercial). For everybody else, Hi!

Heroes:

Confucius, Jesus Christ, Thomas Jefferson, Walt Disney, Juan Valdez

My Blog

My month of April, 2008

It can be said that my month of April really began on March 30. On that day, the Human Rights Torch Relay got underway in the United States, and I spoke at length to its kickoff rally in Boston, Massa...
Posted by John Kusumi on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:48:00 PST

Light Club - Freedom First (Olympics 2nd) live in NY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHYlhRHoTyI ...
Posted by John Kusumi on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:49:00 PST

China is the new Soviet Union

China is the new Soviet Union Speech from joint rally for Human Rights Torch Relay;Boston Massachusetts, March 30 2008 As preparedBy John KusumiViewable at YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=3HDcX7ib...
Posted by John Kusumi on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:17:00 PST

Dispatches on Tibet, China, and Condoleeza Rice

CSN Condemns Rising Tibetan Death Toll;HRW Raises Fears of Detainee Torture;JPK Again Calls for Condoleeza Rice to Resign 1. CSN Condemns Rising Tibetan Death Toll and Lies of China’s Regime Pro...
Posted by John Kusumi on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:04:00 PST

Monster versus Monster

[In response to a news story today, I published this article. The original news was that an advisor to Barack Obama, Samantha Power, resigned after she publicly called Hillary Clinton "a monster....
Posted by John Kusumi on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:41:00 PST

Attention CNN: Please Fire Bill Schneider

No matter how you feel about Ralph Nader, the matters at issue here are democratic rights of both candidates and voters. The author calls for CNN to let go Bill Schneider based on his branding Nader a...
Posted by John Kusumi on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:57:00 PST

THEY HAVE GONE TOO FAR

Have you seen, elsewhere in the news, that DHS (the Department of Homeland Security) is now pointing the finger and telling us to be suspicious of PREGNANT WOMEN as potential terrorists? Excuse me, bu...
Posted by John Kusumi on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:10:00 PST

Open Letter to Lou Dobbs & Jack Cafferty

Dear Lou Dobbs and Jack Cafferty, This may be remembered as a very loud public letter. The mainstream media knows that it has a problem with reporting on the Chinese democracy movement (and the Ron Pa...
Posted by John Kusumi on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:02:00 PST

State of the Union

I published this at NolanChart.com-- SOTU: The Practical Idealist Response The author expresses disgust at the State of our Union By John Kusumi No sale! --I am writing this in advance of George Bu...
Posted by John Kusumi on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:59:00 PST

Will I Die In A Food Riot?

When I was a teenager, I was "the kid for President" with my independent campaign of 1984. Running for office, I emphasized that "the budget must be balanced, and taxes must be fair!" My energy policy...
Posted by John Kusumi on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:19:00 PST