近4万人呼吁设立农历新年为米国国家节日，白宫有了回应
<br /="/"/><div></div><div><br /="/"/></div><div><a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/establish-lunar-new-year-national-holiday-give-it-same-importance-and-weight-other-cultural-holidays/0fpSLqvZ" target="_blank">链接在此</a></div><div><div style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; "><span style="display: block; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 0.917em; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 0.02em; padding: 12px 0px 0px; ">OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE TO</span><span style="display: block; font-size: 1.25em; margin: 2px 0px 0px 1px; ">Establish Lunar New Year as a National Holiday. Give it the same importance and weight as the other cultural holidays.</span></div><h2 style="font-size: 2em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Happy Lunar New Year!</h2><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1.167em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Thanks for your petition! We hope that you're enjoying the Year of the Snake.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1.167em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">As a kid, President Obama knew what it meant to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Growing up in Hawaii, he was surrounded by friends and neighbors who marked the Lunar New Year with parties and parades.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1.167em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">And he's not alone. Americans stretching back generations have observed the Lunar New Year. In San Francisco, the city's famous parade through Chinatown has been a tradition since the Gold Rush. It regularly draws around 1 million spectators, and it's widely considered to be the biggest event like it outside of Asia.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1.167em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">Marking the Lunar New Year this year, President Obama <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/08/statement-president-lunar-new-year" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); ">said</a>, "Here in America and around the world, people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent will welcome the Year of the Snake. In Chinese tradition, the snake represents wisdom, and a thoughtful approach to tackling the challenges before us – principles that I hope will continue to guide us as we perfect our union and create a more just and equal future for every American."</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1.167em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; ">That's a statement Secretary of State John Kerry <a href="http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/02/203830.htm" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); ">echoed</a>. "On behalf of the American people," he said, "I am delighted to send my heartfelt wishes for good health, good fortune, happiness, and prosperity to all those around the world celebrating the arrival of the Lunar New Year this February 10."</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 15px; font-size: 1.167em; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; "><font color="#333333">And even though it would take an act of Congress to make the Lunar New Year a federal holiday, </font><b><font color="#ff0000">we're happy to speak out to ensure that this important celebration is widely recognized and treated with respect</font></b><font color="#333333">. Just like Rosh Hashanah, Easter, or Eid al-Adha, it's an occasion that makes us richer as a culture and stronger as a people -- even without it being a federal holiday.</font></p></div><div>（红色标记是本人说加---大清太平）</div><br /="/"/><br /="/"/> <div style="MARGIN-TOP:20px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-BOTTOM:10px"><br /="/"/><img /="/" src="/img/sign.gif"></img><a href="http://www.ddhw.org" target="_top"><span style="FONT-SIZE:12px;COLOR:#999999;font-weight:bold">www.ddhw.org</span></a>---<div style="width:450px;MARGIN-LEFT:10px"><div></div><br /="/"/><input /="/" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/346109651_87e775379d_o.jpg" style="CURSOR: default" type="image" width="150"/><br /="/"/><br /="/"/></div></div>娱乐一下：[:-K]
<html><head></head><body><table cellpadding="8" height="100%" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"><br /><div></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rRaPVTetseI" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /> <div style="MARGIN-TOP:20px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-BOTTOM:10px"><br /><img src="/img/sign.gif" />---<div style="width:450px;MARGIN-LEFT:10px"><div></div><br /><input src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/346109651_87e775379d_o.jpg" style="CURSOR: default" type="image" width="150" /><br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></body></html>本公子也得到公文回信，这回让民主党盯上了，筹款呢[;)][:-K]
<html><head></head><body><br /> 本公子也得到公文回信，这回让民主党盯上了，筹款呢 <img border="0" src="/img/2.gif" /> <img border="0" src="/img/20.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN-TOP:20px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-BOTTOM:10px"><br /><img src="/img/sign.gif" />---<div style="width:450px;MARGIN-LEFT:10px"><div></div><input src="http://i44.tinypic.com/2zhfbjo.gif" style="CURSOR: default" type="image" /><div> </div><div></div></div></div></body></html>成精了。
<html><head></head><body><br /> 成精了。<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN-TOP:20px;MARGIN-LEFT:0;MARGIN-BOTTOM:0;float:left"></div></body></html>哈，上钩了。上了筹款电话黑名单了。[:-K][:-K]
<html><head></head><body><br /> 哈，上钩了。上了筹款电话黑名单了。 <img border="0" src="/img/20.gif" /> <img border="0" src="/img/20.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN-TOP:20px;MARGIN-LEFT:0;MARGIN-BOTTOM:0;float:left"></div></body></html>早知道俺该多投几次，凑够四万票的[:-K][:-Q]
<html><head></head><body><br /> 早知道俺该多投几次，凑够四万票的 <img border="0" src="/img/20.gif" /> <img border="0" src="/img/23.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN-TOP:20px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-BOTTOM:10px"><br /><img src="/img/sign.gif" />---<div style="width:450px;MARGIN-LEFT:10px"><div></div><input src="http://music.ddupload.com/show.aspx?id=80716.jpg" style="CURSOR: default" type="image" width="200" /><div> </div><div>拜晴MM所赐, 帅<img src="http://www.topchinesenews.com/img/23.gif" /></div></div></div></body></html>之前就上了电邮名单了，注册的时候说，您已经是白宫成员[:)][:))]
<html><head></head><body><br /> 之前就上了电邮名单了，注册的时候说，您已经是白宫成员 <img border="0" src="/img/1.gif" /> <img border="0" src="/img/16.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN-TOP:20px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-BOTTOM:10px"><br /><img src="/img/sign.gif" />---<div style="width:450px;MARGIN-LEFT:10px"><div></div><input src="http://i44.tinypic.com/2zhfbjo.gif" style="CURSOR: default" type="image" /><div> </div><div></div></div></div></body></html>也真难为狗狗了.[:-D]
<html><head></head><body><br /> 也真难为狗狗了. <img border="0" src="/img/8.gif" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="MARGIN-TOP:20px;MARGIN-LEFT:0;MARGIN-BOTTOM:0;float:left"></div></body></html>
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