Senator Bob Graham who is on the senate intelligence committee amd was once governor of Florida and is a top contendor to be john kerry's running mate.( I met him as a child and had a picture of He and I in the local paper).
jeb bush- has been to my father's office seeking an endorsement when he ran for governor. I have corresponded with his chief of staff a few times (very nice lady) once to get them to help an esteeemed forum member who was in trouble in kuwait. they were going to help out but I didn't have the forum member's last name and he came out okay with the kuwaitis anyhow, lol.
barry goldwater, famous senator who ran for president in 1964 against lyndon johnson. met him in washington and was honored to meet him.
paul laxalt- close friend of reagans and former senator from nevada who I met along with goldwater as a child while with my dad.
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May 26 2004, 4:46 PM
I met Dennis Mills, the Canadian member of Parliament that was, at the time, a member of a commitee reviewing the Canadian Forces. And I am happy to say that he took an idea (to buy or lease six C-17s) from an essay I wrote for a contest I participated in.
Otherwise my father personally met Zhao Ziyang circa 1982, infamous for his role in the Tiananmen Square tragedy. (He sympathised with students and ordered Beijing-based PLA units to protect them.)
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May 26 2004, 4:55 PM
Famous one I met:
Mike Murphy
God
Chairman Mao: in my hometown Hunan
Chairman HuangGuoFeng (President of China after Chairman Mao passed away): in my hometown Changsha Hunan.
Queen of Holland
Grandmother of my grandchilderen: the cooker in our house.
Can't remember more.
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May 26 2004, 5:40 PM
I knew the former Minister of Higher education, who later became the Minister of Science but resigned last year from his post, his name is Dr Mostafa Moin!
I also know the family of the head of the Islamic Republic Guard Corps (IRGC) Yahya Safavi, and used to go to school with his nephews!
My dad is also currently the deputy vice president of Iran, they recently had offered the post of vice presidency of Iran to him, but he turned it down!
Here is a picture taken a few day ago where there was a meeting between some officials and the President of Iran, my dad is the third person from the end:
THE WORLD IS A BRIDGE, CROSS IT, BUT BUILD NO HOUSE UPON IT!
“IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? ... TRESSPASS HERE AND FIND OUT”
CIA agent Geoffrey Kemp talking about Saddam Hussein:
“WE KNEW HE WAS A SON OF A BITCH, BUT HE WAS OUR SON OF A BITCH”
My most favoured Anti terror Model is the one
deployed by my most revered anti terrorist group... the Hezbollah!
I most admire their methods in getting rid of the terrorist Jews
in Lebanon, this task was successful carried out, even though the
terrorist Jews had superiority in numbers and weapons, but the good
people of Hezbollah were more intelligent, were brave, and had god
on their side, and thus were able to smite the Jewish terrorist murderers
against all odds!
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May 26 2004, 5:43 PM
Hadi can you invite some of those important guys to visit here too, it will PROMOTE this Forum ennomously, and let HBN known to them, maybe one day it means bussiness lol
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May 26 2004, 5:49 PM
LOL HBN, sure, I'll have the president come here!
And I'll tell them all about Mr HBN, I'm sure some business will
be coming your way real soon!
Here is another picture, my dad is the second from the left:
THE WORLD IS A BRIDGE, CROSS IT, BUT BUILD NO HOUSE UPON IT!
“IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH? ... TRESSPASS HERE AND FIND OUT”
CIA agent Geoffrey Kemp talking about Saddam Hussein:
“WE KNEW HE WAS A SON OF A BITCH, BUT HE WAS OUR SON OF A BITCH”
My most favoured Anti terror Model is the one
deployed by my most revered anti terrorist group... the Hezbollah!
I most admire their methods in getting rid of the terrorist Jews
in Lebanon, this task was successful carried out, even though the
terrorist Jews had superiority in numbers and weapons, but the good
people of Hezbollah were more intelligent, were brave, and had god
on their side, and thus were able to smite the Jewish terrorist murderers
against all odds!
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May 26 2004, 6:05 PM
I met the governor and one of the senators of Idaho... I won in two categories in the state "Academic Decatholon" and I got to shake their hands... hehe.
I also, rather bizarrely, ran into John Kerry like 2 months ago when he was on his ski vacation in Sun Valley, ID (my hometown). It was a rather brief exchange (I said hi, he said hi)... but im gonna milk it for all its worth. When I lived in Hong Kong, I met the Chinese ambassador and his family... and my family and I once had dinner with Tung Chee Hwa's (current leader of Hong Kong) daughter. I also believe we once had dinner with some high ranking British official when HK was still under British control... but I cant remember. Ive also met some pretty high ranking brass in both the US and British armies... courtesy of my dads connections.
United We Stand.
"Now, while still pursuing the method of realising our overall strategic concept, I come to the crux of what I have travelled here to say. Neither the sure prevention of war, nor the continuous rise of world organisation will be gained without what I have called the fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples. This means a special relationship between the British Commonwealth and Empire and the United States. Thus, whatever happens, and thus only, shall we be secure ourselves and able to work together for the high and simple causes that are dear to us and bode no ill to any. Eventually there may come—I feel eventually there will come—the principle of common citizenship, but that we may be content to leave to destiny, whose outstretched arm many of us can already clearly see.
Winston Churchill
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May 27 2004, 5:11 PM
Ed Rendell, he's the former mayor of Philadelphia & the former Democratic party chairman. Right now he's the governor of Pennsylvania. I met him at a big party for the Marine Corps birthday (November 10th) held every year in South Philadelphia. Don't know what he was doing there as he isn't a former Marine...guess he heard there was free beer.
I've met the former Secretary of the Navy Richard Danzig while he was visiting Japan. (I was deployed there at the time)
I've also met some guy who was on the Japanese Diet. (their legislative branch)
I don't know what the hell is name was as I didn't bother to follow Japanese politics. He visited the base I was on.
That's about it. I've seen Jiang Zemin in person but I can't say I've met him. When he visited Hawaii in 1997 they had military personnel render honors since he was visiting head of state. (21 gun salute and all that)
I was one of the Marines sent over and was in the first rank of the honor guard.
The American Marine Division has the highest combat effectiveness in the American armed forces. It seems not enough for our four divisions to surround and annihilate its two regiments.
---Mao Tse Sung to General Song, prior to Chosin Reservoir
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May 27 2004, 9:31 PM
Secundary classmate of the ex-President of Brazil(1989/1992)Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello in 1965/1966 in an school for boarder in Rio de Janeiro called Internato São José and guided from france by the members of a Catholic Congregation and where we have to stay since monday 07:00am untill saturday 11:30am, and I studie between 1961/1966,with teatchers from Spain,Italy,Portugal,Brazil,France,China.
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May 28 2004, 10:30 AM
I have met (seen) :
Tung Chee Hwa
Annete Lu
PLA HK commander
Princess Diana
John Howard
Some australina liberal in cairns
Beijing MAyor
Some French parliament coming out a building
@HBN, you saw Chairman Mao?!?!?!?!??!!!!
.....My View.....
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May 29 2004, 5:47 AM
My support goes to martin Lee who is an offical in the Hong Kong Government and the reason why i support him is because he has given alot of effort for trying to reason with Beijing to give Hong Kong people one man one vote and he got the british to give hong kong people
true british passports
Martin lee, Martin Lee, Martin Lee if he can't do it then no one can
The Hong Kong Special Duties Unit is not a civilian coorperation but a Unit in the Hong Kong Police Force with one purpose Search and destroy threats of terrorism.
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