City Declares 'No Communist' Zone

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Southern California city known as "Little Saigon" because of its large Vietnamese population has become the first U.S. city to declare itself a "no Communist" zone.

The city council in Garden Grove, about 30 miles south of Los Angeles, passed a resolution on Tuesday saying it "does not welcome, or sanction high-profile visits, drive-bys or stopovers by members or officials of the Vietnamese Communist government."

The resolution, passed to cheers from a crowd of about 200 Vietnamese residents, also urged city officials to refrain from "initiating engagements with or facilitating" visits by Vietnamese Communists.

Garden Grove and the neighboring city of Westminster are home to some 90,000 residents of Vietnamese descent -- the largest Vietnamese population outside Vietnam. Many are political refugees and visits by visiting Vietnamese government delegations are frequently met with large protests and demonstrations.

"It is a provocation," said councilman Van Tran, who came to southern California from Vietnam as a 10 year-old refugee. "They claim they want reconciliation with the Vietnamese community here but they drive through Little Saigon in motorcades with lights blazing and with motorcycle escorts as if they own the place."

The State Department was forced to cancel a visit to Garden Grove last month by a leading Vietnamese official because police and local officials said the 24 hour notice was insufficient time to provide adequate security.

In 1999, a local video store owner who displayed a Vietnamese flag and a portrait of Ho Chi Mich provoked demonstrations by thousands of people lasting 53 days.

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Wish we could do this for the whole country or world, even!

[Tijeras_Slim]

A small island in California.

[cripplecreek]

I have a feeling that i could convince my local govt to declare this township a no UN zone.

[TheBigB]

Does this include residents from Berkeley and San Fran?

[finnman69]

I would love this in NYC

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NFL - not friggin likely!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

No democrats allowed???

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i would love it worldwide! buh-bye jfk, hillary & ted!

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A Southern California city known as "Little Saigon" because of its large Vietnamese population has become the first U.S. city to declare itself a "no Communist" zone.

Someone better tell all the Democrats to steer clear of Little Saigon, then. That goes especially for Kerry, Kennedy and the rest of their anti-American ilk.

[TheBigB]

This city is hereby officially declared a STUPIDITY-FREE ZONE. If you are a Progressive/Communist or watch "The Bachelor" on a regular basis, we will help you relocate to Ithaca, NY (The "City of Evil"*) at your convenience.

*Copyright Behind Liberal Lines, 2003

[The Scourge of Yazid]

All we need to do is get some police tape to cordon off Turtle Bay. After we're finished with that, we can head over to Greenwich Village and have that old, laggard, socialist utopia condemned. Emminent domain, don't ya know?

Let's make it happen!

[blanknoone]

I'm gonna venture a guess that they don't have a California State University System campus there. Or if they did, they don't after they got rid of the communists.

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The State Department was forced to cancel a visit to Garden Grove last month by a leading Vietnamese official because police and local officials said the 24 hour notice was insufficient time to provide adequate security.

If Garden Grove is a "no communist zone", my advice is to not let any people from the State Department in there, ever.

[Phantom Lord]

A Southern California city known as "Little Saigon" because of its large Vietnamese population has become the first U.S. city to declare itself a "no Communist" zone. In response, the city of Ithaca NY has placed advertisements in the local papers and on radio encouraging all the communists in the area to move to Ithaca.

[rudypoot]

If you air dropped HRC here would she spontaneously combust or just melt?

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I guess melt, kinda like the wicked witch of the west.

[RightWingAtheist]

Wish the Laotian and Vietnamnese community here in the Twin Cities would do the same. Then Al Franken wouldn't be able to come home.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Well that would eliminate 50 senators and a couple of hundred congressmen.

[talleyman]

If you air dropped HRC here would she spontaneously combust or just melt?

Dunno, but She's been really cranky since that house fell on her sister...