台鄉物語

新聞報導 - 楊緒東專欄
作者台灣大地文教基金會董事長楊緒東醫師
2013-04-28
史明先生年紀大了，來聖山參訪之前，不小心頭暈跌倒，頭部瘀傷，幸好沒有腦震盪......當臺灣人的民主領航者，處處危機，臨老還要拼命做傳承，真正貫徹始終，比照國民黨政要，隨時可以風光養老，病痛皆可以受到良好的照顧，生活所需，自然豐厚......讓我想到過去的二三事，當年阿國(蔣經國)，到美國訪問被臺灣人槍襲，回國內又逢反抗之聲，他會問幕僚......何以臺灣人這麽恨他？有一天他想通了，他向臺灣人民宣告...他是臺灣人...他又誓言，蔣家的子孫，不可接任總統大位，結束父傳子的專制繼承。阿國交棒臺灣人阿輝，人的血親傳位結束，黨國意識點點滴滴存在。國民黨內部有重整氣象，阿輝伯，解放黑名單，臺灣民主進展，有些突破。回到阿國時代初期，那時的調查局、情報局、憲兵隊、警備總部......種種情治機構，權力很大，可以隨時抓人，效率高，快狠準...... 史明在東京賣麵，成立個人的革命中心，要推翻國民黨在臺灣的作威作福，希望臺灣人管理臺灣國。有些留學歐洲的臺灣年輕人接受民主思想，看到阿國治臺黨國不分，打壓民主浪潮，會思考建國之路。史明在東京接見這些學生，其中有盧修一......等等。國民黨情治系統，掌握這批名單，一旦其等回國，就抓捕入獄。由於人數太多，抓不勝抓，阿國年紀大了又有病痛纏身，考慮到歷史定位，加上這些臺灣人，皆是高學歷菁英，就排除黨國......鷹派人物的意見，決定用表白表態的自首方式結案。這中間過程，我深綠挺扁臺獨份子，做微微的協助......不談了。延伸閱讀：Hsutung's BLOG 楊緒東專欄引用:台灣大地文教基金會 http://www.taiwantt.org.tw/tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6818&Itemid=1

新聞報導 - 自由論壇
作者 Michael Richardson
2013-04-28
Representative Steve Chabot will visit Chen Shui-bian at Taichung Prison Credits: Offiial photo （大地翻譯小組，簡易翻譯） 4月26日俄亥俄州眾議員Steve Chabot 宣布他想去探訪在台中監獄的陳水扁總統的意願，這位辛辛那提國會議員是「台灣連線」的創始人之一，他很密切觀察陳總統的案子，Chabot 是眾議員亞洲小組委員會的主席，正計畫下週一趟於南韓、日本與台灣的真相發掘之旅。陳水扁是中華民國流亡政府2000-2008年的總統，他遭到具爭議性的審判入監，辜仲諒已經撤回他有賄賂陳的證詞。 Chabot 告訴 Taipei Times 報紙，陳水扁已經被關夠久了，為了人道考量應讓陳水扁返家，陪伴家人。 Chabot 提到，多關一天都是不需要的、錯誤的與不人道的。他應立即返家。 Chabot 批評陳的案件是政治事件，跟馬英九有關的政治上的定罪，Chabot 兩年前在一個外交事務委員會嚴厲譴責對於陳的定罪與關押。 Chabot 要求中華民國政府提供陳的案件資料，並收到了法院判決書。「我讀了，而我的想法一點都沒變」，Chabot 對於聽到陳是政治犯的意見並無存疑。兩件事糾纏著馬政府，一件是換法官事件，一件是監獄沒有床。陳水扁必須去適應牢房狹小的空間，沒傢俱，24小時的燈光照射，這使得這位前總統崩潰，陳因為腦神經出問題住進北榮6個月，在拂曉移監前，陳曾試圖用內衣上吊自殺。獄方否認陳因為聽到違反北榮周元華醫師醫囑的移監而自殺，陳的兩位民間醫師，郭正典與陳順勝醫師在移監事件四天後到台中監獄發現陳的脖子上有13公分長的紅色疤痕，也發現移監後的四天內陳都沒有得到任何醫療照護。 Chabot 眾議員計畫下週五到台中監獄探訪陳水扁。 Congressman Steve Chabot to visit Chen Shui-bian at Taichung Prison April 27, 2013 By: Michael Richardson On April 26, Representative Steve Chabot [R-OH] announced his intention to visit Chen Shui-bian at Taichung Prison. The Cincinnati congressman is a founder of the Taiwan Caucus and has followed Chen’s case closely. Representative Chabot is chairman of a House subcommittee on Asia and is making a fact-finding tour of South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan next week. Chen Shui-bian is the former president of the Republic of China in-exile from 2000 to 2008. Detained shortly after leaving office, Chen is now imprisoned on a lengthy sentence for alleged corruption. Chen was convicted in a controversial, no-jury trial. Jeffery Koo, Jr., the chief witness against Chen, has now recanted his testimony that he bribed Chen. “I believe that former President Chen Shui-bian has been incarcerated long enough,” Steve Chabot told the Taipei Times. “The humanitarian thing to do would be to let Chen go home. However many years he has left, he should be able to spend that time with his family.” Chabot continued, “Keeping him in prison for a day longer is unnecessary, wrongheaded and inhumane. He should be returned home at this point.” Representative Chabot has previously criticized the Chen prosecution which Chabot sees as political. Chabot calls Chen’s case the “criminalization of politics” which reflects poorly on Chen’s successor, Ma Ying-jeou. Chabot denounced Chen’s prosecution and imprisonment in an outburst at a committee meeting of the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee two years ago. Chabot had requested information from the ROC government about the trial of Chen and was supplied with copies of the charges against Chen and the court judgments. “I read them, I read the reports and they didn’t change my mind at all,” Chabot explained to the Taipei Times. Chabot has no doubt heard from some of the Taiwanese voices crying out that Chen Shui-bian is a political prisoner. Two issues continue to dog Ma Ying-jeou’s administration. One was the controversial trial with a handpicked judge and recanted testimony. Two, the harsh and severe prison punishment imposed on Chen who was even denied a bed. The prison conditions Chen Shui-bian has had to cope with, a tiny cell, no furniture, 24-hour lighting, have broken the former president. Chen was hospitalized in a locked psychiatric unit at Taipei Veterans Hospital for six months because of his severe depression and degenerating neurological condition. The transfer to Taichung Prison in an unannounced pre-dawn move earlier in the month was preceded by an attempted suicide hanging by Chen using a shirt and the bathroom door handle. Prison officials deny that Chen Shui-bian attempted suicide when informed of the transfer but that is contradicted by Chen’s doctor at Veteran’s Hospital, Dr. Chou Yuan-hua. Also, two of Chen’s volunteer doctors traveled to Taichung Prison four days after the move and examined Chen. Dr. C. D. Kuo and Dr. Chen Shuen-sheng both found a 13 cm red scar on Chen’s neck. The two doctors also found that no medical care had been provided to Chen during his first four days in the prison. Representative Chabot will attempt to visit Chen Shui-bian at Taichung Prison next Friday. source: Michael Richardson US representative hopes to meet Chen Shui-bian (Taipei Times 2013.04.27) SHOW OF SUPPORT: A prominent US politician said that the former president has been in jail too long and to his mind it amounts to the criminalization of politics By William Lowther / Staff reporter in WASHINGTON US Congressional Subcommittee on Asia chairman Steve Chabot is hoping to meet with former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) late next week. It will be the strongest show of US political support for Chen to date. Chabot, a major backer of Taiwan in the US Congress, is scheduled to leave for Asia this weekend, visiting South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. He is trying to make arrangements to meet Chen next Friday. “I believe that former president Chen Shui-bian has been incarcerated long enough,” said Chabot, a founding member of the Taiwan caucus. “The humanitarian thing to do would be to let Chen go home,” he said. “However many years he has left, he should be able to spend that time with his family.” Answering questions about Chen following a meeting of the Asia subcommittee on Thursday, Chabot said: “Keeping him in prison for a day longer is unnecessary, wrongheaded and inhumane.” “He should be returned home at this point,” he said. Chabot said the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) had sent him copies of the charges against Chen and the court judgement in his case. “I read them. I read the reports and they didn’t change my mind at all,” Chabot said. “Chen has been incarcerated far too long,” he said. “As far as I am concerned, I think it amounts to the criminalization of politics.” “I am not justifying or condoning what President Chen was accused of, but whatever he did he has been in jail far too long, especially when you consider his physical and mental condition at this time,” Chabot said. “The humanitarian thing to do is to allow him to go home and be with his family.” “I would hope that Taiwan, being a humanitarian country, a good ally, a strong ally of the United States and generally doing the right thing, does the right thing in this case too,” he said. The Congressman refused to say what action he would take if the Ma administration continues to refuse to grant Chen medical parole. However, Chabot is deeply and emotionally committed to helping Chen and two political sources close to him said that he would not let the case drop and was prepared to take further action. source: Taipei Times

新聞報導 - 阿扁總統送餐日記
作者 Cathy \| 贊儀
2013-04-28
大概是假日的關係，現場特別“清靜”，沒有大陣仗的媒體，感覺也比較正常。原本還下著細雨，快到監獄時忽然放晴，太陽大到還有點熱。今天的湯是天麻燉鱸魚,搭配炒菠菜、蘆筍炒蝦仁、自製特調乾麵..... 而本日輪值送餐的志工有贊外與贊鵠，獄方的工作人員問怎麼又換志工？我解釋他們兩位長期都有寫信給阿扁總統，總統認得他們的筆跡，於是大家又對著鏡頭揮揮手，希望藉由這個錄影方式，能讓阿扁總統得到一絲絲的安慰。晚上送餐時發生一段小插曲，因為發現時間還很充裕，於是想走別的路到監獄，沒想到竟迷路了 >_<" 正想打電話求救兵時，忽然看到前方電線杆上綁著＂釋放阿扁總統＂的旗幟，那是公投護台聯盟放置的，頓時安心的確定自己找對路了！延伸閱讀：阿扁總統送餐日記系列引用:台灣大地文教基金會

上傳日期：2011-03-05

年少的陳瑞堂喜歡玩音樂不喜歡翻書，高中讀了五所學校還沒有畢業。養過豬、賣過廢五金、做過塑膠加工。二十年前因故離鄉背井打天下，當過工人，也曾與電視名人經營傳播公司，對建築一竅不通卻開公司承包工程，成功建造出連專家都豎起大拇指的四座大橋。

本應事業有成的陳瑞堂，卻受到廠商連累而倒閉負債，在妻子再三鼓勵之下，決定返鄉東山再起，以其高度的敏銳觀察力，成功將手工饅頭打入南部市場成為饅頭界的奇才與達人。

現年五十七歲的陳瑞堂，一生從事過自己數都數不清的行業，也有幾次死離逃生的際遇，喜歡接受挑戰，所以從事的工作有許多是自己從未學習過的，因為天生有極高的敏感度的優勢，所以只要看過幾次就知箇中竅門，馬上進入狀況，所以學習力極強。

從事橋樑營造最讓他津津樂道，以一個毫無經驗背景的生手，承造後龍溪橋、西湖橋南勢橋中港溪橋，每條橋長度都超過五百公尺，至今都沒有失敗，感到十分自豪。若不是因為廠商倒債而受到波及負債到生計都成了問題，也沒有讓他有機會有倦鳥歸巢返鄉從新開始的機會。

為了在極短時間解決債務的問題，在一般人必須學習超過半年的饅頭製作工夫，透過朋友介紹，陳瑞堂短短21天就學會了，馬上開店做起手工饅頭生意。手工饅頭就氣溫濕度的環境要求以北部較為適合，所以在南部較為少見。陳瑞堂看準南部市場，決定以饅頭起家，但是相同的製作過程，卻產生不出手工饅頭應有的口感與結果，連師父看了也傷腦筋。

陳瑞堂喜歡挑戰與突破，激發出他的智慧找出原因所在，加以改變，經過二個月的邊學邊做邊研究，就成功製作出外省伯伯都懷念感動的家鄉味，自己也成為台灣唯一擁有兩套手工饅頭製程的饅頭達人。

談到製作手工饅頭訣竅，陳瑞堂強調手的敏銳度很重要，對鏡頭害羞的太太則認為，每個環節都環環相扣十分很重要，而心情更重要，心情好壞影響了饅頭的品質與口感，所以要以照顧小孩的心情來製作饅頭，饅頭就會長的白白嫩嫩，吃起來QQQ。

當初因為經濟壓力而迫使已年近半百的陳瑞堂，必須重新創業維持生計，從饅頭學徒到達人，僅短短二個月的時間。一生充滿傳奇故事的陳瑞堂，成功的原因靠的不僅是，對觀察事物的過人敏銳度，還有勇於突破的毅力，以及一顆不向命運低頭的心。

【影片】網址如下:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui_Wtm8nD-4