tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-310603502024-03-07T12:24:46.290+08:00Ed Roa In BlogReminiscences, intimations, apologia and other garbled sounds from a man at rest.Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.comBlogger384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-49484463919780372602015-02-03T09:29:00.003+08:002015-02-03T09:30:16.038+08:00No Peace in Mindanao<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxd46bSoq00HaN3dEnb-PZO3ifEVAwqp3Rg1cpC0R9WqwPBgcSF9fISetrRf2IBtBBXDgdPugN8ufGcwjwnZoQ8Pj2eSaqgaSTh_qtbFl7P2lEQNrSA5_5LTFooI2Ja5aFPKC/s1600/islamChristian.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxd46bSoq00HaN3dEnb-PZO3ifEVAwqp3Rg1cpC0R9WqwPBgcSF9fISetrRf2IBtBBXDgdPugN8ufGcwjwnZoQ8Pj2eSaqgaSTh_qtbFl7P2lEQNrSA5_5LTFooI2Ja5aFPKC/s1600/islamChristian.png" height="229" width="320" /></a><br />
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There will never be peace with our Muslim Filipinos. Let us not delude ourselves that Islam is a religion of peace. A Jihad in the suras taken from the Verse of the Sword of the Quran has been established during the time of Muhammad and this persists to this day.<br />
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To the uninitiated the Quran seems to be a book of contradictions but Quranic scholars explain that the interpretation of the suras should take into account the principle of abrogation which is the voiding of early suras by most recent ones. The earlier suras (revelations of Allah through Muhammad) exhort its members to live a peaceful, compassionate, and Christian-like life while suras that came later were instructions on spreading the faith through belligerence and barbaric means.<br />
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The author Hilaire Belloc in his book The Great Heresies, an account of the heresies that besieged the Catholic Church in its early days wrote that Islam, at its beginnings took much from the scriptures of the Bible thus making it very similar to the Catholic faith in its basic tenets. The foundation of Muhammad’s early teachings such as one omnipotent God whose nature was that of a benevolent, all powerful and timeless provider were taken from the Christian notion of the divine. The idea of evil arising from the rebellion of evil spirits (angels led by Satan) was inspired by the Bible’s account of it. The doctrine of the immortality of the soul, free will (responsibility to one’s actions) and the divine retribution (punishment in the hereafter) much like the ones found in the Catholic doctrines were incorporated into the early Islamic suras, albeit, a corruption, a simple adoption of some tenets without the man made accretions and minus sacramental items of faith.<br />
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At the time of its inception Islam was correctly perceived as a religion of peace. Changing fortunes of Islam caused it to adapt to a more appropriate religious stance, that of a powerful, aggressive and belligerent religion. The changes towards the New Islam seem to have been dictated by the power status of the religion. Islamic scholars talk of Meccan days, the simple beginnings, seemingly without strength, benign and peaceful and the Medinan days, a time of increasing followers, strength and self confidence that transformed Islam into an aggressive, expansionary, militaristic and politically motivated religion. The characteristics of the Meccan suras, revealed at a time that Islam was vulnerable, were in most part benign; the later suras, the Medinan ones, were barbaric and bellicose, appropriate to its power status.
The suras revealed later in Muhammad’s life, named Verse of the Sword, exhorted the faithful to use violence and barbaric scourging of the non-believers and fight them to their extinction or until they have submitted themselves to accept their subjugation and pay poll tax to their Islamic masters.<br />
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There are times in the Islamic calendar, coinciding with the passing of their sacred months, that they are instructed to kill the non-believers everywhere through siege and capture by carefully planned ambuscades.<br />
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Having superseded the earlier benign suras, the new ones abrogated the old suras, thus the new Islamic creed that is currently practiced is that of the Verse of the Sword, suras that advocate belligerency . The principle of abrogation is critical in Quranic interpretation. Later suras cancel and replace earlier ones whose instructions may be contradictory. The Quran’s commandments are very clear and that is to wage war in the name of Allah against those who deride and mock Islam, and those of any denomination, affiliation, association and political persuasion that are not necessarily opposed, but have different teachings from Islam. In this manner Islam has defined the conflict as one between Islam and all others.<br />
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The Muslim-non Muslim problem at this time, may be looked at as a zero sum game with both sides not willing to give up a single chip of their holdings. Each act of any of the sides may be considered as self defense since the consequence is annihilation. The question of who initiated the move to aggress the other is a difficult one. Even history and contemporary events have inadequate answers. To what extent did the Crusades exacerbate the animosity between Islam and Christianity? Is the natural acquisitiveness of man, of race and of nations to blame? What about the greed of capitalistic societies, the oil trade? The arms race? Territorial imperatives, the unlawful occupation of land? The stolidness of religious convictions? The avenging of old hurts? The perverse glee of the oppressor, and the anger of the oppressed and the disadvantaged? Perhaps not just one of these is to blame for the strife.<br />
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The Muslim Mindanao problem will not be settled by any pact or treaty. Islam is bent on subjugating the whole world. Its adherents have been commanded by a divine and immutable decree. The best that the non-Muslims can do is to stall the progress of this struggle but it will not stop until one or the other has been completely eliminated.
Islam is not a religion of peace. They are in a war of attrition to achieve complete subjugation of all those outside their faith. Any notion of peace with Muslim Mindanao is just wishful thinking.
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"So far the hawks are all overseas Filipinos...",
observed by a FilAm on the discussion of what we should do to stop the
usurpation of our sovereign territories in the West Philippine Sea. This is
true and their belligerent stand is shared by a few locals who advocate the use
of force to reclaim the sovereign territories already being occupied with the
building of military and civilian structures by the Chinese. </div>
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The Vietnamese sent their boats to harass the oil rig
construction on their claimed territory which somewhat impeded the work and
sent an unequivocal message that they will not allow themselves to be bullied
regardless of the sabre rattling ostensibly displayed by the Chinese.<br />
At present so much has already been occupied of the areas we claim as part of
our sovereign territory; the building of what seemed to be a strategic
airfield, the military garrisons, establishment of civilian structures and
institutions and naming them as Chinese geographic settlements are far more
established than the unfinished oil rig that the Vietnamese are resisting. The
Chinese would be loath to give up so much of what they have already gained and
the forcible reclamation of these by the Philippines may result in strong
retaliatory actions as compared to the less combative reaction they had on the
oil rig construction.<br />
While there is the compelling obligation for us to have an active resistance to
the Chinese encroachments we need to weigh very carefully the possible
consequences that such actions may result into. Can we with our pitiable
military resources come up with something which will make the Chinese do a
double take or will our efforts just be pooh poohed as some laughable
tiresomeness? Assuming we fight back and the Chinese resist militarily would
our allies be fighting alongside us? I think we will be fighting this alone and
for sure we are going to lose...lost the war but won back our self respect and
(probably) won the admiration of other nations. Fine, but what about the
material losses, the loss of Filipino lives, the loss of more sovereign
territories (the victors will find opportunity to extend their spoils). <br />
I am not advocating passivity. We should take drastic action to prevent further
losses from the Chinese incursions. Let us protect the turf that has not been
taken yet by beefing up our military capability and use it to guard (credibly)
untaken territories. <br />
Also, let us do extensive housecleaning and rid ourselves of trojan horses
already implanted in strategic areas (institutions, business concerns, civilian
groups, lobbies) who have been formed to serve the interests of China and
personalities (politicians, businessmen, "opinion" leaders) whose
acts and pronouncements are pro-China and are inimical to the nation's security
and well being.<br />
It is about time that we expose those who have been eroding the foundations of
this country to make it easy prey to an imperialist China.<br />
We should not wage a military confrontation. We should choose engagements that
we have a chance of winning. David's well aimed pebbles to bring down the giant
and not a foolhardy charge of the six hundred light brigade nor the honorable
deaths of the three hundred at Termophylae.</div>
Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-25934006614161070402014-05-24T13:25:00.004+08:002014-05-24T13:39:21.379+08:00Tanka Moments III<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-25855711558662806452014-05-24T10:27:00.002+08:002014-05-24T13:40:17.537+08:00Tanka Moments II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">On the
promised trysting hour<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A
silhouette stirs from afar<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-80961551642616802642013-10-22T13:43:00.002+08:002013-10-22T13:44:30.024+08:00Mendicant Children: Our Future<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #0070c0; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The situation
regarding the controversial “pork barrel” scam is fast becoming confused and
adumbrated. What started out as a hope filled brilliant light at the end of the
tunnel has now been shrouded in sooty smog. What a big majority of us thought
was a major headway in P’noy’s mission to eradicate corruption in government
has been blunted by frenetic efforts of those who were most threatened by
prosecution, together with their allies and those who benefit from status quo.
A lot of us well meaning citizens were in ecstatic joy when the “pork scandal”
first surfaced. But what is it now?...the whole event has turned into a temple
of Babel, a confused plaza of shouting matches, misdirection with false leads,
broad gauge shots of accusations and the creation of opportunistic alliances
with groups that have no relevance to the issues except for a common contrarian stance against the
government of P’noy. All these have been cleverly orchestrated to delay the
prosecution of the major protagonists (JPE, Bong, Jinggoy and some
congressmen). </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The opposition
has succeeded in no mean way. The popularity rating of P’noy has gone down
significantly and quite a few who earlier supported Pnoy are now a befuddled
lot, playing into the hands of the other side by joining marches that included
the agenda of the left and being convinced of the clever ploy of making “pork
barrel” per se as an evil thing, the president’s budget included. They have
managed to convince a lot of people that the budget, even that of the
president’s, is evil. By attaching the emotional term “pork” on the chief
executive’s budget they, with the help of the mercenary army of hacks in
broadcast and print media, have been successful in staining the president’s
reputation. The ploy is not so much to hamstring the president’s ability to
make the government function, but, to besmirch his name as a “pork” user
himself to the point of calling him “Pork King”. At some juncture in time, the
focus to get things done urgently was lost as there were those of us who joined
in raising the number count and the noise level to several decibels higher,
thus helping the cause of the other side. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For us who want
P’noy to succeed, all we want to happen is to have a quick prosecution of the
main suspects. The successful prosecution of the big time perpetrators will
pave the way for reforms in government and its bureaucracy; this will spell the
end of institutionalised corruption. The wheel of justice in our country grinds
exceedingly slow and if we let this run at its usual pace we would have given
the perpetrators a chance to be pardoned by P’noy’s successor, a somebody who
may be as “friendly” as PGMA, who in her tenure pardoned the most obnoxious
miscreants. When this happens, we are back to square one, and the evil powers have
saved “happy days” once more.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Through all
these years, what has transpired in the last few months would be the only real
opportunity to cleanse government of graft and corruption. Without the expose’
of the PDAF scam involving our senators, congressmen and other government
position holders, the country was traversing a moribund path towards an inextricable
quagmire that will condemn generations of Filipinos into lives of deprivation,
illiteracy and anomie. A sharp contrast to “daang matuwid” which promises the
long sought redemption of the Filipino from the entrenched graft and corrupt
way of life which only benefits the 1%.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Realistically, some
of us in this forum may no longer see the changes come about in our lifetime,
but, all we want is to be assured that systemic corruption has been halted and
that this insidious cancer would not continue to metastasize and crush all
hopes we have for our children and grandchildren. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The efforts of
the other side have been fierce and relentless. The people behind the effort to
blunt the resonance of the “pork barrel” scam are experts at managing and
creating events. With the aid of spin doctors and incredible hacks in media
they were able to confuse the issues through disinformation and misinformation.
Desperate and vicious counterattacks have been fast and furious and have
managed to succeed in shattering the conviction of some who were supportive of Pnoy’s
initiatives earlier. Rallies started with honest intentions and were real
expressions of outrage against the excesses of the legislators. Succeeding
rallies became opportunities for the other side to obfuscate issues. Teaming up
with parties with other agendas, but with common hostility towards Pnoy, they
were able to distract and cause some of the pro Pnoy groups to lose their
focus. In the meantime, the henchmen of the other side are busy at work
creating all sorts of distractions designed to delay the prosecution of the
perpetrators.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For those who
continue to go against Pnoy and his mission, I urge you to examine your motives
for siding with the other side. I refuse to believe that the reasons could be
ideological, or a difference in program of governance or patriotism. I don’t
think anyone will disagree that the system we have lived with all these years
has been a patently corrupt one and that reforms have long been needed and
neither is it arguable that our government officials; senators, congressmen and
some members of the bureaucracy have committed heinous and unconscionable crimes
against the Filipino people and this travesty need to be redressed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What are the
reasons why there are still people who support the other side despite their
obvious evil intentions? Why don’t they support Pnoy?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Let me hazard a
few guesses:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">1.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they
believe that “pork barrel” is inherently
evil<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">2.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they
now believe that P’noy is equally guilty because he himself has “pork”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">3.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they
believe that P’noy’s sincerity is not enough to create positive change<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">4.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they
believe that everybody in the COA report should be charged immediately<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">5.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they
are part of the group of politicians who benefit from status quo, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">6.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they
are among those threatened by prosecution for involvement or are complicit to
defraud the government,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">7.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;"> they have familial relationships with the
those on the other side, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">8.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they
have existing businesses and undertakings that will be adversely affected by
the reforms, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">9.
</span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they
have close friends and associates who are enmeshed in the scandal, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">10. </span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they have an axe to grind against P’noy,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">11. </span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;"> they owe a debt of gratitude with the suspects
in the “pork barrel” scam<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">12. </span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they are of the conviction that we need
to have a change of government or ideology (against Pnoy or any other
president), <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">13. </span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they have a mercenary relationship with
the opposition and the suspects <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">14. </span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they entertain the hope that the “well”
has not yet dried up when they get elected in the future <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">15. </span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they don’t really care because they have
a weak allegiance to the country, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">16. </span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">they have a sense of loyalty for being
with them for a long time etc. etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0070c0;">17. </span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #0070c0;">They are employed in businesses,
institutions and professional offices owned by the other side<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, if it is
not any of the above, we can easily manufacture one. The human mind is so
resilient that it can rationalize readily an opinion even if it is blatantly
indefensible. Going through the list help us identify real motives from the
rationalized ones.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">No matter how much
rationalisation is done to assuage and hide the guilt, the spectre of mendicant
children of our future...maybe of our own grandchildren, weighs heavy on the
mind and will haunt us because a sea change in the country was happening but we
let it go with the tide.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-67508201721444439092013-09-18T10:04:00.000+08:002013-09-18T19:25:15.742+08:00Charges Have Been Filed, What Next?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">What
Next? Everybody’s asking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">When a dog has caught up with the car he is chasing what will he do with
it? As everyone knows the dog will have earned the right to pee on the tires,
it is not only right and just, but instinct dictates it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The government has caught up with Janet Napoles, a potential star witness
to the unearthed scams perpetrated by the some senators, congressmen together
with possible accomplices in the bureaucracy. Like the speedy dog earning his
right to pee on the tires, which the dog immediately did before the car drove
away, the government should instinctively do what it has to do after a
successful chase…investigate and prosecute immediately, otherwise the suspected
miscreants would have time to regroup and make their getaway either by wheel
chair, which is the getaway vehicle of choice of many miscreants; by pulling a
Copperfield disappearing act; or by allowing it to go to the usual courts where
the case will languish in the dockets far longer than even the life time of the
youngest senator or congressman. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">It seems that Philippine courts are the holding areas of the guilty rich
and evil people for the Court of Courts up there, where all of them wait for
Divine Justice to be meted out on them, something they have been successful in
parrying on earth. Most will get their comeuppance here, where ultimate justice
will be served on everyone and harsh punishment of hellfire and eternal
damnation will be meted without the benefit of appeals. Some by grace and by
the infinite mercy of the Almighty will not be punished in perpetua, but, for a
limited stay in an unknown and desolate waiting place. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Attorneys Lorna Kapunan, Sigried Fortun and
any of the “de campana” lawyers’ pleas will be not heeded. Even if you kill one
of them to accompany their client it will be to no avail for he or she will
have to worry about the unfiled cases against them on earth but are already set
for litigation, up there, in the Court of Courts. They will be too busy
defending themselves.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">It seems that the Pnoy has been pussyfooting on making a decision to push
for speedy investigations. It seems that unlike dogs (of the James Thurber
kind), the government is lacking in instinctive actions. Thurber’s dogs seem to
be a lot cooler and smarter. While Pnoy vacillates the suspects are able to
regroup after the initial shock and are now busy with cover up strategies,
intensifying media noise through their battery of paid hacks in print and
broadcast media spewing all sorts of disinformation and sowing intrigue through
innuendoes. Their lawyers are burning the midnight oil and eyebrows looking for
loopholes, evidence suppression ploys, crafting libel suits by the hundreds,
searching for jurisprudence that can be twisted, weaving tales, fabricating
alibis, buying expert witnesses to prove forgeries, selecting medical
practitioners who may come in handy when the going gets rough for their clients
and other useful tactics to delay trials or even exonerate their clients from
the charges. And chances are, they will succeed, a favourite case that is always
alluded to is the Ampatuan massacre case which through shrewd lawyering was
able to extend the trial for a ridiculous length of time with not a single
accused being sentenced. With all the delay, more victims have been added to
the list as men with tales to tell continue to disappear.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Something has to be done about our justice system, at least for the time
being when we seek to prosecute the guilty parties of this heinous crime of
depriving the citizens of the republic, most of whom are impoverished, of the
money allotted for their amelioration. At least seventy percent of the money
allocated by the government for services to be rendered to its citizens have
been purloined by the very people who were supposed to look after them.
Senators and congressmen have brazenly ransacked the till without regard to the
people who have placed them in their positions. The pork barrel crimes become
more insidious in a backdrop of grinding poverty and high unemployment rates. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finally after some prodding from the people, charges have been put
together and filed. This was a cause for elation, for at least, what seemed a
stolid and immoveable phase has finally been resolved and the process is off to
a start. The joy is short lived, we are now about to start on the next chapter
which is the prosecution of the alleged perpetrators of the scam. Preliminary investigations
follow soon after the charges are made. With the voluminous documents gathered
by the Justice Department, truckloads as reported, one could expect that some
time will be spent poring over all the evidences before the Ombudsman can file
charges and issue warrants of arrest on the suspects. Plunder is a nonbailable
offense, it calls for an immediate expulsion from any government position and it
will place them in jail detention. </span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">With the money and influence most of the suspects have at their disposal,
the initial time estimate before charges could be filed would be at least two
years. Then the litigations would probably take, conservatively another three
years or more depending on how much money is available for their defense.
Defense would include use of the network of friends in the courts, the
effectiveness of their dilatory tactics, expert witnesses of all kinds,
defaulting circumstances, fabrication of evidences and more depending on how
many tricks the lawyers have in their bag of magic.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The estimated time for the cases to progress are experience based,
historical and in the normality of things (normal being dilatory tactics and
other influences will be exerted as is normal in Philippines). If allowed its
normal course some of the suspects will probably get his just deserts in the
Court of Courts while the others will probably still be around but with extreme
depletions from their loot due to the lengthy litigations their cases have
taken. The loot would have transferred to a new power group, the creation of
the lawyer oligarchs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">But we should take hear<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.</span>t that at the forefront of side of
the people are three stalwarts, three “iron ladies” which journalists prefer to
describe them. The ladies are Ombudsman Charito Carpio Morales, COA Commissioner
Gracia Pulido Tan and DOJ Secretary Leila de Lima. All three are feistiness personified.
Tough, uncompromising and doggedly determined to fight corruption and
criminality.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">We have seen how focused Leila de Lima was when the scam surfaced with the
rescue of the whistle blowers from illegal detention. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gracia Pulido Tan with her people in COA had
assiduously put together a report that was so comprehensive that those alluded
to either vehemently reacted or just went into a low profile stance. Ombudsman
Charito Carpio Morales, in anticipation did her own investigate work even
before the DOJ delivered the documentary evidence. She more or less promised
that her work will be completed in a year’s time. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Despite this formidable team working on our side, the citizens, we cannot
just lay back and feel smug that all will be well. This is not a time for
complacency; we have hardly won anything, there is an eternity of time between
now and the conviction of the guilty ones. The other side is composed of strong
and well heeled; they will not just lie supinely in their backs and let justice
take its course. No way. These are cornered rats fighting for survival with awesome
resources. We are in for a long, vicious protracted fight and vigilance must be
maintained till the threat is repelled. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">All these dangers have been foreseen and what worried most of us is that
nothing might come out of this because the suspected perpetrators are from the
powerful political blocs and families who would definitely fight tooth and nail
in their defense. The most discouraging thought is the ineptness and the slow
moving Philippine judicial process. The Ampatuan case, where the accused
parties are patently guilty of the most heinous wholesale massacre of media men
and political rivals is more than five years in the works without any sign of
ever being resolved. The first tranch of cases filed already included quite a
lot; the waiting list of persons to be charged is even longer. If nothing is changed
with the way courts handle cases the pork litigations will still be around in
the next generation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">During the early discussions in our e-groups I came up with a suggestion
on an abridged judicial process and other ways of proceeding.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The first step is identifying persons, institutions who may be involved
in the scam.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Defendants<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"> 1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Case
against Government personalities (elected or appointed)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">A.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Legislators and other government officials
(elected or appointed) with pork barrel entitlements</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">B.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accomplices in government. Officials of
implementing agencies, cabinet members and their staff who knowingly aided and
abetted the scam</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Non
government personalities and entities </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">a.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Persons
or institutions (companies, NGOs) who set up the structure of the scam
operations</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">b.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Persons
who operated the institutions involved in the scam</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">c.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>And
personnel who knowingly aided and abetted the scam</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">d.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Other
nongovernment institutions and persons complicit in the crime (banks, law
enforcement, others who aided the commission of the crime)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Secondly, to address the concern of the snails’ pace our
judicial process moves I suggested the convening of a special court to expedite
the proceedings.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Convening of A
Special Court To Try the Cases<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Introduce
new features in litigation rules which could prevent dilatory and other process
impeding tactics.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Nonstop
hearing schedules</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>One
legislative defendant at a time. There will be similarities in most cases. The
first one may serve as jurisprudence to expedite the trials of the subsequent
ones</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Rigorous
screening of judges who will be involved in trying the cases</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Rigorous
screening of the team that will compose the prosecution to avoid unwitting or
witting ineptness and errors that could result in defaults</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thirdly, there are a myriad concerns that are corollary to
the judicial process in this scam. I have listed a few which I felt those
involved should be aware of. The list is by no means exhaustive and there would
still be quite a few that could be added.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<o:p><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></o:p></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Other Concerns<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Safeguarding
witnesses</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Safeguarding
material evidences</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Continuous
search for new evidences and witnesses</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Money/asset
securing procedures (precaution and pre-emption)</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Ensuring
that the defendants do not flee the country</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Media
management – media bureau to brief media and for press releases</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span>Security
management of court venue/s and others where threats exist</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">
</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">At this time the first tranch of charges has been filed. The
DOJ has done its investigation on the priority cases, the COA has completed a
comprehensive report on the PDAF transactions (clean and the questionable ones),
the ombudsman has geared up doing parallel investigative work even before
receiving the documented evidences from the DOJ. It seems we’re off to an
auspicious start and will be making headways into the successful prosecution of
the guilty parties. We need to stay vigilant as there will be twists and turns
as the cases progress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Let’s all keep on trucking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More “pork” rallies are scheduled after the Million Man March at the
Luneta last August 26. The series of rallies are intended to put pressure on
the government to scrap the PDAF which more or less has been done or promised
and urgently pursue investigations leading to the prosecution of the
legislators alleged to have dipped their fingers in the “pork barrel”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now those objectives seem to be easily accepted
common causes for rallying the people to get together in Luneta, EDSA, Plaza
Miranda, Mendiola and other venues appropriate for venting their ire.</span><br />
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Enter the groups with agendas far removed from the purpose originally
intended but would like to thumb a ride on the expected big turn-out for the
event.</div>
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The leftists represented by cause oriented groups and the party lists
with socialist leanings will be there. The speculated reasons they will be
there would be to disrupt the proceedings and sabotage the scrapping of the
pork which for years now have been the legitimate source of funding for their
not too patriotic endeavours and also to discredit the Aquino administration
which has been the gist of their rhetoric. </div>
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The group of the suspected legislators in the scam list are not expected
to lie idle and just belly up without a fight. With the huge collective
wherewithal of money, influence and power within this group they can organize
an army of marchers, again with the end in view of discrediting the
administration and the investigations conducted by the government agencies. It
is a back against the wall situation for them and like cornered rats they will
employ all the tricks they can muster, violence and mayhem included. </div>
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Another group with a special stake in all of these are the political
groups, the opposition party who stand to gain with the retention of the status
quo. They will make capital of the large crowd speculated to be more grass
roots than the Luneta marchers. These are popular politicians whose popularity
stem from their supposed images of being champions of the poor largely created
by patronage politics which has been the conventional gambit of the “trapos”.
This group also seeks the discrediting of Pnoy and his administration and may
well be the most formidable because of its populist image, its efficient
machinery and a big enough war chest to fund anything; from building cathedrals
to financing revolutions. </div>
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Another group is composed of the progeny of the leader of the failed New
Society. Much of the Marcos wealth remains intact with just a few crumbs surrendered
to PCCG. A lot more of the plunder are still being pursued by the new, improved
PCCG whose efforts seem to have had little progress thus far. Bongbong dreaming
of the glory days in Malacanan would not hesitate to use the treasure cache
left by his father to finance a grand “resbak”. The rally has been auspiciously
set on the birthday of the Marcos. Expect hordes of “hakot” chanting for a
return to old New Society. More than this motive Bongbong is also addressing
the threat of prosecution with his alleged complicity in the “pork barrel”
scam. </div>
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Not to be ignored are remnants of the not too distant past, the diseased
Gloria and cohorts. Just like the legislators et al, this group is vulnerable
to probes soon after the investigations and prosecution in the “pork barrel”
are dealt with. Corruption is similar to cancer, the evil leaves a distinct
trail which has an odious nexus, much like cancer metastasizing whose spread is
interconnected. They, too, share the desire to see that Pnoy fails in his
anti-corruption mission and they will easy to recognize by the kind of placards
they bear during the rally.</div>
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There is, of course, the sincere and moral middle class who invented
peaceful revolutions, the original organizers of the protest march at the
Luneta to show their outrage against the “pork barrel scam”. These are the same
people who led the EDSA I and EDSA II revolutions. Erap protested the fact that
this was not a true revolution because the poor were hardly represented in any
of these uprisings. Even Marcos said that the revolution that ousted him was
not truly a people’s initiative because it was only in Manila and from people
of the upper middle to upper classes of society; hardly populist. Through
history the middle class have taken up the cudgels for the poor to ameliorate
them from their wretched conditions. Those living in poverty hardly have the
time to join these protest marches. They are too busy eking out a daily
subsistence, or may even be clueless as to what is about in their midst, or are
resigned to the fact that all these are just a tiresomeness that is not
relevant to their lives. If ever they find themselves involved in these marches
it is not for grievances or causes but as paid participants to mouth scripted
chants and wave placards prepared by organizers. </div>
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It will be good if the turn-out is in great numbers. The government seems
to respond well to numbers, big numbers and hopefully they are pushed to act
with urgency on the investigations and expedite the filing of cases against the
suspected perpetrators of the scam. The other demands are the abolition of the
“pork barrel” which has already been attended to or promised to be attended to
and the FOI bill which has not gotten any favorable response from Pnoy thus
far.</div>
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Let us hope that nothing untoward will happen in the upcoming rallies.
There is the risk that the groups with hidden agendas might start provocative
moves which can trigger an inadvertent response from the crowd control officers
in the rally. As happened in several demonstrations in the past these end up in
violence with victims losing life and limb. Invariably, these are blamed on the
peace keeping officers, crowd control group who are perceived as representatives
of government and its leaders. The stakes are high with socialist ideologues
smelling an opportunity to discredit government, suspected plunderers in
desperate straits, ghosts of past despots crying reinstitution and contemporary
politics rearing its ugly head to seize an advantage. </div>
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Pray earnestly that these demonstrations do not become sensational
disasters that serve the immoral and harmful goals of some and that the
government relent and heed the demands of marchers who are sincere of heart and
purpose.</div>
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After
Luneta, the subsequent rallies will not be a walk in the park, but a trek into virtual
minefields which will sow confusion. There is so much at stake with so many
groups of different agendas but all in agreement to thwart Pnoy’s anti
corruption mission. Be not cowed by the colossal evil that confronts us. In the
end Truth and Justice will prevail and there will be peace in our land.</div>
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</span> Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-24640864753941223772013-08-29T09:42:00.002+08:002013-09-14T08:38:30.718+08:00The Best Laid Plans of Swine and Men<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The “pork barrel” scandal has
been the subject of so many news items, articles by renowned columnists of all
major dailies. It has also occupied so much space in Blogosphere and anyone who
has some real estate in this vast writing pad would want to put his or her few
cents worth about pigsties and lawmakers. I am no exception. Now that Janet,
the Pork Queen has surrendered to the intrepid boar hunter of Malacanan, the
pressure to write about it in my blog has mounted. The topic is not about to
write <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">finis </i>but the drama has moved
on to the next act and anything written before that becomes stale and
superfluous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The pork barrel is a system
of budget distribution involving our legislators working with the assistance of
other lower government officials; elected or appointed. It endeavours to ensure
that the economic, social and other basic needs of constituent groups are funded
from the government’s coffers on an equitable and rationalized manner.
Congressmen are tasked to provide the necessary service to their constituent
groups; urban districts, provinces, townships, cities, provinces and other
sectors which make up their constituencies. Senators have funds for national
services and other aids to the citizenry in general and not of particular
regional and sectoral constituencies. The legislators have handed out the “pork
barrel” to their home constituencies in the form of money for roads, bridges,
hospitals, puericulture centers, irrigation systems etc and all sorts of civic
projects like the ubiquitous basketball courts in most city districts and
townships. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Truly logical and laudable by
its intentions but now sullied by thievery of the highest order.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The “pork barrel” has been
with us for scores of years and despite its reputation for being a source of
graft and corruption, the citizenry have been inured to it and resigned
themselves to its being there. Almost everyone in government have been aware of
the corruption engendered by the “pork barrel” system that it has had several
lame attempts of deodorizing it through euphemistic names it has been
christened with such as SLDP (Support for Local Development Project), CDF (Countrywide
Development Fund) and now PDAF (Priority Development Assistance Fund). The
“pork barrel” is the reason why candidates spend millions in electoral campaigns
and go to the extent of murder and wholesale massacres because they know that
they will be able to recoup their investments and much, much more once in
position.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The shit hit the fan when
whistleblowers came out, not altruistically but more for self preservation, to
expose the operations of Janet Napoles who allegedly facilitated (for donkey years
now) the siphoning of pork funds through a group of NGOs in varying shades of fakedness,
some truly fake and others, legitimate but conscripted for the evil enterprise.
This is how the “pork barrel” funds of quite a few legislators (senators and
congressmen) where diverted and disbursed on ghost projects and some real ones
but graft tainted. It was only at this time, when media made a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cause celebre</i> of it that we were made
aware of the extensiveness of the scams and the magnitude of the high level
thievery. In some instances only a minimal amount of the budget went to the
actual completion of projects and in several cases nothing actually went to
projects. For projects that have been started and completed little has been
left to for actual use that it resulted in substandard completion of
infrastructure projects, buildings, agricultural structures etc. leading to
their short lived usability.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The implication of several
high level names in politics and government agencies in the expose’ sent the
threatened miscreants scrambling for alibis and scurrying to make ready their safe
havens. Denials of association with Janet Napoles were sworn to only to be
debunked when photos of Janet mingling with the power elite in social
situations came out. One even featured the Pork Queen as a wedding sponsor or
in others as business partners in some enterprise. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Media has been instrumental
in communicating widely the stench. The expose’ happened at a time when poverty
is rife in the whole country and the devastation created by recent natural
calamities exacerbated the situation. Add to this the hunger ratings is at an
all time low in the lower levels of society. Millions were in desperate straits.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As in most protests, the
middle class have been at the forefront of the show of outrage and inevitably
organized the show of displeasure for the “pork barrel” by enjoining the citizenry
to march to Luneta last August 26, 2013. Prior to the march, opinion leaders,
influential bloggers and a wide spectrum of civic organization leaders through
their spokespersons expressed their outrage through conventional media and the
internet. The middle class have been, through history, the catalyst, the movers
and shakers in society to clamour for change on felt travesties committed by
those in power; either by avaricious oligarchs or by corrupt government
authorities. A bit unfair to the rich is the statement (though it has a vestige
of truth) is the adage “the poor are amoral; the rich, immoral and the middle
class moral”. Often times the middle class take up the cudgels for the
oppressed poor of society who, at times, are somwhate clueless and may not be
very aware of the oppression being inflicted upon them by government and of the
ravenous greed of oligarchs. They are also being used as cannon fodder for a
pittance by those on the left side of social ideology scale and of traditional politicians
for the furtherance of their selfish agendas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now the circus is in town,
the big top is up and the circus ring floor tedded with dry hay and sand to
absorb the gore and the filth of upcoming tragicomic numbers. We will be at the
ringside treated to the parade of wild beasts. Enter creatures from the
bestiary...the thunderous crack of whips will elicit roars from the accused
predators... clowns will waddle in to provide relief and a momentary lull,
comic or otherwise...quick change artists will go in and out at the baton of a
ring master. Let us just hope that this is not just a festive command
performance to assuage our frazzled nerve ends and perhaps to cater to a slight
touch of sadism to heckle and throw eggs and rotten vegetables to a bad
performance of the dramatis personae; only for them to vanish into the proscenium
and be forgiven and forgotten after the curtsy as the curtains fall. The
curtain falls not on them but on us. Let us not make this happen.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What is common to the
citizenry is the sense of outrage for the shameless thievery perpetrated by our
elected government officials, the bureaucracy and some unscrupulous
facilitators of the scam. The need to be indignant is so palpably felt in the
midst of prevalent poverty, sufferings and sacrifices of the OFW, the struggle
against hunger, the chronic lack of aid and services to alleviate the plight of
the poor especially now that natural calamities have been more frequent and
disastrous. Money that should have gone to efficient flood control projects, well
built infrastructure projects have been pocketed by the guys who were supposed
to look after their needs and concerns. It is sad to see that most of the poor
people cannot connect this to the plunder of the government coffers. Sharing of
the largesse from the plunder a’la Robin Hood through measly “pantawid” food
packages are better appreciated by the masa. Some of them join rallies to avail
of the “hakot” fee coming from the diverse interest groups. They are busy
trying to keep their heads above the debris ridden flood waters, keeping body
and soul together, making the “pork barrel” issue remote and irrelevant to the
pressing needs that stare them in the eye the livelong day. Even if it takes a
long indefinite period of time the issues have to be explained so that they
will not be completely clueless of the real and main issues. We need everyone
to have a sustained belief for change...for us to pursue with arms linked together
with every well meaning citizen until such time the positive changes are seen
to their fruition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The marchers at Luneta share
the outrage on the thievery involved in the “pork barrel” but they take
different stands as to where the blame lies, who are to be included for
prosecution, whether the announced changes in the disbursement system are
sufficient to make it efficient, effective and foolproof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are those who believe that Pnoy is
embroiled in this fiasco. They are of the opinion that Pnoy is protecting his
people; his cabinet members and his “kapartidos” in the political scene. Add to
this those who believe that there will be no real changes made, only a change
of name, another euphemistic word for “pork barrel”. Some groups are of the
opinion that Pnoy is not involved in the scam to plunder the government coffers
and that he continues to be sincere and honest in his actions to ferret out the
truth of the involvement of people and to bring them to the doors of justice
regardless of political leanings, familial and social connections. Then again
there would be other aggrupations having their own agendas, some ideological, some
religious, some big business and others having specific interests attached to
organizations they belong to. It is a motley bunch, these marchers, so don’t
hold your breath, we may be in for a long wait despite the importance of a more
expeditious solution.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In my simplistic assessment
the two most important things that have to be done post haste. First is the
prosecution of those found with enough evidence of guilt. There must be a way
of hot-housing the judicial process otherwise the cases filed will just form
part of the stockpile of cases pending resolution in our courts. The wheels of
justice grind exceedingly slow but in our case it seems to have ground to a
halt and justice will never be dispensed as the cases wait in the long queue.
It seems that nailing the big fish is an impossibility and that we will never
deliver a signal and a lesson to all those with ill will that crime does not
pay. Perhaps the convening a special court to deal with the “pork barrel” cases
should be organized to facilitate and expedite the resolution of the cases.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for an alternative delivery system of government’s money to bring to the
citizenry the various basic services, economic assistance, and the creation of
an ideal environment that is peaceful and secure, things that they have not
enjoyed for so long a time. <span lang="EN-SG" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;">The delivery system should operate devoid
of influence from politicians. They should be barred from having anything to do
with the allotment of monies, choice of suppliers...any operational aspect
which would redound to their having the authority and the discretion at any phase
of projects. They may, however, direct the implementing body to projects that
are needed by their constituencies as they would be closer to the ground and
would be in the best position to know their needs. Lawmakers should not be
given discretionary powers on anything involving selection of suppliers and
authority to approve payments of any project. Keeping filthy hands away from
the honeypot ensures full use of the government’s money, our money, to deliver
services that should accrue to the citizens’ benefit. As a bonus, it
disincentivises those not qualified for government elected positions from
running, e.g. popular actors and actresses, basketball stars, colourful charlatans,
all sorts of riff raff who by sensation and by chance have been favoured by
media mileage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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reality, these are easier said than done. The prosecution of the guilty parties
will not easily be achieved. The people involved are in high places, with lots
of money and influence and may have involved more people implicitly and
explicitly. The Ombudsman has already expressed her dismay to the seeming
reluctance of some government agencies to cooperate and comply with her
requests for reports, statistics and other useful documents she will need to
build her edifice of evidence against the errant legislators and their
accomplices. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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which would require the strength of Hercules, the patience of Job, the swift
justice of Judge Dredd and a dash of Solomonic wisdom. There are just too many
legislators involved that the legislative function of the government would be
frozen if most of them would be found guilty. It may not be such a bad idea, in
fact I relish the thought of having the salaries and the perks of guilty
persons cancelled and their budgets held in suspense. Apart from the savings it
may cause Congress and the Senate to be more productive in the absence of the
scalawags.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The creation of an alternative delivery system would
require more studies involving methods, information systems, computerization,
security systems and other necessary operational aspects. It will also require
the recruitment of new staff to the implementing agencies to augment the work
force left after sacking those involved in the scams, also the filling up of
the new expertise requirements that the new delivery system will require and a
remunerations review which will seek the raising of salary scales of the
organization to attract professionals and also to ensure that temptation to
participate in irregularities of the past are avoided. This is an
administration model that may serve as prototype of the other implementing
agencies of the government.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-SG" style="color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I continue to put my faith in Pnoy. I will not trust
the job to any other person now in government. Most of them are not lacking in
intelligence and the capacity to do governance work but the task ahead requires
a unique trait, a rare quality among local public servants, that of being
honest and sincere to be of service to people. His mission of ridding our
government of the long staying, pervasive and deeply rooted corruption is the
key towards shepherding change. He may not be the brightest, nor the most
articulate and not the most decisive but he gets my vote as our leader towards
a better government and a better nation because he is truly in the mould of
philosopher kings, a true servant to the interest of his people.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Gold tipped fingers tilted upward <br />
Wide eyed but expressionless<br />
Beckoning with uncertain malice<br />
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Peacock headdress strutting, eyes like<br />
Black dots darting left, then right<br />
Oblivious of the boisterous, crass crowd<br />
Heads cranking on the plink of the <i>gamelan</i><br />
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Foot bells tinkle at the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">angklung’s</i>
hollow beat<br />
Earthy auburn <i>songket</i> sarong with gilded edge<br />
Glittered playfully with each half turn of<br />
Pretty boys masquerading as nubile dancers<br />
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At the last clang of the <i>agong</i> they scampered<br />
Sucked into the emptiness of the night’s void<br />
Piercing sounds shrieked from the dead quiet<br />
Augured that somewhere tragedy has struck<br />
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It was a chilling, killing night in Bali<br />
Terror struck with hellish ferocity<br />
Blood striped pale faces run helter-skelter<br />
Minced by shards strewn by wrathful blast<br />
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Mangled limbs dangled on dancing carcasses<br />
The hapless hobbled and crept, lost in terror<br />
The pall of the blackened smoke draped heavy<br />
<i>Kuta</i> reeked with zealot’s pungent hate<br />
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In nearby <i>Nusa Dua</i>, the merriment ran on<br />
Youthful artistes plied their age-old trade<br />
While revelers loud with obscene laughter<br />
Unaware of the other despoliation elsewhere<br />
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In the morrow they washed their bikinis<br />
To rid of the red that came with the tide<br />
<i>Batik</i> now indelibly stained with carmine blot<br />
A stain in the land’s richly textured tapestry<br />
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Where now the inimitable Balinese smile?<br />
Where now the art of the woodcarver, the painter,<br />
The smithy, the batik dyer, dancer and the <em>wayang </em>maker?<br />
Where now the white sands, the majestic promontories?<br />
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Senseless slaughter of anyone, anything, everything<br />
Not for all the promise of virgins, white horses and<br />
Heavenly gates can ever make right the selfish injustice<br />
<i>Pancasila</i> violated by militant butchers of the faith<br />
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The music and gaiety of the festive <i>stambul <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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And the wheezing whines from mutilated throats<br />
Cry anguish, echoing strong even in distant lands<br />
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What a waste, what a shame! Why Bali? Why?<br />
Fountainhead of art, island of beauty and amity<br />
God’s pearl crushed by the ugly hand of inhumanity<br />
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Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-73296222311880516782012-11-01T20:32:00.002+08:002012-11-01T20:42:30.929+08:00How Soon<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Hot housing and hurrying their reddening<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">You have shunned others and they, in turn,<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Have left you recalling false remembrances<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Fantasies trying to be real yet in a blink are
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">In desolate streets as you nail signs on rickety
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Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-13652317565156971112012-10-02T14:45:00.001+08:002012-10-02T14:45:46.048+08:00Bluer Than Blue and Other Metallic Hues
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan, former chairman
of the board of trustees of Ateneo de Manila University, had irrevocably
withdrawn his support for the Ateneo because of differences over mining issues
and the Reproductive Health (RH) bill.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After serving in a high post in the university’s
Board of Trustees, and as a generous benefactor to the Jesuit university’s many
programs of excellence which include the MVP Center For Student Leadership, the
sports program, the school’s debating society, the glee club and many other
projects that benefited from his financial support he decided to disengage
himself with finality on affairs that are Ateneo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">His parting message was “...we have come to the
irretrievable point where it is best and appropriate to draw the line in the
sand, to conclude that we have little or no common interest, and to say that
I’d look like a fool helping an institution which opposes my conviction
diametrically and unequivocally.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Expectedly, a wave
of reactions, some good and some unfortunate, came from the Alumni and the
studentry of the Ateneo ensued. Many understood MVP’s situation and were
sympathetic to the decision made by him, others felt that this was a wake-up
call to Ateneans and the Ateneo not to be overly dependent on a single
benefactor and to be self reliant by rallying the alumni to be more active in
their support of their alma mater. There were those who said that he may have
been less of an Atenean because he was not really “true blue” as he had his
formative years with San Beda and only joined the Ateneo in college. A remark
like this did not go unnoticed because it smacked of elitism, a “kayabangan”
that Ateneans have been accused of by many for years long standing. It ruffled
the feathers of those alumni who did not spend their early years in the Ateneo
as this ill advised attempt at categorizing Ateneans into different shades of
blue alienated quite a few whose blueness have now been placed in scrutiny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">One could not
completely blame those who tried to make this differentiation. The hurt was
palpable and the umbrage taken was deserved; a reaction to MVP’s abrupt and
resolute disengagement with the Ateneo. Others felt that it was almost a
treasonous act, a stinging rejection of the beloved alma mater, an affront to the
revered and closely held Ignatian values. Of course, denigrating MVP’s stature
as an Atenean is unconscionable and some of those who originally felt this way
have relented and have expressed regrets for their impulsive reaction. After a
while most agreed to just let it be to have a closure to the whole thing but
the odour of it may linger for a while as sensibilities have been roused and frayed.
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Jesuit Reaction<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">To the credit of
the Jesuits their reaction to the event has been conciliatory and has expressed
their gratitude for all the support that MVP has lent to the Ateneo. A
praiseworthy and non-recriminate response to what could have been a tinderbox situation.
Fr. Roberto Rivera, SJ of the John J Caroll Institute on the Church and Social
Issues has represented well the Jesuits response in his article “The Jesuit
Paper”. He said: </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Differences of opinion in the application of principles can sometimes
arise even among sincere Catholics. When this happens, they should be careful
not to lose their respect and esteem for each other” (Mater et Magistra, 238).
If indeed there has been a necessary parting of ways, it is eased by an
overriding sense of gratitude and respect.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-SG" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-SG; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Art Hilado of college
class 66 made a call to unity as an aftermath of this event. He said that this
may well be a wakeup call to Ateneans to be more united and to be more active
and dedicated to their support to the alma mater. Perhaps, after the
reconciliatory note, the Jesuits could also review the treatment and regard
they gave a benevolent man who gave unstinting support to them and their
institutions. Was there an inordinate focus and a zeroing in on mining, an
industry where MVP had a lot at stake and may also be a cash resource to fund
other ventures that he had audaciously launched? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Another sore point
in the MVP Ateneo relationship is the contrarian stand that he had made against
the stance of the Catholic Church. Should he be taken to task by the Jesuits
for siding with the pro RH Bill proponents? In this issue, the Jesuits, even amongst
themselves are not one in their stance against the RH Bill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Was the language used in the Jesuit paper on
mining really just a “talking point” or did it actually identify and underscore
the non-negotiables, the values and bottom-line stances?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Jesuit paper suggests that these are
guidelines to SJSA and its members who would study and mull the issues in
mining. If it is such then it should <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not</b>
be taken as dictates coming from the church.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> But the way the paper was nuanced and crafted it conveyed almost
unequivocally, was that most of it were non negotiable and are bottom-line
values and stances to be maintained. If the Jesuit guidelines on mining are not
absolute, negotiable and for further debate and discussion, then MVP’s rash
reaction would seem uncalled for, immature and a tad hysterical. It is an MVP
reaction that is easy enough to understand and not surprising to us and to the
many of us may who consider it to be adverse to him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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statement that mining is evil…the Mining Act of 1995 destroys life, and categorically
opposed mining per se? Calling the paper as “talking points” may well have been
just Jesuitical doublespeak?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Despite the schism that
exists within the Ateneo, the Jesuit paper echoes the official position of the
CBCP.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have lost some traces of credibility. They have this penchant for making
general statements without any empirical proof to support their
statements…worded like sermons and homilies to parishioners, invariably left
unchallenged. As Catholics we allow ourselves to accept the veracity of the church
acclaimed mysteries as an act faith but to carry this further in issues that
are lay and political in nature is going beyond their bounds. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is some amount of arrogance amongst some
of the clergy who seem to feel that they are still the Spanish frailes that can
talk down their parishioners without fear of contradiction. Not everyone, even
those who profess to be practicing Catholics, are as tractable as the faithful
of old. The church must realize that they no longer have the supreme authority
to prevail on people, to impose their stand on all issues, lay ones included. In
the mining issue and to a certain extent, in the RH Bill, persuasion through
reason should have been the tact and not merely on the strength of words
emanating from the pulpit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Has the church been overly politicized? The Jesuit
Paper puts forth a political and pro poor position by allowing the poor subsistence
miners despite their disregard to the sins that big scale mining have been
indicted for. It is kind of “laissez faire” that contributes to a national
habit of mediocrity, an anathema to excellence, a coddling of those who choose
to be inefficient and an encouragement to the “puede na” fractured mentality. It
is a pro poor attitude that makes us a poorer nation...big scale mining in the
long term will alleviate the poor. Instant amelioration and transformation of
the poor man's plight is a myopic view and has never worked. Responsible big
scale mining will benefit all in the long term.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Church together
with militant socio civic groups had always been suspicious of the motives of
industry and big business. They have good reason to be. A series of corrupt
government administrations in collusion with cronies in business (varying only
in degrees of greed) have earned them this regrettable regard. Perhaps a
lifting of the cloud of suspicion should happen since never have we had a more
honest and sincere leadership whom we can trust to do good on the citizens
behalf. Might it not be different under Pnoy whose track record has remained
unsullied thus far? Does Pnoy have cronies in business and industry? Is MVP one
of them? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is true that MVP
should not have been rash in his decision to disengage with the Ateneo but it
would be naive to expect that somebody who has felt that he has been mistreated
by an institution that he has showered with his time and money and that the
least that the Ateneo could have done was to have refrained from taking
positions in public that are diametrically opposed to those of MVP’s. He may
have felt that the Jesuits with their paper on mining have singled him out by
attacking mining, an industry where he has a lot at stake and may be a fund
resource to fuel his other audacious business ventures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">One has to ask, why
mining? Why not fishing, logging, manufacturing, insurance, education plans,
banking, the medical business, beverages, the foods business, etc. etc. All
businesses and industries should attract the attention of those who seek to
protect the environment, correct social injustice, cultural warping, minority
group displacements, labour exploitation and other ills which you can throw in
to criticize any profit motivated venture and institution could easily be
criticized for. The same fine tooth comb should be applied to them as was done
to mining. If we were to make a Golden Mean for all these industries and
businesses our economy will be hamstrung by so many restrictions and probably
ground to a halt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">MVP, in his mind,
may have asked why mining? And why the Jesuits had to pick up the cudgels for
this cause? Are these the reasons why MVP chose to dissociate himself from the
Ateneo or are his daring investment and acquisition ventures souring up and he
needs a gracious exit from his predicament? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
mining issue which he might have depended on to fund his other ventures seem to
have reached an impasse and that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he had
expected the Jesuits to be a bit more sympathetic of his woes because of the
favours that he had showered on them. The mention of plagiarism case may really
be just an additional beef (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pamparami ng
sumbat</i>), Trillanes’ accusation in the China deal didn’t help quiet his
discomfort and elicited another emotional outburst of threatening to pull out
his investments in more clement business climes like Hongkong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It may seem that
the Jesuit involvement in this is a puzzlement, but then again, maybe not, as
morals and ethics are necessarily involved here. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Is there some form of Jesuit hubris at play here? Was this a way of
saying that we have not been bought by all the contribution MVP has made; not
beholden by any means and will not be acquiescent to his expectations of
support in mining.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Maybe we should add a new line to the phrase from the synoptic gospels</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"Render unto Caesar
the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's"</span></i><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> ...<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and to business things that are
of business’. </i></b>As in the separation of the church and the state there
are basic items in each that are antithetical. More so with business and the
church; as one deals with matters in the spiritual realm, and the other, on the
more pragmatic and utilitarian aspects of existence. Although the relationship
will be marked with overlaps as in church and state, we may well be aware and
cognizant of the irreconcilable differences (the non negotiables) between business
and church and veer away from possible collision courses. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-PH; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-38676159576519810602012-07-08T21:02:00.003+08:002013-01-20T20:22:24.310+08:00From the Guys Who Brought You Melamine In Milk, Toxic Toys, Poison Pet Food...<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>T</i>he Chinese have peddled numerous toxic products to international
consumers, including everything from baby’s milk, children’s toys, adult
vitamins, pet food...and the list goes on to include electrical products that
shock and kill, toxic wallboards and just about anything that would guarantee a
shortened lifespan or a decrepit existence for the rest of your life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>High end and technology products made affordable but...</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">While China products have brought happiness to many
by making products that were normally affordable only by the the more affluent in society,
it carries with it a sordid trade off. The Chinese, in their typical entrepreneurial
instinct rushed off to take advantage of the demand created by the invariably low
price of almost any product imaginable. On top of having the cheap labour
advantage, the Chinese manufacturers got carried away by their desire to
improve the profitability of their merchandise by doing short cuts in their
production processes, sought cheaper ingredient alternatives and an utter
disregard to quality control procedures that should ensure the efficacy, the
durability and safety of products that come out of their production floors. One
would think that this will be limited to the small unregulated and unsupervised
small to medium sized manufacturers; but no, even with the plants that have
joint venture agreements with prestigious and trusted companies from the US,
France, UK and other countries known for their above board compliance with good
business practices have been negligent in seeing to it that the local
production personnel despite the supervision of their home office experts. The
horror stories on the use of toxic ingredients in the farming of food products,
lead content in paints used in toys, the irresponsible production of processed
foods, the toxicity and the inefficacy of medical products have been many and
have had dire results from their usage by consumers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Unwanted products make their way to the local market</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Despite our government agencies’ efforts to check
the entry of unwanted products a lot of these, even after rejection find their
way in because unscrupulous businessmen in cahoots with some corrupt government
officials keep on trying to sneak them in. There are no guarantees that
products that pass through our inspectors are safe to use or eat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>China’s chequered manufacturing history</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The quality of Chinese products are considered in
much the same way that “made in Japan” products immediately after the second
world war were regarded, the same stigma had been attached to “made in Taiwan”
products in the seventies; products that had the reputation of being cheap, unreliable
and as substitute items that fulfil expedient needs. Apart from these negatives
is the fact that these products may be hazardous to health as proven by
documented accounts of deaths arising from toxicity from a wide range of
products either ingested or inadvertent exposure. Deaths by the hundreds were
experienced in Panama for substandard medicines bought from China.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The law does not deter bad products
influx to the market</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">China is on a roll. The euphoria of continuous money flowing from their
enterprises have emboldened them even more; they have not corrected their quick
money mind sets despite the numerous lawsuits filed against the manufacturers, importers
and distributors of these defective merchandise. It seems that despite the strict
enforcement of law businessmen continue to defy regulations because the big
money that is made in these transactions is commensurate to the risk involved. Even
to this date law suits continue to be filed against erring manufacturers and
importers of China goods. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>China’s preposterous sovereignty claims
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<span style="font-size: small;">China has claims with the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and
Taiwan across the South China Sea, key shipping lanes thought to contain rich
energy reserves. Vietnam and the Philippines have been the most vocal opponents
of China's claims. Energy reserves repletion is important to China to ensure
that their growth engine continue to hum. The oil reserves underneath the South
China Sea are coveted by so many nations and the hungry dragon is determined to
take all by force rather than talk about co operational development of the
natural resources in the areas of dispute. They have begun to impose their
might by intimidating through sabre rattling the Philippines and Vietnam by
ostensibly displaying their naval prowess against the puny naval capabilities
of the two small nations. The threat, of course, includes all the other nations
because of China’s ever extending claims to territory that are in the path of a
creeping yellow tide. No nation is safe from a marauding super power that
imposes and claim sovereignty on the most preposterous of bases; an ancient map
illustrating the extent of the Han dynasty rule and the disregard of the United
Nations International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea. No nations’ export
endeavour is safe from being prey to Chinese currency manipulation, from
dissipation of manufacturing capabilities engendered by China’s cheap labour
and from the arm twisting a bully undertakes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The intention of the movement to boycott China made products is not
designed to delimit China’s legitimate efforts towards their own nation
building. It is the goal of the movement to make China aware that they have to
respect the sovereignty of other nations, that they should be a responsible
world leader fostering the well being of its neighbours by not flooding the
international market with products that create contagion, and that their new
found super power status should not be used to run over weaker countries in a manner
reminiscent of the Nazi invasion of weaker nations along Germany’s periphery
during WWII. Rather than meeting military aggression with an equally forceful
but dangerous armed defence response, the boycott of China products would be a
peaceful but forceful way of persuading China to abandon its bullying ways. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">Hereunder is a litany of products that have been
found flawed compiled over time by a US business group, it is by no means a
complete list as this covers only the earlier years of China exports to the US,
also the list continue to extend even as we list:</span></i></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07516.html">Toxic Overalls</a>: Samarra Brothers recalled
Chinese-manufactured children’s two-piece overall sets because the
coatings on the snaps in the overalls and shirt contain excessive amounts
of lead, posing a serious risk of lead poisoning and adverse health
effects to young children.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07076.html">Fire Hazard Heaters</a>: Family Dollar Stores recalled 35,000
oscillating ceramic heaters that were found to overheat and smoke, which
could pose a fire hazard to consumers.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07086.html">Bad Wiring In Fans</a>: Holmes Group recalled about 300,000
Chinese-manufactured oscillating tower fans that were found to have bad
wiring that creates a fire hazard.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07090.html">Dangerous Candles</a>: Sally Foster recalled over 46,000 sets
of imported Tea Lights candles after it was reported that the candles have
a clear, plastic shell that can melt or ignite, posing a fire or burn
hazard to consumers.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07087.html">Dryers With Electrocution Hazard</a>: Metropolis Beauty recalled about 18,000
Travel’N Baby Mini Hair Dryers, which were not equipped with an immersion
protection plug to prevent electrocution if the hair dryer falls into
water. Electric shock protection devices are required by industry
standards for all electric hand-held hair dryers.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07093.html">Improperly Wired/Flammable Lamps</a>: Hong Ten Trading recalled about 4,000
electric oil lamps that had power cords that were not correctly secured
and had no strain relief on their switch housing. The switch housing was
also not flame-retardant, which poses a fire hazard.</span></i></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07110.html">Overheating Remote Controls</a>: Best Buy recalled about 10,000 Insignia
DVD Player remotes after it was found that improper battery placement in
the remote could result in overheating and present a burn hazard.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07114.html">Lead Poisoning Hazard</a>: 115,000 Claudia Jublot children’s
rings, which were sold at Big Lots stores, were recalled because they
contained dangerous levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07530.html">Defective Lamps</a>: Currey & Company of Georgia
recalled about 2,600 Chinese-manufactured lamps that had defective light sockets,
which could pose electrical shock and fire hazards.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07113.html">Lead Accessories</a>: Kidsite jewellery sets, which were sold
at Kmart stores across America, were recalled for containing high levels
of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07102.html">Toxic Jackets</a>: Samara Brothers recalled thousands of
its outwear jackets for children because the snap closures on the jackets
contained excessive amounts of lead, which poses a lead poisoning hazard.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07099.html">Lead Bracelets</a>: Imported Chinese bracelets that were
sold under the “Ultra Gear” brand were recalled because they contained
high levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07101.html">Hazardous Toy Batteries</a>: JAKKS Pacific recalled over 240,000
battery packs for toy vehicles after dozens of reports of the batteries
melting or catching fire.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07098.html">Lead Rings</a>: About 280,000 children’s Rachael Rose
Kidz rings were recalled after they were found to contain high levels of
lead.</span></i></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.pedsforparents.com/articles/3430.shtml">Breakable Bike Frames</a>: Target’s made-in-China Triax PK7 and
Vertical PK7 bike frames were recalled after it was found that the frames
could break rather easily, injuring anyone unlucky enough to be riding
such a bike. </span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml07/07126.html">Razor Blades For Kids</a>: Tri Star International recently
recalled a made-in-China children’s stationary, which contained a
dangerous razor blade. </span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07532.html">Shocking Extension Cords</a>: Dollar Stop Plus recalled 15-foot extension
cords that had undersized wiring, and failed to connect properly at the
plug and receptacle ends. This poses fire, shock and electrocution hazards
to consumers.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07531.html">Lead Easels</a>: Discount School Supply recalled Elite
about 2,500 5-in-1 Easels after finding that the chalkboard side of the
Chinese-manufactured easels contained high levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07125.html">Lead Necklaces</a>: Children’s necklaces sold at
Accessories Palace were recalled because they contained high levels of
lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07127.html">Toxic Paint</a>: Toys R Us recalled over 128,000 Elite
Operations toy sets because the paint used by the Chinese manufacturer of
the toys contained high levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07129.html">Lead Mood Necklace</a>: About 47,000 children’s mood necklace
imported from China by Rhode Island Novelty were recalled for containing
high levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07134.html">Dangerous Sconces</a>: Home Decorators recalled about 900
Chinese-produced wall sconces, after finding that many were missing back
plates, which exposes consumers to live wires and poses a risk of
electrical shock to consumers changing the light bulb.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07141.html">Lead Paint On Baby Toys</a>: Stuffed Fun Balls, which were sold at
dollar stores and other discount stores from June 2006 until March 2007,
were recalled because the paint used by the Chinese manufacturer of the
baby toy contained dangerous levels of lead.</span></i></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/09/business/petfood.php">Poison Pet Food</a>: Two Chinese companies intentionally
exported contaminated pet food ingredients to the United States, killing
hundreds of American pets that ate the food.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07150.html">Unhappy Hanukkah</a>: Aviv Judaica Imports recalled its
Chanukah Oil Candles sets after it was found that they can become engulfed
in flames and melt the plastic cups holding the candles in place, allowing
hot wax to leak out, which poses fire and burn hazards to consumers.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07168.html">Oil Heater Fire Hazard</a>: Holmes Group recalled about 300,000 of
its oil-filled electric heaters after discovering that a poor electrical
connection within the Chinese-manufactured heaters could overheat and
cause fires.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07165.html">Flaming Boomboxes</a>: Coby Electronics recalled over 13,000
USB/MP3/CD boomboxes due to electrical problems that could cause them to
overheat and catch fire.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07162.html">Collapsing Baby Seats</a>: Infant Bouncer Seats were recalled by
Oeuf LLC after reports the seats’ metal frame breaking.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07156.html">Flammable Baby Clothes</a>: Disney Stores recalled its Baby
Einstein Caterpillar Sleepwear and Baby Einstein Duck Sleepwear because of
a failure to meet the children’s flammability standard, posing a risk of
burn injury to children.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07161.html">Hazardous Candles</a>: McCormick Distilling Company recalled
60,000 Tequila Rose Strawberry Cream candle sets after finding that the
martini glass containing the gel candle can break while the candle is
burning, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07144.html">Lead Bracelets</a>: A&A Global Industries issued a
recall for about 4 million of its Children’s Groovy Grabber Bracelets,
which were painted with paint that contained high levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07145.html">Lead Key Chains</a>: Dollar General Merchandising recalled
about 400,000 Chinese-manufactured Keychains because they contained high
levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07542.html">Shocking Palm Trees</a>: iObjectSolutions Inc. of Georgia’s
Chinese-made Pre-lit Palm Trees was found to have electrical problems with
its lighting system, which could cause fires or electric shocks. </span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls04/2007/sears_circular_saw.html">Unguarded Blades</a>: Sears warned customers to remove the
“Craftsman” logo label from their Chinese-made Craftsman Circular Saws;
after it was found that the label could become partially detached, leading
to exposure of the saw blade and injury to those operating the saw.</span></i></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=78652943101">Toxic Fish</a>: It is believed that imported Chinese
monkfish was actually deadly puffer fish, a labelling disaster that lead
to the hospitalization of at least one person in America. </span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07202.html">Tween’s Lead Jewerly</a>: Tween Brands Inc. of New York recalled
a set of Chinese-manufactured metal jewellery for children that jewellery
contained high levels of lead, which can cause adverse health effects and
is toxic if ingested by young children.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07196.html">Toxic Drums</a>: The Boyds Collection of Pennsylvania
recalled its “Eli’s Small Drums and Liberty’s Large Drums” when it was
found that the paint used by its Chinese manufacturer contained dangerous
levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07189.html">Children’s Rings</a>: Cardinal Distributing Company of
Maryland recalled its “Children’s Turquoise Rings” for containing
dangerous levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07188.html">More Lead Jewellery</a>: Spandrel Sales and Marketing of Arizona
recalled 200,000 children’s necklaces, bracelets and rings because they
contained dangerous levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07184.html">Collapsing Stools</a>: Cracker Barrel Old Country Store recalled
over 2,000 Chinese-manufactured kitchen stools, which had been found to
unexpectedly collapse during use.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07173.html">Lead Bamboo</a>: Anima Bamboo Collection Games,
manufactured by HaPe International Ltd., of Ningbo, China, were recalled
when the toys in game sets were found to contain lead paint.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07180.html">Hazardous Grills</a>: Grills produced in China by Sagittarius
Sporting Goods were recalled after many were found to be missing a hose
that connects the grill manifold to its side burner, posing a risk of
fires and burn injuries to customers.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07172.html">Toxic Jesus Fish</a>: Oriental Trading Company of Nebraska
recalled over 130,000 religious fish necklaces for children, which had
been found to contain high levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/recalls/2007/06/vivre_royale_pine_cone_candles.html">Hazardous Candles</a>: Vivre Royal was forced to recall a set
of Chinese-produced candles when it came to light that their exterior
coating and decorations were highly flammable. </span></i></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07556.html">Kerosene Eyeballs</a>: Gemmy Industries recalled several
hundred plastic “Floating Eyeballs” because they contained kerosene, which
if broken, presents a chemical hazard to children.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11457379">Deadly Tires</a>: Tire importer Foreign Tire Sales, based
in Union, N.J., recalled as many as 450,000 tires after it was reported
that the treads on light-truck radials manufactured by Hangzhou Zhongce
Rubber Co. in Hangzhou, China, were shoddily manufactured and could
separate. Several traffic deaths have been blamed on such tires.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287210,00.html">Tainted Seafood</a>: The FDA detained imports of three types
of Chinese fish — catfish, basa and dace — as well as shrimp and eel after
repeated testing turned up contamination with drugs unapproved in the
United States for use in farmed seafood.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07212.html">Toxic Thomas the Tank Engine Toys</a>: American toy company RC2 was forced to
recall a series of wooden toys based on the popular children’s show after
it was revealed that they were painted with dangerously toxic paint. </span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07210.html">Lead Earrings</a>: Accessories»Silver Stud Earring Sets, jewellery
for kids that was sold in Kmart stores across America, were recalled after
being found to contain dangerous levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.parentdish.com/2007/06/07/product-recall-nursery-in-a-box-cribs/">Deadly Cribs</a>: American company Simplicity Inc.
recently found that the directions for its made-in-China Nursery-In-A-Box
crib had been improperly produced. If followed, the Chinese-made
directions could cause the crip to come apart and trap/injure babies. </span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56134">Poisonous Toothpaste</a>: The FDA recently found that several
low-priced toothpastes imported from China contained diethylene glycol,
which poisons the liver and kidneys and depresses the central nervous
system. </span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07218.html">Lead Necklaces</a>: Geocentral’s Butterfly Necklaces for
kids were recalled when it was found that the metal clasps on the
necklaces contained dangerous levels of lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07221.html">Unexpected Shattering</a>: Pier 1 Imports recalled over 200,000
Chinese-made glassware pieces after it was found that they can crack or
break unexpectedly, posing a laceration hazard to consumers.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07222.html">Collapsing Recliners</a>: Rockingham Deluxe Lounge Chairs,
imported from China by Rockingham Deluxe Lounge Chairs, were recalled
because the chairs can collapse or fall backward due to faulty support
brackets or weak frames, posing fall and severe laceration hazards to
consumers.</span></i></li>
</ul>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls04/2007/hammocks.html">Dangerously Crappy Hammocks</a>: A free-standing hammock manufactured by
the Chinese company Danlong Industries has been found to break quite
easily, sending anyone unlucky enough to be resting in the hammock to the
ground. Several people have reported injuries. </span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml07/07232.html">“Essential” Lead Jewellery</a>: Future Industries of New Jersey
recalled their “Essentials for kids” jewellery product line after the
Chinese-manufactured jewellery was found to contain dangerous levels of
lead.</span></i></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="background-color: #6fa8dc;">Golf Club</span></u> heads that get detached from the shaft and fly ahead of the ball</span></i></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">An international campaign has been organized to
tame the rampant dragon. It aspires to make China back track a little from its
brazen behaviour of bullying small defenceless nations. China is becoming more arrogant,
more oppressive at each passing day that they remain unrebuked and uncensured
by other global powers and the community of smaller nations for their bullying
of defenceless sovereignties.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Other countries must be convinced that they are as
threatened as Filipinos are. China is in a Manifest Destiny mode and would not
hesitate to grab needed resources wherever they are available; that it is just
a matter of time before they, too, are reached by the tentacles of a voracious
China.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Doubly important is to inculcate in the minds of
the citizens of ailing and moribund economies that China is to blame for their
woes because China sucked off their manufacturing capabilities because of
exploitation of labor through conscription and the enforcement slave labor cost
in their production; stymied their export thrusts through unfair currency
manipulation of the yuan. All these have prevented their benighted
economies from recovery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Within China, the exploited labourers must be made
aware that they are not getting their rightful share of the economic bonanza
and rouse discontent strong enough to foment a protest. The inequalities in
Communist China has become worst than those happening in democratic countries.
Already the very of China are contemplating to leave their country bringing the
wealth that they have amassed. They are aware that sooner or later the masses
will not have any of the oppression and the unfairness in their system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think this is a job for those who have experience
in communications work whether as creators of communications and/or those adept
in their dissemination. The objective is to arouse an international collective
rage against an imperialist China, a rage that will find expression in a
boycott of “made in China” products. As a starter one could campaign for n
international week of boycott for China made products and gauge its effects and
monitor their reactions to it.</span></div>
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China Products Movement:</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The idea of a boycott is effective because it goes
directly to the heart of China’s strength, the power of their exports which
stems from their cheap production costs and their currency advantage that wreak
havoc on import dependent countries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Boycott is an attractive prospect because people
can easily participate in it and have a “feel good” experience about it; almost
similar to having joined a rally, a people power march (EDSA, OWS, etc). It can
also be a “work at home” participation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For it to be effective it has to reach a critical
mass, a global critical mass. It is not enough that only the Philippines with a
few third world countries engage in it but also other countries who are
bankrupt and near demise, who can be easy prey to unjust aggression by a bully
nation; countries whose economic woes may be traced to China’s economic
hegemony.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">China is a world problem; because of its currency
advantage, cheap labour combined with an innate Chinese ruthless business
acumen, it has cornered most of the large scale manufacturing requirements
internationally to the chagrin of the businesses all over the world.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">We cannot have a China that is so powerful; even as
early as now they have shown a propensity to lay aside common propriety,
respect for other sovereignties in their quest for world dominance. The world
cannot have an unfettered dragon rampaging and laying waste those that are in
their path towards global supremacy.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">The Philippines is seen by China as a pesky
tiresomeness that blocks them from pursuing their ultimate quest. There are
natural resources in our land that are vital to the engine of the Chinese
industrial juggernaut and acquiring them through any means is paramount in
their minds. They are resorting to a complete bullying act; apart from sabre
rattling they are applying economic thumbscrews to lessen our resolve to
resist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
This is one of the problems that we have to wrestle with. Can our
manufacturing, engineering, service industries, construction, retail survive
with a China boycott? Even now I know of some sectors who are already
complaining that the Chinese are making it difficult for them to source their
requirements from China. Apparently they know that we need them more than they
do us. What is the need for a boycott when they refuse to provide our
industries their needs? Even if the Filipino consumer sector is successful in
boycotting China products would our industries large and small be able sustain
being resilient and as unrelenting to starve the evil dragon.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Will the Chinese miss a quarter of a billion
dollars (someone’s estimate of our China imports) a year? Shouldn’t the
campaign include the rallying of Americans and other western countries that are
near demise as a result of Chinese domination in manufacturing? All of these
countries would have a beef against the Chinese for undermining their economies
as a result of currency manipulation and dirt cheap labour costs.
Governments should support a boycott by the citizenry.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">In the same spirit as the Occupy Wall Street
Movement the China boycott movement should rally enough adherents who are
militant enough to resolutely do a boycott of Chinese made products. In the US
it could be an issue that a political candidate may want to champion and would
have as audience the “99” Americans who have been oppressed and victimized the
most by the downturn of the economy, a situation that could easily be linked to
the Chinese economic hegemony.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">What sacrifices are involved here for the countries
joining the boycott? Surely there will be quite a few. For a China boycott to be
effective it has to enjoin the business community to do their own form of
boycott. Necessarily, their businesses will be affected as most of them have
China as primary sourcing origin for raw materials, the merchandise to sell,
the machinery and technology (big and small) required by manufacturing and the
IT hardware and software that is indispensable to most businesses. They will
either have to do without or buy more expensive alternatives.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">For the citizenry it would mean having to forego
little luxuries and buying more expensively.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>At the homefront:</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>For us Filipinos</i>, is this just a middle “class”, middle income group sentiment; a mere
10+ percent of the population (they will be the ones who will have to weather
the storm), the rest of the population cannot be expected to worry about this
problem, the rich 1% may not even feel inconvenienced and the poor, they will
use and they will eat whatever is cheap and available regardless of where they
came from. As in most cases, the rich would be indifferent, the poor does not
have a choice; only the middle class may be challenged.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Business and Industry; </i>for sure profitability will be cut and some businesses would probably
close shop, investments and industries will be at a standstill, entrepreneurial
activity will momentarily freeze. China would have made the decision for them
by refusing exports of raw materials and products for they know that economic
squeeze play would bring the Philippine economy down and its government to its
haunches.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Government move</i>; this will be a test of political will, of being resolute, of being
firm, of being a persuasive leadership, perhaps something akin to the special
powers of a “martial law” to have people and institutions conform to national
directives. It would be a time that cannot afford to brook any form of dissent
or protestations to government moves which in the situation may be draconian at
certain times.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>From an international
perspective:</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Can it be an international move (how many countries
would join?) Would ASEAN be sympathetic? Would the distraught nations in Europe
go along with a boycott?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It is necessary that the US will be in on it; would
it be easy for the citizenry convince their government to support their boycott
this being an election year? Would Wall Street and big business be supportive
of this; time for Wall Street and the Corporate world to make amends to the
“99”.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Public Relations and propaganda; </i>is it time to play up the yellow peril warning internationally, can the
suffering of bankrupt nations be attributed largely to China’s currency
manipulation and have China’s cheap labour as the source of economic ills, loss
of jobs, dissipation of manufacturing capabilities from the suffering nations.
The Americans are vaunted propagandists and with the help of their extensive
media network (inclusive of the internet) convince enough of the nations in the
world to join up in defence of a country’s well being, a threatened way of life
against the creeping yellow tide.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>A military move</i></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Would America make use of the only existing
dominant power left with them; military prowess of the US is still way ahead of
China. This may be used to persuade China to be more acquiescent to the demands
of the civilized world to quit its swaggering imperialist stance and stop the
bullying of small defenceless sovereignties?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Can a mutual defence agreement amongst smaller
nations be forged with the assistance of bigger and more powerful nations?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Will the Philippines be the first to be aggressed
by the Chinese militarily? What will be the American response to this
aggression?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Would China’s trade allies be military allies as
well?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sacrifices to be made</b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">It is going to be a long protracted struggle and
pinned on the hope that other countries will get involved to summon up a
critical mass that will snowball into a worldwide movement that China cannot
ignore.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">There will be dire consequences. Shortness on just
about everything for the people and shortfalls to those in business and
industry.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">How much suffering can populations bear and for how
long?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><i>Boycott is an attractive move but
is easier said than done. It has to be of global proportions and not only from
a handful of small wimp nations that China can ignore if it so chooses.
Citizens of the world should arise and oppose the excesses of an emerging
superpower. It is only with a concerted effort of all freedom loving people
that can make China desist from its imperialist aspirations.</i></b></span></div>
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Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-11769433458503408842012-06-08T23:22:00.001+08:002012-06-08T23:22:07.611+08:00Jessica Soho State of the Nation haikube<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PWYvan9p_-VvW1aUh3mjBCppmm9CpgEk8Kru3rHn16lC_Ipfb98XcP7fC6tm5fkfW0J6-Ue11QunGwAcFdmeESCuksEPrjzeu2RZ4p6OARQ-SPqLj0Xp3NDt-d5Dy2pxj59N/s1600/soho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PWYvan9p_-VvW1aUh3mjBCppmm9CpgEk8Kru3rHn16lC_Ipfb98XcP7fC6tm5fkfW0J6-Ue11QunGwAcFdmeESCuksEPrjzeu2RZ4p6OARQ-SPqLj0Xp3NDt-d5Dy2pxj59N/s640/soho.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have always felt that Jessica Soho’s naming her program
State of the Nation is an act of disrespect to the time honoured tradition of a
President of the Republic addressing the people with a report on how goes the
nation at present. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ms Soho had the temerity to arrogate unto herself the
privilege of addressing the audience at a level reserved for the holder of the
highest post of the land. It is an affront not only to P’noy but to all the
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<br /></div>Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-72577201389560892222012-06-07T11:11:00.001+08:002018-02-04T09:44:01.300+08:00Confucius Say haiku without the cubes<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have been posting Confucius say haikubes earlier. Recently I finished a series of haiku on "you know you're... if" on American Chinese and Filipino Chinese. There are just too many of them to render into haikubes (a somewhat tedious process) so I decided to post them outside the confines of a cube. Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinee if everyone
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<span style="font-size: small;">You break bricks with fist</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinee if you eat
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinee if red packets</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Delight more than toys</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinee if use chopsticks</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Eating spaghetti</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinee if backscratcher </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Is century old</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinee if house smell of</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinee if Mom insists you</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinee if century eggs</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Are not grandpa’s balls</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinoy if you can’t speak</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You are Chinoy if La Salle </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Is Alma Mater</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinoy if grandparents</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Slung siopao baskets</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With unabashed joy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinoy if hardware store</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Underneath your house </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinoy if grandma’s shoes</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinoy if you visit girl</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’ re Chinoy if regard girl </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You’re Chinoy if have joss sticks </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If feng shui not right</span></div>
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Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-34688774688286786262012-06-05T21:42:00.000+08:002018-02-04T09:44:36.409+08:00Post Impeachment haikubes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYQ2Z1WPN70xJJQJb4jSVxjMOLf_I-3cnX404g4SNqGupdf8kqsbzQ_ffmsWvXra2n4pmlTVFB2u135oGd8CBEdKpeHvA3JUNC63rPAzBd7kOWm2BDy7esFAGWoKtDSdLTHC9/s1600/indignation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;">Here we go again. Senators asking for compassion for the convicted Chief
Justice. It seems we never learn. We have a history of forgiving
plunderers, rogues and all sorts of lowlife from the highlife coterie.
They are still very much around, gloating, defying, and enjoying the
fruits of their plunder. Let's be indignant for once and finish the job.</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-VhCt4s0C9yZZm4xhslIiqpKrtJH-QhFqJUlQ80iUuSOZof2oa6BXpFAM6ZrR8SNpEhJsBAOf6V4quaSY1S04D4IOy9nYlA1w6P8pqxdZxgxlFA3iZ8VRAH-Xfh7X10KHn4S/s1600/lineup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;">We're over one hurdle, the first of a series of tough obstacles along
the way of the Matuwid na Daan. We <span style="color: #444444;">celebrate too much and too early. We
stay too long in a </span></span><span style="color: #444444;">festive mood.</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> There are just too many post Corona yakking going about. Corona
supporters crying foul, Miriam ranting some more, prosecution lawyers
recounting highlights of the trial, "heroes" extending media mileage
etc, etc...Guys it's over, back to work!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Bobi Tiglao wrote in his column that it was a pyrrhic victory for Pnoy
and yet all we see are the scattered debris of a formidable legal
defense team and the minced meat from the carnage inflicted on the high
and mighty Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. It was
a real victory for the campaign against graft and corruption and this
makes Pnoy smile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> It's been said by one columnist that there were two teams at work in hte
Corona defense; the first team was led by Cuevas who handled the legal
blockade and the other was headed by Corona himself assisted by Atty
Judd Roy with what could be</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="font-size: small;"> termed as
the "dirty tricks" department doing flanking attacks against Malacanan,
theatrics, rumors of payola, et. The classic one, of course, is the
daring everyone to open up their SALNs the effect of which was
"chilling" to most. The desired effect is for these guys to feel we're
all in this; we should support Corona because we are as guilty as he is.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Daang Matuwid has been paved by the Corona Impeachment. Whether detours
in the stretch will be encountered remains to be seen. Well, Pnoy, some
acceleration of progress is expected in our economic, sociial and
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Congressman Rudy Farinas is all smiles. Who wouldn't be if people are
saying he singlehandedly trounced the powerhouse defense team with his
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The headlines bannered, economy grew faster than expected; 6.4% during the first quarter. Pnoy you're on a streak. Gp Pnoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> It's fun to read the Corona hacks after the impeachment trial convicted
their idol. Some moved on to other topics as if the trials never
existed, some continue harping on how the CJ was ganged up on, the
"chilling effect" etc. There will always be a next idol to write about
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Jose Roy III, one of Corona’s defense lawyers, said the former head of
the judiciary had “expressed some interest” in making the rounds of
universities and “lecture” his side of the impeachment story. I think he
should carry a sign “huwag tularan” instead of allowing him to lecture
on law to our youth. A more appropriate teaching career would be in
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<span style="font-size: small;">Consistent with China's version of ownership by proximity doctrine, if Chinatown all over the world is part of Chinese sovereignty then all areas around Chinatown are Chinese territories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Most of China’s diplomatic thrusts are guided by selfish intentions.
Because of China’s hegemony they, more often than not, are exploitative
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Don't let those slit eyes fool you. China claims everything as far as their eyes can see and farther. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Henry Sy can lay claim to the Philippines faster than the People’s Republic of China.</span></div>
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celestial mandarins. More than a show of force, the strategy of choice is
intensive rhetoric for the meantime.</span></div>
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<br />Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-68591579345153346352012-05-26T17:16:00.000+08:002018-02-04T09:43:40.048+08:00Jessica Sanchez in American Idol<br />
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audience who is doing the voting.<br />
The profile of the American Idol audience may be characterized as white, young,
from the conservative middle to lower class, with little sophistication, whose music
preference would be country westerns, whose singer type would be wholesome “boy
(girl) next door” types. Tinges of being homophobic can also be discerned among
the voting audience which kept Josh Ledet’s progress at a standstill when he
showed signs of this inclination. The same bias reared its head in the case of
Adam Lambert who lost to a mediocre Kris Allen.</span></div>
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American Idol is in the entertainment
business. It depends on ratings for its sustenance, otherwise, it cannot
attract sponsors and advertisers who provide revenue to defray production
costs, airtime costs and the profits that would accrue to the program. The AI
production has to cater to the demographic profile of the larger part of the
audience. This audience will support a contestant who falls within their group
more than any other. The effort to bring down the popularity of Jessica was so obvious in the mid part of the competitions, even the subtle revelation of Josh' gender preference was noticeable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Josh Ledet and Jessica Sanchez, both with awesome vocal
ranges and phenomenal performance abilities didn’t stand a chance at winning
because Phil Phillips, despite a vocal prowess that was just creditable, was
the archetype of the ideal American Idol profile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> If you wish
to bet on competitions like this, heed the advise of the odds makers. With
their vast experience, the touts in Las Vegas know this only too well, in
addition to having developed a good gut feel for winners, they use the stats in
their enormous database of historical data to know the probabilities of a win.
It would be a wise thing to heed the odds that they publish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think the hierarchy of profiles for winners in AI
would be as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1. Attractive, young, white American, middle to low
class, boy/girl next door type, country western music, rock and R&B</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2. Young African American, middle to low class,
really great vocals, soulful, jazzy singer</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">3. All others; Latino, Filipino and other Asians
who are exceptional and awesome performers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Winning in AI is tough if you don’t fall under the
desired profile of the largest segment of the audience. Jessica having won
second place is a recognition of her being superior in singing over Phil
Phillips and is tantamount to having won the American Idol title.</span></div>
Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-64221100478317129242012-05-25T12:44:00.001+08:002018-02-04T09:44:59.692+08:00Corona's Long Winded Tale<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Corona composed a masterful
defense testimony which covered all the accusations that the prosecution put up
against him within the scope of the trimmed down impeachment issues. It was
delivered as an opening statement, an unorthodox narrative style that was
uninterrupted by the other side’s objections to normally not allowed
declarations such as hearsay evidence, uncorroborated testimony, unjust
impugning of characters made against Pnoy, the Ombudsman and Jose Ma. Basa
(deceased), self serving stories of frugality other irrelevant and immaterial
citations. The prosecution objected to the prolonged statement but the CJ was
allowed by the presiding officer to continue with the reasoning that the
prosecution can object during the direct questioning by the defense. It was
truly unfair to the prosecution for the witness to have a prepared testimony
read in its entirety uninterrupted. JPE said that the testimony will be
stricken off the records if the CJ does not return for the cross examination
only to change his mind later on when he said that the read testimony of the CJ
will be admissible as testimony.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It also had the benefit of
being delivered with emotional (tearful pauses, choked utterances,
hypoglycaemic discomfort, etc.) histrionics worthy of acting awards which would
never have been delivered in that manner in the normal course of a court
procedure. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The presiding officer JPE
ostensibly allowed citing liberality of the court. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">This was a brilliant defense
testimony because it addressed both legal issues and public opinion without any
interruption; something that would not have been possible if the normal court
procedures were followed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">After delivering (reading)
all that he had to say, he capped his three hour speech in a dramatic fashion
by the declaration that he will sign the waiver to open his dollar accounts.
But wait, in almost the same breath he put a condition that Senator Drilon and
all the 188 congressmen who initiated the impeachment proceedings against him
to do the same. An adaptation of Christ’s “he who is without sin cast the first
stone” momentarily forgetting that he is the only one accused here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Without waiting to be
dismissed as a witness he rose from witness stand and left after declaring “I
am the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court...I wish to be excused” leaving all
and sundry agape with the abruptness of the uncivil move. There was no sign of
him having a hypoglycaemic episode as he sprightly stood from the witness chair
and strode towards the exit elevators going to his waiting getaway vehicle
already out of the garage and ready to zoom
away, only to be stopped by an aging sergeant-at-arms of the Senate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Recognizing the
indefensibility of his case he may have planned it to end this way. JPE said
that if Corona does not return to the impeachment court he will be forced to
strike out all the three hour long testimony, declare the proceedings closed
and make the senator judges make their votes on the basis of testimonies
already given by earlier witnesses. Since the ultimate defense of opening his
bank accounts to the impeachment court was not an option, closing it now after
making an impassioned but unsupported claims and counterclaims, after having an
uncensored lashing out on his critics and detractors, this against any other
time would be the best way to end the impeachment proceedings and have the
senator jurors vote on his fate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">A stroke of genius; allowed
to make a three hour defense unimpeded, unregulated by the rules of court and
unchallenged by a cross examination from the prosecution. By not appearing
further he rests his case. No matter the ruling of the presiding officer to
disregard the testimony, the senator judges have heard his unchallenged
testimony and more importantly, he was able to address the public who cannot be
told by JPE to disregard what they heard. His chances at acquittal would have
improved considerably now that some of the senators who were so inclined to
side with Corona from the start are given some reason for voting in favour of
the Chief Justice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">A clever plan that needed the
acquiescence of the court for it to succeed; an opening statement; a prepared
speech which took all three hours to complete. If it was not allowed to be
delivered in the manner it was done then the whole stunt would not have had its
desired effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I feel a lot of discomfort
with what has transpired; it was all so neatly done, an elaborate defense
tactic that depended on the liberality of the court. </span></div>
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something amiss here. To quote Hamlet, “something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”</span></div>
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<br />Ed Roahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636358375034177494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31060350.post-60349520223100809422012-05-17T09:51:00.001+08:002018-02-04T09:52:41.017+08:00Enter the Dragon - 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">“In the
end China will win”...my father once said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The 70’s
western China watchers have had nothing but dire predictions for the ability of
the sleeping dragon to wake up from the stupor caused by a burgeoning and
hungry population, unabated natural
calamities, substandard manufacturing, backward technology, pollution
issues, Mao's cultural revolution prior to the Deng Xiao Ping leadership
and the curtailment of basic human rights and freedoms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To the
chagrin of these critics China has emerged victorious. Chinese domination in
all significant fronts has been awesome; from economy to sports, from
technology to the arts, they have demonstrated enviable prowess. To be expected
is the effect it had on nationalism of the citizens; the same euphoria which
the Americans experienced in the 19<sup>th</sup> century is now in the
consciousness and awareness of the Chinese. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">With it
is the jingoism that accompanies the feeling of superiority of their citizens
against all others. It makes them believe that anything they do is
tolerable if it is for the good of the nation. It probably goes further than
that in the way it fosters arrogance utterly disregarding universal precepts of
morality and fair play. <br />
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This groundswell of support will
keep China’s resolve to maintain its super power status. As with the Americans
of more than a century ago, the same kind of power status and approbation of
its people gave rise to the notion of Manifest Destiny...to China it is their
birthright minus the blessing and the comfort provided by a divine sanction
which probably the Chinese have no need for. From early Chinese civilization
they have always felt the confidence of being superior in culture and
civilization and that their ultimate destiny will be one of universal
ascendancy.<br />
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Perhaps this is what would be worrisome. China is a godless nation and
therefore would not share some of the precepts of morality that emanates from the
recognition of an Almighty. Some of the local reactions on the bullying of
China at the Scarborough Shoals had some tinges of resignation and of leaving
it to the divine for a comeuppance on the offending bully. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">China
will probably be more successful than the US in handling their dominant
position in world politics. Despite their huge population they are able to hold
in check the resistance to their stringent ways of governing by applying harsh
penalties for subversion and the limiting of basic freedoms; human rights and
press freedom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The
democratic principles adhered to by the Americans are the source of their
dynamism which propelled them to their greatest heights, but these are the same
principles that helped undermine their success as it allowed much protest,
protest actions, for perceived abuses of government and the mighty institutions
that are allied to government. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">American
commitment to basic freedoms within their country is laudable but in many
instances has been a source of critical observations and pressures to
government as they tended to give much freedom to those who tend to abuse them
and those organizations who champion anti establishment advocacies. A leading democratic
nation, the US is sensitive to the opinions of their publics, much more
correctly, to politics which at times bend honest intentions to accommodate
what is politically expedient. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As in
other democratic countries the US is not exempt from the abuses the
establishment has in curtailing freedoms through machinations, manipulations
and conspiracy among the institutions that represent the structures that make
up their society. The government, the financial bloc, the political groups, the
military and civic organizations who champion the rights of civil society find
themselves in collusion with each other, in several instances contrary to the
individual citizens’ interests and well being. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Their
role in the international sphere started from their imperialistic dreams as
seen in their doctrine of Manifest Destiny. At its start Manifest Destiny was
just a way of justifying and idealizing their desire to spread American
influence to the whole world. At its basest it represented the penchant of
dominant countries to exercise power over puny countries using “shamful”
altruism as motive. Real intentions have been subsumed in the messages their
media and mercenary chroniclers have depicted in their propaganda not only
addressing their countrymen but the world at large. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The
Americans are masters of this artful deception. The guys who brought you
Balangiga Massacre, the carnage in San Juan bridge, the My Lai village
obliteration are the same guys who brought into our culture Coca Cola, Levi’s,
Ford, the Marcos regime, political corruption, a rambunctious and irresponsible
media. Through their crafty use of media to massage our minds we have become reasonable facsimiles of the white man minus the wealth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">These
have all being ushered in by Admiral Dewey in the spirit of Manifest Destiny in
that infamous afternoon when the hapless Montojo saw his fleet sunk against a
glorious Manila Bay sunset. This American naval victory heralded the brutal and
harsh colonization of a far eastern country. Our former colonizer, Spain just
looked on helplessly as a former ward nation underwent a harsh change of
masters. Not any of the western master nations could lift a finger in succour
of vanquished wimp nations. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Manifest
Destiny is not arguable and so is might is right, an unfortunate but factual
notion. However, it provides the other powerful nations like the US, UK
and France the reason to just stay away from the scene and let the travesty
happen. At the end of the day, nations instinctively avoid order threatening
situations and other issues which may be more inimical than beneficial for
their state. They once had their fling with Manifest Destiny in one form or
another, so, even without condoning China’s imperialist thrusts, they
understand and may cast a blind eye.<br />
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Only the noisome terns and
frantic baby terrapins would be witness to the abuse committed on distant
shoals. The bullied is alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Woe to
the Philippines and the other countries that would be swept away by the Yellow
tide, the ever extending boundaries of Chinese sovereignty.</span></div>
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