Who wants to be a President?

In the current global shift of economics and leadership. I think it is imperative that the next president shall have six (6) qualifications. 1. Has proven to be an effective economic manager. 2. Is not driven out of childish dreams or unconscious impulsiveness. 3. Has a clean slate in terms of family related issues 4. Has character and wisdom to face the international community. 5. Who is psychologically healthy. and Lastly, 6. Can capture the hearts of the military.

The Philippines truly the pearl of the orient and the miniature heaven on earth; with mix of imperialistic up-bringing due to colonizations and peculiar occupations in the past century of dark racist adventurism. In short it is that certain Marcos prototype of brilliance with charms that shapes history, nevertheless at the end of the day, the victor is the one with the purest intention with the green light from heaven, regardless of religion or faith system.

I believe that the resiliency of the Philippine economy is not only mystical but very inspiring to our neighbouring Asian countries, and I believe we shall not rely on luck and street-smart techniques to fight the global crises in the next five to ten years; we shall choose a President who knows how to run the economy to further change the face of poverty and global perception of Filipino individuality. As my grand-father said the basics of life shall be managed well and the rest will follow according to what is ultimately true and life-sustaining.

Analysis for the 2010 Presidential bets.

Mar Roxas - Must secure a wedding date. (follow your heart)
Binay - Running for senate is more feasible and humble.
Kiko. Pangilinan - Justice Secretary or Speaker of Congress
Manny Villar - DPWH Secretary
Loren Legarda - Environment
Ping Lacson - Defense Secretary
Noli De Castro - NBN President or Ambassador to UN
Meriam Defensor - Comelec Commisioner or Foreign Secretary
Bayani Fernando - Vice-President, Senate or Interior Secretary
Francis Escudero - Vice-President or Associate Justice
Richard Gordon - Tourism Secretary or Ambassador to China


This analysis is a Utopia Dream government after 2010 with or without con-ass or con-con. I hope humility and propriety will shine more than simply pre-occupying one-self or plain boring ambition. I am Praying that God will watch over this coming election. Good Luck and Happy Fiesta to all Voters.

:-)

Evolution of the Heart

Seeing the film Passion of Christ by Mel Gibson, confirmed my theory that during the time of Jesus, it is his heart and profound wisdom that has captured most of his followers. He is indeed the son of God.

God the creator with his unquestionable prerogative to change time and matter cannot even communicate directly to his creations -humans- he gives humanity certain personalities that can create story and lead his people to promise land. -Moses story- but where is the promise land? Is it attainable? Is it even real? The old and new testament has been interpreted by scholars of the church. And it seem that the puzzle is still unanswered.

For me the real promise land is "within", regardless of race, economic status, even belief system. It is the ability to accept Christ unconditionally and by living his heart by profound humility and love. It is when one surrenders to the demands of the temporal world that one becomes susceptible to the state of grace.

I believe that with all the problems of the world in regards with Peace, Justice & Prudence God is still here with us watching over our affairs allowing us to prevail with his promise of freedom. And it is when humanity plays God and decide for the freedom of others that we fail to attain the real promise land within.

I am praying for world leaders that God may enlighten them with profound wisdom, humility, and love that they may make decision with the purest intention to safeguard the freedom of their people and of others.

We may be divided by semiotics and past history, we may be different in points of view and perceptions of reality, all considered; it is still the unquantifiable function of the heart that can change the history of mankind, if only we accept the fact that God is not somewhere else but within us all.

Hoping for a Great Easter to all :-)

HH the Dalai Lama

Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free.

True peace with oneself and with the world around us can only be achieved through the development of mental peace. The other phenomena mentioned above are similarly interrelated. Thus, for example, we see that a clean environment, wealth or democracy mean little in the face of war, especially nuclear war, and that material development is not sufficient to ensure human happiness.

Material progress is of course important for human advancement. In Tibet, we paid much to little attention to technological and economic development, and today we realize that this was a mistake. At the same time, material development without spiritual development can also cause serious problems. In some countries too much attention is paid to external things and very little importance is given to inner development. I believe both are important and must be developed side by side so as to achieve a good balance between them. Tibetans are always described by foreign visitors as being a happy, jovial people. This is part of our national character, formed by cultural and religious values that stress the importance of mental peace through the generation of love and kindness to all other living sentient beings, both human and animal. Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquillity. In that state of mind you can deal with situations with calmness and reason, while keeping your inner happiness. This is very important. Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.

The Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1989

Revolutionary Road / Katipunero na Daan

Four things I like about film. 

1. I like the wardrobe and casting. 

2. I like the simple cinematography, its suspicion of disbelief is realistic to some level. 

3. I like the script, the conflict structure is engaging. 

4. I like the theme, it narrowed the simple problem of miscommunication within the family and community in general. 

The scene pacing is less confusing, and the conflict shift is surprising and creative.

Short Commentary about the theme. 

"We are all victims of our redundant self-professed false hope, that our habit of escaping is either death or migration and worst fantasizing; suppose I am right, I think our only hope left beyond reason is to love unconditionally." 

If I am the director of the film, I will dedicate it to Fr. Tom Green S.J. 

Heaven on earth, Heaven in Peace.

Fr. Tom green is a close friend of my parents, I occasionally go to ADMU for spiritual advice and of course for some philosophy discussion with him. He invited me once to visit him in his community outreach at Marikina at the back of Katipunan. Anyway, he is the reason why I am a contemplative. I love his book "Contemplatives in the Marketplace". For me he is a perfect version of Tomas Merton of Asia. His profound teachings has not only inspired me to be independent in thinking but also be critical about the reality the world is presenting. 

I love him like I love my father. 

May he rest in eternal peace.

In Mary, Joseph & Jesus +

Being in a room without a door

My thoughts today.

Dear Papa Jesus, 

I am so tired of being here on earth, please take me, please give me freedom. I am sad today because dad took the door of my room and my ac. I cannot count the times I cried, I feel like I am so alone. 

The Falsely Accused Pig

Dominic is the patron saint of choir boys and of the falsely accused.

This latter title was given to him due to the following incident. One time, two boys filled the school stove with snow and garbage during the cold winter months. When the teacher came back into the room, they falsely accused Dominic of doing the "dirty" deed. Although disciplined in front of the entire class, Dominic refused to tell on the two mischievous boys. When the truth was later revealed, Dominic was asked why he didn't confess to his innocence. He remarked that he was imitating Our Lord, Who remained silent during His persecutions and crucifixion.

Wrongfully accused, almost all of us are sinners, not because we commit a mortal sin, we are sinners because we judge and condemn our neighbors, and the sad part is when we take the role of God as our reason for giving penalties. I've been judging truth since birth -haha- and I always fail not to condemn, these makes me more humble later on when I realize that my actions create notorious chaos rather than peace.

Four years ago I meant a priest a friend of my parents, we had a small party at our apartment in Intramuros. He asked me about my plans in Life? I said I want to be like St. Augustine at night and  St. Francis of Assisi at day. He laughed and said your being clever will hunt you later on. I answered back, Fr. is there a time limit for conscience, do I need to confess a forgotten sin because of poor memory? he laugh. In conclusion, I suggest to my fellow sinners to remember how God forgotten our sins, even to that extent we still crucified his only son. The cleverness of humanity to prevail with logic makes the whole system very boring. Therefore, I will judge less and pretend to be innocent -hehe- 

"Don't judge the book by it's cover, just burn it if you hate the author." Haha... 

"What makes me happy is when I feel, that I am blessed with less calamities and showered with state of grace."

:-) 

I'm Trap in Level Three

I have thought of this idea when I was at the hospital for detox. hehe... Anyway, me and my buddy Chuanco. Before our OT we write our ideas on paper and debate it if it does make sense. I proposed to him an idea called four levels of intellectual capability. first level, is of course the intelligent humans with commonsense -on the population rate of the Philippines, I suppose it is 60% haha... - second level, is more of the intelligent with wisdom - on the basis of the Southeast Asia population is 30% haha...- third level, the elite intelligence, superior perception of time and matter - on the population of the Asia 6% haha...-  and forth level, the genius visionary, capable of rationalizing truth that can change time and matter. -on the population rate of the world 4% haha... this theory led me to believe that for sometime in the history of the world have we encountered certain individuals who are genuinely genius, -after seeing Powder- the movie-When sheriff Barnum investigates the death of an elderly rural resident, he discovers a teenage grandson living in the basement. Raised by his grandparents, he has experienced the world only through books, never leaving the family farm. He is sent to a state home for boys where he has trouble fitting in socially. His odd appearance and unusual abilities cause the small town residents to fear and ridicule him. However, not all are afraid. Some begin to view his potential and gifts with wonderment. Written by Robert B. Young {youngb@tastemaker.com}

Harassed by classmates who won't accept his shocking appearance, a shy young man known as "Powder" struggles to fit in. But the cruel taunts stop when Powder displays a mysterious power that allows him to do incredible things. This phenomenon changes the lives of all those around him in ways they never could have imagined.

And their godliness thoughts and expressed without malice becomes a guiding light for most humans less capable of connecting the dots. Needless to say, reaching level four is very crucial, even to level three. So be careful of thoughts that becomes a habit for calamity or ill regrets of the past. haha... Anyway, I am running out of words I suppose the best thing to do in life is to live it on a daily basis. haha...

Creative thought from the myth of Helen of troy.

"The Gods envy the mortals, for the mortals fear death, so they live their lives in adventure, fearing life be taken from them, unlike the God's they are immortal, infinite." 

haha... :-)

Life in Mars

I watch the film watchmen, and I realized how stupid humans can get just to preserve their belief system. I am not talking about faith or religion, I am talking about the intellectual conception of how things should be run in the world. Many intellectual nerds during the time of U.S. President Nixon run White House. And many was achieved in terms of advance social conservatism, and sciences -NASA- his only failure was when he became so powerful and effective -as a president- that his paranoia caused him his presidency. -watergate scandal-

Watchmen for me is a strong reflection that hope is not as easy to buy as compared to watching a movie. Hope is something only our emotions can articulate and the more we interpret the workings of the world the more we define our finite existence in a sad and lonely pace. At the end of the day, given all the wonderful prospects of the relative future it is only by believing that Hope is a gift from God that only when we are under "state of grace" that we humans can discover its mighty effect on humanity's perception of truth.

Only God prevails on a daily basis without regrets of the past and paranoia of the future, his sense of the present moment is relative but nonetheless perfect. 

Have a great week a head. :-)

The Funny Politics of Generation.

I'm kinda in the mood for writing, I think there are only nine generations including the succeeding one. Then whole system fucks up like say... -revolution of humanity- Jesus of Nazareth the Living Chris and the son of God. After his death there became a great evolution of society began. Jesus is a Jew with Parents Joseph, and Virgin Mary. Mary was not poor at all she was a noble blood from generations of Jews from Rome. And Joseph also was a Humble noble Jew, who travels from different locations in the middle east but was called upon -by the angels- to direct Mary to Jerusalem. Anyway, to cut it short Jesus was there gave birth to New Ideas, he was in short the Mr. Jose Rizal or the perfect being as they say. A typical Jewish/Moorish appeal. Jesus for me in my "creative interpretation" is the middle man/PR man of elite proportion from the humility of Mary and Gracefulness and the Marlboro Hotness Carpenter of Joseph. They are the couple of the century b.c. until Jesus was born things seem to be a in deferent style. He stood beyond the limits of his race he stood beyond the crises of the two classes and the powers of two flamboyant empires, one in rome more of the aryans with its middle eastern sophistication and one in babylon more of the moors with an asian decent. And started a revolution of Faith and Temporal governance of empires. The combination of barbarism and excellent sensitivity on life. In economics the post-modern of the west and the resiliency of the east. After his death life restarted and became a new world a world of premium civility. Man became less of being selfish and became more giving. The Jesuits is correct in making the world be more prepared upon his million decent from history to history. However, on the following list of generic evolution of let say the Roman Catholic principle of selling Love rather than War. Are they practicing the Jesus way of forgiving and not projecting war against her church goers? I just hope when they eat their fifth buffet meal they will think about the poor people starving to death. My point being here is not to see the church as a bad example of Maximum but rather a beacon of hope for millions less rich as italy or say canada? or maybe the Philippines? I believe in the separation of faith, state and corporate affiliations . Three "The Father the Son and the Holy Ghost." not three but two okay! haha... Anyway, back on earth sometimes the corporate affiliations interfere with the separation of state and church due to say, Edsa one and Two and Banana Republic of the everlasting Philippines. Edsa Three was more of a stage play. Don't freeze my accounts said the ousted President -my idol by the way- or I will ask America to question your legitimacy. I have more wives to feed, more children to send to Manchester Prep. As a sample Edsa 3 as defined by many as not legitimate but rather a check in balance among the two separation of Power -the rich and the poor- Jesus during his time was also into Tax Collection and Market disturbance when people were paying taxes to a foreign ruler. Jesus was the middle man of the generation deprived of their democracy. He is the son of man the, the perfect oracle of Love, Faith and Truth. He was the missing link of the two strong empires, manipulating world politics and events. 

As of the Presidency of Barak Obama, Sir I salute you for accepting the most daring kingdom upon earth. Let the shift of power transcend a dignifying process. Let the war on economics set its course and let the power struggle be amongst the insecure nations. Let the church heal its own pitiful redefinition of faith and popular conception of truth. In short, nobody is to play God only God can play us. hehe...

 I just hope that this time that a new black president is installed; that faith will be used by the mother church  as an instrument of Hope and Justice rather than a mere malice of  dirty politics. That the business sector will be more mature in handing business, less defensive and more proactive-assertive in citing economic policies that are politically questionable by nature. I just hope not most of them are not government officials or military generals. That the state will be more vigilant and humble in handling homeland security trying not to hurt civilians that are mostly children but also protect the sanctity of family and their ancestors. My dream is just a dream until I become another government official running for public office or a faith healer that allows the selling of faith. I am not interested in politics and its vicious vanity that can doom not only my credibility but my profound yet mad reputation. Haha... I am Czar of Asia... joke... Modesty aside, I think I earned my bad boy/girl reputation to my Dad but i'm not the Junior, haha.. so I suppose I am safe.- joke- I got my dad's vision a democratic/federalist yet truthful and a reputation of being a -elitist conservative- is from my very graceful yet scared of the macro management kinda mother, in short she is like a very good accountant and a psychotherapist. I am a crazy kid! haha... Actually, I am more careful in making and breaking with friends joke... hehe...  

My point is, as generation matures its catharsis will be a bit painful, economically and mostly politically, that Love, Justice, Hope and Peace becomes   becomes the only reason for the survival of humanity, leaders upon leaders of old generation redefined, until it settles when all dust settles. The peace generation has not just became myths of former old conservatism it has become a certain reality yet relative upon the diversity of civilizations. Super powers should not promulgate hate and division but rather peace upon understanding the cultures and not force and unnecessary assertion of power. Lets all be vigilant and resilient upon the call of times let the government do its administrative function; let congress and senate make sound laws that prevail domestically and globally. Most of all let the mother church do it's guiding force with the strong conviction of the media as its eyes. I think no nation will prevail in fear nor doubt for growth will be perceived as a global crises rather than a local micro-economic failure. And the peace as a local problem becomes a mere diplomatic crises within coexisting provinces. Peace prevails as the signal from Greater Manila Area to Visayas and Mindanao is reached. Its a socialist idea but I guess maturity has left Philippines the shadows of edsa one without healing. Lets not fool ourselves, this time let us show the world how a poor fisher man can explain its ill-gotten wealth of wisdom and humble intellectual sensitivity. 

I like Kris Aquino better she's back in being a daughter of a statesman/hero and a grateful apple of eye of millions of Filipino's. 

The New yet Redundant Politics

Power Elite Playbook, Establishing Precedents Part 19

- by Deanna Spingola, 11 December, 2008

The exploitation of the Philippine Islands' vast mineral reserves, so strongly encouraged by President McKinley, gave one particular American Expeditionary soldier, First Lieutenant John William Haussermann (1867-1965, discharged September 1, 1899),¹ an Ohio-born attorney from Leavenworth, Kansas, a (literally) golden opportunity.² Since Philippine law didn't recognize the American entity known as a "corporation," the U.S. Congress passed a law on July 1, 1902 which enabled Haussermann, then city attorney for Manila, to organize a corporation on June 1903, which became known as the Benguet Consolidated Mining Company by 1906.³ In 1927, Benguet bought out its competitor, Balatoc Mining, giving it 80% of the Philippine gold industry.⁴ Philippine gold made Haussermann "the Gold King" and his associates a massive fortune which would later be selectively shared with influential political puppets like General Douglas MacArthur, who comfortably identified with the Philippine oligarchy.⁵

In 1904, during his first military assignment in the Philippines, Lt. Douglas MacArthur, son of Arthur, befriended Manuel Quezon, a well-educated Chinese mestizo, who quickly recognized the plundering patterns being exhibited by yet another imperialist power. Quezon was then prosecuting attorney for the new U.S. colonial government and later governor of his native province, Tayabas. With the American's blessings, Quezon and Sergio Osmeña became leaders in the right-wing Nacionalista Party (though Quezon would later oust Osmeña).⁶ For the prosperous Philippine minority, democracy, ethics and justice for their less fortunate fellow citizens was trumped by the quest for personal power and profit.

Quezon went to Washington as Resident Commissioner (per the Philippine Bill of 1902) to the U.S. House of Representatives from 1909 to 1916, and used his time there to make powerful alliances that would later benefit him politically. To accommodate wealthy, well-connected U.S. businessmen doing business in the Philippines, Congress passed tariff acts allowing free U.S. entry of all Philippine products; this would make the Philippines dependent on the U.S. In 1916, Congress passed the Jones Act which promised Philippine independence at some vague future date on condition of a "stable government," newspeak for compliance with U.S. business interests.⁷

From 1919 to 1922, Douglas MacArthur served as superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was then sent back to the U.S.-occupied Philippines, where he would be stationed until 1930. Between 1928 and 1930, he served as commander of the Philippine Department, a regular US Army unit devoted to training Filipino troops to defend their country. MacArthur returned to the U.S., where President Herbert Hoover promoted him to four-star general and appointed him to the office of Army Chief of Staff, a position he held from November 21, 1930 to October 1, 1935.

On July 28, 1932, MacArthur revealed his loyalties to the government's upper management when his men, along with six battle tanks, fixed bayonets and poisonous Adamsite gas (developed by Roger Adams for use in WWI), marched on and fired upon the Bonus Army, a desperate group of World War I veterans and their families (43,000 individuals) who had set up temporary housing which the troops burned. They had been attempting to collect the bonus promised to veterans by the government (which delayed these payments until 1944). Hundreds of veterans were injured and several were killed by MacArthur's troops. Virulent anti-Communist MacArthur claimed that the veteran's group had been taken over by pacifists and communists (the latter serving as America's latest fear-producing, made-to-order enemy). Hoover later helped force the resignation of America's most decorated general, Smedley D. Butler, who supported the objectives of the Bonus Army. Butler vociferously maintained that war is a racket to enrich big business.

An opponent of pacifism, Douglas MacArthur, pursuing political ambitions of his own, did whatever it took to oblige his superiors. He would officially retire in December 1937 but remained on the active duty list. In the fall of 1934 President Quezon had visited MacArthur in America to inquire whether he could resume supervision of the Philippine Army, due to the acceleration of Japanese aggression in Asia. Though MacArthur would have preferred to be the Commonwealth's Governor-General, he consented and was commissioned Field Marshal of the Philippine Army, a position created just for him, complete with a lavish salary and other amenities.

Quezon was a flamboyant, manipulative politician who in his youth had been nicknamed "gularato" (the bluffer). Though born Catholic, he became a Freemason in 1928 to further his own interests. Always the opportunist, whenever he wished to appeal to the majority he emphasized his Catholic heritage. For just the right look, he even designed his own clothes, including an informal uniform.⁸

With Quezon's encouragement, MacArthur also designed his own uniform - black pants, white tunic, a braided cap, a gold baton and enough medals, stars and gold cord to impress the most unimpressionable person. Quezon built MacArthur a luxurious penthouse with a spectacular view of Manila Bay atop the Manila Hotel. He was inducted into the most exclusive clubs, including Quezon's assembly of Freemasons. He became a director for the posh Manila Hotel and received generous shares of Benguet Mining stock. Meanwhile, he neglected his military responsibilities. He was originally responsible for maintaining twenty-two thousand American and eight thousand Filipino soldiers in combat readiness.⁹ By November 30, 1941, MacArthur commanded only 31,095 men, including 11,988 Philippine Scouts.

MacArthur's second wife was Jean Marie Faircloth, daughter of banker Edward C. Faircloth, who had left her a substantial fortune. Later, she was friends with Barbara Bush.¹⁰ The MacArthurs had their first and only child, Arthur, in Manila on February 21, 1938. Close friend, Quezon and his wife, Aurora (Aragon), were little Arthur's godparents. The charismatic Quezon displaced Osmeña, the first leader of the Nacionalista Party, and then remained the autocratic ruler of the Philippines until his death on August 1, 1944 in Saranac Lake, New York.¹¹

The Philippines was a U.S. territory from August 13, 1898 to November 15, 1935, when the U.S. granted the islands a degree of autonomy through the Tydings-McDuffie Act by making them a Commonwealth and allowing them to develop a constitution which was signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 23, 1935. Full independence was to be granted after a ten-year transition period. But all of this changed with the Japanese invasion, followed by yet another profitable, calculated catastrophic world war.

Japan's naval strength had increased during World War I to five fleets - these ships had been acquired from British firms, and paid for with loans from Rothschild-controlled British banks. Before World War I erupted, the U.S., Germany, Britain and Japan competed to acquire colonies in the resource-rich Pacific Rim with an abundance of industrial metals like manganese, tungsten, antimony, tin, nickel, and chromium. Japan had invaded and annexed Taiwan in 1895. They had invaded Korea in 1895 and annexed it in 1910. Germany had leased land in China's Shandong Province in 1898 and then purchased the Marshall and Caroline Islands from Spain in 1899.¹² Influential U.S. companies and banks had industrial interests in China and the Pacific, including the Philippines. The U.S. had forcefully annexed the Hawaiian Islands in 1898 on behalf of wealthy American sugar producers as described in part ten of this series.

Herbert Hoover attended portions of the Paris Peace Conference which opened on January 18, 1919. Fifty individuals attended another meeting that was held at the Hotel Majestic in Paris on May 30, 1919, the organizational meeting of an Anglo-American Institute of International Affairs, which had one branch in London and one in New York called the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Col. Edward M. House and his advisors, Herbert Hoover and Thomas W. Lamont, were among the twenty-one American attendees, including twelve scholars from Harvard, Yale and Columbia. The financing for the creation of the CFR came in part from J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Bernard Baruch, Otto Kahn, Jacob Schiff and Paul Warburg.¹³ Hoover accompanied banker Bernard Baruch, to Paris (Baruch would later be instrumental in the Wall Street Crash of 1929.) In 1922, as a result of the Versailles Peace Treaty, Japan was limited to about two-thirds of the fleet allowed the United States and Britain. This was viewed by the Japanese as racist and inequitable.

Numerous CFR members have been included in every administration since Herbert Hoover. As Under Secretary of State, Joseph Grew (CFR) was mentored by Herbert Hoover and Harvard-educated Thomas W. Lamont (CFR, Bilderberg, and a Pilgrim Society chairman). The Pilgrim Society (PS), founded on July 24, 1902, with thousands of interlocking connections, is closer to the inner circle of the New World Order conspiracy than the CFR. The Pilgrim Society, initially funded by the Rhodes Foundation, is the most secretive and certainly the most dangerous such organization, and is in control of the world's money supply. The Pilgrim Society has controlled every president since Theodore Roosevelt.¹⁴ Jean MacArthur, the general's wife, was a Pilgrim Society member.¹⁵

Lamont was a J. P. Morgan Partner and chaired its Board as of March 1943; he owned the New York Evening Post from 1918 to 1922 (its current owner is media mogul Rupert Murdoch); and he was the representative of the U.S. Treasury in the American delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference.¹⁶ Members of the U.S. chapter of the Pilgrims Society lobbied for U.S. involvement in World War II on the side of Great Britain. To implement fascism in Italy, Lamont arranged a $100 million loan to Mussolini in 1926 - leading Wall Street bankers were/are very supportive of all fascist regimes.

Joseph C. Grew (CFR), America's pre-war Ambassador to Japan (Herbert Hoover appointed him in 1932), encouraged the Japanese to enter a state of military preparedness, for which they actually received the necessary scrap steel from the entire 6th Avenue Elevator Railroad of New York. Agents from the Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR), financed by the Rockefeller and Carnegie Foundations and controlled by a Wall Street alliance of Morgan and Rockefeller interests, were instructed to induce the Japanese to strike the United States.¹⁷

Japan had been warring against China since 1931. Germany, after invading Poland on September 1, 1939, was at war with Great Britain and France. The U.S. had been monitoring Japanese communications since the early 1920s.¹⁸ By August 1940, America could de-code all of Japan's messages. The war was raging in Europe and America's leaders were endeavoring to get America embroiled in it despite what her citizens wanted. Presidential candidate Roosevelt had promised neutrality if re-elected. Insiders knew better! If an opportunity did not present itself, Roosevelt was going to create one. In August 1940, while promising neutrality, the National Guard was assigned federal service for a period of one year. Additionally, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (a peace time draft), known as the Burke-Wadsworth Act, was passed by Congress on September 14, 1940.

Coincidentally, on September 27, 1940, Japan, Germany and Italy (the Axis Powers - all fascist) signed theTripartite Treaty in Berlin, a military alliance, which stipulated that if any one of the three nations was attacked by any of the Allied nations (Great Britain, United States and the Soviet Union), then all three of the nations would be at war. The feasibility of Germany attacking the U.S. was zero. If the U.S. responded to a Japanese attack, the U.S. would also be drawn into the European War, just what the profit-seeking bankers wanted.

Roosevelt and Winston Churchill (PS), a Rothschild minion, had already covertly committed to engage in a war against Germany. During his presidential campaign, Roosevelt had promised American mothers and fathers that he would keep their young men out of an irrelevant foreign war. However, an attack on America would change everything.

At Roosevelt's request, in October 1940, Secretary of the Navy asked Admiral J. O. Richardson, Commander-in-Chief of the American fleet in the Pacific, to position American naval ships across the Pacific Ocean in order to prevent Japan from obtaining crucial supplies. Richardson protested against this obvious act of war. Perhaps Richardson was being set up as a patsy? Richardson had requested that his fleet, inadequately prepared for war, be withdrawn from Hawaii, where they were totally exposed and vulnerable. Those requests were ignored! Richardson was suddenly relieved of his command in January 1941.

On January 27, 1941, Ambassador Joseph Grew sent a telegram to Secretary of State Cordell Hull (1933-44) reporting the following: "The Peruvian minister has informed a member of my staff that he heard from many sources, including a Japanese source, that, in the event of trouble breaking out between the United States and Japan, the Japanese intend to make a surprise attack against Pearl Harbor."¹⁹ Cordell Hull authored the federal income tax laws of 1913 and 1916, and was later instrumental in establishing the United Nations (he is referred to as the Father of the United Nations). He was an early proponent of "free trade," devised to stifle free enterprise and destroy national borders.²⁰

On July 26, 1941, Roosevelt recalled MacArthur to active duty in the U.S. Army and assigned him as Commander of U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), promoting him to lieutenant general. The entire Philippine Army, including Ferdinand Marcos, was inducted into the U.S. Army. Despite military records to the contrary, Marcos would later claim to have shown extraordinary courage and to have performed life-saving heroic exploits; these claims were promoted by his hired biographer, and later validated by Lyndon Johnson when he needed support for America's invasion of Vietnam.

On July 26, 1941, Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the U.S. and closed the Panama Canal to all Japanese shipping. Between November 27 and December 6, 1941, the State, War and Navy Departments received several warnings about Japanese intentions, including specific details like the hour and the date of the attack.²¹ The American military commanders in the Philippines, General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Thomas Hart, were part of the network that received de-coded messages. Unfortunately, General Short and Admiral Kimmel, the commanders in Hawaii were not part of this network.²² Hawaii reported that the Japanese Fleet was at sea and in the north. In reply, General MacArthur sent a series of three messages on November 26, 29 and December 2, 1941 fallaciously claiming that the Japanese Fleet was in the South China Sea west of the Philippines. Later, the National Security Agency would term these messages inexplicable. MacArthur's false assurance had left Hawaii totally unprepared.²³

Presidential foreknowledge about the imminent attack on Pearl Harbor has been well substantiated through recently-released public records. Over 2400 individuals were literally sacrificed to get the U.S. into war in the Pacific and in Europe.

Personal Comment:

The new politics of our nation and as perceived by the global community has become less than a mundane repetition of what happens when a Democrat or a Republican President is in the Oval Office. Peace keepers left and right, Economic Recession re-occurs and the rest is a snowball effect on Global Politics with the unprecedented global warming redress. Many of the Asian countries including the great ones -economically- is sooner to be doomed or rather participate in the current shift of power in the west. The "power" adventuresome  of the middle-east plus the impending labour problems worldwide is just the tidbit of what is happening around the world. This era is a bloody and scary one. 

If I may "speculate creatively"-if the we are in a Jungle wherein eight super kingdoms or the Original G-8 countries plus the european union; America, China, Japan, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, and United Kingdom with European union as it's executive spokesperson and the rest of humanity as its subjects and animals as it's pets. Needless to say in my speculation that the two basic philosophy of Democracy and Authoritarian and its evolution has become very clear. The effects of it has not only deprived certain poor countries -defined by the globalized media as such- but left them in turmoil without prospect of development. Hence, the help of this so called g-9 limits it self to peace-keeping, and economic stimulus packaging. Being aware of the limits set upon by UN and the international law on individualistic nations and its aspiration. I believe that helping a poor nation or nations should be bureaucratic in "nature" with "humanistic agenda" meaning seeing the greater perspective of individual nations as such independence should not be limited because of their luck of modern democracy and levelheaded leadership. The government of United States of America should "stop" violating international laws as so other G-8 nations. And be more responsible in its dealing with World Economics and International Law. If not the world will turn its back on America and its other powerful allies and join the middle eastern cry for a smooth authoritarian management and start anew war against humanity and it will boil down to a senseless wars amongst rich to poor nation and vise versa. I have big hope for Obama's Administration in his statement "I am not against war, I am against senseless wars." 

Personally, I am not against war though I am a Pacifist and a Liberal/Democrat -A Democrat at day and a shining Republican at night. Hahaha-  what I am against is political adventuresome, grandstanding and senseless political killings. As my grandfather told me, the greatest kingdom built on this planet is the Kingdom of God. I was raised as a Contemplative Roman Catholic which, is why I believe that "God" is relative "philosophically". In a Political macro perspective it can be economics or arms power, in Micro Perspective in can be individual freedom or homeland security. These two basic questions of how to run the world can be contained in my creative view, of how my parents set the divide rules and unset them. I have a Liberal/Republican father and a Socialist/Democratic mother. Needless to say, I need "divine" intervention amongst these two conflicting faith system. With prejudice I will side with my Dad in terms of running the Macro economics of our daily lives and my mom as the executive finance secretary. In short "God is within us all" regardless of the bullshit definition the world is trying to comprehend.

In a more comprehensible simplicity of my idea. Love thy neighbors as you love yourself, and most of all Love your own God. Without love there will be no respect, without love, there will be no mutual understanding and the rest falls into tiny definition of values which are very relative and volatile to be defined. 

At the end of the day it is history that can only judge the immortality of our leaders in global politics. I hope the Philippine leadership will not be limited in its grandstanding of her achievements in Micro and Macro Management of economics. It shall participate not only in international economic forums but also in lobbying sound international law and make drastic local policies to reflect its conviction on the global community. To be a trend setter in asian leadership that is being defined by me as the green east. "Let the Filipino first Policy" of The Late President Carlos P. Garcia mixed with the resiliency of Pres. Manuel L. Quezon on foreign policy and with the solid socialism of Pres. Ferdinand Marcos in terms of domestic reforms and government rationalization without military force nor political killings. If these ideas will be put into practice, I will not only make a film about Gloria but I will make a documentary that embodies the philippine politics and its very democratic opinion on global issues. 

The world is round and I suppose there is no world beyond us. So let us try to preserve it by not killing ourselves nor by pushing others to be like us. Let the Gods in the heavens see us -the living creatures-, mature enough to handle our own deputes by respecting each and everyone. And if peace will reign, we will all be like perfect beings ready for the next generation. 

As a Filipino, I am very proud  too see the placement of world events as relatively connected to my inner peace and as of my family. And my vision of peace for the world is of making the Philippines not as a poppet -nor an instrument of other rich nations stealing from our natural resources-  My vision of the Philippines is to be number one like in the 50's up to the 70's that the world sees us as a nation of greatness rather than a banana republic, -we are not apes for god's sake hehe..-  I am dreaming of a Philippines as a potential promise-land of the east and be correct in its efforts to be respected, I am a proud Filipino but I am being humbled the way our country is being run, but I am still hopeful that sooner or later we will be part of the "World peace policy making.

"The ends depends upon the beginning but fortune favors the brave." Haha...

"All factors considered at the end of the day it is the intention that makes a person's character worth remembering."

WORLD PEACE!

Films beyond Art

The film Captain America is more likely an 80's version of the current hero films, politically it suggest that America is in control of the world and the rest are mere spectators and speculators in terms of buying peace of temporary control over their freedom. I know it's too early for me to be very critical about Obama's promise to bring peace among diversified nations here in Asia. Especially the very poorest of the poor nation deprived from civility due to their peculiar understanding of statesmanship. The conspiracy theory of intellectuals are coming to fruition -that all of us are under one great umbrella of powerful demigods. And I am not saying that its bad at all, or we should rebel against it. We should embrace it and study its phantom. I think if America has Obama as it's symbol of Hope and Change, we as a Filipino nation should not -again- fall into assumption that we should be prioritized in whatever form, what we can do is make our mother nation an example of a true powerful southeast nation that prevails amidst the pitiful TV Democracy. We shall prevail not only as quality contract workers we shall be the trend setters of Asia in successful handling a Presidential form of Government with or without the watchful eyes of some first-world nations. 

This economic crises has not only made clear to the powerful nations that resiliency of a country such as the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia is as easy to swallow, hence our tolerance in austerity due to poverty is like a milking pig with a hundred piglets. We divide, and multiply like robotic animals conquering civilized nation and milking them. We can be the best nation in Asia not against any nation poor nor rich. We can become great trend setters of a funny Republic that prevails with humility and resiliency. 

The Spirit of EDSA in a bottle.

Seeing the photo exhibit of Edsa 1 at Trinoma Level 4, Quezon City was enlightening the street was full of "spirited" people crying out load Cory! Cory! kami! -of course it was just my imagination, I was still sucking my thumb during that time- ang ganda ng mga photo's and I met the "people power photographer" -Sonny Camarillo- Go and check the pictures and you will be amazed of how fashionable and woodstock like the 80's were.

On the 25th of this month, the edsa 1 generals will be there too so lets bring the spirit from edsa to trinoma. Maiint na kasi outside eh and besides wala naman tayong i-paglalaban. We all deserve our nation's existing "democracy" because we are all too critical about change and I think the real change must come from ourselves and not of our government. "The real essence of freedom is death." Death of pride, death of propaganda, death of jealousy and most of all death of greed.

Sana maaala natin ang tunay na dahilan kung bakit tayo nakalaya sa dictatorya. Hindi dahil sa mga personalidad o general na pumapapil sa pangalan ng democrasya o kalayaan. We filipino's are free because we prayed and we let God do his magic trick and I think if without the help of Mama Mary, Edsa 1 will never be remembered.

Sana we will be proud to be pinoy and let us not be fooled by another people power or civil disobedience for God has a great plan, let us pray that the spirit of karma do its offcial visit at Malacanyang whom ever is the President. No over night success can be achieve if all of us will not let go of the struggle for fake control and vague power.

Yellow Power for my great hero Ninoy Aquino. :-)

The worst Film Director on planet is a cross-dresser?

After seeing the film Ed Wood by Tim Burton, I have realize how ignorant yet proud I am of my film background. -False Humility- Anyway, The film is about the failed dream of Ed Wood in Hollywood, during the time were in motion pictures was considered by most Americans as their highest form of art or self-acclaim. His passion for filmmaking was tantamount to mount everest, yet his skill was like a man-made chocolate hill. His imagination is extra-ordinary yet lacks the basics of story-telling and direction, though he was able to make a few cult films. 

Not "gay" but "cross-dresser" because when he was young his mother dresses him in women clothes, so subconsciously it became his comfort hide-away. -So don't judge the book by its cover or "Don't judge my brother because he is not a book" -Melanie Marquez haha... 

The darkness of the film is integrated through its bold and realistic characters that not only portray as support cast but a cliché reminder of how cruel the movie business can be. It's a thin line of fabulousness and fabricated self-conception, which is insanity. -like Sunset Boulevard the film- 

I like Ed Wood not because he an original failure, I like him because he tired living his dream without hurting people. I don't understand why the Gods did not hear his cry? In my thoughts maybe he is meant to make films not on earth but on other worlds, wherein films are made instant. All you need to do is to imagine and allow your Id to express it. Like the film Dreams by Robin Williams. -Not directly related but close to my description. 

Ed Wood reminds me of my undying passion for filmmaking and my love for story-telling, I hope as I start doing films again I will not hurt people. Haha... :-)

Gran Torino Review

Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), a retired Polish American Ford automobile assembly line worker and a Korean War veteran, lives in a changing Highland Park, Michigan neighborhood which is dominated by immigrants. At the start of the movie, Walt is attending his wife's funeral, bristling at the shallow eulogy of young Father Janovich (Christopher Carley). He similarly has no patience for his two sons, Mitch (Brian Haley) and Steve (Brian Howe) and their families who show little respect for Walt or their late mother. Throughout the movie Walt views them as spoiled and self-absorbed, avoiding him unless it is of their own interest; his sons see him as "always disappointed" with them and their families.
Walt's teenage Hmong neighbors, a shy Thao (Bee Vang) and his feisty sister Sue Vang Lor (Ahney Her), live with their mother and eccentric grandmother. When a Hispanic gang confronts Thao, the Hmong gang, led by Thao's older cousin Spider (Doua Moua), helps Thao by frightening the Hispanic gang and forcing them to flee. The Hmong gang, at that point, tries to persuade Thao to join them. Thao's initiation is to steal Walt's prized 1972 Gran Torino Sport. Walt interrupts the robbery, pointing a rifle in Thao's face and forcing him to flee. After a few days, Spider and his gang return. With Sue at his side, Thao manages to verbally confront them to no avail. The gang drags Thao off his porch in an attempt to assault him. His family tries desperately to fend off Spider and his cohorts. The conflict ends when Walt, who fought in the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Division, threatens the gang members with his M1 Garand rifle and orders them to "get off my lawn." They leave the neighborhood, telling Walt to watch his back.
The Vang Lors thank a grumpy and impatient Walt, who insists he only wanted the "gooks" off his property. When the neighborhood hears of Walt's brave act, they reward him by decorating his porch with Hmong dishes and garden plants. Thao admits to trying to steal his Gran Torino. Walt is not pleased, seeking only to be left alone. Father Janovich goes to Walt, reminding him of his wife's desire for him to go to confession. Walt refuses.
After seeing Sue being harassed by three black teenagers, while her "date" (Scott Eastwood) cannot help her, Walt steps in to rescue her, confronting the teenagers and threatening them with a Colt 1911 pistol. Sue gets to know Walt, and invites him to a family barbecue, bringing him closer to her family, explaining Hmong culture and that during the Vietnam War they fought on "his" side. Sue, Thao, and their mother confront Walt and his Labrador Retriever Daisy the next day, volunteering Thao to work for Walt to atone for his attempted theft of the Gran Torino. Walt has Thao clean up the neighborhood until his debt is paid and shows Thao the ways of American men. He gets Thao a construction job and encourages him to date another Hmong girl called Youa, whom Walt refers to as "Yum Yum".
After discovering blood when he coughs, Walt visits the doctor. Here again he is confronted by the changing times, seeming to be the only white man in the waiting room, his name is mispronounced by a middle-eastern nurse, and he's informed by his examining Asian woman doctor that his old familiar doctor retired three years earlier. After viewing the results of his examination he calls his son Mitch and awkwardly tries to talk but the the call is cut short when the son tells Walt he is busy. The Hmong gang, meanwhile, keeps pressuring Thao to join them. When they find Thao alone, they mug him and burn his face with a cigarette. Walt confronts and beats one of the Hmong gang members in retaliation. The gang returns days later and shoots up the Vang Lors' home, wounding Thao in the neck. Sue, who had left for her aunt's house before the shooting, returns, beaten and raped. The Hmong keep a code of silence and do not tell police who did it. Walt storms home, punching cupboards and bloodying his knuckles in anger. Father Janovich who has "worked with Asian gangs", visits. The two drink beer together, and discuss what Walt will do about it. He eventually goes to confession with Father Janovich, who after hearing a few old, and somewhat minor sins, tells him to pray.
An angry Thao urges Walt to take vengeance on the Hmong gang with him. Walt first tells him to come back later as revenge must be planned carefully. When Thao returns, Walt gives him the Silver Star medal he earned in Korea but locks him in the basement, saying he does not want him to live with the consequences of killing someone. It is worth noting that in this scene Walt is speaking to Thao about his most grevious sin - killing an enemy soldier "on his way home" - through a metal screen door extremely similar to the screen found in the confessional one scene earlier. Therefore, this scene can be viewed as Walt's actual "confession". Walt drives to confront the gang, calling Sue to have her unlock the basement and let Thao out. Outside the gang members' adjacent houses Walt berates them for the shootout and raping of Sue. As the jumpy gang members show their automatic weapons, Walt waits and watches neighbors begin to look out of their windows and from behind doors to witness. He takes out a cigarette from his jacket, puts it in his mouth, and asks the gang for a light. He begins praying the "Hail Mary" (which was the penance assigned to him by Father Janovich in confession) and then slowly reaches into his jacket, quoting "You got a light? Me? I've got a light." Thinking Walt is going to shoot, the gang unleashes a hail of fire, riddling Walt with bullets. A shot of Walt lying dead on the ground, in a crucifix-like pose, reveals he had grabbed his 1st Cavalry Division Zippo lighter, not a gun. Thao and Sue arrive at the crime scene and ask police what happened. Speaking in Hmong to a Hmong police officer they are told that the gang has been arrested and will be imprisoned for a long time, having killed an unarmed man. Hmong neighbors who witnessed the killing break their code of silence and testify against the gang members.
A funeral service is held for Walt with Father Janovich delivering a memorable eulogy of Walt, who is to be buried in a tailored suit he bought the same day he was killed. Thao and his family attend in a large number opposite Walt's family, which has Walt's son Mitch wondering how the Vang Lors know Walt. In his will, Walt leaves his house to the church, and his Gran Torino to Thao, much to the shock and anger of his family who expected to inherit the house to sell and the Gran Torino for Walt's granddaughter. In the final scene, Thao is driving the Gran Torino up Lakeshore Drive with Walt's dog, Daisy, next to him.


My Personal Review

The Film is more focused, super funny and less dramatic as compared to the Independent Film “Crush” with the same message of conflict in the American dream of Democracy of the multicultural migrants. The Film focuses on the foundation of discrimination, which is self-loathing upon oneself expressed through power-tripping by insecure individuals in the film, including the character of Clint Eastwood. His Jewish prowess prevails at the end of the film, “the hero and the lamb-of-sacrifice excluded among all race and the bad guys go jail to pay their failed American Dream of Democracy. As he repress his mourning not only for the death of his wife but also his living dead, -victims of false modernity- family, he finds himself alone with noisy neighbors bringing him weird food and Thao or Todd as his - Clint Eastwood’s character - fire of patriotism. The vintage car represents his dying self-love as nobody including himself is bewildered of his place in their community; as Thao is driving the “award” car, I felt sad not because Clint Eastwood died but because I saw how some Asians and other smart repressed race gets a free sack of rice by simply playing the oppressed and not the Hero, although I believe in the film everybody played their supposed roles, I just hope we Filipino’s in “General” be more sensitive of what we give and receive. For I believe that self-respect is not earned by being neither passive nor aggressive but by the strength of our conviction and our love for oneself and of others, the rest will follow; swift reaction to events will just lead us to unpredictable call for humility and martyrdom which is not limited by race nor language barrier but by the unspoken language of Love. I hope we Filipinos will be like Jewish heroes –like Jesus Christ- not by crucifying ourselves on the cross but by simply showing off how humble we can be just to preserve Peace. I don’t know what I am saying here but I guess the point of the film is charity begins at home, and being humble is not bad at all; it’s comparable to the Vintage Car; Fast, Simple and very sophisticated in taste. I am proud to be Filipino with or without a car. Haha…

I suggest to watch the film not because we want to feel oppressed "again" but because the film pictures -if not- the current the history of violence within a multi-cultural community in America. Just imagine your cute cousin as one of the characters and you will laugh out loud like your discreminating your own race. haha...