US Discrimination on Filipino Citizens

I came accross this news about 100 women rescued from Angeles City night clubs at http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/19358/100-women-rescued-from-angeles-city-night-clubs

These ladies come from all over the place and merge in Angeles and Subic, all with a single objective of exploring the possibility of finding an American on retirement and disability benefits who will possibly marry them and bring them to States, or simply getting impregnated to get hefty child-support benefits from US Social Security or US Veterans Affairs. These Filipinas just didn't know that they could possibly not get US Benefits because they are Filipino Citizens.

My source to comment? Ahhhh I worked for US Social Security for 7 years as Claim Examiner. Everyday I deal with minor child claim and young mother claim and my patriotic heart bleeds everytime I recommend no payment as effect of the US Social Security Alien Nonpayment Provision (ANPP) of 1985. US Policy on benefits is DISCRIMINATING FILIPINO CITIZENSHIP. If you are Japanese, Korean, Australian, Greek, Italian you are exempted from the ANPP and you get dependent or survivor benefits, but if you are Filipino citizen then you will get nothing.

My heart bleeds knowing that the victims of this discrimination are the "vulnerable sector" -- Filipino ladies who are prostituted by the Americans, the unwed single mothers, the bastards children of the American, and the survivors of those who worked in US for so long. "My patriotic heart bleeds" -- one of the accumulated reasons why I snapped and left the job.

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Denial of Marcos Burial in Libingan ng mga Bayani

QUESTION: Sir John, pag si PNoy ba mamatay, pwede ba siya ilibing sa Libingan ng mga Bayani?

ANSWER: Hindi pwede. Si Cory nga hindi pwede eh. Only heroes of Philippines War can be burried in Libingan ng mga Bayani. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is the institution mandated to determine who gets burried in LNMB. The determination is professional and not subject to public opinion.

In the case of Ferdinand Marcos being subjected to political opinion and being brefused burial in LNMB, that is obviously political persecution and barbarism. This is my promise, as a politician, when my time comes, I will correct the mockery of history and personally watch over the transfer of F Marcos to LNMB.

On his grave in the LNMB, I will surely have it written on the huge brass marker the story about "over 25 years of persecution of the Aquino Family against this particular war hero whose right of proper burial in LNMB is unfairly subjected to public opinion. The future generation will learn from history. The future shall never forget that during the Aquino regime, poverty grew in unmanageable proportions and politicians mocked over the war heroes of this nation."

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The burial of late Pres F. Marcos in Libingan ng mga Bayani must be highly supported. He may not be a political hero, but he is a war hero. Libingan ng mga bayani is for war heroes, by which the determination is done exclusively my the Armed Forces of the Philippines, not by the tides and preference of any political administration.

Nakagawa na ng determination ang AFP, so dapat i-Execute na lang ni PNoy ang command. Tingnan mo etong si presidente nonyong si PNoy, wala talagang bayag bilang Commander-in-Chief ng AFP, walang bayag mag decision. Inuuna pa ang political make-up powder niya, pinasa pa nya kay Binay ang trabaho. Napakawalang bayag.


When PNoy decided to delegate to VP Binay the task of resolving the issue of Marcos burial in LNMB, I call it a Presidential Self-Castrating Decision.

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Naalala ko noong araw sa panahon ni Rizal. Merong mga revolutionary na discriminated na doon lang pwede ilibing sa libingan ngmga Intsik.

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QUESTION: Sir John, pero commander in chief naman sila ahh,ganun?

ANSWER: Pwede Commander-in-Chief during war time. Wala namang war during the Cory Presidency. Kailangan merong Congress-declared War and naka earn ng medal ang soldier during war time. The determination is based on military record, nothing else.

Ang isang war hero, may karapatan ilibing sa LNMB, kahit ano pa mang kalokohang ginawa nyan after the war, kahit naging massacre-king yan epekto ng psychological warfreak. Ang pagka war hero ng tao at ang karapatan niya malibing sa LNMB ay hindi yan pwede i-subject sa good moral character test nor political opinion, nor legislation, nor court decision, nor public opinion.

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Filipinos Eat Double-Dead Meat

Ang mga Pilipino, sobrang empoverished na talaga. Even if it is BOTCHA, as long as it's protein, they will sell and eat it. BOTCHA is a double dead chicken, pork, cow, or fish. Double dead means it is found dead because of environmental poisoning of animal disease, yet it is still sold/fed to the human population in the Philippines. Government is inutile.

May isang maliit na palenke ako napuntahan, nag side-trip lang ako dahil nagpagawa ako ng kotse sa tabi. Pag pasok ko sa palengke, tumumbad sa akin palenkera hinihinkayat ako, sabi niya eh "Ser, Botcha pang Pulutan"! Grabe. Atsaka ginagawa na raw yang first class CHICHARON (yung merong konting meat), so hindi mo na talaga makilala na botcha pag chicharon na!

Pag isda naman, Fish Fillet na yan, naka vaccum pack, merong bawang at suka, bangus belly. Hindi mo na makilala na botcha.

Ang gobyerno, higop lang ng higop ng licensing fee pero hindi nag-iinspect ng food processing plants pag walang complaint. GRABE etong government failure na eto!

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I remember when I was young. My pet dog died one afternoon and my neighbors helped me dig to burry it under a cocoa tree. While I was asleep, one of my poor neighbors dug it in the middle of the night and cooked it for pulutan in the morning.

Anti-Corruption Education in School Curriculum

QUESTION: Sir John, para po eto sa school project namin. Ano po daw ang pinaka importanteng idagdag ituro sa mga schools na mas importante pa sa sex education?


ANSWER: Anything to enlighten the political awareness of the child that will make him ridicule the wrong and mold his righteousness. (1) Topics on his role in Combatting Philippine Corruption, and (2) Topics on Principled Voting.

Ayoko ang nangyayari ngayon na bata pa sila, nakikita na nila na tini-tolerate lang ang corruption at nagbebenta ng boto ang mga magulang nila. Pag patuloy yang nangyayari ngayon, hindi na matatapos ang corruption at talagang maging parte na yan ng culture natin na napapasa from one generation to the next.

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Remember the PIYU in Cagayan de Oro

When I was a kid in CDO from 1979 to 1991, I used to see those fuel-efficient 800cc minicars as taxi which we popularly call PIYU (many locals don't know that PU is an abbbreviation for Public Utility). Given the chance to become an industrialist, I would like to establish minicar assembly plant in CDO and revive them as the ruling taxis in the streets.

I want to produce clustered components that can be assembled by a 5th grader. Once the children gain the confidence of assembling a car, they will begin to start thinking big to find innovative ways to improve it.

I want the entire Bangsamoro Land to manufacture or assemble its own fuel-efficient cars, motorcycles, trams, bicycles, and speedboats.

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"John, dami na buildings starting to be placed near Cagayan de Oro River which I don't like. Magiging Pasig River siya later on. I don't know why a lot of selfish businessmen don't have sympaty for environment. I hate floods. I hate plastics. I missed drinking water from faucet. Dati kung pinapaligo ko I can also Drink" - Doctora

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Our advocacies and exhortationism that combat evil is very stressful, and it takes dedication and commitment to continue fighting, and we live by self-reliance. How can we win this fight against evil if the people we are protecting continually vote the evil politicians and buy the products that empowers evil corporations?

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The new generation of MNLF officers is what I call the super-organization. Kahit ihiwalay nyo kami ng napakalayong lugar, kahit putulan pa kami ng linya ng telepono, kahit hindi kami mag-uusap ng napaka-habang panahon, iisa pa rin ang patutunguhan namin at doon kami mag-kikita-kita pagdating ng araw. Evil leads to diverse direction, but righteousness will lead us to the same direction no matter what will happen.

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Tingnan ninyo ang mga taong bayan ng bansang Pilipinas from the top view, tapos tingnan ninyo ang mga tinitingala ninyong mga matatandang politiko na galing sa mayayaman at popular pamilya. Napakalaki ng inequality gap. Isang boto ka lang pero powerful yan kasi nakapag-aral ka naman at alam mo kung ano ang tama.

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Class struggle is already growing in the Philippines and is almost sufficient to ignite a class war. Class War does not explode on proverty factor alone. It errupts when there is sufficient population size of empoverished people, continuous oppression by the government, gross exploitation by the elite rich, political persecution, and suppression of peaceful means of ventilating grievances.

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Noong araw sir, nakaka-benta ako ng dalawang balde na taho sa maghapon. Pero nung meron nang nagbebenta na ng taho sa mga malls, nagpalabas sila ng TV at pinakita sa mga tao kung gaano karumi ang pag gawa ng taho na nilalako. Simula nun sir, nahihirapan na ako maka-ubos ng isang balde sa maghapon, so kailangan hanggang hating gabi mag tyaga maglakad para man-benta. (TAHO VENDOR)

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Noong election, ang sinisigaw, "makilahok". Nang naka-upo na, ang sinisigaw, "wag kayong pakialamero".

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QUESTION: Papa John, unsa imo opinion on special treatment ng mayayamang prisoners? ANSWER: They must be provided with basic humane life support services while INSIDE the prison compound. If the prisoner (rich or poor) complains about the unreliable health services inside the prison compound, then the government must improve it. Jails are also subject to humane standards. But the Philippine case is the worse I can imagine. There was even an incident that the government massacred muslim detainees inside the jail. Remember Abu Sayaff Commander Robot and company? I am not okay with special treatment, but I am extremely not okay with human rights violation inside the prison cells.

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The Inefficiancy of war. The only thing war achieves is respect, and respect can be asked/given without a price. I think respect is not earned. Each person has a right to be respected. But why can't people respect? The secret of peace comes from within us. There is no need to suffer the agony of war because the price of peace is as cheap as apology and forgiveness.


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Citizen Afraid to Complain Against Philippine Government

Question: Sir John, natatakot po ako bumatikos at mag-reklamo sa mga katiwalian ng na na-witness ko ginawa ng gobyerno dahil baka po ipitin ang papeles namin katulad ng drivers license application, professional license application, and passport at kasohan po ako. Pwede ba anonymous na lang?


ANSWER: Hindi pwede anonymous, walang bisa ang anonymous complaint. Huwag ka matakot mag express ng opinion mo on public officials or public policy, citizen ka eh, protected ka ng Civil Service Commission and Ombudsman against possible retaliation. Pag Public Policy related ang issue, may karapatan ka magsalita, mag-publish ng blog sa internet. Halimbawa, pag ikaw ay nag-apply ng drivers license, then ikaw ay may napansin na irregularity, then ikaw ay nag-reclamo sa dissatisfied customer, hindi nila pwede i-hold ang application mo for driver license dahil nag-complain ka. Pag hinold nila, RED TAPE yan, and ang motive na pwedeng gamitin ng Ombudsman to establish red-tape ay "Retaliation".

Too much Prohibition Leads to Corruption

Watch this Youtube: Drug Lords Celebrate the Drug War at the UN!

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When government prohibits, the transaction costs in doing such business increases, as a result, prices of the prohibitted product skyrocket which creates big profits in its production and sales. The alternative solution is managing the demand side instead of the supply side. This hypothesis is applicable to all kinds of undesirable products and services.

This is what my thesis in college was saying. The title of my college thesis in 1997 was "The Market Structure of a Prohibitted Drug in the Philippines- the Case of Methamphetamine Hydrochloride" for BS Economics at the University of the Philippines at Los Banos.

When I wrote it, some 14 years back then, they said it was the most wierd theory they have ever heard. But look now. I didn't expect the ideology would tremendously grow GLOBALLY.

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Prohibition of disagreeing speeches would lead to insurgency. Prohibiting right to life would lead to terrorism. Prohibiting hope in betting would lead to illegal gambling. Any kind of prohibition would cultivate a CULTURE OF CORRUPTION.

If you notice, the countries with too much prohibitive laws become the top corrupt countries in the rank. This explains the Culture of Corruption in the Philippines. Did you know that UK is a very old civilization, yet the number of their laws is only 10% the volume of laws compared to Philippines.

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So if I become Senator, I would probably be different that the other Senators. While the others make new laws, I will spend more time revisiting the previously approved laws and I will check out if it is implemented or not. If the law is not implemented, then CORRUPTION EXISTS.