Alliance of the Dark Forces

   (original pictures sourced from the internet)

The Pork Barrel Scam did not come to light on its own. It was exposed because people wisely voted for a basically good man who appointed upright people who did their jobs dutifully and courageously. It is therefore the height of irony and malice if some people now assail the President for speculated abuses and misuse of funds under his office instead of hounding those who are implicated by evidence in the scam.

It seems that there are three groups who are engaged in this sinister enterprise and all have spurious motives.

The first group is the militant left which is committed and determined to bring down government by all means and at all cost in the hope of seizing power.

The second group is composed of the plundering politicians and their allies who would like nothing more than to muddle the issue and burn the house down as a way of getting away with their crimes.

The third group is the tainted churchmen who could not find it in their hearts to forgive and reconcile with President Aquino not for any sin he committed but for espousing the matuwid na daan vision that exposed the bankruptcy of their morality.

The pork barrel scam has gone beyond the issue of corruption into a morality battle between good and evil. The public should be discerning and reject these three groups if they ever want to see anyone punished for the pork barrel scam and to have a truly clean government.

Sex Scandal

Minsan habang nasa isang inuman ako, naging pulutan ang paksa ng sex video. Marami kasing lumalabas na ganito ngayon.

Meron yatang mga tao na kusang naglalabas ng kanilang sex video - may kapartner o wala. Pero karamihan ng mga sex video, lalu na ng mga sikat na personalidad, kumalat ng walang pahintulot ng mga sangkot rito.

Para sa akin, wala akong paki-alam sa kanila. Mapanood ko man o hindi ang video nila, bahala sila at walang epekto sa akin kung ano man ang magiging pagtingin ko sa kanila.

Pero sa mga taong nanonood ng mga video na ito at sinasabing malaswa o masama ito, gusto ko sana silang tanungin.

Una, pinilit ba sila na panoorin yong video?
Pangalawa, nasaktan ba sila o naging masama ba sila sa panonood nito?
Pangatlo, gusto ba nilang paki-alaman din ng ibang tao ang kung ano ang ginagawa nila sa kanilang pribadong lugar?

Siguro para sa ibang tao, naakit silang makapanood ng sex scandal ng mga sikat dahil ibinababa nito ang mga taong sikat at ginagawa silang kapantay ng mga hamak at ordinaryong tao.

Manood na lang sila kung gusto nilang manood nito, pero hwag na lang sana sila maghusga o mamintas.

PEACE Ball

Simple lang ang bolang ito na maaaring gawin mula sa kawayan o rattan. Ito ay bola sa loob ng bola na nakapaloob pa ulit sa isang bola.

Ang gamit nito ay bilang laruan ng mga bata, pang juggling at pang exercise.

Sa unang tingin, parang walang kapansin pansin sa mga bolang ito. Pero sa tamang marketing at promosyon para tangkilikin ng pinakamaraming mamayan, maaari itong makapag bigay ng hanap buhay sa mga taong gagawa nito at makatulong sa muling pagbangon ng mga tao sa Zamboanga na sinalanta ng kalamidad na ang pangalan ay MNLF.

Proyekto ko sana ito para sa lalawigan ng Benguet pero sa Zamboanga yata mas may kabutihang maidudulot ito sa ngayon.

The Cardinal's Tears

(image taken from internet)

In one public engagement where Manila Archbishop Cardinal Tagle was asked about his reaction to the Pork Barrel Scam, the Cardinal was moved to tears as he appealed to politicians to be more compassionate to the poor.


Frankly, I am puzzled and disappointed at this reaction. The normal reaction of people in the face of betrayal and deceit is anger. Even Christ threw a fit at a temple when he saw how it was turned into a den of thieves. He did not cry and pleaded to the merchants to simply show more respect to the place.

Politicians who heartlessly plunder public money in the face of the massive miserable poverty of our country are incorrigible thieves. I doubt if appealing to them will do any good. The Cardinal may be trying to be like the good shepherd who will go out of one's way to find a lost sheep but in this case, these thieving politicians can not be considered as sheep but wolves. The good shepherd will try to protect his flock from predators instead of inviting these predators to mingle with his flock.

That Janet Napoles, the central figure in the scam was so close to church leaders and yet so mired in an evil enterprise of plunder - that should be the source of grief for the Cardinal.