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By granting that interview and posting it on the Internet, it seems that somebody or at least one faction of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) wants to make a statement. And that statement is loud and clear–there’s a new group being formed that represents a bigger constituency within the organization that is separate from Murad. And this group is what Kato represents.

I don’t know the reasons why Gloria deserve a pay raise. There’s a proposal today to increase the monthly salary of Gloria. I don’t know about you, but, for me, Gloria does not deserve a pay hike.

’twas in those turbulent times

My eyes feasted in the explosion of colors and the sheer symmetry of human forms paying homage to the majesty of nature. Truly, the Beijing Olympics is the most beautiful of all the past Olympics games opening of all time.

What made it extremely beautiful and distinctly the most memorable, is its message–all of humanity are one. And China is the truest living testament of that unity.

For thousands of years, China was a fragmented country composed of differing tribes and kingdoms. It was only when the Chin dynasty in 221 BC subjugated its last adversarial state that China was formed. What we see as China today is the result of centuries of state evolution. That process involved civil wars, revolutions and subjugations in the name of Unity.

Now, China is one of the world’s emerging economic powerhouses. It is poised to assume its destiny–that of being the anti-thesis of America. China is on its way of realizing its dream of being the “center of the earth”.

And China knows that that dream is just an arm’s length away. Its foremost adversary, the United States, is facing economic stagnation. Its paradigm of subjugation is also wasting away.

China is telling us that unity can be achieved without bloodshed. That tolerance of one’s culture is the way to go. And that unity can be achieved with harmony with nature, as what the Tai Chi symbolizes. The Unity of Opposites can be the harmony that we want to achieve.

And China is celebrating because it is leading a global cultural revolution. That opening salvo is their Baccalian way of celebrating their triumph in the world stage. They are in the midst of conquering the world with harmony, not of war.

Well, tell that to the Tibetans.

A 29-year old man from Legazpi City Albay just stabbed his 4-month old baby to death. The man, whom I will not identify here, killed his son out of desperation. Reports say, the man became totally depressed because he can’t seem to get the money to feed his kid. The man works as a matador and earns roughly 3,000 per month. With the high prices of baby’s milk, the father became desperate and in his desperation, he chose to end the life of his kid.

I just visited the www.filipinovoices.com site where I am a member since its inception) and I found something quite interesting. There’s a reaction from Bencard which says that the reason why the “same-old rabblerousers” cannot and will not get the hearts and minds of the Filipino is they’re promoting “hate rhetoric”. And what is “hate rhetoric”?

Hate rhetoric is what Bencard describes the current propaganda tool being used by militants and activists in their campaigns against the government. Bencard says that people, especially those in the middle class, does’nt buy this crap. What Bencard failed to even grasp is this–it actually works.

People should be convinced to hate something, a system, before they start acting to change it. If you don’t hate something, why would you possibly act to change it? It’s not loathsome to hate. No. When someone feels hatred, he acts with dispatch. That’s why militants and activists do this hate rhetoric to be able to convince people that it’s now time to act.