Here’s another series of Tim Daiss Column of Hey Joe!
I had no idea that this has been going on for so long? WHY? can anyone please tell me what is the purpose of killing these journalist that is just trying to tell you what is happening in our country? I thought that this was over when Marcos was exiled? And to find out that it was happening when Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was in office? This has got to STOP!! This is very disturbing that corruption still exist to this day all the way up to the Malacanang – I thought that we have done away with it, but I guess not GREED rules and how can we help the rest of the filipino people when there are greedy men/women ruling this country? WHEN WILL IT END in the Philippine Killing Fields? The victims families need to know why and punished those that did the deed and those who gave the order! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!
Philippine Killing Fields
The bloodbath continues in the Philippines. No, it’s not the war on drugs, nor rival gangs pitched in battle in a Manila slum, nor the government’s war of attrition in Mindanao. It’s not on a mass scale, provoking wide spread international outrage or CNN or BBC coverage. It’s more sinister than that, more devious and yes, more complicated…Read More
I found this article and thought it be very interesting and wanted to share it with you – now, it seems this editorial is not biased or maybe a bit ‘sourpuss’ – he is saying that if Magellan never came across the island, we wouldn’t be mixed with any European blood or American. Now, I am of mixed heritage and I am very proud of it – My Dad family originally came from Toledo, Spain and my Mom’s family is of the origin from Germany, Ireland which they emigrated to the U.S. I know that there is a name called “mestisa” for Filipino with mixed blood, but hey so what! I find this article very interesting and would love to get your opinion of what you think? If Magellan did just venture 30 out – what do you think we could be? Could we be a Christian community or….???
n 1519 thirty-nine-year-old Ferdinand Magellan set sail with 237 sailors on five Spanish ships to discover new lands for the Spanish crown and more importantly, to find a westward route to the Moluccas or Spice Islands of Indonesia. After more than 3 months sailing across the vast ocean he named Pacifico, Magellan’s flotilla desperately short of food, water and supplies sighted what we now call the island of Guam. From there Magellan resupplied his ships headed due West and landed in Homonhon Island in Eastern Samar on March 16, 1521. Had Magellan altered his course by as little as 30 degrees, heading in a southwesterly direction from Guam, he would have reached the Moluccas.
Now if Magellan had instead altered his course by 30 degrees in a northwesterly direction from Guam, he could have found himself in the southern tip of what is now Taiwan. Call it luck or divine providence, Magellan landed in the Philippines where he met an untimely death in the hands of Lapu-lapu and his tribe.
So we ask ourselves, “what would the Philippines be like if Magellan had missed the islands completely?” Assuming no other European country invaded the islands, Filipinos would be predominantly Muslim. The Americans would most likely never have invaded either, as they came to the Philippines because they were at war with Spain at the time. Thus, generations of Filipinos would not have been raised worshiping the blond, blue-eyed depiction of Jesus, or all the other Caucasian-looking angels and saints depicted in the Bible.
After initially routing the Spanish invaders and slaying their leader, Filipinos have been relegated to ‘aping’ their Caucasian colonizers ever since?first the Spanish, then the Americans. It therefore comes as no surprise that Caucasians, or even locals who look Caucasian are treated with both disdain and admiration.
What then would have happened if Magellan had instead landed in Taiwan or the Moluccas and missed us completely? The Philippines (or whatever the country would be called) would be populated by a different kind of ‘Filipino.’ Probably a more confident and self-assured ‘Filipino’ who does not carry the baggage that 400-plus years of living under a colonizer’s thumb brings with it. The more affluent and adventurous of its citizens might even fly to Taiwan (or the Moluccas, as the case may be) during the month of April to watch in wide-eyed amazement as some poor peasant gets himself impaled to a cross in a misguided attempt to atone for his sins. “Thank Allah those Spanish Friars never set foot on our islands,” the ‘Filipino’ might mutter to himself.
This is amazing video from “America’s Got Talent” – THIA MEGIA 14 yrs old from Tracy, California to filipino parents! WOW we sure do have tons of talented Filipino-American!! Check out the link below
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You won’t be disappointed! Shes got one fire cracker voice!! Yup people she has talent and a voice that can sing Jennifer Holliday song “I am changing” , which she carries by herself! 🙂
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