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Miyerkules, Nobyembre 11, 2020

My feelings and thoughts about the U.S. Election 2020 as a legal immigrant

I am truly disappointed, frustrated, and affected.


I have close Filipino friends, people I respect (and I still do) who seem to think that Biden and Harris are heaven’s gift to America and to the world.


I understand that the sources of U.S news in the Philippines (and the rest of the world) are mostly from the super liberal, left-leaning media here.


But I can’t help but to expect more from them, to do their own research and not just believe whatsoever, especially if they also give importance to the same values I do.


I’m sure they might feel the same way about me when they read this. They might not understand where I am coming from and I pray they will read this post completely.


Did you ever try to ask the actual experience, observations and thoughts of people you know here? Those who are Christians, hardworking, and are legally here?


Unless you know someone who live in a very liberal state/city and their mentality and views got affected/brainwash already, most hardworking people here (citizens and legal immigrants) will tell you their positive experiences under Trump especially on their finances. I know a lot of hardworking people who are more than satisfied with their Return of Investment (ROI), they reached their financial goals (that supposed to take another 10 years to reach) under his administration. Ask people who have a 401k, an investment type retirement fund and they will tell you that since Trump started their ROI went up, compared to how it was under Obama where it was stagnant.


He may not speak very presidentiable but he get important things done. Ask soldiers and veterans and you’ll get positive feedback too. Believe in the #RealHeroes#HappyVeteransDay


Trump is always being compared to Duterte, the way they speak maybe but even that I know Duterte speaks in a more rude manner. For me, they have more differences (You can read my older post about that, Differences between Trump and Duterte)


Duterte is a puppet of China and more. Duterte is more like the Democrats here. Full of promises but where will they get the fund? Additional taxes from hardworking people. And more spending to the increasing number of people dependent to the government. I am not against helping the disable, elderly and children. But how about those who are abled? Democrats seem to like that. Opposed to the small government, the more the people depends on them the better. Controlling people is easier that way.


If it is too good to be true, it is a SCAM. If they are politicians their whole life, they are trained to give speeches to convince/brainwash people.


I tried reading hundreds of articles from both conservative and liberal media outlets, university and research websites before posting this. And I got more disappointment. The mainstream media and social media giants here are left-leaning. I read that even Google was asked to come to the Senate to explain. I was shocked when one day my husband and I can’t find this particular critical news about Biden if you click Google News specifically. Even when we type the appropriate keywords to find it. Most probably it was on the last pages. People always check the first few pages result, and they know that. I've read SEO specialists explanations too.


I can’t help but ask too about my friends’ happiness on Biden-Harris projected win.


Are you happy because Harris is the first female VP? first Black and first Asian American? I hope for the same thing but not her. She is way too different even to our own VP Leni Robredo.


Did you know she supports pro abortion/infanticide which is sweetly called pro choice here? Biden promised to reverse the Hyde Amendment and force taxpayers to fund abortion clinics. Don’t you think we should pray they fund more adoption centers and the likes instead? I am also praying that the fetal heartbeat bill will be a law in most states, if possible in the whole country. Trump supported it but not Biden & Harris.


Did you know Biden and Harris have socialist tendencies? But more for her and she’s even proud of it. Bad news though, socialism never works.


Of course they’ll argue it will if it is combined with capitalism but a little bit more of what the U.S already have and boom God bless America! The U.S. currently has elements of socialism, such as Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment.


Israel, India, and the United Kingdom all adopted socialism as an economic model following World War II. Socialism is guilty of a fatal conceit: It believes its system can make better decisions for the people than they can for themselves. Socialism has failed in every country in which it has been tried. *


Some are saying, Democrats might ditch Biden and put her as the President.


Did you check the news about Biden’s and his son’s business relation to China and how much they got? Oh and also Russia. Check out how he raised his son Hunter to do what he did on his own brother’s widow. Biden’s sniffing young girl’s hair and kissing female strangers in the lips (yep just like Duterte) also creeps me out.


The media here is truly plausible, reporting everything about Trump and silent about Biden.


In politics, they say you choose the lesser evil. I just hope they are not choosing a devil-in-guise. The same thing happened in the Philippines, they thought Duterte is the hero but who’s hero he is to whom now?


I bet China and the 4million Chinese he just accepted in the Philippines and given jobs. And the Marcoses, Imelda Marcos who is given a guilty conviction but still runs free outside of prison. Duh, old age and compassion my foot. Spell priority.


*Sources and Suggested Readings:

https://www.heritage.org/…/three-nations-tried-socialism-an…

https://www.forbes.com/…/socialism-the-failed-idea-tha…/amp/

Martes, Hulyo 2, 2019

My reaction to Duterte's comment likening Constitution to ‘toilet paper’

Sa mga nag iisip bakit ba importante ang Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas?

Dahil sa konstitusyon po natin nakalahad ang ating mga karapatan at tungkulin ng ating gobyerno.

Ito ang pangunahin at pinaka importanteng batas sa ating bansa na marapat lamang sundin at respituhin nating lahat bilang sibilisadong mamamayan na naninirahan dito.

Dapat lamang tayong mainsultong lahat sa paghahambing dito bilang 'toilet paper' o pamunas sa pwet. Para na ring sinabi na ang ating karapatan, ang tungkulin sa atin ng ating gobyerno at sa ating bansa ay basura lamang, ay lokohan lamang, ay kasingbaba lamang nang isang pamunas sa pwet. Dahil kahit san mo man ginagamit ang toilet paper, tinawag yan na toilet paper kasi nga pang toilet, pang iwang, sa basurahan ang bagsak, o sa inodoro kung finlush mo, sa septik tank. At kung toilet paper ang batas na nag proprotekta sa atin, so ano tayo, ano ang bansa natin? TAE?

Sa mga nagsasabi na O.A. ang reaksyon ko, namin, na mga pumipiyok sa issue na ito, bilib ako sa inyong sikmura at konsensya bilang Pilipino.

At dahil mahilig ang ating presidente sa metaphor, gusto ko lang sabihin na hindi sya nag iisa. Pwede nya rin yang gamitin sa pagsusulat ng kwento o poetry, gamitin nya dun lahat ng figure of speech na gusto nya. Pero sana hindi sa pangbabastos sa atin, sa batas natin, sa bansa natin.

Hanggang kaylan natin matitiis at ipag wawalang bahala na lang ang mga ganitong bagay? Manhid man tayo pero kaylangan nating harapin ang katotohanan na kung hindi tayo SASATSAT, MAGSASALITA, AALMA, lalong walang mangyayari. Sa sunod na may makakausap tayo, pag usapan natin to kasi lahat tayo later on (if may hindi pa naaapektuhan sa ngayon) DAMAY DAMAY din tayo, kahit tayong mga wala sa Pinas, ang mga mahal natin sa buhay andyan.

Matagal ko nang gustong magsalita, magsulat, sabihin ang mga nararamdaman ko at iniisip tungkol sa ating bansa at sa mga nangyayari dito. Tulad ng nakakarami, natatakot, nanlulumo, nanglulupaypay, nauumay, nawawalan ng pag asa, tinatamad, naiinis, nagagalit, nasusura at minsan parang wala na akong maramdaman o mas accurate siguro sabihing hindi ko na alam kung ano ba ang dapat kong maramdaman.

Madami pa ring magagandang bagay tungkol sa Pilipinas, tungkol sa mga Pilipino. Pero bakit ganun? Bakit ganito pa rin tayo? Bakit parang hindi talaga tayo matuto tuto? Bakit gusto nating ulitin yung mga bagay na natakasan na natin? Piliin ulit ang isang diktator at sabihing yun ang kaylangan natin? Masokista ba ang mga Pilipino? Bakit natin hinahayaan at sinusuportahan ang mga ganitong klase ng leader? Dahil ba umaasa tayo na baka nuon hindi umubra pero ngayon uubra na? o SAWA na tayong umasa? Bahala na kung sinoman ang andyan pare parehas lang naman sila. Walang tunay na gustong maglingkod sa taong bayan, kung tayo ba ang mga leader natin gugustuhin ba nating paglingkuran TAYO? Baka kaya ganyan ang ginagawa nila kasi nasanay na rin lang sila na "Ay ok na yan sa Pilipino, konting tulong lang, kahit mas madami ang nakaw natin, wala na silang ibang choice, hindi naman sikat yung iba tayo lang kilala nila, sanay na sila sa atin."

Kahit yung mga hindi alam kung ano ba ang konstitusyon at kung anu anu pang mga komplikadong bagay, lahat tayo ngayon may access na kay Google, kahit anung lengwahe mo itype ang tanung mo, meron at meron kang makukuha kahit panong sagot, at maiintindihan ito ng kahit sino na handang intindihin ang dapat at gusto nilang intindihin.

Sabi siguro nung iba, basta ok ang pamilya ko, basta nabubuhay kami ng maayos, wala akong pakialam, bahala sila sa buhay nila. Wala na rin namang pag asa ang Pilipinas. Ramdam kita pero....naniniwala ako, lahat tayo naiinggit tayo sa ibang mauunlad na bansa, gusto din nating maging tulad nila. Napakayaman ng Pilipinas sa likas na yaman at yamang tao, ang Singapore at iba pang maliit na bansa na wala masyado nito pero nakaya nila, matuto tayo sa kanila, kunin at gayahin natin yung mga pwede nating gayahin, maniwala tayo na makakahanap, makakakilatis at makakapili din tayo ng sarili nating Lee Kuan Yew.

Sabi ng isang Pinoy sa isang artikulo sa Rappler nung tinanong kung ano mensahe nya sa Presidente ng Amerika nung bumisita sa Pilipinas: “Please Girahin mo na mga corrupt dito sa pinas... pa slave nalang kami basta maayos pamumuhay namin at walang pasakit sa bawat araw, may nakakain, may nabibili at may mga makukuhang magandang trabaho, at mura ang pagaaral. `Di na namin matiis pasakit at pahirap sa sariling bayan.”

Ramdam mo ba? Ang pait, ang hapdi, pagod na pagod na sya.

Tulad mo, tulad ko, tulad nating lahat.

Pero sa palagay ko hindi nakarating yang mensahe nya at kung nakarating man, alam natin na hindi pa din natin pwedeng iasa sa ibang bansa ang sarili nating problema.

Salamat kung matutulungan nila tayo pero kung hindi balik tayo sa "TAYO", tayo ulit, paulit ulit, ang mag dedesisyon anu nga ba talaga ang gusto natin para sa bansang ito?

Sana hindi naman para gamitin as 'toilet paper' lang.

Biyernes, Hunyo 28, 2019

Differences between Trump and Duterte*

*These are based on my own personal observations and conclusions from reading news and other information I can from local and international point of view. They may be similar in some ways, but I think Donald Trump is still so much better in so many ways than Rodrigo Duterte.

1. Trump prioritizes Americans, Duterte don't prioritize Filipinos. This can be seen especially on Trump's policies against illegal immigrants and his focus on giving jobs to Americans, trying his best to bring back jobs to America from other countries especially China. On the other hand, Duterte allowed illegal Chinese workers in the Philippines when in fact there are many Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who seek jobs overseas because they can't find and get good paying jobs in their own country. The salaries of these Chinese workers are even way higher than the average Filipino worker even if they are doing the same job. A total of 3.12 million Chinese citizens entered the Philippines from January 2016 to May 2018, according to the Bureau of Immigration.

2. USA economy gets better under Trump (even my husband like him so much because of that), while Duterte blames and find excuses on the inflation crisis in the Philippines. Prices of basic commodities were higher and peso purchasing power declines even as economy booms. Many are unemployed and even those who are employed can barely get by. It was even dubbed as 'Duterte's jobless economic boom'

3. Donald Trump don't kill American citizens while, Rodrigo Duterte is well known for his Extrajudicial Killings (EJK's) related to his supposedly War on Drugs (but drug lords are spared), mostly killing poor and young Filipino citizensIn addition, even if we also compare their 'tough talks', Duterte's rape jokes, personal insults, curses, and violence (especially to those people who don't deserve it even a bit) are worse. His words and actions towards women is worse too. Most of the time, he don't apologize or if he does (rarely) you can feel and see his insincerity because he will do these things again the next chance he gets.

4. The way they both handle Chinese issues (government and private companies). Trump takes on China, attacked China and its companies with tariffs and do in all his might to stop China taking advantage of America. Even though the Philippines is not a global power like USA, still, even when we compare how other small countries like Vietnam and Taiwan speak up against China's bullying is still way better than how Duterte's administration does. He always sided with China even when they sank the boats of Filipino fishermen. He did not push the arbitration case we won against China. He is even saying he is Chinese and that if China wants, they can make the Philippines their province. His spokesperson and loyalists always say he is just joking but even as a joke it is disappointing and treacherous. He is also leading the Philippines to a Chinese debt trap. He is selling the country's sovereignty for Chinese funding, when in fact Japan and EU offered less interest with reasonable conditions unlike China.

5. The way they handle their political enemies/oppositions. Trump defends himself (mostly through Twitter) without jailing or threatening to imprison or kill those who oppose him. Duterte on the other hand, enjoys jailing or trying to imprison anyone who oppose him like Senator Laila de lima (who is still in prison now for more than two years, considered by Amnesty International as arbitrary detention) and Senator Antonio Trillanes. Former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno was also ousted after clashing with him. Recently, after saying that the Philippine constitution can be used as just a mere ‘toilet paper’, he gave a threat that he will jail anyone who tries to impeach him.


Suggested Readings:
Duterte does not favor deporting illegal Chinese worker
10 Best Things Trump has done in 2018
Never mind his critics, Trump is getting the job done
Shock: Even Trump critics admit he's been winning on Foreign Policy
Five things even Trump critics can give him credit for this Christmas
Trump defies doubters with surging economy
American's feel good about economy and give Trump credit-CBS News poll
How good is the Trump economy, really?
Duterte shaken by inflation storm
Inflation, GDP, and Duterte
Duterte's Luster Dulls as Rice Price Soar in the Philippines
Inflation in the Philippines a faultline for Duterte's 'Build, Build, Build' ambition
Philippine Politics under Duterte: A Midterm Assessment 
Labor group to Duterte: Hike wages amid shrinking purchasing power
Trump takes action on chinese imports
Trump's china policy is a triump
Trump's trade war targets Chinese students at elite U.S. schools
Trump: We can't let China take advantage of our country anymore 
Trump to CNBC: China is going to make a deal because 'they're going to have to'
China had no good option in retaliating against Trump's Huawei ban
Duterte and China
Duterte accused of 'FEAR MONGERING' over claims China could declare war
Rodrigo Duterte: "I am Chinese"
Duterte threatens to jail critic
Filipinos burn Chinese flags in protest against Duterte's 'weak' response to South China Sea sinking
The Philippines is beginning to pay the price for Duterte's South China Sea flip-flops
After snuggling up to China, Duterte talks about 'suicide missions' to protect island
Duterte defends China Infrastructure loans
Trump defends tweets, says he 'somewhat' prides himself on his writing
Duterte a 'puppet' of Beijing, says imprisoned Philippine lawmaker
Living in fear, Duterte's Chief critic speaks out from Philippine jail
The silencing of Leila de Lima-- Duterte's "first political prisoner"
Duterte orders arrest of Philippine senator, one of his top critics
Duterte orders Trillanes arrest
Duterte warns opponent Trillanes
In the Philippines, Duterte orders arrest of prominent critic
Lawyers alarmed by Duterte's move to jail Trillanes
This Philippine senator won't come out of his office for fear of arrest of Duterte's forces
Philippine court rejects Duterte bid to have critic arrested
Duterte critic arrested as 'darkness and evil' prevail in Philippines
Duterte revoked amnesty of chief critic, orders arrest of Trillanes
Duterte to Trillanes: I will have you jailed
Second Philippine senator who defied Duterte, arrested
Philippine President Duterte has ordered the arrest of a chief political opponent
Philippine chief justice ousted after criticizing Duterte 
The messy fight between Duterte and his chief justice
Philippine top judge, Duterte critic ousted by colleagues
She was the enemy of Philippine President Duterte, and her fellow judges just sacked her
Duterte to Sereno: I am now your enemy, I will see to it that you are removed from the Supreme Court
Philippines' ousted Supreme Court chief lambastes Duterte
Philippines' top judge ousted after clashing with President Duterte
Philippine's top judge took on Duterte. Now, she's out.
Philippine chief justice, Duterte's critic, removed
Impeach me, I'll jail you- Philippines' Duterte dares foes to test him
Philippines: Duterte threatens to lock up critics calling for his impeachment
Duterte on impeachment proponents: I'll jail them all
Duterte a 'dictator, coward' for threatening to jail impeachment petitioners- de Lima
'I dare you': Duterte dares critics to file impeachment, threatens to imprison them
Duterte comment likening Constitution to 'toilet paper' troubles Robredo
Diokno hits Duterte for likening Constitution to toilet paper
Constitution as 'toilet paper' is just another Duterte 'metaphor'- Palace