Jesusa Bernardo, less impersonal

Enemy American Gen. Henry Ware Lawton instructs his troops during the Philippine-American War (1899-...1914).

Si Hen. Lawton na sinasabing naging medyo makatao kumpara sa ibang sundalo ng Kalbong Agila, ay mapapatay ng isa sa mga tiradores na tauhan ni Hen. Licerio Geronimo.

Photo credit: Filipiniana.com

Images from the Filipino-American War

Proclamation No. 1081 September 21, 1972 Proclaiming a State of Martial Law in the Philippines

Complete text of the 1972 declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines

www.filipiniana.net

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Proclamation No. 1081 is an executive issuance placing the entire Philippines under martial law. Issued by President Ferdinand E. Marcos on the strength of a constitutional provision (Article VII, Section 10, Paragraph 2 of the 1935 Constitution, as amended), the president's exercise of the commander-in-chief powers in relation to martial law makes him the most powerful person in the land. The President informs the people that there are, in existence, lawless elements intending to overthrow the government and supplant it with one based on Marxist-Leninist-Maoist teachings and beliefs and that, these lawless elements have organized and established an insurrectionary force known as the New People’s Army (NPA) to pursue a relentless and ruthless armed struggle against the duly constituted government of the Philippines. Earlier, the President suspended the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus and has commanded the armed forces to suppress the lawless violence; however, he finds these two courses of action insufficient in order to end the chaotic situation of the country; thus, he opted to declare martial law. President Marcos cites Supreme Court cases to attest to the existence of rebellion and insurrection in the country....MORE

Re: JC de los Reyes on Repro Health Bill

to a forum in Marikina this morning to speak against Repro Health Bill, Congressman Lagman to defend it...when will this 50 year old debate end? What if we say, sige let's just limit population to 10 million Filipinos, who will those lucky ones be?...ironically I presume...those...who are rich and can afford to raise babies considered not a burden to society. (22 Sept. 2010)

Jesusa Bernardo tumpak yan, JC. pero, tulad na nasabi ko na dati, kailangang ayusin din ang gender roles sa society upang hindi pabor sa lalaki sa lalaki ang sexual activities.

isang rason bakit may mga babaeng nagpapa.abort ay dahil niloloko ni lalaki. sa... lipunan kasi natin eh ok lang manloko si lalaki at lagi raw talo si babae.

if our society can teach the boys early on that it's NOT OK to play with girls and that it takes two to tango and that the pregnant result of sex/lovemaking is also their responsibility, then our society can be truly better.

Jesusa Bernardo what a generalization. babae na lumalapit sa lalaki. it takes two to tango. kung ako ba may.asawa at lumapit ang lalaki sa akin ay ok din kung papatulan ko?

Jesusa Bernardo in our society, that women can also approach men, kung totoo nga, is actually a good development. bakit ba dapat lalaki lang manligaw? pag walang lumapit, singlehood na lang. not that i can do it bec. i'm a product of the old tradition but ...for the young people, ok siguro yon.

anyway, the point is it takes two to tango at kapag marunong mambuntis ang lalaki, dapat responsable siya sa anak niya, tulad ni babae.

Jesusa Bernardo machismo society natin kasi. male parental responsibility, along with the female (na currently emphasized) ang dapat ituro sa 'sex education,' hindi lang yung biology part of it. pagkaganun, baka mag.agree si JC and bishops sa sex education in schools.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Lawton hit victory by Filipino freedom-fighters, Fil-Am War (1899-1914)

The Filipino freedom-fighters scored a few victories against the killer soldiers of the imperialist United States. Circa Philippine-American War (1899-1914).

Si Hen. Henry Ware Lawton nang mabaril ng mga isa sa mga Tiradores de la Muerte (Marksmen of Death) sa ilalim ni Hen. Licerio Geronimo.

The Filipino freedom-fighters scored a few victories against the killer soldiers of the imperialist ...United States. Circa Philippine-American War (1899-1914).

Si Hen. Henry Ware Lawton nang mabaril ng mga isa sa mga Tiradores de la Muerte (Marksmen of Death) sa ilalim ni Hen. Licerio Geronimo.

Photo credit: Filipiniana.net

Images from the Filipino-American War

Luisita standoff on, as framers, lawyer walk out By Benjamin B. Pulta 09/21/2010

Apo Ferdie Declares Martial Law Video

President Ferdinand Marcos Declares Martial Law

September 1972

NOSI BALASI: Lahat ng Pilipino dapat pantay-pantay. Sino ba sila?

Lahat ng Pilipino dapat pantay-pantay. Sino ba sila?

NOSI BALASI, rock music ni SAMPAGUITA

Re: Luisita standoff on, as framers, lawyer walk out By Benjamin B. Pulta 09/21/2010

Luisita standoff on, as framers, lawyer walk outBy Benjamin B. Pulta09/21/2010mediation talks are a hair’s breadth away from stalling in the Supreme Court-initiated mediation over the Cojuangco...

Legal eagles bid to defend Erap in US case Angie M. Rosales 09/21/2010

- Jesusa Bernardo ‎"Lawyer Jobert Pahilga, who represents a faction of the Alyansa ng mga Manggagawang Bukid ng Hacienda Luisita (Ambala), said his clients opted to withdraw their participation in the mediation proceed-ings in the belief that HLI is sticking to its stock distribution option (SDO) scheme to avoid distribution of the 6,453-hectare sugar estate in Tarlac."

RE: Legal eagles bid to defend Erap in US case

Legal eagles bid to defend Erap in US caseAngie M. Rosales09/21/2010Topnotch lawyers are volunteering to defend former President Joseph Estrada in a $120-million civil suit filed by the daughters...

On the Commemoration of the Declaration of Martial Law

- Jesusa Bernardo ‎"“There are a lot of topnotch lawyers who are offering their services for free. We are very confident that the case against (former) President Estrada will not prosper,” he told reporters in an interview yesterday."

Joma Sison talks about the Importance of Remembering Marcos' Martial Law

"More than a year ago, he had staged the dress rehearsal for the declaration of martial law by proclaiming the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus on August 21, 1971 when without evidence he blamed the Communist Party of the Philippines and Benigno S. Aquino for the Plaza Miranda bombing immediately after it happened."

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Ferdinand Marcos himself designated September 21, 1972 as the date for Presidential Proclamation 1081, declaring martial law. In previous days, he had set in motion the imposition of fascist dictatorship on the people, including the mobilization of his armed minions, the murder of a whistle blower....MORE

- Jesusa Bernardo
  this sounds fair:
  
  "It is useful for the people to remember the fascist dictatorship not only because there is a need to draw up consciousness and courage to prevent the rise to power of the junior of Ferdinand Marcos and his other political heirs but also more urgently to struggle against the manifest plan of the son of Benigno Aquino to beef up the military, use his power to enlarge the wealth of his family and cronies and seek to destroy the revolutionary movement of the people."

On 'Diatribe on Edsa 2--& why God gave the Philippines 'Arrobobastic' Gloria'

‎"TOGETHER, the $20,000 + $15,000 U.S. dinners of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo are not the Illegitimate greatest sin, or alleged sin. Those immorally expensive meals certainly cannot be worse than the alleged-but-widely-believed " Hello Garci"-styled electoral fraud of 2004, nor the NBN-ZTE attempted deal, nor the August 2008 war in Mindanao brought about by the MOA-AD that is said to have been part of Gloria's bid for term extension. At worst, the dinners just constitute the icing on the cake of a sinful presidency baked in the undemocratic urn of Edsa 2."

Diatribe on Edsa 2--& why God gave the Philippines 'Arrobobastic' Gloria

jesusabernardo.newsvine.com

(ARROBOBASTIC - adj. 1. plunderously bombastic; 2. extremely ostentatious in lifestyle, beyond any reasonable SAL, or Statement of Assets and Liabilities. " Arrobobastic" is a neologism derived from the incumbent Philippine President's surname, the English word " bombas...tic," and " dorobou," a Japane...

- TAGA-ILOG News ‎"Gloria and Erap both profess some divine providence: the power grabber claims " God put me here" while the ousted swears to some purpose from above. Who knows? What is clear is that Gloria's 'arrobobastic' presidency made it easier for the Filipinos and the world to see that " People Power II" was undemocratic and immoral. Sorry to the adamantly unapologetic Edsa 2 people, but your own choice made sure that you won't get away with it unscathed."

On Imee Marcos & Martial Law

IMEE MARCOS Speaks on MARTIAL LAW:

""My dad wasn't right about everything, but I do recall that he said: 'ang bigas, ang palay, hindi pinupulitika. You just have to do what you have to do because it's just too important.

""I think not everything my father did was good, but not everything was bad either. It's important that we learn from the good part because, I think, many issues that consumed him are still the issues of the day," Imee points out."

Imee Marcos Online

www.imeermarcos.com

Imee Marcos is always an interesting subject for an interview on anything and everything under the sun. The former First Daughter is also a lensman's delight. She knows exactly what she wants to say or how she wants to be photographed. No coaching needed.

‎""I think not everything my father did was good, but not everything was bad either. It's important that we learn from the good part because, I think, many issues that consumed him are still the issues of the day," Imee points out."

Monday, September 20, 2010

Filipino patriots attack imperialist invader Minnesota volunteers, Fil-Am War (1899-1914)

Jesusa Bernardo Filipino patriots try to defend Philippine sovereignty against the wickedly superior forces of imperialist United States.

Attack of the Filipino soldiers on the barracks of the killer invader Minnesota volunteers of the Bald Eagle nation, circa Philippine-American War (1899-1814).

Filipino patriots try to defend Philippine sovereignty against the wickedly superior forces of imperialist United States.

Attack of the Filipino soldiers on the barracks of the killer invader Minnesota volunteers of the Bald Eagle nation, circa Philippine-American War (1899-1814).

Photo credit:

http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/filam0.htm

Images from the Filipino-American War

All about money? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 09/19/2010

On the Dacer children's filing of suit vs. Erap in the US

All about money? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 09/19/2010 It certainly looks like the Dacer daughters, or their lawyers, want to make a pile of money by filing a civil suit against former President Joseph Estrada to the tune of $20 million, plus $100 million in punitive damages. The charge? Torture and extra-judicial killing of their father, publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer.The Dacer sisters filed the complaint with the US District Court for the Northern District of California in...

Source:TAGA-ILOG News

Published:2010-09-19 16:26:00 GMT

Asistio attests to Erap, Dacer cordial meeting 09/20/2010

Asistio attests to Erap, Dacer cordial meeting 09/20/2010 A close friend of former President Joseph Estrada, former Caloocan Rep. Luis Asistio, attested through an affidavit the cordial relationship between Estrada and publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer two days prior to Dacer’

source:TAGA-ILOG News

Newsvine - Who did Dacer & Corbito: Sen. Lacson, ex-President Estrada, or ex-President Ramos?

Jesusa Bernardo ‎"Asistio in an affidavit obtained by The Tribune stated that on Nov. 22, 2000, or two days before Dacer disappeared, he was with Dacer in a dinner who then asked if he can join Asistio who had a scheduled meeting with Estrada, then the President, at 10 p.m."

TAGA-ILOG News pera kaya o CIA na naman pumapapel. as if under na under pa tayo ng kalbong agila ah.

On Eating Meat & Predation in Nature

September 19, 2010, 5:35 pm

The Meat Eaters

By JEFF MCMAHAN

The Stone is a forum for contemporary philosophers on issues both timely and timeless.

Tags:

carnivores, Ethics, Evolution, extinction, Philosophy (Des);

Viewed from a distance, the natural world often presents a vista of sublime, majestic placidity. Yet beneath the foliage and hidden from the distant eye, a vast, unceasing slaughter rages. Wherever there is animal life, predators are stalking, chasing, capturing, killing, and devouring their prey. Agonized suffering and violent death are ubiquitous and continuous. This hidden carnage provided one ground for the philosophical pessimism of Schopenhauer, who contended that “one simple test of the claim that the pleasure in the world outweighs the pain…is to compare the feelings of an animal that is devouring another with those of the animal being devoured.”.... MORE

On the case of the Filipino baby left in airplane

ellen tordesillas » Makataong media para sa ina ni George Francis

www.ellentordesillas.com

Sana naman respetuhin ng media karapatan ng ina ni George Francis, ang sanggol na iniwan sa basurahan sa Gulf Air nong isang linggo, sa âprivacyâ o pag-iisa habang inaayos niya ang kanyang buhay.

Jesusa Bernardo the judgmental people condemning the mother should also consider the possibility of severe postpartum depression figuring in the her action.

i agree with anne. kudos to your compassionate and possibly feminist stand, ellen.

Who did Dacer & Corbito: Sen. Lacson, ex-President Estrada, or ex-President Ramos?

MANCAO'S TESTIMONY: HE CHEATED for ERAP?!?

The problem with Mancao's testimony, aside from its being based only on hearsay, is that it came with, or woven into, a claim that sounds incredible. In media interviews, he stated that he and Estrada had known each other personally and that he supposedly even conducted "Dagdag...-Bawas" electoral fraud operations under "Special Project Alpha" to ensure Estrada's victory in the 1998 presidential polls.

That ex-President Estrada needed to cheat in 1998 is a rather unbelievable tale because every independent pre-electoral and exit polls bore out Estrada's victory. Had Mancao skipped the "cheating" part, his latest testimony would have been worth giving some weight to.

http://jesusabernardo.newsvine.com/_news/2010/02/20/3925374-who-did-dacer-corbito-sen-lacson-ex-president-estrada-or-ex-president-ramos

jesusabernardo.newsvine.com

Estrada Angle Linked to Conspiracy The Estrada angle is very much dependent on what the EDSA II players are not admitting to--coup conspiracy against the former president. If the destabilization/vengeance motive is to stand, the possible Oplan Excelsis link to Dacer, if the conspiracy did occur....

TAGA-ILOG News ‎"BW Stocks & Dacer Espionage?

"With regards the more limited threat of BW/insider trading expose as Erap's possible motive, a scenario of Dacer being an anti-corruption lone ranger is out of character with his being a practical and not-exac...tly-come-clean publicist. It does not make sense that Dacer, who worked for Ramos whose administration was marred by several corruption scandals, would find the supposed Estrada BW insider trading windfall worth crusading against--unless he was a spy or demolition team member."

Jesusa Bernardo kaya nga eh. that was ridiculous mancao's statement, as i analyzed in my dacer article.

parang tanga yang mga dacer children na yan including erap but not ramos when obviously political statement ni mancao

Jesusa Bernardo i also thinking similarly along that line, ed. di ko lang ma.figure exactly. i know the cia's behind the hocus.pcos,erap's acceptance of the may 10 fraud, and this dacer case. pero tumahimik na si erap eh. so what's up/

Jesusa Bernardo perhaps a good development. ma.push na sana s wall si erap para mag.join na s might.

very ridiculous. in the case here they supposedly did not include erap kasi nga puro hearsay, no evidence and NO MOTIVE (nagbati nga eh).

tapos sa US court? ...cia nga siguro.

Yellows to make NBN like BBC?

Jesusa Bernardo

Coloma unveils dream to copy BBC thru NBN By Aytch S. de la Cruz 09/19/2010

Coloma unveils dream to copy BBC thru NBN By Aytch S. de la Cruz 09/19/2010 A Palace official unveiled yesterday an ambitious plan to turn the lackluster state-owned network National Broadcasting Network (NBN) Channel 4 into an international giant similar to the British Broad

source:TAGA-ILOG News

Jesusa Bernardo ‎"He added the plan includes revamping the programming of NBN-4 to be patterned after that of the BBC that will initially showcase critically-acclaimed Philippine independent films and original Filipino music to “hopefully make it less propagandist.”

Jesusa Bernardo ‎"less propagandist" ha? eh kayong dilaw ang ultra.propagandist, spinners and inveterate liars eh.

pagkakakitaan nyo lang yan, umamin na.

Jesusa Bernardo well said and comprehensive, toto.

which is why that rationale to make a bbc-like, less-propagandist nbn is nothing but wicked crap.

Jesusa Bernardo make their wicked yellow propaganda international perhaps, bm?

What do you think is the best way to deal with the problem of jueteng in our country?

Jesusa Bernardo legalization should considerably address the problem

Jesusa Bernardo you're citing gov't corruption as reason not to legalize, if i got you right. following your line of reasoning, we might just as well totally stop dealing with the gov't where money's involved.

legalizing jueteng could at least allow for some avenue to monitor somehow the earnings.

Jesusa Bernardo jun, marijuana, shabu & jueteng won't make a circle. you really see them mix in a crowd?

baka jueteng and rugby pa. and rugby, by the way, is legal.

Jesusa Bernardo mr. lando, mr. que poses a theoretical question on how to resolve the jueteng problem. so theoretical din ang sagot.

we all know that the camp of the HOCUS PCOS "President" does not want that jueteng legalized. kaya nga siguro tinangal ng ka...mpo ng dilaw si erap eh.

the point is, in theory, legalization is the answer. as to A_noy, nagtaka pa ba kayo eh ilegal na "pangulo" naman yan.

Jesusa Bernardo sige na nga, diko.

kung di mo gets hocus pcos at eraption, no further comment na ko.

isa na lang pala, yung POLL FRAUD and Power Grab unahin nyo before that jueteng thing, diko. :)

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Fil-Am War hardships & deaths inflicted by the Bald Eagle invasion

Can you imagine the hardships, not to mention the horrors of genocidal-level deaths, inflicted by the Bald Eagle invasion on the Filipino people during the Philippine-American War (1899-1914)?

Filipinas begging food from the enemy soldiers of the imperialist United States.

Philippine-American War (1899-1914)

Can you imagine the hardships, not to mention the horrors of genocidal-level deaths, inflicted by th...e Bald Eagle invasion on the Filipino people during the Philippine-American War

Filipinas begging food from the enemy soldiers of the imperialist United States.

Photo credit:

http://alexfelipe.com/2008/08/30/the-philippine-american-war-america%E2%80%99s-debut-as-an-imperial-power/

Images from the Filipino-American War

By:TAGA-ILOG News

TAGA-ILOG News many historians and even journalists do refer to the fil.am war as the 1st vietnam....

the north americans, the leaders at least, were simply too wickedly imperialistic such that they'll do anything to achieve their aims.

the filipinos put up such fierce resistance and they responded with torture and genocide (in the beginning they were taking prisoners and at one point, simply stopped, did away with prisoners, which meant they simply killed all of our forefathers/foremothers who fought for our sovereignty.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

DESTRUCTION of MANILA. It's NOT a World War II scene.

Jesusa Bernardo DESTRUCTION of MANILA. It's NOT a World War II scene. Filipino-American War (1899-1914).

Winasak ng mga sundalo ng mananakop na Kalbong Agila ang Manila para maisakatuparan ang kanilang imperyalistang layunin.

Let Filipino memory heal.

Philippine-American War (1899-1914)

Photo credit:

http://www.filipiniana.net/album.jsp?albumId=2

Images from the Filipino-American War

KATINUAN ng BAYAN--ISUKO sa DILAW?

KATINUAN ng BAYAN--ISUKO sa DILAW?

Jesusa Bernardo via TAGA-ILOG News: Paaanod na lamang ba tayo sa mapaminsalang dagat ng kadilawan? Masisikmura ba nating patuloy na magpailalim sa nananaig na pwersa ng kasamaan? Ang KATINUAN ba ng bayan ay ating ISUSUKO na lamang?

Sa ngalan ng ating mga tunay na bayani na nagbuwis ng kanilang buhay para makamtan ang isang bayang sadyang malaya at matuwi......d, namanikluhod ako sa pagsusumamo: Gumising ka, o aking Inang Bayan!

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Maliban sa pagnakaw ng pwesto ng pagka-Pangulo kay Joseph "Erap" Estrada, ang mga pwersang nagpipilit iluklok ang DILAWANG BULAAN at HUWAD ay tumatawag na ating ISUKO ang KATINUAN ng ating isip--ang katinuang nagsasabi kung kailan tayo inuuto, ginagago, niloloko, o tinatapakan.

Jesusa Bernardo ‎"Ang ating bait na lamang ang mayroon tayo. Ang bayan ay kanilang nang hawak--ang ating mga likas na yaman at mga pambansang ari-arian, ang dilaw na media, ang militar, ang kapulisan, ang Comelec, ang Korte Suprema, ang mga lokal na pinunol, ang buong Ehekutibo, ang Kongreso at mukhang pati ang Senado."

Jesusa Bernardo kaso parang ganun ang nangyayari. nasa malacanang si abs, right? at ilan nga bang pilipino ang naniniwalang may dayaan? parang ang tahimik nila. konti lang tayong nagiingay, jessant.

Jesusa Bernardo oo, brenda, isang aksyon lang naman talaga ang siguradong tatalab sa mga dilaw na yon kasi siguradong tanggal sila sa kinalalagyan nila

pero habang wala pa (kung mangyari man), may talab din ang salita dahil information yon, brenda. sabi ng...a ni jeff, tama rin si caryle, at least maipakita natin na hindi lahat A_Noy.

harhar.

Jesusa Bernardo pending yung mas mainam at mas talab na gawain, mag.ingay na lang tayo, nal. try to inform the people of the true state of the nation, of our history.

Jesusa Bernardo saka hindi conjecture yung AES cheating, nal. COMMONSENSICAL nga eh for even those with minimal IT knowledge/internet users.

culture of impunity na lang nag.prevail sa mga middle class and elites. tapos nga, on the part of the masa, erap re...fused to contest (or nabraso) the may 10 polls,

Criminalize the prosti, criminalize the DOMs/sex patrons

If we are to keep criminalizing prostitution, criminalize as well the DOMs/whatever patrons of sex workers.

Magandang himig ukol sa napipilitang magbenta ng aliws --"NENA" ni Heber Bartolome

Thursday, September 16, 2010

See Manila before and after the devastation of World War II.

See Manila before and after the devastation of World War II. The Americans shelled our beautiful buildings. The Japanese committed atrocities. Then after the war, they both became firm partners against "communist" China and left Philippines in the lurch.

Rare Footages of WWII Japanese Occupation of Manila [HQ]

some rare footages of Manila during the World War II the Filipinos should know the real reason why the hell Japanese forces invaded the Philippines

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

THE FORBIDDEN BOOK - the real history of the American military's war crimes against the Filipinos

THE FORBIDDEN BOOK - the real history of the American military's war crimes against the Filipinos kept secret by swiny US President McKinley.

Many tortured bones & murdered skeletons, 'age 10 & above' in that book. Circa Filipino-American War (1899-1914).

Book details:

The Forbidden Book: The Philippine American War in Political Cartoons, by Abe Ignacio, Enrique de la Cruz, Jorge Emmanuel and Helen Toribio. T’Boli Publishing and Distribution, 2004 San Francisco.

Book review by Max Elbaum:

Vivid Images Bring Hidden History to Light

Published in Socialism and Democracy Journal #37 (Vol. 19, No. 1), Spring 2005

The Spanish-American War of 1898 lasted six months and cost 2,446 lives. It is featured prominently in all U.S. history textbooks.

The Philippine-American War of 1899-1914 lasted 15 years and killed at least 100,000 people. It is hardly mentioned even in college-level history texts and has been all but erased from the U.S. public memory - even within the (non-Filipino-American) left.

Yet the Philippine-American War occupies a central place in the rise of the U.S. to become the 20th century’s paramount imperial power. It was a pivotal episode in the intertwining of U.S.-style racism and empire-building, openly touted as the moment when the U.S. supplanted Britain in “taking on the white man’s burden.” And Washington’s brutal assault on the Philippine independence movement was daily front page news at the turn of the century, with the New York World editorializing that “The American public eats its breakfast and reads in its newspapers of our doings in the Philippines.”

The campaign to bury the history of U.S. manipulation, racism, pillage and annexation in the Philippines began even while the war was still underway. The Chicago Chronicle printed a cartoon in 1900 showing then-President William McKinley locking shut a book titled “True History of the War in the Philippines.” The cartoon’s title was “The Forbidden Book.”...MORE

Photo credit: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/12/24/18556367.php

Images from the Filipino-American War

Michael Jackson, 'King of Pop.' African, American

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Michael Jackson, 'King of Pop.' African, American: Re race card

‎"Such was the decade of the 1960s—the setting of much of MJ's deprived childhood but, also, a decade of musical formation and growth. Could it be that the artist got stuck not only in the fantasies of his lost childhood but, as well, by the racist standards of art and beauty that doggedly persisted during the decade? ...Could it be that the famed pop icon was unable to grow out of the childhood impressions cast on him by a Caucasian-ruled society? Could it be that in a rather bizarre creative expression of conflicting ethnic and national identity of his never-ending childhood, the great artist of Negroid genes and skin relentlessly tried to physically transform himself to achieve an American's white ideal?"

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Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop” is the musical mega icon who opened the door for African-Americans to conquer the popular culture scene. Succumbing to cardiac arrest a month before commencing his sold-out "final curtain" series of 50 London concerts, MJ's death has been mourned by the world. It i...

Torture legalized by Bush & perpetrators granted immunity by Obama?

State Secrets: Protecting National Security or Justice Denied?

www.politicsdaily.com

The administration argues that a former detainee's civil lawsuit could jeopardize national security. Critics say that position undermines government transparency and basic justice.

The wicked, blasphemous imperialist American who should never be forgotten, US President William McKinley.

The wicked, blasphemous imperialist American who should never be forgotten, US President William McKinley.

Justified his nation's imperialistic & genocidal invasion of the Philippines by making it appear before the Western world that the general Filipino population's yet in a state of TRIBALISM & SEMI-BARBARISM.

Circa Filipino-American War (1899-1914).

The wicked, blasphemous imperialist American who should never be forgotten, US President William McKinley.

Justified his nation's imperialistic & genocidal invasion of the Philippines by making it appear before the Western world that the general Filipino population's yet in a state of TRIBALISM & SEMI-BARBARISM.

Photo credit: http://www.revolutionintheair.com/histstrategy/forbidbk.html

Images from the Filipino-American War