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Date Posted: 22:37:06 06/19/18 Tue
Author: Carlo G. Soldevilla
Subject: ..rather than arriving on the right.It was more..Nice projects--People's park..(Pls. check. Thanks.)
In reply to: Carlo G. Soldevilla 's message, "Poem for My Motherland -- Now by Carlo G. Soldevilla" on 21:16:14 06/19/18 Tue

>Poem for My Motherland -- Now by Carlo G. Soldevilla
>
>-0-
>Now
>By Carlo G. Soldevilla
>Written on June 20, 2018
>
>“You, certainly, can be Ophir which is the land of gold
>Where Solomon got the gold to beautify the Jerusalem
>temple.”
>-0-
>People may have forgotten the days of old,
>Our heroes, like Aguinaldo..as I carefully analyze his
>motive-He wants to give to the Filipino people (what
>they deserve).
>
>Looking back at history..Spain had fallen so Miong,
>later on had to make it formal—the establishment of
>the Philippine government.
>The constitution was made..only later, America fought
>against us or we fought against America because of the
>latter’s bad motive of getting what we have. Try to
>review the Bates treaty and other treaties we had in
>time past, especially that treaty which provided the
>U.S. the equal right (50-50) to extract our natural
>resources. This does not sound good. The U.S. had the
>crane to mine our resources while, that time, we only
>had the spoon (an exaggeration..for mining).
>
>..and knowing that the land is ours, they (the U.S.)
>just came in..just at the time when they needed land
>and forests to fuel their country (U.S.). In short,
>they became dependent on us, the country which they
>colonized or planned to colonize, because of the
>resources which they needed, rather than having that
>motive to help us build our country from the ashes of
>war.
>Real help, as the ultimate goal or objective was not
>found there. It’s more likely of taking advantage of
>what belonged to us. It’s (the coming of U.S. to the
>Philippines) was more of a burden rather than of
>help. (Try to remember, after Rizal’s death, the U.S.
>government decided to give the mother of Rizal U.S.
>pension but Rizal’s mother declined it or refused it,
>saying: “Instead of doing it (giving me pension, you
>(U.S.-because the Philippines was under U.S. control
>that time after Rizal’s death) have to lessen the
>taxes which is burdensome for the Filipino people.”
>
>I cannot blame Aguinaldo. He needed to wage that war
>(Philippine-American War) and he had to fight that war
>based on his pure intention or motive, because Miong
>(Aguinaldo) knew that we just deserve a rightful
>government where we could enjoy the fruits of the land.
>-0-
>It’s a blessing Digong came. In him, you can’t find
>the desire to accumulate wealth for his own benefit.
>(People’s Park in Davao, and hoping, Boracay would
>come in next.). He had the Filipino people in mind,
>and he always desires to give, to show both empathy
>and sympathy.
>His seeing eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth only
>proves his sincerity to govern. The path of least
>resistance he does not take. He is more than willing
>to overcome challenges, move mountains, scale news
>heights, make or form new beginnings. ‘Move
>mountains’ can be a hyperbole but this is what I am
>seeing. Loving one’s country is not just a right or a
>privilege. It’s a command, and this motto I made:
>“Love your country. There will never be another
>Philippines. The time to do it is now.”
>
>-0-
>Note1: Here’s the link on the Philippines’ oldest
>constitution:
>
>http://www.chanrobles.com/1899constitutionofthephilippi
>nes.htm
>
>Note2: Here’s a cat analogy (Based on Einstein’s
>theory of telegraph, the cat has a long, long tail..
>where in the Philippines, the cat meows or you can
>hear the cat meowing after pricking its tail in U.S.).
>Let me call it the U.S. cat.
>
> Now, here’s the case: The U.S. cat is sent to the
>Philippines to have this mission: to eat or capture
>the Philippine rats. (This must be helping the
>Philippines fight against Spain.). What happened, the
>U.S. cat did not only eat rats. It (U.S. cat)
>practically ‘got’ the land where these rats stood.).
>
>As we can deeply understand our culture, the Filipinos
>(after the U.S. help), with their (Filipinos)
>grateful spirit, can pay plus the needed interest
>(should the U.S. require it) for the services or war
>helps of the U.S. ( eating the rats by the U.S. cat)
>but, I repeat, it’s a different story when one
>desires to covet by ‘getting’ the lands where these
>rats roamed.
>
>Now, I’m reminded of my dad, a civil engineer who had
>this math problem which I also found in my high school
>physics book: “3 cats can catch 3 rats in 3 minutes.
>How many cats can catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?
>{Note: My dad is more interested in the solution
>rather than arrive on the right answer (this I won’t
>tell..unless you pm me, then I will show you the right
>solution.}.
>
>Note: I don’t know if ‘U.S. Cat’ will be the best
>title for this poem I wrote.
>
>-0-
>Cc: Digong

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