Monthly Archives: August 2009

Avila concludes his piece for IMPACT magazine with his allusion to the Philippines’ People Power Revolt of 1986—which toppled the then-dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Avila notes, “To be sure, unless people-powered participation is organized by change agents of all persuasions, the plan will be short of details and long in sub rosa appropriations and last minute looting may lead to worse economic misery and heightened social unrest—or, maybe, at last, to real change.”

Such a revolt would be the Chinese Communist Cronies’ Nightmare.

COMMENT: I know the USA needs a people’s power revolt.

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I have lived abroad most of my adult life, so I have been able to observe first hand the disconnect between real life and Hollywood as seen by observers around the planet. That is LIFE IS SOMETIMES STRANGER THAN FICTION.

In the life of American actor, Martin Sheen, over the past thirty years not only have many Americans been unaware that he is one of the most arrested men in Hollywood history. Most of the world TV audience have been oblivious to even a greater degree. Despite this fact of over 60 arrest, Martin Sheen served on the internationally reknowned TV series, WEST WING, as President of the United States for many years.

The reason that such a lawbreaker could serve in such a role is because Mr. Martin Sheen is a practitioner of CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE a la Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Berrigan brothers. Continue reading →

A year ago, the late Edward Kennedy mimicked the bigwigs screwing Americans with no or bad insurance, “No, it is not time. We can’t afford it. It’s the wrong bill at the wrong time”—my friends, if that health insurance is good enough for the members of the Congress of the United States and good enough for the President of the United States, it’s good enough for everybody in Montgomery County, everyone in Pennsylvania, and everyone across this country.” Continue reading →

Philippines and other countries around the world cannot be expected to get tough on banks, like Citibank, if the USA doesn’t set an example by investigating predatory lending and other fraud while nationalizing these banks which are supposedly too big to fail. Continue reading →

Dear Friends, Family and Loved ones, Yesterday, Victoria and I headed down to the ancient city center of Manila to the walls or INTRAMUROS. http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_tourist_spot/intramuros.html Most of the Walled City had been totally obliterated between Feb. 3 and March 3, … Continue reading →

Get women’s write treaty passed NOW. Continue reading →

Victoria Maria kevin Stoda philippines visa Germany America USA exile hope ICOC palawan travels immigration declaration of human rights Continue reading →

Dear Kevin, Have you been watching insurance companies hijack health care reform with misinformation and stall tactics? We can’t allow this. We have to hold them and their Republican cronies accountable. This year, of the top 10 PACs, only 21st … Continue reading →

OBAMA BACKS WRONG HORSE ON HEALTHCARE AS 85% OF AMERICANS POLLED WANT SINGLE PAYER PLAN UNDER US GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT NOW By Kevin Stoda Since last spring I have been polling progressive American voters on health care and more than 85% … Continue reading →

Many decades of presidents in Philippines have not been able to get the family of oligarchs and others to end corruption in Philippines. Continue reading →