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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b-GeHEzQWC0uoapBY2Yx83wWm9Q/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b-GeHEzQWC0uoapBY2Yx83wWm9Q/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b-GeHEzQWC0uoapBY2Yx83wWm9Q/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b-GeHEzQWC0uoapBY2Yx83wWm9Q/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h1 class="big header" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:28px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.3;color:rgb(17,17,17);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; Cosmopolitan Is Aggressively Marketing Explicit Porn Tips to Minors, Put Cosmo In a Non-Transparent Wrapper and Sold to Adults Only!&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h5 class="header why-important" style="margin-top:0.25em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:18px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.3;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; Why This Is Important&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:1.1em;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; If Cosmo is for adults, and not minors; then it should be sold ONLY to adults. I understand they have a right to free speech and to print what they want, however it is a crime to market graphic sex tips to underage kids.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:1.1em;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; Because it&amp;#39;s the #1 best-selling women&amp;#39;s magazine, it&amp;#39;s easily available to young boys and girls at any age.&lt;strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:13px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold"&gt;Through my website, &lt;a href="http://www.projectinspired.com/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:13px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-color:initial;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;color:rgb(80,139,163);text-decoration:none;background-repeat:initial initial"&gt;www.projectinspired.com,&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:13px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold"&gt;I have received hundreds of supportive comments and emails from girls as young as 11. They write me letters detailing how they&amp;#39;ve tried the sexual tips written about in Cosmo, only to get their hearts broken, or worse — getting pregnant or catching an STD.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:1.1em;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; This publication has steadily declined into a full-on pornographic &amp;quot;how to&amp;quot; guide for teens and vulnerable young girls. Every issue dares girls and encourages them to try new sex moves (including anal sex), engage in threesomes, experient with lesbianism, have public sex, watch porn, (with specific URLS listed- October 2011 issue.) and using sex toys such as dildos, shower heads, and vibrating tongue rings to &amp;quot;please your man and stimulate your clitoris.&amp;quot;This readily available magazine has become one of the media's worst influences on girls.&lt;strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:13px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:1.1em;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; Join me in my fight to get Cosmopolitan sold in a nontransparent plastic bag where it&amp;#39;s made available to adults 18 and older and our youth won&amp;#39;t be subjected to this vulgar material. &lt;strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:13px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold"&gt;Let me reiterate my goal: That no one under the age of 18 sees the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine on newsstands or at their grocery stores, and that no one under 18 can legally buy Cosmopolitan magazine.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:1.1em;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; I have contacted the Chairman of the FTC, John Leibowitz and received a letter from his office stating they will look into the issue and start an investigation ONLY when they feel it&amp;#39;s a &amp;#39;threat&amp;#39; to society. This means they need more COMPLAINTS — that is, signers of this petition.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;I have also contacted Kate White, the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine and I didn&amp;#39;t get a reply. No surprise there!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I recently mailed a letter to the Senator of California alerting her of the obscene sexual material in this magazine.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:1.1em;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; &lt;strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:13px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold"&gt;Now, we&amp;#39;re going to hit them in the pocketbook. &lt;/strong&gt;Maybe she&amp;#39;ll pay attention to us if her advertisers recognize that it&amp;#39;s not very cool to have your ad next to an article urging women to engage in threesomes and anal sex.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:1.1em;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; &lt;strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:13px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold"&gt;Please join me in my fight to get Cosmopolitan put in a nontransparent plastic bag and sold ONLY to those who are 18 and over by signing this petition. &lt;/strong&gt;Together we can contact the magazine&amp;#39;s biggest advertisers and the FTC chairman.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;More voices mean faster action to protect our young girls from this obscene magazine!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:1.1em;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; Sincerely, &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-size:1.1em;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Helvetica,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"&gt; Nicole Weider of Project Inspired&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6874374277796787221-4226809099160251519?l=adventure2day.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Adventure2day/~4/wFQ7CY1lGBU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/feeds/4226809099160251519/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6874374277796787221&amp;postID=4226809099160251519" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/4226809099160251519?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/4226809099160251519?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adventure2day/~3/wFQ7CY1lGBU/appeal-from-nicole-weider-of-project.html" title="An appeal from Nicole Weider of Project Inspired" /><author><name>tp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K0SYE2KHPpU/SOBIn6CXImI/AAAAAAAAAPE/qWvmR7Jpafk/S220/3.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/2012/01/appeal-from-nicole-weider-of-project.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkcAR34_eCp7ImA9WhRWGU0.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874374277796787221.post-1296377807093095544</id><published>2012-01-06T18:39:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-06T18:40:46.040-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2012-01-06T18:40:46.040-08:00</app:edited><title>Chronicles of REA</title><content type="html">
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U3Tg8AE-Y0G0G469odd78RGct2g/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/U3Tg8AE-Y0G0G469odd78RGct2g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;By Francisco S. Tatad1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On orders of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, 188 members of&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the House of Representatives, which has the exclusive power to initiate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;impeachment cases, have impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Renato Corona without reading the Articles of Impeachment, and without a&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;committee hearing or a floor debate.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;At first Malacanang tried to deny its involvement. But a Malacanang ally&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;quickly disabused the public by saying the impeachment complaint was&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;drafted at the Palace. And the President, who likes to be called Pinoy,&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;formally thanked the congressmen for their "help."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In making the congressmen sign an unread document in exchange for certain&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;tangible gifts, Pinoy unduly risked his political reputation for being previously&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;incorrupt. Critics see him now as the first corruptor of Congress.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In their view, he has made himself impeachable in the very act of impeaching&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the Chief Justice. He, rather than Corona, should be the one impeached for&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;culpable violation of the Constitution, bribery, corruption, betrayal of public&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;trust and other high crimes. He should be the one tried and removed from&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; office.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;These are strong words, but nothing more than words. Having full control of&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the House, Pinoy is in no danger of ever getting impeached, whatever wrong&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The author was Senate Majority Leader during the 2000-2001 impeachment trial of then&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;President Joseph Ejercito Estrada. His book, A Nation on Fire: the Unmaking of Joseph Ejercito&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Estrada and the Remaking of Democracy in the Philippines, is by far the most authoritative&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;documentation of the trial and ouster of Estrada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;3&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;he does. But he has provoked a constitutional crisis, and strong words and&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;strong passions are the first elements of this crisis.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Articles of Impeachment, consisting of eight charges, are now in the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Senate. The Senate has the sole power to try and decide impeachment&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;cases. All 23 sitting senators have taken their oath to render "impartial&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;justice." Some of them, however, seem to take a cavalier view of the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;impeachment process.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;They say that impeachment is nothing but a political process, to be decided&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;on the basis of public opinion, not on the basis of the evidence. If that were&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; the case, then the Senate should have no role in it. The case should be put to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the people in a referendum, which should tell us what the "public opinion" is,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;so long as everyone participates and the process is not rigged.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But that is not what the Constitution says. Impeachment is a constitutional&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;process. The Senate tries and decides all impeachment cases, on the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;basis of the evidence, not on the basis of party line or personal sentiment of&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the "judges."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now, a former assemblyman and former national president of the Integrated&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has asked the Supreme Court to restrain the&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Senate from hearing the complaint, on the ground that the allegations are all&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;null and void. Atty. Vicente Millora's petition runs into a few pages. He is the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;first one; others, including the IBP itself, could follow suit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What happens then if and when the Court finds the complaint invalid? Would&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the President recognize and respect such a ruling, given the fact that he&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;seems to believe he is free not to obey what the Court says? Would it not&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;create a crisis so grave that the only possible outcome would be either to&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;completely abolish the Constitution or to remove the President?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Should the case come to trial, Pinoy may have to move heaven and earth to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;make sure the Chief Justice is convicted. Can he do to the Senate what he&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;did to the House without creating a farce? And supposing he fails, how will it&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;all end? Nobody knows.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1991, Cory Aquino, Pinoy's mother, led a big march to the Senate to&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;pressure the senators to approve the proposed RP-US treaty extending&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the term of the American bases by another ten years. She thought she&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;could count on their votes, having helped 22 of them get elected in the 1987&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;senatorial elections. So she sat in the gallery and watched them vote. But the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;ingrates voted "according to their consciences," and the treaty lost.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pinoy could yet repeat his mother's experience. Should that happen, after&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;he had put his presidency on the line, he may no longer be able to govern. He&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;may have to resign, or else be removed by other means. I don't want to see&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; that happen to Pinoy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He deserves a break. He has made enough mistakes. He must redeem&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;himself. He must abandon his zero-sum game and rethink his course.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;He must choose democracy clearly and irrevocably against any form of&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;dictatorship. And he must do so now.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pinoy is a democratically elected president, not a revolutionary one. He must&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;act as one. He is presiding over a deeply divided country, in a time of troubled&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;peace, amid so many natural and man-made calamities and other worries.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;He should show the world he has the will and the skill to unite his people and&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to mitigate the humanitarian disasters no man is able to prevent.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Senator Joker Arroyo, Cory's former Executive Secretary and hardly an&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;adversary, chides Pinoy for assuming control of all the three branches of&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;government without proclaiming martial law, and without any of the conditions&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; obtaining which could otherwise justify such a proclamation. Many agree with&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Senator Arroyo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law all over the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;country, in response to the communist rebellion that threatened to take over&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the government. It was a legitimate response to an actual emergency. By&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;contrast, many see Pinoy's rush into one-man rule as an attempt to conduct&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the presidency as a kind of video game, of which he is reputedly a master.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But neither life nor government is a game. Not anywhere, least of all in&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;a constitutional democracy. Would Ninoy Aquino, Pinoy's father, have&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;approved of it, were he alive today? It is not unfair to ask that question, since&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pinoy ran on his parents' record, lacking one of his own. The best answer&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;that comes to mind is--- maybe yes, maybe no, no one can say.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Filipinos remember Ninoy as the opposition leader whom Marcos jailed during&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;martial law and who was eventually assassinated in 1983 at the Manila&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;international airport while coming home from his medical furlough in Boston.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But what most Filipinos do not know is that Ninoy was a most passionate&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;advocate of martial law.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ninoy liked to tell his friends in the press that should he ever become&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;president, and many thought that would happen one day, the first thing he&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;would do was to declare martial law, exactly as Park Chung Hee did in Korea,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to consolidate power and accelerate the country's economic development. But&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; Marcos beat him to the draw.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now Pinoy has fulfilled, or is about to fulfill, his late father's dream without&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;formally proclaiming martial law or national emergency. Is Pinoy simply&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;trying to follow his father's vision, or is he being egged on by some power or&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;principality?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In its Dec. 23, 2011 issue, the US-based Executive Intelligence Review&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;reports that Ninoy has become a frontline supporter of US President Barack&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Obama's "Ring around China" policy, along with Japan's Nobuteru Ishihara,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;governor of Tokyo and secretary general of LDP. EIR is not the least&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;passionate when writing about Mr. Obama, but it was light years ahead of&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;everybody else in predicting the collapse of the US housing bubble and the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;euro, and the continuing meltdown of the trans-Atlantic economies.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;EIR says that during Obama's recent Asia tour, Pinoy insisted that the US&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;denounce China as an aggressor in the South China Sea. EIR then cites&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pinoy's recent speech calling on the Armed Forces to prepare for external&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;challenges, not just internal ones. At the same time it sees more US warships&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;being dispatched to the area close to the Spratlys.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Is President Obama the cartilege that has stiffened Pinoy's back and made&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;him believe he could take over the entire government without provoking&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;resistance or hostility? Supported by the US, Pinoy could be tempted to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;believe he could do anything without risking his office. After all, the Filipino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;poor have remained docile until now, the remnants of the communist left that&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; were a threat to Marcos are now his allies, the elite look only after their own,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;and the Americans will go after any dictator anywhere, except when he is&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;their own.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Still history is full of strongmen whom the US had coddled for years and then&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;dumped as soon as they were no longer useful to them. Pinoy would do well&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;to learn from their experience, including from his own father's. Ninoy himself&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;may have narrated his own story to his wife and children.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1957, during the so-called Permesta revolt in Indonesia, Ninoy undertook&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;secret operations for the CIA, according to the book "Subversion as Foreign&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Policy" by Audrey Kahin and George Mc T Kahin, quoting the late Senator&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Jose Wright Diokno as its source.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;According to that story, Ninoy set up a clandestine radio station in Indonesia&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;for the rebels, shipped them guns from a third country, and opened up&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hacienda Luisita as a training ground for the rebel pilots. But when the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Americans saw they could not topple President Sukarno, they promptly pulled&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;out without telling Ninoy, leaving him in the dark and holding the proverbial&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;empty bag.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is not known how that affected Ninoy's relations with the CIA. But in 1978,&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;when Ninoy ran from his detention cell for the interim Batasang Pambansa,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;then Defense Secretary (now Senate president) Juan Ponce Enrile accused&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;him of being a CIA agent. He did not deny it. His only reply was that he&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;worked "with the CIA", but "not for the CIA."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;7&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;about it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Twenty-eight years after Ninoy's assassination, and no mastermind has&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;been identified, conspiracy theorists have started saying that NInoy was&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;terminally ill when he came home from Boston in 1983, and had agreed to&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;be sacrificed in a foreign intelligence operation specifically intended to bring&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;down Marcos, make Cory president, and restore the primacy of US interests&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;in the Philippines.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I do not buy that theory. But others may. Pinoy has to intervene. He has to&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;unlock the mystery about his father's death, to end all speculation, once and&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;for all. But he must, at the outset, make an irrevocable commitment to our&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; constitutional democracy, respect the separation of powers, act more the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;statesman he is supposed to be, and make his countrymen, not any power or&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;principality, the sovereign masters in their own country.&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6874374277796787221-2049529429230268978?l=adventure2day.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Adventure2day/~4/WAuS7VlDvcA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/feeds/2049529429230268978/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6874374277796787221&amp;postID=2049529429230268978" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/2049529429230268978?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/2049529429230268978?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adventure2day/~3/WAuS7VlDvcA/crisis-of-presidency.html" title="THE CRISIS OF THE PRESIDENCY" /><author><name>tp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K0SYE2KHPpU/SOBIn6CXImI/AAAAAAAAAPE/qWvmR7Jpafk/S220/3.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/2011/12/crisis-of-presidency.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CE4HRXc4fCp7ImA9WhRXGUg.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874374277796787221.post-1070948837058007592</id><published>2011-12-26T18:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T18:28:54.934-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-26T18:28:54.934-08:00</app:edited><title>Angry bird bomber</title><content type="html">
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What the heck is this cloud computing? Is it the activity of students needing to practice their maths on the fly or something? Or is it the new task for weather forecasters to make sure their rain prediction work? There is no need for weather mumbo jumbo here or calculating x's or y's. &lt;br /&gt;
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Cloud computing is the activity that you do in order to make file uploads and file sharing between devices simple and sweet. There is only the act of syncing folders from the device you have up to the internet cloud. I think "cloud" is used because that is what is labeled as a sort of network or something.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Two cloud computing applications I used in the last 24 hours are: Dropbox and the SugarSync. The former was suggested by a coordinator of real estate projects so that the files shared will always be the latest. I signed up for that to get the files. Its benefits are having free 2GB of space up in the cloud and for every successful referral, I get additional 250K up to a cap of 8GB. I thought it was nifty until my FB friend posted a reply to my Dropbox ravings. Then I learned the fantastic free 5GB for the free accounts in SugarSync. Aint that sweet. For every successful referral to the app, there is additional 500K space for both the suggester and his friend. And no ceiling at all!&lt;/div&gt;
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Why don't you try sweet SugarSync:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bit.ly/rwpMSQ"&gt;http://bit.ly/rwpMSQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pv_Lq0Hl3Y7s32LokC4txs7eXaA/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pv_Lq0Hl3Y7s32LokC4txs7eXaA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CNiDETN-FHsM0KAjBtgqIAvLIPU/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CNiDETN-FHsM0KAjBtgqIAvLIPU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CNiDETN-FHsM0KAjBtgqIAvLIPU/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CNiDETN-FHsM0KAjBtgqIAvLIPU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GuTc-DdwGZw/TvhBQ_gDRWI/AAAAAAAABms/iubVv6553XA/s1600/photo-782944.PNG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GuTc-DdwGZw/TvhBQ_gDRWI/AAAAAAAABms/iubVv6553XA/s400/photo-782944.PNG"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690369889362199906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6874374277796787221-8957909229840348960?l=adventure2day.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Adventure2day/~4/LWBlLegwQAY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/feeds/8957909229840348960/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6874374277796787221&amp;postID=8957909229840348960" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/8957909229840348960?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/8957909229840348960?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adventure2day/~3/LWBlLegwQAY/stress-buster-1.html" title="Stress buster #1" /><author><name>tp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K0SYE2KHPpU/SOBIn6CXImI/AAAAAAAAAPE/qWvmR7Jpafk/S220/3.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GuTc-DdwGZw/TvhBQ_gDRWI/AAAAAAAABms/iubVv6553XA/s72-c/photo-782944.PNG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/2011/12/stress-buster-1.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CEQNQX4_fCp7ImA9WhRXGEQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874374277796787221.post-163196497580047932</id><published>2011-12-26T01:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T01:39:50.044-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-26T01:39:50.044-08:00</app:edited><title>Missing</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yBUDOjpsgpEPeIff5JXM8Yq9pZc/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yBUDOjpsgpEPeIff5JXM8Yq9pZc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yBUDOjpsgpEPeIff5JXM8Yq9pZc/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yBUDOjpsgpEPeIff5JXM8Yq9pZc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AuJ1nMUexPM/TvhA5pgAV6I/AAAAAAAABmg/B3Y2rE-As6U/s1600/photo-790047.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AuJ1nMUexPM/TvhA5pgAV6I/AAAAAAAABmg/B3Y2rE-As6U/s400/photo-790047.JPG"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690369488319436706" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Missing beside the tree is YOU. Merry Christmas to YOU!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6874374277796787221-163196497580047932?l=adventure2day.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Adventure2day/~4/jU3H8mFedbA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/feeds/163196497580047932/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6874374277796787221&amp;postID=163196497580047932" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/163196497580047932?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/163196497580047932?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adventure2day/~3/jU3H8mFedbA/missing.html" title="Missing" /><author><name>tp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K0SYE2KHPpU/SOBIn6CXImI/AAAAAAAAAPE/qWvmR7Jpafk/S220/3.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AuJ1nMUexPM/TvhA5pgAV6I/AAAAAAAABmg/B3Y2rE-As6U/s72-c/photo-790047.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/2011/12/missing.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0EFQX4yeip7ImA9WhRXGEQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874374277796787221.post-1927280494156508939</id><published>2011-12-26T01:26:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T01:26:50.092-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-26T01:26:50.092-08:00</app:edited><title>Merry Christmas to all of us</title><content type="html">
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HMnKjvNmFNkqcZF78upP2viNKfs/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HMnKjvNmFNkqcZF78upP2viNKfs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HMnKjvNmFNkqcZF78upP2viNKfs/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HMnKjvNmFNkqcZF78upP2viNKfs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CuqCGL4HcjA/Tvg92kSTyfI/AAAAAAAABmU/HJnxadsLLs4/s1600/natale_11_en-710093.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CuqCGL4HcjA/Tvg92kSTyfI/AAAAAAAABmU/HJnxadsLLs4/s400/natale_11_en-710093.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690366136845322738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6874374277796787221-1927280494156508939?l=adventure2day.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Adventure2day/~4/XH_zJfqfGw8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/feeds/1927280494156508939/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6874374277796787221&amp;postID=1927280494156508939" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/1927280494156508939?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/1927280494156508939?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adventure2day/~3/XH_zJfqfGw8/merry-christmas-to-all-of-us.html" title="Merry Christmas to all of us" /><author><name>tp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K0SYE2KHPpU/SOBIn6CXImI/AAAAAAAAAPE/qWvmR7Jpafk/S220/3.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CuqCGL4HcjA/Tvg92kSTyfI/AAAAAAAABmU/HJnxadsLLs4/s72-c/natale_11_en-710093.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas-to-all-of-us.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;C0IFQ3w8eip7ImA9WhRXGEQ.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874374277796787221.post-1882239796610571615</id><published>2011-12-26T01:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T01:25:12.272-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-26T01:25:12.272-08:00</app:edited><title /><content type="html">
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w83cAaremg-aJD2Oi_5-NwYBn50/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w83cAaremg-aJD2Oi_5-NwYBn50/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w83cAaremg-aJD2Oi_5-NwYBn50/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w83cAaremg-aJD2Oi_5-NwYBn50/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Urbi et Orbi Message of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Christmas, 25 December 2011)&lt;br&gt;Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rome and throughout the world!&lt;p&gt;Christ is born for us! Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to the men and women whom he loves. May all people hear an echo of the message of Bethlehem which the Catholic Church repeats in every continent, beyond the confines of every nation, language and culture. The Son of the Virgin Mary is born for everyone; he is the Saviour of all.&lt;p&gt;This is how Christ is invoked in an ancient liturgical antiphon: &amp;quot;O Emmanuel, our king and lawgiver, hope and salvation of the peoples: come to save us, O Lord our God&amp;quot;. Veni ad salvandum nos! Come to save us! This is the cry raised by men and women in every age, who sense that by themselves they cannot prevail over difficulties and dangers. They need to put their hands in a greater and stronger hand, a hand which reaches out to them from on high. Dear brothers and sisters, this hand is Jesus, born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary. He is the hand that God extends to humanity, to draw us out of the mire of sin and to set us firmly on rock, the secure rock of his Truth and his Love (cf. Ps 40:2).&lt;p&gt;This is the meaning of the Child&amp;#39;s name, the name which, by God&amp;#39;s will, Mary and Joseph gave him: he is named Jesus, which means &amp;quot;Saviour&amp;quot; (cf. Mt 1:21; Lk 1:31). He was sent by God the Father to save us above all from the evil deeply rooted in man and in history: the evil of separation from God, the prideful presumption of being self-sufficient, of trying to compete with God and to take his place, to decide what is good and evil, to be the master of life and death (cf. Gen 3:1-7). This is the great evil, the great sin, from which we human beings cannot save ourselves unless we rely on God&amp;#39;s help, unless we cry out to him: &amp;quot;Veni ad salvandum nos! – Come to save us!&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;The very fact that we cry to heaven in this way already sets us aright; it makes us true to ourselves: we are in fact those who cried out to God and were saved (cf. Esth [LXX] 10:3ff.). God is the Saviour; we are those who are in peril. He is the physician; we are the infirm. To realize this is the first step towards salvation, towards emerging from the maze in which we have been locked by our pride. To lift our eyes to heaven, to stretch out our hands and call for help is our means of escape, provided that there is Someone who hears us and can come to our assistance.&lt;p&gt;Jesus Christ is the proof that God has heard our cry. And not only this! God&amp;#39;s love for us is so strong that he cannot remain aloof; he comes out of himself to enter into our midst and to share fully in our human condition (cf. Ex 3:7-12). The answer to our cry which God gave in Jesus infinitely transcends our expectations, achieving a solidarity which cannot be human alone, but divine. Only the God who is love, and the love which is God, could choose to save us in this way, which is certainly the lengthiest way, yet the way which respects the truth about him and about us: the way of reconciliation, dialogue and cooperation.&lt;p&gt;Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, on this Christmas 2011, let us then turn to the Child of Bethlehem, to the Son of the Virgin Mary, and say: &amp;quot;Come to save us!&amp;quot; Let us repeat these words in spiritual union with the many people who experience particularly difficult situations; let us speak out for those who have no voice.&lt;p&gt;Together let us ask God&amp;#39;s help for the peoples of the Horn of Africa, who suffer from hunger and food shortages, aggravated at times by a persistent state of insecurity. May the international community not fail to offer assistance to the many displaced persons coming from that region and whose dignity has been sorely tried.&lt;p&gt;May the Lord grant comfort to the peoples of South-East Asia, particularly Thailand and the Philippines, who are still enduring grave hardships as a result of the recent floods.&lt;p&gt;May the Lord come to the aid of our world torn by so many conflicts which even today stain the earth with blood. May the Prince of Peace grant peace and stability to that Land where he chose to come into the world, and encourage the resumption of dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. May he bring an end to the violence in Syria, where so much blood has already been shed. May he foster full reconciliation and stability in Iraq and Afghanistan. May he grant renewed vigour to all elements of society in the countries of North Africa and the Middle East as they strive to advance the common good.&lt;p&gt;May the birth of the Saviour support the prospects of dialogue and cooperation in Myanmar, in the pursuit of shared solutions. May the Nativity of the Redeemer ensure political stability to the countries of the Great Lakes Region of Africa, and assist the people of South Sudan in their commitment to safeguarding the rights of all citizens.&lt;p&gt;Dear Brothers and Sisters, let us turn our gaze anew to the grotto of Bethlehem. The Child whom we contemplate is our salvation! He has brought to the world a universal message of reconciliation and peace. Let us open our hearts to him; let us receive him into our lives. Once more let us say to him, with joy and confidence: &amp;quot;Veni ad salvandum nos!&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sent from my iPhone&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6874374277796787221-1953114251971559577?l=adventure2day.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Adventure2day/~4/4lla49ynQa4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/feeds/1953114251971559577/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6874374277796787221&amp;postID=1953114251971559577" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/1953114251971559577?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/1953114251971559577?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adventure2day/~3/4lla49ynQa4/urbi-et-orbi-message-of-his-holiness.html" title="Urbi et Orbi Message of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (Christmas, 25 December 2011)" /><author><name>tp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K0SYE2KHPpU/SOBIn6CXImI/AAAAAAAAAPE/qWvmR7Jpafk/S220/3.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/2011/12/urbi-et-orbi-message-of-his-holiness.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkcESXw_fyp7ImA9WhRXGEo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874374277796787221.post-8476093919697136778</id><published>2011-12-25T20:33:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-25T20:33:28.247-08:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-12-25T20:33:28.247-08:00</app:edited><title>SugarSync free account: whopping 5GB free</title><content type="html">
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4XadK2JVvEbF3-DfpR5oR0N1Zxk/0/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4XadK2JVvEbF3-DfpR5oR0N1Zxk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4XadK2JVvEbF3-DfpR5oR0N1Zxk/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4XadK2JVvEbF3-DfpR5oR0N1Zxk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Last Tuesday I attended John Calub's Secret to Success and Prosperity at SM Mega Mall. One resolution I formulated is to make a bucket list. Though I didn't watch the movie, I'm following what the main characters did before they died. Life will be more fulfilling if you set a goal for yourself and be able to really accomplish it. I'm on my second day in a planned &lt;br /&gt;
month-long 'walkout'-walking as my workout. &lt;br /&gt;
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I record part of the steps made. Here's hoping I'll be consistent! This bucket list item is needed for me to accomplish my bucket list #3 which is to shed off 30 pounds. Help me, my guardian angel Pica!!&lt;div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-C2xsefe3mHs/TosJpY8rhXI/AAAAAAAABfg/axdS09posqI/s640/blogger-image-1039964089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-C2xsefe3mHs/TosJpY8rhXI/AAAAAAAABfg/axdS09posqI/s640/blogger-image-1039964089.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RDDlPwgnj-o/TosJqErhjaI/AAAAAAAABfk/ieaL5aajPDI/s640/blogger-image--1928883942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RDDlPwgnj-o/TosJqErhjaI/AAAAAAAABfk/ieaL5aajPDI/s640/blogger-image--1928883942.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6874374277796787221-7040481853325356117?l=adventure2day.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Adventure2day/~4/M9MKz1-OlhU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/feeds/7040481853325356117/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6874374277796787221&amp;postID=7040481853325356117" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/7040481853325356117?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/7040481853325356117?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adventure2day/~3/M9MKz1-OlhU/mini-bucket-list-item.html" title="(Mini) bucket list item" /><author><name>tp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K0SYE2KHPpU/SOBIn6CXImI/AAAAAAAAAPE/qWvmR7Jpafk/S220/3.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-C2xsefe3mHs/TosJpY8rhXI/AAAAAAAABfg/axdS09posqI/s72-c/blogger-image-1039964089.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/2011/10/mini-bucket-list-item.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;DkUEQ3w-eSp7ImA9WhdUF04.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874374277796787221.post-3918069452336870565</id><published>2011-10-04T06:11:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T06:16:42.251-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-10-04T06:16:42.251-07:00</app:edited><title>Sebago is NEW again to me</title><content type="html">
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background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "&gt;11:52 pm | Thursday, June 9th, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 11px;"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" color="#909090"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;I just want to help wake the Inquirer up from what I see might be its "RH infatuation," which I believe led it to assert that the "best argument for the RH bill as it now stands is that it will help minimize the number of illegal or illicit abortions we suffer every year. Think of tens of thousands of innocent lives spared."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; "&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt; A cold shower of scientific findings might help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt; First, from a study on the link between contraception and abortion (published early this year, not in a prolife magazine but in the scientific journal, Contraception, subtitled "an international reproductive health journal" and conducted through a 10-year period). From 1997 to 2007, the overall use of contraceptive methods increased from 49.1 percent to 79.9 percent. The elective abortion rate increased from 5.52 to 11.49 per 1,000 women.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt; Second, Nobel prize winner and liberal economist, George Akerlof, writing at the Quarterly Journal of Economics (published by the MIT Press), described the effect of contraceptives: more premarital sex, more fatherless children, more single mothers, and since the contraceptives sometimes fail, more abortions.&lt;br&gt; Third, leaders of the abortion industry themselves have openly admitted the empirical link between contraception and abortion. Malcolm Potts, the first medical director of International Planned Parenthood: "As people turn to contraception, there will be a rise, not a fall, in the abortion rate." Judith Bury, coordinator of Doctors for a Woman's Choice on Abortion: "There is overwhelming evidence that … the provision of contraception leads to an increase in the abortion rate."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt; Fourth, silent abortions caused by the use of the pill amount to deliberate killings of innocent lives. Dr. Walter Larimore, who for decades prescribed the pill, tried to disprove the claim that the pill is abortifacient, only to find 94 scientific studies proving that "postfertilization effects are operative to prevent clinically recognized pregnancy." He published his findings in the scientific journal of the American Medical Association, and from then on stopped prescribing the pill. Shouldn't we as a nation also stop prescribing a drug that kills our youngest Filipinos?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt; Please take note that the basis of Rep. Edcel Lagman's claim of an 85-percent reduction in abortion rate due to contraception is a report of the Guttmacher Institute, which started as a division of Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortion services in the United States.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt; It is significant that the Guttmacher Institute itself found in its 2003 study that "levels of abortion and contraceptive use rose simultaneously" in six countries: Cuba, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United States, Singapore and the Republic of Korea.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "&gt; These are hard facts. And the rational explanation behind the link is clear: the anti-human mentality at the heart of contraception's falsification of sex, which casually call some children "unwanted" rather than gifts.&lt;br&gt; —RAUL NIDOY,&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:ranidoy@gmail.com"&gt;ranidoy@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6874374277796787221-1359704712961514275?l=adventure2day.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Adventure2day/~4/lrdiqtNEJVU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/feeds/1359704712961514275/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6874374277796787221&amp;postID=1359704712961514275" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/1359704712961514275?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/1359704712961514275?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adventure2day/~3/lrdiqtNEJVU/raul-nidoy-breathtaking-infatuation-for.html" title="Raul Nidoy: Breathtaking infatuation for RH bill" /><author><name>tp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K0SYE2KHPpU/SOBIn6CXImI/AAAAAAAAAPE/qWvmR7Jpafk/S220/3.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/2011/06/raul-nidoy-breathtaking-infatuation-for.html</feedburner:origLink></entry><entry gd:etag="W/&quot;CU8AQXw7fyp7ImA9WhZUGUo.&quot;"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874374277796787221.post-6083160477152573649</id><published>2011-06-13T07:03:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-13T07:04:00.207-07:00</updated><app:edited xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app">2011-06-13T07:04:00.207-07:00</app:edited><title>Peter Kreeft: Christian Anthropology versus the Sexual Revolution</title><content type="html">
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tGFf3t9qzDCjq1sDFmdoKnOZjMI/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tGFf3t9qzDCjq1sDFmdoKnOZjMI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: &amp;#39;Trebuchet MS&amp;#39;, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "&gt;&lt;h2 class="date-header" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font: normal normal bold 105%/normal &amp;#39;Trebuchet MS&amp;#39;, Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; "&gt; &lt;span&gt;Thursday, June 2, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="date-posts"&gt;&lt;div class="post-outer"&gt;&lt;div class="post hentry" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 30px; margin-left: 0px; "&gt;&lt;a name="2028592525800070837" style="color: rgb(10, 22, 150); "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); font: normal normal bold 160%/normal Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -1px; "&gt; &lt;a href="http://randomthoughtsmusings.blogspot.com/2011/06/christian-anthropology-versus-sexual.html" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204); "&gt;Christian Anthropology versus the Sexual Revolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class="post-header-line-1"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="post-body entry-content"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; "&gt;&amp;quot;Christian Anthropology versus the Sexual Revolution&amp;quot; by Peter Kreeft&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br&gt;-an address to the The Catholic Medical Association&amp;#39;s 79th Annual Educational Conference, October 27-30, 2010.&lt;br&gt; (excerpts)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To see that the Sexual Revolution has been radical in thought as well as behavior, just look at the revolution in language. When people use the word &amp;quot;morality&amp;quot; today they almost always mean sexual morality. That&amp;#39;s a remarkable new development, an astonishing narrowing; it&amp;#39;s as if we started to use the word &amp;quot;state&amp;quot; to mean only Russia, or the word &amp;quot;technology&amp;quot; to mean only &amp;quot;computers&amp;quot;. The reason for the new development is obvious from my two comparisons: sex, Russia, and computers are where there have been the most radical revolutions.&lt;br&gt; [...]&lt;br&gt;Look at abortion. No one defends killing innocent, defenceless human beings, except for sex. That is what abortion is. The whole purpose of abortion is backup birth control and the whole purpose of birth control is to have sex without babies. If storks brought babies, Planned Parenthood would go broke. Sex is the motor that drives the abortion business.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Look at divorce. Suppose there were some practice that did not involve sex that had the same three scientifically provable effects that divorce has. First, it betrayed your most solemn promise you ever made to the person you said was the most important person in your life. Second, it was child abuse, it maimed your children&amp;#39;s psyches, it made a happy life and a happy marriage and family much, much harder for those vulnerable little people you brought into the world and who remained largely dependent on you for their future. Third, it infallibly guaranteed that your society would die, would self destruct.&lt;br&gt; [...]&lt;br&gt;The moral revolution is confined to sex. We are not allowed to steal another man&amp;#39;s money without being put into jail, but we can steal another man&amp;#39;s wife. You cannot betray your lawyer without being severely penalized, but you can betray your wife, and SHE is severely penalized. You cannot kill bald eagles or blue whales without being a criminal but you can kill your own children as long as you do it a second before the two blades of the scissors meet in the middle of the umbilical cord rather than a second after, or a second before the body emerges from the birth canal rather than a second after. What kind of logic is this?&lt;br&gt; [...]&lt;br&gt;What then do we need to defeat this revolution, which has brought about such immense destruction, and eventual death, to families, and eventually to society? Reason, logic, argument, science, facts, common sense, compromise, return to tradition – none of these are strong enough. What is strong enough? Only one thing. Nothing less than Jesus Christ will do.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Why? Because the heart of the error of the Sexual Revolution is the identifying of love with sex. Christ undoes this fundamental confusion by showing us – not just telling us but showing us – what love is.&lt;br&gt;[...]&lt;br&gt; No official teaching in the Church&amp;#39;s 2000 year history, no official document, has ever been so hated, despised, ignored, and disobeyed as Humanae Vitae. What is the most unpopular teaching of the Church today? Nothing comes even close. It&amp;#39;s the teaching of the Church about sex that is by far the main reason the world hates and fears the Church today...&lt;br&gt; [...]&lt;br&gt;And how does Jesus Christ answer that? What does Christ have to do with the Sexual Revolution and its causes and its consequences? Everything. Because Christ alone gives us intimacy with God, and that&amp;#39;s the thing the Sexual Revolution is looking for but doesn&amp;#39;t know it. As Chesterton said, When the adulterer knocks on the door of the brothel, he&amp;#39;s really looking for a cathedral.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Therefore Christ alone is the answer to the Sexual Revolution. Because nobody else gives us intimacy with God.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/philosophy/ph0033.htm" style="color: rgb(10, 22, 150); "&gt;read the entire transcript here&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="clear: both; "&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="post-footer" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 10px; "&gt; &lt;div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"&gt;&lt;span class="post-author vcard"&gt;Posted by &lt;span class="fn"&gt;WillyJ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="post-timestamp"&gt;at &lt;a class="timestamp-link" href="http://randomthoughtsmusings.blogspot.com/2011/06/christian-anthropology-versus-sexual.html" rel="bookmark" title="permanent link" style="color: rgb(150, 138, 10); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "&gt;&lt;abbr class="published" title="2011-06-02T15:58:00+08:00" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "&gt;3:58 PM&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="post-comment-link"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="post-icons"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="post-backlinks post-comment-link"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"&gt;&lt;span class="post-labels"&gt;Labels: &lt;a href="http://randomthoughtsmusings.blogspot.com/search/label/ProLife" rel="tag" style="color: rgb(150, 138, 10); border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; text-decoration: none; "&gt;ProLife&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6874374277796787221-6083160477152573649?l=adventure2day.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Adventure2day/~4/e7jorTkvmKQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/feeds/6083160477152573649/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6874374277796787221&amp;postID=6083160477152573649" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/6083160477152573649?v=2" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6874374277796787221/posts/default/6083160477152573649?v=2" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Adventure2day/~3/e7jorTkvmKQ/peter-kreeft-christian-anthropology.html" title="Peter Kreeft: Christian Anthropology versus the Sexual Revolution" /><author><name>tp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="32" height="32" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_K0SYE2KHPpU/SOBIn6CXImI/AAAAAAAAAPE/qWvmR7Jpafk/S220/3.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://adventure2day.blogspot.com/2011/06/peter-kreeft-christian-anthropology.html</feedburner:origLink></entry></feed>

