As of today, there are at least 11 million undocumented immigrants who are now in the U.S. They are called "TNT" (tago ng tago). But lately, after president Obama got reelected for his second term, there seems to be some sign of optimism among these TNTs.
Frank Sharry, executive director and founder of America's Voice, said "this optimism comes from a confluence of factors: 'The president promised it, the Democrats want it, the Republicans need it, the American people support it and the immigrant rights movement is strong enough to deliver it."
Now, we will wait and see.
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(Frank Sharry was quoted by Elena Shore in her article, Immigration Reform: Who Could Be Left Out?, Filipino Press, March 3-8, 2013 issue, p. 4)
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
DUAL CITIZENSHIP OFFERED FOR FILIPINO-AMERICANS
About five years ago, I was asked by a representative of the Philippines to apply for a dual citizenship. He told me all the advantages and opportunities I can enjoy if I accept his offer. But I told him (in tagalog, of course): "Tama na ang isang nanloloko sa akin. Ayaw kong dagdagan ko pa ng isa."(One is enough in fooling me. I don't want to add one more).
My sentiments about the politics in the Philippines is just what Greg Macabenta wrote this past week about the politics in the Philipines(Filipino Press, Mar. 2-8, 2013 issue, p.7). He wrote: "The dynasties own most of the land, control most of the businesses, occupy the choicest positions in local government, and are the sources of employment, loans and favors for their constituents.
"It's a virtual master and serf relationship."
Dual citienship? No, thank you.
My sentiments about the politics in the Philippines is just what Greg Macabenta wrote this past week about the politics in the Philipines(Filipino Press, Mar. 2-8, 2013 issue, p.7). He wrote: "The dynasties own most of the land, control most of the businesses, occupy the choicest positions in local government, and are the sources of employment, loans and favors for their constituents.
"It's a virtual master and serf relationship."
Dual citienship? No, thank you.
DO REPUBLICANS REALLY HATE ILLEGAL ALIENS?
Well, here's the latest news report published by San Diego Reader, March 7, 2013 Issue. The article is entitled "Fleeing Filner, San Diego Hoteliers Decamp for Texas" I'll copy the whole article:
For Texas governor Rick Perry, it was a matter of right place, right time. The Lone Star leader had been on a big-game hunting expedition in California, his sights set on the state's trophy businesses: Apple, Facebook,ebay, and more. "I understand that business owners in the Golden State are frustrated with excessive government strangulation - er, regulation," said Perry. "They're collapsing under burdensome tax rates levied by out-of-touch legislators who keep ouring money into the broken system that they created. The California government drilled holes in the bucket, and now they want more water from the guys who built the well. Well, enough is enough. I'm here to invite all y'all to Texas, where we will understand why people headed out West."
He was just wrapping up his visit with a couple of days of R&R in America's Finest City when he got wind of socialist overlord mayor Bob Filner pushing the city's hotels to fork over a chunk of their room fees and provide something he calls "a living wage" to the fortunate people who get to work in America's playland. "I was staying in the Manchester Grand Del Mar, when I read in the hotel's newsletter - what's it called, the U-T something? - about this cloun's attempt to horn in on a deal that got made before he even took office. As a Texan, I salute the big brass ones it takes to pull a stunt like that; but, as a Republican, I'm horrified at this intrusion of government into business. I got on the phone to the San Diego Hoteliers Association, and four hours later, I had the five largest chains in town ready to pull up stakes and turn Corpus Christi into the city that San Diego used to be."
"We had the boys in accounting to do a little homework overnight," says Mission Valley Double Tree general manager Ollie Garck, "and it turns out that actually dismantling our hotels brick by brick, hauling the pieces to Texas, and reassembling them would cost less than meeting all of Filner's demands. You know, as long AS LONG AS WE USE ILLEGALS FOR THE GRUNT WORK."(emphasis mine -jnr)
For Texas governor Rick Perry, it was a matter of right place, right time. The Lone Star leader had been on a big-game hunting expedition in California, his sights set on the state's trophy businesses: Apple, Facebook,ebay, and more. "I understand that business owners in the Golden State are frustrated with excessive government strangulation - er, regulation," said Perry. "They're collapsing under burdensome tax rates levied by out-of-touch legislators who keep ouring money into the broken system that they created. The California government drilled holes in the bucket, and now they want more water from the guys who built the well. Well, enough is enough. I'm here to invite all y'all to Texas, where we will understand why people headed out West."
He was just wrapping up his visit with a couple of days of R&R in America's Finest City when he got wind of socialist overlord mayor Bob Filner pushing the city's hotels to fork over a chunk of their room fees and provide something he calls "a living wage" to the fortunate people who get to work in America's playland. "I was staying in the Manchester Grand Del Mar, when I read in the hotel's newsletter - what's it called, the U-T something? - about this cloun's attempt to horn in on a deal that got made before he even took office. As a Texan, I salute the big brass ones it takes to pull a stunt like that; but, as a Republican, I'm horrified at this intrusion of government into business. I got on the phone to the San Diego Hoteliers Association, and four hours later, I had the five largest chains in town ready to pull up stakes and turn Corpus Christi into the city that San Diego used to be."
"We had the boys in accounting to do a little homework overnight," says Mission Valley Double Tree general manager Ollie Garck, "and it turns out that actually dismantling our hotels brick by brick, hauling the pieces to Texas, and reassembling them would cost less than meeting all of Filner's demands. You know, as long AS LONG AS WE USE ILLEGALS FOR THE GRUNT WORK."(emphasis mine -jnr)
Sunday, March 10, 2013
"Gnosis"*
A word can be understood in different meanings, depending upon ther context it is used. Each meaning of a particular word tells a person's state of being - physically, intellectually, or spiritually. Elaine Pagels, in her book, The Origin of Satan, uses the word "gnosis" which, she says, literally and most commonly translated as "knowledge." But, she says, "the translation is somehwat misleading, since gnosis differs from intellectual knowledge (as in phrases like "they know mathematics," which is characterized in Greek by the word "eidein," from which we derive the English word "idea." The English language, she says, is "unusual within its language group in having only one verb, "to know," to express, or mean, different kinds of knowing. The Greek word "ginosko" from which "gnosis" derives, refers to the knowledge of personal relationship, as in the phrase, "We know Christ," or in the words, "Know thyself." She offers a better term - and meaning - of "gnosis" as "insight," or "wisdom." A teacher, she says, "encourages his/her students to seek "gnosis" within themselves." To understand "gnosis" as wisdom or insight within oneself could then mean, to the one speaking, something much deeper and more personal. It reveals "who we are, and who we have become; where we are going; whence have we come; what is birth, what is rebirth." She goes on to say that to know "is that the gospel of Christ can be perceived on a level deeper than the one shared by all Christians." That the gospel, she says, is "more than a message about repentance and forgiveness of sins; it becomes a path of spiritual awakening, through which one discovers the divine within." (p.167). When one knows onself "at deepest level, one comes to know God as the source of one's being."
Elaine Pagels cites the author of the Gospel of Philipn(one of the Christian literatures suppressed by the bishops who were authorized to determine the New Testament Canon). The writer of the Gospel of Philip, is one of the followers of Valentinus, (gnostic teacher). In the Gospel of Philip, Pagels says, the author uses "gnosis" to mean as "a natural progression from faith."
"Unlike the radical Christians of the "Reality of the Rulers," or the Secret Book of John" (all these gospels were excluded in the NT canon), Valentinus and his followers did not reject the moral injunctions taught by priests and bishops; they did not despise or invert the Hebrew Bible, nor they did deny openly the authority of the priests and bishops. Instead, they accepted all these, but with a crucial qualification: they accepted the moral, ecclesiastical, and scriptural consensus as binding upon the majority of Christians, but not upon those who had gone beyond mere faith to gnosis - those who had become spiritually mature'". (p.167)
Valentinus is a Gnostic teacher who, together with his followers said that in the churches during their time "there were two different kinds of Christian. One kind is what they call, "ecclesiastic," or "psychic" Christian (p.168), that is, those who "function on the level of psyche" - which means the gnosis of Irenaeus, and the rest of what the Orthodox Christian Churches, know or believe, are "not deep enough," or "mature enough."
Valentinus and his followers offers another meaning of "gnosis" as "insight" or "wisdom," which, Elaine Pagelsa says, a secret initiation called "redemption" henceforth regarded themselves as "mature" Christians, they who have "advanced from mere faith toward spiritual understanding of "gnosis."(p.168)
Elaine Pagels mentions that Irenaeus and Tertullian, both representing the orthodox Christian churches's beliefs, are the true defenders of the true and "mature" faith of Christians, not Valentinus and his followers. This is why Irenaeus and Tertullian, and the rest of the orthodox Christian churches (which was of the majority group) won over Valentinus and his followers. And this also explains why the bishops who were recognized by the majoritynas ntheir officially designated "experts"(jnr) to determine the final NT Canon, which excluded many, if not all, the works of Valentinus and his followers.
But, thank you, Elaine Pagels, for letting us know how the New Testament Canon was determined. They were chosen, not because the books represented the Truth, and the only Truth, but the NT Canon, as we have it now, were finally decided because of a "majority" vote. As I learned before, voz populi is not always voz dei (the voice of the people (majority) does not necessarily mean the voice of God).
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Source: The Origin of Satan," by Elaine Pagels
Elaine Pagels cites the author of the Gospel of Philipn(one of the Christian literatures suppressed by the bishops who were authorized to determine the New Testament Canon). The writer of the Gospel of Philip, is one of the followers of Valentinus, (gnostic teacher). In the Gospel of Philip, Pagels says, the author uses "gnosis" to mean as "a natural progression from faith."
"Unlike the radical Christians of the "Reality of the Rulers," or the Secret Book of John" (all these gospels were excluded in the NT canon), Valentinus and his followers did not reject the moral injunctions taught by priests and bishops; they did not despise or invert the Hebrew Bible, nor they did deny openly the authority of the priests and bishops. Instead, they accepted all these, but with a crucial qualification: they accepted the moral, ecclesiastical, and scriptural consensus as binding upon the majority of Christians, but not upon those who had gone beyond mere faith to gnosis - those who had become spiritually mature'". (p.167)
Valentinus is a Gnostic teacher who, together with his followers said that in the churches during their time "there were two different kinds of Christian. One kind is what they call, "ecclesiastic," or "psychic" Christian (p.168), that is, those who "function on the level of psyche" - which means the gnosis of Irenaeus, and the rest of what the Orthodox Christian Churches, know or believe, are "not deep enough," or "mature enough."
Valentinus and his followers offers another meaning of "gnosis" as "insight" or "wisdom," which, Elaine Pagelsa says, a secret initiation called "redemption" henceforth regarded themselves as "mature" Christians, they who have "advanced from mere faith toward spiritual understanding of "gnosis."(p.168)
Elaine Pagels mentions that Irenaeus and Tertullian, both representing the orthodox Christian churches's beliefs, are the true defenders of the true and "mature" faith of Christians, not Valentinus and his followers. This is why Irenaeus and Tertullian, and the rest of the orthodox Christian churches (which was of the majority group) won over Valentinus and his followers. And this also explains why the bishops who were recognized by the majoritynas ntheir officially designated "experts"(jnr) to determine the final NT Canon, which excluded many, if not all, the works of Valentinus and his followers.
But, thank you, Elaine Pagels, for letting us know how the New Testament Canon was determined. They were chosen, not because the books represented the Truth, and the only Truth, but the NT Canon, as we have it now, were finally decided because of a "majority" vote. As I learned before, voz populi is not always voz dei (the voice of the people (majority) does not necessarily mean the voice of God).
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Source: The Origin of Satan," by Elaine Pagels
"Parking" As a Business Term
How is this practiced? According to SEC (Aug. 30 - Sept. 5 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, p.76), a certain company ships hundreds of thousands of merchandise to distributors and repurchase them after they had booked the sales, disguising the repurchase as "assorted product." Effect: Huge business deductions as "capital investment." The truth: They only repurchased their own products.
This is what Bloomberg calls as "Grand Theft." That's why in 2005, Senator Hillary Clinto called for a federal investigation. A $7.5 million in penalties was "awarded" to one sneaky toy company in that same year. The said company paid a penalty without admitting wrongdoing. Plus, in 2007, this company's CEO was also "awarded" another $7.26 million for falsifying records in a stock option. Thank God this CEO has been fired by the company's governing board.
Another meaning of the term, "Parking," is when a businessman (or company) sends his profits to offshore banks and use these banks as tax havens, thus the businessman (or company) won't be paying taxes. Recently, it was reported that Mitt Romney used offshore banks in the Cayman Islands and other offshore banks to "park: or hide his money from Uncle Sam. This practice is a loophole found by investment "experts" and many investors use it.
Moral of the story: NO PARKING!
Posted March 10, 2013
This is what Bloomberg calls as "Grand Theft." That's why in 2005, Senator Hillary Clinto called for a federal investigation. A $7.5 million in penalties was "awarded" to one sneaky toy company in that same year. The said company paid a penalty without admitting wrongdoing. Plus, in 2007, this company's CEO was also "awarded" another $7.26 million for falsifying records in a stock option. Thank God this CEO has been fired by the company's governing board.
Another meaning of the term, "Parking," is when a businessman (or company) sends his profits to offshore banks and use these banks as tax havens, thus the businessman (or company) won't be paying taxes. Recently, it was reported that Mitt Romney used offshore banks in the Cayman Islands and other offshore banks to "park: or hide his money from Uncle Sam. This practice is a loophole found by investment "experts" and many investors use it.
Moral of the story: NO PARKING!
Posted March 10, 2013
Daniw: Silahis*
Adda maysa a banag a nasken unay nga iparangko,
Ta immapay a nangsukisok ti ricna toy gayyemyo,
Isu nga inkarigatanna ti nangpatibker barukongna,
Tapno adda turedna a mangyeg kadakay amin ita,
Kadaytoy maysa a banag a dinan pulos maidulin.
Tay tao a kapadatayo, binatilyo man wenno nataengan,
Adda riknana a di maawatan dagiti kapadana a parsua;
Adu a tawtawen nga inna pinampanunot ken indulin,
Dagitoy a rikna iti tukot puso ken panunotna,
Ket no saludsodenyo no sinno daytoy: "Silahis" a cuna.
Nadumaduma a tattao ditoy, idiay ken ti met aglawlaw,
Agsusupadi ti ammoda panggep ken "Silahis: a kaduada,
Adu kadagitoy ti agpungtot no makitada,
Tay gunay tay kabsatda ta "saan nga umisu" kunkunada.
Dida pay kaabay ta amangan kunada a kakolkolorda.
Dagiti kakabsat a makunkuna a pasurot ni Cristo Jesus,
Ukradenda tay libroda a tawagenda, "Nasantuan a Biblia,"
Tapno ibasada dagiti pinilida a paset dayta a libroda
Dagiti bilbilin dagiti immun-una maipapan ken "Silahis."
Awan pagnaan ti naurnos a sarita ta narikpanen ti ridawda.
Ti met bangir padpadasenda a sukimaten tay naun-uneg,
No apay kastoy ti gungunay tay kabsatda nga "Silahis".
Agsaludsodda kadagiti ad-adut ammona a kaarrubada,
Tay pagsasao nga englis, "psychologists", ken "geneticists."
Ket ad-adu ti agcuna kadakuada: "nayanak dagitoy a kasta."
Umanay daytoyen ti agmalem nga sinniplag,
Ta tay bangir naigameren ket dinto pulos mabalbaliwan.
Ngem kuna tay bangir dida koma met unay agdardaras,
Ta no maysa a ramay ti pangitudoda, tallo met ti bagida,
Tayla tanganda ti mangtangtangel tay tallo a mangitudo.
Ditoy illi a simmangladantayo, adu metten ti naruk-atan,
Ngem ad-adu pay laeng dagiti matmata a siririkep,
Ta ammo ti kaaduan "manangbasol" ni kabsat "Silahis."
Adu pay ti nainayon: manursuro, husgado ken politico,
Ad-adalenda no ania ti baro a dana a masapul a surotenda.
Ammok a dagiti rikriknayo masair ken mapnot' riru,
Ta nabayagen unay a kayattayo ti nalawlawag a dalan,
Ngem nayunantay coma ti nawadwadwad a panunot,
Ta daytoy a banag dakkel ti ibagbagana iti siak ken sika,
Tapno ditay koma maitapuak iti nauneg unay a lugnak.
Daydi tatangko managbasa ken nasaririt bassit ti utekna,
No ukradem tay Bibliana adut paspaset a kinuloranna;
Ket nasarakak a ni tatangko silulukat ti panunotna,
Kadagiti banbanag ken panunot makasali ti pammatina.
Kunkunak iti bagik, "maaringan to met koma tay anakna."
Ala ngarud ituloyko tay saok ken kabsattayo a "Silahis."
Ket padasek nga iturong panpanunotyo iti baro a dana,
Didakto met koma laisen, iwaksi kas maysa a gayyem,
Ta ti panangad-adalko kas met la pudno daydi tatangko;
Ket padasentay met koma a suroten tay dana a makaruk-at.
Ta ditay mabalin a sublien dagiti dandanatay idi kalman,
Ti laeng mabalintayo a suroten ket tay dana nga agpadaya,
Ta no agpalaudka, lilennekan ni Apo Init ti tumpuaram.
Ngem no agpadayaka, adda baro a bigat a sumabet kenka.
Partakam ti kumamakam ta adut kadduam nga immun-unan.
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*Silahis = bakla, bading, gay
Pinutar ni Manong Juan
Ta immapay a nangsukisok ti ricna toy gayyemyo,
Isu nga inkarigatanna ti nangpatibker barukongna,
Tapno adda turedna a mangyeg kadakay amin ita,
Kadaytoy maysa a banag a dinan pulos maidulin.
Tay tao a kapadatayo, binatilyo man wenno nataengan,
Adda riknana a di maawatan dagiti kapadana a parsua;
Adu a tawtawen nga inna pinampanunot ken indulin,
Dagitoy a rikna iti tukot puso ken panunotna,
Ket no saludsodenyo no sinno daytoy: "Silahis" a cuna.
Nadumaduma a tattao ditoy, idiay ken ti met aglawlaw,
Agsusupadi ti ammoda panggep ken "Silahis: a kaduada,
Adu kadagitoy ti agpungtot no makitada,
Tay gunay tay kabsatda ta "saan nga umisu" kunkunada.
Dida pay kaabay ta amangan kunada a kakolkolorda.
Dagiti kakabsat a makunkuna a pasurot ni Cristo Jesus,
Ukradenda tay libroda a tawagenda, "Nasantuan a Biblia,"
Tapno ibasada dagiti pinilida a paset dayta a libroda
Dagiti bilbilin dagiti immun-una maipapan ken "Silahis."
Awan pagnaan ti naurnos a sarita ta narikpanen ti ridawda.
Ti met bangir padpadasenda a sukimaten tay naun-uneg,
No apay kastoy ti gungunay tay kabsatda nga "Silahis".
Agsaludsodda kadagiti ad-adut ammona a kaarrubada,
Tay pagsasao nga englis, "psychologists", ken "geneticists."
Ket ad-adu ti agcuna kadakuada: "nayanak dagitoy a kasta."
Umanay daytoyen ti agmalem nga sinniplag,
Ta tay bangir naigameren ket dinto pulos mabalbaliwan.
Ngem kuna tay bangir dida koma met unay agdardaras,
Ta no maysa a ramay ti pangitudoda, tallo met ti bagida,
Tayla tanganda ti mangtangtangel tay tallo a mangitudo.
Ditoy illi a simmangladantayo, adu metten ti naruk-atan,
Ngem ad-adu pay laeng dagiti matmata a siririkep,
Ta ammo ti kaaduan "manangbasol" ni kabsat "Silahis."
Adu pay ti nainayon: manursuro, husgado ken politico,
Ad-adalenda no ania ti baro a dana a masapul a surotenda.
Ammok a dagiti rikriknayo masair ken mapnot' riru,
Ta nabayagen unay a kayattayo ti nalawlawag a dalan,
Ngem nayunantay coma ti nawadwadwad a panunot,
Ta daytoy a banag dakkel ti ibagbagana iti siak ken sika,
Tapno ditay koma maitapuak iti nauneg unay a lugnak.
Daydi tatangko managbasa ken nasaririt bassit ti utekna,
No ukradem tay Bibliana adut paspaset a kinuloranna;
Ket nasarakak a ni tatangko silulukat ti panunotna,
Kadagiti banbanag ken panunot makasali ti pammatina.
Kunkunak iti bagik, "maaringan to met koma tay anakna."
Ala ngarud ituloyko tay saok ken kabsattayo a "Silahis."
Ket padasek nga iturong panpanunotyo iti baro a dana,
Didakto met koma laisen, iwaksi kas maysa a gayyem,
Ta ti panangad-adalko kas met la pudno daydi tatangko;
Ket padasentay met koma a suroten tay dana a makaruk-at.
Ta ditay mabalin a sublien dagiti dandanatay idi kalman,
Ti laeng mabalintayo a suroten ket tay dana nga agpadaya,
Ta no agpalaudka, lilennekan ni Apo Init ti tumpuaram.
Ngem no agpadayaka, adda baro a bigat a sumabet kenka.
Partakam ti kumamakam ta adut kadduam nga immun-unan.
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*Silahis = bakla, bading, gay
Pinutar ni Manong Juan
Saturday, March 9, 2013
BUTYOG (Ilocano Daniw)
Adda maysa a gayyemko a di pulos makatalna,
Ta agparangen dagitay kuribetbet ti kudkudilna;
Kasta met tay puraw ken naing-pis nga bubuokna,
Amanganto ket no awanton tumaliaw kencuana,
Adun ti ag-agas nga us-usarenna a "cosmetics" a cuna.
Ngem cunak pamarang laeng dagitoy a pamuspusan,
Ket dida magabenan tay panagkessen ti pammagida,
Kasta met kadagitay mangpabaro ti dumaanen a ruprupa,
Ngem ad-adda ketdi nga rusanger ti pagmurdonganna,
Dida met mabaelan a sukatan ta naungkurandan piman.
Adda met dadduma idiay "24-Hour Fitness" a pappapanak,
Napalalot' ling-etda, ken nadadagsen dagiti bitbitenda;
Adda met lallaki a sarsarunnuenda piman tay buksitda,
Ta barbareng mapucawton tay kunatayo a butyogda,
Ta bareng manayunan tay ungtot' biagda a maymaysa.
Addada met babbalasang nga umabay iti pagarsisuak,
Saludsodek no dinnot' pagtrabahuanda ket ti sungbatda
"McDonald," "Burger King," wenno "Church's Chicken"
Sa isarunoda tay french fries, onion rings ken soda.
"Dagitoy ti mangpabutyog kadakami," ikatkatawada.
Adut' tagtagainepda maipapan ti masakbayan dagiti annakda,
Isut' gapuna nga ar-aramidenda amin a kabaelanda tapno
Kadi matungpal tay pagsayaatan dagiti adu nga annakda,
Ta didanto ket maulila a nasapa gaput' tangken ul-uloda,
Ta adun ti kakasta a pasamak ket dida koman mairaman.
Malagipko dagiti mannalon idiay away a naggappuak,
Inaldaw nga agmalmalemda iti kapagayan wenno kamaisan,
Ket uray no tay agtegtegerger a teltel ti baboy ti iyaponda,
Awan met tay kuna a "high blood pressure" kadakuada,
Naammuak a ti gapuna ta naduyos ti panagayus ling-etda.
Isut' gapuna ingungutek a kakabsat ditoy America,
Mapalagipantay koma tay baro a "lifestyle" a cuna,
Panangtarakentay' a naimbag bagbagitay' ken salun-at;
Tapno ditayto koma pumada kenni butyog a kaarruba,
Ta nadaras a napasamak ti iyu-una daydi maysa a kabsat.
Pinutar ni Manong Juan
Ta agparangen dagitay kuribetbet ti kudkudilna;
Kasta met tay puraw ken naing-pis nga bubuokna,
Amanganto ket no awanton tumaliaw kencuana,
Adun ti ag-agas nga us-usarenna a "cosmetics" a cuna.
Ngem cunak pamarang laeng dagitoy a pamuspusan,
Ket dida magabenan tay panagkessen ti pammagida,
Kasta met kadagitay mangpabaro ti dumaanen a ruprupa,
Ngem ad-adda ketdi nga rusanger ti pagmurdonganna,
Dida met mabaelan a sukatan ta naungkurandan piman.
Adda met dadduma idiay "24-Hour Fitness" a pappapanak,
Napalalot' ling-etda, ken nadadagsen dagiti bitbitenda;
Adda met lallaki a sarsarunnuenda piman tay buksitda,
Ta barbareng mapucawton tay kunatayo a butyogda,
Ta bareng manayunan tay ungtot' biagda a maymaysa.
Addada met babbalasang nga umabay iti pagarsisuak,
Saludsodek no dinnot' pagtrabahuanda ket ti sungbatda
"McDonald," "Burger King," wenno "Church's Chicken"
Sa isarunoda tay french fries, onion rings ken soda.
"Dagitoy ti mangpabutyog kadakami," ikatkatawada.
Adut' tagtagainepda maipapan ti masakbayan dagiti annakda,
Isut' gapuna nga ar-aramidenda amin a kabaelanda tapno
Kadi matungpal tay pagsayaatan dagiti adu nga annakda,
Ta didanto ket maulila a nasapa gaput' tangken ul-uloda,
Ta adun ti kakasta a pasamak ket dida koman mairaman.
Malagipko dagiti mannalon idiay away a naggappuak,
Inaldaw nga agmalmalemda iti kapagayan wenno kamaisan,
Ket uray no tay agtegtegerger a teltel ti baboy ti iyaponda,
Awan met tay kuna a "high blood pressure" kadakuada,
Naammuak a ti gapuna ta naduyos ti panagayus ling-etda.
Isut' gapuna ingungutek a kakabsat ditoy America,
Mapalagipantay koma tay baro a "lifestyle" a cuna,
Panangtarakentay' a naimbag bagbagitay' ken salun-at;
Tapno ditayto koma pumada kenni butyog a kaarruba,
Ta nadaras a napasamak ti iyu-una daydi maysa a kabsat.
Pinutar ni Manong Juan
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