Kevin was right!

[Jimbo]

The latest Legarda post on Mag-Anak lists a site where she is supposed to get her info from: www.gabnet.org  ("A Philippine-US Women's Solidarity Organization").  After looking at the site and seeing that they also align themselves with the 911 "Blame America First" crowd, I'm with Kevin; these people are no better that Nazis.

A quote:

"Indeed, the US itself was and continues to be instrumental in the creation and shaping of the Taliban, in the fostering of fundamentalism and fanaticism. And certainly, the US has been a prime creator of a world climate wherein the large-scale slaughter of civilians has become acceptable."

Unbelievable!  And these are the people who want to educate the world on the true nature of Asian-Western introductory Services??!

Jim "about to blow a gasket" bo

[BubbaGump]

... in response to Kevin was right!, posted by Jimbo on Feb 27, 2002

I hang out on the Russian site.  I found an article referencing prostitution and trafficing of Eastern European women that sounded so genuinely sad.  Then I looked at other articles on the web site.  It was all left wing feminist cr@p.  When you look at the other stories around these trafficing/prostitution/MOB articles, it usually causes the story to lose credibility.

[Humabdos]

... in response to Kevin was right!, posted by Jimbo on Feb 27, 2002

My post About Legarda was removed from Mag-anak ;-) he he

I agree with Kevin also!

Humabdos

[Jay]

... in response to Re: Kevin was right!, posted by Humabdos on Feb 27, 2002

Hi Hum,

Why don't you put it up on here or the Nipa Hut. The "hut' could use some new life. If that board doesn't come alive soon, I'm going to post my short, yet rude, crude and lewd poem I read off the back of a US sailor we found passed out in Angeles. It's quite the poem. The board needs SOMETHING!

Jay

[Humabdos]

... in response to Re: Re: Kevin was right!, posted by Jay on Feb 27, 2002

What I said was I wonder what Legarda would think of you know who's Filipina cat fight site! lol Ok off to the Nipa hut!

Hum

[Dave H]

... in response to Re: Kevin was right!, posted by Humabdos on Feb 27, 2002

Hey Hum,

It must have been a GREAT post. ;o))) HE he he...

Dave H.

[Jimbo]

... in response to Sorry I missed it!, posted by Dave H on Feb 27, 2002

Dave,

Why didn't Hum put his Legarda post here?  This "kinder and gentler" Humabdos is getting hard to take )))

Jim

[Humabdos]

... in response to Re: Sorry I missed it - me too!, posted by Jimbo on Feb 27, 2002

I got to clean up my posts a bit Sallie May reads PL and Mag-atack I don't want her to think I'm buang Or maldito!
Also I've been swamped with work sence I got home from the Philippines. Back to the grind stone :-(

Hum

[Dave H]

... in response to Kevin was right!, posted by Jimbo on Feb 27, 2002

Hey Jim,

It must be tough for these women, being on the rag 24/7. I believe they feel cheated by God, not having been born with a "package" to satisfy their girlfriends. The term "Fem-Nazi" fits nicely! "Lesbo-Nazi" also works! These women, who live a good life, set on their butts and "Gab," have no sympathy for the millions of hardworking Filipinas at home and overseas, who deeply love and are supporting and caring for their families...whose actions speak many times louder than the propaganda that spouts from orifices at Gabriela. Oh well...the feminists will never have enough of what they really want and need...Testosterone! Even in the wimpy "men"
they find to support their misguided causes.

Dave H.

[Dave H]

... in response to Hormonal Imbalance!, posted by Dave H on Feb 27, 2002

The trouble with groups like Gabriela is that they make up or alter facts to support the propagnda they have created. Then they are quoted by politicians and the news media as if they are well respected experts. In fact, Gabriela appears to be nothing more than an extreme left feminist propaganda terrorist group. Filipinas are being "sold" to Japan as "entertainers" and as overseas workers, with full support and encouragement (New Heros) of the Philippine government. Why isn't the government very concerned about their welfare? Very sad that politcians are too foolish or well bribed to clearly see the truth.

Dave H.

[Jimbo]

... in response to Sad..., posted by Dave H on Feb 27, 2002

Hi Dave,

Also, looking at the postal addresses they list, they're all in the US, so how much "Philippine-US Women" solidarity is there, really?  I'd say that this group is mostly a radical liberal American bunch trying to 'enlighten' and 'educate' the women of the Philippines.

Jim

[Ray]

... in response to Exactly, posted by Jimbo on Feb 27, 2002

I believe that the founder of GABNET is a Ninotchka Rosca. She is a writer who was supposedly banned from the Philippines and is living in exile in the U.S.

[Dave H]

... in response to Actually..., posted by Ray on Feb 27, 2002

This is part of an interview of Ninotchka Rosca. It was conducted by Alfred A. Yuson for The Philippine Post Magazine.
   
"The Philippine Post Magazine is all about Filipino-Americans. It's about things they do and how they feel as they carve out a better future for themselves and their families in America."  

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  ‘I'm still very Filipino’ -- Ninotchka Rosca
Literature & Culture

By Alfred A. Yuson

"She was here in Manila from New York for but ten days, primarily to attend a conference on women’s issues and sex trafficking, on both of which she has been recognized as a world expert.

Q: Earlier this evening, someone mentioned a 27-year old. Would you care to clue me in...?

A: (Laughing) No, no, that was just a joke. The last time I was in Europe I was introduced to this young man, and he just stayed around, you know... I’m too busy.

Q: He was this usual puppy.

A: Yeah, like that, like a little dog. I’m too busy. You know... you laugh with him. It’s very flattering but I’m too busy. I WOULD love to have time for romance but I have none. Nakakainis.

Q: Isn’t that the supreme irony? Here you are dealing with the issue of sexual traffic, while in abstinence on an individual level...

A: Well, you know what? After hearing the stories of all these women, what happened to them, I feel like I don’t want to talk to another male again. The rest of my life. Talaga naman. I do not understand how the country can countenance it. It’s horrible. I have been turned down for visas all over the world because I carry a Philippine passport. Because they think I’m going in there, you know, to marry one of these guys or to be in a brothel or something. Horrible. Nakakainis.

K: Any final words? To your literary fans here and all your friends, say, in Gabriela, and all those who see you as a shining light or a champion when it comes to activism in the name of women’s causes...

N: Please find somebody to replace me (laughing). I have five novels still rattling in my brain. Five! I’ve got them all complete in my brain.

Q: And they’re all... Filipino?

A: Well, I would define my writing as Filipino... and exile. The first two novels were very much in the tradition of the Filipino. The next novel, this third one, is an exile novel.

Q: And the next five?

A: The next five will be global. I’m a citizen of the world...

[Jimbo]

... in response to Actually..., posted by Ray on Feb 27, 2002

because GABNET is US based, working with GABRIELA Philippines.  The question then becomes how much of the US GABNET group is American vs Filipino?

Jim

[Ray]

... in response to That fits,, posted by Jimbo on Feb 27, 2002

I don't know about that, but look at what some of their "comrades" have to say about Gabriella:

http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/cal/vfa.html