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OBSESSION WITH IMMORTALITY

Man has been obsessed with immortality since time immemorial that he has devised innumerable potions and procedures that claim to stop the process of ageing thus prolonging lives.

Research institutes and scientific organizations have devoted enormous amounts of time to study, analyze and develop the possibilities of living eternally. So far they failed. All that they came up with are theories and conclusions that didn't actually matter. And the experiments upon which the conclusions were based have been conducted on clueless animals most coomonly on rats.

There is one such foundation called the Methuselah Foundation that awards prizes to researchers who extend the lifespan of a mouse to unprecedented lengths. The prize is named after Methuselah, a patriarch in the Bible said to have reached 969 years of age. Former Cambridge biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey is the chief scientist of the project, and also the co-founder alongside David Gobel. The Mprize has been covered in many news sources, including the BBC and Fortune magazine.

What this foundation is trying to achieve is a very noble thing but it obviously borders on the impossible. Only God have the ability to live forever. We might, in the foreseable future come up with something that extends a life but not to the point of extending it indefinitely.

IF ONLY I COULD SHOOT 'EM ALL UP

Politicians are pigs. They spend most of their time fattening themselves. They eat anything that you place in front of them. Hell, they even chew on their own pens. When there is nothing left to eat, they lick their own shit and drink their own urine. That’s how gross and dirty politicians are. They walk around with their shoes shining, their pants well-pressed, their barongs dazzlingly white and their hairs gelled and often dyed. Don’t be fooled by their beautiful appearances because under such appearances are actually hooves, snouts, pig- brains, tails, potbellies, and millions of oink oinks.

The real pigs are in truth better than the pig politicians because we can eat them while politicians we cannot. If only we are cannibals, we could eat them as well so that at least they have worth for once. It’s such a shame there are no “litsong pulitiko” and “adobong pulitiko”.

Politicians are the major reasons why we, Filipinos are wallowing in poverty and starvation. They are up there in their mansions having feasts, parties and banquets while we are down here licking salts from our fingers. They are building vacation houses and rest houses while we are scavenging for cardboard boxes to serve as walls for our shanties. They are collecting cars while we are there on the streets protesting the 50 centavo increase in fares.

A wise philosopher speaks of a “time to kill”. I believe that time has come. It’s about time we start collecting high-powered firearms and proceed shooting politicians in the heads. Let’s wait for them on the streets and when they are near enough, let’s pull the triggers. Let’s put bombs in their BMWs and limousines. Let’s show them how it feels to suffer, how it feels to be in pain and how it feels like having no hope of a brighter tomorrow. Let’s show them how millions of us died because foodless plates and waterless glasses. Let’s show them how most of us die.

Of course, we need to be very careful so that no innocent civilian gets hurt in the process. The target is the politician and the politician only.

Now, go and make a politician’s head a’blastin’.

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