WAR DRUMS

FLIM: “ Watching VOYAGER re-runs are a waste of time and electrical energy. “

CESS: “ I just can’t get enough of JANE WAY.”

FLIM: “ Well with the impending war in IRAQ. You better watch as many re-runs that you can before Meralco blasts us with their high rates. You know…. I just don’t understand why AMERICA wants to go to war again when they just did a few years ago. They could have finished SADDAM OFF during the first GULF. THEY STOPPED! Went back to LOUISIANA then they want to come back again. What’s the deal? “

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CESS: “They want to annex the oil fields. It’s as simple as that. “

FLIM: “ Hmmmmmm.”

The next day I was visiting my UNCLE PACING.

PACING: “ Its painfully obvious that there war on terrorism is an excuse to make the whole world unto the image of US FOREIGN POLICY. WHAT RIGHT DO THEY HAVE TO DECIDE A COUNTRY’S PRESIDENT ISN’T GOOD! REMEMBER WHAT THEY DID TO NICARAGUA. THEY KIDNAPPED THE PRESIDENT AND THEN CONDEMNED HIM IN AN AMERICAN JURY! AN AMERICAN JURY! JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE THE STRONGEST COUNTRY ON EARTH WITH THOSE WEAPONS OF THEIRS THEY BULLY EVERYONE!”

FLIM: “????? “

PACING: “THEY FIGHT THEIR WARS ON FOREIGN SOILS. ITS ONLY RIGHT THAT THEY GOT THAT SEPTEMBER 11 SHIT! NOW THEY KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO LIVE IN BEIRUT!”

FLIM: “ Weren’t you first in line to grab some free chocolates during the AMERICAN liberation? “

PACING: “ SHUT YOUR MOUTH BOY! OR I’LL WHIP YOUR HIDE! “

There was a momentary silence except the grating of an ill oiled fan swaying back and forth.

PACING: “ THEN WE HAVE THAT SHORT STUPID PRESIDENT RUNNING AFTER THE AMERICANS AND KISSING THEIR BUTTS WITH HER CROOKED AND BUCK TOOTHED MOUTH! RAISES MY BLOOD PRESSURE JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.”

He goes on to check his blood pressure. He fiddles with the equipment and there’s the sound of “ squish! Squish! Squish! As he squeezes the rubber ball.

PACING: “ Ahhhh…not to high. Where was I? I tell you the Arabs will band together and they ‘ll fight these American bastads! CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN IRAQ!!! BULLSHEEETTTT! They can’t fool the world anymore! THEM STUPID AMERICANS! EVERYONE KNOWS! EVERYONE KNOWS! ”

FLIM:"Cess thinks that they only want to get he oil fields of IRAQ."

PACING: " THEY WANT TO USE UP THE OIL FIELDS OF OTHERS WHILE PRESERVING THEIRS! THEY WANT TO EMPTY THE WORLD SUPPLY SO THAT THEY CAN STASH THEIR OWN! SO THEY'LL STILL COME UP ON TOP! BASTARDS! BASTARDS!

FLIM: “ Well whatever happens we are going to get caught in the middle.”

PACING: “ We’re always in the middle. CIVILIANS! CIVILIANS IN THE MIDDLE! IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SHIT THAT AMERICA MAKES! AND YOU PATRONIZE HOLLYWOOD FILMS! YOU! YOU! YOU! ”

FLIM: “ Uhm not anymore. Saw the formula and …I just can’t keep watching it you know.”

PACING: “ Told you back in 78! HOLLYWOOD IS FULL OF CRAP! BUT YOU WOULDN’T LISSEN! PROPOGATING THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE AS THE BEST! BULLSHEEEEEEEETTTTTTTT!!!!!!”

FLIM: “ So UNC, what are you going to do? This might be the last year the human race would walk the earth. What would you do? “

PACING: “ HMMMMM…. Buy myself a dvd player! See what the hell’s so hot about it. Then travel to ILOCOS NORTE and piss on MARCOS BUST. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT BUT I DIDN’T HAVE THE TIME. WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING IF IT WAS STILL INTACT. BUT BETTER LATE THAN NEVER I ALWAYS SAY.”

FLIM: “ So what brand of dvd player would you like to get?”

PACING: “ WHY THE HELL ARE YOU ASKING ME? YOU’RE THE EXPERT. GIVE ME SOME NAMES.”

FLIM: “ Well there’s pioneer ….”

PACING: “ECCCKKKK!!!!!!! THAT’S AN AMERICAN BRAND! WHAT THE HELLS WRONG WITH YOU? WHY WOULD I PATRONIZE AMERICAN BRANDS YOU IMBECILE NEPHEW OF MINE! GET OUT OF HERE!”