What then can we say about a government which hastily reduces tariffs on imports that destroy local industries, purportedly in support of the doctrines of free market economics and globalization, but does not hesitate to reinterpret a decades-old tax treaty to impose a tax on imported books that can enrich the minds of its people? Already hard-pressed to promote a reading culture among its citizens, the last thing this country needs is another deterrent to book accessibility.
Siguro'y ilang daan na rin ang naisulat na kanta ni Mang Gary, at ang nakakatuwa'y wala pa ring kupas ang kanyang talento sa pagsulat ng magagandang mga awitin. Ang bagong album ay sinimulan sa isang panalangin, "Dakilang Maylikha." Ito'y hindi lamang simpleng paghingi ng basbas mula sa Diyos, kundi repleksyon rin ng mga paniniwalang sosyo-politikal ni Mang Gary, na kanyang dinetalye sa VCD lecture na Introduction to Hierarchic Selection: The Evolution of Social Substructures.