Cool off a bit and allow me first to welcome you back, Bencard. We’ve been wondering about why you’ve been quiet. I wanted to canvass your views on the US uconomic contagion, given your being on the Eastern seaboard. How are Fil-Ams or Am-Fils doing po? I hope not many have seen theor 401-K’s frittered away by Wall Streets’s crooks in suits.

Now on GMA, while I wouldn’t be as harsh as to call her names, I would however hope she, as leader of the nation, can really be more candid to us about hw her subalterns have been acting for her, and for her to portray more accountability and transparency. Not every critic or detractor is a destabilizer. Most Filipinos are more inclined to be respectful towards their leader, any leader given our cultural orientation. But what galls many, I think, is when there is a projection of insensibility made worse by seeming lack of sincerity. The Philippines is a hard society to lead. But it would help if the leader is seen as genuinely earnest in helping the people and is ready to account for the State’s actions.

oh, by the way, your puny idol is very near her dream of creating or carving her own kingdom…in Babuyan Islands, hehehe!

Oust the Pretender! Down with the baronness of immorality!
Oust the Daughter of Satan!

you create your own hell, and no one is stopping you from going in there unless you violate the law.

Well, bencard, yes, you got it right.

“…the clenched fisted, red-flag waiving, malcontents who think they can do a better job wielding power and (mis) using rhe public wealth…” you are describing Gloria’s gang right? These are their character before Gloria formally swore as president.

you’re mature enough, still you write like a child, asking stupid questions such as ” who will decide who are the “enlightened ones with pure hearts” ? you and cvj?

answer: not us but the people will decide who will populate the council. How much time would it take? Well, it depends on the situation Bencard. It could be days, it could be weeks, or it could be months. It depends.

Throwing the country into “political anarchy, economic ruin and social chaos”? My gosh Bencard! What century are you in? Have’nt you noticed that we are in that kind of situation already?

who “installs” your “council of state”, the mostly (un)civil society; the clenched-fisted, red-flag waving, malcontents who think they can do a better job wielding the power and (mis)using the public wealth; the gang who possesses the most efficient killing machine and the biggest bomb? who will decide who are the “enlightened ones with pure hearts”? you and cvj?

and how much time would it take for such a council to be in place after gma’s “ouster” and before the whole country is thrown into political anarchy, economic ruin and social chaos?

I will continue calling for a revolution even if it leads to my death. Revolutions are engines that enable societies to grow. But, short of calling people to arms, there are other forms of revolutions, and one form I subscribe to—intellectual revolution.

I’m promoting an intellectual revolution, the kind that does’nt kill real people but kill outdated principles and misplaced beliefs. And your belief and faith in Gloria is one of them.

Oh, by the way, the reason why I am militating against Gloria is not personal. To be honest, I have so many friends inside her Cabinet. If it’s personal, I’ll probably take your stand and write ala Bencard.

Let me help the people go thru and understand your pseudo intellectual mumbo jumbo writing and tell you straight:

1. First, I don’t subscribe to a scenario of installing a Communist or even a Socialist after ousting this illegitimate president.
2. I do subscribe however of installing a group of individuals, mainly from the academe, civil society, some technocrats even and the military and form a Council of State. You talk about power? Power will be shared by all. There’ll be no member of this Council who’ll be interested of holding on to power because before being invited to govern, they’ll be in agreement that they’ll only do this in a temporary basis.
3. Third, this Council will impose order. They’ll have the power to arrest and jail those known criminals still traversing the halls of Congress and those who committed crimes against the Filipino People.
4. Fourth, they will reach out to the MNCs here and put their brains together on how to help the people cope up with this financial crisis.
5. Fifth, every department of government shall have the participation of members of the academe, civil society and people’s orgs in policy-making.
6. Sixth, the Council shall have the mandate to review the Constitution and later on, propose a National Constituent Assembly composed of elected individuals who shall contribute their expertise in amending the Charter.
7. Seventh, the Council will reach out to the majority of the people abroad by calling upon their patriotic duty to help the economy in whatever form or means they want.

These are just some of the things I, and a lot of people, envision. I am not a Communist. I subscribe to an Open Democratic form of governance, an ideal which MLQ points to as “caudillo-driven” (self-description). Yes, I admit. I believe in the idea of a caudillo; however, I don’t subscribe to just one caudillo. I believe in a group of caudillos, enlightened ones with pure hearts that will dedicate their lives solving the mess of Gloria and her bunch of greedy misfits.