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Smoke has beaten us to it but in thoroughly elegant fashion: exposing the assertion by an avowed Malacanang functionary that the cha-cha train will extend GMA’s term by ten years.
Surfacing here at FV several days ago, the commenter has been deriding several FV members, this writer included, for our critical views about the MoA-AD.
In his own little corner in the world wide web that commenter has gone out on a limb to ‘reveal’ Cha-cha’s ultimate goal
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[...] I was gonna comment on Patricio’s last blog entry “Evolution of contempt…” and took a bit of time to go through some of the history behind the views he expressed there; specifically the high priest of smokes’s (HPS’s) blog article “Blasting Voices” which Ding — being the reporter that he is — reported on FV here. [...]
[...] that’s the reason why many people – most Filipino Voices bloggers included – vigorously oppose the idea of an extended term for GMA, as bombastically espoused by [...]
[...] that’s the reason why many people – most Filipino Voices bloggers included – vigorously oppose the idea of an extended term for GMA, as bombastically espoused by the [...]
Agree with bencard. You don’t have to explain this to Americans but you have to with Filipinos, unfortunately. The freedom of speech given to individuals (not institutions, or groups or families) is given purely. It is not given with some purpose in mind. It may be good, it may be bad but what is most assuredly good is that freedom itself be given and what is most assuredly bad is that it is taken away…
The comments are just as important and even more so as the posts themselves. On that note, I just want to repeat… I have been moderated by someone a few days ago. I neither used profanities or posted links. I posted three separate comments and none made it.
BrianB, your comments have been recovered. It was caught by “Akismet” which checks for spam. I apologize for this.
Comments are never deleted here…
thehighpriestofsmokes on October 20th, 2008 2:27 pm wrote:
…Over at the Ateneo… ===> LMAO. Oops sorry I couldn’t help it. Anyways, LMAO.
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thehighpriestofsmokes on October 20th, 2008 2:37 pm wrote
whatever we think about PGMA…..For the past years that I’ve worked closely with her, one thing I admire—she has a true heart for the welfare of many and she’s a workaholic… ===> uhm…still LMAO
She wakes up at 4 in the morning and we need to keep pace with her. ===> WTF, you live with her?
I give her reports and she reads them. And you know what time she goes to bed? nearly 12midnight. ===> What, so you’re like a PSG who keeps track of the time she goes to bed? Oh granting that I believe you make reports for her, what kind of reports? Reports you shouldn’t be bragging about in public? Reports are made by us.
I think this guy is either loonybin or has a serious case of illusions of grandeur. *kthnxbai*
HSP is for the extension of Gloria’s term for, what, 10 years? Why, if he’s really dying to stamp Gloria’s ass in the Palace to kingdom come, why not 20 years instead of 10? Or 30, if not close to a lifetime?
If HSP really thinks that–warts and all–this damn president is so effing good and hardworking, why not keep her up there til she dies?
Like projectile motion. You want to aim for your target, aim HIGHER!
I once visited Ferdinand Marcos at his final resting place in Sarrat (or Burat, or Turat, I forget). You enter this dark air conditioned room, see, with Wagner’s [sic!] stentorian music in the background, and Da Apo floating on a bed of green light in a gold coffin. You know, his loyalists claim to still give him a shave every now and then, believing his facial hair is still growing.
But as the old song goes, the road to freedom is long and hard. Compared to the struggles of people in Philippine History, this lil blog is just a picnic in the park.
But it won’t be littered by the corpses of fallen heroes or idiotic loyalists.
However, it’s definitely a meat grinder for bad ideas, erroneous logic, and personal vanity. Braggarts, cry babies, pretenders, trolls and dissimulators beware.
Let’s everyone remember the motto for FV:
ANG PIKON, TALO!
come now, fellas, what’s wrong with discussing HPS’ view? i for one want to extend the fellow an invitation to contribute to FV.
groupthink = evil. let’s give the man space to have his say.
:D