Comments on: Smoke Signals from Teheran to the Pasig River http://filipinovoices.com/smoke-signals-from-teheran-to-the-pasig-river Powered By A Collective Voice Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Joe America http://filipinovoices.com/smoke-signals-from-teheran-to-the-pasig-river/comment-page-1#comment-70656 Joe America Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:30:09 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=6122#comment-70656 Ben, Juices, you are full of questions. We disagree. Leave it at that. I am done with the answers. Joe Ben,

Juices, you are full of questions. We disagree. Leave it at that. I am done with the answers.

Joe

]]> By: Bencard http://filipinovoices.com/smoke-signals-from-teheran-to-the-pasig-river/comment-page-1#comment-70632 Bencard Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:11:14 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=6122#comment-70632 and who do you think you are "defending" them? what can you do beyond joining the cacophony of voices for or against her? embarrass you, how? do you think they would worry at all that an alien is not pleased by their actions, or by what other outsiders are saying about them? and who do you think you are “defending” them? what can you do beyond joining the cacophony of voices for or against her? embarrass you, how? do you think they would worry at all that an alien is not pleased by their actions, or by what other outsiders are saying about them?

]]> By: Joe America http://filipinovoices.com/smoke-signals-from-teheran-to-the-pasig-river/comment-page-1#comment-70613 Joe America Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:00:39 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=6122#comment-70613 Bencard. Answers, in order: No. I don't know. Newspaper quote from House leader; do you get the Inquirer there? No, she is in charge of the country that ranks among the worst in the world in corruption, near the end of her term of office; I defended her for three years and she (and her hubby) have done nothing but embarrass me; and you are a long term interloper. For the good of the Philippines and the people who want stability. The forces of good. Joe Bencard. Answers, in order: No. I don’t know. Newspaper quote from House leader; do you get the Inquirer there? No, she is in charge of the country that ranks among the worst in the world in corruption, near the end of her term of office; I defended her for three years and she (and her hubby) have done nothing but embarrass me; and you are a long term interloper. For the good of the Philippines and the people who want stability. The forces of good.

Joe

]]> By: BongV http://filipinovoices.com/smoke-signals-from-teheran-to-the-pasig-river/comment-page-1#comment-70604 BongV Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:20:22 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=6122#comment-70604 bencard: The UN's Alston Report has the details, although the government will contest it. what am saying is that - the cumulative total of politically inspired killings dating all the way back from 1972 to 1984 up to the present (with journalism becoming a hazardous profession) most likely is at parity or even outnumbers the number of Iranians dying in the recent wave of protests. bencard:

The UN’s Alston Report has the details, although the government will contest it.
what am saying is that – the cumulative total of politically inspired killings dating all the way back from 1972 to 1984 up to the present (with journalism becoming a hazardous profession) most likely is at parity or even outnumbers the number of Iranians dying in the recent wave of protests.

]]> By: Bencard http://filipinovoices.com/smoke-signals-from-teheran-to-the-pasig-river/comment-page-1#comment-70586 Bencard Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:29:56 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=6122#comment-70586 bongv, has there been any report of alleged salvaging, disappearance, harassment, "hamletting", zoning or killings of journalists (other than the usual, run-of-the-mill, criminal acts) in the philippines lately? i don't think killings by the police or government forces are necessarily politically-inspired. bongv, has there been any report of alleged salvaging, disappearance, harassment, “hamletting”, zoning or killings of journalists (other than the usual, run-of-the-mill, criminal acts) in the philippines lately? i don’t think killings by the police or government forces are necessarily politically-inspired.

]]> By: Bencard http://filipinovoices.com/smoke-signals-from-teheran-to-the-pasig-river/comment-page-1#comment-70583 Bencard Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:17:15 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=6122#comment-70583 you really have a fetish on our president, don't you joe? and you think she's "at her wits end", huh? where did you get the information that she had a "tantrum"? the president is the president for another full year. can't she exercised her authority over her subordinates without being bad-mouthed by an interloper? why would there be any need for her to be "pressured" to follow a "smooth transition" in 2010? and who, pray tell, is "in control" now, the abu sayyaf? you really have a fetish on our president, don’t you joe? and you think she’s “at her wits end”, huh? where did you get the information that she had a “tantrum”? the president is the president for another full year. can’t she exercised her authority over her subordinates without being bad-mouthed by an interloper? why would there be any need for her to be “pressured” to follow a “smooth transition” in 2010? and who, pray tell, is “in control” now, the abu sayyaf?

]]> By: BongV http://filipinovoices.com/smoke-signals-from-teheran-to-the-pasig-river/comment-page-1#comment-70456 BongV Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:35:25 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=6122#comment-70456 Joe: Gloria appears isolated at the moment, but she is still holding the reins of government, therefore, she and her allies are still in control of government. Will still wait and see. WHAT ELSE her administration will pull out of its bag of tricks. Oftentimes, it's not the administration that bears watching I have seen people with short memories vote for Marcos cronies, then wonder why the plunder goes on unabated. Ahmadinejads come to power in the Philippines by the force of the DE group's vote, despite admonition from opinion leaders. Joe:

Gloria appears isolated at the moment, but she is still holding the reins of government, therefore, she and her allies are still in control of government.

Will still wait and see. WHAT ELSE her administration will pull out of its bag of tricks.

Oftentimes, it’s not the administration that bears watching I have seen people with short memories vote for Marcos cronies, then wonder why the plunder goes on unabated. Ahmadinejads come to power in the Philippines by the force of the DE group’s vote, despite admonition from opinion leaders.

]]> By: Joe America http://filipinovoices.com/smoke-signals-from-teheran-to-the-pasig-river/comment-page-1#comment-70400 Joe America Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:03:26 +0000 http://filipinovoices.com/?p=6122#comment-70400 View from the sidelines: I think the pressure on Ms. Arrroyo and other top leaders favoring a smooth 2010 transition will grow and grow and grow as opinion leaders ring in. An attempted “legal coup” by Ms. Arroyo would be too obvious, too blatantly wrong, to gather a sustained following. Nor will a hurried re-write of the Constitution to rush-rush recast the form of government occur; it is also blatantly wrong. I don't think Iran-style, violence-provoking protests will be needed. I think Ms. Arroyo is at her wits end, as evidenced by her tantrum a couple of weeks ago that provoked the ill-mannered rush-rush 1109 resolution. Perhaps it is wrong to think of Ms. Arroyo is in control, even now. Joe View from the sidelines: I think the pressure on Ms. Arrroyo and other top leaders favoring a smooth 2010 transition will grow and grow and grow as opinion leaders ring in. An attempted “legal coup” by Ms. Arroyo would be too obvious, too blatantly wrong, to gather a sustained following. Nor will a hurried re-write of the Constitution to rush-rush recast the form of government occur; it is also blatantly wrong. I don’t think Iran-style, violence-provoking protests will be needed. I think Ms. Arroyo is at her wits end, as evidenced by her tantrum a couple of weeks ago that provoked the ill-mannered rush-rush 1109 resolution. Perhaps it is wrong to think of Ms. Arroyo is in control, even now.

Joe

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