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Indeed, the politics of the “power elite” (as many self-described “activists” call our society’s leaders) do reflect the character of our society. Take for instance this snippet of wisdom dished out by the esteemed Inquirer editor today: The congressmen who voted for Con-ass think they know the real-world answer: Freedom is doing as you please. [...]
How’s this for some more vacuous irony: A message from former President Joseph Estrada, read by his son, San Juan Mayor Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito, said: “If we allow her minions to maneuver (Con-ass), it is like allowing her to steal the presidency for the third time.” Estrada was referring to his ouster in 2001 [...]
It’s ocho-ocho rally time again! Over at the big like-minded love-in known as Ellenville a call that is sure to challenge the higher thinking faculties of the masses has been issued: Dahil mukhang pursigido talagang itulak ang kanilang maitim na balak, siguradong magiging matindi ang protesta sa susunod na mga linggo. Nababahala ang mga lider [...]
It does not take much to sucker Pinoys. You don’t need to exhibit any sort of intelligence, demonstrate any sort of wit, NOR remain consistent to a set of principles. All you need to do is to just be shrewd enough. President Gloria Arroyo, for example is merely THE LATEST of shrewd politicians and businessfolk [...]
I hope Rom sees my plagiarisation of the title of her latest blog post for what it is, a tip of the hat to the rare gem of sanity she adds to this latest of ocho-ocho circuses. It can’t get any more elegant than this simple message that I’d also like to direct to those [...]
Ho hum. Ocho-Ocho na naman. Again we hear that all-too-familiar call that will come to characterise that moronic chapter of Philippine history known as The First Decade of the Twenty-First Century. Patalsikin Na, Now Na! Sa mga Pilipinong may pagmamahal pa sa Inang Bayan, sumama kayo bukas sa isang nakapangyayaring pagpapakita ng galit sa ginawang [...]
Poor Conrado de Quiros. He’s so disappointed with the flaccidity of the “outrage” he was expecting in the aftermath of the arrest of our “hero” Jun Lozada that he resorts to that tired pill of guilt that generations of political “experts” have shoved down Filipinos’ throats: I’ve said it before: You don’t have to like [...]
This post is guided by mlq3‘s thoughtful comment on my previous article. If my understanding serves me well, his aim in that comment was to highlight what we perceive to be our society’s increasingly atrophied sense of civic duty and that this situation calls for an even greater need for the courage to take “emotional [...]
Citi Group has recently appointed ex Time-Warner CEO Richard Parsons as its new chairman. Parsons is a known “corporate undertaker”. He gets invited into boards to oversee slow deaths in the corporate world. His talent lies not in turning around the fortunes of a business but in overseeing and — whenever possible — prolonging its [...]
There is a rare beacon of insight that somehow found itself in the intellectual wasteland of Ellenville, a guy named “juggernaut” who lamented in a comment there how our lack of a coherent alternative to the present administration pretty much dooms us to a future of pointless noise-making and finger-pointing characteristic of the typical chronic [...]
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