Comments on: The Militarization Of Civilian Agencies: Anything To Fear?

By: Ding Gagelonia

Ding Gagelonia — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:11:00 +0000

Spot on, karlpopper, sir

By: karlpopper

karlpopper — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:49:01 +0000

I don’t see the PMA as a professional organization – it is one big fraternity.

The much-vaunted Honor Code has a lot of loopholes and it has already had its victims.

Because of the mistah culture, the ‘crimes’ of their mistahs are being placated. Look at Maj. Marcelino who cannot tell them who that mistah was?

All things being equal, we should not appoint military officers to civilian jobs because they still have that ‘powder-keg-mentality’ since they look down at civilian because of their inherent supremacist attitude, especially Peemayers.

By: cocoy

cocoy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:45:18 +0000

American military leadership is highly sought to sit on corporate boards after they’re done with public service.

So i guess my answer is if the guy is qualified to run it, why not?

By: karlpopper

karlpopper — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:41:34 +0000

Redundant to give a slot again to Farolan who had already been Customs Commissioner before.

We have given retirement an entirely distorted definition.

By: karlpopper

karlpopper — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:48:38 +0000

Militarization is like two kinds of dogs – a barking one and a biting one.

In both cases, a dog still barks or bites anyone who is not its master or boss.

GMA wants more “dogs” than she needs all because of fear the next thing that will ever happen to her after 2010 is getting jailed if not ousted before she finishes her term.

By: macapili

macapili — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:48:34 +0000

Maybe it’s not militarization, but more like favors for political debts.

By: Militarization is it? « smoke

Militarization is it? « smoke — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:26:26 +0000

[...] Militarization is it? Posted on 26 January 2009 by rom It’s funny how we so love the labels created by agitators. It’s a public relations tool, really: reduce a complex idea into as brief a statement as possible – a one-word slogan would be best – and feed it to the masses. After all, the masses don’t need to fully under the whys and hows; they just need something to chant or scream until their throats are raw – a kind of shortcut to meaning. It’s the power of symbol, and some say that it lay at the heart of Hitler’s success as a demagouge. This administration has seen more than its share of these ‘key words’ and now the latest agit-prop is “militarization.” [...]

By: UP n grad

UP n grad — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:27:32 +0000

Would PMA alumni/ex MajGen Ramon Farolan who is now journalist of the Inquirer have been the better choice instead of ex-admiral Tirso Danga to head the National Printing Office?