Manuel L. Quezon III does a “Half time analysis“:
I. Last night on Korina Sanchez’s show, I ticked off some opposition friends because I suggested several things:
1. A People’s Court smacks of Communism and kangaroo “justice,” and won’t achieve even the bare minimum of credibility.
2. I am against street protests but not protest actions.
3. Invade the bailiwicks of the administration….
Sassy Lawyer dissects the “Intelligence of intelligence“:
Now why would the ISAFP chief claim that it was part of an anti-terrorism campaign? Obvious ba? Because it makes the ISAFP sound important. It gives the impression that a singular raid was actually part of a huge operation in a very well-publicized campaign that the Arroyo government has promised George W. Bush it would support.
Mongster’s Nest tells us to “Forget the next elections“:
Dissolving Congress after booting out Arroyo from power and installing a new government is the sweetest victory for Filipinos. But the opportunity not to vote for the lawmakers who made it impossible to impeach the President facing corruption and poll fraud charges is the next best thing.
Urbano dela Cruz, in Another Hundred Years Hence, presents a “system of down“:
# If we think of Congress as a reserve pool or buffer (i.e.-cache of politicians).
# Input can be new politicians or scions of political families.
# Output is retired politicians.
Gary of Bangketa Republique tells us “Huwag Mang-go-Gloria“:
Noel Cabangon, Gary Granada, Cookie Chua, Crazy as Pinoy and other artist friendly to AKBAYAN has come up with a copyleft CD.
JohnXXV of Republika ng Pilipinas writes about “Living Independence“:
Independence is a necessary condition of freedom. Independence is not only political, but it is also economical, intellectual, and cultural. If one is dependent, then it becomes necessary to consider the wishes of the person one depends upon. We’ve always experienced of the dilemna of what other people would think. There are many instances that our decisions are based or influenced according to the wishes of other people. I believe that choices must depend on the logical standard and the aesthetic standard that one wishes to promote, in order to be really free.
Yvonne Chua of PCIJ wirtes about “SWS poll: 79% of Pinoys wanted GMA impeached“:
The Social Weather Stations‘ latest nationwide survey shows that in the last few days of the recent House justice committee hearings on the impeachment complaint against the president, 79 percent of Filipinos wanted Arroyo impeached, 64 percent favored her resignation, and 51 percent said she should be removed by people power if the House would reject her impeachment.
Leon Kilat quips “Tikasana nimo uy, mura man kag si Gloria“:
In Cebuano, it’s “You’re such a cheat, you’re like Gloria.” I think there’s a better usage for Gloria. In Cebu, we say people are “pa Gorio Gorio” when you talk to them on an issue you are sure they know about and yet they pretend not to have a clue. Will that expression change to “pa Gloria Gloria?”
Jove Francisco says “Game on“:
Now that it’s dead, will it rise again after three days?
Well, that’s the hope of the faithful.
Everything’s up for grabs and it will be a free for all weekend.
Newsstand writes about the “Longest Day 8″:
…Escudero’s remarks during the privilege hour last Monday convinced me that he does have a genuine gift. Even more important, his colleagues in Congress think so too.
Julian Alejandro of Piercing Pens writes about the “Huwag Kang Mang-Go-Gloria Ring Tone“:
After “Hello Garci,” “Huwag Kang Mang-Go-Gloria” promises to be the next hottest ring tone in the texting capital of the world. This mp3 ring tone is from the carrier single “Values Education” of Akbayan’s protest album “Wag kang Mang-Go-Gloria”.
Luis Teodoro writes “Edsa History, Revisited“:
It is tempting to blame the vagaries of memory for his most recent statement on the 1986 People Power revolt. Juan Ponce Enrile is after all at least 80.
Having bolted the opposition a month or so ago, and now an administration voice in the Senate, the former Marcos Defense Minister recently said over national television that former President Corazon Aquino should abandon her belief that she can help oust Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from the Presidency by once more taking to the streets after the impeachment complaints against Arroyo were dismissed in the House of Representatives.
Bryant at Bryanton Post blogs about a “Sick, sick political system“:
I read with disgust the latest report of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) on how government funds, including those from the agriculture department, were used to finance President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s candidacy in the last elections.
Ricky Carandang reports on “Gary Teves’ Dilemma“:
Teves meantime argues that we cannot delay the inevitable and necessary financial adjustment needed to prevent the government from goi Read the rest of this entry »
