For Senator Bongbong Marcos to say that his father was a hero and not a thief and that his last heroic act was his restraint in not ordering the massacre of the civilians massed at EDSA 1, in February 1986 is but normal of a son and a politician. In his eyes his father is an all-time hero; and as…
Honorable Senators sitting as impeachment court, ladies and gentlemen in the galleries, citizens of the republic and friends. Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, and President of Pixar, in 2005, five years before he died said: “Don’t be trapped with dogma, which is living with the results of others’ thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’…
Though coming from a family without single hectare of farmland into our name, I can be passionate about the effect of the recent SC decision parceling out the 6,000 hectares Hacienda Luisita (HL) to some 6,296 farmers. Not that the high tribunal’s decision came after a long deep slumber in the court which had earlier decreed…
“The devil can cite the Scripture for his purpose.” (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice). It was in the case of Navy Colonel Generoso Mariano, who wanted President Noynoy Aquino replaced through extra-constitutional process by quoting the near “scriptural bidding” of Rizal: “If we have had bad leaders today and in the past , it is not the…
I have a different view on Reyn Barnido, the blogger who made a scathing remark on the President. While he exhibits some well-meaning concerns about the direction the present administration was pursuing, his thinking, just like the officials of Pinoys whom he considers “parochial”, was also insular. I am pro-PNOY and I am proud to…
‘Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale? ”No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.’ [Edward Everett Hale (1822 – 1909) U.S. author]. Congressman Edcel Lagman and his ilk of blabbering buffoons went straight to the Court house to challenge PNoy’s Adm. Order NO. 1 creating the Truth Commission. With…
I was one of those who vetted for Noynoy Aquino, (and have Paypal receipts to prove it) being qualified for President compared to the more cerebral Dick Gordon and Gibo Teodoro because the latter duo did not have the stature to mount a credible and a successful presidential campaign during the May 10 elections the way…
GreatRealPhilippines, is a blog of one who uses the penname Benign0. He is also a regular contributor of Filipino Voices, another Filipino dominated blog. Benign0 has a favorite punch-line which is full of wisdom and grit: “We expect so much from our leaders and nothing from ourselves”. Election 2010 is scheduled this May. The…
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