Mabuti naman at nagsasalita na si Special Prosecutor Dennis Villa-Ignacio tungkol sa mga kababalaghan na nangyayari sa Ombudsman sa ilalim ni Merceditas Gutierrez.
Maayos na tao si Villa-Ignacio ngunit medyo inis ako sa kanya noong trial ni dating Pangulong Estrada sa kasong plunder. Alam ko trabaho lang niya at talaga namang may nagawang kasalanan si Estrada ngunit naiinis lang ako na sumisilbi siya sa mas malaking magnanakaw .
Sa akin kasi, kung sumusunod ka kay Gloria Arroyo, wala kang karapatan tumiligsa sa ibang magnanakaw. Unahin mo ang pinakapunong magnanakaw.
Ngunit talagang mahiwaga mag-operate ang Panginoong Diyos. Sa dami ng dapat pagtakpan ni Gloria Arroyo, umabot na sa lugar na peligro na sa kanya ang isang opisyal na matino at tapat sa kanyang trabaho na magtuligsa sa mga magnanakaw sa gobyerno.
Ngayon na tapos na ang gamit ni Arroyo kay Villa-Ignacio, iniipit na siya ni Gutierrez, ang classmate ni Mike Arroyo.
Nag-file ang isang prosecutor, si Elvira Chua, ng kasong estafa kay Villa-Ignacio dahil sa donation niyang 26,000 para sa mga biktima ng bagyong Milenyo para sa taga-Quezon na pinadaan ni Villa-Ignacio sa Gawad-Kalinga dahil wala silang makuhang contractor na gumawa ng deepwell sa Quezon.
Klaro naman na walang ni isang sentino na napunta kay Villa-Ignacio kaya kapani-paniwala ang sinasabi niya na harrassment lang talaga ni Gutierrez na kasama sa malawakang plano ni Arroyo para sa 2010..
Sabi ni Villa Ignacio kaya siya gustong alisin ni Arroyo sa Ombudsman dahil ang kanyang term bilang special prosecutor ay hanggang Feb. 14, 2010. Kung hihintayin yun, hindi makakapag-appoint si Arroyo ng kanyang kapalit dahil covered yun ng election ban para sa appointments. Kung pagkatapos pa ng election, siyempre iba na ang presidente noon at malaki ang tsansa na hindi siya mahal noon. Delikado si Arroyo kung ganoon sa dami na garapal na proyekto na kanyang kinsasangkutan bilang bayad sa tumulong sa kanya sa kanyang pandaraya noong 2004 na eleksyon.
Sabi ni Villa-Ignacio, lalabanan niya si Gutierrez at hindi siya magre-resign kahit mahirap ang kanyang sitwasyon sa Ombudsman. Inaalisan siya ng mga tauhan at hindi na pinapadaan ang mga papeles sa kanya. Sabi ni Villa-Ignacio, “matira na ang matibay”.
Alam niyang yayari-in siya sa walang kakwenta-kwentang kaso na isinumpa ni Chua sa Ombudsam. I-akyat daw niya sa Supreme Court. Paano yan hawak din ni Arroyo ang majority ng Supreme Court.
‘Yan ngayon ang sinasabi ko sa mga tao na nagbu-bulagbulagan sa pang-aagaw ni Arroyo ng pagka-presidente noong Enero 2001 at ang pandaraya noong 2004 na eleksyon. Akala nila hindi sila maa-pektuhan ng kasamaan ni Arroyo.
Mabuti naman at nangyayari ito. Maganda sundan itong si Villa-Ignacio.
All of GMA’s actions these days are intended to extend her power after 2010. We only have to see the kind of people she appoints and its frequency as if judgment day is soon to come.
We can shout as loud as we can but she doesn’t care. It’s still up to us…the people, if we continue to allow her to do all these things.
Yang pag-aappoint ng mga talunan sa eleksiyon, para na rin silang nanalo. Di man sila makakurakot sa kongreso, sa gobyerno na lang. Konektado nga yan sa 2010. Kailangan lahat ng TAPAT na kampon para magdeliver ng pondo para sa SUPER-Party na Lakas-Kampi kundi, bartolina silang lahat sa 2010.
Kahit nga si Edu Manzano nagsabing hindi basta-basta yang trabaho ng NEDA director dahil mabigat ang tungkulin diyan na tila kontra siya sa pagkaka-appoint ng isa pang talunang si Ralph Recto bilang NEDA SecGen.
Ano kaya ang reaksiyon ni Ralph sa kanyang “Kuya”? Hehehe, showbiz muna!
Sa totoo lang, Ellen, nagtataka ako sa bar association ng Pilipinas na walang magawa sa mga kabulastugang ginagawa ng mga animal sa hustisya ng Pilipinas. Dito sa Japan, kaya matino ang palakad ng korte, etc. dito na may kinalaman sa pagpapalakad ng hustisya ay dahil sa lakas ng Federation of Bar Association of Japan na talaga naman concern na concern sa reputasyon ng mga kasapi nilang bar associations. Hindi rin sila iniitsapuwera sa paggawa o pagbabago ng batas sa bansa gawa ng kanilang mahigpit na kapit sa kanilang mga sinumpaang goals and objectives na hindi uubra ang kalokohan noong mga political appointees ni Pandack Omama halimbawa sa SC at Ombudsman. Para sa akin, unbelievable talaga ang mga nangyayaring kalokohan sa Pilipinas dahil lang sa katarantaduhan ng isang nagdudunung-dunungan pero bobo naman. Magaling lang sa pandarambong ng mga hindi naman kaniya. Pambihira din ang endurance at tolerance ng mga pilipino kasi sa amin iyan matagal nang sibak si Pandack Omama. Karamihan kasi ng mga pilipino, kundi sila masyadong apektado, wala silang pakialam. Kapag nasabit lang sila, saka sila pumipiyak at huli na! Wala silang kakampi! Mag-isa silang makikibaka na hindi naman nila kaya! Nakakalungkot pero totoo.
Sabi nga ni Tongue, hoy Juan at Juana, gising na, gabi na naman!!!
Just sharing. I subscribe to the ICH and I get this kind of quotes. Nice to keep in the file:
“We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots, and executions. We kill when we close our eyes to poverty, suffering, and shame. In the same way all disrespect for life, all hard-heartedness, all indifference, all contempt is nothing else than killing. With just a little witty skepticism we can kill a good deal of the future in a young person. Life is waiting everywhere, the future is flowering everywhere, but we only see a small part of it and step on much of it with our feet.” : – Hermann Hesse, German poet and novelist.
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“…most men have bound their eyes with one or another handkerchief, and attached themselves to some one of these communities of opinion. This conformity makes them not false in a few particulars, authors of a few lies, but false in all particulars. Their every truth is not quite true. Their two is not the real two, their four not the real four; so that every word they say chagrins us, and we know not where to begin to set them right”: Ralph Waldo Emerson – Self Reliance – 1841 – From ‘Essays”, First series
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“He who would do good” wrote William Blake, “must do so in minute particulars. General good is the plea of the scoundrel, the hypocrite and the liar.” It is also the plea of most political ideologues who do not hesitate, and often in the name of “the People”, to persecute in minute particulars for the sake of the general good. “: Extract from Jeremy Taylor’s Book – Ag Pleez Deddy – a South African musician
More power to you Mr. Villa-Ignacio. Ilaban mo ang iyong karapatan at ang katarungan. Huwag kang matakot kay GMA..siya ang dapat matakot sa iyo. In a game of poker you have the four aces and the wild card!
“Evil Often Triumphs But Never Conquers!”
They can’t put a good man down!
We were already cheated in 2004.
Are we going to allow Gloria to get away with Cha Cha and extend her reign indefinitely?
Always Remember the Palace Spin Doctors’ Motto:
FOOL YOU ONCE SHAME ON ME, FOOL YOU TWICE SHAME ON YOU!
The JOKER went wild…!!! (Look who’s talking)
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gma/20080723/tph-joker-to-snub-sona-calls-it-a-fashio-d6cd5cf.html
from the Tilamsik’s yahoo-article link:
mukhang ito ang ibig nang dalawa:
Baka
Ikaw
Gloria
Ang
Sagot…
Bayan has estimated 15,000 protesters during the SONA. The rest can show their disgust by switching off their electricity for an hour or two or for how long the idiot will deliver her useless speech.
As for Legarda, et al, can’t understand the mentality of idiots who still believe that the Super-idiot has something to say! Sick is more like it!
Baka
Ikaw
Gloria
Ang
Salot
BIGAS— Baka Ikaw Gloria Ang Salot!!! Bwahahahahaha! Sakit ng tiyan ko! 🙂
Tongue, Salamat!
Sabi ng ungas, mababa na daw ang presyo ng bigas. Wow! Bakit nag-magic siya ng bigas? Akala niya may mag-aabuloy ng bigas sa Pilipinas?
Truth is desperado ang ungas. She has instructed Philippine embassies to open accounts for donations to the victims of Frank even after a month since the destruction wrought by that typhoon. Ang kapal ng mukha, di ba? Pero sabi ko sa mga kaibigan ko, huwag silang magbibigay ng pera, at kung magdo-donate sila, ipasa na lang sa International Red Cross. Mahirap na, baka gamitin pa ang mga donations sa candidacy ng anak niyan sa 2010 at sa pag-i-extend ng term of office niya hanggang matupad niya ang pangarap niyang maging Queen Gloria I. ‘Lol talaga! ‘Lol as in ulol!
yang si villa ignacio kurakot din yan kunwari lang na lalabanan niya si merciditas pero nungka aso din yan ni gma kaya wag kayong masyadong magpapaniwala dahil mga aso yan ni gma
Ako man Ellen, pika ako sa mga antics nitong si Dennis Villa-ignacio at the height of Erap’s trial. I am not a lawyer pero sa aking observation, ang kanyang mga reasoning ay sabi pa nga ni Atty. Flaminiano, “out of this world.” Bubo daw nga ito as a prosecutor. Ngayon, kaaway niya itong isa ring bubo na one time bar plunker pero saan ka, Ombudsman naman, si Maldita Gutierrez, na puro lang pa pogi ang alam. Sana maglabulabo na lang sila at matira nga ang matibay. Masarap ito panoorin.
It was Villa Ignacio who prosecuted and convicted Erap. It’s another battle of the evils.
ASSUMING there will be 2010 elections,who is your favorite “Presidentiable” candidate?
Breaking news but Pierce Brosnan is said to have won the automated mock polls in Mindanao. Wow, governor na siya sa ARMM. Buti na lang hindi iyong anak ni Dorobo na babae.
The Comelec spokesperson na James Jimenez daw, whatever his title is, was bragging about the fast results daw made with some counting machine that he is promoting apparently to be used in the August 11 ARMM election. Pati nga si Robin Padilla ni-recruit na rin para i-promote ang automated voting. Meanwhile, kapansin-pansin na puro taga Pampanga ang promoter ng voting na ito! Moslem nga si Padilla pero kapampangan din iyan.
OK sana kung talagang para sa efficiency ng pagbilang ng boto ang pakay ng paggamit ng automated machine pero hindi. Buti sana if we can trust this daya government but we cannot. Anything this government of the dorobo does should in fact be subject to doubt and scrutiny. Pihadong kukumpunihin nila ang mga machine ng pagbilang gaya noong mga taxi sa Pilipinas na daya ang mga metro.
Hindi naman mahirap isiping hindi nila gagawin ang mandaya dahil diyan sila magaling, sa pandaraya!!! Yuck!
Unless there’s a better candidate, I pick Ping Lacson. I just hope he doesn’t pick Jamby Madrigal as his running mate. A Lacson-Trillanes team would be awesome!
Equalizer:
Kung ako ang tatanungin, gusto ko si Trillanes but he is too young. Cannot qualify daw. Si Senator Pimentel naman, over-age na. Bagong mukha, wala ba?
Tama ka, Edd, sa observation mo. Sabi nga, mahirap magbago ang isang taong ungas unless magkaroon ng mirakulo siguro. Parang chameleon iyan sigurado. Nagpapalit lang ng kulay pero ang ilalim pareho pa rin.
Some people would want us to believe that we need a particular stereotype for the Presidency. Someone who has a strong political party, experience in getting things done in the bureaucracy, a well-oiled machinery, and a bottomless war chest. If we subscribe to this, that means we must pick someone from among the trapos (traditional politicians) as nobody can get something done in this government if he isn’t an expert in wheeling and dealing, patronage politics, and compromise – bottomline, he/she must dance with the devil, be a devil, but make it a point to attend Sunday mass regularly (with photo ops). Just take a look at Among Ed, he is the governor but the mayors are not cooperating with him (they prefer the jueting lord’s spouse).
Is this what we really want? Is this what we deserve? Unfortunately it takes a lot of money to convince people, to win votes, and even when you win, it needs a lot of money to get the cooperation of the congressmen, senators, governors, mayors, barangay captains, barangay tanods, and barangay tagays.
If we really want change, we have to take a big leap of faith, and bet on someone who was spared of all these bad influence, and stay true to his/her principles. Then again, do we really want change? are we willing to pay the price instead of waiting to get paid for our decisions?
para sa akin si JOJEMAR BINAY at siyempre ang kanyang running mate ay si antonio trillanes 1V pero kung lalaban si ERAP natural siya pa rin
Binay is okay but he’s only popular in Metro Manila. I prefer him to run as Senator first. Many disagree Erap running again; but if the opposition fails to unite, he’s the choice of the people. All he needs is to pick a good running mate; and then share his term. Erap takes the first three years and then hand it to his running mate. Such arrangement would be more acceptable to the opposition with some who are ambitious to be President. Erap has nothing to prove. He has served the country well. He just needs to unite the opposition and the country in his first three years. And of course makes sure that the criminals in Malacanang be prosecuted.
Tapos na ang serbisyo ni Villa-Ignacio, hindi na siya kailangan ni Gloria. Tsugi na siya!
“Ano kaya ang reaksiyon ni Ralph sa kanyang “Kuya”?”
Ehe! Naiinggit yata si “kuya”? Heheh!
So, ano ang masasabi ni Chiz Escudero na mas “comfortable” siya sa 2 years na nalalabi ni Gloria? Hahaha!
Ang dapat gawin ni Chiz ay mag-lead ng rally against her ninang Korap at matsupi sa iligal na trono. Then and only then baka meron pa siyang oportunidad na maging presidente. For life ang gusto ni Gloria, hindi pa ba naiintindihan iyan ng mga oposisyon na naghihintay ng 2010? Manigas kayo na nakatunganga sa 2010!
Gusto ko ay mag-suntukan si Villa-Ignacio at Mercedita, at parehong matumba tuloy sa hukay!
The Equalizer,
What about you, who’s your “presidentiable” assuming 2010 will still come?
I will support bichevil tandem with all my heart and effort.
Ang best bet ko ay si Erap at kung papayag si Ninez Cacho-Olivares being the Veep, unbeatable ito. Mga senador: Roilo Golez, Rufus Rodriguez, Jejomar Binay, Imee Marcos, JV Ejercito, Armida Siguion Reyna, Edward Hagedorn, Harry Roque, Gemma Cruz-Araneta, Amina Rasul, Rolex Suplico and Darlene Antonino. Sigurado akong lalampasuhin nila ang sino man na itatapat sa kanila.
Your Senatorial line up is okay. But, Armida is old and Imee seems to have grown tired of politics happily married to a rich foreigner. JV won’t run as Senator if his half brother Jinggoy is at the Senate. JV might if Jinggoy runs for Vice President.
Only Harry Roque and Jojo Binay are oks with me. Pwede rin si JV kung wala na sa Senado si Jinggoy. Pag-aaralan ko muna si Darlene.
Pag pumayag si Ninez na kumandidato lagot ang mga pangit na miembro ng Supreme Court pati na sa Ombudsman at Solicitor General. Sa larong tennis may kasabihan na kapag ang kalaban mo ay mabilis ang bola, kontrahin mo ng mabagal na return. Ganito rin ang nakikita ko sa mga pangit na tao ni Gloria, takot sa maganda. Nandiyan pa si Gemma at si Darlene, kahit 4’11” lang iyan, eh siya iyong may kakayahan na knockout-tin si Manny Pacquiao, patay lahat sila, di ba? Kailangan din natin ang isang desenteng mataray at sigurado ako si Tita Mids ay palaban kahit na itapat mo kay Gunggong Gonzales at Sergio Apostol. Si Imee naman, pwede pa rin dalhin ang solid north. Si Grizzy, ambassador sa Japan, si Chi bahala ka na kung saan gusto mo, ikaw Ellen, siyempre doon ka sa Office of the President. Anong say niyo mga katoto?
Ellen could be the Press Secretary or Presidential Adviser on Media Affairs.
Edd,
Di ako puedeng maging ambassador of the Philippines to Japan, kasi hapon ako. Puede honorary consul siguro, but I don’t need to be one to be able to help Filipinos in distress in Japan or even at home. Kung gustong tumulong, puede naman because the truth is God always provides.
Tell you what, when I got my inheritance, I started spending some of my money on charity, but still I asked the Lord above to help me have more to enable me to do all the things I need to do to help ease the burdens of my fellow spirit children of God. Two weeks after I prayed to God, miraculously, I got a phone call from the Ministry of Health telling me that the group fighting for compensation for victims of some pharmaceutical mistakes and malpractice won their case. I was included in the case as I was one of those who suffered from it.
I was paid a pretty good sum of money that will allow me to do all my charities with objective to follow what God want me to do, go where the Lord wants me to go, and say what God wants me to say. In addition I get a monthly stipend that will insure me a life of comfort until I die even when I don’t work.
That’s why I don’t hesitate to help when I feel strongly about it. And all the time, the people I concentrate on helping with God at the center of it succeeds against all odds especially when we are the same in mind and spirit of doing only what is good!
I don’t need to be in politics in fact. I have joined a political party here, though, to be close to the people I know can influence parliamentarians in our Diet, and get things I want done right like for instance the stopping of ODA to the dorobo government. My husband supports another political party and that actually make things much, much workable and better. It’s how I intend to help the land of my birth even when frankly speaking, I don’t owe the Philippines anything. I just want to be proud of it someday.
Charity is the pure love of Christ…
Sinabi mo pa BD. It is not feigned nor bragged about. It just actually just happens.
I love what Paul said about charity, “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.(1 Cor. 13)
Just sharing:
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Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:28 AM
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DESAPARECIDOS ask:”Where will victims go if the remedy is being denied to us?”
Please visit:
http://www.arkibongbayan.org/
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Nah…dito na lang ako sa Ellenville na taga-mura kay unana Gloria. Hapi na ako na dinadart ko ang pangit na mukha ng bruha!
I agree, Grizzy. Without charity or the pure love of Christ whatever else we accomplish matters little.
Grizzy, I am truly happy to know who you are; Chi, baka naman maging Olympian ka sa kada-dart mo sa nunal ni Gloria at ikaw bitchevil, palagay ko religious ka rin ano? Ako kasi dahil sa protesta ko sa mga pari sa amin (originally born in Bicol) na kung saan dalawa kong tiya ay kinasama at inanakan ng parish priest sa bayan namin, ako’y nawalan ng respeto sa simbahang catolico at nakalimutan na magbasa ng bibleya.
Edd,
I am not a Catholic myself. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Days Saints, and I try to live my religion everyday of my life, no hypocrisy, etc. if I can help it.
Edd, your sad experience about your two aunties who had children with the Parish Priest was not an isolated case. It has happened in the past and happening everywhere. Here comes the Catholic priests very much against the Population Control and yet see what they do. Edd, you can lose respect for the Catholic Church but don’t forget the Bible. The Bible is the only words of God but the Catholic Church is not the only church.
edd,
Even if I knew that priests commit such act, I’m still having goose bumps. Sana ay hindi naman sunod-sunuran sa lahat ng kagustuhan ng mga pari ang mga followers, iba na yun. Sabi nga ay “it takes two to tango”.
Now you know why we have many mestizos and mestizas in the Philippines today. Many are the fruits of those Spanish Friars and Priests in the past.
BD,
If you dig into the archives in Spain, etc., you will know that a lot many of the friars, et al, who went to the Philippines and other territories of Spain were fugitives from the law, and a lot of them have sought asylum/sanctuary in the churches there. Kaya huwag kang magtaka kung bakit marami sa kanila kung umarte parang mga hoodlums gaya noong pare sa nobela ni Rizal. Kaya huwag kang magtaka kung ang mga descendants ng mga iyan ngayon kahit na anong yaman nila na nakamtan sa landgrabbing, etc. ay ugaling hudas din gaya noong mga sinasabing haciendero halimbawa sa Negros.
Parang katulad din iyan noong mga descendants noong mga kriminal na itinapon sa America for example mula sa Europe. As per the Bible, 4 generations ang bisita ng kasalanan ng mga magulang sa anak at kaapu-apuhan nila. Kaya huwag kang magtaka kung bakit maraming mamamataytao halimbawa sa America!
Do you guys believe in Apostasy? After Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension to heaven, His apostles continued to teach His doctrine and direct His Church by receiving revelation from Christ. After His apostles were killed, people began to change His teachings, and although some truth remained, there was a general falling away from the truth, called the apostasy, and Christ’s church was taken from the earth. Could it be the Catholic Church which changed Christ’s teachings? Pardon me, I’m just asking…
edd,
Unfortunately priests are also human, and they fall into sin just like all of us. No one is spared, no religion, or faith can say they have 0% incidence of leaders sinning or followers for that matter. Faith generally exists as a personal relationship with God, whoever you perceive him to be. No people can say that collectively they are pure, righteous, or faultless (except the Aryan race before). Leaders rise and fall, depending on the circumstances…Even our great biblical leaders like Saul, David, and Solomon, they all fell short…
Religion is a very dangerous concept, as it can turn men against each other…we must vigilantly look at the hearts of men, their motives, and the means they intend to reach their ends…if its not driven by LOVE, beware, hatred begets hatred, even unbridled zeal can hide despotism.
Even in this present situation, we need to ask ourselves if we are driven by hatred towards the catholic priests? hatred towards Gloria? or Love for our country? are we willing to destroy everything else just so we can get rid of these characters or search our hearts as to what we really want? If our desired end is just to get rid of Gloria by all possible means, think again, are we ourselves being used?
Yes, the priests are just humans, and they are subject to the temptation of the devil and to sin. At least, over in our church, when a member of the Bishopric commits a terrible sin, he is removed from his position, and even from the church rooster (excommunication) if he has committed a really terrible sin against God and the church.
What differs our church likewise from the others is that we do not have have paid ministers in our church. Church work is more a service to God than a job being called “service to God” even when they are in fact the only beneficiaries of for which the Pope is now being made to apologize everywhere he goes.
I cannot understand likewise how they can tolerate those priests committing fornication, and admitting they are gays and having sex with their fellow gays when the Bible is very explicit in forbidding same-gender sex as when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and defined the role of men and women (Matt. 19:5, Mark 10:7).
Sorry for the garbled English above, but the following should read:
….if he has committed a really terrible sin against God and the church like the sexual abuses on children for which the Pope is now being made to apologize wherever he goes.
…only beneficiaries of what they do.
“Yes, the priests are just humans” but they should know better or conduct themselves better than the ordinary followers because priesthood is their vocation.
Yes, the guilty priests should be made to pay for what they did. Human or not, we have laws…
Being human is not an excuse to repeatedly commit sins. These priests must practice what they preach. How can they take care of the flock if they themselves are blind? How can a blind guide another blind? These hypocrites shall face the final judgment. The final judgment is a part of God’s plan of salvation.
This “How can a blind guide another blind?” reminds me of the Filipino song, “Dito po sa amin, bayan San Roque, may nagkatuwaan, apat na pulubi. Nagsayaw ang pilay, umawit ang pipi, nanood ang bulag, nakinig ang bingi!” Love that song, really!
These priests being humans can still repent. They must confess to God and ask for forgiveness.
Like edd here, I also had a strange experience of the uncanny appeal of priests to women having lost a girlfriend to one. At the time I really believe they had all this supernatural appeal that makes women throw themselves at their feet against their own will. I mean, why would any girl with half a brain choose a priest over me? Of course, the robed one was mestizo with a spanish family name at that, kinda tall, delivers superb homilies in perfect English and smells nice (or so I was told).
I became very judgmental with priests then and stopped going to mass altogether…until I met someone else and realized not all priests are predators and not all girls are enamored to priests…
When I was a little girl, a friend of my sister and cousins committed suicide, and I wondered why she would do so when she was very religious, or so I thought, as she was in church almost all the time, going there morning, noon and night. My sister and cousins talked about it in whispers. I learned later that it was about a priest. At that time, what we know now about priests could be found only in the novels of Dr. Jose P. Rizal.
The priests’ evil deeds have been kept secret and hidden for so long. It’s only now that the media and the people have the guts to expose their sins. In the past, mere criticism of the priests was considered a sin because they were made to believe that the priests’ were Christ’s representatives on earth.
Equalizer, there’s poll on who would you want to be president in the website of Sen. Trillanes:http://senator.trillanes.org
Equalizer, if you ask me, I’d choose Trillanes over everyone else anytime…
Bong Revilla for Vice President? Please read:
“I take it as a personal insult to all of us Filipinos that a do nothing, know-nothing like Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla has been flirting with the idea of running for vice president not of some neighborhood association but of this country that might have attained some greatness except for the fact that we have chosen our leaders very badly.
One of the reasons for this is that we never had a working party system. Our political parties are gangs built on personal pursuits rather than ideals of public service.
Recently, Bong came out with a “clarification” about rumors (started by himself in feeds to the movie press) that some unnamed and possibly deranged persons have asked him to consider running for vice president. The senator is obviously suffering from the KSP sy ndrome. This is when someone who feels self-important finds himself ignored. He is then “kulang sa pansin” and will do anything to be noticed.
But, there is obviously a plan. Else, why would his wife, the actress Lani Mercado (who was an “A” student at Miriam) make herself available to the media so that she can express her “apprehensions” about all this talk about her rocket scientist husband running for the closest position to being president. Please naman!
You both know that all of this talk is self-generated and that absolutely no one else is even thinking about this. In fact, my own read of the political situation is that actors are passé as politicians. The actor can win, however, when the one running against them is a known jueteng lord or some such scum bag. In that case (and only in that case) do these celluloid heroes come off as the lesser evil. Give the voters a real choice and the actor cannot =0 Awin!
Lately, the senator has had a snapshot of him in the foreground and our country’s past presidents in the background. Subliminal but not subtle at all. There are also attempts to place him on the same footing as Sen. Jinggoy Estrada and Gov. Vilma Santos, both movie greats, too, with the difference that Jinggoy finished his law studies and has done good work as mayor and as senator.
Of course, Senator Bong may be smarter than we think. Could it be that what he really wants is for enough of us to be so shocked at the thought of his becoming vice president that someone rich will try to buy him out of the idea? After all, his political career seems headed for a great, big fall. What is his future as a politician?=2 0One doubts that he can get back to local politics in Cavite; and would you vote for him for national office, even as congressman?
Of course, it is too early to speculate on what can happen in the 2010 elections but, perhaps, Senator Bong should first try to do something with his present job. As senator, there is a lot of good that he can do for the country if he would only attend to the job at hand. Of course, he has to stop and think about what it is that he will do. Still, doing that may be time better spent than dreaming of being vice president, a job for which (God forbid!) he just does not qualify
Before focusing on dreaming about a position that involves solving the problems of the entire country, it may be a good idea for Senator Bong to concentrate on putting his domestic and family affairs in order.
First, his minor son Jolo gets Rosanna Roces’ minor daughter Grace pregnant; then, his own daughter Inah likewise becomes an underaged mother. Then comes talk that Jolo used to physically abuse Grace even while she was pregnant, giving the public the impression that being heavy-handed runs in the Revilla family. After all, it is now sister Princess making headlines, after she allegedly beat her maid up and this is not the first time that Princess has been in the news for this kind of treatment of her household help.
Politics can wait, Senator Bong. Get your house in order first. Obviously, your immediate family needs your attention.
As Confucius says: “To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”