patunay lamang na ang isang hangaring makapagpamulat sa mga nagwawalang-bahalang isipan ay patuloy na uusad at mananatili sa pagyabong at hindi kailanman masasagkaan ang matapat na layunin. harangan man ng sibat. guluhin man ng mga mapagkunwari. sikilin man ng mga gahaman at talamak sa kasamaang hayok sa kapangyarihan. ganito ang matimyas na katotohanan kaya narito ka at nakakasama namin. mabuhay ka!
By the way, there’s this talk of a group of policy makers in Washington who were studying the possibility, that should the opposition get their acts together and present an alternative, and before your blog will reach its second year, there will be a new regime.
Toney Cuevas
Congratulations Ellen Tordesillas! You started something wonderful, “Making Life Worth Living.” Keep up the good work and don’t let others get you down. Consider the onset just a little mosquito bite, that you can just shrug it off. I want to thank you personally for this blog. It has given me an opportunity to participate and exchange in topics that I feel very significance. I can only envy your visions, you’re exactly bringing truths to your readers while others only talk about them.
I wish you good health and may this blog continue to bring truths to the people. Best of everything!
Thank you for your generosity and understanding!
chi
HAPPY ONE YEAR OLD B-DAY TO THIS BLOG. CONGRATULATIONS ELLEN, I envy your eternal optimism for our country, fighting through a mighty pen, the ink of which (I am sure)penetrates the evil hearts of the ones dwelling in the Fantasy Palace of M.
What I like in you is your unfailing consistency of jabbing at those powers who make pinoy life unbearable. You are a true journalist (hindi isang envelopmental journalist lang, otherwise rich ka na sana :)).
Through this blog, kaming mga maka-bansang pinoy na naninirahan na sa ibang-bansa at ang aming mga kapatid na pinoy diyan ay nagkaruon ng pagkakataon na mag-ugnayan at makapaglabas ng nasasaloob patungkol sa mga nangyayari sa mahal nating bansa. For this, thanks very much.
chi
thepublicthing, harinawa ay magkaroon ng katuparan ang iyong mga naririnig diyan. u made me smile :).
Congratulation to all! It’s always good to reflect the past year of this blog. It’s even better to make resolution and improve. I’ve some wishes: 1. Arrogance should not be displayed. At least if some have this tendency, try to keep it to a minimum. 2. Let there be respect among bloggers. One’s opinion is as good and valuable as the other. Let’s not be too opinionated. 3. While censorship is healthy to have better control, may it be applied to all. 4. Corruption is not only something that we see like money. Corruption could be the ideas we share and the way we treat bloggers who are more materially blessed. Humans love to receive gifts; but recepients sometimes are blinded by this favor. 5. Even the worst enemy could someday be our friend and be on our side. So, if some bloggers are perceived to be Gloria’s defenders, let them say and write what they want. No use branding them as members of GMA’s Internet Brigade. One day, they may realize what we’re all fighting for. 6. I believe in destiny. For reasons only God knows, there are reasons why this GMA is still in power. Let’s not keep blaming those who support her. Why not examine how the opposition handles the movement against her? Is there unity in the opposition? Is there a leader who could rally the people against this illegal occupant of Malacanang?
Finally, allow me to share this with you:
Our incarnations are as many as the pathways to them.
Be well and strong, make good choices
Congratulations Ellen. As far as i know your the first Pilipino hero I know. Thanks for sharing the truth, and having a place for concerned Pilipinos. You made me concern for Philippines again even if I am on the other side of the world. Sabi nga nila: “the pen is mightier than the sword,” and you have used it very well.
npongco
Joseph, I hope you don’t flatter Ellen that way. You call her the first Filipino Hero? That’s unfair to the Philippine’s National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal. If you’re a foreigner in this blog, please study some Philippine History. Have a nice evening.
Sorry, I meant first contemporary hero. In our time, and that’s the truth, for me that is.
Chabeli
Congratulations, Ms. Ellen, for “Making Life Worth Living”!
Your blog has been able to help many of us express our opinions freely, release our frustrations, and somehow, it has sparked a new sense of hope for the Philippines.
Elvira Sahara
Happy first anniversary, Baby!
Keep up your good work, Ellen! We appreciate your Courage to provide us the light to see the Truth!
May the Lord grant you more strength on the days ahead!
OOOps…P R O S T !!! See…you’ve done your first step! Bukas, mas Matatag ka ng lumakad!
npongco
That’s fine, Joseph. I hope you didn’t mind my correction. I knew you were just complimenting Ellen who of course deserves all the kudos. If only the barcada system is eliminated, this blog could be the best of them all. Barcada can be good and bad. Only sometimes, it affects our judgment and sense of fairness.
A year old is still a baby..congratulations to Ellen and all Bloggers for making this a learning process for all of us. As we go into our second year in this forum, may the first year remind us that there were a lot of differing opinions and a also a lot of hurt feelings and that we can not deny, but let us all unite including those whose opinions and views are continents apart and make the second year worth blogging for one and all.
By the way johnmarzan concern about the Blogger.com maybe temporary in your case, cuz I did edit and republished my blog and encountered no problem. The other day, I could not even log in myself. wish one and all a nice weekend..
npongco
Vic, I can’t agree with you more than what you mentioned. From hereon, let’s hope that people don’t continue to assert their opinions no matter how good these are. They need to learn to treat others as important. One could be highly educated and enjoying the comforts of his/her adopted country; but it’s not a pass to malign, ridicule, humiliate and trash others’ background and origin. Respect is what’s lacking in this blog. I’ve decided to be active again with one sincere desire in my heart; to continue fighting this evil and cruel Arroyo regime. For messages to be deleted and censored is something not easy to take; but I accept this decision with an open mind hoping that it’s being done in good intention. Once I see that others are free to have their ways, then you shall hear my loud voice again.
Diego K. Guerrero
Congratulations Ms. Ellen Tordesillas! The blogosphere is mightier than sword= Pen is mightier than the sword. We shall continue our “crusade” for better motherland.
My heartfelt congratulations Ellen for a job well done this past one year and may you continue to inspire our friends at home and abroad to fight for what is right…
May commenters in Ellen’s blog continue to assert their opinions on issues that truly matter, particularly against the bogus president as well as assert their will to help change things for the better for our nation…
A boisterous hip hip hourrah to Ellen as well as to one and all!
alitaptap
Cheers and congrats sa iyo ellen
Including those mga kulang sa pansin
Sana’y lalong masigasig ang iyong blog
Sa kadilima’y magbigay ng liwanag.
Ang pamahalaan ng mga imbi
mga magnanakaw at walang silbi
Kinabukasan sila’y mapupuksa
Kasarinlang ng bayan di mapariwara.
Taos pusong maligayang bati
Sa malusog na isang taong baby
Ang pagpunyagi sa blog ay di masasayang
Yayao at babagsak tiyak ang malacanang.
ocayvalle
cogratulation ellen,
your blog,really gives us all good,honest and free loving
filipinos hope and light at the end of a tunnel!! after the 2004 presidential election,majority of filipinos believe that GMA did not won,that she cheated using all the goverment resources so she could be in power,the media`s the NGO`s,businessman and the religious sector especially the INC of mr manalo accepted everything until the famous
“i have two disc”by mr bunye and everything became history.
the filipino people especially the majority who believe`s that FPJ won have resort to all legal means to denounce the cheating,coruption and lying of GMA,until every evil minions of GMA one by one where known by the public,
and ellen and with fellow blogers you all deserved the praises and without this column people will never knows the truth..ellen and fellow blogers you are one of the unsang heroes of democracy in the philippines…mabuhay ka ellen and mabuhay po kayong lahat dito!!! God bless you all!!
HAPPY ONE YEAR OLD..more POWER!!
Congratulations to the person who inspired me to create a blog! May you inspire more to see the light, search for the truth and to freedom to speak their mind. You are the embodiment of what an advocacy journalist is.
Btw, John, I’m having the same problems with blogspot when using IE. Try using Mozilla instead.
artsee
Mabuhay ang grupo! Mabuhay si Ate Ellen! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! Mabuhay ang mga Pilipino! Mamatay si tiyanak! Mamatay si Baboy! Mamatay si Mikey Mouse! Mamatay si Luliit! Mamatay si Iggy Pidal! Mamatay ang mga magnanakaw sa Malacanang!
art naman.. kung mamatay naman lahat yon di wala na tayo ma imura. kailangan magsikriprisyo muna sila sa manga kasalanan nila. sabi nga ni Rizal to die is to rest, huwag mo naman papahinga-in ang manga yon, bayad muna..
Ang galing mo talagang gumawa ng tula. May your tribe increase.
Thanks Ellen for allowing us to pitch in. Thanks for providing us a venue to vent out our sentiments against the crooks who have made a lot of us feel ashamed for what the Philippines have become known around the world—a country where the presidents are conceived to be robbers and thieves!
Ingat!
luzviminda
CONGRATULATIONS ELLEN! This blog has done and is still doing so much for us who need to air our sentiments. Thank you for giving chance to FREE SPEECH! We know that you’ve been in some troubles with this corrupt, avenging fake regime of Gloria’s Syndicates. But we are on your side! Keep up the good Work!
chi
Iba talaga ang patulang komento lalo na sa wikang Pilipino, masarap basahin at magaang unawain. Thanks ALITAPTAP.
TAIPAN88, where are u? I’m already missing your funny and enlightening poems.
kitamokitako
Maligayang isang taon ng blog mo Ms Ellen!
To tell the truth, i felt offended the first time i posted my piece here. I thought that bec i used a different user name that was not my real name, i thought i was the one alluded to when someone commented about ‘internate brigade’. I have my own reason to protect my privacy. (Is our privacy protected here?)
Overall, i enjoyed this blog and learned a lot from others. The discussions here are lively, precisely bec people with different views are allowed and I believe the more the merrier.
Phil Cruz
Happy Anniversary, Ellen!
Great blog. Great blog.
I like your pen.
It cuts sharp.
It cuts clean.
Like a laser beam.
And the bloggers here,
So alive, so involved, so concerned.
Blog on, courageous lady!
We are with thee.
Good health to you,
Till Anniversary Two.
Make sure also to install a spyware to remove the spyware that blocks entry to this site. Get some PC cleaner too like BCWipe, which I find very effective likewise in correcting and fixing damaged hard disk. For virus busting, I use AVG of Grisoft and Penicillin by Microtrend.
I’m using Netscape to browse the net because of its new security accessories. I don’t use I.E. because of its susceptibility to bugs, worms and viruses especially those that are distributed by the Internet Brigade with origin at some communication center in Cebu, and hook-ups in the USA, HK, etc.
There are also those bugs, worms and viruses distributed by pranksters who have no political affiliation as a matter of fact, but just the same, find joy and satisfaction in making Filipinos look stupid even when he/she himself/herself is indigenously Filipino!!!
Whatever, we must be grateful to Ellen for providing this venue, and try to be civil as possibly we can as a show of respect for our host. Gratitude after all is a God-given virtue. Ellen, again, Salamat! Arigato gozaimasu. Hsieh-shieh!
florry
Happy Anniversary, Ellen
For me personally, it’s the most appropriate time to express my heartfelt thanks for having the chance to join this blog. It’s been a pleasure reading and contributing some inputs and it did really effected some changes in my life. Again, thank you very much Ellen, and I hope and pray for many more anniversaries to come. You take care!
CONGRATULATIONS! TRULY YOU ARE A “BUGAL KANG ANTIQUE!” YOU STARTED YOUR BLOG ON OCT. 28- THE FEAST OF ST JUDE,THE SAINT OF THE HOPELESS CASES- WHAT MAY HAVE SEEMED “HOPELESS” THEN IS CERTAINLY NOT SO. KEEP GOING. YOU MAKE US ALL PROUD OF YOU.
ThePublicThing said: “There’s this talk of a group of policy makers in Washington who were studying the possibility, that should the opposition get their acts together and present an alternative, and before your blog will reach its second year, there will be a new regime.”
How I wish this were true. But the opposition getting their act together? Not all the groups. But I think a majority of them can work together. That would be good enough.
Phil Cruz
Sorry, Ellen, off topic…
Really fantastic. How the minds of Raul Gonzales and Mike Defensor work. Actually openly blaming and exclaiming surprise why the Supreme Court Justices who were appointed by Gloria would decide against her wishes!
What’s the cure for warped brains?
Phil Cruz
The pro-Cha Cha leaders, including Malacanang, have lately been shouting themselves hoarse proclaiming that the Cha Cha battle is not yet over…that they’re still deadset on carrying on their fight for Cha Cha inspite of their defeat at the SC… even though it’s pretty clear they’re up against a double layer of brick walls now.
Now the warped-brained DOJ says elections may have to be moved from May to November to make way for another try at getting the Cha Cha through. He thinks he’s the Almighty, doesn’t he? He thinks the public will just sit idly by and allow him to twiddle around with election schedules, doesn’t he?
It’s becoming pretty clear that this pig-headedness is already a put-on, a palabas. They know their chances at succeeding are now as slim as Jiminy Cricket’s legs. So why this continued rallying of their supporters not to give up?
They’re afraid they may lose the electoral support of the Congressmen, Governors and Mayors whom they promised “extended terms” and “federalism” if Cha Cha is approved.
These pigheads are also using the “let’s carry on the Cha Cha fight” slogan to continue to divert the public’s and the opposition’s attention from the past and present scandals this administration is embroiled in … as they unobtrusively and submarine-like prepare for the electoral battle next year.
Mrivera
Phil Cruz Says:
October 29th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Sorry, Ellen, off topic…
Really fantastic. How the minds of Raul Gonzales and Mike Defensor work. Actually openly blaming and exclaiming surprise why the Supreme Court Justices who were appointed by Gloria would decide against her wishes!
What’s the cure for warped brains?
asking for cure for warped brains? brains of these people, especially raul gonzalez would be more useful if used to feed piranhas.
Mrivera
phil, there is a saying: “a good man is a dead man”. and this applies to everyone inside the malacanan haunted house.
Mrivera
glutonia’s administration is a government that FOOL the people, BUY the people and OFF from people. kaya nga kabi kabila ang kurakutan, pananakot, paninikil sa karapatan, panloloko at panlalansi sa taong bayan gayundin ang walang tigil na pag-iisip ng mga paraan upang maghari sila nang walang katapusan.
zenzennai
nakikiisa at nakikisaya
sa unang taon blog ni Ellen.
dampi man ang ambag kong komento,
palitada naman ang sa pagbabasa.
maligayang bati !
at harinawa’y magdudulot ng kalayaan,
karunungan at kaunlaran para sa mamamayan
at di ng iilan.
tumpak at tiyak ang kalabog na bagsak
ng mga tiyanak at alipores na mga kunwaring
lider ng Inang Bayan !
salamat sa iyo, Ellen at sa lahat ng mga komentarista !
Chabeli
There are very interestin article tosay in Malaya entitled, “Fearing JDV plot, GMA dumped PI.” The article said that according to their source, “…the turnaround of the President and Mike Arroyo was prompted by the inclusion of the provision in the proposed shift to a parliamentary system, which would allow the legislature, expected to be controlled by De Venecia, to impeach the President during the transition period in 2010.” This apparently “scared” Mike Arroyo, “The source said Mr. Arroyo was the first to realize the threat posed by the impeachment provision.”
The article also mentions the brewing war in Gloria’s cabinet which was quoted from a source, who also said, “Matindi and pulitika ngayon. Ibang klase ang bakbakan. Sila-sila and nag-aaway.” The source also mentions about the “war between ‘De Venecia boys,’ namely…Eduardo Ermita, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez…Norberto Gonzalez…and…Gabriel Claudio on one side,” and Nonong Cruz and Mike Defensor, “on the other.”
Imagine how INFURIATED those congressmen, senators, mayors, governors, etc., who actually believed in Gloria’s support of the Cha-cha feel?! Those running in ’07 Elections won’t really have a platform to stand on!
It should be interesting then to watch a JdV/FVR-Gloria/Mike showdown! Who are you betting on?
Chabeli
Oooops, the first line of my comments above should read: “There is a very interesting article today…” Sorry about that.
npongco
Pas de probleme, Chabeli. Everyone makes a mistake. Tosay and today almost sound similar anyway. It’s better than having your sentence deleted. Indeed, there’s serious in fighting at the Palace. Ermita against Defensor. Andaya against another cabinet member. Puno against many cabinet members including his own staff. Of course the Pig against his wife. As for JDV/FVR/GMA showdown, it won’t happen. These three crooks are members of the same gang. But, I know JDV is closer to FVR. The former is more loyal to the latter. It’s possible that they could conspire against this evil woman. Evil against Evil. That’s what’s going to happen. Then, the good shall prevail as always.
chi
Chabeli and Npongco,
As I read this Malaya headline, I felt duped by the SC 8-7 ruling. Kung totoo ito, imagine na si Mike Pidal pa rin ang nagmaniobra ng SC through the “The Firm” dahil sa takot ng mag-asawang kleps. Sus, and I believed that conscience dictated the positive votes favoring junking of the PIG, at least in the case of CJP and JC. Sila-sila ang nagsasayawan at nagdedengoyan sa tugtog ng orkestra ni M.Pidal. Kailan kaya sila mamamatay?
I heard this rumor a few months back. This is the reason why the pretender is wary of JDV. She knows that if the lower house pushes thru with their Con-Ass, Glueria could be left out it the cold. This is the reason why there are so many versions of the Con-Ass in congress. JDV’s gang and the pretender’s are trying to out maneuver each other.
artsee
Chi, malakas ang Chi mo talaga. May alam ako sa Feng Sui at Chi-Yang. Positive energy ang nararamdaman ko mula sa iyo. Malakas ang kutob ko rin na inuto lang tayo ng SC. Matagal nang yari ang laban. Palalabasin nila kunwari na 8-7; tapos pag-alis ni Panganiban at iba ang pumalit, baligtad. Gaya ng nangyari sa Makati, inutusan ng Malacanang ang CA na pagbigyan si Binay. Malapit na kasi ang Todos Los Santos. Lahat gustong pumunta sa sementeryo at ang mga ibang mayayaman naman lalo na ang mga bata ni tiyanak gustong magbakasyon abroad. Eh kung magkagulo at mag-People Power na naman? Di wala nang good time. Balik sa SC, tandaan niyo na may motion for reconsideration pa at ito’y puwedeng pagbigyan. Iyan mga ingay sa Palasyo lalo na itong si tandang malapit nang mamatay na si Raul Gonzalez ay arte lang at palabas. Kunwari galit para hindi halata. Kasi ba naman kung tahimik lang sila, hindi kapanipaniwala di ba?
npongco
Off topic: What are the self-proclaimed patriots in Japan doing about this news item below:
“Detained President Joseph Estrada, concerned over the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) signed by President Arroyo in Finland this year which allows the toxic waste of Japan to be exported to the Philippines and thus create not only environmental problems for the country and Filipinos, but also reduces the country to a status of a dumping ground for foreign toxic waste, yesterday called on the Department of Justice for the status of the cases filed under the Estrada government against several individuals involved in the Japanese illegal exportation of toxic waste to the Philippines.
“The country has enough problems with the garbage, but there is the Arroyo government agreeing to have tons and tons of Japanese toxic waste exported to the country, putting the health of Filipinos at risk for a bigger quota of Filipino nurses entering Japan,” Estrada stressed during a telephone interview with the Tribune yesterday.
He noted that it has been well over five years since he was ousted unconstitutionally by Mrs. Arroyo through a naked power grab, yet nothing had been done by way of pursuing the case he ordered filed against several persons involved in the exportation of Japanese toxic waste to the country during his term.”
chi
Yes Artsee, they’ve already mastered the art of deception. I practice Tai Chi :), really.
Sa ngayon, hinihintay ko na lang silang lahat ma-karma (in fact nagsimula na) dahil ang aking mga matatandang kamag-anak sa Bataan ay nagsusumbong na mahigit pa raw sa panahon ng Hapon ang kahirapan ngayon doon. If this is the collective feeling in my hometown, eh di hindi nalalayo ang sa iba pang kanayunan.
pandawan
Happy anniversary to your blog. Malalim ito pero kayang arukin ng kahit na sino kasi ay pang-masa at para din sa malalim na mag-isip.
Iisa ang adhikain ng mga bloggers dito at sana ay magkaroon ng katuparan isang araw. Isang bagong umaga para sa bansang Pilipinas. Sa gitna ng kadiliman ay kay hirap na makita ang pagsilay ng liwanag. Pero pagbubukang-liwayway ay sisikat din ang araw.
Maraming salamat sa pagkakataong maipahayag ang laman ng puso at kaluluwa.
Emilio_OFW
Congratulations! Ms. Ellen and Happy 1st Anniversary to your blog.
Thanks for the accomodation in pitching-in to the issue of the day.
hapi hapi aniv! dear ellen, tuloy tuloy pa rin natin ang naumpisahan mo sa paggising sa aming mga nakatagong pagka-makabayan kahit na saan mang lupalop kami naroroon.
nelbar
Happy Birthday sa blog ni Ellen.
Kung si Kit Tatad mayroong October 28 Movement noong 2003 , ikaw naman mayroon din ng 2005.
anthony scalia
Congratulations.
I wonder – aren’t you all affected by the pessimism that pervades this blog?
Pessimism or combativity? You will find that your own pessimism will not permeate this blog.
People here are combative. Would you rather we just all said Allelujah to Gloria immoral bansot?
Mrivera
anna, bakit nga ba hindi tayo magsaya? tutal, wala na nga naman tayong magagawa dahil nakaupo na si gloria kahit maliwanag pa sa araw ng katanghaliang tapat na inamin na niya ang pandaraya at pinatuwad na daw siya ng taong bayan. bakit nga ba ganito na lamang ang galit natin sa lahat ng kasuwapangan ni gloria? bakit nga ba hindi natin matanggap ang unti unti niyang pagsupil sa karapatan ng mamamayan? bakit nga ba hindi natin kalimutan na ilang beses na niyang niloko ang taong bayan at inagaw ang kapangyarihan at patuloy na niloloko araw araw upang mailihis ang atensiyon sa kabila ng pagdarahop at kagutuman? bakit nga ba hindi natin matanggap ang pagkawasak ng dating magandang pagpapalagayan ng bawat isang pilipino na naging mapagsuspetsa sa kapwa dahil sa ipinakita niyang bulok na halimbawa? bakit nga ba?
siguro, nagising na tayo at sa pagmulat ng mata natin ay nakita ang liwanag ng katotohanan. sila kayang mga balewala ang mga ginagawa ni gloria? ano kaya ang nararamdaman nila? tuwa?
Fighting for truth and justice is positive. It’s pessimism to impose dishonesty and fraud (just like the Malacañang- initiated People’s Initiative on the public).
To be outraged over cheating, corruption and senseless killings means your sense of values are intact. To play deaf and blind to Arroyo’s corruption and disrespect of the Constitution shows a perversion of values.
I first had a running correspondence with you some 5 or 6 years ago. You were one of those who inspired me to try and fight for what is right, however miniscule the effort may be.
Toney Cuevas
I believe that God couldn’t be everywhere so that’s why Ms. Ellen Tordesillas and this blog was created, to bring truths to the people.
Thanks Vi. Of course, I remember you. I read your reports in Philippine Star.
Tom
Happy anniversary, Ellen. I share your hope for getting rid of the corrupt, cheating, lying, and downright evil persons populating the current administration–and replacing them with decent, truly nationalistic, and righteous rulers.
TongueInAnew
Late as usual, but kasing-init din naman ang aking happy anniversary. I guess that goes to all of us, too. Isama na si Jun at si Scalia.
Pessimism daw at the time na nagce-celebrate ng anniversary? Nah, you can try better tricks to spoil the fun, not this.
Lalo na pag ang mood e victorious and jubilant, sino kaya ang nagiging pessimistic? Hehehe!
Ellen, salamat sa pasensiya mo sa mga balyador na kamukha ko at sa mga kablog, peeps, sana meron akong naibahagi na makabuluhan dito sa Blog ni Ellen na matagal ko nang gustong ibahagi kahit sa Abante at Malaya columns ni Ellen.
Mabuhay!
chi
Couples of years ago, I used to email Ellen my reactions to her pieces/columns. Then this blog came out and she invited me to join. Pinalipas ko ang mga 10 months before sumingit, but since day one I have not missed any entries/contributions (kahit pa iyong mga nagmumura). I enjoy every day of this blog, savoring the intensity of discussions.
Why 10 months? Nasarapan akong maging taga-basa lang eh :). My benchmark was…kung ako ay masaya pa rin (hindi nagsasawa) at patuloy na natututo sa mga bloggers, it only meant that this blog can sustain my needs to express myself. I learn and unlearn things from the bloggers. I get a wealth of info from bloggers and Ellen. Ano pa ang gugustuhin ko? Kung ako ay magbigay ng entry, wala akong paki kung meron babasa o wala. Afterall, printed at nababasa ko ang aking damdamin. It’s priceless!
anthony scalia
To Ellen:
“Fighting for truth and justice is positive. It’s pessimism to impose dishonesty and fraud (just like the Malacañang- initiated People’s Initiative on the public).”
True, but I’m not talking about Malacañang-induced pessimism; I’m talking about the pessimism created by 99.9% of all posters here.
To anna de brux:
“Pessimism or combativity? You will find that your own pessimism will not permeate this blog”
Hello? My sense of pessimism? Why don’t we take a test here – let an apolitical first-timer read all my posts here, and the rest of the posts, and lets ask this fellow if whose posts would induce him/her to abandon the Philippines.
“People here are combative.”
You’re Exhibit A.
“Would you rather we just all said Allelujah to Gloria immoral bansot?”
No
anthony scalia
“Pessimism daw at the time na nagce-celebrate ng anniversary? Nah, you can try better tricks to spoil the fun, not this”
Please refer to the first word in my post – CONGRATULATIONS
Saka I was talking about the pessimism in the whole blog, not in the thread of “One year today”
Haay naku.
Mrivera
of that 99%, alam na kung sino ang lone optimistic!
Ellen said: “How I wish this were true. But the opposition getting their act together? Not all the groups. But I think a majority of them can work together. That would be good enough”.
There are many things in this world that is unpredictable Ellen, just like the wind. Sometimes it changes. Who knows if it were true, and when it blew, it will sail with the tide.
If I may return the compliment, I would say you aren’t far from being combative either.
It’s important for people here to be combative instead of giving in to the number terrorist couple in the country – the Pidal Arroyos.
nelbar
French news channel to challenge ‘Anglo-Saxon’ CNN, BBC: boss —–Yahoo!® News(Agence France-Presse)
by Marc Burleigh
Tue Oct 31, 1:33 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) – A round-the-clock international news channel France is to launch in December will challenge the “Anglo-Saxon” views spread by market leaders BBC and CNN by relying on “French values”, the network’s chief said.
France 24, as the network is called, will start broadcasting in English and French on the Internet on December 6 and then via satellite two days later, its chairman and chief executive, Alain de Pouzilhac, told Le Figaro newspaper.
Like its British and US rivals, it is homing in on “opinion leaders” around the world by dishing up a diet of news, features and discussion.
But those viewers, Pouzilhac claimed, have become increasingly “sceptical of the world vision offered by the Anglo-Saxons like BBC World and CNN International.”
Instead, he asserted, they “are looking for contradictory opinions — which is what France 24 is proposing by relying on French values.”
He did not define what those values were in the interview, beyond saying that the channel would highlight “diversity (and)… confrontation, without forgetting the culture and French art of living.”
Financed to the tune of 80 million euros (100 million dollars) a year by the state and run as a joint operation between France’s top commercial and top public national TV networks, France 24 will start out as a minnow to the BBC or CNN, both of which have built up global networks and enjoy established reputations.
BBC World, the privately financed international arm of Britain’s public broadcaster, has 250 staff and an undisclosed budget. CNN’s US and international divisions employ 4,000 people and revenues of 860 million dollars (730 million euros).
Additionally, other players are entering the market, most notably the Arab network Al-Jazeera, which is to start broadcasting an English-language service from mid-November.
But Pouzilhac insisted there was room for the French channel.
“From its launch, France 24 will potentially reach 250 million individuals,” and will be pumped into 500 hotels in 64 countries, he said.
It will be offered throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East and in the US cities of New York and Washington. Later, it plans to extend its broadcasts to all of North and South America and to Asia.
Staffed by 380 people — including 170 bilingual journalists — it will be relying in part on video footage and reporting provided by its managing companies, the TF1 private network and the state-owned France Televisions, as well as from partner organisations such as AFP and Radio France Internationale.
France 24 was conceived years ago as a pet project of President Jacques Chirac, who in February 2002 called for a “big international news channel in French able to rival the BBC and CNN.”
The US-led invasion of Iraq pushed the project forward, because Chirac was reportedly miffed by the way CNN and the BBC presented France’s opposition to the war.
Some reports in US media inaccurately stating that “Paris is burning” during the 2005 riots around France also nettled his government.
Chirac has said he hoped the channel would place France “at the forefront of the global battle of images”.
The European Commission gave the green light to the French channel in June, but media commentators have highlighted internal problems in the company caused by forcing TF1 and France Televisions — aggressive competitors in the national market — to work together.
The head of France Televisions, Patrick de Carolis, had unsuccessfully lobbied to have TF1 jettisoned from the project, and relations between the two remain frosty.
patunay lamang na ang isang hangaring makapagpamulat sa mga nagwawalang-bahalang isipan ay patuloy na uusad at mananatili sa pagyabong at hindi kailanman masasagkaan ang matapat na layunin. harangan man ng sibat. guluhin man ng mga mapagkunwari. sikilin man ng mga gahaman at talamak sa kasamaang hayok sa kapangyarihan. ganito ang matimyas na katotohanan kaya narito ka at nakakasama namin. mabuhay ka!
Congratulations Ellen.
By the way, there’s this talk of a group of policy makers in Washington who were studying the possibility, that should the opposition get their acts together and present an alternative, and before your blog will reach its second year, there will be a new regime.
Congratulations Ellen Tordesillas! You started something wonderful, “Making Life Worth Living.” Keep up the good work and don’t let others get you down. Consider the onset just a little mosquito bite, that you can just shrug it off. I want to thank you personally for this blog. It has given me an opportunity to participate and exchange in topics that I feel very significance. I can only envy your visions, you’re exactly bringing truths to your readers while others only talk about them.
I wish you good health and may this blog continue to bring truths to the people. Best of everything!
Thank you for your generosity and understanding!
HAPPY ONE YEAR OLD B-DAY TO THIS BLOG. CONGRATULATIONS ELLEN, I envy your eternal optimism for our country, fighting through a mighty pen, the ink of which (I am sure)penetrates the evil hearts of the ones dwelling in the Fantasy Palace of M.
What I like in you is your unfailing consistency of jabbing at those powers who make pinoy life unbearable. You are a true journalist (hindi isang envelopmental journalist lang, otherwise rich ka na sana :)).
Through this blog, kaming mga maka-bansang pinoy na naninirahan na sa ibang-bansa at ang aming mga kapatid na pinoy diyan ay nagkaruon ng pagkakataon na mag-ugnayan at makapaglabas ng nasasaloob patungkol sa mga nangyayari sa mahal nating bansa. For this, thanks very much.
thepublicthing, harinawa ay magkaroon ng katuparan ang iyong mga naririnig diyan. u made me smile :).
happy birthday.
Congratulation to all! It’s always good to reflect the past year of this blog. It’s even better to make resolution and improve. I’ve some wishes: 1. Arrogance should not be displayed. At least if some have this tendency, try to keep it to a minimum. 2. Let there be respect among bloggers. One’s opinion is as good and valuable as the other. Let’s not be too opinionated. 3. While censorship is healthy to have better control, may it be applied to all. 4. Corruption is not only something that we see like money. Corruption could be the ideas we share and the way we treat bloggers who are more materially blessed. Humans love to receive gifts; but recepients sometimes are blinded by this favor. 5. Even the worst enemy could someday be our friend and be on our side. So, if some bloggers are perceived to be Gloria’s defenders, let them say and write what they want. No use branding them as members of GMA’s Internet Brigade. One day, they may realize what we’re all fighting for. 6. I believe in destiny. For reasons only God knows, there are reasons why this GMA is still in power. Let’s not keep blaming those who support her. Why not examine how the opposition handles the movement against her? Is there unity in the opposition? Is there a leader who could rally the people against this illegal occupant of Malacanang?
Finally, allow me to share this with you:
Our incarnations are as many as the pathways to them.
Be well and strong, make good choices
btw, off topic, pero may diperensiya ang blogger.com. i can’t publish my blog.
001 java.net.ConnectException: Connection refusedblog…
has anybody else experienced this?
Congratulations Ellen. As far as i know your the first Pilipino hero I know. Thanks for sharing the truth, and having a place for concerned Pilipinos. You made me concern for Philippines again even if I am on the other side of the world. Sabi nga nila: “the pen is mightier than the sword,” and you have used it very well.
Joseph, I hope you don’t flatter Ellen that way. You call her the first Filipino Hero? That’s unfair to the Philippine’s National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal. If you’re a foreigner in this blog, please study some Philippine History. Have a nice evening.
Sorry, I meant first contemporary hero. In our time, and that’s the truth, for me that is.
Congratulations, Ms. Ellen, for “Making Life Worth Living”!
Your blog has been able to help many of us express our opinions freely, release our frustrations, and somehow, it has sparked a new sense of hope for the Philippines.
Happy first anniversary, Baby!
Keep up your good work, Ellen! We appreciate your Courage to provide us the light to see the Truth!
May the Lord grant you more strength on the days ahead!
OOOps…P R O S T !!! See…you’ve done your first step! Bukas, mas Matatag ka ng lumakad!
That’s fine, Joseph. I hope you didn’t mind my correction. I knew you were just complimenting Ellen who of course deserves all the kudos. If only the barcada system is eliminated, this blog could be the best of them all. Barcada can be good and bad. Only sometimes, it affects our judgment and sense of fairness.
A year old is still a baby..congratulations to Ellen and all Bloggers for making this a learning process for all of us. As we go into our second year in this forum, may the first year remind us that there were a lot of differing opinions and a also a lot of hurt feelings and that we can not deny, but let us all unite including those whose opinions and views are continents apart and make the second year worth blogging for one and all.
By the way johnmarzan concern about the Blogger.com maybe temporary in your case, cuz I did edit and republished my blog and encountered no problem. The other day, I could not even log in myself. wish one and all a nice weekend..
Vic, I can’t agree with you more than what you mentioned. From hereon, let’s hope that people don’t continue to assert their opinions no matter how good these are. They need to learn to treat others as important. One could be highly educated and enjoying the comforts of his/her adopted country; but it’s not a pass to malign, ridicule, humiliate and trash others’ background and origin. Respect is what’s lacking in this blog. I’ve decided to be active again with one sincere desire in my heart; to continue fighting this evil and cruel Arroyo regime. For messages to be deleted and censored is something not easy to take; but I accept this decision with an open mind hoping that it’s being done in good intention. Once I see that others are free to have their ways, then you shall hear my loud voice again.
Congratulations Ms. Ellen Tordesillas! The blogosphere is mightier than sword= Pen is mightier than the sword. We shall continue our “crusade” for better motherland.
Ellen,
My heartfelt congratulations Ellen for a job well done this past one year and may you continue to inspire our friends at home and abroad to fight for what is right…
May commenters in Ellen’s blog continue to assert their opinions on issues that truly matter, particularly against the bogus president as well as assert their will to help change things for the better for our nation…
A boisterous hip hip hourrah to Ellen as well as to one and all!
Cheers and congrats sa iyo ellen
Including those mga kulang sa pansin
Sana’y lalong masigasig ang iyong blog
Sa kadilima’y magbigay ng liwanag.
Ang pamahalaan ng mga imbi
mga magnanakaw at walang silbi
Kinabukasan sila’y mapupuksa
Kasarinlang ng bayan di mapariwara.
Taos pusong maligayang bati
Sa malusog na isang taong baby
Ang pagpunyagi sa blog ay di masasayang
Yayao at babagsak tiyak ang malacanang.
cogratulation ellen,
your blog,really gives us all good,honest and free loving
filipinos hope and light at the end of a tunnel!! after the 2004 presidential election,majority of filipinos believe that GMA did not won,that she cheated using all the goverment resources so she could be in power,the media`s the NGO`s,businessman and the religious sector especially the INC of mr manalo accepted everything until the famous
“i have two disc”by mr bunye and everything became history.
the filipino people especially the majority who believe`s that FPJ won have resort to all legal means to denounce the cheating,coruption and lying of GMA,until every evil minions of GMA one by one where known by the public,
and ellen and with fellow blogers you all deserved the praises and without this column people will never knows the truth..ellen and fellow blogers you are one of the unsang heroes of democracy in the philippines…mabuhay ka ellen and mabuhay po kayong lahat dito!!! God bless you all!!
HAPPY ONE YEAR OLD..more POWER!!
Alitaptap,
That’s a very, very cute poem!
Hah! Gosh, how you can dish prose easily!!!! I envy you.
Congratulations to the person who inspired me to create a blog! May you inspire more to see the light, search for the truth and to freedom to speak their mind. You are the embodiment of what an advocacy journalist is.
Btw, John, I’m having the same problems with blogspot when using IE. Try using Mozilla instead.
Mabuhay ang grupo! Mabuhay si Ate Ellen! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas! Mabuhay ang mga Pilipino! Mamatay si tiyanak! Mamatay si Baboy! Mamatay si Mikey Mouse! Mamatay si Luliit! Mamatay si Iggy Pidal! Mamatay ang mga magnanakaw sa Malacanang!
art naman.. kung mamatay naman lahat yon di wala na tayo ma imura. kailangan magsikriprisyo muna sila sa manga kasalanan nila. sabi nga ni Rizal to die is to rest, huwag mo naman papahinga-in ang manga yon, bayad muna..
Alitaptap,
Ang galing mo talagang gumawa ng tula. May your tribe increase.
Thanks Ellen for allowing us to pitch in. Thanks for providing us a venue to vent out our sentiments against the crooks who have made a lot of us feel ashamed for what the Philippines have become known around the world—a country where the presidents are conceived to be robbers and thieves!
Ingat!
CONGRATULATIONS ELLEN! This blog has done and is still doing so much for us who need to air our sentiments. Thank you for giving chance to FREE SPEECH! We know that you’ve been in some troubles with this corrupt, avenging fake regime of Gloria’s Syndicates. But we are on your side! Keep up the good Work!
Iba talaga ang patulang komento lalo na sa wikang Pilipino, masarap basahin at magaang unawain. Thanks ALITAPTAP.
TAIPAN88, where are u? I’m already missing your funny and enlightening poems.
Maligayang isang taon ng blog mo Ms Ellen!
To tell the truth, i felt offended the first time i posted my piece here. I thought that bec i used a different user name that was not my real name, i thought i was the one alluded to when someone commented about ‘internate brigade’. I have my own reason to protect my privacy. (Is our privacy protected here?)
Overall, i enjoyed this blog and learned a lot from others. The discussions here are lively, precisely bec people with different views are allowed and I believe the more the merrier.
Happy Anniversary, Ellen!
Great blog. Great blog.
I like your pen.
It cuts sharp.
It cuts clean.
Like a laser beam.
And the bloggers here,
So alive, so involved, so concerned.
Blog on, courageous lady!
We are with thee.
Good health to you,
Till Anniversary Two.
Schumey, All:
Make sure also to install a spyware to remove the spyware that blocks entry to this site. Get some PC cleaner too like BCWipe, which I find very effective likewise in correcting and fixing damaged hard disk. For virus busting, I use AVG of Grisoft and Penicillin by Microtrend.
I’m using Netscape to browse the net because of its new security accessories. I don’t use I.E. because of its susceptibility to bugs, worms and viruses especially those that are distributed by the Internet Brigade with origin at some communication center in Cebu, and hook-ups in the USA, HK, etc.
There are also those bugs, worms and viruses distributed by pranksters who have no political affiliation as a matter of fact, but just the same, find joy and satisfaction in making Filipinos look stupid even when he/she himself/herself is indigenously Filipino!!!
Whatever, we must be grateful to Ellen for providing this venue, and try to be civil as possibly we can as a show of respect for our host. Gratitude after all is a God-given virtue. Ellen, again, Salamat! Arigato gozaimasu. Hsieh-shieh!
Happy Anniversary, Ellen
For me personally, it’s the most appropriate time to express my heartfelt thanks for having the chance to join this blog. It’s been a pleasure reading and contributing some inputs and it did really effected some changes in my life. Again, thank you very much Ellen, and I hope and pray for many more anniversaries to come. You take care!
Hapi Anib! mor anibs to kam 😉
From my cousin Rose Tordesillas in New Jersey:
CONGRATULATIONS! TRULY YOU ARE A “BUGAL KANG ANTIQUE!” YOU STARTED YOUR BLOG ON OCT. 28- THE FEAST OF ST JUDE,THE SAINT OF THE HOPELESS CASES- WHAT MAY HAVE SEEMED “HOPELESS” THEN IS CERTAINLY NOT SO. KEEP GOING. YOU MAKE US ALL PROUD OF YOU.
ThePublicThing said: “There’s this talk of a group of policy makers in Washington who were studying the possibility, that should the opposition get their acts together and present an alternative, and before your blog will reach its second year, there will be a new regime.”
How I wish this were true. But the opposition getting their act together? Not all the groups. But I think a majority of them can work together. That would be good enough.
Sorry, Ellen, off topic…
Really fantastic. How the minds of Raul Gonzales and Mike Defensor work. Actually openly blaming and exclaiming surprise why the Supreme Court Justices who were appointed by Gloria would decide against her wishes!
What’s the cure for warped brains?
The pro-Cha Cha leaders, including Malacanang, have lately been shouting themselves hoarse proclaiming that the Cha Cha battle is not yet over…that they’re still deadset on carrying on their fight for Cha Cha inspite of their defeat at the SC… even though it’s pretty clear they’re up against a double layer of brick walls now.
Now the warped-brained DOJ says elections may have to be moved from May to November to make way for another try at getting the Cha Cha through. He thinks he’s the Almighty, doesn’t he? He thinks the public will just sit idly by and allow him to twiddle around with election schedules, doesn’t he?
It’s becoming pretty clear that this pig-headedness is already a put-on, a palabas. They know their chances at succeeding are now as slim as Jiminy Cricket’s legs. So why this continued rallying of their supporters not to give up?
They’re afraid they may lose the electoral support of the Congressmen, Governors and Mayors whom they promised “extended terms” and “federalism” if Cha Cha is approved.
These pigheads are also using the “let’s carry on the Cha Cha fight” slogan to continue to divert the public’s and the opposition’s attention from the past and present scandals this administration is embroiled in … as they unobtrusively and submarine-like prepare for the electoral battle next year.
Phil Cruz Says:
October 29th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Sorry, Ellen, off topic…
Really fantastic. How the minds of Raul Gonzales and Mike Defensor work. Actually openly blaming and exclaiming surprise why the Supreme Court Justices who were appointed by Gloria would decide against her wishes!
What’s the cure for warped brains?
asking for cure for warped brains? brains of these people, especially raul gonzalez would be more useful if used to feed piranhas.
phil, there is a saying: “a good man is a dead man”. and this applies to everyone inside the malacanan haunted house.
glutonia’s administration is a government that FOOL the people, BUY the people and OFF from people. kaya nga kabi kabila ang kurakutan, pananakot, paninikil sa karapatan, panloloko at panlalansi sa taong bayan gayundin ang walang tigil na pag-iisip ng mga paraan upang maghari sila nang walang katapusan.
nakikiisa at nakikisaya
sa unang taon blog ni Ellen.
dampi man ang ambag kong komento,
palitada naman ang sa pagbabasa.
maligayang bati !
at harinawa’y magdudulot ng kalayaan,
karunungan at kaunlaran para sa mamamayan
at di ng iilan.
tumpak at tiyak ang kalabog na bagsak
ng mga tiyanak at alipores na mga kunwaring
lider ng Inang Bayan !
salamat sa iyo, Ellen at sa lahat ng mga komentarista !
There are very interestin article tosay in Malaya entitled, “Fearing JDV plot, GMA dumped PI.” The article said that according to their source, “…the turnaround of the President and Mike Arroyo was prompted by the inclusion of the provision in the proposed shift to a parliamentary system, which would allow the legislature, expected to be controlled by De Venecia, to impeach the President during the transition period in 2010.” This apparently “scared” Mike Arroyo, “The source said Mr. Arroyo was the first to realize the threat posed by the impeachment provision.”
The article also mentions the brewing war in Gloria’s cabinet which was quoted from a source, who also said, “Matindi and pulitika ngayon. Ibang klase ang bakbakan. Sila-sila and nag-aaway.” The source also mentions about the “war between ‘De Venecia boys,’ namely…Eduardo Ermita, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez…Norberto Gonzalez…and…Gabriel Claudio on one side,” and Nonong Cruz and Mike Defensor, “on the other.”
Imagine how INFURIATED those congressmen, senators, mayors, governors, etc., who actually believed in Gloria’s support of the Cha-cha feel?! Those running in ’07 Elections won’t really have a platform to stand on!
It should be interesting then to watch a JdV/FVR-Gloria/Mike showdown! Who are you betting on?
Oooops, the first line of my comments above should read: “There is a very interesting article today…” Sorry about that.
Pas de probleme, Chabeli. Everyone makes a mistake. Tosay and today almost sound similar anyway. It’s better than having your sentence deleted. Indeed, there’s serious in fighting at the Palace. Ermita against Defensor. Andaya against another cabinet member. Puno against many cabinet members including his own staff. Of course the Pig against his wife. As for JDV/FVR/GMA showdown, it won’t happen. These three crooks are members of the same gang. But, I know JDV is closer to FVR. The former is more loyal to the latter. It’s possible that they could conspire against this evil woman. Evil against Evil. That’s what’s going to happen. Then, the good shall prevail as always.
Chabeli and Npongco,
As I read this Malaya headline, I felt duped by the SC 8-7 ruling. Kung totoo ito, imagine na si Mike Pidal pa rin ang nagmaniobra ng SC through the “The Firm” dahil sa takot ng mag-asawang kleps. Sus, and I believed that conscience dictated the positive votes favoring junking of the PIG, at least in the case of CJP and JC. Sila-sila ang nagsasayawan at nagdedengoyan sa tugtog ng orkestra ni M.Pidal. Kailan kaya sila mamamatay?
I heard this rumor a few months back. This is the reason why the pretender is wary of JDV. She knows that if the lower house pushes thru with their Con-Ass, Glueria could be left out it the cold. This is the reason why there are so many versions of the Con-Ass in congress. JDV’s gang and the pretender’s are trying to out maneuver each other.
Chi, malakas ang Chi mo talaga. May alam ako sa Feng Sui at Chi-Yang. Positive energy ang nararamdaman ko mula sa iyo. Malakas ang kutob ko rin na inuto lang tayo ng SC. Matagal nang yari ang laban. Palalabasin nila kunwari na 8-7; tapos pag-alis ni Panganiban at iba ang pumalit, baligtad. Gaya ng nangyari sa Makati, inutusan ng Malacanang ang CA na pagbigyan si Binay. Malapit na kasi ang Todos Los Santos. Lahat gustong pumunta sa sementeryo at ang mga ibang mayayaman naman lalo na ang mga bata ni tiyanak gustong magbakasyon abroad. Eh kung magkagulo at mag-People Power na naman? Di wala nang good time. Balik sa SC, tandaan niyo na may motion for reconsideration pa at ito’y puwedeng pagbigyan. Iyan mga ingay sa Palasyo lalo na itong si tandang malapit nang mamatay na si Raul Gonzalez ay arte lang at palabas. Kunwari galit para hindi halata. Kasi ba naman kung tahimik lang sila, hindi kapanipaniwala di ba?
Off topic: What are the self-proclaimed patriots in Japan doing about this news item below:
“Detained President Joseph Estrada, concerned over the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) signed by President Arroyo in Finland this year which allows the toxic waste of Japan to be exported to the Philippines and thus create not only environmental problems for the country and Filipinos, but also reduces the country to a status of a dumping ground for foreign toxic waste, yesterday called on the Department of Justice for the status of the cases filed under the Estrada government against several individuals involved in the Japanese illegal exportation of toxic waste to the Philippines.
“The country has enough problems with the garbage, but there is the Arroyo government agreeing to have tons and tons of Japanese toxic waste exported to the country, putting the health of Filipinos at risk for a bigger quota of Filipino nurses entering Japan,” Estrada stressed during a telephone interview with the Tribune yesterday.
He noted that it has been well over five years since he was ousted unconstitutionally by Mrs. Arroyo through a naked power grab, yet nothing had been done by way of pursuing the case he ordered filed against several persons involved in the exportation of Japanese toxic waste to the country during his term.”
Yes Artsee, they’ve already mastered the art of deception. I practice Tai Chi :), really.
Sa ngayon, hinihintay ko na lang silang lahat ma-karma (in fact nagsimula na) dahil ang aking mga matatandang kamag-anak sa Bataan ay nagsusumbong na mahigit pa raw sa panahon ng Hapon ang kahirapan ngayon doon. If this is the collective feeling in my hometown, eh di hindi nalalayo ang sa iba pang kanayunan.
Happy anniversary to your blog. Malalim ito pero kayang arukin ng kahit na sino kasi ay pang-masa at para din sa malalim na mag-isip.
Iisa ang adhikain ng mga bloggers dito at sana ay magkaroon ng katuparan isang araw. Isang bagong umaga para sa bansang Pilipinas. Sa gitna ng kadiliman ay kay hirap na makita ang pagsilay ng liwanag. Pero pagbubukang-liwayway ay sisikat din ang araw.
Maraming salamat sa pagkakataong maipahayag ang laman ng puso at kaluluwa.
Congratulations! Ms. Ellen and Happy 1st Anniversary to your blog.
Thanks for the accomodation in pitching-in to the issue of the day.
More power and God Bless!
hapi hapi aniv! dear ellen, tuloy tuloy pa rin natin ang naumpisahan mo sa paggising sa aming mga nakatagong pagka-makabayan kahit na saan mang lupalop kami naroroon.
Happy Birthday sa blog ni Ellen.
Kung si Kit Tatad mayroong October 28 Movement noong 2003 , ikaw naman mayroon din ng 2005.
Congratulations.
I wonder – aren’t you all affected by the pessimism that pervades this blog?
Anthony Scalia,
Pessimism or combativity? You will find that your own pessimism will not permeate this blog.
People here are combative. Would you rather we just all said Allelujah to Gloria immoral bansot?
anna, bakit nga ba hindi tayo magsaya? tutal, wala na nga naman tayong magagawa dahil nakaupo na si gloria kahit maliwanag pa sa araw ng katanghaliang tapat na inamin na niya ang pandaraya at pinatuwad na daw siya ng taong bayan. bakit nga ba ganito na lamang ang galit natin sa lahat ng kasuwapangan ni gloria? bakit nga ba hindi natin matanggap ang unti unti niyang pagsupil sa karapatan ng mamamayan? bakit nga ba hindi natin kalimutan na ilang beses na niyang niloko ang taong bayan at inagaw ang kapangyarihan at patuloy na niloloko araw araw upang mailihis ang atensiyon sa kabila ng pagdarahop at kagutuman? bakit nga ba hindi natin matanggap ang pagkawasak ng dating magandang pagpapalagayan ng bawat isang pilipino na naging mapagsuspetsa sa kapwa dahil sa ipinakita niyang bulok na halimbawa? bakit nga ba?
siguro, nagising na tayo at sa pagmulat ng mata natin ay nakita ang liwanag ng katotohanan. sila kayang mga balewala ang mga ginagawa ni gloria? ano kaya ang nararamdaman nila? tuwa?
…pinatawad pala. sori, tao lang.
Fighting for truth and justice is positive. It’s pessimism to impose dishonesty and fraud (just like the Malacañang- initiated People’s Initiative on the public).
To be outraged over cheating, corruption and senseless killings means your sense of values are intact. To play deaf and blind to Arroyo’s corruption and disrespect of the Constitution shows a perversion of values.
Congratulations, Ellen.
I first had a running correspondence with you some 5 or 6 years ago. You were one of those who inspired me to try and fight for what is right, however miniscule the effort may be.
I believe that God couldn’t be everywhere so that’s why Ms. Ellen Tordesillas and this blog was created, to bring truths to the people.
Thanks Toney.
Thanks Vi. Of course, I remember you. I read your reports in Philippine Star.
Happy anniversary, Ellen. I share your hope for getting rid of the corrupt, cheating, lying, and downright evil persons populating the current administration–and replacing them with decent, truly nationalistic, and righteous rulers.
Late as usual, but kasing-init din naman ang aking happy anniversary. I guess that goes to all of us, too. Isama na si Jun at si Scalia.
Pessimism daw at the time na nagce-celebrate ng anniversary? Nah, you can try better tricks to spoil the fun, not this.
Lalo na pag ang mood e victorious and jubilant, sino kaya ang nagiging pessimistic? Hehehe!
Ellen, salamat sa pasensiya mo sa mga balyador na kamukha ko at sa mga kablog, peeps, sana meron akong naibahagi na makabuluhan dito sa Blog ni Ellen na matagal ko nang gustong ibahagi kahit sa Abante at Malaya columns ni Ellen.
Mabuhay!
Couples of years ago, I used to email Ellen my reactions to her pieces/columns. Then this blog came out and she invited me to join. Pinalipas ko ang mga 10 months before sumingit, but since day one I have not missed any entries/contributions (kahit pa iyong mga nagmumura). I enjoy every day of this blog, savoring the intensity of discussions.
Why 10 months? Nasarapan akong maging taga-basa lang eh :). My benchmark was…kung ako ay masaya pa rin (hindi nagsasawa) at patuloy na natututo sa mga bloggers, it only meant that this blog can sustain my needs to express myself. I learn and unlearn things from the bloggers. I get a wealth of info from bloggers and Ellen. Ano pa ang gugustuhin ko? Kung ako ay magbigay ng entry, wala akong paki kung meron babasa o wala. Afterall, printed at nababasa ko ang aking damdamin. It’s priceless!
To Ellen:
“Fighting for truth and justice is positive. It’s pessimism to impose dishonesty and fraud (just like the Malacañang- initiated People’s Initiative on the public).”
True, but I’m not talking about Malacañang-induced pessimism; I’m talking about the pessimism created by 99.9% of all posters here.
To anna de brux:
“Pessimism or combativity? You will find that your own pessimism will not permeate this blog”
Hello? My sense of pessimism? Why don’t we take a test here – let an apolitical first-timer read all my posts here, and the rest of the posts, and lets ask this fellow if whose posts would induce him/her to abandon the Philippines.
“People here are combative.”
You’re Exhibit A.
“Would you rather we just all said Allelujah to Gloria immoral bansot?”
No
“Pessimism daw at the time na nagce-celebrate ng anniversary? Nah, you can try better tricks to spoil the fun, not this”
Please refer to the first word in my post – CONGRATULATIONS
Saka I was talking about the pessimism in the whole blog, not in the thread of “One year today”
Haay naku.
of that 99%, alam na kung sino ang lone optimistic!
Ellen said: “How I wish this were true. But the opposition getting their act together? Not all the groups. But I think a majority of them can work together. That would be good enough”.
There are many things in this world that is unpredictable Ellen, just like the wind. Sometimes it changes. Who knows if it were true, and when it blew, it will sail with the tide.
Anthony Scalia,
““People here are combative.”
“You’re Exhibit A.”
If I may return the compliment, I would say you aren’t far from being combative either.
It’s important for people here to be combative instead of giving in to the number terrorist couple in the country – the Pidal Arroyos.
French news channel to challenge ‘Anglo-Saxon’ CNN, BBC: boss —–Yahoo!® News (Agence France-Presse)
by Marc Burleigh
Tue Oct 31, 1:33 PM ET
PARIS (AFP) – A round-the-clock international news channel France is to launch in December will challenge the “Anglo-Saxon” views spread by market leaders BBC and CNN by relying on “French values”, the network’s chief said.
France 24, as the network is called, will start broadcasting in English and French on the Internet on December 6 and then via satellite two days later, its chairman and chief executive, Alain de Pouzilhac, told Le Figaro newspaper.
Like its British and US rivals, it is homing in on “opinion leaders” around the world by dishing up a diet of news, features and discussion.
But those viewers, Pouzilhac claimed, have become increasingly “sceptical of the world vision offered by the Anglo-Saxons like BBC World and CNN International.”
Instead, he asserted, they “are looking for contradictory opinions — which is what France 24 is proposing by relying on French values.”
He did not define what those values were in the interview, beyond saying that the channel would highlight “diversity (and)… confrontation, without forgetting the culture and French art of living.”
Financed to the tune of 80 million euros (100 million dollars) a year by the state and run as a joint operation between France’s top commercial and top public national TV networks, France 24 will start out as a minnow to the BBC or CNN, both of which have built up global networks and enjoy established reputations.
BBC World, the privately financed international arm of Britain’s public broadcaster, has 250 staff and an undisclosed budget. CNN’s US and international divisions employ 4,000 people and revenues of 860 million dollars (730 million euros).
Additionally, other players are entering the market, most notably the Arab network Al-Jazeera, which is to start broadcasting an English-language service from mid-November.
But Pouzilhac insisted there was room for the French channel.
“From its launch, France 24 will potentially reach 250 million individuals,” and will be pumped into 500 hotels in 64 countries, he said.
It will be offered throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East and in the US cities of New York and Washington. Later, it plans to extend its broadcasts to all of North and South America and to Asia.
Staffed by 380 people — including 170 bilingual journalists — it will be relying in part on video footage and reporting provided by its managing companies, the TF1 private network and the state-owned France Televisions, as well as from partner organisations such as AFP and Radio France Internationale.
France 24 was conceived years ago as a pet project of President Jacques Chirac, who in February 2002 called for a “big international news channel in French able to rival the BBC and CNN.”
The US-led invasion of Iraq pushed the project forward, because Chirac was reportedly miffed by the way CNN and the BBC presented France’s opposition to the war.
Some reports in US media inaccurately stating that “Paris is burning” during the 2005 riots around France also nettled his government.
Chirac has said he hoped the channel would place France “at the forefront of the global battle of images”.
The European Commission gave the green light to the French channel in June, but media commentators have highlighted internal problems in the company caused by forcing TF1 and France Televisions — aggressive competitors in the national market — to work together.
The head of France Televisions, Patrick de Carolis, had unsuccessfully lobbied to have TF1 jettisoned from the project, and relations between the two remain frosty.