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Smiling Dog’s Supporters: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Share 0savesSave The Liberal Party, along with its fellow allies in the Balay faction, now finds itself to be in one major major dilemma following the August 23 Hostage Tragedy which not only claimed the lives of 8 innocent foreign hostages, but also totally ruined the already dismal reputation of the Philippines and brought shame [...]... [+]

What Next for Post 8/23 Philippines?

Share 0savesSave The Philippines has long had a love affair with self-imposed tragedies. Whether it’s sinking ships, buses flying off cliffs, hostage-taking, and continuously voting for rogues as their leaders. Everything was fine and dandy – until the Internet came along. And so on that eventful day of 8/23, a microcosm of Philippine society was [...]... [+]

The Aquino Administration’s $400 million Bonehead Maneuver

Share 0savesSave In my latest post to the Bad Manners Gun Club a couple days ago, I opined that part of the continuing failure of the Aquino Administration to overcome the fallout from the Manila Bus Massacre was, in the absence of swift and decisive corrective action, their inability to find a way to ‘wag [...]... [+]

Filipinos have no right to move on from the Mendoza hostage crisis

Share 0savesSave In the aftermath of the August 23 Mendoza hostage massacre that resulted in the deaths of eight foreign tourists, Filipinos had plumbed new depths of collective shame as a people. The on-going investigations notwithstanding, the drama revealed to the world in living colour (courtesy of the greed and ill breeding of the men [...]... [+]

In the News: Filipinos on the defensive after siege fiasco (The Australian)

Share 0savesSave From the Australian. The writer’s style may seem harsh to some, but to me, it’s the style that fits, and it’s all said like it should be: Emma-Kate Symons September 03, 2010 THE Philippines, faced with global shame and humiliation after the deaths of eight Hong Kong tourists because of its spectacularly inept [...]... [+]

The Bad Manners Gun Club

Bad Manners Gun Club Has Moved!

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Homobono Gets His Litigation On

No sooner do I finally get around to writing the commentary about Ambassador Thomas’ visit to Noynoy Aquino that I’ve been thinking about for a couple days, some random yardbird has to come along and inject some lunacy into the whole matter. During myroutine morning coffee-and-morning-news-crawl a little while ago, I discovered this pearl in the Philippine Star: MANILA, Philippines - Former... [+]

Land of Weasels

Among the more serious news of the week (which does not, incidentally, include the farcical "probe of election irregularities" going on Congress, though there are other aspects of that problem which probably do need to be investigated) is the revelation that Jejomar Binay's apparent win as Vice-President was a carefully-orchestrated plot by Kamag-Anak, Inc. overlord Peping Cojuangco and his tobie... [+]

If You Hear Hoofbeats...It Must Be a Unicorn

One of the more colorful aspects of Pinoy culture that strikes us aliens as alternately amusing and disturbing is the complex canonry of superstitions that guides peoples’ daily lives in varying degrees. It’s amusing because a lot of it is quite imaginative, and occasionally actually does some good. A person who restrains himself from trampling carelessly through the forest or urinating in th... [+]

Getting the Best out of the Post-Apocalypse

So the Mother of All Elections is over, now what? To be perfectly clear about it, I was not the least bit impressed with the outcome. I don’t believe that the Comelec and their automated system deserve the level of praise they are receiving for mostly working as planned, and I sure as hell am not impressed with the Philippine electorate’s having used that system in the most asinine way possi... [+]

Better Philippines

Who Really Is Bordering On Treason?

Philippine Star columnist William Esposo is at it again. In his latest column titled “How come that we’re the first to put our country down?”, the Chair Wrecker writes: Hostage Crisis Handling can be easily addressed by proper staffing, better planning and training and the procurement of better equipment. The bigger Philippine tragedy which is [...]... [+]

Hostage Drama at Quirino Grandstand: PNP’s Most Embarrasing Milestone To Date

With that little distraction called the Miss Universe Pageant over, let’s now shift our attention to something more important. Let’s talk about the hostage drama at the Quirino Grandstand. Official death toll is 9 including the hostage taker dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza. What went wrong? A lot of things. There’s Mendoza, who was undoubtedly [...]... [+]

Some Thoughts On The Asuncion Torture Video

Honestly, did we really need to see that torture video before we realize that this sort of thing has been going on since time immemorial? The PNP leadership may turn a blind eye but it can never deny that some police personnel routinely engage in such acts. One time I chanced upon a police mobile [...]... [+]

Aquino To Revive Pasig River?

I’m just wondering did President Benigno Aquino III really need to go out and visit that estero in Manila just so he can assess the situation of our country’s tributaries. I mean, doesn’t he already know that our creeks are among the filthiest in the world? Well, whether or not that little inspection of his [...]... [+]

Stickers For Change

I was at one of the fast-food outlets near the Aquino residence earlier today and I saw this group of middle-aged ladies handing out stickers and other Cory merchandise to passersby. I realize that former President Cory Aquino’s death anniversary is coming up, but so what? Why are those people making such a big fuss [...]... [+]

Sanamagan!

COMPILATION: Why is Electricity Expensive in the Philippines?

Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy Electricity Reform in Practice: The Case of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines Electricity is one of the most important facilitating modern activities and country’s development. Through time, the importance of electricity to people’s life has only increased. On this ground, more efficient and reliable provision [..... [+]

Notes on Praxis, Dialectics, and Aporia

Praxis Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted or practiced, embodied and/or realized. It is a practical and applied knowledge to one’s actions. It has meaning in political, educational, and spiritual realms. Origins In Ancient Greek the word praxis (πρᾱξις) referred to activity engaged in by free men. Aristotle [...]... [+]

Karina David Needs to Brush Up Her Investigative Skills Instead of Calling for Gutierrez Resignation

“Ombudsman Gutierrez must go, says ex-CSC chief : Stumbling block to cleanup”. Really? I vehemently disagree. The biggest stumbling block to cleanup is the INCOMPETENCE of investigators and prosecutors. What do David and Aquino expect, that whoever they accuse of corruption will not defend themselves will just take it sitting down? Ano sila hilo? Of course, there [...]... [+]

Philippines among the worst countries for FDI

Excerps from the IAB-report Smaller countries have fewer restrictions on foreign ownership of companies, while larger countries—such as China, Mexico, the Philippines, and Thailand—are among those with the most. Several countries in the most open regions do not impose any restrictions in any of the sectors covered by the indicators; these include Chile, Georgia, Guatemala, and [...]... [+]

The Myth of “Kung Walang Corrupt, Walang Mahirap”

Deconstructing the myth of “kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap”. I am so sick of this yarn that I had to come up with visuals that explain the concept in plain and simple terms. Pre-Colonial Philippines In the beginning – there was no corruption.  Everyone had equal access. Before the Spaniards came to the Philippines, Filipinos [...]... [+]

BRUTALLY HONEST

SENTRO NG KATOTOHANAN PROGRAM TONIGHTSentro ng Katotohanan will tackle Presidential Debates and Surveys tonight at DWBL 1242 8:30-9:30 pm. If you want to give your opinions, comments, and suggestions TEXT 09297998308 or email us at sentrongkatotohanan@yahoo.com. Feel free to visit our website at leadphil.blogspot.com.

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Sentro ng Katotohanan will tackle Presidential Debates and Surveys tonight at DWBL 1242 8:30-9:30 pm. If you want to give your opinions, comments, and suggestions TEXT 09297998308 or email us at sentrongkatotohanan@yahoo.com. Feel free to visit our website at leadphil.blogspot.com.

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Mediocre Cyber National Participation

This is not the first time that I will break my silence in relation to my disappointment over pseudo-intellectuals who are apparently trying too hard to look as if posting a serious status message in Facebook about condemning the Maguindanao massacre or praising Noynoy is already political participation. What these half-wits do not know is that what they are doing is actually striking a chord in t... [+]

Last night's podcast @ dwbl 1242 Sentro ng Katotohanan

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Read my article in Antipinoy http://antipinoy.com/soap-operas-and-fascination-with-noynoy/

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