Category Archives: Politics

Noynoy Mistakes

While leading the packs of candidates in the survey, there are things that Noynoy should have done to improve his stand of clean image as his tribute to his parents whose names are synonymous with pure nationalism and service unadulterated by corruption. 1. Running under Liberal Party For all its history, LP people is likewise … Continue reading

Bright Hope for the Country

III. Bright hope for the country Contrary to popular feelings, our beloved country is not as hopeless as most people have imagined. A. Partial-mess topology 1. Even though the country is a classic monster-infested archipelago where grey hairs atop an official’s head are not a measure of wit but a measure of greed, the country … Continue reading

Overseas Filipinos Classifications

Case study: Overseas Filipinos Classifications Case study: Overseas Filipinos Classifications – Overseas Filipinos have the luxury of getting exposed to “Pressure of Objectivity” in their social environment overseas in the form of enforceable Laws, political correctness, and the like. 1. Definition of terms a. Professionals – are those who consider Beast are only for kids. … Continue reading

Reason for Leaving the Philippines

[ad#468_60_banner_aligned_center] < Previous | Next > C. Reason for leaving the country 1. A significant number of those who leave the country for good are convinced their country is in the third quadrant. They both see 2 perpendicular initiatives, both negatives, hence yielding a negative result. 2. Comparisons between pseudo-officials and pseudo-nationalists Comparisons Pseudo-officials Pseudo-nationalists … Continue reading

Poverty and Pleasure of the Beast

I. PAST A. History class diagram 1. Humabon is historically credited in introducing doServeInvaders() call inside doBeast() method for the visiting Magellan. However, Lapu-Lapu, being a master of art and science of extortion [citation needed], resisted and commented it forcibly. Famously, the latter prevailed but the incident never held up against the bursting floodgates which … Continue reading

Filipinos – The Myth Busters

Since the time of Marcos, the Philippines political landscape seemed to suggest that Filipinos are like an unwitting myth-busters in a way that they put their lives, lives of their children of their future by testing a myth that could have been avoided had the right education was spread to every thinking mortal of the … Continue reading

Why I Never was Once a Student Political Activist – Exercise in Futility

I stumbled once upon a description of Joma in his wiki entry ages ago about one word that describes him as “brilliant”. On the other hand, I read a column about the reunion of former Hulk leaders who reminisced their days of fighting why they had failed. They summed it up that they lacked brilliance … Continue reading

Why I Never Was Once A Student Political Activist – Virtue of Silence

Carl Jung was right in saying that human beings can easily get rid of external ancient gods (e.g. beliefs practiced by archaic civilizations) but they easily succumbed to internal gods within them. What happened to armed revolutionaries is a graphic application of Jungian theory. They’re supposed to fight the ills of the existing political system … Continue reading

Why I Never Was Once A Student Political Activist – Game of Lie and Deception

In not too distant past, a group of activists somewhere in Davao made into the front page of Philippine Daily Inquirer editorial page. They disappeared in a broad daylight and when their bodies were found, one of them appeared raped and all of them showing signs of severe torture. The editorial page punctuated the story … Continue reading

Why I Never was a Student Political Activist – Unlucky

Like many students in the 90′s who stayed along with others in a poor or middle class boarding houses near a university, I was one of those who heard on a regular basis the ideology that remained unchallenged to that day among student activists — the utopian promise of communism. This all-in-one utopian solution to … Continue reading