The wild fire at Schwarzenegger's domain left at least three people -- and possibly as many as seven -- dead, and razed about 1,700 homes. Estimated total damage is pegged at a staggering 1 billion uncle sam dollars.
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here at my wicked third world republic, sparks have been ignited, which i hope will burn down malacanang and its occupants.
i promised i will stick to being a full blooded technocrat. i promised NOT to talk about philippine politics ever again. at least not in this blog.
but this one is a little bit too much...
i stayed away from the computer the past three days to keep me from writing about this. but the proverbial fire in the belly that my journ professors back in college talked about must have been blazing inside of me.
and so i break my promise and rant.
gloria macapagal arroyo granted executive clemency to erap estrada who was convicted of plunder by the sandiganbayan, about six weeks ago.
erap signing his freedom papers at tanay
i promised i will stick to being a full blooded technocrat. i promised NOT to talk about philippine politics ever again. at least not in this blog.
but this one is a little bit too much...
i stayed away from the computer the past three days to keep me from writing about this. but the proverbial fire in the belly that my journ professors back in college talked about must have been blazing inside of me.
and so i break my promise and rant.
gloria macapagal arroyo granted executive clemency to erap estrada who was convicted of plunder by the sandiganbayan, about six weeks ago.
erap signing his freedom papers at tanaymalacanang spin doctors insist that there is nothing wrong in granting executive clemency to erap.
to begin with, GMA being president has the power to do so.
that erap being 70 plus should be granted pardon.
that with donya mary's condition it is but human to allow the convicted former president to be by his dying mom's bedside.
that pardoning erap would heal the wounds of division, inflicted by dirty politics in society.
to begin with, GMA being president has the power to do so.
that erap being 70 plus should be granted pardon.
that with donya mary's condition it is but human to allow the convicted former president to be by his dying mom's bedside.
that pardoning erap would heal the wounds of division, inflicted by dirty politics in society.
so noble right?
however, looking behind enemy lines, this is what i see:
GMA granted erap executive clemency because she knows that anytime soon, the minority block together with JDV's loyalists will finally have the numbers to have her impeached. she knows that if the articles of impeachment go beyond the fences of batasan, she better start packing and sending her CV to prospective employers, because given the executive's relationship with the senate, she is likely to bid malacanang adieu.
gaad... her administration is in deep shit. scandal, after scandal, after scandal. and just when you thought you've seen the worst scandal, comes another one.
however, looking behind enemy lines, this is what i see:
GMA granted erap executive clemency because she knows that anytime soon, the minority block together with JDV's loyalists will finally have the numbers to have her impeached. she knows that if the articles of impeachment go beyond the fences of batasan, she better start packing and sending her CV to prospective employers, because given the executive's relationship with the senate, she is likely to bid malacanang adieu.
gaad... her administration is in deep shit. scandal, after scandal, after scandal. and just when you thought you've seen the worst scandal, comes another one.
palace strategists must be thinking that by granting executive clemency to the titular head of the opposition, allies of the deposed president will be pacified and will think twice about supporting the impeachment project.
both GMA and erap camps deny there's any concession. (yawn.)
if i were JDV, i'd be scared. but it's just the speakership he'll lose anyway, it's not as if they'll kick him out of batasan.
(can JDV do a manny villar in nov2000 and send the impeachment articles to senate in one breath? i'm not sure.)
on healing the wounds of division, may i just drill this into your small heads: the resentment that the masses feel towards this government is not mainly rooted on seeing their icon treated like a criminal (albeit, a very special and powerful one). the resentment stems from the people's despair--they are hungry, they are unhealthy, they can't go to school. they don't feel the gains trumpeted by the government. they don't see hope.
the division is caused by people's resentment towards this government, that continues to trample on their rights as humans, that perverts the justice system to serve its interests and that disregards the rules to save its skin.
both GMA and erap camps deny there's any concession. (yawn.)
if i were JDV, i'd be scared. but it's just the speakership he'll lose anyway, it's not as if they'll kick him out of batasan.
(can JDV do a manny villar in nov2000 and send the impeachment articles to senate in one breath? i'm not sure.)
on healing the wounds of division, may i just drill this into your small heads: the resentment that the masses feel towards this government is not mainly rooted on seeing their icon treated like a criminal (albeit, a very special and powerful one). the resentment stems from the people's despair--they are hungry, they are unhealthy, they can't go to school. they don't feel the gains trumpeted by the government. they don't see hope.
the division is caused by people's resentment towards this government, that continues to trample on their rights as humans, that perverts the justice system to serve its interests and that disregards the rules to save its skin.
(i just wish they all burn in hell.)
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