tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post173099744659899767..comments2023-06-10T20:22:01.348+08:00Comments on The Society of Honor by Joe America: Ellen Tordesillas Goes AntiThe Society of Honorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-69620562363462758462012-11-27T10:04:32.971+08:002012-11-27T10:04:32.971+08:00Your prognostications are stunning.Your prognostications are stunning.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-23880513730615116142012-11-27T10:00:38.498+08:002012-11-27T10:00:38.498+08:00Actually, that's the old guy from Home Alone, ...Actually, that's the old guy from Home Alone, Johnny Lin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-81504283189894543882012-11-27T09:59:15.386+08:002012-11-27T09:59:15.386+08:00Haven't I forewarned you my friend that Ellen...Haven't I forewarned you my friend that Ellen Tordesillas is a deadbeat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-45659101446164190622012-11-27T04:32:18.627+08:002012-11-27T04:32:18.627+08:00So Ellen believes Pnoy has failed her, and she is ...So Ellen believes Pnoy has failed her, and she is now exhibiting Johnny's characterization of the "spiteful" Filipino?Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-73415231445339749032012-11-26T22:02:39.861+08:002012-11-26T22:02:39.861+08:00Joe
Your picture avatar on the right, more of Van ...Joe<br />Your picture avatar on the right, more of Van Helsing pose rather than doppelganger gunfighter Robert Mitchum<br /><br />Johnny LinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-8850915676211326112012-11-26T21:59:50.450+08:002012-11-26T21:59:50.450+08:00Edgar,
Congress is afraid of the Church on the RH...Edgar,<br /><br />Congress is afraid of the Church on the RH Bill. If they could vote secretly, it would pass faster than you can say Go!<br /><br />As to FOI there are two things I noticed that happened to the president:<br /><br />1. Before he became president he was a strong advocate of FOI. In a way that's like Obama who as a candidate wanted to shut down Guantanamo and to do all sorts of things to reverse many of Bush's tactics on the war on terror. Once president the two men had a different perspective. A friend once told me, it's like when you were a kid you always kept saying that when you become a parent you would do things differently. And the one day you become a parent. You're in charge now, you are responsible for the family and you find yourself doing the same things your parents did to you which you found very objectionable.<br />2. Right of Reply is something he believes in. I do too. I don't see why a person who is the victim of shoddy reporting ir a demolition job cannot have the right to reply in the same forum where he was victimized. So I think that until you have been victimized yourself you will only look at the right of reply from a theoretical perspective. -MBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-26361077162072998002012-11-26T21:54:22.902+08:002012-11-26T21:54:22.902+08:00Knew, I could stir childhood memories with homebre...Knew, I could stir childhood memories with homebrew from Colorado spring water. Another example of subjective opinion, basically biased. Yeungling sounds chinese but it's local brewed in Pennsylvania. Who would have thought it was made in keystone state? Try it. Better than Tsing Tao but the chinese will protest.<br /><br />Johnny LinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-38785183256165000602012-11-26T17:05:42.117+08:002012-11-26T17:05:42.117+08:00I'm not sure but I think MLQ3 came up with tha...I'm not sure but I think MLQ3 came up with that list before you came up with this blog (or when you were just starting). Jhttp://thenutbox.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-87780473449870348062012-11-26T16:57:58.519+08:002012-11-26T16:57:58.519+08:00Well, it is true we learn more from screw-ups. Som...Well, it is true we learn more from screw-ups. Somehow she said it more eloquently.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-37744533037007851102012-11-26T16:55:58.580+08:002012-11-26T16:55:58.580+08:00DocB,
So to be good we have to bad first? I can ...DocB,<br /><br />So to be good we have to bad first? I can vouch for that. :-)Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-78194698613921576192012-11-26T16:52:05.029+08:002012-11-26T16:52:05.029+08:00Bitterly is too sharp a word. I would say angrily,...Bitterly is too sharp a word. I would say angrily, and I agree with the betrayal. But I've tried to identify the reasons for his disappointing acts: his loyalties to friends and failure to see how transparency and freedom energize democracy and are an extension of good governance. Instead, he has an authoritarian bent, as do most people of his class. So I'm working at breaking that down.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-44382809195024034272012-11-26T16:46:11.249+08:002012-11-26T16:46:11.249+08:00MB, Thanks.
Pnoy initially endorsed the RH Bill (...MB, Thanks.<br /><br />Pnoy initially endorsed the RH Bill (in the SONA) and FOI (in later remarks) but they're still pending. Then recently Miriam comes out and says that Pnoy needs to certify the RH Bill.<br /><br />Now Pnoy is getting criticized for blowing cold - as Congress waters down both bills. And Pnoy takes the heat from columnists and bloggers.<br /><br />So Congress is not with the President on the RH Bill because of Church influence? And Congress is also not with him on the FOI because Evardone has made up all kinds of lame excuses? And the President is not with himself on the FOI because of the Right of Reply addendum?<br /><br />There are vast exhibitions of mental disturbances in the psyche of the nation's officials - schizophrenia, multiple personalities and sociopaths.Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-33464130896397643652012-11-26T16:45:59.193+08:002012-11-26T16:45:59.193+08:00Okay, MB's blogs on uniffors duplicate what he...Okay, MB's blogs on uniffors duplicate what he publishes at Pro-Pinoy, which is also a home for Cusp, for his Philippine articles. I think I'll just keep that one.<br /><br />MLQIII's recommended sites are excellent. Cerebral. They don't publish often and don't have a lot of comments. But they are high quality. I think I need a "Graduate School" section to collect these deeper thinking sites. Pissed me off that he didn't have me listed, but I forgive him because I'm not stupid. I know where he works.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-17713508681623120762012-11-26T16:38:28.813+08:002012-11-26T16:38:28.813+08:00Coors can be trusted. Loyal Republicans. I grew up...Coors can be trusted. Loyal Republicans. I grew up about 15 miles from their huge brewery in Golden, Colorado. My mother worked for them, making porcelain flack vests for the army, and porcelain computer parts, a little side business the subsidiary porcelain plant had going at the time. She got cases of beer at a deep discount. If you toured the brewery, you could drink beer from a drinking fountain.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-87564867538557120042012-11-26T16:37:29.805+08:002012-11-26T16:37:29.805+08:00JoeAm, would you go so far as to say that Ma'a...JoeAm, would you go so far as to say that Ma'am Ellen writes bitterly about Pnoy because she feels "betrayed" or dismayed by Pnoy's actions?<br /><br />DocBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-64611091502714243392012-11-26T16:29:58.383+08:002012-11-26T16:29:58.383+08:00Hahaha. "Learning". This reminds me of R...Hahaha. "Learning". This reminds me of Rita Mae Brown saying: Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgement.<br /><br />DocBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-67223734130457981012012-11-26T16:09:46.243+08:002012-11-26T16:09:46.243+08:00That fits with J's observations above.That fits with J's observations above.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-91569421850064627722012-11-26T16:09:05.433+08:002012-11-26T16:09:05.433+08:00Thanks for the background on Ellen, and the sincer...Thanks for the background on Ellen, and the sincerity endorsement. I'll take that under advisement. Thank you as well for the referral to uniffors and III's bloglist. I'll look.<br /><br />You have earned your credentials. I do hope you publish regularly. I can't imagine you doing anything sloppy. Maybe I can get Angry Maude to do you a guest blog if you find work is getting your writing backlogged.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-59672682444686213162012-11-26T16:02:49.695+08:002012-11-26T16:02:49.695+08:00Yes, transparency is a better word. Thanks.Yes, transparency is a better word. Thanks.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-43042001263367264512012-11-26T16:02:02.279+08:002012-11-26T16:02:02.279+08:00Well, you are free to read my blogs and if you can...Well, you are free to read my blogs and if you can find an agenda other than inspiring thought in an entertaining way, expressing my education and perplexity in dealing with a new culture, and advocating for the Philippines, kindly let me know what it is. It certainly is not mindless pro-Aquino, the label attached to me at Get Real. It is anti bad ethics of Sotto, that has been pretty intense. For a reason. If you find that my views have changed from a year or so ago, please don't call it "inconsistent", call it "learning".The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-43411003104651841992012-11-26T15:56:12.420+08:002012-11-26T15:56:12.420+08:00#1. Simultaneous claim of being a journalist and c...#1. Simultaneous claim of being a journalist and columnist- I don't see anything wrong, woman has got to eat and be independent. Raissa is investigative journalist and a blogger. Same banana, got to make the dough. <br /><br />#2 that is "right to reply opposed in FOI and you are demanding from Ellen. Respond thru other means like the latest Raissa blog was about Maguindanao massacre and political dynasty. I posted the latest stupid remarks of Bishop Arguelles about RH advocates. We have been doing this with Raisssa and she is so kind to allow almost everyone since off topics are relevant to common cause. When she says enough, we will follow because it is her blog. <br /><br />#3. Inability to respond to her thread might be beyond her technological ability. <br /><br />Vera Files is composed of many investigative journalists, if my memory serves me right. I have not really read one in a year but I always read them with an open mind. <br /><br />Coors ad says that their cans turn blue ice when ready to drink. that's for the beer drinker to believe on the ad.<br /><br />No harm, no foul!<br /><br />Johnny LinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-17613203382199705012012-11-26T15:24:27.933+08:002012-11-26T15:24:27.933+08:00"I am entitled to an opinion also."
Of ..."I am entitled to an opinion also."<br /><br />Of course. But would it be fair to suspect you have an agenda too, other than your stated good intentions? <br /><br />-ricelanderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-73816371235903770642012-11-26T15:21:29.924+08:002012-11-26T15:21:29.924+08:00A sign Ellen is doing something right-her blog get...A sign Ellen is doing something right-her blog gets hacked. Hehehe Seriously, I follow Ma'am Ellen's blog warts and all, she has the common touch, like a big sister. Even when she hammered Pnoy's blurting on about US spy planes. I don't think she has any particular nasty agenda like Tiglao or Belinda Cunanan, both journos. May be she makes for a writerly Juana Change. Of course, that's just me.<br /><br />DocBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-28295437899851302062012-11-26T15:18:46.467+08:002012-11-26T15:18:46.467+08:001. Ellen is a friend of mine. She once helped me o...1. Ellen is a friend of mine. She once helped me out when I and my mom had some troubles with extortionists. I can vouch for her sincerity, and people who know her (like some of my ex-diplomat professors who knew her back when her beat was the DFA) can vouch for her patriotism. However, I have to agree that her opinions have become too critical of the administration lately. I suspect the reason behind this is that the President, whom, judging by her earlier blog posts, she had supported, has failed her on issues that are close to her heart, like the Jonas Burgos issue (the President, I think, had been insensitive when he dismissed this issue as leftist propaganda), cybercrime, and FOI. I see where she is coming from.<br /><br />2. Thank you very much for the special mention. Added pressure for me to come up with good blog posts, and to publish often. <br /><br />3. I noticed that Manuel Buencamino's Uniffors (http://www.uniffors.com/) is not on the Philippine Blog Center. I think it should be there. While at it, you might want to check out the blogs that Manolo Quezon likes to read: http://mlq3.tumblr.com/post/19447909073/some-blogs-to-check-outJhttp://thenutbox.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-42826155739771503952012-11-26T15:18:31.815+08:002012-11-26T15:18:31.815+08:00I prefer the word transparency to fairness in the ...I prefer the word transparency to fairness in the context of a blog that pretends to be objective when in fact it is pushing an agenda. Many blogs out there are one-sided and that's okay as long as they don't pretend to be balanced. Faux news is faux news don't call it Fox although that could be a fox's way to sell faux as authentic. -MBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com