tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post2115233730060588969..comments2023-06-10T20:22:01.348+08:00Comments on The Society of Honor by Joe America: "That High Steppin' Philippines!"The Society of Honorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-56837936921412141502012-12-15T04:20:08.381+08:002012-12-15T04:20:08.381+08:00He's gone into one of his sober periods?
I ra...He's gone into one of his sober periods?<br /><br />I rather think an artist is two people, the one doing the art and the regular guy. Dali put his pants on like any other guy. Mariano grants us his "regular guy" views now and then because we get that his art is art. So it's cool.<br /><br />It proves Cha's insights from previously, that a lot of Mariano's wild language is intentional.<br /><br />Or maybe he is a genuine lunatic with two personalities and a Charles Manson stare . . . hahahahaThe Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-54950132831246152012012-12-14T21:20:55.698+08:002012-12-14T21:20:55.698+08:00Is it just me, or is Mariano's English improvi...Is it just me, or is Mariano's English improving?Jhttp://thenutbox.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-33679245296143663762012-12-14T06:12:33.931+08:002012-12-14T06:12:33.931+08:00Mariano is actually a professional shrink and ever...Mariano is actually a professional shrink and every message is a psychological exam that challenges us to separate our feelings and personal circumstance from our intellect, disregard the feelings and circumstance, turn the remarks inside out, and arrive at new meaning.<br /><br />Either that or he is drunk a whole lot of the time.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-29088567490012673242012-12-14T06:01:12.611+08:002012-12-14T06:01:12.611+08:00Ahaha, Cha ! My comment about Filipino women work...Ahaha, Cha ! My comment about Filipino women works only to the presidency and select elected officials :( <br /><br />Filipino men loves their women so much that they would do dastardly corrupt ways to make their women happy. That is why Vatican did not want their messengers of God stay physically celibate but allowed them to wander mentally.<br /><br />My wife doesn't but my son is a great fan of mine. The problem is he tells her mom what I have written. She scolded me one day. My son still reads my comments this time he is not telling his mom. The arrangement works fine.<br /><br />My son is badgering me why I am not commenting at Rappler anymore. I advised him NEVER EVER TAKE THE NAME OF MANNY PACQUIAO IN VAIN. <br /><br />As slogan of Humanistamerica dot org goes "GOOT WITHOUT A GOD"<br /><br />I am goot, I just cannot temper it.Mariano Renatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920187760151863841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-51290886887891304972012-12-14T04:46:31.020+08:002012-12-14T04:46:31.020+08:00Ahaha Mariano, i thought I was reading someone els...Ahaha Mariano, i thought I was reading someone else when you started with the congratulatory tone, then you make that point about bachelorhood, failures and the womenfolk. So that's how I know it's not some kindhearted "benign" (:p) namesake that wandered into Joe's blog but still good 'ol Mariano who makes me laugh. If I didn't already know that you're an atheist that dotes on your wife, I might have had some reason to feel grievous about that remark on Filipino women. I just hope for your sake that the good wife doesn't read Joe's blog :)Chanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-56676223515512019592012-12-14T03:14:59.532+08:002012-12-14T03:14:59.532+08:00Wealthy, powerful, well-connected Filipinos instal...Wealthy, powerful, well-connected Filipinos install police sirens in their cars called "wang-wang". To this day since Benigno's campaign against "wang-wang" NOT ONE HAS BEEN CAUGHT YET. <br /><br />Who'd want to catch a wang-wanger when they are wealthy, powerful, well-connected to the powers. Not even a PMAyer would pull-over these wang-wanger. If they did, they'd be assigned in lonely stretch of road in Spratleys and Scarborough Shoal directing pumpboat traffic against a flotilla of Chinese armada.Mariano Renatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920187760151863841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-5218823872665866562012-12-13T23:50:25.941+08:002012-12-13T23:50:25.941+08:00If Get Real folks cannot see the progress, I just ...If Get Real folks cannot see the progress, I just wonder and wander what they are reading along with their morning coffee.Mariano Renatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920187760151863841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-77165562395066966702012-12-13T23:49:12.226+08:002012-12-13T23:49:12.226+08:00CONGRATULATIONS MR. PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino not t...CONGRATULATIONS MR. PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino not the other "benign0". <br /><br />The Catholic church is right for not allowing their priests to marry so they can focus on the message of god ... IT WORKED WITH PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino. Wishing he will remain a bachelor forever. Because for every failure there is always a Filipino woman. Mariano Renatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920187760151863841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-38978415566427708362012-12-13T20:54:29.569+08:002012-12-13T20:54:29.569+08:00Some of the logic behind the no votes is truly ast...Some of the logic behind the no votes is truly astounding. Educated people babbling their rationalizations to serve themselves, not their nation. <br /><br />But it is good to see both RH and FOI moving again. And President Aquino not standing in the way.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-1409400129473754122012-12-13T20:24:28.686+08:002012-12-13T20:24:28.686+08:00Thank you Joe, I started the day in a celebratory ...Thank you Joe, I started the day in a celebratory mood (having woken up to the good news about the RH Bill) and now ending it still on a positive note with your blog.<br /><br />The bishops, I know, are not yet giving up, perhaps even more determined now to block the passing of the RH Bill if only to prove (to themselves?) that they do have influence and power in this country.The chronically corrupt likewise shall be as keen as ever to thwart the efforts of this government to institute reforms; or else they perish. The antis, I suppose are already sharpening the knives for business as usual in 2013. But I shall worry about all them tomorrow or maybe even the day after. For now I relish the thought; we beat them all today. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Chanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-59994920114717728752012-12-13T20:17:42.880+08:002012-12-13T20:17:42.880+08:00The last century was the American Century but the ...The last century was the American Century but the next 100 years will be the Philippine Century. Although it is inevitable that China and the Philippines will collide, there can be no doubt about the outcome. China be destroyed and we shall remain the sole super power in the region.<br /><br />Pinoy doubters such as Benign0 and BongV will come to admit their folly and we, the better men, will find it in our hearts to forgive them for trying to tear us Real Hardworking Men down as they contributed absolutely nothing to the success of the nation.Proud Pinoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-16720359167234132952012-12-13T18:44:22.345+08:002012-12-13T18:44:22.345+08:00I wish more Filipinos would hear about the dialogu...I wish more Filipinos would hear about the dialogue of Casiguran Marchers with President Benigno Aquino III....<br /><br />Casiguran marcher:<br /><br />"Magsasalita po ako, hindi ako makatiis. Kami po, lahat na kaming nagtiis na maglakad dito, makarating ang kinalalagyan, aming kalagayan. Buong Casiguran apektado ng APECO. Yan ang huwag bigyan ng badyet. Hindi kami magtitiis… diyan na kami lumaki, kami ang nagbukas, yan ay kagubatan hanggang sa ngayon po. Kami po nagpunta para makarating sa iyo, harap-harapan. Ako po e walang pinag-aralan, alam ko naman po ang matuwid at hindi matuwid. Hindi kami magtitiis nang lakad na ganito kung wala ang paghihirap. Humingi kami, buong Casiguran ang apektado ng APECO."<br /><br />Aquino:<br /><br />" Ang nag-appropriate po Kongreso. Ayon sa kautusan, yung general appropriations. Pwedeng ihinto, pwedeng tanggalin. Wala sa karapatan kong tanggalin yun. Sensya…"<br /><br />acdedioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754180388918647081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-44420921706379420572012-12-13T13:03:58.159+08:002012-12-13T13:03:58.159+08:00Until now, I have not fully comprehended "wal...Until now, I have not fully comprehended "walang wang-wang". Thank you for putting it into terms I grasp. I felt immeasurably more secure when Arroyo left office (getting her husband and like-minded thugs out of power)and Aquino stepped in. Consider it added, courtesy of your comment.<br /><br />Indeed, the progress on RH and FOI was an overnight shot of optimism. Note the difference in tone from yesterday's blog to today's.<br /><br />These are the kinds of steps needed to modernize the Philippines and seal in good behavior.<br /><br />I have taken the House and Senate off my list of institutions requiring critical attention from a blunt-force critic. However, individual legislators are for sure open game. Like those who favor superstition over reason (i.e., that RH is the cause of typhoons).The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-43610609932605604872012-12-13T12:14:08.308+08:002012-12-13T12:14:08.308+08:00You didn’t mention an important one at the start: ...You didn’t mention an important one at the start: “walang wang-wang”. It was so easy to understand, so visible and so well led by example. All those untouchables (not in the Indian sense) became ordinary citizens at once. That was my great moment of joy that made me change into an optimist. Talking to Filipinos around me, I felt a new courage, a will not to accept or fear these people above the law because of their connections to the top of the corrupt pyramid. <br /><br />Two scary years followed but the progress on the RH and FOI bills feels as new shot of adrenalin. <br />JosephIvonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-63036720008593537322012-12-13T09:48:43.066+08:002012-12-13T09:48:43.066+08:00Yes, the idea in your second paragraph was behind ...Yes, the idea in your second paragraph was behind my thinking when I penned the word "loyal" into the tribute to the President. It goes along with stubborn to form "conviction", a positive trait.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-39486606794865061612012-12-13T09:46:04.822+08:002012-12-13T09:46:04.822+08:00I rather think that as the Philippines comes into ...I rather think that as the Philippines comes into the light, it will positively gleam and glitter.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-39534264153424101302012-12-13T09:38:04.247+08:002012-12-13T09:38:04.247+08:00There are many Trustworthy Filipinos who were once...There are many Trustworthy Filipinos who were once afraid to voice their dismay and knowledge of wrongdoings of previous administrations because their doing so turn them into targets for recrimination. With<br />P-noy on the helm, the desire for good governance has become contagious. Fear from repercussions in doing what is right, what is expected and what is just is slowly turning into a desire to do all of the aforementioned.<br /><br />P=noy sticking to his guns, not abandoning his so called buddies until their actions are no longer defensible is actually becoming one of his endearing quality that attracts people to his advocacy towards eroding the layers of corruption that for many years has earned the Philippines one of its monicker as a banana republic.<br />Knowing that P-noy will have your back for as long as you are threading the straight path has emboldened those who have remained passive out of fear, to finally come out of the woodwork and contribute to slowly put a dent in what has been an untouchable realm of corruption in our government. <br /><br />amorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-26470361572634575722012-12-13T08:59:28.932+08:002012-12-13T08:59:28.932+08:001. If the inmates of the Cebu Rehabilitation Cente...1. If the inmates of the Cebu Rehabilitation Center can synchronize and dance en masse to "Thriller", the entire country should be able to do it.<br /><br />2. If the HOR passes the RH Bill and the Senate does the same, I will drain 3 glasses of my version of Kickapoo Juice.<br /><br />3. And if the Judiciary can go pass spitefulness and march shoulder to shoulder, who knows how many glasses I may drown in? Who cares? The sky would be the limit.<br />Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-65713624917572122162012-12-13T08:37:10.244+08:002012-12-13T08:37:10.244+08:00I was reading a Rappler article today about PNoy&#...I was reading a Rappler article today about PNoy's controversial COMELEC appointment, Grace Padaca. She is proposing that vote buyers be arrested. It is a startling change in attitude, and validates the Aquino appointment. He goes with people he can trust. In other words, people we can trust. It is a good, refreshing standard. The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-6581522920461208552012-12-13T08:16:08.948+08:002012-12-13T08:16:08.948+08:00Reforms are slowly being achieved and it seems lik...Reforms are slowly being achieved and it seems like Noy-noying haa been erased from the lexicon of many Filipinos who once accused of sleeping on the job.<br /><br />This just proves that P-noy had the vision and foresight to slowly steer the Philippines out of the whirlpool of corruption that has kept our country from realizing its potential as "The Pearl of The Orient Seas."<br /><br />amorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-13157719398105173562012-12-13T06:37:59.804+08:002012-12-13T06:37:59.804+08:00Thanks. I've learned a lot here. I actually co...Thanks. I've learned a lot here. I actually consider myself half Filipino these days.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-28579722222929425442012-12-13T06:19:25.751+08:002012-12-13T06:19:25.751+08:00You are one Beautiful American Joe! You are one Beautiful American Joe! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com