tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post9120619989651116095..comments2023-06-10T20:22:01.348+08:00Comments on The Society of Honor by Joe America: Private Venturing Politics in the Philippines The Society of Honorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-38768689208372628882012-09-10T00:50:34.237+08:002012-09-10T00:50:34.237+08:00Ahihihihi thanks! may the force be with you Jedi K...Ahihihihi thanks! may the force be with you Jedi Knight!chohalilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765326961017585090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-14931278195145014212012-09-09T20:51:08.480+08:002012-09-09T20:51:08.480+08:00Yes, Aquino has plenty of political capital to spe...Yes, Aquino has plenty of political capital to spend - with his popularity rating at a high level, he can do a lot regarding what he believes is the right direction for the country. He is doing this with basic education in the country, why can he not do the same hardheadedness with regard to rights of women?acdedioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754180388918647081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-68470726453181451182012-09-09T20:39:19.073+08:002012-09-09T20:39:19.073+08:00Angel, I find your views enlightening even if I am...Angel, I find your views enlightening even if I am not always aligned with them. But this article's "private initiative" theme is an extension of your point that President Aquino has a lot of authority already, and could be pushing forward without all the angst and argument and delay. Similarly, citizens need not sit back and watch.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-67416677671076065612012-09-09T20:03:15.717+08:002012-09-09T20:03:15.717+08:00This is where the problem begins. Philippine laws ...This is where the problem begins. Philippine laws are lacking in accuracy and precision. The Magna Carta of Women, for example, has the following adjectives; Responsible, ethical, legal, safe, and effective to describe methods of family planning. The Philippine Constitution is another glaring example, it states ,"It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception." Conception is one stage inaccessible to current technologies. Pregnancy (implantation) is the proper medical term that can be defined, established and tested. The RH bill, if ever passed, will probably be as vague. Taking conception as the beginning of personhood leads to a classification of "abortifacients", which provides enough legal maneuver for some officials to deny access to some artificial methods of conception - the clinical studies on this issue are yet unclear - partly because manufacturers of drugs, in an effort to advertise greater effectiveness of their products, include in their claims a secondary mechanism (preventing implantation). acdedioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05754180388918647081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-36470370807258748652012-09-09T18:50:58.627+08:002012-09-09T18:50:58.627+08:00Good luck with the business side of blogging.
Good luck with the business side of blogging.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-25965323504629926602012-09-09T17:30:03.722+08:002012-09-09T17:30:03.722+08:00Lola chohalili, well congratulations! That's g...Lola chohalili, well congratulations! That's great. You have the chutzpah, I know, for you have called me out on occasion, when I needed it. As for building a progressive Philippines, the grandkids are likely to be the builders. Make sure they grow up with fine values.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-50633331659941896262012-09-09T16:40:35.072+08:002012-09-09T16:40:35.072+08:00How encouraging, I just become a new grandma! but ...How encouraging, I just become a new grandma! but Damn the torpedoes full steam ahead! I wish I have the chutzpah!chohalilihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765326961017585090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-59843143643304863192012-09-09T16:40:24.807+08:002012-09-09T16:40:24.807+08:00You beat me to it. But in the event RH does not pa...You beat me to it. But in the event RH does not pass, this is the best way to go I think. <br /><br />Yes, men like Atienza can attempt to block it, but replacing them will be much easier as they are on 3 yr terms. Also, if you can get enough local opposition against them you can pressure them to abandon the idea like what happened in Alabang. <br /><br />It will look like a pitched battle, city to city. andrew limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930606943449452056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-7434117035316060652012-09-09T16:32:56.882+08:002012-09-09T16:32:56.882+08:00Is there no end to Filipino infamy?
I am with Jim...Is there no end to Filipino infamy?<br /><br />I am with Jim-e, I would like to see a wide swath of green, bordered by many flowers, before I fall by the wayside. Just like the background of this blog.Edgar Loreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363554010485644899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-131959596812320272012-09-09T16:08:50.919+08:002012-09-09T16:08:50.919+08:00Polite? I took it as a compliment.
When I get th...Polite? I took it as a compliment. <br /><br />When I get the readership up to about 10,000 per day, then I start plopping ads up there and over there. And down there. <br /><br />It's the modern way, with assist by google adsense.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-12485333487946370592012-09-09T15:37:40.636+08:002012-09-09T15:37:40.636+08:00Wow. I didn't know that. So I can own a pharma...Wow. I didn't know that. So I can own a pharmacy and be ordered to stop selling goods that would help stop the spread of AIDS? Amazing.<br /><br />I think my privacy approach would be to go on the hunt for such mayors and make sure they are out on their asses next election. Certainly the courts would provide no relief, although that is the logical place to take a complaint.<br /><br />Or I'd set up my pharmacy just outside the city limits and advertise condoms. I'd also have a lot of well armed security guards.<br /><br />Better to pass the RH Bill, I know.<br /><br />Thanks for the disheartening enlightenment.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-48781597270843182732012-09-09T15:31:17.587+08:002012-09-09T15:31:17.587+08:00Hahaha. I thought of being polite today, sir.
...Hahaha. I thought of being polite today, sir. <br /><br />and get rich in the blogging business? Hmmm, I certainly hope I won't get a big surprise in the future. Come to think of it, JoeAm promoting gadgets, bags and restaurants in his blog...makes a lot of cents to me. Kidding.<br /><br />and I meant "crazy old man" in the most polite manner possible. hehehe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-16588317869026952172012-09-09T15:15:34.489+08:002012-09-09T15:15:34.489+08:00Privatizing the distribution of condoms and contra...Privatizing the distribution of condoms and contraceptives. Good idea except you run into local government officials who can prohibit the sale and distribution of such items in their locality in the absence of a national law that says otherwise. <br /><br />So that's one reason for the passage of the RH Bill: to prevent local officials like the Alabang town council and Manila Mayor Lito Atienza (during his incumbency) from passing local ordinances that frustrate wonderful ideas like the one you proposed. <br /><br />Where there's a will there's a won't as the old saying goes. <br /><br />manuelbuencaminonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-68524077729200728662012-09-09T14:26:04.592+08:002012-09-09T14:26:04.592+08:00That is another brilliant idea from the rocking ch...That is another brilliant idea from the rocking chair. A simple check-list of when a major Bill is presented in committee, how long it takes in each step of deliberation, and where it is today. I rather think two words would attach to the list: (1) inefficient, and (2) shameful. The mind view, and the heart view. RH would be the poster bill.<br /><br />But it is fruitless, I think. Because legislators are there at their convenience, or for their fame and enrichment, and don't really care.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-91614399187489264372012-09-09T13:04:40.363+08:002012-09-09T13:04:40.363+08:00From: Island jim-e (aka: The Cricket)
1. 10 thu...From: Island jim-e (aka: The Cricket)<br /><br />1. 10 thumbs up for this article and some<br />creative ways and means to do a "end run" around the <br />roadblocks to success--I hope I am still alive <br />to see creative progress!<br /><br />2. I would value any suggestions, ideas, comments<br />to save the tax payer time-money-lives by expiditing<br />the governmental mis-managment system that seems to<br />be just about "everlasting"-time wasting issue<br />(like ber rabbit and the tar-baby)! Perhaps a bonus<br />and merit system--a bounty placed on topics/issues/<br />problems solutions (similar to the Joe Am government<br />employee/elected person rating system) might be<br />something that would prove fruitful: put a time clock<br />on each item and publish the list monthly...!<br /><br />Observation: no one likes to be held-up/stuck-up<br />or stepped-on but if the senate were to just <br />stop picking the pockets of the people (by the <br />waste of time) our islands might well become a<br />real tourist spot...instead of a death trap!<br /><br />Chirp!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-51783162122050633632012-09-09T12:10:58.425+08:002012-09-09T12:10:58.425+08:00I must have nailed it to get promoted to "sir...I must have nailed it to get promoted to "sir" from "crazy old man!" Like Pacquiao went from sergeant to colonel. And you are right, the basic question is, what will each of us do to walk what we talk. Look inward first. <br /><br />Of course, if you aspire to get rich in the blogging business, like Joe Am, you can start to look outward after you have mastered inward. Its a requirement of the profession.The Society of Honorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02536906267332687130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4855856123871700301.post-86100855070496065702012-09-09T11:35:13.361+08:002012-09-09T11:35:13.361+08:00Ah, sir. You nailed it.
Basic question will al...Ah, sir. You nailed it. <br /><br />Basic question will always be: What are you prepared to do to see what you believe is right become a part of daily Philippine life?<br /><br />I certainly hope those passionate enough can go beyond "Like" and "Share." Sotto-bashing will get old...and will eventually be forgotten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com