Comments on: Cruz cutting cleanly?

By: Bencard

Bencard — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:26:51 +0000

Amen, I say to you Titanium. The Hate-GMA marauders are foaming in the mouth spinning and depicting Cruz’ resignation as “escape” from hell. Funny but these anti-Gloria group (other than applauding such action as heroic rejection of an ‘evil’ regime) never say anything about loyalty-challenged and treachery-inclined individuals (such as the infamous ‘Hyatt 10′) who after drinking from the fountain of power polluted it with all the vitriol they could muster. Like Diogenes searching for an honest man, PGMA, or any other president, would have a hard time finding a person worthy of trust in today’s Philippine world of politics.

By: titanium

titanium — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 04:54:51 +0000

A cabinet secretary is alter ego of the president. As such he must have the requisite loyalty to maintain the president’s full trust and confidence, no more, no less. It was just proper for Mr. Cruz to resign given that he could no longer fulfill that requirement. To his own credit, his refusal to badmouth, at least initially, his former boss (unlike the treacherous Stinky Soliman and her infamous “Hyatt 10″ cohorts) is a class act, despite the intrigue from the anti-Gloria club. I don’t think it is right for anyone to make a monumental “disaster” out of this routine matter, considering that even cabinet members have their own personal interests to serve. Cabinet members come and go in every administration. It’s really no big deal except to those who want to make political capital out of the situation.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:23:19 +0000

cvj,

Well, if survivalism has become the ideoloy of GMA’s Strong Republic-Enchanted Kingdom, the ‘bad traits’ do become more developed not only in the leader but also among her minions-legions. In-fighting and cannibalism will be more frequent as they jockey for position and when their survival is at stake. Atty Avelino Cruz’s quick ‘irrevocable’ escape might have saved him. What relief his family must have felt. Welcome back Nonong.

By: baycas

baycas — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:02:58 +0000

for a cabinet secretary, Sayang?

By: cvj

cvj — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:13:26 +0000

jimmy, wasn’t ‘Mini-me’ a distillation of all the bad traits of Dr. Evil? Maybe a similar dynamic is at work here.

By: Shaman of Malilipot

Shaman of Malilipot — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:38:40 +0000

Ã¢â‚¬Å“I couldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t read him,Ã¢â‚¬Â Gonzalez said. Ã¢â‚¬Å“I didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t know where his loyalties lay.Ã¢â‚¬Â

Well, I think I know. Nonong Cruz is loyal to the Filipino people, the Constitution, the rule of law, democracy, all the good things that GMA abhors.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 02:53:42 +0000

elinca,

A curious phenomenon: GMA seems to be have acquired, through inheritance or by emulation, the faults of famous and infamous leaders without their virtues. Her father’s double talking, Marcos’ arrogance, Cory’s indecisiveness, FVR’s con artistry, Erap’s lack of moral scruples, HitlerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s cold-blooded pragmaticism, even FDR’s ‘deviousness’.

By: ace j.

ace j. — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:29:20 +0000

im a bit surprised at how the opposition is trying to ride on sec. cruz’s resignation. i remember that they were pretty unhappy with him being appointed as presidential legal counsel then simply because he came from “the firm”. i hope sec. cruz doesnt allow himself to be used by these people.

By: DJB

DJB — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:51:06 +0000

Everything involving Nikola Tesla comes as a flashback based on the diary given to Freddy while he is awaiting sentence and execution by the Aristocrat, –”Lord Kurdlow or Cordrow”– and alleged to be that of the Great Danton. Thus, all that happens in America to the Great Danton involving Tesla and the agents of Thomas Alva Edison in the quaint lil town of colorado springs (where I have some old friends still living to this day!)–it’s all made up for Freddy to discover how he had been framed by the man whose wife he’d tied a funny knot on. But it’s not really Freddy that is hanged. It is his poor double, dedicated to the Magicians Art to the death!

The most poignant scene in the movie for me is when he tosses the lil red rubber ball to the real Freddy, as he himself is led away to die. It was the ball the double had shown to Freddy’s daughter when she arrived with the Aristocrat/Danton for seemingly the last time and he promised her he would come back to her. And of course he does! With the help of the Great Danton’s own assistant, and the ultimate sacrifice of his dearest friend.

But I am truly unsure about one thing: was it the Aristocrat or the Great Danton who is in that last powerful scene of the movie?

Or did Nikola Tesla invent Star Trek in the 19th Century?

By: justice league

justice league — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:38:56 +0000

BTW, why didn’t he just use magic on money or gold?