Comments on: Smokescreen

By: Popular Science

Popular Science — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:27:40 +0000

Popular Science…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

By: Bencard

Bencard — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:20:01 +0000

anna, I was just gonna say, I thought it was YOU trying to get a rise of me. The style is almost unmistakable. But then again, you seem to have a little more originality whereas this impostor is like a ‘special”child who hasn’t got what it takes but who desperately want to play with the big boys. Pathetic!

By: anna de brux

anna de brux — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:47:07 +0000

Just by quickly scanning the latest entries, one would think Bencard had seriously gone bonkers and had started talking to himself. Very funny! Heheh!

By: Bencard 2

Bencard 2 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:30:14 +0000

Bencard,

And WHO appointed YOU as spokesperson for Gloria Pidal? Explain your dogged admiration and adoration for one who is not worth the ground YOU walk on.

By: Bencard 2

Bencard 2 — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:30:14 +0000

Bencard,

And WHO appointed YOU as spokesperson for Gloria Pidal? Explain your dogged admiration and adoration for one who is not worth the ground YOU walk on.

By: Bencard

Bencard — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 19:18:20 +0000

Bencard 2 or whatever. I may be as idiotic as you are simply by responding to you, but who, may I ask, appointed you as spokesperson for the “people”?

By: Bencard 2

Bencard 2 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:32:02 +0000

Bencard,

For a person who likes to show he’s got something between his ears, you really don’t have anything, do you? You still don’t get it, do you? People don’t like your bogus president Gloria Pidal. Haven’t you grasped that yet?

Dato’s drawback is not his being Dato but he’s being related to Gloria Pidal. Dato is carpetbagging. Does Manolo have to draw it for you, you little, insignificant twerp!

By: Bencard

Bencard — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:11:51 +0000

mlq3, suit yourself, but as far as “carpetbagging” is concerned, it seems Dato is in good company in the U.S., as I pointed out above. By the way, P. Lacson is not originally from Manila, is he? How about Lim? Going back to the subject of Dato,I still can’t figure out how being a presidential son could be a drawback to his political aspitration. It should not, and it would not, as far as I”m concerned

Jackryan68, I don’t know much about “transactional politics”, but isn’t politics in the Philippines mostly “transactional”?
With so many political parties and factions, no politician can succeed at anything without a little “transactional” activity.
Isn’t that right? Why would anyone make it sound like a dirty word?

By: jackryan68

jackryan68 — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:21:48 +0000

“and while dato is 100% nicer (and probably, smarter) than mikey, i still believe that if he wants to run, the time to do so is after his motherÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s presidency. heÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s carpetbagging.”

Amen to that Manolo. Actually, it’s a divisive issue in the 1st district of our province. There are those who believe this sellout by Nonoy Andaya is an insult to the intelligence of local residents. The other side, of course, is typified by bencard, and it’s transactional politics at its best.

By: UP student

UP student — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:23:51 +0000

Red’s Herring… you may want to read the White House document (available on the web) that defines the US National Defense Strategy. You may find it to be a clear articulation of the intricacies of “bang-bang-you’re dead” that you write about.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss.html