Hat tip to muddynights for pointing to the odd joker and The Intelligent Singaporean who thoroughly covered the controversy raised by the now notorious-line by the daughter of a Singaporean MP who snapped, “please get out of my elite uncaring face” in response to the angst of another Singaporean. More reactions can be found in Tomorrow.
Four points for discussion Manuel L. Quezon III Inquirer November 03, 2006
I am not alone in recognizing the class war element in the film; if magic, as the movie says, requires showmanship, politics, too requires strategy, practice, showmanship and -as the movie keeps emphasizing- “getting your hands dirty” but to what extent and what end? The means and ends are highly moveable, according to the film -as they’ve proven to be for politician after politician.Perhaps one of the most influential pieces to affect my political thinking is a Free Press editorial from 1953 which recognized then, something that’s been like a wound rubbed raw over the years: society has become too complex, composed of too many competing -and empowered- interests to be managed according to the private conscience of its leaders. Education and culture, which should serve as a kind of control over the basic selfishness of both leaders and followers, have broken down, and thus, lost their capacity to control or at least limit, excesses in political behavior , in large part because they have been proven incapable of either transmission or relevance.
Even as the President’s allies both from Lakas and from Kampi decide it’s better to pour oil on troubled waters, what’s emerged is something that’s always been there, but now being publicly debated even with the ruling coalition’s circles: the competing agendas of the President and her allies.Regarding Plan B as revised, I recall some lawyers saying thatMy Arab News column for this week is Will Arroyo Step Down in 2010 in Return for Immunity? The Inquirer editorial takes a look at how a need for immunity might be affecting the intramurals within the governing coalition.Amando Doronila thinks pressure on the Supreme Court’s going to be even more intense.
