I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read….

Austero’s letter created quite a stir because certain people choose to concentrate on his message of sacrificing rights to move the country forward.

THose same people don’t care to see how much of a FRAUD the sentiment Austero really wanted to state. (Though Austero made no bones of what he meant in the letter itself)

When he considered himself a part of the “WE”, he was all for sacrificing the rights of the “WE” yet he quickly turned around and implied how selfish he would be when the issue was now HIS rights!

So when he assumed that his own rights that he didn’t want to sacrifice were being transgressed when he was being stopped in checkpoints; he nearly went AMOK in his blog against it!!!

And that is Bong Austero for you!

CANDIDATES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE:
1. A person sentenced for a felony may not become a candidate for or hold public office from the time of the person’s sentence until the person’s final discharge.
2. A person sentenced for a felony and still on probation or parole may not become a candidate for public office.
3. A person sentenced for a felony must receive his/her final discharge before he/she is eligible to file nomination papers (Att. Gen. Ltr. Ops. August 20, 1974 and July 14, 1978).
PERSONS HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE:
1. A public office held at the time of sentence is forfeited:

Do you really lose fundamental constituional rights simply by being government employees? This sounds like Bencard.

“Much of the present strife and enmity between nations can be traced to the time when the Empires played God and made the globe their plaything, only to drop it like a hot potato when things started to get dicey.” sabi ni Carl

Sa palagay ko ganun pa rin ngayon. Ang kaibhan, isa na lang ang Empire. btw, narinig mo ba yun sinabi ni sen. McCain that Iran is dangerous to the world and Israel and deranged. Namputa, Israel destroyed Lebanon and could be on the brink of civil strife bec. the state has been weakened as a result of the destrution. At si Bush at America, nakarinig ka na ba ng genocide by reckless imprudence or by stupidity?

Ang kalagayan ngayon sa kuro-kuro ko lang ay kasama pa rin sa kademonyuhang nangyari sa pandaraya kay FPJ. Talagang umaapaw na talaga. At ang mga Pilipino kahit paganun-ganun lang at pasyensioso pero matalino. You will be surprised how sophisticated our kababayans are. Believe ako sa Pinoy. Pagka hinudas nang hinudas mo sila, kahit papano kung hindi man tiradorin ang bintana mo, bubutasin ang gulong mo. haha

Ang kalagayan ngayon sa kuro-kuro ko lang ay kasama pa rin sa kademonyuhang nangyari sa pandaraya kay FPJ. Talagang umaapaw na talaga. At ang mga Pilipino kahit paganun-ganun lang at pasyensioso pero matalino. You will be surprised how sophisticated our kababayans are. Belive ako sa Pinoy. Pagka hinudas nang hinudas mo sila, kahit papano kung hindi man tiradorin ang bintana mo, bubutasin ang gulong mo. haha

Anyway, James I’ve replied to your little rants in the previous thread.

It’s nice to know that People Power is still there to remind the tradpols, but in this House Chacha, I thought it was an overreaction, bordering on hysteria even. A jumping the gun on our institutions. I would have preferred that we wait for the inevitable Supreme Court case first before threatening people power. Give our institutions a chance first. That shows maturity as a democracy.

Anyway, Im sure the backtracking on the house-only chacha was not so much a result of the threatened people power, but a result of backdoor polling of the justices of the Supreme Court. GMA’s minions have more than an inkling that their coup doesnt stand a chance.