“if i were her, i would have banned the likes of “anthony scalia” and “proudtobepinoy” AKA MR. OFF TOPIC (and his numerous alteregos) a LONG TIME AGO.”

BUTI NA LANG HINDI IKAW SI ELLEN!

And obviously you are not reading ellen’s blogs more often than i do.

The original ‘insultador’ ystakei is the one who gets away with the insults. And Ellen is letting her do it, without any censorship.

Why? Because ystakei accounts for 1/2 of the million hits of Ellen’s blog. Censor ystakei and to vapor goes the 500,000 hits of Ellen’s blogs.

“all the personal attacks coming from the pro-arroyo alternics were really disgusting (lalo na noong palapit na ang election period)”

Excuse me? personal attacks? from pro-arroyo alternics? Are you sure you REGULARLY (as in DAILY) visit Ellen’s blog?

By the way I am already banned from Ellen’s blog. Why? BECAUSE WHEN YSTAKEI INSULTED ME AGAIN, I INSULTED HER BACK!

I didn’t realize there’s a new meaning now for patriotism.

so let me rephrase my previous statements. our problem mainly is due to lack of bigotry amongst the people. Lack of bigotry from our leaders, lack of bigotry from those big businesses who runs the country’s economy and lack of bigotry from ordinary citizens. everything is about self interest. Bigotry is what our country needs to move forward.

as for you and your kind, exactly the kind of people our country needs. you are the new patriots. so when are you going to make your move?

I’m proud that you consider me as being typical of the people frequenting ellen’s blog.

I strongly agree with you on the need for patriotism which i see that in abundance among the commenters that frequent Ellen’s site. However, the issue for this decade is the cleavage between the middle class and the masa. Both camps mean well but the trust is not there. As BrianB said above, with EDSA Tres, The elite finally learned to fear the masses. This former EDSA Dos crowd (and the rest of the elite) has let this fear combined with deep-rooted condescension get in the way.

what do you mean with your above statement? it’s too quick and easy for you to judge other people. Rom, is right in painting your character, a typical mindset of those people frequenting ellen’s blog. what made you think anyway that we belong to the apathetic sector? and which sector do you belong by the way (or you’re a jury and judge combined?) just because you are critical here in this blog against the arroyo administration and to those people you call pro-arroyo, you think you’ve done already the country a great service? if that is your gauge for being non-apathetic, I can tell you I have done far worst than what you’re doing now.

and what is this change that you’re talking about? you mean another edsa? please, enough of your obsession. sorry to disappoint you, but I have my own analysis and judgment too. you should know by now that without the element of the military (which I think the reason why ellen has been very busy trying to hype up the ongoing brouhaha involving the military) any uprising by the masa will not prosper.

Cvj said, “You should not mischaracterize the thinking people at Ellen’s as they are way ahead of the politicians in terms of sense of justice and nobility of aspirations. They are the ones who are shaping tomorrow’s leaders to the horror of our traditional politicians.”

shaping tomorrow’s leaders? tell me what have they done so far, other than the cursing of Gloria and those they deemed as Gloria paid hacks and asslickers? do you really think they represent the majority? those people who are mostly out of the country and as DJB said are just visiting the site for their “scream therapy” sessions? I even bet majority of those 20 or so people did not bother voting in the last election. the thinking people my ass! with too much hatred and foams in their mouth, they can’t even think clearly and identify who’s the enemy and who’s not.

Cvj said, “Our nation can only move forward if both sections of our society engage in an honest dialogue, but that can only be built on an atmosphere of mutual respect.”

wrong. our problem mainly is due to lack of patriotism (love of country) amongst the people. Lack of patriotism from our leaders, lack of patriotism from those big businesses who runs the country’s economy and lack of patriotism from ordinary citizens. Everything is about self interest. Patriotism is what our country needs to move forward.

I repeat. We have a right, a duty to generalize and judge quickly when it comes to politicians.