kumusta po?

HINDI PO NAMIN LUBOS NA MAUNAWAAN KUNG BAKIT MAY TAONG NAGPUPUMILIT NA HATIIN ANG LALAWIGAN NG QUEZON.

KAMI PO AY NANINIWALA NA HINDI PO SAGOT SA KAHIRAPAN ANG PAGHAHATI NITO.

POLITICAL INTEREST BA ANG DAHILAN?

but she needs emergency power to ration what is available for the good of everyone. why are you people so afraid of that? btw, your “king canute” citation reminds us that you can’t blame the president for things that are beyond human control, which people like you often do.

Ok.

Vic,

Well I wish we could leave it to them to be responsible, but I do realize there have been some bright spots.

Jolibee used to serve much of their chickenjoy in styros before. They then shifted to those chickenwire baskets with used minimal wax paper. Now, much of their chicken order is in re-usable plates. That was quite an improvement.

Though I can’t say much of the same for their foreign counterpart.

Shakey’s and PizzaHut, Sbarro serve customers with re-usable plates, glasses, and utensils. But Yellowcab serve their customers with styroplates, plastic cups, spoons and forks which is surprising given the price of their pizza which on the other hand shouldn’t be surprising for Greenwich if they do.

(Well all of that eating out sure is a load to one’s waist but such an “unload” to one’s wallet)

One day he was walking by the seashore, and his officers and courtiers were with him, praising him as usual. Canute decided to teach them a lesson.

“So you say I am the greatest man in the world?” he asked them.

“O king,” they cried, “there never has been anyone as mighty as you, and there never be anyone so great, ever again!”

“And you say all things obey me?” Canute asked.

“Absolutely!” they said. “The world bows before you, and gives you honor.”

“I see,” the king answered. “In that case, bring me my chair, and we will go down to the water.”

“At once, your majesty!” They scrambled to carry his royal chair over the sands.

“Bring it closer to the sea,” Canute called. “Put it right here, right at the water’s edge.” He sat down and surveyed the ocean before him. “I notice the tide is coming in. Do you think it will stop if I give the command?”

His officers were puzzled, but they did not dare say no. “Give the order, O great king, and it will obey,” one of then assured him.

“Very well. Sea,” cried Canute, “I command you to come no further! Waves, stop your rolling!. Surf, stop your pounding! Do not dare touch my feet!”

He waited a moment, quietly, and a tiny wave rushed up the sand and lapped at his feet.

“How dare you!” Canute shouted. “Ocean, turn back now! I have ordered you to retreat before me, and now you must obey! Go back!”

And in answer another wave swept forward and curled around the king’s feet. The tide came in, just as it always did. The water rose higher and higher. It came up around the king’s chair, and wet not only his feet, but also his robe. His officers stood before him, alarmed, and wondering whether he was not mad.

“Well, my friends,” Canute said, “it seems I do not have quite so much power as you would have me believe. Perhaps you have learned something today. Perhaps now you will remember there is only one King who is all-powerful, and it is he who rules the sea, and holds the ocean in the hollow of his hand. I suggest you reserve your praises for him.”

Will try to vist Anna’s site!

which the safeguards of individual liberty have

been eroded – and once they are suspended it is

not difficult for anyone who has assumed such

emergency powers to see to it that the emergency

will persist.”

Friedrich A. Hayek, in Law, Legislation, and Liberty, Vol. 3