Comments on: Where to, next? http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/ Punditry. Politics. History. Commentary. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:48:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: SoP http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1045456 SoP Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:10:46 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1045456 Suggest you do a show on legalizing marijuana on the Explainer. I could be your guest, and slug it out with that DJB (I think he might be anti-weed). Toss in a bishop too to represent the church. It'll be a great show. Give me a call. Suggest you do a show on legalizing marijuana on the Explainer. I could be your guest, and slug it out with that DJB (I think he might be anti-weed). Toss in a bishop too to represent the church. It’ll be a great show.

Give me a call.

]]> By: SoP http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1045455 SoP Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:08:15 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1045455 They could also legalize and tax marijuana. I'm a weed phreak. But I think legalizing it will ultimately drive down the price. At the moment, growers are playing a cat and mouse game with the military and police when they burn down those fields in the Cordis. It's not cost efficient, which translates to higher price for weed. If Lucio Tan will be allowed to grow Marijuana fields in Ilocos and La Union, economies of scale can be achieved. Call it Fortune Marijuana (pack it in sticks of 20 like cigarettes). Sell it for 200 pesos per pack. Government gets 50 bucks per kaha. Users get to smoke guilt free. And they'll helping fill our government coffers too! They could also legalize and tax marijuana. I’m a weed phreak. But I think legalizing it will ultimately drive down the price. At the moment, growers are playing a cat and mouse game with the military and police when they burn down those fields in the Cordis. It’s not cost efficient, which translates to higher price for weed.

If Lucio Tan will be allowed to grow Marijuana fields in Ilocos and La Union, economies of scale can be achieved. Call it Fortune Marijuana (pack it in sticks of 20 like cigarettes). Sell it for 200 pesos per pack. Government gets 50 bucks per kaha. Users get to smoke guilt free. And they’ll helping fill our government coffers too!

]]> By: SoP http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1045453 SoP Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:59:55 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1045453 and tax those whore fuckers too. and tax those whore fuckers too.

]]> By: SoP http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1045451 SoP Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:58:32 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1045451 Oh yes they are. But I'm happy they are coz it saves me money. We all can't be penny-pinching savers. Some, well most, of us have to be zombie consumerists. The few intelligent ones, like moi,-savers, thrifters, investors, are the beneficiaries of people like my friends who buy stuff. I'm so disappointed this tax law will be suspended. Someone has to take the slack. I hope it's smokers. Tax those fucking cigarettes. They should just legalize prostitution and whore fuckers. Oh yes they are. But I’m happy they are coz it saves me money.

We all can’t be penny-pinching savers. Some, well most, of us have to be zombie consumerists. The few intelligent ones, like moi,-savers, thrifters, investors, are the beneficiaries of people like my friends who buy stuff.

I’m so disappointed this tax law will be suspended. Someone has to take the slack. I hope it’s smokers. Tax those fucking cigarettes. They should just legalize prostitution and whore fuckers.

]]> By: mlq3 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1045401 mlq3 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:14:21 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1045401 SoP, your friends are stupid douches? SoP, your friends are stupid douches?

]]> By: SoP http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1045303 SoP Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:02:33 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1045303 Yeah, only stupid douches like to read brand new, shiny books (on the beach, in cafes) and collect them to show off to friends (like that ugly bitch Jessica Zafra who has substituted penis interaction with hardbound paper). Me? Meh. I borrow from friends, read them in bookstores, illegally download ebooks, print them (in our office using company ink and paper). I spent zilch on books. The money I save from not being ripped off from publishers I spend on more important stuff, like food, vacation, my condominium mortgage, clothes, etc. With spiralling inflation you have to scrape whatever you can. So I'm really disappointed this tax was or will be stopped. Now the cash-strapped government has to find revenue sources to subsidize our corrupt politicians and millions of poor countrymen. Hopefully, they tax stuff I don't consume/invest in/are sources of my income. Yeah, only stupid douches like to read brand new, shiny books (on the beach, in cafes) and collect them to show off to friends (like that ugly bitch Jessica Zafra who has substituted penis interaction with hardbound paper).

Me? Meh. I borrow from friends, read them in bookstores, illegally download ebooks, print them (in our office using company ink and paper).

I spent zilch on books. The money I save from not being ripped off from publishers I spend on more important stuff, like food, vacation, my condominium mortgage, clothes, etc. With spiralling inflation you have to scrape whatever you can.

So I’m really disappointed this tax was or will be stopped. Now the cash-strapped government has to find revenue sources to subsidize our corrupt politicians and millions of poor countrymen.

Hopefully, they tax stuff I don’t consume/invest in/are sources of my income.

]]> By: DevilsAdvc8 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1045114 DevilsAdvc8 Sun, 31 May 2009 12:35:16 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1045114 taxing book importation is not stupid, it's actually quite brilliant from the pov of a government wanting to keep its citizens ignorant. yes, maybe they do want to discourage reading, anyone thought about that? (not as if Filipinos need any help in decreasing their literacy rate) anywhoo, anyone who loves to read will find ways to read books the inexpensive way. we still have public libraries in our country (though highly underfunded and under stocked) incidentally, if you want to help, you can donate books you don't use anymore to public libraries. for those on the hunt for cheap books, there's booksale. i find books here generally cheaper by about 50-70% compared to books sold in NBS or powerbooks. and if you really scour the entire branch, you can find great buys; like hard to find books which are sold for only 30 pesos (maybe booksale doesn't know its true value, lol) i think more than anything, what we need is a gigantic campaign to translate all the great books of the foreign world into tagalog and even down to local dialects. and have those translations published in massive quantities and distributed to schools and libraries nationwide (and posted on the web) i'd sure like to read Shakespeare or the Iliad in Tagalog or even Bikol. taxing book importation is not stupid, it’s actually quite brilliant from the pov of a government wanting to keep its citizens ignorant. yes, maybe they do want to discourage reading, anyone thought about that? (not as if Filipinos need any help in decreasing their literacy rate)

anywhoo, anyone who loves to read will find ways to read books the inexpensive way. we still have public libraries in our country (though highly underfunded and under stocked) incidentally, if you want to help, you can donate books you don’t use anymore to public libraries.

for those on the hunt for cheap books, there’s booksale. i find books here generally cheaper by about 50-70% compared to books sold in NBS or powerbooks. and if you really scour the entire branch, you can find great buys; like hard to find books which are sold for only 30 pesos (maybe booksale doesn’t know its true value, lol)

i think more than anything, what we need is a gigantic campaign to translate all the great books of the foreign world into tagalog and even down to local dialects. and have those translations published in massive quantities and distributed to schools and libraries nationwide (and posted on the web)

i’d sure like to read Shakespeare or the Iliad in Tagalog or even Bikol.

]]> By: John Allen delos Santos http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1045112 John Allen delos Santos Sun, 31 May 2009 12:26:57 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1045112 I don't know what to do to make sure our 'victory' becomes permanent. All I know is the feeling I felt when I gave away books to those people. It felt amazing, like I know that I'm making a difference in my little way. I'll continue to fight a rearguard action against illiteracy by sharing books, encouraging more and more of people I know to read even just a little. It's a hard struggle but we have to start somewhere right? I don’t know what to do to make sure our ‘victory’ becomes permanent. All I know is the feeling I felt when I gave away books to those people. It felt amazing, like I know that I’m making a difference in my little way. I’ll continue to fight a rearguard action against illiteracy by sharing books, encouraging more and more of people I know to read even just a little. It’s a hard struggle but we have to start somewhere right?

]]> By: Norman Sison http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1044965 Norman Sison Sat, 30 May 2009 02:12:48 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1044965 Hi, Manolo. First of all, happy birthday! Second, thank you very much for the most generous billing. It blew me away and I really appreciated it. I'm also very glad that there are others who share my concern. To all of you, thank you. I'll be knocking on your doors from time to time to ask for your help in my reform advocacy (wwww.lanuevaligafilipina.wordpress.com). Take care ya'll. Norm Hi, Manolo. First of all, happy birthday! Second, thank you very much for the most generous billing. It blew me away and I really appreciated it.

I’m also very glad that there are others who share my concern. To all of you, thank you. I’ll be knocking on your doors from time to time to ask for your help in my reform advocacy (wwww.lanuevaligafilipina.wordpress.com). Take care ya’ll.

Norm

]]> By: justice league http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/comment-page-1/#comment-1044912 justice league Fri, 29 May 2009 11:26:42 +0000 http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/27/where-to-next/#comment-1044912 Manolo, Advance HB! Manolo,

Advance HB!

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