The middle class allowed all of these to happen. They never accepted Erap, so he was ousted. And in place, we now have the insensitive, ruthless, arrogant Gloria Arroyo!

Will we still remain apathetic?

The Macabebes of Pampanga, GMA’s home province, became anti anti-Philippine independence when they betrayed Aguinaldo in Palanan. This brought down the First Republic and gave way to American rule. American rule brought us American style of government and public education. Then WWII came. Blood everywhere. After that, independence from American rule in 1946 with some carry on baggage like parity and the military bases. In the early 70s parity out, martial law in. In the mid 80s EDSA revolution and 1987 Constitution in but everyone still wants to get out. Early 21st century Erap out, GMA in. That brings us to where we are today. Being anti anti is not always a good thing.

From the looks of it, Nograles and the House have transferred the burden of deciding on the legality of a joint House-Senate constituent assembly to the Supreme Court, instead of deciding on it by themselves. It looks to me more like a case of passing the buck, rather than a railroading incident.

Now, the ball is on the court supreme. If people can’t trust their ultimate legal arbiter, that wouldn’t be Congress’ problem. Personally, I believe quite a number of Justices aren’t mere stooges and are perfectly capable to think for themselves, thank you. Besides Puno, there’s also Antonio Carpio who has consistently been an independent voice on the bench.

Spare us. This is the kind of false dichotomy being presented to the public in order to whip up a frenzy against the admin (and/or whip up sympathy for a politician or for an NGO and it’s proponents).

It has not worked for how many years now? People are smarter than some expected. (cue the predictable: “No, everyone is just apathetic” retort…which is later belied by voter turnout during each election)

Would anyone actually be willing to bet a gazillion pesos? On one side, elections (iclusing for Prez) occur in 2010…on the other side Martial law, no el or term extensions.

The only ones who have constantly agitated for going against the Constitution have been the anti-GMA screamers.

Resolutions are put on the floor, debated and then voted on. This is democracy at work. Majority carries the day. Very normal. The oppositors put up their objections for hours. That’s how it works. The “railroad” accusation is false/inaccurate at least, disingenuous for any who know the rules and underhandedly manipulative for those who try to fool the public into thinking some rule or process has been infringed upon.

The SC has not “historically ruled in favor of the Arroyo administration”. Their have been both wins and losses for the admin.

A “snowball” that will stop Prez elections in 2010 is virtually impossible…regardless of yesterday’s event (non-event). This is a canard being thrown out into public space so to confuse the public and to create stories which don’t actually exist. Hence the lack of aggressive coverage by neutral media.

she’s been pouring presidential funds in pampanga lately, i heard.

Between now and that speech events will decide which mode of carter change will be used.

Keep your powder dry.

Her last SONA will be the most interesting.

RECALL THESE USELESS CONGRESSMEN!