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I’ve just come from a lovely out-of-town trip with my husband and our lifelong friends and was offline for 2 days (I have a wonderful life outside FB—unlike a lot of these keyboard warriors. Such losers.). I only got home now, logged in and saw all the trash on my wall. And I see that monsters  of the disente variety have descended on my wall and used it as a way to spread their particular gospel of hate. I haven’t read a lot. Just a handful—and the rest, I will ignore and/or delete. Once I find the time. (Not tonight. I have books I want so bad to read. Also, I want you to have more time to read through the hateful comments, if you so wish—disabuse yourself of the notion that ONLY pro-Dutertes are capable of poison and hate. And, too, here’s a truth you must keep in mind: none of that poison is about me but everything about the commenter ) Here’s the thing. There are only 6 opinions that matter to me in the whole world. That would be my husband’s, my 3 children’s, and ...

The disclaimer and the defense. What has she done? Nothing to begin with. She lobbied for a Cabinet post, got it and did nothing. She vowed to cooperate with the President but didn't. Attendant to the responsibility of being a Cabinet member is to stick to the policies laid down by the President. Yet she disagreed with the President in the manner in which the drug war is being conducted and the Marcos burial. As the President stated last night, the final straw came when she attended a anti-Marcos burial rally where calls for the ouster of Duterte were made. In her mind, she thought of herself as co-equal to the President. She's not. As a lawyer, she should be very familiar with the constitutional provisions on the duties and responsibilities of the Vice-President. There is no stipulation that she is entitled to a Cabinet post. She serves at the pleasure of the President and is bound to toe the administration line. Why does she deserve the vilification and pillory? Becau...

THE BIGGER FISH Recently, the big news was the admin's latest illegal drug campaign score wherein a staggering P6B in street value, high grade Shabu were seized by the NBI in San Juan. Again, P6 BILLION worth of illegal drugs that were supposed to be circulated nationwide! It was the BIGGEST drug bust in the history of this country. If not caught, and the syndicate assigns P10,000 worth of the drug to one pusher, there would be 600,000 pushers plying the trade across the archipelago! Allow me now to raise an issue. Somehow, somebody seem to be flying under the radar in our current scrutiny of who in government perpetuated the rise of the narco trade in our country. It seems we are missing out on one big fish, who actually was the one who was in full control of the law enforcement agencies and local government units when this destructive trade was prospering. It seems that we have been too obsessed with a frail woman but we are conveniently ignoring a most heinou...

I get so much info/chismax in my mail. This one I just got. Apparently, the Liberal Party is coming out with this mag. And I was thinking, wow. Someone ought to save them from themselves. Unless spoof mag ito . Joke siguro ito ? Please, kawanggawa muna tayo . Tell the Liberal Party why this is a realllly reallllly bad idea. Also, what are these clowns smoking??? --------------------- Lorraine Badoy as posted on Facebook .

UNHEALTHY VICE Warning: this post would be oxymoronic This buzz about Her Excellency Leni Robredo should stop. I mean, let her have her undeservedly stupid vacation in whatever goddamn hell she has chosen for herself and her kin. After all, being VP is really hard. Imagine the agony of waiting for the president to die. Put yourself in her place and surely you would also fret and fiddle on a daily basis. Your first question as soon as you wake up - how's the president? - is so jarring to the senses, to say the least. 2nd, why would we even demand her to help her fellow Bicolanos if she believes she has more important things to do than that? Why force something that is not innate in her being, and why should we insist on her contrived portrayal as a " tsinelas garbed public servant fighting for the laylayan ng lipunan ?!!!" This is the problem when we are smitten by image and form rather than substance. When we are bombarded with images of bus rides while cra...

Sure, disaster management is not part of the job description of a VP.  And true, she doesn't have to  be in an area of devastation helping out and all that.  All she is, after all, is  VP and the only job of a VP is to be ready to be President if the President is unable to perform his duties as president for whatever reason there may be. Kung  baga sa beauty contest, VP is 1st runner up. Dakilang spare tire. Not exactly a small job. But while the President breathes or is not successfully ousted (ehem), the VP  can spend her days looking at the kisame and count butikis and no one- least of all me- will fault her and call her a slacker or write pieces with titles like "The Woefully Inept Leni Robredo Part 2". Here's the thing though.  Bicol is her bailiwick. These are people Leni Robredo owes her political career to. When she had  no one, she had them. They gave her a most resounding YES by continuously  voting her into offfice. A...

A DISASTER WILL MAKE OR BREAK A LEADER In 2013, the Leytenos were enraged when their leaders were not around before, during, and after Yolanda. The Yolanda issue was a litmus test, and became both the downfall and the rise of many of our politicians. Mar lost the Presidency and Digong won it in huge part because of Yolanda. Mar lost his credibility when he failed during the relief and rehab phases. Digong earned major brownie points for being one of the first government workers to be on the site of ground zero. Here was a local mayor capable of greater things was a message that reverberated and heard and understood around the Philippines. President Aquino was slammed for his politicking and the government's tragic failure in fixing the problem. Binay had the chance to make his mark, but he never saw the golden opportunity to show his leadership in the aftermath of Yolanda. Mayor Alfred Romualdez was crucified in the press for being at his beach house when reports of s...