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Red's Herring: December 2005

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Fearless against monkey business. Friday, December 30, 2005. Why did the maestros Cha-cha? Franklin replied, A republic, madam. If you can keep it. Why was the wise old man quite tentative? The foregoing were the backdrops against which Franklin conveyed his infamous line. In fact, some historians believe the Shays’ mutiny in effect founded the Constitution of the United States. In American political system. Posted by Abe N. Margallo at 11:59 PM. Sunday, December 25, 2005. The wild dancing with wolves,.

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Red's Herring: February 2006

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Fearless against monkey business. Tuesday, February 28, 2006. The holy coup: for a mission of love. In his Manila Bulletin column (Feb. 26, 2006) former President Fidel V. Ramos has seen a powerful wake-up call for change and reform. Then as now, FVR has been unequivocal about what he once called the mother of all our problems. Unfortunately, despite the monstrosity of the problem and the perceived impatience of the Filipino people, FVR’s answer (a shift to a parliamentary form of government eventually l...

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Red's Herring: October 2005

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Fearless against monkey business. Saturday, October 29, 2005. The Mar who would be the Man. If someone is looking for certain specific actionable programs of governance in A Fresh Start on the Filipino Dream,. He is likely to be disappointed. Exclusive of the variable of individual hard work, self-sacrifice or initiative that Senator Roxas has thoroughly touched upon in his message, the great debate on how to attain the Filipino good society is also focused, as the Wharton-educated politician is certainl...

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Red's Herring: April 2006

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Fearless against monkey business. Sunday, April 23, 2006. An oversight on oversight. The people send their representatives to Congress not just to make laws but also to see to it that the laws they make are not useless, wasteful or harmful and are being applied according to the purposes intended. The first congressional function is called legislation and the other is known as oversight. 4 Individual rights are not transgressed by the execution of the laws. Thus, it may be an oversight for the Philippine ...

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Red's Herring: September 2005

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Fearless against monkey business. Wednesday, September 28, 2005. Tip of the iceberg. As Marcos, GMA is just the tip of the iceberg. It was Carl Cid S.M. Inting terse comment. Of President Arroyo on the website of Ricky Carandang. Before giving his take, Carl first attempted to clarify. Part of the problem, he wrote, is that opinions may differ on what the iceberg is. On the other hand, mlq3 reports that former COMELEC chairman Christian Monsod has yet another perspective of the current crisis. But what a...

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Red's Herring: November 2005

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Fearless against monkey business. Thursday, November 24, 2005. Judicial review, people power and the blogosphere, revisited. The following is an excerpt from the exchange between FEU Constitutional Law professor Edwin Lacierda, Philippine Daily Inquirer editorialist John Nery and myself in Newsstand. And in several landmark cases in the past. Because (a) nature abhors a vacuum - that is the abbreviated way of the SC reminding the legislature that sometimes, the House leaves their brains at the door and c...

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Red's Herring: March 2006

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Fearless against monkey business. Sunday, March 26, 2006. If you have not seen the movie yet, I suggest you click here. First before continuing to read. I have not read any of the comic issues. Thanks). By sedition law (and Batasang Pambansa. 880) standards, the subversion and scurrilous libel in V for Vendetta. Is criminally actionable. Patalsikin Na! Let’s kick her behind out of the Palace, now! In the end the power it packs is that of a cartoon on the big screen, Newsstand. In view, a humble vaudevill...

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Red's Herring: January 2006

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Fearless against monkey business. Sunday, January 29, 2006. I would like to log here too my reply to Geo who has. Posted an answer to my comment on the Florida election and elitism in mlq3’s blog. Criticizing media elites in general and reacting to a commenter, I once blogged on or about the Florida electoral fiasco:. On the day the US Supreme Court handed down Bush v. Gore. Jesse Jackson, Jr. issued a statement, a portion of which reads:. Justice Stevens’ dissent in Bush v. Gore. One thing, however, is ...

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Red's Herring: August 2005

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Fearless against monkey business. Monday, August 29, 2005. Tracking the storm before the vote. Ode to the Esatern Wind). O Wild Reming, thou bad breadth of being,. Thou whose unwelcome presence leaves dead. Scores of downtrodden, as if laid for Halloween. Now come yellow, and black, and pale. And hectic red's herring? Pestilence-stricken multitudes. O no! Wild as beer-gin-coke, nauseating yet liberating,. Destroyer and preserver. Can’t you see, can you see? Just as the wave of ’86,. Uplifting as a cloud,.