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[got to believe]

Rainy summer 

[crank1393]

Extremely hot 

[Yoda18]

Sea games. Good win for Gilas yesterday. Pahiya yung mayabang na coach ng Cambodia. 

[macbolan00]

And so, we're really back to the time of that son of a dog ferdinand sr,. and that stupid bisaya duterte, as student activists are arrested, some like the two below simply disappeared, without any charge or cause to arrest.

The Government you voted for.

 

Edited May 26, 2023 by macbolan00

[macbolan00]

Ano ba naman 'yan??? Disbarred na, mabibigyan pa din ng position? Buti pa yung matandantang Mackoy, at least kumukuha ng mga magagaling galing UP noon.

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Edited June 29, 2023 by macbolan00

[Magic Circle]

On 6/29/2023 at 10:21 AM, macbolan00 said:

Ano ba naman 'yan??? Disbarred na, mabibigyan pa din ng position? Buti pa yung matandantang Mackoy, at least kumukuha ng mga magagaling galing UP noon.

 

yes the brains of all the  Cabinet members of old FEM is way better than all cabinet members from Cory to BBM combined.

[macbolan00]

Ramos' cabinet men were pretty good, as were those of Erap's.

[haroots2]

On 7/3/2023 at 5:01 PM, macbolan00 said:

Ramos' cabinet men were pretty good, as were those of Erap's.

Can you name some?

[macbolan00]

On 7/7/2023 at 6:57 PM, haroots2 said:

Can you name some?

You mean you don't know or you're just asking me to substantiate? Not a very good way to discuss. You can just give a straight reply. Anyway, there's a 99% chance you won't read this but for Ramos, you have Delfin Lazaro who basically solved the power crisis in the early '90s. There's Dr. Juan Flavier who revitalized the country's vaccination program. There's Gen. Jose Almonte who's the best NSA the country ever had. Secretary of Finance was veteran banker Roberto De Ocampo. Foreign Affairs secretary was veteran politician Sen. Alberto Romulo.

I don't know if this is a credit to Ramos but he formed the PACC headed by then VP Erap. At least, the PACC didn't do any wrongs at the same scale as those made by idiot bisayas Duterte and Dela Rosa.

[haroots2]

On 7/17/2023 at 11:38 AM, macbolan00 said:

You mean you don't know or you're just asking me to substantiate? Not a very good way to discuss. You can just give a straight reply. Anyway, there's a 99% chance you won't read this but for Ramos, you have Delfin Lazaro who basically solved the power crisis in the early '90s. There's Dr. Juan Flavier who revitalized the country's vaccination program. There's Gen. Jose Almonte who's the best NSA the country ever had. Secretary of Finance was veteran banker Roberto De Ocampo. Foreign Affairs secretary was veteran politician Sen. Alberto Romulo.

I don't know if this is a credit to Ramos but he formed the PACC headed by then VP Erap. At least, the PACC didn't do any wrongs at the same scale as those made by idiot bisayas Duterte and Dela Rosa.

Well based on what you enumerate, I still stand on my statement na kahit pagsamahin mo pa sila It can't equal the brains of FEMs cabinet like Carlos P. Romulo, Estelito Mendoza,  Arturo Tolentino, Blas Ople Vicente Abad Santos, Ricardo Puno, Roberto Ongpin. Cesar Virata and Salvador Escudero to name a few.  Even late  FVR is part of it as Phil. Constabulary chief.  Didn't even include Enrile

[macbolan00]

1 hour ago, haroots2 said:

Well based on what you enumerate, I still stand on my statement na kahit pagsamahin mo pa sila It can't equal the brains of FEMs cabinet like Carlos P. Romulo, Estelito Mendoza,  Arturo Tolentino, Blas Ople Vicente Abad Santos, Ricardo Puno, Roberto Ongpin. Cesar Virata and Salvador Escudero to name a few.  Even late  FVR is part of it as Phil. Constabulary chief.  Didn't even include Enrile

So stipulated. Marcos Sr's status in the UP community, as well as the "unique" feature of his regime, allowed him to fully mine academic and professional talents, especially from UP. But my point was, even a one-term president with only 6 years has a big enough store of qualified candidates.

Oh and unfortunately, Marcos Sr's cabinet and inner circle included (aside from Enrile-- a definite minus) Imelda Marcos, Fabian Ver, Cocoy Romualdez, Bejo Romualdez, Alita Martel, Danding Cojuanco, Lucio Tan, Herminio Disini, Roman Cruz, Benedicto, and others who somehow escaped justice and are either still living or died fabulously rich. That, according to many, was more than enough to offset the competence of his core cabinet men.

With regard to the last point above, I'm a bit neutral. All the US-friendly dictators in Asia had to have a swarm of business cronies. Their job was basically to break the monopoly of the old rich, and foreign owners. The original Korean conglomerates (precursors of the likes of Hyundai, Samsung, and Daewoo) had as original directors relatives and cronies of Park Chung Hee. The large conglomerates in Singapore were all founded by cronies of Lee Kwan Yew. Indonesia under Soeharto is probably the worse in terms of cronyism.

[haroots2]

Personally my opinion is Imelda corrupted FEM.  She is the evil one that want to hold on to power and glamorous lifestyle.  Imagine if FEM married a simple housewife like Cory maybe we have a different country right now.

[DomPerignom]

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