Turns out eminent journalist Ces Drilon was also laughing along with would-be boy-watcher Carmen "Mai" Mislang. I picked up the following screen grab from a post by a certain "John Casey" on PinoyExchange.com...
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Kind of sheds a bit of light on why Big Media has been silent about this whole circus thus far, doesn't it?
you are right on the big media issue. as for ces, may unconventional streak talaga s'ya kaya nga s'ya na-suspend ni ma. ressa 'di ba for not following protocol when she was kidnapped with her team sa Mindanao... hay. 5 months na nakalipas. one more month to go before the year-ender. can't wait to gather all the noynoy administration booboos and make the countdown.
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War, famine, pestilence, poverty, and child-molesting priests. There are millions of things that the men-in-robes of the Philippine Catholic Church could be raising a stink about. Instead they focus today on Dolphy's comedy film Father Jejemon , where certain scenes allegedly "disrespect" certain holy rituals of the Catholic faith. King of comedy told to respect King of Kings reports the Inquirer.net , perhaps inadvertently highlighting how our esteemed clerics forget that their "King" is not necessarily all Filipinos' king.
In an Inquirer.net piece , columnist Jose Ma. Montelibano contributes to the defense of President Benigno "P.Noy" Aquino III's State of the Nation Address (SONA) which he delivered on the 26th of July to Congress. His approach -- and arguments -- were basically organised around two key pillars: (1) Taking stock of the arguments of the "members of the elite who were for other candidates" . This is basically much of the issues to do with P.Noy's lack of experience, lack of achievement, lack of intellectual depth, lack of ability to be his own man (independent of his family pedigree), and overall lack of substance. (2) Pointing out the continued popularity of the President . As expected, this has to do with the fact that P.Noy won an election determined by popular vote, came out with an 88 percent trust rating in a recent "survey", and generally is an all-around well-liked guy.
The Philippine Congress mirrors not only its constituents. It mirrors its constituents' favourite form of entertainment -- low-brow noon time variety shows like Wowowee . Not much comes out of Congressional "inquiries" and "hearings" other than an opportunity for our honourable politicians to rack up media exposure mileage. But while shows like Wowowee turn the desperation of its impoverished contestants into mass-audience entertainment, the entertainment value of Congress is more akin to a bullfight -- where a bloodthirsty audience cheers on a flamboyant matador's graceful ritual killing of a maddened beast.
ano ba to bakit na-mention pa ang "supot" na word? kung gusto nya ng pogi e di sana nag club nlng sya no. kakabwiset.
ReplyDeleteyou are right on the big media issue. as for ces, may unconventional streak talaga s'ya kaya nga s'ya na-suspend ni ma. ressa 'di ba for not following protocol when she was kidnapped with her team sa Mindanao... hay. 5 months na nakalipas. one more month to go before the year-ender. can't wait to gather all the noynoy administration booboos and make the countdown.
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