Ellen Tordesillas Goes Anti
Even good friends occasionally need a whack upside the head. Ellen Tordesillas is actually not my friend. I don’t know her. Never met her. But she is a blogging colleague, sincere in her work, pro-Philippines day and night. Her heart is good. She writes about opera and the passing of good people. I read her … Continue reading
When Lies Become Facts
I have been following the battle in Gaza. Being a guy kind of guy, I think that is what most of us manly types are inclined to do. If we are not following women around we are following the guns and bombs. Third in the hierarchy of manly interests is trucks and cars. Or maybe … Continue reading
The Obey or Pay Industry
American Road Rules This is a proposal that will most assuredly add jobs and increase the wealth of the Philippines. I’m proposing the establishment of a new industry. Well, it’s an old industry, about as old as prostitution, but it is new in how we look at it in the matter.I have often been struck … Continue reading
"I’m Better Than You Are!"
This is a free-think exploration to sort through the matter of elitism and standards of what is “better” as a way of life. Particularly if you are a woman. Take the case of Senator Sotto. Here is a man who drips with arrogance and condescension toward the lessers who insist upon cluttering his distinguished life. … Continue reading
Kim Henares, One Tough Chick
“One trillion smackeroos, Mr. President? Sure ‘nuf!” I find it amusing that in the manly Philippines, where men wear their macho stuff like fighting cocks doing the victory strut, women occupy three of the toughest jobs in the land: Ombudsman: Conchita Carpio-Morales Secretary of Justice: Leila de Lima Head of the Bureau of Internal Revenue … Continue reading