tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384619824759174360.post7311354793082421954..comments2023-02-28T13:13:57.443+08:00Comments on SMORGASBORD OF RANDOM THOUGHTS: EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AND THE CULTURE OF IMPUNITYCHERYL L. DAYTEChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01922694531597991639noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384619824759174360.post-85573738599862143702008-07-27T01:28:00.000+08:002008-07-27T01:28:00.000+08:00Bill, oo nga. Kaso mas masahol ngayon than Macoy's...Bill, oo nga. Kaso mas masahol ngayon than Macoy's time. At least during Macoy's time, the Supreme Court had rendered decisions that displeased the President.CHERYL L. DAYTEChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922694531597991639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384619824759174360.post-20236968536464553872008-07-26T18:33:00.000+08:002008-07-26T18:33:00.000+08:00Yeah, the recent SC decisions have been very disap...Yeah, the recent SC decisions have been very disappointing. The justices are reaching that point where they're just rubber stamping everything that Gloria does. Parang SC noong panahon ni Macoy.admindudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01128986450589541061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384619824759174360.post-21161670241379402062008-07-24T18:56:00.000+08:002008-07-24T18:56:00.000+08:00Deux,Your lament is certainly a reflection of ours...Deux,<BR/><BR/>Your lament is certainly a reflection of ours. If there is anything that redeems us from desperation,it is the fact that there are still justices who have the courage to dissent when it is consistent with justice. I am glad that our Chief Justice dissented in the two controversial cases, although that is a credit that goes to him and not to the Supreme Court.<BR/><BR/>Really, when even the courts are with them, where does it lead us? I certainly cannot say.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting.CHERYL L. DAYTEChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01922694531597991639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384619824759174360.post-35295284443296488812008-07-23T19:11:00.000+08:002008-07-23T19:11:00.000+08:00A lot of legal jargon has been used in the news. ....A lot of legal jargon has been used in the news. . .but one term has always been highlighted to justify the concealment of information on JPEPA, quid pro quos, "something for something". A senator has kept on saying that the details of the agreement, even if not divulged, are quite simply a bundle of favors (sic) to the government. But, as a matter of right to information, shouldn't these quid pro quos be dealt with transparently. To quote one statesman, "baka binebenta na pati kaluluwa natin!". Aren't such fears be valid in these times where the President has repeatedly committed grave abuses of discretion prior to JPEPA to warrant utmost transparency in the dealings of the government in days to come? Shouldn't the Supreme Court, the last remaining institution standing as a vanguard of justice, be vigilant in checking the actions of the President? What is more disconcerting on the two SC decisions on executive privilege is that the Chief Justice's judgment is relegated to a mere dissent. How come? How come?deus ex machinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734495209045535666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384619824759174360.post-84228149554743952232008-07-23T00:22:00.000+08:002008-07-23T00:22:00.000+08:00I am reproducing what Atty. Chris Donaal wrote on ...I am reproducing what Atty. Chris Donaal wrote on my Facebook Wall:<BR/> <BR/>Chris Donaal wrote:<BR/><BR/>"Just as the truth is its own power,<BR/>Under its watch the kings quiver<BR/>Truth they say always sets us free<BR/>It protects, leaves innocence be<BR/>But when gold throws some confusion<BR/>Truth projects the face of fiction<BR/>Just as the clouds cover the sun<BR/>The weight of gold can push truth down"<BR/><BR/>How eloquently said......maybe you should send this poem to her majesty and have Neri explain it to her if she won't get its meaning.cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660008745068171914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384619824759174360.post-28414812178560241792008-07-22T12:38:00.000+08:002008-07-22T12:38:00.000+08:00Do not trust Gloria. Gloria out na!Do not trust Gloria. Gloria out na!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8384619824759174360.post-44484602356291307472008-07-21T19:49:00.000+08:002008-07-21T19:49:00.000+08:00I am uploading the comments I received in my Faceb...I am uploading the comments I received in my Facebook account: <BR/><BR/> <BR/>Trixie Cruz-Angeles wrote<BR/>at 7:45pm yesterday<BR/>The JPEPA must also be read in light of the pervading food crises. The Philippines will now become a primary food producer, not for its own people, but for Japan. Other more anomalous effects of this insiduous treaty makes a mockery of the term "agreement" even more so now that the executive need not divulge what else they had baragained away.<BR/>Delete<BR/> <BR/>Cheryl Chyt Daytec wrote<BR/>at 8:14pm yesterday<BR/>Yes and more. The garbage dimension sinks into the Baguio people. Our garbage in this cleanest and greenest city has not been collected for almost a week. Reason- there is no dumpsite! Flies are swarming all over and the central business district really stinks. Arrrg!<BR/><BR/>Neoliberalism is really pushing us deeper into the darkest and stinkiest of pits where we languish, hungry for a morsel of rice. And it is happening in this agrarian country.<BR/>Delete<BR/> <BR/>Trixie Cruz-Angeles wrote<BR/>at 8:58pm yesterday<BR/>Irony of ironies. Agrarian and hungry.<BR/>Delete<BR/> <BR/>Cheryl Chyt Daytec wrote<BR/>at 9:24pm yesterday<BR/>Gloria resign! Down with neoliberalism and its masters and slaves!cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660008745068171914noreply@blogger.com