Rush on Seven Darn Episodes

hayz, this is a tribute to a new found respect to the man called Tatad.

He sent a letter to erap urging him that including JV and the kamag-anak et al. is an error in the election frenzy… well, here are some snippets:

"I had to die in that meeting to be able to say
the first line of a long sentence. I had already lost too
many friends because of politics, and I did not want to lose any more
than I already have.

"But the truth needed to be said, and nobody else seemed
willing to say it. I had to take the risk. The ancients said it so
well: Amicus Plato, amicus Socrates, sed magis amica veritas - ‘Plato
is dear to me, Socrates is dear, but the truth is dearer still.’"

"This was not a question of the Constitution or the law, but
simply of ethics — of what is right and proper. Article II, Sec. 26 of
the 1987 Constitution says, "The State shall guarantee equal access
to opportunities for public service, and prohibit political dynasties
as may be defined by law."

"No enabling law has been enacted, but we have a serious
moral duty to live by the Spirit of the Constitution, and not to make
the problem of dynasties any messier than it already is."
….

"This, for me then, is a new turning point. I
began my political career in 1969, when I was appointed to the Cabinet
at 29, the youngest such appointee in our history. Through the years, I
have fought many fights, many of them lost causes. I have not learned
to exchange principle for personal pleasure or profit, and I have
always paid the price.

"This allows me to stand on my own, with no fear of powers or
personalities, of the dark or of the light; to snore quietly in my
sleep every night in the hope of waking up in the morning to a loving
and merciful God, and to speak up whenever truth demands a witness, and
something that needs to be said in speech and in silence is not being
said.

"I would be untrue to myself if I said that what the leaders
of UNO propose to do with their ‘Unity Ticket’ is right. It is most
certainly not, and I will not dishonor our friendship by keeping silent
or pretending that it is right, or of little or no consequence."

I am sorry but I just copied what I liked a best… It was thoroughly reproduced in mr pascual’s column in the star.

one of the many downsides of having three full grown brothers is that your wardrobe gets raided all the time. it’s okay. although am not fine with it, am not exactly mean to deny them my shoes, clothes, jacket n all even if i resent the fact that they got jobs and the resources to have their own.

However, it is absolutely unaccceptable when items find their way back not in one piece anymore. its bad enough that there’s intrusion with my things (which I absolutely hate).

just this morning one of my favorite jackets had a stain and I cannot find a jersey which was important because it was a gift. i got four sunglasses but now I got none left. I value my things - I remember how i bought stuffs, with who, in what circumstances… maybe peeps cant dig that but thats how am I with things and people.

It irks me when one uses my book, leave it somewhere for the dog or the lil cousin to tear.

makes one long for the days when work forces you to be by your own.

"My wish for you is to be continously reincarnated as an egg.
This way, you’ll get laid every morning, get eaten every day, and get hard in three minutes.
Yes, and get beaten, too!"

- anonymous (daw hehe)