Pala-isip

I read this on Bongbong Marcos' Facebook page. No matter your political leanings, I think it's a good read. In response to several queries (it’s that time of the year -- EDSA anniversary) on my take on the declaration of Martial Law and the events that took place in February of 1986, there is really nothing more I can add to what I’ve already said over the last two decades; and what happened in the past cannot be changed. But just to reiterate my view of that period of our history, and for the sake of those too young or yet to be born in the early 70’s, let me try and summarize how I see it. Martial Law was declared at a time different from now and I say this not only in regard to the Philippines but throughout the world including in western democracies where the youth of those nations rebelled against the established norms of that era. In the United States, armed clashes between civilians and police were frequent and groups such as the Black Panthers, The Weathermen, Studen...

Bongbong: Can we talk? NoyNoy: Who you? BongbongG: Kapal mo! you deleted my number na? NoyNoy: Kupal ka pala eh. sino ka ba? Bongbong: Gago! senator BONGBONG here. NoyNoy: Tae ka! Why would I have your #? Bongbong: Di ka ba talaga pwedeng makausap nang matino? NoyNoy: Di tayo close, you know that! Bongbong: Ulol! we have a lot of things in common, tandaan mo ‘yan. NoyNoy: Magkaiba tayo. Bongbong: ‘Di ah! pangalan pa lang natin, pareho na! bong-bong! noy-noy! NoyNoy: Tanga! anong pareho dun!? magkaiba ‘yon. ferdinand ka, benigno ako. Bongbong: See? kapangalan pa natin ang ating mga ama. NoyNoy: Bobo! junior ka, the third ako. malaki ang difference no’n. Bongbong: Pati sa mga kapatid natin, may similarity tayo. ‘yong panganay naming si ate Imee, saksakan nang ‘tigas ng ulo noong dalaga. Kapag nagustuhan ang lalaki, nagrerebelde. NoyNoy: Sira! hindi ganun ang panganay naming si ate ballsy. Bongbong: Ha-ha-ha! sinong may sabing si ballsy ang tinutukoy ko? NoyNoy: Huwag m...

Here's an interview on Bongbong Marcos by the Manila Bulletin on Feb 26, 2011. Some very interesting bits about the life of his father Ferdinand Marcos and his views on the current political situation in the Philippines. Here's some excerpts. MANILA, Philippines — Twenty-five years ago, he was on the other side of the battlefield, the one who firmly stood by the side of his father, former President Ferdinand Marcos, until the very end of the latter's 20-year rule brought about by the world’s first peaceful people uprising. Today, amid the commemoration activities for that uprising that has come to be known as EDSA Revolution, Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. has chosen to move on and reduce the experience to a painful memory. “I have found myself a career. Once in a while your thoughts go back to the things that happened but only in a nostalgic sense. Tapos na so you get on with your new life and that’s really where we are. Those after effects have become ripples...