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		By: Mart		</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2016 00:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sorry, one last post.  It was too funny not to share:
httpss://twitter.com/Crazyinnasia/status/731191240713220097]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, one last post.  It was too funny not to share:<br />
httpss://twitter.com/Crazyinnasia/status/731191240713220097</p>
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		By: Mart		</title>
		<link>https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/nation-before-self#comment-703547</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 23:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Slightly off-topic (or possibly apt for this post), a new book is on pre-sale on Amazon.com titled, &quot;Confessions of Congressman X&quot;
Here is the short teaser from the Amazon.com page:

A devastating inside look at the dark side of Congress as revealed by one of its own! No wonder Congressman X wants to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. His admissions are deeply disturbing. . .
&quot;Most of my colleagues are dishonest career politicians who revel in the power and special-interest money that&#039;s lavished upon them.&quot;
&quot;My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected. It takes precedence over everything.&quot;
&quot;Voters are incredibly ignorant and know little about our form of government and how it works.&quot;
&quot;It&#039;s far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification.&quot;
&quot;Fundraising is so time consuming I seldom read any bills I vote on. Like many of my colleagues, I don&#039;t know how the legislation will be implemented, or what it&#039;ll cost.&quot;
&quot;We spend money we don&#039;t have and blithely mortgage the future with a wink and a nod. Screw the next generation. It&#039;s about getting credit now, lookin&#039; good for the upcoming election.&quot;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Slightly off-topic (or possibly apt for this post), a new book is on pre-sale on Amazon.com titled, &#8220;Confessions of Congressman X&#8221;<br />
Here is the short teaser from the Amazon.com page:</p>
<p>A devastating inside look at the dark side of Congress as revealed by one of its own! No wonder Congressman X wants to remain anonymous for fear of retribution. His admissions are deeply disturbing. . .<br />
&#8220;Most of my colleagues are dishonest career politicians who revel in the power and special-interest money that&#8217;s lavished upon them.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;My main job is to keep my job, to get reelected. It takes precedence over everything.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Voters are incredibly ignorant and know little about our form of government and how it works.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;It&#8217;s far easier than you think to manipulate a nation of naive, self-absorbed sheep who crave instant gratification.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;Fundraising is so time consuming I seldom read any bills I vote on. Like many of my colleagues, I don&#8217;t know how the legislation will be implemented, or what it&#8217;ll cost.&#8221;<br />
&#8220;We spend money we don&#8217;t have and blithely mortgage the future with a wink and a nod. Screw the next generation. It&#8217;s about getting credit now, lookin&#8217; good for the upcoming election.&#8221;</p>
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		By: EJ		</title>
		<link>https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/nation-before-self#comment-703545</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 18:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[... With four powerful departments offered to Joma and company, and Public Works to a Villar son.  DOLE to the Reds will leave entrepreneurs and management out in the cold or worse. As to the PW appointment, was the new prexy sleeping when this was happening: WINNIE MONSOD EXPLAINS C-5 ROAD EXTENSION UNNECESSARY BUT BENEFITED MANNY VILLAR
https://youtu.be/DttxE2qsGeU]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230; With four powerful departments offered to Joma and company, and Public Works to a Villar son.  DOLE to the Reds will leave entrepreneurs and management out in the cold or worse. As to the PW appointment, was the new prexy sleeping when this was happening: WINNIE MONSOD EXPLAINS C-5 ROAD EXTENSION UNNECESSARY BUT BENEFITED MANNY VILLAR<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/DttxE2qsGeU" rel="nofollow ugc">https://youtu.be/DttxE2qsGeU</a></p>
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		By: Marvin		</title>
		<link>https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/nation-before-self#comment-703544</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 16:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[stares at the presumptive president. 
sees shades of Venezuela&#039;s Nicolás Maduro.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>stares at the presumptive president.<br />
sees shades of Venezuela&#8217;s Nicolás Maduro.</p>
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		By: ros		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 11:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@Terrey 

Exactly! Here in our place(a suburb in Bulacan) for example; six 7-11 stores suddenly sprang into place in the past 2 years, 2 major malls in the past 4 years, and a Starbucks now just minutes away, whereas 15-20 years ago even Dunkin&#039;Donuts struggled and failed to maintain a brick&#038;mortar store. I&#039;m only in my 30&#039;s but even I could see the stability and progress of the past six years, compared to the decade of GMA and the short-lived fiefdoms of Erap.

Also this relic for a President is a staunch supporter of the &quot;War on Drugs&quot;; as if drugs and drug cartels/gangs are the main problems of a typical Filipino, like in Honduras or El Salvador, even if the UN and several other studies/research concludes the the US-style &quot;War on Drugs&quot; approach doesn&#039;t work and is actually harmful towards the citizens. 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/war-on-drugs-has-made-no-difference-to-number-of-users-and-actively-harms-public-health-major-study-a6956836.html

And now the Cabinet Secretaries are revealed. 16 men : 1 token female, Justin Trudeau type of Cabinet my @$$!!

Yey!! For male chauvinism!! And cronyism!!

/facepalm /SMH	]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Terrey </p>
<p>Exactly! Here in our place(a suburb in Bulacan) for example; six 7-11 stores suddenly sprang into place in the past 2 years, 2 major malls in the past 4 years, and a Starbucks now just minutes away, whereas 15-20 years ago even Dunkin&#8217;Donuts struggled and failed to maintain a brick&amp;mortar store. I&#8217;m only in my 30&#8217;s but even I could see the stability and progress of the past six years, compared to the decade of GMA and the short-lived fiefdoms of Erap.</p>
<p>Also this relic for a President is a staunch supporter of the &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221;; as if drugs and drug cartels/gangs are the main problems of a typical Filipino, like in Honduras or El Salvador, even if the UN and several other studies/research concludes the the US-style &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221; approach doesn&#8217;t work and is actually harmful towards the citizens. </p>
<p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/war-on-drugs-has-made-no-difference-to-number-of-users-and-actively-harms-public-health-major-study-a6956836.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/war-on-drugs-has-made-no-difference-to-number-of-users-and-actively-harms-public-health-major-study-a6956836.html</a></p>
<p>And now the Cabinet Secretaries are revealed. 16 men : 1 token female, Justin Trudeau type of Cabinet my @$$!!</p>
<p>Yey!! For male chauvinism!! And cronyism!!</p>
<p>/facepalm /SMH	</p>
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		By: Terrey		</title>
		<link>https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/nation-before-self#comment-703540</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 07:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[the ordinary Juan dela Cruz who is complaining a lot about poverty is also the same ordinary Juan/Juana who is now empowered to shop whatever new gadget is available, shop the trendier fashionable clothes (online shopping has proliferated in the last 3 years), is able to travel in domestic and regional (Asian) destinations, is able to dine in newer eating joints or drink a cup of overpriced starbucks more than once a month...but during the campaign, many people were led to believe that there was a crisis - breakdown of peace and order in the society - thus people overlooked the positive changes in the recent years in the Philippines. if the change is coming from the communist/revolutionary government, now more evident that 4 cabinet posts are given to CPP/NPA people, then what can i say but good luck Philippines!
the changes you have been looking for were there already!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the ordinary Juan dela Cruz who is complaining a lot about poverty is also the same ordinary Juan/Juana who is now empowered to shop whatever new gadget is available, shop the trendier fashionable clothes (online shopping has proliferated in the last 3 years), is able to travel in domestic and regional (Asian) destinations, is able to dine in newer eating joints or drink a cup of overpriced starbucks more than once a month&#8230;but during the campaign, many people were led to believe that there was a crisis &#8211; breakdown of peace and order in the society &#8211; thus people overlooked the positive changes in the recent years in the Philippines. if the change is coming from the communist/revolutionary government, now more evident that 4 cabinet posts are given to CPP/NPA people, then what can i say but good luck Philippines!<br />
the changes you have been looking for were there already!</p>
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		By: Marketman		</title>
		<link>https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/nation-before-self#comment-703527</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2016 00:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EJ, and a Cebuana at that, I gather. :)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EJ, and a Cebuana at that, I gather. :)</p>
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		By: EJ		</title>
		<link>https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/nation-before-self#comment-703525</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[EJ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2016 11:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jason Atherton is married to a Filipina and once cooked adobo on a BBC programme.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jason Atherton is married to a Filipina and once cooked adobo on a BBC programme.</p>
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		By: Farida		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farida]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2016 18:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi MM. I reread your post of April 5, 2010. Here we are, another election passed. Nothing seemed to have changed. I am just so sorry for the poor. I see this each time I go back to my hometown. I hope and pray that each one of us will help in the &quot;change&quot; for the betterment of our country. I do love our country and I hope there is a chance for a change if only each one will help make that happen.  Now that we have a new President, let us stand behind him and not have that attitude of &quot;bahala na na siya&quot;. Just my 2cents worth of opinion.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi MM. I reread your post of April 5, 2010. Here we are, another election passed. Nothing seemed to have changed. I am just so sorry for the poor. I see this each time I go back to my hometown. I hope and pray that each one of us will help in the &#8220;change&#8221; for the betterment of our country. I do love our country and I hope there is a chance for a change if only each one will help make that happen.  Now that we have a new President, let us stand behind him and not have that attitude of &#8220;bahala na na siya&#8221;. Just my 2cents worth of opinion.</p>
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		By: Marketman		</title>
		<link>https://www.marketmanila.com/archives/nation-before-self#comment-703505</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marketman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 09:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ron, thanks, I was wondering when that would finally happen.  I like his tapas bar in HK 22 Ships and his cookbook.  It will be interesting to see if Cebu is ready for a michelin-starred place.  What an interesting name... :)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron, thanks, I was wondering when that would finally happen.  I like his tapas bar in HK 22 Ships and his cookbook.  It will be interesting to see if Cebu is ready for a michelin-starred place.  What an interesting name&#8230; :)</p>
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