Weekend Fun 53: Mayor Days be Merry and Binays

Mayor days be merry and bright
and Mayor all Christmas be white.

Binays (be nice), be not naughty
Santa Claus is coming to town.

Mayor Christmas always Binays.

Mayor dreams in Malacanang not come true. :-)

These are some of the revised Christmas carols here in Manila after Makati Mayor Junjun Binay's Dasma gate. Typical Pinoy humor.

On the famous umbrella at night and it was not raining, here are some comments in facebook...

may iba nagpayong at gabi pa... mainit ba buwan?

Oo nga, bakit pinapayungan sa gabi? Nilalamig ang bumbunan!?!

I can understand Imelda Marcos with the umbrella, that was then. Baka matunaw sa ambon?

bakit kaya pinapayungan? baka tamaan ng kidlat?

may payong sa gabi at walang ulan... baka matunaw ang whitening lotion?

Good points from Jim Paredes:

The Binays' pattern of politics seems to be clear. It is not based on any rule of law. Everything is about personal exemptions, pakiusap, entitlement. Remember, he volunteered to talk to 'his classmate' Nur Misuari during the Zambanga siege? He suggested letting the rebels exit through a 'corridor of safety' instead of charging them according to law. His son wanted to be exempt from the gate rules as 'courtesy or entitlement for being mayor. Let's not forget the relief goods with his name and picture. 

According to one FB post, when the Binays shop in Rustans Makati, they park their cars in the front entrance and wait there leaving everyone to walk to their cars even on a rainy day. Many more stories are coming out.

Di ba dapat tapos na tayo sa ganitong pulitika?

And from the Inquirer:

"The security guards who figured in the controversy will receive plaques of appreciation from residents of Dasmariñas Village. 

Mike Bucoy, general manager of Dasmariñas Village Association, said the plaques of appreciation would be handed to the security guards during the employees’ Christmas Party. 

The security guards will also receive Christmas baskets from the homeowners’ association, Bucoy said. Bucoy said the security guards did nothing wrong by refusing exit to Binay’s group at the Banyan gate. 

He added that the village did not have a VIP policy, contrary to the statement of Ram Antonio, head of Eight Right Security Inc.

Ang pamilya. Bow.

(All photos here from various postings/sources in facebook, none of which I made myself)
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See also: 

Weekend Fun 41: Nancy Binay, Grace Poe, Other Politicians, May 25, 2013

Weekend Fun 50: Pacquiao, Rios and Pacman U., November 30, 2013 

Weekend Fun 51: Martilyo Gang Jokes, December 20, 2013 

Weekend Fun 52: Nixon had Watergate, Binay has Dasma Gate, December 20, 2013

Anti-Smoke Belching Racket, Part 5, April 02, 2013 

Pol. Ideology 38: Branding Via Clans, Not Philosophy, April 05, 2013

Twitter Notes, July 2011 (d)

Below are my twitter notes from July 15-25, 2011. My tweets related to the Reproductive Health (RH) bill on that period are not included here, I will make a separate discussion paper about them.
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@philoquotes "Fury itself supplies arms ~ Virgil" True. Anger may not need arms. Brute force and irrational mind are enough to cause damage

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
Peace is not an absence of war,it is a virtue,a state of mind,a disposition for benevolence,confidence,justice ~ Spinozahttp://bit.ly/philq

TehminaZaman Tehmina Zaman by Noysky
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit

@philoquotes "Silence is a true friend who never betrays ~ Confucius" True. In many cases, silence is golden, and motor mouth is hell.

AncientProverbs Motivational Quotes by Noysky
I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. -Jewish proverb

@GreatestQuotes "What keeps me going is goals - Mahummad Ali". Cool. Forward looking always. Look behind, sides, watch danger, move forward.

@philo_quotes "Each of us bears his own Hell ~ Virgil" True. But each of us can also decide when to shrink or dispose such hell.

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little. ~ Plato". True. Live within our means. Almost all govts live byond their means, hi debt

Zen_Moments Zen Moments by Noysky
The rigid and inflexible will surely fail, while the soft and flowing will prevail. ~ Lao Tzu http://dld.bz/uAv5

@dost_pagasa Since you didnt reply to my question why temp data not available in ur website, I wrote an article about u, bit.ly/o7MwZD

@ruffybiazon Shd govts keep a zoo? Why not leave that to priv firms? Those firms pay taxes anyway, some taxes to feed very poor, not animals

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
capital punishment - 1 income tax 2 what your congressman does to you after he's elected

Zen_Moments Zen Moments by Noysky
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. ~ Buddha

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
cold war - the nightly battle between man and wife to secure and hold all the blankets

The US govt should NOT even entertain debt default as an option. It should shrink its size & spending instead, bit.ly/rufjKl

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~ Epictetus http://bit.ly/philq

@Montberte Include also d Pres. or PM, Senators, Governors, Mayors, non-elected bureaucrats. The raise taxes, mandatory fees, spending.

Most NGOs and acad research instns are corrupted by foreign aid money. They don't question big & intrusive govt, only "bad" governance.

@ruffybiazon Bigger challenge to both mil & civilian estab, is to respect d rule of law, not rule of men. Both are violators of rule of law

@maria_ressa the bigger d mil. & spying activities, the more attractive to hackers. Pentagon will learn to hire less soldiers, more IT spies

Zen_Moments Zen Moments by Noysky
Though a man go out to battle a thousand times against a thousand men, if he conquers himself he is the greater conqueror. ~ Dhammapada

GreatestQuotes Great Minds Quotes by Noysky
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." - Michael Althsuler

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
Even a fish can escape being caught, if it keeps it's mouth shut. #stevec

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact. ~ Sartre http://bit.ly/philq

Quotes4Writers Quotes4Writers by Noysky
"Listening to both sides of a story will convince you that there is more to a story than both sides." Frank Tyger

Jimparedes Jim by Noysky
It's a beautiful day.. Why? because I said so. It's great to know you have power and to use it as it should be used.

@ruffybiazon @indayevarona If politicians can politicize educ, commod pricing, fare- and wage-setting, impossible not to politicize soldiers

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company. ~ Sartre http://bit.ly/philq

@ruffybiazon @mitosmagsaysay Military as a pol. instn. is politicized since its creation. Heavier politics since Martial Law in '72.


@TgGuingona "5% of STL proceeds goes to PNP" that may just be "legal" proceeds. If there are llegal proceeds (extortion), could be higher

@TgGuingona "May kakayahan ba COA o PNP na malaman (saan napunta pera)? COA, PNP: We do not know." So many screts, non-transparency in govt

@indayevarona Congress and PNP now "poor" instns that must receive charity fund from PCSO? So many hypocrisies in govt.

@TgGuingona PNP getting monday from annual appro, from PCSO, where else, PAGCOR, LGUs,..? is PNP a poor body that needs charity fund?

WhoIsMikeGordon Mike Gordon by Noysky
If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner. H S Leigh

wansaiful Wan Saiful Wan Jan by Noysky
RT @IDEASMalaysia: We are the 18th best new think tank in the world. Come join us and help make a difference http://bit.ly/iz9O6R

GreatestQuotes Great Minds Quotes by Noysky
"When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there." - Cecil Selig

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. ~ Machiavelli http://bit.ly/philq

@indayevarona Privatize PCSO. Wrong for govt to fool the public they can get rich in sweepstakes & gambling, & get more money from the poor.

@maria_ressa "From bin Laden to Facebook" Terrorism is too private, fb is too public. There is a big "jump" bet the two.

Quotes4Writers Quotes4Writers by Noysky
"When I quote others I do so in order to express my own ideas more clearly." Michel de Montaigne

IPNLondon IPN by Noysky
@ipnlondon competition rules amended - Writers can enter both #Bastiat and #Hoiles Prizes bit.ly/oNLIwl #journalist #tcot #tlot

Zen_Moments Zen Moments by Noysky
There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there. ~ Colonel Sanders

@gpph Greenpeace & other warming racket groups refuse to see warming-cooling-warming-cooling cycles in the ocean,wattsupwiththat.com/reference-page…

Quotes4Writers Quotes4Writers by Noysky
My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right? —Charles M Schulz

@marykissel Carbon cap & tax in Australia is good reminder that socialism has good entry point at environmentalism. Gillard will pay dearly

@GoYoLarrazabal Plenty of clouds, cool or even rains. Cloudless, hot. Weather or climate is mostly determined by the vol of clouds in d sky

bibekdebroy Bibek Debroy by Noysky
Pondering a question. Why are Ministers who become friends more approachable than friends who become Ministers?

acopatunru Aco Patunru by Noysky
One of the important propositions in trade is Rybczynski Theorem. Hard to spell, yes. But no one changed it for convenience's sake.

@acopatunru And the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem in trade, also hard to spell. Or did I misspell it too? :-)

@philo_quotes "All wealth is the product of labor ~ John Locke" True. Capital is accumulated surplus of labor w/c improves labor productiv

Oprah_World Oprah Quotes by Noysky
I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process. -Oprah

@mitosmagsaysay "Traffic is so bad", MMDA busy catching smokers, coding cars, removing sexy billboards, instead of buildg more interchanges.

@vamush @mitosmagsaysay If people expect free educ, healthcare, housing for all, they're asking for socialism. Govt will get all from us too

@charievilla @AJEnglish Debt crisis by Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, US, UK, etc. Fiscal irresponsib will only lead to debt crisis soon.

@teddycasino @gmanews NEPA not an "economists group", Its a protectionist lobby & non-Econ academcs. PNoy is fr liberal, not socialist party

marykissel Mary Kissel by Noysky
Your taxpayer $ at work: U.N. considers creating climate-change peacekeeping force http://bit.ly/qnxlH9 | Guardian

Karen_DaviLa Karen Davila by Noysky
Over 300 govt agencies & LGUS have not remitted GSIS contributions of their employees. Caloocan Mayor Recom Echeverri not only one.

@Karen_DaviLa Ampatuan overnight at Heart Center, another instance of the rule of men, not rule of law. Courts r disobeyed in simple orders.

@marykissel US, EU, etc that finance big d UN, in deep public debt problems. And d UN wants more tax money for fictitious war on clim change

@Karen_DaviLa Go Harry. Give Ampatuans and lawyers more hell. Disobeying court order of "out-patient only" already ground for Court penalty.

@philoquotes "Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you ~ Sartre" Wrong. That is rule of men and vengeance, not rule of law.

NathanielMccabe Nathaniel Mccabe by Noysky
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill

@Jimparedes Politics & govt is the art of coercion & often, deception. So, many want socialism & authoritarianism, they can coerce anytime

@raissawriter But Bunye was rewarded with high paying Monetary Board member for shutting his mouth on Gloria-Garci scandal.

@philo_quotes "The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory - Cicero" True. High risk, high returns. Risktaking shd be properly rewardd

@Zen_Moments "Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith ~ M. Shepherd" Cool & true. Faith guided by facts and reason.

@Rochbpu "I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people" But via osmosis, some fat molecules might move to you :-),

@GreatestQuotes "Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy - Lao Tsu" Cool. Managing d easy can give us insight how to deal w/ difficult

@kristin_09 I think Mla Polo Club, Golf club, want Manny Paquiao in. But they dont like the sight of too many bodyguards roaming around.

@cesdrilon Yes, Heart Center officials shd realize that patient Ampatuan is accused of massacre. He shd be in jail w/ dextrose, not in HC

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
98% of the time I am right. Why worry about the other 3%. #stevec

@philoquotes "The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue ~ Confucius" Cool. Humility, simple lives and happiness.

@philoquotes "Freedom is the right to live as we wish ~ Epictetus" True, provided we don't trample on others' freedom or be a burden to them

@Rochbpu "What is the thinnest book in the world? - 'What Men Know About Women'" LOL. May not even a book, maybe a pamphlet, or a flyer :-)

@funnyoneliners "I'm not afraid of hard work. You can tell by the way I fight it." LOL. Simplifying d otherwise complicated hard work itself

@Oprah_World "Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. -Oprah" Cool. Opportunity also looks for those who are prepared.

@maria_ressa Internet allows more citizen journalism. Many prof'l journalists, media owners jealous. Their control of info flow is broken.

Could Breivik & fellow murderers love d welfare sys but hate migrants to enjoy & be entitled to such system? Welfare sys is very expensive.

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
If your wife wants to learn to drive, don't stand in her way. -- Stan Levenson

Rochbpu Michael Repko by Noysky
The qualities that most attract a woman to a man are usually the same ones she can't stand years later.

Politics have no relation to morals ~ Machiavelli. Possibly explains why many NGO leaders, media pple as corrupt as politicians they attack

@piacayetano I hope PNoy will talk as liberal leader, not as socialist or populist-nationalist leader, bit.ly/oOmQ5V

@Karen_DaviLa NFA, almost all govt corps are milking cow by pols in power & d bureaucracy. Privatize them, pay pub debt, save int. payment

@ruffybiazon "drastically reduce unemployment w/in a year's time" Cut business bureaucracies. From 47 diff taxes & fees per year to only 7.

@cesdrilon More liberal agenda, less govt, less bureaucracy, free market, less subsidies for the lazy

@Karen_DaviLa Educ, health, housing, agri, pub works for d poor on-going, then CCT for d poor, soon condoms & ligation for d poor.

@RPeconfreedom Yes, the Renewable Energy law is a big racket & energy robbery by the RE firms. One of the man-made warming rackets.

Endure the present, and watch for better things ~ Virgil. Yes, hope, perseverance, ambition, goal. A realistic dream can become reality.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief ~ Kant. This describes the man-made warming belief.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference ~ Aristotle. Right, but it shd be accompanied by brains too :-)

@Jimparedes Yes, Filipinos shd learn to trust themselves, not politicians and govt. State reliance over self-reliance is formula for disastr

@dollyannec @WilsonLeeFlores SONA at 4pm, rains before that accodg to PAGASA tweet. So people will have SONA bath,bit.ly/oOmQ5V

@hermanncalero @piacayetano April 2011 labor force data: unempl 7.2%, underempl 19.4% or 26.6% of LF either jobless or underempl. Hi figures

AngAlvin Alvin P. Ang by Noysky
Winning 001: Positively contented people are discontented with the status quo, they desire growth for everyone. #quotes
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See also Twitter Notes July 2011, Part c,
Part b, and Part a.

Twitter Notes, July 2011 (c)

Here are my tweets and retweets from July 11 up to this morning :-)
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@dost_pagasa Do you have an archive or table of past Phil. temp., say the past week, past month, past year? If No, why? You sell the data?

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
The only advantage to Alzheimer's is that you have new friends and family every day.

GreatestQuotes Great Minds Quotes by Noysky
"People don't resist change. They resist being changed!" - Peter Senge

@ruffybiazon Legislators need to learn to live within their means. It's not just spend-spend, borrow-borrow, tax-tax later.

Zen_Moments Zen Moments by Noysky
Life is but a journey; death is returning home. ~ Chinese Proverb

@Montberte "Get the facts first. You can distort them later" Haha, true. Or you can ignore them, anticipate what d other party will present.

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
A noun and a verb were dating but they broke up because the noun was too possessive. #stevec

WhoIsMikeGordon Mike Gordon by Noysky
One good thing about apathy is you don't have to be an exert yourself to show you are sincere about it.

@WhoIsMikeGordon What is ignorance and apathy? I dont know and I dont care :-)

@charievilla @ABSCBNNews 2.9M unemployed + 7.1M underemployed (April 2011 labor force data), local jobs suddenly highly available? where?

@Howieseverino MMDA cant even remove debris that blog drainage that cause heavy street flooding, turning its eyes on billboards. Petty mind.

@Howieseverino I mean debris that clog (not blog) drainage. Billboards, smoking, car coding, all prohibitions. Govt business is prohibition

AncientProverbs Motivational Quotes by Noysky
If you do not study hard when young you'll end up bewailing your failures as you grow up. -Chinese Proverbs

@tonylavs "Man-made climate change" remains a convenient alibi for various racket. Earth in global cooling period, still calling it warming

@Karen_DaviLa @govph Perhaps part of Saudi protest of RP govt's wrong policy of imposing min wage law on foregn employrsbit.ly/pkV6Ds

@gmanews Business of govt is prohibition. Smoking, sexy billboards, car coding, speed above 60kph. We pay taxes to get lots of prohibitions

@Karen_DaviLa @a_abella MMDA can't clean clogged drainage that cause heavy street flooding, deflects pub attention to billboards, petty mind

@ruffybiazon People will expect too much of politicians if d latter promised too much subsidies during campaign. Deception creates dependenc

@kikopangilinan Yes, Peace by all means. All armed groups, rebels or govt armies, shd realize they contribute zero or little to actual prodn

@JonAtPhRMA @KateAtPhRMA When govt imposes drug price control, or mandatory discounts, affected players (manufactrs or drugstores) shed jobs

@cesdrilon Bakit hindi mga clogged drainage unahin ng MMDA, madalas baha, until Oct or Dec rainy season. Billboards, smoking, atbp kababawan

@Karen_DaviLa How many accidents happened bec of billboards, vs. no. of accidents and damaged cars due to street flooding? MMDA too shallow.

@Karen_DaviLa @tgguingona Charity means voluntary. Leave charity work & gambling to private sec. Govt shd focus enforcing d rule of law.

@Karen_DaviLa @tgguingona Not abolition but privatization - PCSO, PAGCOR, lotto. Govt ofcials too focused on gambling, taxation & corruptn

@Karen_DaviLa @tgguingona If u think PCSO helped many poor patients, send 1 of ur staff, queue as ord folk, ask later if PCSO helped them.

@karadavid My friend donated solar panel + batt to a remote barrio Sierra Madre, P60k all in, lighted a brgy hall, brgy school, few st lyts

philoquotes PhiloQuotes by Noysky
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. ~ Machiavelli http://bit.ly/philq

@gpph Warming racket and climate stupidity says global cooling is caused by global warming, wattsupwiththat.com/reference-page…

@gpph @guardian "ice-free Arctic", among the endless alarmism by the warming racket and climate rent-seekers,wattsupwiththat.com/reference-page…

See how climate alarmists fight each other over billions of $ climate fund, bit.ly/n60cRn. They want d WB to get out handling d money.

@levenezu P500 per truck per year per LGU is indeed a big racket by some Cavite LGUs. Since done by LGU councils, then it's legal extortion

GreatestQuotes Great Minds Quotes by Noysky
"Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment." - Lao Tsu

Nitrates: Cheaper than day rates... I understand math, I just can't do proofs... debut, de part of d body u must park to be seated - SteveC.

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. #stevec

@Karen_DaviLa @teddycasino So many Bayan Muna activists harassed & killed during GMA's 9 yrs term, BM may soon file murder charges agnst her

@GoYoLarrazabal @charievilla car drivers more accommodating to cyclists than motorcycle drivers. Many of the latter are road jerks.

acopatunru Aco Patunru by Noysky
The List of World's Most Expensive Cities May Surprise You [Lists]http://tinyurl.com/5t6lq5d

@gpph Does Greenpeace, WWF, or other big environmental NGOs want to handle billions of $ of climate money? bit.ly/n60cRn

AncientProverbs Motivational Quotes by Noysky
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. -Confucius

GreatestQuotes Great Minds Quotes by Noysky
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." - Albert Einstein.

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
Everyone leaves the world a little better - some by leaving.

MercerMobility MercerMobility by Noysky
Tokyo, Osaka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Nagoya, Seoul, Beijing, & Shanghai among most expensive expat destinations in Asia.bit.ly/qUnQCd

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
To be a real philosopher all that is necessary is to hate some one else's type of thinking. ~ William James http://bit.ly/philq

GroverNorquist Grover Norquist by Noysky
Bar;ak Obama demands higher taxes. He would rather close down the gov than begin to reduce his overspending and bailout spree.

GroverNorquist Grover Norquist by Noysky
Greedy people want money they didn't earn......other people's money. Obama, Reid and Pelosi are very greedy.

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices. ~ Sartre

GreatestQuotes Great Minds Quotes by Noysky
"You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong." - Warren Buffett

@Howieseverino Pajeros as bribe for bishops' silence vs. GMA corruption, bishops double talk too, oppose gambling but accept gambling money

@teddycasino Why do you call her PGMA? You mean P stands for "Putragis"? Im no fan of d left but I support you in filing plunder case vs GMA

@TgGuingona Bishops are called "His Excellency"? maybe His Eminence? If bishops oppose gambling, they shd not accept ANY gambling money.

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
Bacteria - the only culture some people have.

@TgGuingona Why not just privatize PCSO, also PAGCOR? Many govt officials are fixated with gambling, taxation & corruption.

@Karen_DaviLa @profharryroque Rule of law, rule of law, rule of law, not rule of men. When will this be really promulgated in this country?

Inspire_Us Inspirational Quotes by Noysky
One day, you'll be just a memory for some people. Do your best to be a good one.

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
Sign on the lawn at a drug re-hab center 'Keep off the Grass'. #stevec

Zen_Moments Zen Moments by Noysky
Each of my lectures contains one lie. Your job as students is to find the lie. ~ Peter Kai Chang http://www.zenmoments.org/my-favorite-liar

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time in order to save it. ~ Rousseau http://bit.ly/philq

wansaiful Wan Saiful Wan Jan by Noysky
RT @Heritage: Remember when cell phones were GIANT and cost a bundle? Thankfully, capitalism saved the day. http://herit.ag/lNg

Zen_Moments Zen Moments by Noysky
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte #fb

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop. Mark Twain

GroverNorquist Grover Norquist by Noysky
"We tax work, savings and investment--and get less of it. Perhaps we should tax politicians." - Grover Norquist... http://fb.me/FV3rnMSs

Twitter notes, July 2011 (a)

Lately, I've been tweeting more than facebooking :-). My tweets from July 1 to 7 this year.
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Inspire_Us Inspirational Quotes by Noysky
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

We'll be fighting in the streets, With our children at our feet, And the morals that they worship will be gone... - The Who

Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday, And I'll get on my knees and pray, We don't get fooled again. - The Who

@taxreformer Congrats Grover, Kelsey, Chris, Jane, other ATR guys. 26 yrs of defending taxpayers from the onslaught of statism. Way to go.

WomenOfHistory Inspirational Quotes by Noysky
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. -Dr. Maya Angelou

The law is reason, free from passion... We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -- Aristotle

Old economists never die, they just become more Pareto efficient... or they create more monopolistic competition :-)

There is only one pretty child in the world & every mother has it... A man grows most tired while standing still. - Chinese Proverbs

What cant be cured must be endured... Half a loaf is better than no bread... Better to light 1 candle than curse darkness - English proverbs

philoquotes PhiloQuotes by Noysky
If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher. ~ Socrates http://bit.ly/philq

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past... All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. - Spinoza

Old Marxists never die. They just become dialectical and materialist... Or they become classless leaders.

Old economists never die. They just become heteroskedastic and multicollinear.

The use of "Asian war" over the Spratlys getting more noisy. I sense large-scale robbery of taxpayers money here, bit.ly/mhjdtC

If you fall and break your legs don't come running to me… I'm not lazy, I'm just highly motivated not to do anything. - Montberte

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything. George Lois

Marriage is a sort of friendship recognized by the police… These two words will open you many doors in life: pull & push. - Steve C.

To think logically d logically thinkable, a mathematician's aim... Even d most pure & abstract math is in danger to be applied - Mymathcloud

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
A consultant is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes it sound complex. #stevec

philoquotes PhiloQuotes by Noysky
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. ~ Nietzsche http://bit.ly/philq

A gift consists not in what is done or given but in the intention of the giver or doer... One crime has to be concealed by another. - Seneca

Etiquette is the art of knowing the right way to do the wrong thing... If you wish to be good, first believe that you were bad. - MikeGordon

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds…. We come together in the spirit of unity to heal wounds that separate us.- wiserworld

You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream. I love deadlines... the whooshing sound they make as they fly by- wiserworld

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them! ~ Nietzsche http://bit.ly/philq

philoquotes PhiloQuotes by Noysky
The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows;it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts ~ Virgilhttp://bit.ly/philq

Derive, something to avoid when you derink… When I was young I was told anyone could be president. Now I'm beginning to believe it - SteveC

IPNLondon IPN by Noysky
2011 Bastiat Prize - Win $50,000 - http://eepurl.com/eBv46

Freedom from debt is hollow and meaningless if there is no Freedom from borrowing, bit.ly/lFdTeL

What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost...There are more foolish buyers than foolish sellers. - MikeGordon

Many people buy on time but only few pay that way... A decision delayed until it's too late is not a decision, it's an evasion. - MikeGordon

WhoIsMikeGordon Mike Gordon by Noysky
He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression. Thomas Paine

WhoIsMikeGordon Mike Gordon by Noysky
"God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. Garrison Keillor AMEN"

@Karen_DaviLa Hda Luisita is a corp., not single prop. If PNoy is a stockholder of Luisita, he shd have divested fr it avoid conflict of int

@Karen_DaviLa Agrarian reform w/o deadline is wrong. Japan, Korea, Taiwan AR done in just 1-3 yrs and they moved on. Phil AR since '72.

@Karen_DaviLa If you develop an idle land into a productive farm, soon DAR people will come & force you to redistribute your land to workers

philo_quotes Philosophers quotes by Noysky
Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost. ~ Rousseau

@GoYoLarrazabal Actually most govt agencies can profile us citizens anytime they want to. They centralize info abt us -- SSS, LTO, BIR, etc.

@GoYoLarrazabal Yes, that's the danger when govt bureaucrats will use their power of prohibition. Prohibit us from travelling, etc.

@GoYoLarrazabal Govt bureaucracies' profiling of citizens is idiotic if they themselves arent transparent. BI website no names of personnel.

@bandila Corrupt PCSO, looking for others corruptible to keep silent of its corruption. Some bishops who got PCSO money were corrupted.

Sports_Greats Motivational Quotes by Noysky
When you want to win a game, you have to teach. When you lose a game, you have to learn. -Tom Landry

NowYouBeYou NowYouBeYou by Noysky
"When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself." Sir Alexander Paterson http://bit.ly/bXeQE6 The Productive Me

WhoIsMikeGordon Mike Gordon by Noysky
Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard. Edgar R. Fiedler

@piacayetano Employment is a priv contract bet the employer & the employee. Phil govt shd stop setting min wage even for foreign employers.

Montberte Steve Cushing by Noysky
A true pessimist will look at a glass filled to the top and say the glass is too small. #stevec

AncientProverbs Motivational Quotes by Noysky
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. –Socrates

philoquotes PhiloQuotes by Noysky
Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law. ~ Cicero

GreatestQuotes Great Minds Quotes by Noysky
"There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose." - William M. Bulger

Phil. govt setting min wage law here, then also set min wage for Filipinos working as domestic helpers in HK, Saudi, etc. Is this right?

@lawrencewr US debt default will be a monster violation of the rule of law in that country. One option, US shd cut its foreign aid budget.

@PeterPitts Mandatory rebates in the US, mandatory discount 20% off drug purchase by senior citizens (SC) in the Phils. including rich SC.

@GoYoLarrazabal Even if your job is not that "important" to others so long as you love your job, you still work 50 or more hours a week.

@NewAsianist Privatization of govt enterprises is one good policy. New revenues without additional taxation, while reducing govt cronyism.

Georginegvwzm Georgine Moment by Noysky
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

taxreformer ATR by Noysky
The President has to choose whether the US defaults on its debts or not. How can you accuse lawmakers of issuing “ultimatums?” #AskObama

@karadavid @gmanews AFP, PNP, PCSO, etc corruption feeds politicians' corruption, who give them more budget to perpetuate govt corruption.

Not really "global financial collapse" soon, more of fiscal collapse by really huge governments like the US, Spain, UK, etc.

Am now enjoying twitter than facebook. People and their messages here are more frank and straightforward. Thanks twitter.

@Jimparedes Corrupt PCSO wanted some influential individuals and groups to be corrupted to reduce noise, Some bishops bite the bait.
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See also Twitter Notes
1st half June 2011, and 2nd half June 2011