By Boy Guingguing
Gabaan lagi na? This is one sigh of surrender when somebody calls it quits because he is overwhelmed by frustration for not getting his way.
Yes gaba, is there such a thing? If so, then what calls to mind was the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers to our fellow Filipinos during the last war.
Gaba or karma if there was such a thing during World War II, then how many Japanese men would have suffered in pain if they were inflicted with it. No historian has ever come forward to document the same although the victims may have suffered in silence.
Whatever, let us dissect karma under the modern setting. Lest you call me a hypocrite. But before you do it, let me put it on record that this Bglante is a believer of karma. To recall, many times in past columns, did I admit without any equivocation or mental reservation that I was a victim of karma.
How else explain the fact when I was afflicted with a debilitating disease (renal failure) without considering the mortal sins I have committed. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, how do you size up a person who treat women like pieces of merchandise.
Now that I am a "good boy", I can say without fear of running afoul with my wife rigid warning that any attempt the second time around will be dealt with more severely.
Before we get lost with the real intent of this essay, let me make it clear that our main beef here is how karma threatens President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo if she is bent on holding on to power after 2010.
Will she remain unscatch even if she is now suspected of tinkering the Constitution through the revolting Cha-cha? This is where the karma factor comes in.
As things stand now, and granting that GMA has the sinister motive to perpetuate in power, why is she not afraid of courting karma, in the first place?
Wasn't it fresh in her mind what happened to Marcos when he overstayed his welcome after losing the presidency in 1986? That the dictator was being chased out of Malacanang when a mob was closing in on him was lesson enough for an overstaying President to ponder upon.
But not GMA? Because God put her there as she used to boast while wielding the power of the presidency.
Well, there's a limit to everything. Indeed, luck still holds on GMA and this explain why she is still lording it over even if she is the most unpopular president. And even if her government is saddled with monstrous corruption.
The present political environment given GMA's reign is dedicated to the proposition that she still enjoys the best of both worlds. For now.
Take the case of the heated debate on the so-called Bangsamoro Juridical Entity. Whether one likes it or not, the GRP-MILF deal on ancestral domain works in favor of GMA. It's a win-win solution if one tries to analyze its implication given GMA's position.
Alright, it was against the Constitution to recognize a state within a state as contemplated in the agreement. That's exactly what the deal is all about, and if ever it is unconstitutional, why not amend the charter to make it legal?
What a neat cover to expose the real intent of Cha-cha? Lifting term limits of present government officials is one of them and that's what GMA is longing for.
The operative word in the agreement is peace. By the way, who doesn't want peace in Mindanao. For one, GMA's best disguise is peace because she can fabricate war if she wants to, just to suit her diabolical agenda. Meantime, with peace the hallmark of the agreement, contending parties is in a wait and see posture, although the present situation has all the lethal components of war breaking out if the incendiary situation goes out of hand.
War or peace in Mindanao, both scenarios play into the hands of GMA, if term limit is the name of the game. War? The more she likes it happening because who can stop her from declaring martial law under the pretext of quelling unrest in a volatile region. Karma? Tell it to GMA so that she will stop dreaming of becoming president for life. - BGLante Colum, Sunday Post
Gabaan lagi na? This is one sigh of surrender when somebody calls it quits because he is overwhelmed by frustration for not getting his way.
Yes gaba, is there such a thing? If so, then what calls to mind was the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers to our fellow Filipinos during the last war.
Gaba or karma if there was such a thing during World War II, then how many Japanese men would have suffered in pain if they were inflicted with it. No historian has ever come forward to document the same although the victims may have suffered in silence.
Whatever, let us dissect karma under the modern setting. Lest you call me a hypocrite. But before you do it, let me put it on record that this Bglante is a believer of karma. To recall, many times in past columns, did I admit without any equivocation or mental reservation that I was a victim of karma.
How else explain the fact when I was afflicted with a debilitating disease (renal failure) without considering the mortal sins I have committed. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, how do you size up a person who treat women like pieces of merchandise.
Now that I am a "good boy", I can say without fear of running afoul with my wife rigid warning that any attempt the second time around will be dealt with more severely.
Before we get lost with the real intent of this essay, let me make it clear that our main beef here is how karma threatens President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo if she is bent on holding on to power after 2010.
Will she remain unscatch even if she is now suspected of tinkering the Constitution through the revolting Cha-cha? This is where the karma factor comes in.
As things stand now, and granting that GMA has the sinister motive to perpetuate in power, why is she not afraid of courting karma, in the first place?
Wasn't it fresh in her mind what happened to Marcos when he overstayed his welcome after losing the presidency in 1986? That the dictator was being chased out of Malacanang when a mob was closing in on him was lesson enough for an overstaying President to ponder upon.
But not GMA? Because God put her there as she used to boast while wielding the power of the presidency.
Well, there's a limit to everything. Indeed, luck still holds on GMA and this explain why she is still lording it over even if she is the most unpopular president. And even if her government is saddled with monstrous corruption.
The present political environment given GMA's reign is dedicated to the proposition that she still enjoys the best of both worlds. For now.
Take the case of the heated debate on the so-called Bangsamoro Juridical Entity. Whether one likes it or not, the GRP-MILF deal on ancestral domain works in favor of GMA. It's a win-win solution if one tries to analyze its implication given GMA's position.
Alright, it was against the Constitution to recognize a state within a state as contemplated in the agreement. That's exactly what the deal is all about, and if ever it is unconstitutional, why not amend the charter to make it legal?
What a neat cover to expose the real intent of Cha-cha? Lifting term limits of present government officials is one of them and that's what GMA is longing for.
The operative word in the agreement is peace. By the way, who doesn't want peace in Mindanao. For one, GMA's best disguise is peace because she can fabricate war if she wants to, just to suit her diabolical agenda. Meantime, with peace the hallmark of the agreement, contending parties is in a wait and see posture, although the present situation has all the lethal components of war breaking out if the incendiary situation goes out of hand.
War or peace in Mindanao, both scenarios play into the hands of GMA, if term limit is the name of the game. War? The more she likes it happening because who can stop her from declaring martial law under the pretext of quelling unrest in a volatile region. Karma? Tell it to GMA so that she will stop dreaming of becoming president for life. - BGLante Colum, Sunday Post
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