Clear doubletalk or a work of an opposition?

The first and last paragraphs of an article from Yahoo/GMA TV:

Arroyo introduces RP climate change delegation to Pinoys in Denmark

Speaking before about 300 members of the Filipino community in Denmark at the Hilton Hotel in Copenhagen on Wednesday, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo introduced the Philippine delegation which included top government officials who, according to her, each have his or her own roles in the government’s climate change mitigation efforts.

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After declaring in her speech to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change that, "We cannot leave Copenhagen without a deal," the President flew back to Manila Friday morning before any deal had been reached at the climate summit.

Unquote: Baka mapagkamalan na naman ito na work of the opposition?

Martial Law in Maguindanao: Moot and Academic

Mang Gustin kidnaps the son of Ploning, detains him, and asks for ransom. Later, Mang Gustin changes his mind and returns the kidnap victim. Does the later act (returning Ploning's son) renders the kidnapping moot and academic and therefore Mang Gustin is not liable of the crime?

The case of Mang Gustin's kidnapping is just a micro of the Martial Law issue. According to the bopols-men... err, tongressmen... err, congressmen, because the Martial Law in Maguindanao was already lifted, therefore it is already moot and academic and there is no use discussing the issue.

Sabi ni Doy: HUWAAATTT!!!???

Tikboy thinks there is no reason to be surprised. All actions should be in pursuit of the greater good. The warrantless arrests and detentions, the warrantless searches and seizures, the businesses that gone bankrupt, the displacements of people, the fear sown among the people and the resulting trauma suffered by the children are all nothing compared to the greater good. Note: NOTHING COMPARED TO THE GREATER GOOD.

So, oke lang yun pareng Doy. Even if these Maguindanaons die of trauma, or nervous breakdown or heart attack, oke lang yun. They do not represent the greater good anyway. They are just like dogs and pigs na anytime, they can be dispensed away with. Their lives and well-being are nothing compared with the interests of those in Malacanang, of those who want nothing but to stay in power no matter what. And because this is the framing of the members of the Congress, we should understand their logic: The lifting of the Martial Law renders the issue moot and academic.

Next time, when Gloria in the Palace puts the whole country under Martial Law, arrests everyone and jails them for no reason but airing grievances against the government, then later lifts it, don't be shocked. If you belong to those arrested and even killed, don't be surprised when you wake up in heaven or in hell -- your life is useless. At any rate, after the Martial Law, you are nothing but a history -- moot and academic.

Why are the members of the AFP not charged of rebellion?

Why are the members of the AFP not charged of rebellion if, for Executive Secretary Ed Ermita and sitting president Gloria in the Palace defines it as simply an ownership of guns and maintaining an armory?

The Revised Penal Code, as amended by R.A. 6968 provides that:

Art. 134. Rebellion or insurrection; How committed. — The crime of rebellion or insurrection is committed by rising publicly and taking arms against the Government for the purpose of removing from the allegiance to said Government or its laws, the territory of the Philippine Islands or any part thereof, of any body of land, naval or other armed forces, depriving the Chief Executive or the Legislature, wholly or partially, of any of their powers or prerogatives.

It is clear. The elements include (1) rising publicly, (2) taking arms against the government, and (3) with a purpose of removing allegiance to said government or its laws, etc., etc.

In the case of the Ampatuans in the Maguindanao Massacre, nothing of the aforestated elements is present. Patago nga ginawa ang massacre. Inililibing pa nga ang mga biktima. Yun nga lang, nahuli. And those who are killed? Civilians... not government officers. And the arms -- those were not taken against the government. With the markings on the arsenals, puwede pa ngang ibinigay ng government ang mga yun. And third, the willingness to participate in elections is a clear indication of allegiance. Actually love na love pa nga nila ang magsilbi sa gobyerno kaya nga allegedly pinatay pa nila ang mga kalaban nila para sila lang ang magkaroon ng opportunity na magsilbi.

But of course, the government has its own way of redefining things. Basta me armas na dala-dala, rebellion yun. Simply put, isama na rin mga miyembro ng AFP at PNP. Me dala-dala rin silang armas.

Hmmmnn....

Sa Pampanga kaya may mga matatalino rin?

When Gloria Arroyo filed her certificate of candidacy for district representative in Pampanga, nahulog sa upuan si Aling Tanya. Siya kasi dating presidente ng Santa Krusan sa Sampaloc. Nang gusto niyang kumandidato ulit kasi mas napapalapit daw siya sa Diyos, pinagbawalan siya ng kanyang mga kapitbahay. Dapat daw, pagbigyan naman niya ang iba para pantay-pantay at hindi lang siya ang maaaring makalapit sa Diyos.

Pero dahil nag-file si Gloria, at puwede naman daw, nangangalaiti ngayon si Aling Tanya. Dapat siya, pinagbigyan ding umulit. Dapat tanggalin si Aling Jenna na pumalit sa kanya. Tulad ng pagtanggal kay Jonjon Mendoza na papalitan ni Obet Pagdanganan bilang gobernador ng Bulacan. Kasi matalino si Aling Tanya. Dahil sa kanya humaba ang sagala... humaba dahil sa traffic. Dahil sa kanya, natuwa ang mga pari at obispo ng parokya. Nagkaroon kasi ng maraming pa-raffle, parang PAGCOR. Me palabunutan din ng numero. Parang jueteng. At malaking porsyento ng kita sa mga pasugalan, este, income generating projects ni Aling Tanya, napunta sa Simbahan. Dagdag pa diyan, yung mga kapitbahay niyang mahihirap, napilit niyang mag-donate o magpintura para sa sagala. Sino ba naman ang di matatakot na sabihan na kung hindi tutulong ay di makakapunta sa langit.

Ang problema, si Aling Jenna, matalino rin. Kaya nga siya nanalong presidente. At ito rin ang dahilan bakit nangangalaiti si Aling Tanya. Sa Pampanga kaya may mga matatalino rin? Kasi tatakbo ulit si Gloria dun na para bang siya na lang ang magaling. Kung si Gloria na lang ang magaling, ibig sabihin, kawawa ang mga Kapampangan. Paano na sila pag wala na si Gloria?