Kaban ni D_BystandeR: SINUKLIAY SA HUNAHUNA

D_BystandeR: (to joeybg)

It's the problem with people who only live without knowing their responsibility towards their fellowmen, people who are highly irresponsible and without a conscience. They think they are already proud because they can post something even a 7-year-old boy will not attempt to do because it is unchristian, ill-conceived, disgraceful and totally obnoxious to call names to anybody their evil mind will dictate. Even a decent man, an honorable person, Mayor Alfred Romualdez is not spared by this moron! He  did not know that Mayor Romualdez is an elected official of Tacloban City and therefore entitled even to the most basic respect of the most ill-mannered citizen of this planet. Maybe, he did not know that  Mayor Romualdez almost lost his life because of the harshness of typhoon Yolanda and it was only by a miracle that he came out still alive! And this man, hiding under the name as "joeybg" without  giving his true identity and his real address so he can be made accountable and answerable to the  "criminal damage" he has done by bombarding all kinds of words intended to put the mayor to shame is probably laughing hideously by himself as if he is a fool who does not know what he is doing! He is a coward! If you are brave enough to stand by what you said, give your full name and address so the Mayor can send somebody to pick you up and put you in jail!

Binay Aran: (to D_BystandeR)

Hi Blystander, I think joeybg is just expressing his anger and indignation - as much as you're  expressing your own. He maligned Mayor Romualdez as a thief and malingerer, but so did you when  you called joeybg a moron and a coward. Your views of the mayor are different - plain and simple. You - a glass of water half full, he sees it half empty. You see an honorable man, he sees a scoundrel. I just butted in because I could feel you're exasperation. Pasensya na ho, Joey is probably 20-30 years younger than you are kaya mapusok pa. Kayo po, by your usual tempered decorum, baka ilang  taon na rin na senior citizen. Ingat po sa blood pressure. Regards.

D-BystandeR: (to Binay Aran)

I feel elated with your soothing words of wisdom and I appreciate your kind thoughts for me. I am not, by any stretch of imagination, related to Mayor Romualdez but I felt the bluntness of unfounded  and misguided blast against the Mayor that I cannot afford to just let it pass sitting down so I felt  obligated to give him my "unsolicited" reply to what he believed was his mistaken belief that he can  just malign anybody, at will. You got it right! I just celebrated my 70th birthday here in the States last Oct. 9. I hope I can still live longer to enjoy the life of a retiree. For your info, I worked for 34 years in the Philippines (12 years in a private company (shipping), and 22 years in NAPOCOR) before I  migrated to the U.S. and has also worked for 10 years in the States in USPS. i am now taking my  free time to enjoy the last leg of my journey here in this planet. Again, thanks for your kind thoughts!

D_BystandeR: (to Aldren85)

I find your line against VP Binay as blatantly malicious and only a man trying to hoodwink the people believing everybody is gullible will lay claim to your statement built out of falsehood that man can ever imagine. Are you blind to his record during the darkest hour in our Philippine history when martial law was declared by Marcos? While Trillanes and Cayetano were still playing marbles in their grade school, Binay was already busy in the forefront in his fight against dictatorship. He was a fearless street parliamentarian who rubbed elbows with our national "greats" like the exalted and  illustrious Senators in the person of Jose W. Diokno, Jovito Salonga, Lorenzo Tanada, Rene Saguisag, and many others whose names are now carved in stone because of what they did during those trying moments. You should give credit where it is due and Binay's name is among the great national leaders our country was able to produce. And during the early presidency of President Cory, Binay was there as a loyal soldier who served her with all his heart until the time she left Malacanang when her term expires. And because of his hard work he was awarded by President Cory with a sensitive post as the OIC of Makati during the early days in her presidency. Binay is the right man for Malacañang in 2016 and nobody can match him in his love of country and his fellowmen. The people will rise up as one in 2016 and will elect him to the presidency regardless of whether the road to Malacanang is full of roadblocks that people like you is trying to foist all kinds of falsehood to defeat his honest and sincere motive and devotion to serve our country and people.

D_BystandeR: (to Ramon Insum)

The problem with some people is that they allow themselves to jump into hasty conclusion without verifying the credibility of the accuser. Mercado's credibility is, in my humble understanding is, "below zero." So why do you consider his accusations as gospel truth? The condo unit that he owned where his "common law wife" was found dead under mysterious circumstances could be enough to give you a "clue" that this man Mercado is not worth your trust! But if you are already "sold out" to what Mercado is doing to destroy the name of Binay for the purpose of stopping him from his  dream of capturing Malacanang in 2016, no other kind of valid proof can be used to dissuade you  from forming something in your mind against Binay and to let yourself realize that what you believe is not worth anything at all because at this point nobody can ever change your mind. But try to ask yourself this question because they say "only fools don't change their mind," and you are not a fool, are you?

D_BystandeR:  (to "Gianni benedetti Pansensoy")

I appreciate your masterful presentation trying to validate the numerous charges made by Ernesto Mercado against VP Jejomar Binay at the BRSC (Blue Ribbon Sub-committee). But you did not refute the significant points I raised against the person of Mercado that as per testimony of the former Makati administrator, Mercado was the most wicked kind of gambler in the world that he lost millions of pesos in casino out of his corrupt practices of arm-twisting some of those businessmen who came to him for help in transacting business at  Makati city government being the Vice Mayor at the time. And the lot he owned in Coron, Palawan which was said to cover an area of 100 hectares with all the modern amenities that the Miss Earth International pageant organizers has decided to make it their official venue of their resplendent affair. And another one is his charge that Binay owned 4 hectares in Dingalan, Aurora province but the documents do not bear signature of Binay. But the adjacent lots are found to be owned by Mercado. You should be fair to Binay that before jumping into hasty conclusion you should first examine the credibility of the man making the accusation. With the kind of credibility that Mercado has, he would most probably come to a point that, if prodded by his "handlers," he will no doubt charge that it was Binay who nailed Jesus Christ to the cross. The government's handling of Mercado's case, even if he is under WPP (Witness Protection Program), he is allowed to travel abroad, to Los Angeles, probably with government escorts. And this is given to Mercado to pamper him the more to provide other damaging and highly malicious charges against Binay. And for all you know, the documents presented by Mercado, we don't know if he got them from spurious source that abound in Recto because they are good in that kind of manufacturing fictitious docs.

Footnote: This exchange of ideas in the "comment portion" of PDI was taken as an excerpt of a news item that came out in PDI, entitled, "Tale of 2 Taclobanons." It came out on 11/17/14.