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Gems of wisdom and humor from social media

- Miron miron abnoykuyak­oy (takenoteof­thismyfell­ow Filipinos—RT)

The next PNP chief she would choose — if she were to have complete control over the police organizati­on — should be a strict disciplina­rian and like Caesar’s wife.

She will have to ask the President to give her total supervisio­n over the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine Drug Enforcemen­t Administra­tion (PDEA).

Robredo could then order the PNP and PDEA to wage a “take no prisoner” campaign against drug

She should ask that the Bureau of Correction­s (BuCor) be under her so she can order BuCor Director Gerald Bantag to secretly execute the Chinese drug convicts at New Bilibid Prison (NBP) who continue

outside the walls of the NBP. Robredo would have to give a

PNP, PDEA, DILG and BuCor to accomplish their mission of eradi

from the face of the earth.

Without the prerequisi­tes mentioned above, Vice President Leni will never suc

If Digong Duterte — with all the powers of the commander in chief and who has given the agencies a free hand — has not completely

can Leni Robredo do the opposite?

If Robredo will continue to listen to the dictates of the nosy internatio­nal community and bleeding hearts, as she and her ilk do now, how could she succeed?

The point I’m driving at is it’s easy for a backseat driver to see the wrong turns of the one in control of the wheel, in the same way that the ( onlooker) in a chess game sees the wrong moves of the chess players.

But let the same backseat driver or take control and he or she will be in the same situation as the one that they criticize.

And to the other members of the opposition or the Yellows, you have had your time to check

time of Noynoy president and you botched it.

as

during Noynoy’s time and yet the Yellows had the nerve to blame Digong for their mistake! Shame on you!

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Social media, especially Facebook and Twitter, are the principal sources of fake news.

But they are also sources of some

I came across this gem from Facebook whose author is unknown but which was forwarded to me by Zambales Gov. Jun Ebdane:

“Here is a comment from a psychologi­st regarding the sorry state of the Philippine­s:

“The difference between the poor and rich nations is not the age of the nation.

“This can be demonstrat­ed by countries like India and Egypt which are more than 2,000 years old but are still poor countries.

“On the other hand, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, which 150

are developed and rich countries.

“The difference between the poor and rich nations does not also depend on the available natural resources.

“Japan has a limited territory, 80 percent of which is mountainou­s and unsuitable for agricultur­e or farming, yet is the world’s second most prosperous economy. The country importing raw materials from the rest of the world and exporting them as manufactur­ed products.

“Second example is Switzerlan­d. It does not grow cocoa but produces the best chocolates in the world. In her small territory, she rears animals and cultivates land only for four months in a year; neverthele­ss, Switzerlan­d manufactur­es the best milk products. A small country which is an image of security which has made it the strongest world bank.

“Executives from rich countries who interact with their counterpar­ts from poor countries show no

“The racial or color factor does not evince importance: migrants heavy in laziness in their country of origin

are forcefully productive in rich European countries. “What then is the difference? “The difference is the attitude of the people, molded for many years by education and culture.

“When we analyze the conduct of the people from the rich and developed countries, the majority abide by the following principles of life: l. Ethics as basic principle.

2. Integrity.

3. Responsibi­lity

4. Respect for laws and regulation­s.

5. The respect from majority of the citizenry by right.

6. The effort to save and invest.

7. The will to be productive.

8. Punctualit­y.

“In the poor countries, a small minority follow these basic principles in their daily life.

“We are not poor because we lack natural resources or because nature was cruel to us.

“We are poor because we lack attitude. We lack the will to follow and teach these principles of working in rich and developed countries.

“We are in this sorry state because we want to take advantage of everything and everyone.

“We are in this sorry state because we see something done wrong but we just shrug our shoulders and say, “let it be.”

“If you love your country, circulate this message so that as many

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And here’s another piece, an outrageous­ly funny one, I picked up on social media:

“A cabbie picks up a nun. As she gets into a cab, she notices that the very handsome cab driver would not stop staring at her. She asks him why he was staring.

“He replies: ‘I have a question to ask, but you might be offended.’

“The nun answers, ‘My son, you can never offend me. When you’re as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I’m sure that there’s nothing you could say or

“‘Well, I’ve always had the fantasy to have a nun kiss me,’ says the driver.

“She responds, ‘Well, let’s see what we can do about that. You have to be single and Catholic.’

“Excited, the driver says, ‘Yes, I’m single and Catholic!’

“‘Okay, pull over into the next alley,’ the nun says.

kiss that would make a hooker blush.

“But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.

“‘My dear child,’ says the nun, ‘why are you crying?’

“‘Forgive me, but I’ve sinned. I lied and I must confess. I’m married and Jewish.’

“‘That’s okay. My name is Kevin and I’m going to a Halloween party.”

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