Manny, the root of all evils?

Sen. Manny Villar has been toppled from the Senate presidential pedestal. It was a coup of sort. What did the plotters think of Manny, the root of all evils?

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Sen. Villar said he received not a single centavo from the controversial road project which he was accused of shenanigan. No cash for Manny. Just cuss.

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Supporters of Manny Villar say it’s politics that brought their idol down. Oh, my goodness. What else could the reason be? When you are in politics, your rise or fall is due to politics.

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A political commentator says young politicians are endowed with the gift of gab. And the older political fogeys? Someone said they develop the gift of grab.

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It says here that a barangay beauty is sueing a barangay official for stealing a kiss from her. If one steals a kiss, is the charge theft?

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The said barangay beauty should give due consideration to the barangay official who kissed her. That’s his way of offering lip service to his constituents.

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A congressman has been quoted as saying: “These news people never get tired writing bad about me.” What did US Sen. Claude A. Swanson say?: “When they stop writing about you, you’re dead.”

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Thanks to Cebuano Elmer Gestopa now of California for his e-mail.Elmer said: “Naghisgut man kag black and white sa imong column, dunay joke diri among Pinoys nga ang White House ilisan nag Black House tungod ni Obama.” Elmer, you’re the second reader who mentioned to me about that Black House joke.

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 Before I run out of space, can’t we in the newspaper industry play our game fair and square? Let’s not pull each other down. Let’s do away with the crab mentality.

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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen says: “The chief cause of inner unhappiness is egotism or selfishness. He who give himself importance by boasting is actually showing the credentials of his own worthlessness.”

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