Pinoys politically mature now?

Let me start by answering the question of a mother in Busay. She texted: “Tagpila man magpatuli sa doktor sa ospital?” Not she but her two little boys.

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I made inquiries from two lady interns at the CDH. They laughed as if to ask: “Wa pa diay ka?”

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Kidding aside, I was told that some doctors charge P1,000; some others more. There’s a cheaper one where the “sanggot” is used, but that I won’t recommend it.

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The Central Bank says the five-centavo coin is still in circulation. It’s that tiny coin which the grandson of a golfer-friend calls a “hole-in-one coin.”

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He calls it that because the coin has a hole in the middle. One plumber I know calls that “gasket coin”.

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Seriously now, have us Pinoys become politically mature? Two Freeman readers don’t think so, the kind of candidates we voted for in the last elections is their basis.

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Reader Pampee Barcenas of Carcar City said in statement in this paper’s “Text Views” column: “Di pa gyod ta politically mature kay naa pa may mibotar ni Erap, ni Jinggoy Estrada, ni Bongbong Marcos ug ni Juan Ponce Enrile.”

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Bobby Cruz of Cebu City said in the “Text Views” column: “The people finally voted for a good man for President but I am amazed that Erap came in 2nd. My God, Erap a crook, still came in second.”

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I have a friend who used to be the spokesman of a big power firm. He’s leaving for the States soon because he’s disgusted that we chose candidates who didn’t deserve to win even as we ignored those deserving our votes.

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A news report from Antique says a woman councilorial candidate who lost to her male opponent bit his ears, severing a good part of it. If you can’t beat ’em, bite ‘em? Only Mike Tyson does that.

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I have observed that many congressmen are now trying to make buddy-buddy with Noynoy Aquino. “Natural,” says my friend and kumpadre Teddy. “Mahadlok magpuasa.”

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