People power readied vs. PNoy

People power readied vs. PNoy

LIFE'S INSPIRATIONS: “The LORD will vindicate me; your love, LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.” (Psalm 138:8, the Holy Bible).

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PEOPLE POWER BEING SET UP VS. PNOY: There is only one clear intention in the increasing attacks against the qualifications and competence of President Aquino to run the country nowadays---to lay down the basis for another people power, to oust him as soon as practicable.

The only way to counteract all of these attacks now is for him to show he is qualified and competent, and produce immediate and concrete results, especially in improving the lives of our people. People contented with their lives do not normally join people power movements.

But, if he is perceived to be unqualified and incompetent for the past year, and if nobody believes he has done something concrete to improve the lives of our people so far, it will be very difficult for the President to fight off the attacks against him, making him an easy target for legalized rebellion called people power.

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WHAT IS DE LIMA DOING? What, really, was in the mind of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima---a seasoned practicing lawyer before she joined the government of then President Arroyo and the government now of President Aquino---when she held the press conference to announce that there are new evidence and witnesses now which will prove the guilt of Hubert Webb in the Vizconde rape-slay cases?

Surely, she knew Hubert and his co-accused who underwent trial could no longer be charged and pursued once again for the same crimes, on grounds of double jeopardy, and that there is no piece of evidence now which could make Hubert, et. al. face a new trial. So, why the press conference?

Either she was just fooling around, which, I am sure, was not her intention, or she was only trying to hug the headlines once more, to enable her to re-acquire her status as the most-trusted government official at the start of the year, an honor which was wrested from her and is now held by Vice President Jejomar Binay.

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JESUS SAYS “I AM”: There are many parts of the Bible attesting to Jesus as God Himself. One of these is that found under John 8: 54-58, where it is stated: “…Jesus replied, `If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.

“ `Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.’

“ `You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!’ `Very truly I tell you,’ Jesus answered, `before Abraham was born, I am…’ ”

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