Hill Roberts: My own quotable (?) quotes

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Hello Joe and forum members! Have a very good year 2012! See you on a regular basis after the 2nd January 2012! Thank you everyone for the great essays, questions, articles, comments, links. 

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Immaturity of democracy is based on the overall immaturity of the Filipinos.  Hill Roberts

(In reply to a link on democracy , Education in the Philippines: Facing up to the challenges)

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There are times when I'm overwhelmed by my own cynism.  Hill Roberts

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American kids aren't taught Communism but are well-indoctrinated  to loathe it. -  Hill Roberts

(In reply to my own question, Should we encourage our students to study Marxism or Communism? , at the
sister site, Eduphil (Education in the Philippines: Facing up to the challenges) where one member replies no to teaching them.)

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At the cost of being stupid or clever, these Congressmen  have only to think of their own expediencies in the light of these impeachment complaint proceedings. the matter lies not in their hands but in the subjective analysis  of those harbingers of pretentious, sanctimonious well-studied proceedings of phoney camaraderie. Being a Filipino has its merits  especially when it comes  to political deals and that's good enough for any average Filipino to be a politician.  There's plenty to be had while they're at it. 

(In reply to a post on the Chief Justice  Corona's  impeachment proceedings, Is Democracy a Sham in Pinas?)

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Mistakes are acknowledged and stories of human dignity, dishonesty, deceit and other revelations also come out for a better assessment in bed when we're about to say adios to loved ones and friends. It's this true confession,  a la Oprah, that underlines the poignancy of those expressing their twilight years or final hours. 

(In reply to a post on the regets people make on their deathbed, Strictly Filipina: The embodiment of who we are)

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Hope is subjective. There's no precise answer to a general question. 

My reply to a question on the Filipino way of articulating "hope". (Abridged reply to a long thread in my reply to that post)

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We don't need idealism to pull through in a complex country like the Philippines. We don't even need public officials with an IQ of 150. What we need are people  who can exact the right changes at the right time, the right alternatives at the right moment, and the right plans to carry them on, long-term.

In reply to a member on Change. (Is Democracy a Sham in Pinas?)

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My reply to a prediction by a Filipino-Indian who claimed that Kris Aquino will surely become the next president of the Philippines:

It's the majarajah kind of idiocy and where we can find solace in his dirty toes.

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We're not stopping Joan Rivers, 77 years old,  American TV personality, actress and businesswoman, who has had another facelift, to continue her desire to look young by going under the knife, rather to find out from her why growing old is now a crime against humanity.

My reply to my  link where comments came thick and fast especially where photos of her in bandages were too gruesome to look at. From,  Strictly Filipina: The embodiment of who we are

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I suppose it's a question of money, management and  miracle, in that order, to put a school right. 

(In reply to a question: If a school fails, whose fault is it?, Education in the Philippines: Facing up to the Challenges)

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 The US continues to breast-feed the Philippines because we Filipinos are too weak to look after our nation. Hill Roberts

From a new facebook site recently opened, Ban American Military Presence in the Philippines, which I created.

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The only invasion the Chinese have done is economic invasion.  - Hill Roberts

(In reply to a member who believes that China is evil)

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The next best thing for the American foreign policy-makers  is to put Filipino lives at the forefront of their tactical operations as collateral damage. Something akin to looking at Filipinos like guinea pigs where scientists experiment first on animals before they finalise their findings for human beings to be safe. (Part of a long thread in the on-going discussion whether to ban or not American military presence in the Philippines)

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It makes people think just how far China has gone in terms of catching up despite having been isolated for the most part of the 20th century.  This is the crux of the matter that the Americans are unable to comprehend.  It's because the Chinese worked hard to reach their ambition and goal that there is less of a need to impress others--unlike the US. 

(On-going lively discussion at the new sister site, Ban Military Presence in the Philippines)