Gloria still around

Despite the big rally in Makati yesterday, Gloria is playing the Clinton card and refuses to resign...

And according to this, the Vatican told the bishops to stay out of politics. LINK... however, yesterday's Manila bulletin had three editorials telling people that the bishops said Gloria should stay, so opposing her was opposing the church.

Politics politics.

Actually Bishops need to be involved when moral issues are at hand...but when EVERYONE steals votes, to take sides is merely political...and as the second editorial points out, there are people on both sides...

And we hear that the bureaucrats and cabinet officials that were forced to resign are mad at Gloria politicizing the apolitical bureaurocracy...i.e. the officials who serve no matter who is in office now are being treated as political appointees (yes, some are appointees, but they are not really political types). This is not a good sign.

Gateway pundit has the story and links to THIS web page for more information...

And, for your listening pleasure, if you don't have a kiosk nearby selling Gloria's tape (next to pirated CDs and the latest films), PCIJ has the transcript on line. LINK

Around here it is quiet, for two reasons.

One, it is the start of planting season, so everyone is busy.
Two: they figure everyone is a crook, so what else is new?

As I have said before, politics here is like being in Chicago....