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November 14, 2007  --  Got something to say?
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J.G. Azarcon ESQBy J.G. Azarcon, Esq.
The moment of truth has come to pass. Vellie S. Dietrich-Hall was unsuccessful in her run to unseat the incumbent Mason District member of the Fairfax Board of Supervisors.

Of course, its disappointing. But this I can say, there was no agony in defeat.
Although she was largely a neophyte in the political arena, she was able to put together a diverse group of volunteers cutting across ethnic groups, race and even party affiliations. Her campaign office was like a beehive buzzing with constant activity of people who never before imagined that they would be deeply immersed in politics. Other politicians could only dream of having a core of volunteers who have the commitment and the passion to pull for their candidate. Vellie showed that she could draw people for a common purpose. It did not escape notice in the political circles.

Was it a credible campaign worth investing time and money? As to political contributions, she got at least $240,000.00 in cash and in kind beating the amounts raised by most Republican candidates for local office. Now, thats recognition.
I would rather take a win. But for now, lets take the undeniable positives as the salve of moral victory.

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In our beloved Philippines, former president Erap Estrada was convicted of plunder for having amassed millions of pesos from illegal gambling and manipulating two government controlled pension institutions to invest in his favored corporation and then cashing in when the value of the stocks soared. The offense was originally punishable by death but the law was amended reducing the penalty to life imprisonment.

You would think that it must be a very serious offense for the original proponents of the law to think of capital punishment. The memory of Marcos and his Swiss accounts was still fresh in peoples minds then.

Just a month after his conviction, Erap got an immediate pardon from the sitting president, Gloria Arroyo. No jail time. He was never behind bars during his detention at the luxurious Tanay rest house.

Thats good news for thousands of robbers, burglars and pickpockets who are rotting in jail. They can now demand equal protection under the laws. If Arroyo can forgive a capital offense, it is only fair that she forgives the lesser offenses. I just hope that she delays the pardon of pickpockets after the Christmas season.

Who is the loser in this pardon business? Not Eraps attorneys who stand to lose fat pay checks in the appeal process, but his loving wife, Sen.Loi Estrada who can no longer keep the macho Erap for herself inside the Tanay corral.
As for the benevolent Ate Glo, she is just upholding the golden rule- Do unto others as you would like others do unto you.

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Sen. Hillary Clintons campaign has admitted to planting questions in his campaign appearances. Why would a glib and supposedly well-informed speaker play it safe and take scripted questions from the audience?

She has been described by some unfriendly pundits as a cold and calculating political animal. So how does she shed this cold label before it sticks? The campaign got a college kid to get her to talk about a warm subject- global warming. And talk she did feverishly until Al Gore phoned in to say, thats my line.

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