Coseteng - circus came to town (on impeachment)

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Very well said...

1  The cast:    three actors (Lapid, Robinhood and Soto) one newshen (Loren Legarda, three  brothers and sisters team  (Alan and Pia Mark and Camille, Raffy and Erwin) 

2.  Behavior at the Senate and Impeachment -  Clearly some do not understand the laws which they are supposed to manage...

3.  From these, we can now understand why our country status is like this?

We elected them (on the basis of popularity and not because of their qualifications...  We deserve this Senate, not blame anyone nor rant about this... We are responsible...

Civic minded countrymen clearing highway of debris and vegetative growth open a new can of worms

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This post admires and salutes various individuals clearing roads of debris that clog the drainage, of cogon and other brush undergrowth that blocks the visibility of oncoming traffic.  I to became addicted to this type of civic works when I was in my twenties.  My cleaning of the gutter in front of our house led me 500 even to 1000 meters away clearing the gutter of dirt -  up to a provincial hospital near us.  I was warned that I could be infected by effluents from the hospital

Road maintenance budget - utilization

However, I knew that a certain amount is budgetted for road maintenance annually.  When I googled it is in the order of billions.      Where does this go if drainages are clogged leading to instant flooding, or civic minded citizens brush cut on their own wild undergrowth blocking the street?

Can CoA investigative journos look into this.

Purported medical conditions as a shield vs being jailed

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                                             No IV line, vitals according to monitor are fine

Last Monday, a ranking govt elected official, the (4th) was issued a warrant of arrest by a Prosecutor Office.  Immediately, he was admitted to a hospital without passing through the ER.   However his pictures showed him together with monitor shouting out he was healthy (they should have turned off the monitor)

All ready medical circles are calling out MDs who are being used as excuse slips not to be jailed same as wheel chairs (GMA, Bonuan, Marcoleta)

He was brought to PGH for a third party assessment   Commitment order has been transferred from PNP to BJMP and may soon be transferred to BJMP detention center at Payatas.

Courage for those who want to violate the laws they are supposed to enforce or which they crafted.  

Justice for all.

Are search engine (AI generated) response accurate?

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This post tried having answers from search engine on these items:  (being the subject of debates and contentions

1.   Can  an impeachable officer be subject to prosecution at lower courts (as with Sarah Duterte)

      Ans:   Yes   Only the President is immune from prosecution.   The idea that impeachable officer is               immune from criminal prosecution is a constitutional superstition.  

2.  What is the required number of votes to impeach the VP.  Ans:   16

3.  Can the Senate overturn the 16 required votes and lowe the same:    Ans:   Yes

2 and 3 answers are contradictory.    The 16 it says is from the Constitution.     Do we say 1 and 2 are

     correct, and Number 3 answer is doubtful?

Whom do we believe?

Explanation for the flooding, cause not linear (no single cause) but systemic

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Causes of flooding in the Philippines

The cause of the flooding has been politicalized and many netizens/ citizens are not thinking properly.  Gone should be the mindset that events are caused in a single direction by single element.  The mindset being advanced (in critical thinking) is that causes are systemic. There are many interrelated elements contributing to result.  Just like the numerous wheels in a clock -  when one or several stop or are damaged the watch stop working.

So with the floods.

Because of the flood control narrative being spread, now it is common for many to say that the graft, the propensity of govt agencies concerned caused the floods.

But an expert pointed out that the solution to the flood control will mean many factors to work on:

     1.  lessening the flow:   reforestation, impounding pounds upstream

     2.  downstream :   dikes, storm drain, flood plains, deltas, pumps, solid waste disposal

     3.   sea:       retaining walls pumping station, 

     4.  safety  and risk mitigation -  remove the residents from flood prone plains and river banks, coastal areas.  

In Pampanga for instance, the almost permanent flood at Hagonoy, Masantol and Macabebe are caused by cofluence of flooding of Pampanga river, blocking of the drain by the NMIA construction, and the high tides all contribute to the flooding.    Raising the street level was band aid solution.     Having floodgates and massive pumps for the Pampanga river, looking at the NMIA blocking the rivers are worth looking into.  However a friend who visited me last week told me as he is from Bo. Taliptip has been flooded ever since.  He said some groups are out to wreck havoc on RSA?   Anti progress progressives?

Pampanga is a basin coupled that with the lahar lessening the water carrying capacity of rivers.  And the contribution of the Pampanga river being backfilled by Manila bay tides.   

We have forwarded this knowledge to a developer who wants to develop in an area which is near the rirver and a gulf.  Its elevation seen in Google Earth is at -0.1 meter    Pag naghightide ng 4 meters, lulubog na ang site.  And then blame the govt...... and the politician.  We cant deny also that substandard dike construction lack of master plan for flood control, having projects that really matter, misappropiation (theft) of public funds are also to be blamed.   It is a justified  indignation that people decry trillions did not go into flood alleviation projects. Trillions purportedly for lessening the suffering of peole gone to waste (and we taxpayers are going to foot the loan repayment

For the past two weeks and even yesterday, the volume of rainfall was unusually very high.    Japan, Vietnam, China suffered the same fate like ours.    Wrath of heaven.  (to punish the plunderers?)

Coastal areas will be especially be vulnerable.   Decades ago, sea levels were predicted to be going up due to melting of the poles and the Himalayas peak.     May be we did not listen.  Many  resorts are being built, communities along typhoon prone and flood prone beach fronts.    And now we blame the politicians.   Those who do not follow the CLUP and the building code.  We bribe building officials, we influence the mayor to give relief to no build zones....

Corruption is the omni explanationn for the floods.   Not so