About Miriam Defensor Santiago

[sadirmata]

Originally posted by augustus_caesar
Guys! Basahin nyo muna yun mga books ni Miriam. Malay n'yo. Magbago ang mga pananaw nyo tungkol kay Miriam. Read her books first.

anong mga particular books ba niya?

ako, halimbawa, nabasa ko na ang koran, books of mormons at iba pero hindi nagbago ang pananaw ko regarding islam, mormonism, etc.

[markpaul]

MIRRIAM!

[maranina]

Originally posted by rhk111
Former Philippine Senator Mirriam Defensor Santiago will again be bringing international attention to the country as Hollywood producers are reportedly planning to do a film about her life. The said movie will be titled, "A Beautiful Mind, part 2".

saan mo nakuha yan?

[augustus_caesar]

Originally posted by sadirmata


anong mga particular books ba niya?

ako, halimbawa, nabasa ko na ang koran, books of mormons at iba pero hindi nagbago ang pananaw ko regarding islam, mormonism, etc.

Here are the books of Miriam

CUTTING EDGE: THE POLITICS OF REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES by Miriam Defensor Santiago

INVENTING MYSELF: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Miriam Defensor Santiago

[sadirmata]

Originally posted by augustus_caesar


Here are the books of Miriam

CUTTING EDGE: THE POLITICS OF REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES by Miriam Defensor Santiago

INVENTING MYSELF: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Miriam Defensor Santiago

saan ba puwedeng makabili ng mga books na iyan? yung isang libro ni miriam about erap, saan din ba makabibili?

[shox920]

woman like her is what we need....nevermind how she talk.....

[augustus_caesar]

Originally posted by sadirmata


saan ba puwedeng makabili ng mga books na iyan? yung isang libro ni miriam about erap, saan din ba makabibili?

You can buy it on National Book Store and Powerbooks.



Hope that you will read it before judging her first. When I read her books medyo nagbago ang pananaw ko tungkol sa Philippine politics. Watch out for for her new book to be launched soon!

[whyte]

If this thread existed 1o years ago, this would be a PRO-Miriam thread.
Miriam only got to the ire of everybody here because of her open support to the ILLs of Erap.
Aminin niyo na rin na naging idolo niyo siya one time but ngayon it changed kasi of what happened.

[Ernestina]

lumabas ang kanyang tunay na kulay noong kainitan ng erap resign! inaakala ng marami na si miriam ay isang taong ma-prinsipyo at may integridad, yun pala, gawin mo lang undersecretary ng DILG ang asawa niya at gawin mo pang head ng navy ang kapatid niya, eh madali mong makukuha ang kanyang suporta!

wala siyang pinagkaiba sa karamihan ng mga pulitiko sa Pilipinas, isa rin siyan TRAPO, isang maruming trapo na walang pag-asang malinis kaya nararapat na lang sa basurahan!

tamaan sana siya ng kidlat tulad ng idol niya!

ang pagkatalo niya sa nakaraang eleksyon ay ang simula ng masamang karma bilang kabayaran sa lahat ng kanyang kasalanan sa bayan!!!

[sadirmata]

Originally posted by augustus_caesar

You can buy it on National Book Store and Powerbooks.

naghanap ako sa national bookstore pero ang nakita ko lang ay yung libro niya ng short stories. nun ko lang nalaman na short story writer din pala si miriam. nasulat daw niya ang mga yun noong kolehiyala siya, in her early 20s. at inamin naman niya na mga potboiler lang yung akda niya. nakita ko ang naturang libro sa national bookstore sa recto. pero di ko binili. gusto ko sana kaso may nakita akong mas gusto kong bilhin, yung "mutyang dilim" ni virgilio almario na naglalaman ng mga kritisismo sa tulang filipino. hinding-hindi ko ito ipagpapalit sa isang libro lang ni miriam. kung madako ulit ako doon at may ekstra akong pera, bibilhin ko rin ang book na yun ni miriam.

[aticus]

Originally posted by whyte
If this thread existed 1o years ago, this would be a PRO-Miriam thread.
Miriam only got to the ire of everybody here because of her open support to the ILLs of Erap.
Aminin niyo na rin na naging idolo niyo siya one time but ngayon it changed kasi of what happened.

She was never my idol, and I lost any shred of respect for her when, upon leaving her post as Immigration Head, I saw her on TV saying, "I would rather be remembered not for my service to government but for my beautiful legs..."

Ugghhhh....

[arcie]

Nice shot there, Aticus. But you see, when you are in an elegant place, try not to utilize all your time looking for small cracks on the walls. You ought at least to see, if not appreciate, the elegance of the place too.

[aticus]

Originally posted by arcie
Nice shot there, Aticus. But you see, when you are in an elegant place, try not to utilize all your time looking for small cracks on the walls. You ought at least to see, if not appreciate, the elegance of the place too.

My friend, many things I would use to describe Miriam, but "elegant" is not one of them.

You know, this debate will continue almost ad infinitum, because there will always be Miriam apologists, who believe that everything she's done is practically saintly (like her "graduating" from Oxford and Harvard), as well as Miriam doubters, who feel her penchant for self-aggrandizement and blustering soliloquys are misguided, at best, and downright dangerous, at worst.

I'm a Miriam doubter through and through, and not just because she has a penchant for shooting her mouth off (remember "I lied?"). I just think that someone with the responsibility of representing her nation (as she had when she was, unfortunately, Senator) should not then misrepresent even basic stuff about her like her "credentials" from Harvard. Heck, I've attended conferences by Harvard and Stanford, but that sure doesn't make me an alumnus, unless I go by Miriam's book.

Plus I was a neighbor of hers while they were still living in Teacher's Village, Q.C. (I have since moved, and by all accounts, she is building a wonderful new place in La Vista so she'll move too...) and the stories I could tell...

Sigh.

In any case, I won't be sucked into a "pro" versus "anti" Miriam debate, because I'm so strongly "anti" Miriam that I doubt anything could either convince me or count on me being anything but skeptical about this woman. I'm just extremely happy she is no longer a Senator.

Have a good day, folks.

[bluetaurus]

Miriam aka Brenda doesn't have a single ounce of credibility in her body, not even in her supposedly beautiful legs (di lang balimbing at oportunista, makapal pa ang mukha. Mas maganda pa ang legs ni Whitney Tyson a!). And there are telltale signs of a psychological imbalance in her. She's a big time liar, so why should I buy any of her books and believe what's in them? She also has penchant for mouthing words that you don't expect to come from an educated and intelligent human being like her. Mas mabuti pa nga siguro ang ibang kulang sa edukasyon pero marunong gumalang ng kapwa. It was really a blessing in disguise that she lost to FVR in the 1992 presidential election. Imagine having her as our president! If FVR really cheated her in that election, then I owe FVR tons of gratitude. People who believe in Miriam Defensor Santiago only do so because they have the same personality profile as she does. As the saying goes, lunatics, err, birds, of the same feather flock together. Well?

[mellowscream]

Miriam vows to block moves to drag Mike Arroyo anew into WB road mess

04/13/2009 | 10:14 PM

MANILA, Philippines - Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Monday vowed to prevent the Senate from once again dragging First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo into the alleged irregularities in the bidding for World Bank-funded projects.

Santiago said she would go to the Supreme Court if necessary and file a petition for prohibition with a prayer for temporary restraining order if her colleagues would insist on “trying" Mr Arroyo on the allegations stated in the report of the World Bank.


http://www.gmanews.tv/story/156821/M...o-WB-road-mess

[bayaniVAN]

im 22 pero d pa ako nakakaboto.. boboto sana ako come 2010 election, kaya lang walang matinong tatakbo........

if ever Miriam will run.. iboboto ko sya

[batabatuta]

For sure hindi mananalo ang babae sa 2010 dahil sa kapalpakan ni GMA....Unfortunately....sa lahat ng politician ngayon.....si Miriam lang ang may sense.....at higit sa lahat......kahit kasama nya sa administration....tinatabla nya.......yun ang politician ng kailangan natin.....yung impartial......sana tumakbo syang VP.....kaso malabo ata yon.

[mindweaver]

Hope she runs as VP on 2010. I like the way how she handles her position. Hindi gaya ng ibang senador na ni minsan hindi ko narinig sa senado.

I will not be voting this time pero I hope she wins.

[mellowscream]

Pwe ..... nakakasuka ang itsura, at ang mga sinasabi .....

iba rin talaga loyalty rin miriam.

[ka2kato]

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