Author Archives: Arbet Bernardo

7
Sep

Why the middle forces will fail

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I don’t know if we should credit GMA for this, but she will never be ousted by people power as the middle forces will never muster enough people. By continuing its disdain over the masses, the middle class is going nowhere.

Now is the best time for prejudices to be overcome, else GMA will laugh and finish her term thriumphantly but with a nation divided by prejudice.

Prejudice, you say? Just read all those blogs and see the comments.

Another reason why the middle forces will fail: apathy. The majority of the middle class are apathetic to what’s going on. Just read the comments on the blogs.

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5
Sep

Bukluran Para sa Katotohanan

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Statement of Unity
Bukluran Para sa Katotohanan

We come from all walks of life, from different political, cultural, and economic persuasions, different points of view. But in diversity, we find a cause for unity. That cause for unity is our common objective to secure the truth.

We all seek the truth. We want the truth to come out. And yet every means for seeking the truth has been frustrated; every avenue for arriving at the truth has been blocked; and every opportunity to find the truth is being closed.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s response to our call for the truth has been to suppress evidence, hide her accomplices, engage in a grand cover-up, sow fear, foment distrust and use every instrument at her disposal to encourage division among our people.

We will not be divided in these critical times.

We say with one voice, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo must go. For the good of the country, she must go. For the sake of our nation’s future, she must go. For the preservation of hope as a motive force in our national life, she must go.

We are united by the belief that this crisis must be resolved in a manner that is peaceful and democratic. Without the truth, there cannot be peace; without the truth, there is no genuine democracy. The truth must set our nation free.

Unite for the truth. Demand the truth. Defend the truth.

Kami ay ang Bukluran Para sa Katotohanan.

Action for Economic Reforms
AKBAYAN Citizen’s Action Party
Ateneo Concerned Faculty and Youth
Bangon, Pilipinas
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN)
Be Not Afraid
Black & White Movement
Citizens for TRUTH (Transparency, Responsibility, Unity, Trust, Hope)
Citizens for Truth, Resignation, Impeachment, or Ouster (C4T)
Coalition for National Solidarity
Counsels for the Defense of Civil Liberties (CODAL)
De La Salle
FPJP Movement
Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)
Interfaith Movement for Truth, Justice and Genuine Change (IFM)
Kilusan ng Makabansang Ekonomiya (KME)
Laban ng Masa
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
Peoples Assembly for Genuine Alternatives to Social Apathy (PAG-ASA)
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP)
Reporma
Union of Muslims for Morality and Truth (UMMAT)
United Opposition (UNO)
Unity for Truth and Justice
UP AWARE
UP Diliman Student Council (UPD USC)
White Ribbon Movement
Women March
Youth DARE

bandw

gma

If you agree with this message, kindly copy it and post it in your blog, or link to it. Please send a message at this crucial time.

3
Sep

Random ramblings

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I’ve never posted a very long entry. Usually I have lots of ideas in mind, but when I sit down and try to type them down, I lose all of those ideas. So I usually stare at the monitor, helplessly trying to recall what was I supposed to type in. This has always been the case. Continue reading →

30
Aug

RIP – Impeachment and Decency and Morality

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Requiescat in pace!
Obiit: August 30(?), 2005

I light this candle for the impending death of the impeachment complaint and the loss of decency and morality in this shamefully Christian nation.

Deo Optimo Maximo
28
Aug

Building your own PC

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Building your own PC is a fulfilling activity yet must not be undertaken without the proper knowledge and tools.

I built my own PC 3 years ago. I can officially say that that PC is dead and buried. So I built another one, buying new parts and recycling old parts from the dead PC (like how a person donates some of his organs upon death). I can say that the operation was a partial success. After assembling the parts, I tested it and it worked. My brother even played Ragnarok. Afterwards, I cleaned up, close the casing lid, plugged in the USB devices, and tried it again. Nothing.

So I checked out what’s wrong. Only to see the power supply unit produce smoke. Yikes. Two scenarios: either there is something inside it that caused it to produce smoke (highly probable because when I took out the casing from its box, 2 cockroaches sped out of the box); or it was overloaded (almost all the power pins were used).

Since I would be at work the next day, I would have to return the power supply (bringing the entire unit in the process) at Monday. Tsk tsk.

Update:

Older brother had brought the new PC to the shop, and had the power supply replaced. The old hard disk showed signs of dying; good thing I bought a new hard disk. But I do have to salvage data from that old hard disk. Gee.

Update: (8/30/05)

There was nothing wrong with the old hard disk. I just don’t know if that technician is really a technician or what. Formatted the new hard disk, and I’m ready to roll.

25
Aug

Another IM?

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After a successful IPO and Google Earth, the nerds at Google Labs seem to on full steam ahead. Joining the IM fray dominated by Yahoo!, MSN, and ICQ, Google releases Google Talk.

Google says about Google Talk:

Google Talk is a simple and free way to talk with and send instant messages to your friends. Like Gmail, Google Talk uses Google’s innovative technologies to help people communicate more effectively and efficiently. Think of it as Google’s approach to communications.

The new Yahoo! Messenger BETA allows YM users to call other YM users, therefore some might say Google is not offering anything new to consumers. The only beauty of this is that, when you invite a non-Google user, you are actually giving him or her a Gmail – you read it right – Gmail invite. Yep, that’s 2 GB of free email space.

It remains to be seen whether this product would be successful or not. And since Google Talk doesn’t display ads (unlike YM and AIM), the business model is suspect. And since it is in beta, this no-ads policy might still change.

24
Aug

Phishing Site – Beware

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This is not a valid Yahoo! site. This site will apparently accept your Yahoo ID and password and when you click on Sign In, no page will appear. It will rather send your Yahoo ID and password to a certain email address. Be aware!

http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/forun_amex/login.html