This guy is like the Neera Tanden on steroids of The Phillipines! I have been to the PI several times and I don't know why he has such a hate-on for drug dealers? He needs to start with corrupt politicians and vote fraud. The Philippine peso was trading 1 to 1 with the US dollar when we handed them back control of their country in 1948 and was commonly called the Jewel of the Orient....that is what corruption will do to a country. Nice, hard-working, polite people for the most part though....
Cool, glad to hear it. I was mainly in the Visayas region and probably the most troubling thing I heard was about voting. Apparently, politicians would give out money for votes and would have followers that would ensure that votes were cast in accordance. And to be fair, I did hear a lot about shabu.....BTW, I can't tell you how much I miss Phillipine mangos...it is pretty much impossible to get a mango that even compares in the US.
"Still can't compare to fresh mangoes " Ain't that the truth, sadly...there is one exception, there is a company in Florida that will ship you a grafted (guaranteed future producer) PI mango tree...however; the problem is that they get so big (hard to protect) and they don't tolerate freezing. I mean, I haven't checked into it or anything /sarcasm off. So you are basically buying a tree that you know will be killed off next year or maybe 10 years from now (I'm in the South). If it made it a few years that would be awesome, but you just never know.
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witch_doctor1 ago
This guy is like the Neera Tanden on steroids of The Phillipines! I have been to the PI several times and I don't know why he has such a hate-on for drug dealers? He needs to start with corrupt politicians and vote fraud. The Philippine peso was trading 1 to 1 with the US dollar when we handed them back control of their country in 1948 and was commonly called the Jewel of the Orient....that is what corruption will do to a country. Nice, hard-working, polite people for the most part though....
mergen ago
He IS tackling corruption. It just turned out that the officials themselves are the big fish of drug dealers.
He is done with catching the small fish. Like recently, it was revealed one of the senators funded their campaign with drug money.
Recently , the authorities busted 6Billion pesos worth of drugs in a single operation.
Btw, he is anti meth. He is chill with medical weed. And hopefully will legalise it.
Too bad the MSM does not report this.
From the PH :D
witch_doctor1 ago
Cool, glad to hear it. I was mainly in the Visayas region and probably the most troubling thing I heard was about voting. Apparently, politicians would give out money for votes and would have followers that would ensure that votes were cast in accordance. And to be fair, I did hear a lot about shabu.....BTW, I can't tell you how much I miss Phillipine mangos...it is pretty much impossible to get a mango that even compares in the US.
mergen ago
Election is automated now. Rigging is still an issue. Soros owns Smartmatic after all.
There are probably dried mangoes in Asian convenience stores in the US. Still can't compare to fresh mangoes :P
witch_doctor1 ago
"Still can't compare to fresh mangoes " Ain't that the truth, sadly...there is one exception, there is a company in Florida that will ship you a grafted (guaranteed future producer) PI mango tree...however; the problem is that they get so big (hard to protect) and they don't tolerate freezing. I mean, I haven't checked into it or anything /sarcasm off. So you are basically buying a tree that you know will be killed off next year or maybe 10 years from now (I'm in the South). If it made it a few years that would be awesome, but you just never know.