SCTINDX METAS
 
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MARCOS AND BEYOND
 
RESURRECTING MARCOS

ResurrectionEverything Marcos is blooming. There's a disco musical devoted to Imelda. She and two of her children are running for office. Their Martial Law cronies are all enjoying wonderful rich lives. Well, we certainly taught THOSE oppressors, didn't we?
 
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW EDSA 1986?

GagoThis year marks the 24th anniversary of that time when a buncha civilians, led by someone and somebody got together and blocked the traffic in some kinda avenue. Oh, you think you know more than that? Then test yourself in this 15-question quiz

 
FERDINAND MARCOS: GREAT GUY!

Despot Aww....
Marcos Marcos according to loyalists

What do you call a despot who murdered, tortured, kidnapped, looted without limit for 16 sordid years? How about... "missed"?

FIVE MARCOS MYTHS BUSTED

"Oh but he built a lot of schools and roads, the country was prosperous, there was peace and order blah blah blah" How true are these claims made by Marcos loyalists? Read on
 
WHAT MARTIAL LAW WAS LIKE

A new generation of Filipinos now exists which has utterly no idea of the Marcos dictatorship. Kids, this is what you missed.
 
THE MAN OF STEAL

As an exile in Hawaii stripped of his dictatorial powers, Ferdinand Marcos was finally exposed to a legal investigation that revealed what criminals he and his wife were.
 
BOOTY AND THE BEAST

When Marcos fled the Philippines in 1986, he tried to bring as much of it with him as he could.
 
SWINDLING HISTORY

Poor Imelda Marcos is hurting. For years, people have called Ferdinand, her late husband, a crook, a despot and worse, and it has been an agony for her.
 
Top despot hits
As our treat to supporters of Gloria Arroyo's declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao, we bring you this special mood music from Memory Lane
 
 
DISCO ML : A HOT MANILA-JIBJAB VIDEO
Did somebody say "Martial Law"? Does that mean the 70s are bacK? How can you have a retro bash without a tribute to the king and queen of the era?
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BABY STEPS, GIANT STRIDES TO A POLICE STATE

Disdaining constitutional checks and balances, ignoring the law when it suits her, presiding over a murderous and corrupt administration, Gloria Arroyo is laying the groundwork for a dictatorship.
 
A FALSE SENSE OF DEMOCRACY

Martial law may not be here in legal fact, but it’s here for all intents and purposes.
 
THE NEW ORDER

Every Filipino will be required to have a national ID card. Military service will be compulsory for men who reach the age of 21. Soldiers will be immune from civilian law. The press will be limited to "responsible reporting" and "positive commentaries."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Swine
MARCOS FILE
 
It's a great time to be a Marcos
 
The usual suspects
Following a dictator's playbook
The Supreme Court has the ball
The almighty incumbent
Booty and the Beast
LINKS
The Wit and Wisdom of Imelda Marcos
Martial Law in retrospect