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Pinoys at West Point
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flipzi	May 1 2007, 10:34 AM Post #1
R-A-T-S Posts: 8,213 Group: Elite Member #71 Joined: August 8, 2004	Saksi: First Pinay grad of West Point born in Manila 05/01/2007 \| 12:33 AM http://www.gmanews.tv/video/6158/Saksi-Fir...-born-in-Manila
	" Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them! - Art. II Sec 1, Philippine Constitution " " People don't care what we know until they know we care. " getflipzi@yahoo.com


MSantor	May 2 2007, 01:43 AM Post #2
Posts: 28,659 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #516 Joined: August 6, 2005	This is going to sound a little crabby, But I don't see any reason for rejoicing- she's Fil-American, not Pinay. Her first allegiance is to the United States, not the Philippines. It really annoys me every time someone in the Philippines points out a foreigner who is part-pinoy or who is a Pinoy immigrant who is thoroughly white-washed (I admit, I'm kind of white-washed myself to a point) who achieves something. Does it even occur to these newscasters that the person being reported DOESN'T CARE? It's a multicultural society where skin or ethnic descent shouldn't matter. The last thing on her mind when she graduates with all her other American classmates is that she's a Fil-Am. And I doubt that part Filipino guy who's a member of Black Eyed Peas or that US comedian/actor Rob Schneider who played "Deuce Bigelow...Male Gigolo" really gives a rat's a** that they're part-Pinoy most of time, except when they're visiting Pinoy relatives, but it ends there. They have no allegiance to the Philippines. When the first Filipina who's an RP citizen graduates from West Point, then that's something to rejoice. (This may sound a little hypocritical for me to be saying this when I'm here in Canada, but then again my first allegiance nowadays is Ottawa, not Manila.) Anyone who dares sends me some hate mail for speaking my mind is going to get quite a TONGUE-LASHING from me.
	"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton


epigone	May 4 2007, 08:24 AM Post #3
Member Posts: 1,410 Group: Regulars Member #631 Joined: December 22, 2005	If I were a Fil-American intelligence officer, I'd run her as an agent and send her to 'graveyard' assignments in Mindanao. The lady looks tough, MSantor. She'll be able to withstand torture. With her language skills and liberal education, I'm sure it would be easy for her to blend with the townfolk. I'd say, run her.
	"Provocation is a valid defense against homicide"- Canadian Law on MSantor who 'cough, cough..', passes by my company room with a cup of coffee, waits for me in the bus shelter together with his friends and provoke me, and has been stalking me in forums like army.ca, navy.ca, timawa.net, militaryforums.com... He indeed is 'SEEKING DEATH' - Holy Bible.


desertranger	Mar 1 2008, 06:06 PM Post #4
Member Posts: 488 Group: Regulars Member #1,136 Joined: September 25, 2006	You'd all be surprised if you really knew.
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MSantor	Mar 3 2008, 01:28 PM Post #5
Posts: 28,659 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #516 Joined: August 6, 2005	desertranger Mar 1 2008, 06:06 PM You'd all be surprised if you really knew. Most Fil-Ams are proud of their heritage and keep close contacts with each other during their military career. In the world where they are always singled out as minorities they always have to be on their toes in each situation. When you see them at the top, you can bet that they are the best of the best in their speciality. And you'd also be surprised how some Fil-Ams who have been thoroughly white-washed just don't care about other Pinoys beyond immediate friends and family. One Fil-Am whom I was having dinner with in the Philippines, before I left, got angry at a waiter in this restaurant we were at, since I had ordered something and the waiter kept making excuses. Although I didn't think it was a big deal, this family friend yelled at the waiter, demanding that I get what I ordered, saying that he was sick of the "bahala na" attitude he encountered there in the RP where people always settle for less. This Fil-Am who made this outburst worked at the US Embassy before and was a US military attache and was himself a West Point grad. While I was concerned that he was going a bit overboard with asking for good service, I did not think it was right for him to rub his sense of "cultural superiority" in the restaurant staff's faces, even if he had a point about getting better service. P.S. Epigone- if you really are an intelligence agent- which you're NOT- you will be able to track down the name of this military attache (now former military attache, I assume) like a snap. I await a BLANK response to this post tomorrow. Hehehe.
	"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton


markniraq	Mar 3 2008, 01:35 PM Post #6
Member Posts: 248 Group: Regulars Member #1,162 Joined: September 30, 2006	Thats a personal opinion. I beg the differ.
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epigone	Mar 4 2008, 10:37 PM Post #7
Member Posts: 1,410 Group: Regulars Member #631 Joined: December 22, 2005	MSantor Mar 3 2008, 01:28 PM And you'd also be surprised how some Fil-Ams who have been thoroughly white-washed just don't care about other Pinoys beyond immediate friends and family. One Fil-Am whom I was having dinner with in the Philippines, before I left, got angry at a waiter in this restaurant we were at, since I had ordered something and the waiter kept making excuses. Although I didn't think it was a big deal, this family friend yelled at the waiter, demanding that I get what I ordered, saying that he was sick of the "bahala na" attitude he encountered there in the RP where people always settle for less. This Fil-Am who made this outburst worked at the US Embassy before and was a US military attache and was himself a West Point grad. While I was concerned that he was going a bit overboard with asking for good service, I did not think it was right for him to rub his sense of "cultural superiority" in the restaurant staff's faces, even if he had a point about getting better service. P.S. Epigone- if you really are an intelligence agent- which you're NOT- you will be able to track down the name of this military attache (now former military attache, I assume) like a snap. I await a BLANK response to this post tomorrow. Hehehe. MSantor, you are hijacking threads. Nothing related to the topic of the thread.
	"Provocation is a valid defense against homicide"- Canadian Law on MSantor who 'cough, cough..', passes by my company room with a cup of coffee, waits for me in the bus shelter together with his friends and provoke me, and has been stalking me in forums like army.ca, navy.ca, timawa.net, militaryforums.com... He indeed is 'SEEKING DEATH' - Holy Bible.


MSantor	Mar 5 2008, 06:26 AM Post #8
Posts: 28,659 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #516 Joined: August 6, 2005	epigone Mar 4 2008, 10:37 PM MSantor Mar 3 2008, 01:28 PM And you'd also be surprised how some Fil-Ams who have been thoroughly white-washed just don't care about other Pinoys beyond immediate friends and family. One Fil-Am whom I was having dinner with in the Philippines, before I left, got angry at a waiter in this restaurant we were at, since I had ordered something and the waiter kept making excuses. Although I didn't think it was a big deal, this family friend yelled at the waiter, demanding that I get what I ordered, saying that he was sick of the "bahala na" attitude he encountered there in the RP where people always settle for less. This Fil-Am who made this outburst worked at the US Embassy before and was a US military attache and was himself a West Point grad...� MSantor, you are hijacking threads. Nothing related to the topic of the thread. Read the whole post of mine, Epigone. I did mention a West Point grad in the body of the post. Read everything before you start making accusations. BTW, your accusation is also hijacking the thread as well. Still awaiting your PMs.
	"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." - Henry Ford "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill "If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn't thinking"- Gen. George S. Patton


saver111	Mar 5 2008, 01:06 PM Post #9
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	MSantor and Epigone, stop bickering around on the threads. Stay on the chatbox, it seems to be exclusively made for you guys.
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desertranger	Mar 6 2008, 06:25 AM Post #10
Member Posts: 488 Group: Regulars Member #1,136 Joined: September 25, 2006	Sir Saver; I would venture to say that those two are in fact one in the same person meant to distract or amuse us. They both claim to be from Canada now.
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