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Wasting nation's time with Garci; "We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction." - AESOP.(Chaff from the Grain)

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From: Manila Bulletin
Date: 20070911
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Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA

IT has been said that friends come and go, but enemies tend to accumulate.

In Philippine politics, it is difficult to tell the difference.

In the House of Representatives, the members know which side of the bread is buttered.

In the Senate, they tend to bite the hand that feeds them which makes the abolition of the Senate an increasingly enticing proposition.

In fact, the Senate is incorrigibly one of the major deterrents to economic recovery.

For openers, Sen. Panfilo "Ping" Lacson, for example, is not only one of the ...

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