...on selective amnesia and a bunch of crap...

Why is it that everytime I hear Ermita speak, all I can understand is "bullshit"? Demmit, Secretary Neri may be the one person who could strengthen the testimony of my uncle, and now, it seems that the palace is grabbing him by the balls (not that he hates it)... For some reason, he now has "selective amnesia" as what I would call it... He remembers some things, but those things that might implicate the president, he says he can't remember... Maybe the bald black guy from Heroes actually lives and works with OUR government by erasing memories of a person during a period of time...

One thing about Secretary Neri though, and that palace press conference, if someone can have a transcript of it, it would be cool to analyze... As far as I can remember, the first time the media asked Neri about the so-called "patriotic money", he said it (the testimony) was the first time he had heard of it, and maintained that he went there to discuss stuff about the structure of government that we have... And then on with the questions... But before the end of the press conference, Bunye or whoever was the moderator, mentioned that they will give a reporter a chance to make a follow-up question... And the question was about how much "patriotic money" was offered to Neri, to which Neri replied: "around 20M or more, I'm not sure." Which is weird considering the testimony from earlier today was said to be the first time that he has heard of it, and as far as I can remember being told this story (way back a couple of months before, my dad was the guy whom Uncle Jun referred to as "kuya" who was with him during that dinner, and who is the 'friend' of Lacson), Jamby never disclosed a figure, and told my uncle that she won't be able to help Neri out because it seems he doesn't want to be helped, with all the incomplete information he has been giving...

Additionally, it disgusting to hear Neri outrightly denying being the one who asked for that meeting to be organized... As far again as I remember, my uncle sought the help of my dad because during those times, if Neri went down, my uncle goes down with him... Should they turn their backs on the government, which at that moment were the prevailing feelings among them, they would be left with nothing; no job, no money, no friends... Neri was so concerned about what life he would have if he turned against the government, that he didn't disclose as much information unless he was given assurance of monetary assistance and people mobilization... In the end, that meeting came up with nothing to both parties; Neri without money, Senators without facts, my dad with a little less pride (he was instrumental in calling up the senators, and by ending up with nothing, seemed as if it was a waste of time), and my uncle with more pride swallowed than I have ever known of (he was always the boastful type, those you can make fun of... He never liked losing in any argument, and as you can hear him, with his intellect, he'd make it seem that he's still right even if he's wrong.. If by chance he can't do that, he'll just playfully slap you on the forehead and we all laugh at the result...) for seemingly wasting the senators' times and seemingly making my dad's efforts come to waste...

I was seriously thinking Neri might have some integrity and soul left in him, but as it seems, that "visionary" of a "man" had a pricetag that the palace was able to satisfy... Or he just wants people grabbing him by the balls...