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Video overnight phentermine purchase shipping of the exercise have been featured on local TV channels as well as CNN and BBC, and I have friends from all over the world emailing me to say they’ve seen the videos, courtesy of YouTube. One of the Cebu Pen “Thriller” performance overnight phentermine purchase shipping already has more than 9 million hits, while Michael Jackson’s “Thriller’ has gotten only 3 million. There have been a few more postings of the Cebu Pen performances, including other songs, ranging from Masculados’ “Kaya Mo Ba Ito?” to “Hail Holy Queen” from the movie “Sister Act,” with two of the inmates dressed in improvised nun’s habit. Almost as interesting as the video overnight phentermine purchase shipping are the comments sent by viewers. Most were amused, entertained, titillated, but there are a few negative comments, mainly protesting the spectacle and wondering if the inmates were being forced to dance. The social scientist in me is tempted to do some fancy analysis about all this, but I’m not quite in the mood for mental calisthenics today, so let me just say that beyond being entertained, I wish we could address issues of prison reform. Byron Garcia himself explains, in some of the YouTube videos, that the dancing is part of a larger program to deal with problems of gangs, gambling and boredom. “Keep the body fit to keep the mind fit,” Garcia advises. I was also struck by Wenjell explaining, in an interview, that he waited three years before he was brought to trial on drug charges, so when you watch the videos, keep that in mind, too. Manila Pen Now to the third Thriller. You guessed right, I’m referring to... now what do we call what happened in Makati? The standoff, the incident, the mutiny, the putsch, the, heaven forbid, coup attempt. I’m appalled by what happened, partly for personal reasons. For months now, I’ve been trying to convince an American foundation to keep up their support for programs in the Philippines but it hasn’t been easy. There was one time when I had to present the Philippine case in the United States and I thought I did a pretty good job, but the next day La Presidente had to declare a state of emergency, effectively wiping out all the good things I had said about the Philippines. This time around, I actually had three representatives of the foundation visiting. The first few days they were here, they were treated to a typhoon, and an earthquake. Which wasn’t too bad because they were impressed with what they were seeing with our program partners. Then this whatchamacallit had to happen. One of the visitors, who handles the foundation’s Pakistan program, wanted to thank Trillanes and company profusely because of the way it made Pakistan look really calm and stable. Hello, Pakistan; goodbye, Philippines? Courtesy of CNN and BBC, the world saw the government’s response to the “incident” from the armored personnel carrier moving into the hotel to the handcuffed journalists. “Overkill” has been used over and over again to describe what happened, again further reinforcing the image of a terribly insecure government. But enough now about how other people think of us. I’d worry, too, about how Filipinos think of their government. The incident certainly exposed all the weaknesses of our political system, foremost the unpopularity of the Arroyo presidency. And while the military didn’t respond to Trillanes’ call, I hope Ms Arroyo and her advisers aren’t being deluded into thinking they still have the overwhelming support of the soldiers. Each new scandal makes the soldiers, who’re paid dismal salaries to risk life and limb out in the front lines, wonder if they’re defending a country we all love, or a President we all loath. I’d offer too, as kindly as I can, some advice for our authorities, and this is to cut down on their Thriller mania. I watched a press conference right after the standoff, where Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Avelino Razon was talking about evidence they had about a larger plot and saying they were going to crack down that night. To show they meant business, he read out from a list allegedly captured by their intelligence operatives of plotters’ code names. When prodded by reporters, who had run out of anything serious to ask, he read more the code names. The press conference was a performance that was almost as contrived as Michael Jackson’s werewolf prancing around in the original video or the zombies in the Cebu Pen version. The people I was watching TV with were laughing but, as Filipinos go, the laughter was saying a lot more: there was mockery, and exasperation, expressed by expletives that sounded much like “putsch.” All said, the local Thrillers do show how we respond to adversity. I loved the way ABS CBN Broadcasting’s Ces Drilon quipped, “If I had known, I wouldn’t have worn heels” (she was one of those media people covering the event who got arrested, oops, “processed”). Kudos as well to the Manila Pen for moving on and rushing repairs. “Business as usual, Christmas as usual,” they declared in a full page ad. Their traditional Christmas concert pushes through on Dec. 8, at 5 p.m. at their now famous lobby. More Inquirer columns Previous columns: Wrap it up! 11/29/07 Anthro at 90 11/22/07 Karma 11/20/07 Lifelines 11/15/07 Fighting the ‘Big C’ 11/09/07 Not simply Mamita 11/07/07 Simply, Mamita 11/02/07 ... overnight phentermine purchase shipping