Irony
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| Dinah S. Ventura |
Some stories make you glad; others make you cringe or throw things, like the paper you are reading, or the monitor of your computer.
Former US President Bill Clinton’s safe arrival and short stay in the country certainly accounts for both feelings arising in our midst – while it was good that nothing untoward happened in terms of security, it was just too bad that something else occurred to make us revisit our insecurities in terms of our relationship with Uncle Sam.
Perhaps thinking of those terror warnings of late, Clinton’s security aides behaved a tad too paranoid. One of them committed a huge faux pas that set the mild-mannered vice president of the Philippines off, and another set of them made sure a local lad was denied admission to Clinton’s talk because he was not dressed appropriately. According to them, apparently.
Reports say that VP Jejomar Binay was ordered out of the VIP holding area where he was waiting with former Philippine presidents Fidel Ramos and Gloria Arroyo for the Clinton program to begin. His media officer Joey Salgado said it happened at the Manila Hotel lobby before Clinton’s lecture on “Embracing Our Common Humanity.” The two former leaders were allowed to stay, while Binay quietly walked away. Dignified in his suit and outwardly calm, he told the American lady that there was no need to shout, Binay later told reporters..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101117com5.html
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