Who is Ramon Magsaysay? (mentioned in Starship Troopers book)
Azmik
if im not mistaken he was one of the first presidents of the Republic of the
Philippines. a relative of mine was one of his bodyguards and died with
Magsaysay in a plane crash.
I thought that John Rico mentioned that Jose Rizal was his hero in the end
of the book. yeah and why arent there any Filipinos in that film (is that
right?). and how about all of yall voting for ME and boycotting PARAMOUNT
until they cast ME as the first Filipino on a Star Trek show or
movie......thats bullshit they got Mr. Sulu Archipelago in there and there
aint no Hapon out there with "Sulu" as a last name....get a real Pinoy in
that show....get ME..I DO have acting experience!
AZMIK wants to be the first Pinoy on Star Trek!
Orlando C. Carnate wrote in message <01bce1c0$21086520$4b3b96d0@oc1>...
>Hi. I've just read Starship Troopers. John Rico mentioned that his national
>hero was Ramon Magsaysay and his native tongue is Tagalog.
>
>Being an Filipino raised in the U.S., who was Ramon?
>
>By the way the casting sucks for Starship Troopers. Who can I write to
>complain about the color change?
>
>Thanks,
>Orlando
Azmik
did you ask your dad or mom who Magsaysay was?
who was Ramon?
>
>Ramon Magsaysay was a President of the Philippines.
>
>
Orlando C. Carnate
OysterP939
Orlando wrote:
>Hi. I've just read Starship Troopers. John Rico mentioned that his national
>hero was Ramon Magsaysay and his native tongue is Tagalog.
>
>Being an Filipino raised in the U.S., who was Ramon?
Ramon Magsaysay was a President of the Philippines.
rrc...@usa.net
In article <01bce1c0$21086520$4b3b96d0@oc1>,
"Orlando C. Carnate" <orla...@megsinet.net> wrote:
>
> Hi. I've just read Starship Troopers. John Rico mentioned that his national
> hero was Ramon Magsaysay and his native tongue is Tagalog.
>
> Being an Filipino raised in the U.S., who was Ramon?
He was one of our more distinguished presidents. Unlike
most politicians in our nation, he was not part of an
"elite" family, but was the son of poor farmers who worked
hard and rose to the highest office in the land. He didn't
forget where he came from after becoming president. In fact,
he popularized the "Barong Tagalog", formerly something only
farmers and people in the provinces wore. Now it's the official
Philippine formal attire for men. (way better than a crummy suit
and a choking tie if you ask me)
--
Ron
> By the way the casting sucks for Starship Troopers.
yup. That's why I'm just gonna read the book and ignore
the movie. Besides, books almost always are better than
the movies that are based on them.
--
Ron
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In article <OCkk2cc48GA.54@upnetnews03>,
"Azmik" <degu...@juno.com> wrote:
> movie......thats bullshit they got Mr. Sulu Archipelago in there and there
> aint no Hapon out there with "Sulu" as a last name....
That's why they changed his name to "Kato" or something when they
exported the show to Japan.
> get a real Pinoy in
> that show....get ME..I DO have acting experience!
Good luck with that. I for one would like to see a Pinoy
fire photon torpedoes, kick Jem Hadar butt, seduce Counselor
Troi, eat Gagh, have a wild time on the holodeck, and most
of all. . .drink San Miguel Synthehol in Ten Forward.
Azmik
or at least get Lou Diamond Philips in there, that actor isnt "shy" at all
about telling people that he is Filipino (even though not full, but lets
give him s'more credit). i think he would play a great cast member.
did you folks know that Spock's musical instrument is made of Philippine
Luan?!! Its some type of wood, I read it in the Star Trek blueprint manual.
If they get a Vietnamese person on Star Trek before they get a Pinoy on
there that would be sad. They already gots a Koreano in there (in name, but
I think that guy is Inchek)....where is the Pinoy contribution?
Peace,
AZMIK
rrc...@usa.net wrote in message <8779152...@dejanews.com>...
Fred Amores
I think he was on a plane named "Mt. Pinatubo" that crashed in Mt.
Manananggal, Cebu. He was then a guest speaker in University of Visayas,
Cebu City (UV) graduation ceremony. Some believes that the pilot
miscalculated the elevation of Mt. Manananggal. A wild speculation
thinks that the plane was overloded with mangoes. A lone survivor Nestor
Mata,a news reporter survived in the plane crashed because he was seated
at the tail end. One of the victim, an Army Signal Corps photographer
M/Sgt. Regino Manuel(my dad's comrade-in-arms). The presidential plane
"Mt. Pinatubo" named after a guerilla mountain hide-out of then Zambales
guerilla leader Ramon Magsaysay.
Mambo Magsaysay jingle:
" Ang democracy will die kapag wala si Magsaysay".
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AC21209 wrote:
>
> dare I concur with Ron Calderon???
>
> Also, let's not forget that Ramon Magsaysay was the first Filipino president
> who wished (and tried) to move Philippine politics and control away from US
> intervention and influence.
>
> He was a popular president who had the pulse of the people and wished to make
> the Philippines into a country of respect, power and independence. He wished
> to have an identity separate from the US.
>
> He was then promptly killed in a plane crash in the mountains of, I believe,
> Mindanao.
>
> Hmmm, popular president, independence, wished to remove US intervention and
> influence, then suddenly killed? Many people say it's simply coincidence and
> fate, but I don't believe when thing seem to happen "coincidentally."
>
> Speculation has it that the CIA was behind in assasinating Ramon Magsaysay. I
> believe that I also read somewhere that the plane that he was flying in was a
> US plane, but it has been many years since my research into this topic and I
> could be wrong.
>
> ***********************************
> You Know Who
> Motion Picture Production Manager
> ac2...@aol.com
AC21209
The Kalogian
In <3454464e...@139.175.251.56> ano...@hotmail.com (Spooky Spook)
writes:
>He was also the president who nationalize some of the business, like
>rice mills and rice distribution, which broke a lot of
>chinese-filipino businessmen.
He was also the president who protected the carabaos (water buffalo)
which after its useful life of plowing the field, from the farmers
who slaughter and eat them.
Also check out his Decalogue. You can live with it.
amo...@ix.netcom.com
Pasensiya po, nagkamali ako sa pangalan ng bundok. Baka naman na-aswang
iyong piloto kaya bumagsak ang Pinatubo.(-:)
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MarcL
AC21209 wrote:
>
>
> He was then promptly killed in a plane crash in the mountains of, I believe,
> Mindanao.
>
>
> Hmmm, popular president, independence, wished to remove US intervention and
> influence, then suddenly killed? Many people say it's simply coincidence and
> fate, but I don't believe when thing seem to happen "coincidentally."
>
> Speculation has it that the CIA was behind in assasinating Ramon Magsaysay. I
> believe that I also read somewhere that the plane that he was flying in was a
> US plane, but it has been many years since my research into this topic and I
> could be wrong.
>
gov't have the balls
to investigate and find out about the truth.
Criscortes
marcl wrote:
>>Yes. Rumors are that the CIA played a hand in his death but no Phil
gov't have the balls
to investigate and find out about the truth.<<
==============
Try the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act). Find out the relationship between
the CIA's Lansdale and Magsaysay, and how Magsaysay became instantly popular.
Learn about the war against the Huks, and the Philippines' land reform policy.
Maybe, you will find out clues about the death of Magsaysay.