tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37761645598119639782024-11-01T01:17:32.465-07:00Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely!Ron Centenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12973271302158626443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776164559811963978.post-66669760515767307332009-03-04T14:03:00.001-08:002009-03-05T12:19:40.697-08:00Imelda Romualdez Marcos once known as the "Steel Butterfly", was born in 1930 to a prominent family in the Central Visayas in Leyte Province in the Philippine Islands. After winning a nation-wide beauty contest she married Ferdinand Marcos, a rising political leader who later became president of the Philippines. She is to this day remembered for her "shoe collection".<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHasQuLOatrdDM0ylVTxBpXDe-D28ynrx2iXHr1B_0QAC6gEO8WemBg1363g6AnyGgGX2ekwyjfg3fZCFjmlL7FsEFDcME5WtfvkqUKS23L5lStmXpWNBkWGv3Yx1kzxdtYN4tPUaDuU98/s1600-h/Imelda-Marcos.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 149px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHasQuLOatrdDM0ylVTxBpXDe-D28ynrx2iXHr1B_0QAC6gEO8WemBg1363g6AnyGgGX2ekwyjfg3fZCFjmlL7FsEFDcME5WtfvkqUKS23L5lStmXpWNBkWGv3Yx1kzxdtYN4tPUaDuU98/s400/Imelda-Marcos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309461547424776242" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJZqpbKJFodDT7L5Bw9J_BmWS-6os4Neg0ae6w9MiaPQShCsqU9Gz2_J0UR3TXJ2ATms2cSvu09nKmV3d3fMyDfM48rCar0MnekuRDCJs3D9962LaLQiC7TegUsqU14cOJpmYuFWHjG_Z/s1600-h/imelda_marcos.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJJZqpbKJFodDT7L5Bw9J_BmWS-6os4Neg0ae6w9MiaPQShCsqU9Gz2_J0UR3TXJ2ATms2cSvu09nKmV3d3fMyDfM48rCar0MnekuRDCJs3D9962LaLQiC7TegUsqU14cOJpmYuFWHjG_Z/s400/imelda_marcos.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309461195979449682" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2beQxh_Sjl9O4FmOS4PmXY8JX7CFN6NpL_qb5FBthqH_bK9okaH26AFGainnMB-hBUyv0spH6c34EZr0mt2rkcMqg4QAHVW6wsOM6fwqwqGLly3G50pZXu6VskGlj7pC_WwkHo2qJ6s4/s1600-h/marcoses.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2beQxh_Sjl9O4FmOS4PmXY8JX7CFN6NpL_qb5FBthqH_bK9okaH26AFGainnMB-hBUyv0spH6c34EZr0mt2rkcMqg4QAHVW6wsOM6fwqwqGLly3G50pZXu6VskGlj7pC_WwkHo2qJ6s4/s400/marcoses.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309458910852749826" /></a><br /><br />Sources:www.mtholyoke.edu ;www.pcij.orgRon Centenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12973271302158626443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776164559811963978.post-34593626833210498572009-03-03T03:20:00.000-08:002009-03-03T23:47:03.887-08:00Ferdianad Marcos was arrested while studying for the bar in 1938 and charged with the murder of his father's political opponent. He did not just pass but came out to be top of his class.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-Wyw4DZKZOO-VrcciG_y_xVBkqZ7MDC98BAusy3c19MizFMAyB6fsnG02T8lbD2TXi2fyuDI2YeMv6BFn-wH2XisoWhHV4aiNWq5tYE2erSjVXyxlm4iffXdLvUcH3Jd0IXxbY00nEgW/s1600-h/2227417437_7bfb003b10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308921664021538402" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-Wyw4DZKZOO-VrcciG_y_xVBkqZ7MDC98BAusy3c19MizFMAyB6fsnG02T8lbD2TXi2fyuDI2YeMv6BFn-wH2XisoWhHV4aiNWq5tYE2erSjVXyxlm4iffXdLvUcH3Jd0IXxbY00nEgW/s400/2227417437_7bfb003b10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcY1iWozMH2rdxcrRzsRpkOlvSmZWW0xZ2VjA2TedwSNhezd7yKtCQa9aOjTDsEQ3yx0VcfDWmOaTRBBVH8BSxYnQ7dqNFhWpB3Rp-9wM2AQgyfet6NolITfcjy3Xa3cMF-XZU21jBWvM/s1600-h/19317_Marcos-Ferdinand-Edralin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308920032794833106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkcY1iWozMH2rdxcrRzsRpkOlvSmZWW0xZ2VjA2TedwSNhezd7yKtCQa9aOjTDsEQ3yx0VcfDWmOaTRBBVH8BSxYnQ7dqNFhWpB3Rp-9wM2AQgyfet6NolITfcjy3Xa3cMF-XZU21jBWvM/s400/19317_Marcos-Ferdinand-Edralin.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Photo from: <a href="http://www.s9.com/">http://www.s9.com/</a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Ron Centenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12973271302158626443noreply@blogger.com0