Making super sure Bin Laden is dead

The death of terror king Osama bin Laden should be a reminder to other pesky guys like him. You can run but you can’t hide.

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A radio report said the sea burial of Bin Laden was closely watched by US Special Forces. To make sure that he’s super dead?

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I and four other members of The FREEMAN group are facing a libel suit. I could not attend the court hearings because of my inability to walk due to a slipped disc problem.

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One lawyer said to me: “Sige man lagi ka’g suwat sa imong column.” I said yes. You know, I don’t write with my feet, let alone use my legs in thinking what to write about.

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Everyone’s favorite Pope, His Holiness John Paul II is now Blessed. He has caught up with Blessed Pedro Calungsod who was made a Beato many years ahead. Many expect Blessed JPII to win sainthood ahead of our paisano.

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I once asked some Manila Catholics including one priest what they thought of Blessed Pedro’s chance of becoming a saint in a decade or two. All of them could not answer. They seemed to ask in unison: “Hu he?”

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It says here that the flourishing onion industry in the Mountain Province “is proving to be the economic strength of the region.” See? Didn’t we say time and again that in onion there is strength?

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E-mail from Mrs. Remy Quimpo: “It’s OK with me if they charge a certain amount for anyone to view the Cebu Heritage Monument. The tourists won’t complain. They’re used to that ... By the way, thanks for not ignoring the little e-mails I send you from time to time.” (You’re welcome, JVJ).

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“Tomorrow this country will take its place among the world’s great nations,” says a government official. Great. But who has seen tomorrow? Was it Voltaire who said: “No one has seen tomorrow.”

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TRIVIA — “Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” — Mark Twain