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Spoken with forked tongue

We all know that Gloria Arroyo speaks with a forked tongue.

At the 71st anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines she extolled the military under the leadership of AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon: “You have pushed back vested interests, you have upheld military justice, you have maintained command discipline and rallied around the flag.”

Arroyo also said “Transparency is crucial.”

This is what she really meant:

“You have pushed back those who refused to protect my selfish interest. Those who were foolish to believe in what is stated in the Constitution that “No member of the military shall engage directly or indirectly in any partisan political activity, except to vote.” Look at General Esperon. Did you listen to the ”Hello Garci tapes?” He helped me big time. That’s why he is amply rewarded.

“Gen. Esperon has learned a lot from me. I have my own version of “rule of law” and Gen. Esperon has his own version of “military justice.” He charged those hard-headed officers with mutiny even if the preliminary trial investigation showed that their actions last February did not comprise mutiny.

“Rally behind me and you will also be richly rewarded. Look at retired Navy Chief Mateo Mayuga. He cleared military officials who helped in tampering election results in Mindanao in my favor. He kept secret what he found during his investigation and even said he will carry them to his grave. That’s what I meant by “transparency is crucial.” For that, I’m appointing him defense undersecretary and head of a task force on procurement.”

On the same occassion, Esperon Jr.vowed to put an end to military adventurism and affirmed the AFP’s resolve to be a “constitutionalist” organization.

“Foremost in our agenda is putting an end to adventurism and institutionalizing professionalism among our personnel,” said Esperon.

He also said, “”Our dedication to remain a constitutionalist AFP is combined with internal initiatives to make sure our soldiers are prepared to carry our immense responsibility.” Click here for Malaya story.

I’d like to forward to him this text message I got before last Sunday’s Luneta prayer rally: “The Chief of Staff, AFP has ordered all soldiers to defend the Constitution. Republic and the People.

“Let us, therefore, follow his orders and join the people at Luneta to protect them and the Constitution.”

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34 Comments

  1. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    The Militarization of the Bureaucracy: Arroyo Reward System. What else’s is new under the corrupt Arroyo regime? Loyal retired military and police officers are rewarded for protecting bogus President Gloria Arroyo. She appointed recently retired Navy chief, Adm. Mateo Mayuga, as undersecretary of the Department of National Defense (DND). He is rewarded for the Hello Garci cover-up. Forked tongue is equivalent to SINUNGALING, ang kapatid ay MAGNANAKAW at MANDARAMBONG.

  2. parasabayan parasabayan

    What else is new? It is very transparent, anybody who lies, cheats, corrupts and follows the orders of tiyanak are rewarded with juicy posts. She is a smooth operator! For the military men who vowed to serve their country and to be honest, SHAME ON YOU!!!! YOU HAVE MORE THAN COMMITTED MUTINY, SEDITION, TREASON AND YOU HAVE VIOLATED ALL THE RULES IN THE ARTICLES OF WAR! WHO CARES? RIGHT? SOMEBODY ABOVE US CARES! JUDGEMENT DAY ALWAYS COMES! ENJOY YOUR THRONES AND WHEN THE DAY COMES, YOU ARE DOOMED!!!

  3. crimsonESTRELLA crimsonESTRELLA

    Ang “forked tongue” ay dilang magkasanga, tulad ng dila ng ahas. Ang transliterasyon nito sa Pilipino’y “dilang-ulupong.” Ang sabihing ang pekeng pangulo’y nangusap nang dilang-ulupong ay isang malaking insulto’t panlalalait sa sang’ka-ahasan!

  4. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    RE: Gloria Arroyo speaks with forked tongue
    Dahil siya ay isang ahas, ulupong, kampon ni Satanas at walang isang salita. SSSSSSSHHHHHNUNGALING!

  5. pandawan pandawan

    Walang habas kung magsalita ang ibang tao. Hindi ko kailanman inatake ang mga kongresistang halal ng mga tao na ngayon ay pro-cha-cha. Hindi ko mapanghihimasukan ang mga paninindigan nila pero ang hindi ko masisikmura ay KUNG PAANO nila tinangkang IRAGASA ito sa batasang pambansa. OVER! SOBRA! NAKAKAHIYA! Ito ang dahilan kung bakit NASUKA sa kanila ang mga tao.

    Ako ay MASANG PILIPINO. Hindi ako kabilang sa mga aminadong MATALINO at mga ELITISTA. Ang mga matatalino at elitista ang nagbagsak ke Erap at nagluklok ke Gloria. Ngayon ay biglang bawi sila at gustong si Gloria naman ang ibagsak. Sino ngayon ang TONGO? We saw through Gloria from the beginning but you didn’t know WHAT SHE IS until now that it is too late.

    Wala akong pakialam kung anong konstitusyon meron tayo, hindi iyan ang mahalaga. Ang mahalaga ay KUNG TAO ang Pangulong nasa Malacanang. “Hindi na baleng kami ay nakatira sa kubo na ang nakatira ay tao kesa naman sa Palasyo na ang nakatira ay kuwago.”

    Alam mo ba ang pagsubok kung sino ke Gloria at Erap ang pinagtitiwalaan ng tao? Huwag kang pumunta sa mga nagsasabing matatalino sila at eletista bagkus duon sa mga kanto-kanto, sulok-sulok, palengke at grupo na mga mahihirap na magdiriwang ng Pasko at banggitin mo ang pangalan ni GLORIA. Sabay ilag, pare ko, baka abutin ka ng ALDABIS MARINO at pulutin ka sa putikan kasama ang kongresista mo!

  6. chi chi

    Ellen,

    Basang-basa mo ang tunay na pahiwatig ng pekeng pangulo. Napasok mo na ang kokote ng tiyanak! Heheh.

    Ang galing ng interpretasyon mo sa kanyang “transparency is crucial”. Dapat ay mabasa ito ng mga alagad na ahas ng Ulupong na Kumander-in-Shit.

  7. cocoy cocoy

    Since,Gloria won’t budge even we throw her all the mud,all the junks,refrigerator and even kitchen sink,I think we find an effective strategy this time.We need to make fun out of her and we need all the stogges and every clown we can find.She’s a devil.Remenber how the devil tempted Jesus.In the end the devil walk away.
    Palagay ko okey kasi,kung ikaw ay tinutukso at iniis nasasaktan ka at gusto mong umalis.Mga sira ulo nga sa hospital hindi ka susundin pag pinagalitan mo,pero pag magkukunwari kang sira susundin ka,di ba?Si Gloria sira.

  8. apoy apoy

    alam nyo ba kung bakit sila ganyan? sila ay nalugmok sa kumunoy ng kasalanan..pilit gustong umahon ,pero bawat kilos lalong nababaon..sila ang tunay na may state of emergency!!! katapusan nyo na!!

  9. Para sa Kanto Mama Para sa Kanto Mama

    Forked-tongue snakes are cold-blooded reptiles. Any coherence with the cold-blooded killings of journalists and progressive elements?

  10. From Wikipedia:

    A forked tongue is a tongue split into two distinct ends at the tip. This is a feature common to many species of reptiles. Reptiles smell using the tip of their tongue, and a forked tongue allows them to tell which direction a smell is coming from.

    The image has given rise to the expression “to speak with a forked tongue,” meaning: to say one thing and mean another or, in more general terms, to act in a duplicitous manner.

  11. joeseg joeseg

    Ang fork-tongued ay nangyayari sa tunay na buhay kapag ang dila ng isang tao ay sinaksak ng tinidor dahil sa masyadong sinungaling. Ang resulta, pag nagsalita, parang reptiles, sumasagit-sit kaya ang mga binibigkas, double meaning.

    At nasabi ni Cocoy ang mga sira ulo sa hospital, naala-ala ko ang isang joke na kumalat noon pa.

    Minsan si GMA pumunta sa Mental Hospital para sa isang okasyon. Nang ipakilala ng hospital director si GMA sa mga nandoon, sigawan at palakpakan. May nagtalunan pa sa galak. Tuwang tuwa si GMA pero may napansin siyang isa sa may unahan na bukod tanging walang kibo.

    GMA: Director, hindi yata natutuwa sa akin yong isang yon.
    DIRECTOR: Ma’m, yon ba? Eh kasi po, magaling na siya.

  12. pinoy_gising pinoy_gising

    Hahaha! I loved your “translation”, Ellen! Maybe you could make that a semi-regular portion in this blog, “translate” the true meaning of the statements made by GMA, Bunye, Gonzalez (Raul and Norberto), JDV, etc. They all like to engage in doublespeak, if not spew out outright lies. That might be one good way to channel our “inis” and “pagkasuklam” toward those monsters: make fun of them! (As cocoy suggested above.)

  13. joeseg joeseg

    Ate Ellen and her wonderful bloggers here, coming from the cross section of Filipinos in every nook and corner of the world, have one common goal, the ultimate ouster of the forked-tongue woman by the stinking river. So, we might call this forum:

    Ellen’s

    B-eautiful people
    L-inking for the
    O-uster of ugly face
    G-loring
    ==

  14. tong_gress tong_gress

    AFP to soldiers: Throw parties ‘within your means’

    kayang-kaya ni Bangit! di ba bangit?

    bangit? di ba niya kaya? may reyna glueria engkantada yata sya! anong say nyo?

  15. Mrivera Mrivera

    mara’il totoho ngang hitong si gloria hay may dilang a’as. hiba hang kanyang sinasabi sa kanyang hinihisip. subalit nakakalungkot hisipin na hang mga a’as hay nagkakarohon na ng mabuting relasyon sa taho da’il nahahalagahan na hat mahamo na sa sinumang nagpapakitang haliw sa kanila.

    sa pamumuno ni gloria, nagkakarohon na ng pagkakapalit hang katayuhan ng mga ‘ayop hat hedukadong taho sa kanyang paligid.

    (dispensa sa mga matitinong kapampangan, nakakaladkad kayo sa kawalanghiyaan ng inyong kabaleng magnanakaw na sinungaling pa at walang kahihiyan.)

  16. Spartan Spartan

    hehehe, Ma’m Ellen, sana me kasamang “caricature” itong thread na ito showing gloria with a “reptilian like tongue”. But the obvious thing about this AFP gathering with gloria uttering those “praises” towards “eggsperon” and his “zombies”, is that they are just “licking each others asses”… 😛 gloria and this “clowns with guns” are a bunch of “tusong matsing” that is making our country a Republic of the Apes.

  17. Oo nga ano. I don’t have a photo shop program.

  18. cocoy cocoy

    Is this Esperon,the general who was been promoted twice the same day? step-one,step-two,Jump-one,jump-two.If his master jump he jump? If he is,he’s a jump-n-jack.”Gotcha!” I got a name for you.Now on you are Gen.Jumping Jack. and I have a song for you.It goes like this:
    “Jumping Jack went up the hill to get a bunch of voters”
    Gen.Pangit,you want to emulate Willie from WOWOWIE.I got a name for you too,You are Gen.Winnie Da Money,because you are gay.

  19. parasabayan parasabayan

    Ellen, I loved your version! You hit it bullseye! Now that the tiyanak has gotten everything from the military generals, now they are apolitical and constitutionalists! Bunch of liars!! That is what they are. The tiyanak is not just fork tounged, she is multi-armed, multi-headed, multi-footed and multi-bodied. You know why? Everyone around her are her clones! They become like her! I thought I just see these monsters in Captain Barbell and Atlantika but in the Tiyanak’s kingdom, there are thousands of these creatures!

    Mayuga was even described as the GOOD general in the Sundalo website at one point. But the smell of money and the promise of a higher position enticed him to throw out his values as a a soldier worthy of respect. It is now a rarity to find principled officers in the AFP. The few good ones are incarcerated while their corrupt and vulture higher officers are bashing in the limelight under the tiyanak’s leadership. HOW PATHETIC! Maybe these officers think they have the respect of their underlings, I doubt so. Only time will tell and that time is forthcoming!!!

  20. chi chi

    Glueria Pidal Ulupong is SATANAS incarnate!

  21. Mrivera Mrivera

    spartan says: “gloria and this “clowns with guns” are a bunch of “tusong matsing” that is making our country a Republic of the Apes.”

    administration of the apes lang naman. insulto ‘yan sa mga nakikipaglaban upang maibangon ang ating niyurakang karangalan bilang isang bansa. sila sila lang naman ang nag-uungguyan sa kabila ng kanilang ipinagbabanduhang “mararangal na pangalan”.

  22. Mrivera Mrivera

    “mapalad” si admiral mayluga, biniyayaan din ang kanyang “matapat” na paglilingkod sa “hinirang” ng diyos (ng lagim) na nakaluklok sa malakanyang! kabilang na siya sa tunay na kampon ng lagim!

  23. chi chi

    Mrivera,

    kaya pala walang say and very, very silent si mayluga ng maisumite niya kay glue at assperon ang kanyang report kuno. napagusapan na siempre ang magandang retirement post para ‘his lips are sealed’.

  24. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    It’s no surprise for Department of Injustice to clear one of its kinds-cheaters,liars,manipulators and kurakots. Everybody knows that Virgilio Garcillano lied through his teeth the whole time during election fraud congressional hearing. My blood boils when I read the headline. The so-called justice is biased and blind under the illegitimate Gloria Arroyo regime. Malacanang Palace is full of deadly snakes. I cannot say more.

    DOJ clears Garcillano
    EXCERPTS: The Philippine Star 12/24/2006
    The Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared former election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano of lying and falsifying documents before a congressional inquiry to avoid prosecution in the May 2004 elections wiretap scandal.

    In a 12-page resolution, Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon said there is no probable cause to prosecute Garcillano for the 21 counts of perjury, or lying before a congressional inquiry.

    Fadullon added the controversial former election official did not falsify his passport to make it appear that he did not leave the country at the height of the controversy linking him to the wiretap controversy last year.

    Fadullon said it would be unfair to Garcillano “to answer for the charges filed against him, however sensational or scandalous the committed acts may be, where the reasonable probability of his guilt thereon has not been fairly established by the State.”

    “In the same way, it would also be unfair for the State to spend for a useless trial of a case. In view of the foregoing, the above-entitled cases are hereby dismissed for lack of probable cause,” Fadullon said.

  25. Mrivera Mrivera

    Diego K. Guerrero Says: “In a 12-page resolution, Assistant Chief State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon said there is no probable cause to prosecute Garcillano for the 21 counts of perjury, or lying before a congressional inquiry.”

    gonggongzalez, fadullon, mga tarantado kayo! sayang lamang ang pagiging abogado ninyo! sayang din ang ipinasusuweldo sa inyo na galing sa dugong ipinapawis ng karaniwang manggagawa! mga asong turuan ng inang p.tang gloriang magnanakaw! magsamasama kayo sa impiyerno! mga kampon ng kadiliman!! tandaan ninyo, pagkamatay ninyo, hindi matatahimik ang inyong kaluluwa dahil sa inyong kawalanghiyaan!

  26. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Justice is a big joke under corrupt Arroyo regime. Election fraud chief operator Virgilio Garcillano is a freeman. Malacanang Palace and the AFP cleared Hello Garci generals in massive 2004 election cheating. The Ombudsman is still investigating on alleged receipt of $2 million in bribes by former Justice Secretary Nani Perez from a power contract with Argentine firm Impsa in 2001 and likewise with Joc-Joc Bolante P729 million fertilizer scam. The Ombudsman absolved Commission on Elections (COMELEC) officials from liability for the voided P1.3-billion poll automation contract with Mega Pacific Consortium. Crooked political allies are well protected by evil Gloria Arroyo and Jose Pidal crime family.
    Truce? Tell that to marines!

  27. mandirigma mandirigma

    V. Garcillano has long been a free man. The court and the government can’t pin him down because doing so would harm the powers in Malacanang. Ang pag-asa na lang natin ay sa susunod na administration kung wala na ang mga damuhong iyan sa poder. But by then, Garci is nowhere to be found. You mentioned this Nani Perez…his case has been there pending for so long now. Ang lakas pa ng loob na tumakbo sa election noon buti na lang natalo. At this point, we could only pray for the betterment of our country and in the end, truth and justice will still prevail. There’s a limit to one’s patience and I know people are going impatient as each day passes. Pero sa bandang huli hindi magwawagi ang kasamaan at kadiliman. Diyan tayo umasa at manalig. May Diyos tayong buhay at nakamasid!

  28. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    The Department of Injustice perjury ruling will not end the issue on massive cheating in 2004 presidential election. There’s no ending until culprits are send to jail. There’s no justice until bogus President Gloria Arroyo is ousted. God saves the Philippines!

    Garcillano hopes DOJ ruling will end scandal
    Philippine Inquirer 12/24/2006
    EXCERPTS: The man at the center of suspicions that President Macapagal-Arroyo stole the vote in the 2004 polls hopes that the dismissal by the Department of Justice of the perjury and falsification charges lodged against him by opposition lawmakers will finally bury the ghost of the controversial 2004 presidential election.
    “Sana matapos na (I hope this will end),” former Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano told the Inquirer when reached by phone yesterday at his farm in Baungon, Bukidnon.
    Garcillano is widely believed to be the man with whom Ms Arroyo was speaking in tapped phone conversations during the 2004 election period.
    The conversations triggered accusations of poll fraud that almost brought down Ms Arroyo’s administration and that continue to hound her.

  29. mandirigma mandirigma

    In a radio interview, Sec. Gonzalez explained he was not aware of the Garcillano decision. He said it was handled by his prosecutor. Anong klaseng dahilan at palusot ito? Sinong maniniwala na ang pagbasura ng complaint against Garcillano hindi niya utos? Tutoong staff o prosecutor niya ang humawak sa kaso pero may kinalaman siya sa resulta.
    The way I look at it, the complaint would not prosper as long as Arroyo is in Malacanang and this Gonzalez is the Justice Secretary. The next step the complainant could do (Lacson and his group) is to file motion for reconsideration with DOJ and then motion to re-open the case with the Court of Appeals.

  30. Mrivera Mrivera

    mga utak bahaw itong mga alipores ng mukhang dagang babaeng baliw na ayaw umalis sa lungga niya sa malakanyang. lalo na itong ubod ng talinong si raul gonzalez. aba’y wala yata sa katinuan ang mga argumento ng taong ito!

    kapag kampon ng kawalanghiyaan na katulad nila ang nasasangkot, bawat isa sa kanila, nakaharang upang ipagtanggol kahit nagdudumilat ang mga ebidensiyang magdidiin sa kanilang kabig. pinatatagal ang kaso habang pinagtatago ang akusado at pinatutulog ang daloy ng ebidensiya at bigla bigla, ayun, absuwelto!

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