In the song, “The Way We Were”, there’s a line What’s too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget.
That’s the appropriate theme song and slogan for Gloria Arroyo’s amnesia- afflicted senatorial candidates.
In ANC’s “Strictly Politics” last Tuesday, host Pia Hontiveros recalled for re-electionist Edgardo Angara the scenes during the congressional canvassing of votes of the 2004 presidential election where he, Tito Sotto, and Tessie Oreta accused Gloria Arroyo of cheating their candidate, Fernando Poe, Jr.
She took note of the seeming absurdity of him running under a ticket that pledges support for a person he had accused of cheating. Angara said, “That has already been resolved.”
When was it resolved? Definitely not by the “Hello Garci” tapes that surfaced one year later which confirmed many of the incidents of cheating that they raised during the congressional canvassing.
Angara said that his campaign platform would encourage people to be forward- looking.
Re-electionist Ralph Recto, who, together with fellow Wednesday Club colleague, Joker Arroyo, chose to be with the well-oiled administration ticket criticized the opposition for engaging in “rear view mirror” politics.
I have a problem with the desire of Angara and Recto for the Filipino people to forget Gloria Arroyo’s crimes particularly her cheating. Arroyo did not just steal people’s money (agri-fund through Jocjoc Bolante, road users tax etc. etc.). She robbed the people of their faith in the electoral process. She robbed them of their trust in democratic institutions.
Her crime of election cheating reverberated in all levels, not only of the government, but in our society. She corrupted everybody. She destroyed lives.
For proof, all you have to do is look at our military hierarchy. Look at the AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon. Look at the Defense Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane. Look at Marine Commandant Nelson Allaga. There are so many of them who have been richly rewarded because they did the job which in the past were done by the goons of political warlords.
What happened to those who stood firmly with the soldier’s oath not to engage in partisan politics and to be “the protector of the people and the State?” They are in Fort Bonifacio, Fort San Felipe in Cavite and Camp Capinpin in Tanay. In detention.
If we forget Gloria Arroyo’s crimes, why are we punishing tax cheats? Why are we punishing non-presidential robbers and thieves?
Eminent writer Carmen Guerrero Nakpil said the people cannot just forget Arroyo’s past because “it is not past.”
Wise folks also warn about the folly of forgetting the past. As we say in Tagalog, “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa nakaraan ay hindi makarating sa patutunguhan.”
Ellen,
“We simply choose to forget”
bagay nga kay angara, sotto, oreta et al. isama mo na rin si loren na noon ay laban kay erap. isama mo na rin ang mga pinoy na na okey sa kanila ang palipat-lipat as long as ang paglipat ay papunta sa kanilang grupo.
bagay din ang ‘qoute’ na ito:
“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. It is simply too painful to acknowledge even to ourselves that we’ve been so credulous.”
– Carl Sagan
“Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa nakaraan….”
About the military:
The Unlamented General Ver
Some of the torturers and murderers are escaping justice by dying a peaceful death. The most notorious of these was General Fabian Ver, Marcos’ cousin from Ilocos Norte, who rose to become his dreaded chief of secret police and Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff during the long years of martial law. General Ver was the most reliable iron fist of the Marcos regime. The mention of his name alone used to invoke terror. As chief implementor of martial law, Ver used the most brutal methods to exterminate any expression of resistance. He was responsible for the arrest and detention of more than 100,000 persons and the dislocation of five million families due to military operations.
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Ver died in exile, in Bangkok, in November 1998. He took the secret of Aquino’s murder to his grave, along with all his other dirty secrets. Like the Marcoses, he never apologised or expressed any remorse about anything. Estrada allowed the dead henchman back into the country, along with his family, so that he could be buried in Ilocos Norte (where he and Marcos are still regarded as heroes – local boys made good). To add insult to injury, he was buried with military honours on National Heroes’ Day (November 30). On that same day, Cory Aquino unveiled a new statue of Ninoy Aquino in Makati, and human rights groups honoured the victims of Marcos and Ver. “As the military pays its respects to one of the persons who played a key role in the plunder and oppression of the country during the Marcos dictatorship, friends and relatives of victims of human rights violations will honor the true martyrs of the land – those who offered their lives to fight for genuine freedom and democracy” (PDI, 30/11/98; “Marcos martyrs honored today”).
KARAPATAN paid ‘tribute’ to the memory of Ver. Secretary General Marie Hiliao–Enriquez said: “death may have extinguished General Ver’s legal liabilities, but it will never absolve him of the widespread and blatant atrocities committed during the Marcos dictatorship”. On the insistence that Ver be buried with full military honours, said Enriquez,
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“following military tradition breeds more military monsters who believe they will be honored in death despite their abusive records; it creates a feeling of impunity”.
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She condemned the Estrada regime for giving more attention to the burial of human rights violators like Marcos and Ver, than to justice for their victims. At least Ver was able to be actually buried. Marcos lies in Ilocos Norte, still unburied. Imelda wants a presidential burial, with all the trimmings — outraged public opinion has kept him above ground.
So, years after the Marcoses and their henchmen and cronies were overthrown by a popular uprising, they remain unrepentant, unpunished, and still untouched by the legal processes of either the Philippines or the US. Justice has not yet been done; it hasn’t even begun.
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What happened to those who stood firmly with the soldier’s oath no to engage in partisan politics and to be “the protector of the people and the State?”
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Rolex 12
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Rolex 12 is the collective name of twelve of the closest and most powerful advisers of President Ferdinand Marcos during the martial law years in the Philippines from 1972 to 1981. The twelve were essentially extensions of Marcos himself.
During the latter years of his second elected term,
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Marcos conspired with various leaders of the military and Philippine Constabulary.
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The goal was for Marcos to gain full authoritarian control of the country during his declaration of martial law in 1972. Marcos gave the military leadership powers during martial law, taking over from democratically elected officials and court judges.
The twelve were responsible for many human rights atrocities, although the extent of their responsibility is still being investigated. These atrocities include torture, murder, seizures of property, displacement from homes, and arrest and detention without due process.
The origin of the name Rolex 12 came from a widespread story that each associate received a Rolex watch from Marcos himself, although this is allegedly proven to be untrue. Historically, each member was just given an ordinary watch by Marcos. But because of the story, the name Rolex 12 stuck and is still used to refer to these twelve Marcos associates.
Some sources still say that the 12 were really given Rolex watches. Others, however, would pursue the argument that Marcos provided them with watches that appear to be Rolex watches but were actually fakes. Some of them fled with Marcos when Marcos and his family left the Philippines in 1986.
“Amnesia” IS a magnificent article, Ellen!
Team UNANO’s senatorial candidates particularly Senator Angara, Tito Sotto and balato-dancing Queen Tessie Oreta are suffering from selective amnesia. They condemned and accused Gloria Arroyo for stealing and cheating in the 2004 presidential election and now joined her team for the sake of unity. What unity? Anak ng jueteng, unite with the evil empire! Have they forgotten the Hello Garci political scam? It seems that they are blinded with multi-million campaign money and can retire comfortably in hell with their sign-in bonuses. The Filipino electorate must reject these super balimbings and opportunistic politicos. They offer nothing to the Filipino people. Shameless Angara-Sotto-Oreta a.k.a. ASO can lick Gloria’s ass for good. Anyways, dogs have no shame.
Great article. A sad thing indeed to listen to these politicians try to explain their way out of the situation they are in.
That interview should have been in a comedy show.
Thanks, PV.
That’s the right term, Ellen! “Amnesia!”
But…Unano and her evil minions “AMNESIA” is a FAKE one!
Deep in their hearts, they know, whatever evil they’ve been doing, are doing and will be doing against the people, will be eventually PAID by them! It’s not true na wala na silang “CONSCIENCE” ( I forgot the Pinoy term), C’mon, Tell it to the dogs… YES, they do!!!
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What happened to those who stood firmly with the soldier’s oath no to engage in partisan politics and to be “the protector of the people and the State?”
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ROLEX 12
List of members
Tomas Diaz – Philippine Constabulary
Juan Ponce Enrile – Ministry of Defence
Romeo Espino – Chief of Staff
Romeo Gatan – Philippine Constabulary
Alfredo Montoya – Philippine Constabulary
Ignacio Paz – Philippine Army
Fidel Ramos – Philippine Constabulary
Jose Rancudo – Philippine Air Force
Hilario Ruiz – Philippine Navy
Rafael Zagala – Philippine Army
Fabian Ver – National Intelligence and Security Agency
Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco – present Chairman of San Miguel Corporation.
Do YOU know what happened to them, Hindinapinoy? I personally don’t have a clue as to what happened to many of them.
PV,
alam natin na sa listahan, isa ay naging presidente, isa ay senador. siguradong ang mga nasa listahan ay mayayaman na. marahil ay tama si NAKPIL: we can not forget the past (from marcos to arroyo) because “IT IS NOT PAST”.
Wise folks also warn about the folly of forgetting the past. As we say in Tagalog, “Ang hindi marunong lumingon sa nakaraan ay hindi makarating sa patutunguhan.”
Ellen,
Ang lumalakad ng matulin, kung matinik ay malalim. This is what will happen to Recto and Angara.
Today is even worse than yesterday.If we don’t do some sacrifice today,tomorrow is surely a suffering.That simple!
Yesterday we have Marcos + Rolex 12. Today we have Ali Baba + forty thieves. Tomorrow is anybody’s guess.
Tomorrow there might not be a Philippines but an Enchanted Kingdom run by maniacs. We therefore have to unite now to end this reign of criminals that is running our country to the ground.
HILARIO RUIZ
pinarangalan sa pamamagitan ng pag-papangalan ng NAVY ship:
Patrol gunboat BRP Hilario Ruiz (PG378)
Angara, Sotto and Oreta, ang mga ASO, got their gray hairs and wrikles for nothing. These are supposed to be signs of wisdom accompanying old age, but these ASOs become degenerates.
Maybe, they are their true selves, mga garapal whose faces are thickened by ego and money! The way they were…trapo rin!
Gma, her minions and her Disunity team have long been in amnesia.
Ang nakakatuwa e pinipilit pa nila na magkaka amnesia lahat ng Pilipino.
If we forgive and forget their crimes, we simply defame the very justice we desperately seek to enforce. And we will never see justice in our lifetime.
Glueria’s cheating in 2004 was resolved? Angara is a real sorry ass!
Angara is “Very Gloria”, a liar and a first class traitor! Pahiram Ellen, “They Deserve Each Other”!
apoy Says:
February 16th, 2007 at 5:07 am
Yesterday we have Marcos + Rolex 12. Today we have Ali Baba + forty thieves. Tomorrow is anybody’s guess.
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dagdag ko lang, ang mga kampi sa UNO huwag masyadong laitin ang mga ASO (Angara, Sotto, Oreta). malay ninyo, baka mga pakawalang aso ang mga yan ng UNO. pag nanalo na, baliktad ulit. tomorrow is anybody’s guess.
“Rear-view mirror politics”, Recto says. What he and his cohorts wants us to look at is the distorted one in Gloria’s House of Mirrors. The one she uses to look at herself – where she is tall and the rest of us in the background are short and stout.
“the distorted one in Gloria’s House of Mirrors. The one she uses to look at herself – where she is tall and the rest of us in the background are short and stout.”
Hahahahahah! Trust Gloria to do just that – the great pretender!
Prenteding she won the elections, pretending she’s a president, pretending she’s liked, pretending she’s intelligent, pretending she’s indispensable, pretending she’s good, pretty and lovable…
Yikes! Why doesn’t she just pretend she’s dead?
PV,
Wasn’t it Gloria who, looking at her face, said to the mirror, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the ugliest of them all?” Nothing happened, right? It was still HER face in there.
She thought the mirror was a fake, she TOLD it so, then smashed it to fine sand.
Kapag itong sinulat ni Rene Saguisag ang nangyari, mas mabuti pang magka-amnesia tayo.
Rene Saguisag, in his usual writing style wrote in his column (Manila Times, A Nation Has Lost its Way?) that many aspire for public positions with their only qualification being that they want the post very badly. He went on to say that the coming elections may result to:
1. Chavit Singson as the Senate President
2. Garcillano as the Speaker of the House. Then, Speaker Garci can probably even gun for the presidency.
Pero naman ang totoo and not a joke. Saguisag also observed that:
1. This is the first time that an administration had a hard time putting a Senate slate together.
2. Chavit may have the clout and resources to rival Manny Villar but Chavit reports loose change in his assets statements.
Tongue,
“She thought the mirror was a fake, she TOLD it so..”
With the amount of stress that she’s accumulating due to mental pressure, i.e., convince herself that what she’s saying is true, it won’t come as a surprise if this woman has gone beyond the level of any help – there’s a simple hairline separating her from sanity to being a true whacko.
Come on! Pretending that God made her do what she’s done, making believe she’s a formidable economist, constantly on the lie (lying) roll, her incessant penchant for dabbing in the unreal – inventing figures, etc, whew! That’s a load even for a mentally balanced midget, let alone her, a midget who suffers from some kind of mental dwarfism implosion. Heh!
This woman can no longer distinguish fiction from reality.
Just look at the people she’s desperately trying to cling onto in the hoping beyond hope that her lies will turn to truth: her Senate slate!
Look at how she racts in front of a formal journalistic round-table. That ain’t normal! Where’s ‘sanity’ there? Boy, she’s on the verge of mental collapse – she’s barely in control of her senses.
She displays symptoms of a depresso-maniacal-psychotic dwarf.
Communication has changed us to a Global Society making it more difficult for this administration to hide the facts.
Guys lets look on the bright side, does this evil wonderwoman really think that by hiding the Melo report from these EU visitors will stop them investigating with a stated 150 countries represented by them! haha the EU cannot be compared to her military goons hanging onto her skirt. Truth will prevail…and soon enough!
In a press conference held at the Richmonde Hotel in Ortigas, Pasig City, the Public Services International (PSI), a global union federation of public service unions with 20 million members from over 150 countries across the world, said that there is no ‘democracy’ in the Philippines as fear has ruled in the minds of the Filipinos.
Asked if the events of the extra-judicial killings can be comparable to that of the time of martial law under the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Engelbert smiled and said that the extra-judicial killings in 2006 alone tell the truth. Daily Tribune by Dona Policar, Gerry Baldo and Jojo Arazas
Enrile sure knows how to deflect attention from him. His latest antic, he berated the UN team for dipping its hands in human rights violations.
Its time we try Enrile for crimes against the people. He was DND chief during the Marcos dictatorship. We could be barking at the wrong tree when we blamed all the killings on Marcos.
What if Enrile ordered the killings on his own to earn pogi points from Marcos? Highly probable isn’t it?
Recto we all know is a fake, just like the street in Manila which is notorious for churning out fakes.
Ellen,
Gov. Petilla is now having second thoughts about running for a senatorial seat. His reason, his mother refuses to run for governor in Leyte. Could this really be the reason or has he finally realized that allying himself with pandak would lead to his political death? One thing is obvious, this guy did not get the same amount his mates in the slate received.
Schumey: Tomorrow there might not be a Philippines but an Enchanted Kingdom run by maniacs. We therefore have to unite now to end this reign of criminals that is running our country to the ground.
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I just wrote a long note to Jr_lad on this looking back to the past, learning about humility that the arrogant Team Bansot members do not have, and yes, why this election is SO IMPORTANT for anyone to miss casting his/her vote for the UNO, for the 12-0 vote will surely be the antidote to a reign of terror in the future of the Queen with her baboy (tabi-tabi sa talagang baboy! No insult intended! 🙂 ) at her side like the Queen of Hearts in Alice. Remember?
Golly, gustong angkinin ang Pilipinas na kanila daw kaya scram kayong lahat! Marami tayong dapat hingiin sa mga kandidato ng UNO sa totoo lang like the land reform na hindi na mapairal-iral, free education, etc. na na-miss ng mga pilipino because unfortunately they did not have and still yet to have such politicians as the ones Japan had when it was being rebuilt, or the likes of well-connected Lee Kuan Yew, and very, very nationalistic Mahatir of Malaysia! Malaki ang tiwala kong ito na ang pinahihintay ng mga pilipino ang katulad ni Alan Peter Cayetano, Francisco Escudero, Antonio Trillanes and even Benigno Aquino III na alam na natin ang mga kalibre. Si Koko Pimentel ay hindi pa natin subok pero sa dugo niya ay nananalaytay ang dugong bughaw ng mga katulad ng nanay at tatay niyang nagmahal na tunay sa kanilang bansa at mga kababayan kaya alam kong isa siya sa mga assets na mahahalal sa taong ito! Siguro naman kung may kasamang katulad nila, hindi na matatakot si Ping Lacson na magbulgar na magbulgar ng alam niya. Golly, ang dami ni Ping mga kaibigan sa Interpol na puedeng pakiusapan na tulungan sila lalo na kung ipapakita nila ang prueba ng money laundering, plundering, at iba pang criminal activities ng mga squatters ng Malacanang. Of course, umpisahan nila sa imbestiga ng cheating noong 2004 even just to disqualify the Unano dahil sa totoo lang may provision naman ang Election Code about this disqualification that did NOT EXEMPT especially an acting president who could be charged with sedition, and other illegalities committed to get her position. Hindi kailangan in fact an impeachment for there was no position acquired in accordance with the law. Bobo ba ang mga tao diyan?
Ang dali namang maintindihan ang batas sa totoo lang kung wala namang intensyon na maliin ang nakasulat sa batas lalo na iyong mga batas na ginawa para tumino ang bansa, hindi iyong mga batas-batasan para lang masabing may nagawang batas this and that politikong pulpol! Gosh, hindi ko talaga maubos maisip halimbawa noon kung papaano nakakagawa ng batas si Sonny Jaworski kasi alam ko section kulelat iyan palagi noong grade at high school niya!!! Iyan ang mga nakalipas na dapat na inaalala sa totoo lang!
Whatever, STOP GUTOM! STOP KURAKOT! VOTE STRAIGHT UNO VS UNANO! HUWAG BIGYAN NG PUWANG ANG MGA PAMPAGULO!
Ang “rear view mirror politics” ng administrasyon ng pekeng pangulo. Pasilip-silip lang, kaya maraming nasasagasaan at napapatay!
Wala namang makikita sa mirror ni Recto kundi puro kapangitan at inconsistencies ni Halatosis Glueria!
What do I see when I look at my rear view mirror? It’s Recto tailing a truckload of money and goods!
Schumey: Recto we all know is a fake, just like the street in Manila which is notorious for churning out fakes.
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Tawag diyan, Schumey, ay irony of fate! Bagay na bagay sa pangalan niya! Ang lolo niyan alam ko walang ginawa noon sa kamara kundi mag-oppose kaya maraming magandang panukala ang hindi natuloy!!!
So who says the lolo was great just because a street churning with fakes was named ironically after him? Parang katulad iyan ng mga kalye ipinangalan doon sa tatay ni Pandak na alam naman ng lahat na kaya napaalis ang tatay niyan ay dahil wala ding ginawang kapaki-pakinabang para sa mga pilipino. Worse, iyong supladang nanay may Balara Filter pa na inagawan ng pangalan, etc. na akala mo naman great talaga for giving birth to a halimaw! 😛
STOP GUTOM! STOP KURAKOT! VOTE STRAIGHT UNO VS UNANO! HUWAG BIGYAN NG PUWANG ANG MGA PAMPAGULO!
Schumey says Gov. Petilla is now having second thoughts about running for a senatorial seat. His reason, his mother refuses to run for governor in Leyte. Could this really be the reason or has he finally realized that allying himself with pandak would lead to his political death? One thing is obvious, this guy did not get the same amount his mates in the slate
received.
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Baka mag-atrasan na rin ang iba dahil nabisto nila na mas malaki pala ang bayad kay Joker at Recto!
Schumey: What if Enrile ordered the killings on his own to earn pogi points from Marcos? Highly probable isn’t it?
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Possible that Enrile and FVR ordered those killings not to please Marcos, mind you, but to discredit him, for the Apo truly and believably did not want the shedding of INNOCENT blood. Those extrajudicial killings, I bet you, did not come from him.
Si Satur Ocampo mismo nagsabi na WALANG ipinapatay si Marcos, and whatever killings there were then sila-sila din ang may kasalanan, either because of internal rivalries or what we now have heard of as “friendly fire” o nakipagkumplot sila sa military for some reward!
By 1973, may sakit na si Marcos, at nang lumala na siya iyong asawa na ang nagmagaling. Mali niya dapat bumaba na siya when he became really very sick! Pero siguro dahil na rin sa vulnerability ng isip at katawan napadala siya sa sulsol to remain where he was lalo na kung sasabihin sa kaniya, “Sir, you’re the only one who can do this. For the sake of making the Philippines great, please stay!” E iyan pa naman ang gusto niya, TO MAKE THE PHILIPPINES GREAT! Unfortunately, napalpak!
I feel sorry for Uncle Johnny. Naging dementia na rin siya! Ugh!
For all the talk about bringing up the past, it seems that Pinoys never learn from past mistakes in any case.
That’s because we are not by nature a reflective people. All we are good at is fiesta and mediocrity and laughing at our own stupidity.
As I said before, our politicians merely reflect our collective character.
“Come on! Pretending that God made her do what she’s done, making believe she’s a formidable economist, constantly on the lie (lying) roll, her incessant penchant for dabbing in the unreal – inventing figures, etc, whew! That’s a load even for a mentally balanced midget, let alone her, a midget who suffers from some kind of mental dwarfism implosion. Heh! ”
I agree, the above antics seem so obviously stupid to people like us who know better. The fact is though that such mysticism still works wonders on the minds of the ignoramous majority.
No matter how much we rant about our politicians acting stupid, the fact is, it is the public who hungrily laps up this stupidity for breakfast everyday.
But what do you suggest be done Benigno?
Alam ko, Chi, malaki din ang tiba noong ASO kaya ang kahol nila, “forget the past, face the future!” Nakalimutan nila ang kasabihan “Ang hindi marunong tumingin sa pinanggalingan ay di makakarating sa paroroonan” as quoted by Ellen.
Si Angara, laos na at isinusuka ng mga kasama niya mismo. Ang galing ng mamang iyan na umagaw ng eksena sa totoo lang. Siya ang nagpapel noon sa OAV para makuha niya ang 8M votes ng mga OFWs. Target niya iyon sa totoo lang. Kaya, Magno, Emilio, et al, sabihan na ninyo ang mga kasama ninyo na wala silang utang na loob kay Angara. Dapat lang na makaboto sila at trabaho ng mga PUBLIC SERVANTS na isulong ang kanilang mga karapatan. Mahirap bang ipaintindi iyan sa mga nagsasabing matalino sila?
Yuko,
An airport and the most expensive stretch of road in the world, that’s what the father of the moral pygmy is famous for.
Chi,
It’s not a far fetched thought. Better yet, let them quarrel among themselves so we can see how disunited this Team Unity ni bansot really is.
HNP, in my article I asked the readers to see “What happened to those who stood firmly with the soldier’s oath not to engage in partisan politics and to be “the protector of the people and the State?”
I am referring to the 28 men of honor “in Fort San Felipe in Cavite and Camp Capinpin in Tanay. In detention.”
Gen. Ranato Miranda, Gen. Danny Lim, Col Ariel Querubin, Col. Orlando de Leon, Col.Januario Caringal, Lt. Col. Armando Bañez, Lt. Col. Custodio Parcon, Lt. Col.Achilles Segumallian, Lt. Col Nestor Flordeliza, Lt. Col. Edmundo Mabalanjot, Mj. Jason Aquino, Maj. Jose Doctolero, Capt. Daniel Langkit. There are many more. 28 of them.
Look at also Gen. Gudani and Col. Alex Balutan who are being investigated for heeding the request of the Senate to find out about the military’s role in the 2004 elections.
Meron hybrid na kasabihan galing sa dalawang lumang kasabihan, pero swak sa sitwastyon ngayon:
“Ang hindi marunong tumingin sa pinanggalingan…kung matinik ay malalim!”
Meron ding bugtong na mukhang bitin pero kumpleto at ang sagot ay “Gloria” : “Hindi tao, hindi hayop”, kumpleto di ba?
UNO will now be GO for GENUINE OPPOSITION.
Bakit ba itong mga planted ni Bansot sa mga fora ng mga pilipino kapa ipit na sila they lump up the Filipinos into some group of idiots if they do not vote, agree or follow the Unano, and then babawiin ang salita at sasabihing watak-watak ang mga pilipino. Puede ba, huwag nang palusot? Basta majority ng mga pilipino, may pinag-aralan o wala, matalino o mangmang, hindi boboto sa Team Bansot ng Malacanang lalo na maliit pala ang pledge ni Pacman! 1M pesos daw samantalang ang sabi ng kakilala kong gambling lord, 5M pesos ang hinihinging pledge bawat isa sa kanila!
Nice try! Manigas sila! Me? Very consistent ako sa totoo lang. From the beginning ayoko si Unano. First time, I heard about her political ambition from a classmate of hers at Assumption, kahit ayoko dahil I still remembered what my history professor said about his father, who incurred so much debts during his reign that Filipinos of my generation, and the generations would never be able to pay (Tama siya!), I thought I’d see about coordinating with her. Pero nakita kong palpak din. Mahilig magpaporma! Not my type! Kaya when I tried to coordinate with Erap re the streetchildren that I thought I’d ask for government funding over here, and he told me to coordinate with his SWD secretary, I kissed the project goodbye. Ayokong maki-deal sa alam kong kurakot!
You bet, I was against EDSA 2 not that I liked Erap, but he was the legitimate president of the Philippines, and I agreed that if he did wrong, they should let the impeachment process succeed. I was a lonely cyberspace surferer then with ALMOST everyone all praises for a fiend! Ngayon, kakampi ko na sila shouting with me,
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! STOP GUTOM! STOP KURAKOT! VOTE STRAIGHT UNO VS UNANO! HUWAG BIGYAN NG PUWANG ANG MGA PAMPAGULO!
Money changes everything and its what makes the world go round. Just look at Joker and Recto who up to now has to defend themselves. Its funny when you listen to them justifying their decision to join Glueria.
Tongue, ano nga ang sagot sa “Hindi tao, hindi hayop? Nakalimutan ko na ang aking mga bugtong.
Tongue,
Now that’s one for the books!
Ellen,
Si Gloria ang sagot – Hindi tao, hindi hayop.
Ellen,
alam kong alam mo ang ‘character’ ng 28 in detention. ang punto ko lang, maging noon ay naumpisahan nang nasira ang mga democratic institutions ng pilipinas kasama na ang militar.
at ang bugtong?
ganito yata ‘yun: “hindi tao, hindi hayop, nagsasalita”.
Here’s what I suggest:
(1) Stop all this discussion about personalities (they simply fuel media frenzy and channel thinking to partisanism rather than platforms and issues).
(2) Focus efforts on hauling all these candidates into a formal robustly-moderated debate focusing on issues.
(3) Get our media to focus on drawing out issues-based commentary from our politicians rather than interviewing them about their partisan movements and posturing.
(4) A framework for change needs to be worked out that is independent of partisan politics. Without such a framework, there will be no basis for an apples-to-apples evaluation of the platforms of this multitude of parties and the personal visions of this multitude of politicians.
I propose such a framework here:
http://www.getrealphilippines.com/solution/framework.html
(5) The multitude of blogging armchair pundits need to be galvanised into a collective force to rise above common partisan-based discussion and into a higher plane of discussion focusing on vision, frameworks, and critical thought.
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All of the above are tough requests. But then the task at hand — to change the fundamental nature of our society — is a humungous task indeed.
A common argument is to say that big change comes in little steps. What I say is that we are a people who have a history of focusing on small things (tingi-tingi), baby steps, and easy fixes.
The only thing we haven’t tried yet as a people is to acknowledge that big tasks require big collective efforts. Maybe a democracy is not the right form of government to achieve this. Singapore, Korea, and Japan during their formative years were under despotic governments. China and Vietnam (the region’s highest fliers today) are now run with iron fists as well.
Democracy is underpinned by Western (Greek) philosophy. Our society is an anti-thesis of Western philosophy (we are not individualists, are not adept at critical thought, and are pikon when engaged in debate). Yet we foolishly latch on to democracy and enjoy its “freedoms” without understanding the discipline and careful reflection that such freedoms entail.
Ang Team Bansot daw will go high tech according to their manager Reli “Mr. Pyramid” German. They will the level of their campaign but not holding rallies where everyone who attends are hakot crowd. They will be presenting their platform instead to local execs.
If I know, takot mabato ng kamatis ang mga iyan. And of course, they must save the money that the pandak gave them, mas malaki ang mabubulsa nila.
ingat lang kayo sa boto ninyo.
history repeats itself…..
ganito ang boto ninyo noon………………
Although her father served as president of the Philippines, Arroyo did not enter politics until 1992, twenty-seven years after her father left office. She was elected to the Philippine Senate in 1992. She was re-elected in 1995, topping the senatorial elections with nearly 16 million votes, the highest number of votes received by any politician for any position in Philippine electoral history.[2]
As a legislator, Arroyo filed over 400 bills and authored or sponsored 55 laws of economic importance during her tenure as senator, including the Anti-Sexual Harassment Law, the Indigenous People’s Rights Law, and the Export Development Act.[2]
The 1995 Mining Act, which allows 100% foreign ownership of Philippine mines, has come under fire from left-wing political groups as well.
Ellen:UNO will now be GO for GENUINE OPPOSITION.
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Baka malito pa ang mga pilipino niyan. Mas maganda na ang Numero UNO papalitan pa ng apelyido ng isang intsik– GO! 😛
Alam ko idea iyan ni Legarda. Ang gulo naman niya! Para sa akin sa totoo lang, mas genuine ang UNO!
Golly, mag-iisip na naman tayo ng bagong cliche nito. This GO thing does not really go with the kind of image we want to project for the 12-0 campaign. Pakisabi kay JV, stick kami sa UNO VS UNANO! kahit na maganda ang dating ng GO against UNANO!
STOP GUTOM! STOP KURAKOT! VOTE STRAIGHT UNO VS UNANO!
Benign0,
I see that you’ve discovered Ellen’s blog. Welcome to the world of those who talk the talk and walk the walk. You see, we don’t just preach and rant here, we act. We have our little ways of doing things for our country. By the way, I seldom see you in PCIJ, what have you been busy with? Spartan will be happy to see you here.
La Amnesia es una condisiones en la cual memoria el alterada.In English is a memory loss. Funny, Ha! Angara has not only suffering from memory loss but, also chemical imbalance of the brain. How could he easily forgot the atrocities committed by her new found financier for his senatorial campaign. I know, a hundred millions gagged up inside his brain. This kind of mediocre attitude need to be rejected by the people. Oh! By the way I forgot, he is a political reject. Ha!ha!ha! Now, I am suffering amnesia. This lowlife Angara is worst than a hungry dog. He goes where the bones are. He run as VP of Erap, then he associated himself with FPJ. I don’t blamed Lacson if he hated the guts of this guy. Now, He is with Gloria. He is flexible like Lastikman. Now, Gloria has merge a Unity ticket of stooges, tightwad, opportunist, sadist, rapist and clown.–—No Palabra de Honor——They are like a rotten vegetables. Pechay I am sorry!
Schumey: Ang Team Bansot daw will go high tech according to their manager Reli “Mr. Pyramid” German. They will the level of their campaign but not holding rallies where everyone who attends are hakot crowd. They will be presenting their platform instead to local execs.
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Oh yeah? Ginaya pa si Sonny Trillanes ha? Trillanes originally stated that he can do his campaign via cyberspace and virtual aids. Ginagaya ha? At least, Trillanes has the reason to do so huwag lang makialam si Gunggonzales who does not realize that halangan man niya ang speed of sound via cyberspace, marami kami overseas who can do the job for the campaigners of Sonny in the Philippines that they plan to harass, intimidate and curtail their activities.
Nice try, Mr. German. Naunahan na kayo! Sayang lang ang pera ng bayan sa ginagawa ninyo! Ipakain na lang ninyo sa asong ulol ang mga basura ninyo!
Ang bugtong: Hindi tao, hindi hayop!
Ang sagot: Si Glueria!
Hahahahah! Swak na swak, Tongue.
“Welcome to the world of those who talk the talk and walk the walk”
What is this “walk” based on?
I believe she also pushed for our entry to the WTO which has led to the demise of our agriculture sector and the proliferation of cheap, low quality, imported goods. Now we have a huge unemployment problem and we are now the dumping ground of China.
Hahahahaha! Anti-Sexual Harassment Law? Ginawa ni Joker Arroyo? What an irony! Siya nga itong dapat kasuhan ng Sekuhara (tawag sa Japanese ng ganyan kaso) if I believe Ninez C. Olivares of Tribune! Plastik talaga na ungas! Wow, naka-Forbes Park pa siya ngayon ha? Brushing shoulders with the biggies? Pero labas parang katulad noong homeless na walang paroroonan! 😛
Chi, kaya nga sabi ko “Halimaw”! Hindi tao, hindi hayup! Dugong-aso lang! 😛
“We have our little ways of doing things for our country”
Maybe that’s the reason why the results are so little. 😀
Here’s what the eminent Nick Joaquin had to say about our penchant for little things:
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The Filipino who travels abroad gets to thinking that his is the hardest working country in the world. By six or seven in the morning we are already up on our way to work, shops and markets are open; the wheels of industry are already agrind. Abroad, especially in the West, if you go out at seven in the morning you’re in a dead-town. Everybody’s still in bed; everything’s still closed up. Activity doesn’t begin till nine or ten– and ceases promptly at five p.m. By six, the business sections are dead towns again. The entire cities go to sleep on weekends. They have a shorter working day, a shorter working week. Yet they pile up more mileage than we who work all day and all week.
Is the disparity to our disparagement?
We work more but make less. Why? Because we act on such a pygmy scale. Abroad they would think you mad if you went in a store and tried to buy just one stick of cigarette. They don’t operate on the scale. The difference is greater than between having and not having; the difference is in the way of thinking. They are accustomed to thinking dynamically. We have the habit, whatever our individual resources, of thinking poor, of thinking petty.
Is that the explanation for our continuing failure to rise–that we buy small and sell small, that we think small and do small?
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Food for thought. 😀
schumey,
ito ang punto ko. ganito ang boto noon sa kanya kaya ingat lang ang mga boboto sa eleksyon…
She was re-elected in 1995, topping the senatorial elections with nearly 16 million votes, the highest number of votes received by any politician for any position in Philippine electoral history.
RE: Ano nga ang sagot sa “Hindi tao, hindi hayop?
Siyempre si Gloria at bakit? Ang tiyanak ay hybrid ng demonyo.
Ms. Ellen,
Very appropriate in our time. Nice article! You hit the nail again in the head.
Ed Angara was mincing his words when asked by Strictly Politics host, Pia Hontiveros. Nagkakabulul-bulol ang matanda sa pagsagot, eh.
Matatawag kong konsintidor at opportunista ang mga taong ito!
Ang naglalakad ng matulin, kung matinik ay malalim. Most of the time, haste makes wastes. The point is, we may be doing our share in small ways but with greater impact than simply preaching and doing nothing. Now, which is better, doing what you preach or simply preaching?
If you want to make a dent, you must act. You cannot expect results by blowing in the wind.
HNP,
Thanks.
Diego,
That’s funny. Lamang-lupa na, kutong-lupa pa.
Schumey,
I like that: “If you want to make a dent, you must act. You cannot expect results by blowing in the wind.”
Books, tons of books, the Bible, all contain passages and passages of good words but as ever, they can’t be of much use unless people do as the “good book” preaches.
Easy to lament on the imperfections of Filipino mankind. Volumes and volumes may be written on the subject but will they help?
It is imperative to walk the talk to achieve change.
I do believe that Ellen’s blog is helping achieve that – it is proactive – it is a good eye opener.
Ka Diego,
I told my hubby about the bugtong but didn’t give him the answer. Surprise, his answer was the same as yours, “Si Gloria, kasi hybrid siya ng demonyo”. Hmmmnnn, baka marami na ganyan ang sagot sa inyo. It only proves that ang tingin ng maraming tao kay Glue ay demonya nga.
On the anti-sexual harassment law: Former Congresswoman Lu Antonino, mother of Darlene Antonino Custodio (the 85 pounder who just might land a KO punch on Pacquiao), was the author of the Bill in the Lower House back in 1995.
The multiple-faceeted tiyanak Gloria Arroyo DID NOT HAVE the monopoly of that bill which is now a law.
Chi: Surprise, his answer was the same as yours, “Si Gloria, kasi hybrid siya ng demonyo”.
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Kaya nga sabi ko “Halimaw”! Anyway, nandito na ako sa office ko. 15 mimutes lang from my house by bike as a matter of fact. Blog muna ako to relax!
Itong mga ungas na galamay ni Halimaw talaga, para sa mahal nila, pati sarili nila iniinsulto nila when they lump up the Filipinos into idiots, etc.
Hey, hindi lahat ng pilipino bumoto kay Madame Boba-ry. With her performance in the previous election and her criminal activities, at saka alam naman ng marami na nagalit ang mga pilipino sa tatay niyan, how do you guys know that this woman did not cheat even before? Kaya nga nang umupo maraming pinapasalamatan, pero kabig dito, kabig doon ang gawa!
Nice try doon sa insultador. Talbog sa kanila ang mga patutsada nila. Sabi nga, magpakatao kayo, mga halimaw!
Ooops, oo nga pala, I’m not supposed to say bad words! Masama ba ang “halimaw”?
STOP GUTOM! STOP KURAKOT! VOTE STRAIGHT UNO VERSUS UNANO!
P. S. Nakakatuwa si Adel Tamano. Gosh, talagang serious siya sa inako niyang trabaho! Hugs and kisses daw sabi ng mga former Japayukis here na going straight na. Next time, pag tumakbo siya, panalo siya pihado!
Re: fund raising daw ng mga UNO, hindi problema ang pera sa totoo lang kung may enough silang volunteers, puede na silang gumawa ng dapat gawin.
I can give pointers and technique. Isusulat ko na sana dito pero naisip ko baka gayahin na naman ni Bingot at ng amo niya! I am willing to coordinate with JV, et al. Line up na rin namin ang mga volunteers namin dito. Unahan pa nga na nagbo-volunteer e.
Para makita ng taumbayan na hindi sila magnanakaw, hindi sila dapat mag-hotel etc. sa mga pupuntahan nila. Kundi di sila puedeng matulog sa mga tent, makisilong sila sa mga magpapasilong sa kanila. Hospitable naman ang mga pilipino di ba? I bet you that if they make their campaigns like some fiesta, sama-sama, 100 percent kuha na nila ang taumbayan. Baka bumalik na ang tiwala ng mga pilipino sa mga politiko na kanilang mga public servant. Ayaw mong maging public servant, huwag kang pumasok sa politika—iyan dapat ang ipairal nila!!!
Okey dokey? Sabay-sabay— STOP GUTOM! STOP KURAKOT! VOTE STRAIGHT UNO VERSUS UNANO!
Golly, ipinapasikat pa ng Team Bansot na hi tech sila e alam at saka they can afford to spend. Naks! Sinong niloko nila? Alam naman ng mga taumbayan lalo na iyong hindi na yata makakain na pera ng bayan ang winawaldas nila. Ngayon ipakitang mga UNO candidates na hindi sila kakawat ng pera ng bayan para manalo! Iyan ang tunay!
Pang-iinsulto sa mga pilipino, tigilan na! Golly, iniinsulto pa ang mga pilipino na mukha silang pera at nawala na ang kanilang dangal dahil sa pera! Oh yeah? Ipakita mo Alan Peter Cayetano, et al na may mga pilipino pa rin na may mataas na prinsipyo! ‘Tado talaga itong mga pinoy na ito na akala mo sila lang ang magaling na komo nakatuntong na sila sa land of milk and honey ay ganoon na rin sila kabango kahit amoy bagoong pa rin ang pawis nila! Pwe!
STOP GUTOM! STOP KURAKOT! VOTE STRAIGHT UNO VERSUS UNANO!
Chi,Tumpak ka, dahil ang demonyo ay magaling magsinungaling , mandaraya at magnanankaw. Gloriang Tiyanak mastered the art of deception. She is manipulative and concealed the truth what really transpired in the Hello Garci political scam, the Mayuga Report and Melo Report.
PV,
She was also trying to deceive the OFWs that it was her who passed the OAV Law e pumirma lang naman siya. Ang nagtrabaho for that law, mga OFWs din, meaning overseas Filipinos worldwide, not necessarily workers. I should know, I was one of them who worked hard for it even when it would not benefit me at all. Ang saya ng feeling when you have done something for the success of the group. Iyan ang Bayanihan at tunay na Filipino spirit! Wala pang inggitan. Kung meron man, just a little bit lang siguro! Puedeng pagpasensiyahan! So, who says that Filipinos cannot be achievers, given the right incentives and venues! Ang sama, gusto ni Unano solohin lahat, palpak naman!
STOP GUTOM! STOP KURAKOT! VOTE STRAIGHT UNO VERSUS UNANO!
idolo ni GMA ang america……..
WASHINGTON (AP) – About $10 billion has been squandered by the U.S. government on Iraq reconstruction aid because of contractor overcharges and unsupported expenses, and federal investigators warned Thursday that significantly more taxpayer money is at risk.
The three top auditors overseeing work in Iraq told a House committee their review of $57 billion in Iraq contracts found that Defense and State department officials condoned or allowed repeated work delays, bloated expenses and payments for shoddy work or work never done.
More than one in six dollars charged by U.S. contractors were questionable or unsupported, nearly triple the amount of waste the Government Accountability Office estimated last fall.
“There is no accountability,” said David M. Walker, who heads the auditing arm of Congress. “Organizations charged with overseeing contracts are not held accountable. Contractors are not held accountable. The individuals responsible are not held accountable.”
Hindinapinoy,
$10 billion squandered is just a part of the cost of the War in Iraq so far.
The cost clock is ticking and as of this writing, the cost of Iraq is $366,798,221 billion dollars… (now, say that slowly and gently to kind of FEEL the billions…) and every single second adds a few thousand dollars to that cost.
$10 billion dollars represents what the US pledged for the NATO mission in Afghanistan – 8 billion in security, i.e., military operations and 2 billion in “winning minds and hearts” of the Afghans, i.e., infrastructure.
But not to worry, the US, I believe has pledged something like $25 million dollars in AID to the Philippines… in my humble opinion, ahem, not really enough for the use of the Philippines as their hub of CIA operations not only in the region but as hub for operations literally, worldwide.
PV,
punta ka dito para makita mo kung gaano kabilis. makikita rin kung paano ma-apektuhan ang education, health, etc:
http://www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
And because Gloria is a midget, she’s happy to have the interest of the interest of the interest of the interest of the the 12.3 billion dollars that OFWs rake in and remit back home.
Ain’t bad, eh? That’s Glorianomics…how to keep a morally bankrupt afloat – TARGET THE EXPORT OF 1,000,000 Filipinos abroad to keep more dollars, euros, rupees, ringgits, pounds, yen coming home.
Great gal this gloria is!
Since human exportation is the biggest money-making machinery of this administration and for those who have not experience to be one of the many OFWs – here’s a “small” comment:
Majority of the Filipinos are migrating to different countries for greener pasteur. Being known to be hard-working and persevere, mostly become achievers. Aplenty jobs are available which the citizens of their adopted country refuse to accept. “Small” part-time job is part of their daily grind. After the 9AM-5PM regular job, they immediately proceed to their part-time job.
They can move around easily because the infrastructures are for easy mobility.
Whereas, in the Philippines jobs are in short supply. Job creation is not as fast as schools produces graduates to join the work force. Infrastructure is really bad. In order for a resident from Marikina to be at the office in Makati at 8AM, he should be on the road as early as 6AM. Returning from work will consume more time.
mula naman sa ibang news source….
Last week, Paul Bremer failed to explain what he did with 363 tons of newly printed, shrink-wrapped $100 bills he had flown to Baghdad.
That’s $12 billion in cold, hard American cash, and no one knows where it went.
Teka, teka muna (borrowed from FVR and his erstwhile buddy-buddy general – tatada – Rene de Villa who by the way happens to be one of the first casualties of Gloria’s cabinet trayduran) – mali, eto na:
And because Gloria is a midget, she’s happy to have the interest of the interest of the interest of the interest of the the 12.3 billion dollars that OFWs rake in and remit back home.
Ain’t bad, eh? That’s Glorianomics…how to keep a morally bankrupt government afloat – TARGET THE EXPORT OF 1,000,000 Filipinos abroad YEARLY to keep more dollars, euros, rupees, ringgits, pounds, yen coming home.
Great gal this tiyanak is!
HnP:
Re; On Gloria she was re-elected in 1995,toppling the senatorial election.
It’s agreeable and no question because that time she has a charm. But, that charmed was possessed by a devilish greed.
Now, is different she unmasked her kleptomaniac urgency. He ruled by her idealized concept of building an enchanted kingdom and her obstinacy in persisting her will by curtailing freedom for those who opposed. Every Filipino’s desire for democracy is noble one, but democracy is not achieved by a few opposition. It is exhilarating to see if so many Filipino proudly vote for the numbers of opposition to muster some seat in congress to pass for her 3rd impeachment. Our freedom require security. It requires civil participation, of which we had none, except for the few organized group to the detriment of dreams of a secular state. It requires respect for the rule of law, for which the Mole prostituted it with illegal decrees. Incarcerating opponents, Filling libel and criminal charges for those who opposed and branding them military adventurism, inciting sedition and so on.
This coming election is a survival fight between good and evil. Indeed, this May election has counterintuitive consequences for our aspiring hope for change. Change the president then cjange the charter change to Federalism not a parliamentary form of government.
Now,HNP, Do you think those number still remain? I don’t think so! Those numbers mean nothing! Chill!my friend Chill!
Emilio,
OFWs achieve results because they walk the talk but this government of the tiyanak for the tiyanak and by the tiyanak has not and does not intend to walk the talk.
As I’ve said in previous posts, show me ANY national leader worthy of the name who made it his government policy – and is proud to announce publicly and internationally – that the export and of ONE MILLION CITIZENS of his/her country is a NATIONAL, OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT POLICY because there are no jobs in the country!
NADA, ZILCH, ZERO, NUL, NONE – NOT Bus, not Blair, not Merkel, not Zapata, not Prodi, not Chirac, not even Hugo Chavez has ever made that his/her nation’s policy.
Why not? Simple: If they announce that they have to export their citizens because there are no jobs back home, their governments will collapse – they WILL BE booted out of office most unceremoniously and illico at that!
Hindinapinoy,
Yeah, I got the same link in my blog… nakakalito no?
Hindinapinoy,
You know what Gloria is attemtping to copycat from America? The war as a means to invent business, to grease the wheels of Malacanang economy.
War is a FANTASTIC money-making, profit-making business.
Brings profit to those who are engaged in it. That’s why she decided to go on an all out war against the 7,000 members of the NPA and the 12 or 13 members of the Abu Sayyaff and why she approved the naval blockade of Sulu, etc., etc.
See why she held on to the DND post? She wanted to make sure that she’s got a cut from all the acquisition contracts she’s about to approve for war on her own people.
Geez, for one who says she’s got a PhD in ngononomics, she’s way off her gong! She’s never heard of the General Templar, the Tiger of Malaya who devised that military tenet to quell communism in Malaysia.
Look, even the hard-headed Bush finally heard of it and is applying it, well in Iraq but just a bit and a little more in Afghanistan.
Waste of God’s ration – that abominable tiyanak is!
Oh you bet – that hybrid who’s called Gloria is suffering from some form of debilitating moral dwarfism but she ain’t got amnesia when it comes to biiiiiiiiig bucks!
No, sir! She might be afflicted with some form of dementia (throwing tantrums in the middle of a civilized round-table thinggy with journalists, making taray, etc) but she ain’t got no amnesia when it comes to finding a way to make huge profit and taking that profit OUT OF PINAS…
Emilio: Infrastructure is really bad. In order for a resident from Marikina to be at the office in Makati at 8AM, he should be on the road as early as 6AM. Returning from work will consume more time.
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Sinabi mo pa Emilio kasi iyong flow ng traffic naapektuhan ng mga checkpoints ni halimaw! What I can bike in less than 30 minutes for example from Paco to my sister’s in law’s place in Mandaluyong actually took me two hours by taxi to get to. Inis na inis ako. Takot ka naman magbike at baka may mag-hold up sa iyo. ‘Nak ng pating lalong pumangit ang Pilipinas. Kaya anong progress under her rule ang sinasabi ni Unano? Tell it to the marines!!!
PV,
Hindi amnesia. Sabi niya “lapse of judgment!,” whatever that is!
If the bansot’s idol is Bush that she’s copying his wars, sino naman kaya ang magiging Haliburton ni Glueria for the wars business aspects. Siempre e di si Fartso Pidal!
PV,
“Waste of God’s ration – that abominable tiyanak is!”
Satan must be laughing because she is his masterpiece.
NADA, ZILCH, ZERO, NUL, NONE – NOT Bus, not Blair, not Merkel, not Zapata, not Prodi, not Chirac, not even Hugo Chavez has ever made that his/her nation’s policy.
If I may add:
MAFI, WALA (one Arabic & the other Tagalog).
Ellen,
Re naval blockade of Sulu
You know how much a 25 caliber naval gun, for instance, costs? measly 2 million dollars + commission.
Now if you have 10 small ships (fast patrol craft that the navy has) you need 10 guns which will cost roughly 20 million dollars + commissions for the guys who sign the contract.
The Navy have just commissioned the installation of guns on some ships – INSTANT LUCK: MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
Hey, you’re forgetting the fire control systems to use those guns effectively and each fire control system runs the same gamut of price, and don’t forget the ammos… heheh so + + + and more plusses, WAR IS A MONEY-MAKING MACHINERY for the person or the people that’s launching the war!
Don’t you ever think it ain’t.
PV:
Those humongous kickback from DND contract goes to foreign bank somewhere.Poor Juan De La Cruz!Maria Clara is weeping in tears again.
Yuko,
Mas matindi ang ‘lapse of judgement’ ni Unano kesa sa amnesia. Mantakin mo na PhD kuno sa econgongonomics wala pala sa sariling pag-iisip! Ang resulta, ang Pinas ngayon!
And Ellen, remember we mentioned here about the mortar fire exchange between the Army and the MILF.
You know how much an 80 caliber mortar costs? Ok ain’t much just a few houndred thousand dollars apiece but if you have to use say a few dozens, how much commission do the people who approve the purchase get? I bet on the Malacanang level, THE, I mean THE approving authority gets no less than 20% of the deal…
What about the ammos again – lots of money in that too.
Oh, doncha all kid yourselves – WAR IS A BEAUTIFUL MONEY MAKING MACHINE for Tiyanak!
PV: You know what Gloria is attemtping to copycat from America? The war as a means to invent business, to grease the wheels of Malacanang economy.
War is a FANTASTIC money-making, profit-making business.
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Sinabi mo pa. The US in fact was a struggling economy despite owning the Philippines and other former Spanish territories in the Pacific before WWII. There was a terrible depression in the roaring 20’s and 30’s. Just watch those poignant movies produced by Frank Capra and you will know what a terrible state the USA was in prior to WWII.
Nakitang may pera sa guerra, that is why it has capitalized on these wars since 1945, and why there is no real effort in fact to end these wars despite the U. N. O (United Nations Organization not the United Opposition!), and efforts toward civility and humanity. The Bush family in particular has been in this war business even before WWII. They were supplying Hitler with his guns to kill his fellow Europeans.
For more information on this, I recommend this site:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info
If there ain’t war, Gloria will invent it!
And what does the AFP Acquisition Plans contain?
Hundreds and hundreds of items with cash outlays ALREADY!
This Tiyanak earned her PhD in econgognonomics alright specialized in quick buck warfare!
Gloria’s affliction? Amnesia? Yeah some! Dementia? Lots!
Ellen,
The reason why I am still up so late is coz I’ve just received a copy from a friend of the first tranche of the AFP’s acquisition program and am working on it.
Heheh! Said friend wants me to give him/her (won’t say what sex) an estimate of the real cost of the war equipment ex works so he/she could have the ammunition to shoot down any goddamn approving authority when they announce their own costs… heheheh!
All I gotta do is ask people/friends from NATO to give the estimate!
Emilio $ Ystakei:
That gridlock in Metro Manila is easy to resolve.Build some more over pass,under pass.I think the Mole will appreciate my suggestion.Know why? She can name it Jose Pidal Blvd.But,the construction will cost quadruple compared to Diosdado Macapagal Blvd.The most expensive in the world.
Ellen,
I do hope Gloria reads this post of yours so she will have a heart attack. She will realize that her big baho from war ain’t exactly a local secret – it’s gone international.
And if any member of the AFP or DND contests my figure (costings) of the Navy paraphernalia and the Army equipment, I will shoot his/her goddamn brain to bits by showing him/her/them the contract they signed with their own fucking suppliers (WITH THE OVERPRICE)!
PV,
The tiyanak and her robotic generals are now shitty scared of this information. Or maybe Mighty Mimiyak is reading the information in this thread and tell her Mama that: “Ma’m it is a well-known secret na pala, eh!”
Benign0 (at 8:32 am), it is well and good to recommend an iron fist if you can be sure that you will not be on the receiving end. However, as i told mac.bh in the previous thread, an iron fist will definitely be used for something. Can you stomach its logical consequences? Apart from that, there is no guarantee that a dictatorship will mean economic salvation. You have to remember that our greatest economic disaster happened under the dictatorship and the reason why that disaster happened is because, in an atmosphere that stifled discussion, a group of technocrats thought they knew what was best. We are still feeling the effects of their decisions in the form of generalized corruption.
Instead of looking superficially at the character of our neighbors’ regimes, we have to go one level deeper and examine closely what they used their dictatorships for (i.e. their policies). As i mentioned before, i believe the main benefit of these dictatorships was to mitigate the inequalities of their societies. In China, for example, Mao got rid of the political warlords and paved the way for Deng’s reforms.
In contrast, the last dictatorship we had, and the present quasi-dictatorship we are having, has worsened these inequalities. In our context, only by returning to the people their voices, will we be able to start attacking these problems collectively in an honest to goodness manner. If we, as a people, can achieve in a democratic manner what the other countries, had to do by force, then so much the better. Less grieving mothers, which is in itself, a good thing.
cvj, I was just speculating re “iron fists”. The point is, in our current democracy, there simply is no way that a long-term vision-driven unifying agenda (the kind that a basketcase country like ours needs to pull itself together) will ever be developed and implemented under our current approach to running our politics.
Of course no nation will embrace a dictatorship by choice. Korea, Japan and Singapore were not dictatorships by choice during their developing years. Then again, as luck would have it, the suffering of their forefathers under the hands of despotic leaders paid off handsomely for the generation of Japanese, Koreans, and Singaporeans living today.
Whilst suffering and death are visible and swift under “iron fists”, how is that different from the slow death and no-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel wretchedness of Pinoy society today.
The Philippines is a society dying from a cancer, but a nation under a dictatorship can be likened to a soldier with a bullet in his chest. Some nations like Korea, Japan, and Singapore survived such a wound and came out stronger. Maybe others died as a result of such a wound. Tough luck.
One thing’s for sure though, when it comes to a cancer, you either die or come out of it severely weakened. Furthermore, the usual therapy for cancer is chemo. And we all know how much of the body needs to die to be able to survive that treatment.
Just some food for thought seeing that it seems this cancer we call Philippine politics is so deeply entrenched in the withering, haemorraging body of Pinoy society.
What if Enrile ordered the killings on his own to earn pogi points from Marcos? Highly probable isn’t it?
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Schumey, the Marcos dictatorship and all the crimes associated with it has not been resolved one iota. One thing, most of those whose association with the regime, resulted in many alleged crimes were never investigated, the few who were prosecuted, were never seriously prosecuted, but merely a showcase. Unlike the crimes of the Nazi, where even at present day, the hunt is still ongoing, albeit most of the perpetrators have already sufferred the natural sentence for their crimes. The Amnesia, has inflicted the succeeding regimes for neglecting their responsibilities, and here we start again..
Benign0, thanks i appreciate your thoughts on this. I do not believe that our ills as a society can be attributed to our lively discourse (whether intellectual or pedestrian). As i said, it’s more a consequence of the inequality in our society. This is the real cancer which can exist whether we are in a democracy or in a dictatorship. Anyway, if we are to take a bullet in the chest, we have to make sure that the bullet is well aimed.
Hindi tao, hindi aso pero kahol nang kahol..
Ang sagot?
Baboy!
i enjoyed reading posts here, seemingly interesting and offer “harsh” solution/s but pity on me being not clarified of what should really be done. now, am feeling banged in the head!
paulit ulit, paikot ikot na lang ba?
puksain na lamang muna ang salot na lumulukob sa ating bansa at kasunod niyon ang pagbabalangkas ng mga hakbanging iminumungkahi ng bawat isa upang makamit ang inaasam na tuluyang kaunlaran ng ating bayan.
alam naman nating marami ang matatalino at may kakayahan sa inyong mga kasama ko dito (naglalabasan na nga at malalalim na inggles pang ‘yung iba ay hindi ko na nga maintidihan dahil wala pa dito sa gutay gutay na diksyunaryong hawak ko), ang tanong nga lamang – paano maiintindihan ng mga mangmang kung hindi ipaliliwanag ng may mataas na pinag-aralan?
bakit “harsh” solution/s?
ipaliwanag ninyo sa mga tambay sa kanto kung maiintindihan ang malalalim na inggles!
Manigong Bagong Taon sa lahat. Muli kong pinalala ang Year of the Fire Pig.Kalimutan muna nyo ang mga ASO diyan.
KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!
CVJ: Anyway, if we are to take a bullet in the chest, we have to make sure that the bullet is well aimed.
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Gusto ko ang take mo dito. Sinabi mo pa. Aimed it at this guy din siguro na sobra ang galit sa kapwa niya pilipino! Ano siya, dugong-aso?
“For proof, all you have to do is look at our military hierarchy. Look at the AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon. Look at the Defense Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane. Look at Marine Commandant Nelson Allaga. There are so many of them who have been richly rewarded because they did the job which in the past were done by the goons of political warlords.
What happened to those who stood firmly with the soldier’s oath not to engage in partisan politics and to be “the protector of the people and the State?” They are in Fort San Felipe in Cavite and Camp Capinpin in Tanay. In detention.”
Ellen,
There is nothing we can do with the SND, Gen Esperon and the rest of the Generals of the AFP & PNP. Whether they like it or not, they have to follow orders (legal or illegal) from the Commander-in-Chief or else they will be stripped from their positions and ranks. Simply put, that is the basic application of adherence to the “Chain of Command”. Obey first and complain to yourself!
The officers of the “24th Feb 06 Movement” violated the “Chain of Command” and wittingly/unwittingly allowed themselves to be used by the people behind to grab power from the present administration. Also, these officers in detention could not explain to their respective Service Commanders why they received financial donations in the guise of funding their “Cooperatives” within the Philippine Marines and Scout Ranger Regiment of the Philippine Army. As reported, the wives of these officers received the checks from private sources amounting a total of Five Million Pesos to fund these “cooperatives”. Any unit/command within the AFP, through their respective Civil-Military offices, could avail of cash for funding to any cooperative to be established within the military and there is no reason why these officers, through their wives, would ask private corporation/individuals for funding. The disbursement of the money seems suspicious when you see a small cooperative/”sari-sari” store and the allegation that most of the money was used as “loans” to the soldiers.
Unconfirmed reports were gathered that Gen Miranda was promised 250 Million Pesos and Gen Lim was promised also with the amount of 5 Million Dollars if the planned power grab will be successful. There is a joke among the corporate people that it is easier and more economical to finance a “coup de etat” than to finance a presidential candidate and his/her senatorial slate during elections.
Ellen, I’ve seen the movie “The Holiday” last night. I highly recommend this movie. It’s really, really good. The main character writes for a newspaper…..
Nice reading what you wrote about your fellow AFP men, BK, and I can only sympathize with your friends, and definitely, not with you since you, at least, can still manage to see a movie or go golfing unlike the foot soldiers who cannot even get a good pair of boots according to Trillanes and Company!
I have not heard of such abuses yet in our military. If there is or has been, it is easily quelled, and the guilty punished and removed in order to save the more honorable among them from getting tarnished by the scandals caused by a few bad men!
Over here, at least, we have journalists of Ellen’s caliber who can freely expose such anomalies without being threatened with libel suits especially by one who has no right to meddle, much less dip his whole arms and hands in the coffers, in government affairs for over here the spouses and family members of leaders of the land are not supposed to be seen!
We also have a strong citizenry over here as we abide by the democratic principle that the government is OF, FOR and BY the people, not of, for and by the people they vote for. When we know of an anomaly of this kind of nature and magnitude as the anomalies that you have stated, we go to a group of lawyers and discuss the next step, which is usually go to the authorities concerned, either the Diet where they can pound on the Commander-in-Chief, or the police and let justice take its course.
This is in fact the advantage of these government agencies being definably independent! Over in the Philippines, it apparently has become a hodge-podge controlled by a hoodlum! Ugh! 🙁
Blacknight:
You are a good fascinating story teller with full of hallucination,and I almost believe you.But,good thing you mentioned that you’ve been watching a lot of movies.I want to see the movie that you watch regarding 250 million pesos promised to Gen.Miranda and 5 million dollars to Gen.Lim and I want to know who is the lunatic financier.What is the title of the movie again?The only person I know who has that ton of money is Artsee…..
ellen, can you make an assessment kung sino sa mga party list na ito ang aligned kay arroyo, at kung sino ang boboto para sa impeachment niya. at kung sino ang neutral?
i forgot, how many party list can we vote ba? 1 or 2?
Mrivera on February 16th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
yeah right! tama ka! para akong nagbasa ng pagtatagpo nina David Livingstone at Henry Morton Stanley sa salitang Africanization.
Sa pagtatagpo nila ay nagkaroon ng ibayo pang linaw kung ano nararapat sa ating bansa.
May point silang dalawa at sa pananaw ko ay nararapat na harapin ng Pinas ang problema , confront the challenges at hindi takas problema sa pamamagitan ng tapal system!
I’m sorry BK, those talk about Gen. Miranda and Lim receiving millions of pesos is government propaganda.
I have good reasons to believe they are not true.
What I know for sure is that Esperon, Habacon, Allaga, Pajarito received money from somemone big in Malacanang and distributed them to soldiers in 2004. You are with the military. I’m sure you have heard it too.
I don’t agree with you that a soldier has a duty to follow an order from a bogus commander- in- chief to violate the constitution. As the Constitution states: The AFP is the protector of the people and the State. His higher loyalty should be to the people instead of to a cheating, fake president.
PV,
If the US has pledged to give the Philippines $25M in aids, dapat hindi ngayon but later when it is safe. Baka iyan pa ang inaasahan ni Bansot na pambayad sa mga inuuto niya.
One thing that Filipinos can do in fact, especially those in the US, is write a petition to the US Congress to withdraw such aid for the meantime. You should write to Pelosi about it since you say you have a US passport holder as it is your right to do so.
Kung sa Japan, nagawa namin na mag-petition for the stopping of the ODA to the present bogus government, I know that you, and other US citizens can do the same. I can ask my siblings in fact to sign their names in any petition you are willing to write and send to the US government to stop sending aids to the Philippines when there is no guaranty that the Filipino people can be benefitted by such aids and US generosity will not be appreciated.
BK,
” Whether they like it or not, they have to follow orders (legal or illegal)”.
I think you have a terribly wrong view of the highest ranking AFP officer’s obligation with regards orders.
It is absolutely balloney to make people and civilians believe that AFP officers and men are obliged TO FOLLOW ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The chief of staff not only has a legal and moral obligation to make sure that orders he takes and that he passes on to the bulk of officers’ corps ARE and MUST BE LEGAL.
At that level, more than at any level, the CSAFP has a soldier’s obligation to FOLLOW ORDERS BUT HAS A MORAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATION to question an order that he deems illegal and if he believes without a question of doubt that the order emanating from the commander-in-chief is ILLEGAL, it is his moral, legal and soldier’s obligation TO DISOBEY THAT ILLEGAL ORDER.
An officer of that rank who fails to observe this fundamental right – to protect his men, his armies and the well being of the military institution – MUST RESIGN.
No question about it. If he wrestles with any decision to question or disobey an order which he deems is ILLEGAL, because he fears for his position – then he HAS NO BUSINESS BEING THE CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES.
If you are a military officer, BK, I strongly suggest, you review your obligations and duties as one.
Ellen,
Seems that Esperon’s amnesia has proliferated in the AFP – time for the good elements of the AFP to go on a mercy mission, i.e., take Esperon out of his frigging misery.
I’m voting for GABRIELA!
Thanks, PV. I’m actually being asked to have my group represent Gabriela in Japan kasi puro pinay ang members ng isang grupo ko. I’m accepting it, and have one of our girls to lead it. Will put up a home page on this!
Ellen & philippine vigil:
Thanks for your comments to BK, I’m so bloody angry about his comments I can’t think straight without using bad language about his BS comments.
(WWNL, Maybe the reason why elements of the AFP can’t understand the difference between legal and illegal order is because their Articles of War, their Code of Ethics and their rules are in English.
I have a suspicion that even Esperon, Tolentino, et al cannot fully understand things. Maybe that’s also the reason why BK has a problem with his understanding of the moral and legal obligation of the officers, commanders and leaders of the AFP; would be great if you or anybody here – with Magno perhaps? – could translate my post in the Pilipino language:)
Re BK’s comment: ” Whether they like it or not, they have to follow orders (legal or illegal)”.
My comment:
I think you have a terribly wrong view of the highest ranking AFP officer’s obligation with regards orders.
It is absolutely balloney to make people and civilians believe that AFP officers and men are obliged TO FOLLOW ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The chief of staff not only has a legal and moral obligation but it is his top soldier’s DUTY – to make sure that orders he takes and that he passes on to the bulk of officers’ corps ARE and MUST BE LEGAL.
At that level, more than at any level, the CSAFP has a soldier’s obligation to FOLLOW ORDERS BUT HAS A MORAL AND LEGAL OBLIGATION to question an order that he deems illegal and if he believes without a question of doubt that the order emanating from the commander-in-chief is ILLEGAL, it is his moral, legal and soldier’s obligation TO DISOBEY THAT ILLEGAL ORDER.
An officer of that rank who fails to observe this fundamental right AND MORAL DUTY – to protect his men, his armies and the well being of the military institution – MUST RESIGN.
No question about it. If he wrestles with any decision to question or disobey an order which he deems is ILLEGAL, because he fears for his position – then he HAS NO BUSINESS BEING THE CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES.
If you are a military officer, BK, I strongly suggest, you review your obligations and duties as one.
Salamat Cokecoy at sinabi mo na marami akong pera. Etong si Black Night kasi madilim ang isip at hindi kilala kung sino ang may pera. Ay, sorry pala, Black Knight hindi Night. Siya pala ang binabanggit dito na BK. Kita niyo, bankarote (bankcrupt) pala si BK. Kung kailangan niya ng pera, sabihin lang niya dahil unti-unti nang nauubos. Mula $200 Million sa banko ay mga $150 Million na lang. Siyempre hindi pa kasama ang mga ari-arian ko sa mga iba’t ibang parte ng mundo.
Hahahahah “Kung kailangan niya ng pera, sabihin lang niya dahil unti-unti nang nauubos. “
PV: It is absolutely balloney to make people and civilians believe that AFP officers and men are obliged TO FOLLOW ILLEGAL ORDERS.
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Not followng illegal orders, PV, in legal parlance is having common sense!!! In short, walang common sense ang mga hinayupak na opisyal na iyan! E kung sabihin pala ni Bansot na barilin nila ang mga sarili nila, babarilin nila? Aba e, stupid pala sila!!! 😛
I have instructed the leader of the group representing the GABRIELA here to use a fictitious name kasi baka pag uwi niya sa Manila, maipit siya. Apparently, the woman I was telling you guys about that was held in Manila is being linked to GABRIELA! Bitch talaga itong si Unano! Alam niya kasing if she does it legally, masisipa siya!
IBAGSAK ANG ADMINISTRASYONG ILEGAL! IBOTO ANG OPOSISYON!
Yuko,
Bakit left-leaning ba ang Gabriela?
As far as the AFP and Bansot is concerned it is considered a Communist/leftist/ etc. group. With their group rightfully represented in the Philippine Congress I would rather that they stop calling this and its sister-groups leftists! And stop harassing their members as in the case of the Filipino wife of a former Japanese volunteer now being held in Manila and banned to leave the country despite her physical condition.
The said Filipina is a leader of a group affiliated with GABRIELA, and we suspect that it is the reason why she was prevented from taking her plane back to Japan. I am mentioning this BTW not to brag but to state a fact.
IBASURA ANG ADMINISTRASYON! IBOTO ANG OPOSISYON! HUWAG NANG MAGBALIMBING!
Philippine Vigil Says:
February 17th, 2007 at 12:59 am
Yuko,
Bakit left-leaning ba ang Gabriela?
Ate PV, ang pagkaalam ko nasa kaliwa ang Gabriela pati na sa karamihang grupong militante at grupong human rights. Iyan ang laging birada ng military at gobyerno. Medyo tutoo din naman kasi kung minsan “front” lang ang mga ganitong grupo ng mga Komunista. Pero hindi na uso ngayon ang Komunista. Tingnan niyo ang Tsina…hindi na pinag-uusapan kung Komunista o Socialista ang bansang Tsina basta maunlad. Basta progeso at maunlad ang isang bansa, anong pakialam natin kung ano man ang uri ng gobyerno? Demokrasya ng demokrsya pero gutom at naghihirap naman ang mga mamamayan. Kailan pa narinig natin mula sa gobyerno ang salitang “demokrasya” na hiniram lang sa Amerika pero hanggang ngayon mahirap at alipin pa din ng dayuhan ang Pilipinas. Sa Tsina dapat tayo gumaya. Kung makita niyo lang ang Shanghai sasabihin niyo na daig pa iyan sa mga ibang lugar. Masarap ang Lumpia Shanghai sa Shanghai.
Proud ako ngayon sa ‘yo, artsee!
Hindi na talaga pinag-uusapan ang Komunista ngayon. In fact sa isang report na nabasa ko, hindi na raw France ang number one na pinupuntahan ng mga turista, kundi Tsina! At si Uncle Sam, hindi lang aminin ay nerbiyos na sa Tsina!
Tama, Demokrasya nga, si Unano naman ang lider. E di masahol pa sa pinagsamang gobyernong diktadura at komunista kasi ay walang makain ang majority ng mga tao. Aanhin ang demokrasay kung patay naman ang mga mamamayan?!
Sana hindi ka sumang-ayon sa akin dahil may dugong Intsik ka din, Ate Chi. Pero harapin natin ang katotohanan na umaabot na sa leeg ang yagbols ni Uncle Sam dahil sa patuloy na pag-unlad ng Tsina. Mga tuta nila sa Asia tulad ng South Korea, Japan, Pilipinas, Australia ang putak ng putak.
john,
Looking at your list, nakakadismaya na sa dami niyang mga iyan, ang pinaglalabanan lang naman pala e kung sino ang nasa unahan ng listahan. Di ba more than half the names (and/or acronyms) start with either letter “a” or “b”? Mas maraming “a”, mas nauuna. If I were Comelec, I would change the order in every election, indexed forward (a to z) or backward (z to a) or according to the the sector they represent, and so on. Abanse Pinay in fact won its seat because they exploited this advantage of being top of the list. Those who merely wanted to complete a ballot simply copied the first name that was there.
Any suggestions that will take the undue advantage off these “a” or “b” parties so that the legit NGOs stand a better chance of making it? If not, we will be seeing in the next elections, names like AAAKO, AARON, A1A, 1-4-ALL/ALL-4-1, AAAA, etc. It looks silly now and much worse later.
Kaya nga Chi, naiwan na ng panahon iyong mga gunggong na sulat pa ng sulat na mga komunista at leftist ang ayaw kay Bansot. Kaya ikaw, Chabeli, me, et al, lahat tayo para sa kanila ay leftists. Kaya may isang Internet Brigader sinupalpal ko at sinabi kong rightist ako and at the same time Socialist! Marunong pa sa akin ang ungas e ako ang may katawan!
IBASURA ANG ADMINISTRASYON! IBOTO ANG OPOSISYON!
SAKIT NG PILIPINAS, SI TRILLANES ANG LUNAS!
PAG-ASA NG MGA PILIPINO, HAWAK NI ALAN PETER CAYETANO!
Kung nagkaroon sila ng amnesiya sa mga pandurugas ng kanilang among magasawang demonyo huwag na nilang akitin at idamay ang mga tao na magkaroon din ng amnesiya, dahil kahit kailan hindi na ito makakalimutan. It’s already a part of Philippine history. Ang mga ito ay nagkaroon kuno ng amnesia kasi natapalan sila ng malamaletang pera. Now it seems they have no choice but to share the same stage and enjoy eating back all those unkind and harsh words they’ve thrown to their now evil queen. Well, pera pera lang, walang personalan, but they exposed themselves as to what kind of persons they are; not only unprincipled but with so much greed. Principles must come first before profit, but with these characters, pera lang ang katumbas ng kanilang prinsipiyo. There will of course be some sort of payback eventually and in the greater scheme of things, no good or bad deed goes unrewarded, and them are no exceptions.
benign0 Says: February 16th, 2007 at 8:53 am
“Abroad they would think you mad if you went in a store and tried to buy just one stick of cigarette. They don’t operate on the scale. The difference is greater than between having and not having; the difference is in the way of thinking. They are accustomed to thinking dynamically. We have the habit, whatever our individual resources, of thinking poor, of thinking petty.”
Its not a good idea to put down the Filipino’s habit when you don’t know the truth of recent world history. You need to be told that after WWII in war torn Europe it was common to buy only one stick of cigarette at a store. The reason was that europeans were poor, many living off soup kitchens with a basic diet. One stick was luxury, so I cannot let you give to us some idea that many places “abroad” have not always been “paved in gold” and suffered the same fate as some poor Filipino families. If some Filipino are prepared to rise from their bed at 5am/6am they should be commended for doing so. Lets not get the idea that a pack of 20 cigarettes protruding from your polo pocket makes you any more efficient.
The success of Europe to recovery was its progressive governments to lift the population. Something that is only talk by our government without the action, like a simple employment policy and I don’t mean OFW’s what a joke!. Lets bring back our production & exports and stop importing junk from china, the only people gaining from it is the business importing at the expense of the Filipino worker to lift their standard of living, that’s when you can buy big. Don’t you think!
black knight says: “Whether they like it or not, they have to follow orders (legal or illegal) from the Commander-in-Chief or else they will be stripped from their positions and ranks. Simply put, that is the basic application of adherence to the “Chain of Command”. Obey first and complain to yourself!”
balck knight, kahit sa harapan mo ay nagdudumilat ang katotohanang kabilang ang mga kaanak mo sa halos parang inaagawan na at/o pinagkakaitan ng pagkakaroon ng disenteng pamumuhay? na pinamamahayan ng takot na baka mamamaya o bukas o sa makalawa o sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay “damputin” na lamang ng mga hudas na pikit matang sumusunod kahit sa hindi utos makatarungang utos buhat sa isang huwad, mandaraya, magnanakaw at sumpunging ipokritong pangulo daw?
lumalabas na kaya mong ipagkanulo ang pagtitiwala ng mga taong umaasa sa iyong pagtatangol masunod mo lamang ang iyong kinikilalang hindi dapat kilalaning commander-in-chief dahil sa nagdudumilat na paglapastangan sa batas at mga katiwaliang kinasasangkutang iniiwasang sagutin at harapin.
katwiran ng mga opisyal na hindi karapatdapat sa unipormeng isinusuot at responsibilidad na sinisimbolo ng ranggong nasa balikat.
Ystakei,
Your comments, “Kaya ikaw, Chabeli, me, et al, lahat tayo para sa kanila ay leftists.”
We shouldn’t care whether that is their opinion of us, diba ? Basata tayo, we are comfortable w/ our opinions & we can stand by them. In those instances we make a mistake or unintentionally hurt other people’s feelings, we are “man” enough to apologize.
Mga comments na leftists or communist-leaning tayo, yung ang sinasabi sa mga hirap tanggapin at harapin ang katotohanan.
.. sumusunod kahit sa hindi makatarungang utos buhat sa isang huwad….
Naku, anak ng tinapa!!!Sori nakalimutan ko kung ano ang isusulat ko.I sometimes have amnesia.The left and the right.
Naku, anak ng tinapa!!!Sori nakalimutan ko kung ano ang isusulat ko.I sometimes have amnesia.The left and the right.
apoy,
Makakalimutin ka pala. Hindi kaya dahil nag-marijuana ka nung kabataan mo? Nakakasira kasi ng memory ang damo.
There are two side effects of smoking marijuana: first, you lose your memory.
The other reason I forgot.
Pambihirang punchline ko, sumablay!
ULEEET!!!
There are 2 side effects of smoking marijuana. First you lose your memory.
The second one I forgot. Nyaaah!
Tongue,
Masama ba ang damo? Paano yung masamang damo sa ticket ni glo? Sunugin ba o pakain sa kabayo?
Sa Amsterdam,hindi na yan pinapansin. Approve na rin sa US ang medicinal usage within specified limits. Mas grabe daw ang dulot ng alak at sigarilyo. Magtutulakan pa ba ang mga Pinoy diyan?
tongue, nag-marijuana ka rin ba noon? kasi malilimutin ka rin. he he heh
boom tarat tarat. kasalukuyang sikat na novelty song na bagamat napakababaw ng mensahe ay kinaaaliwan ng balanang humahanap ng pagbabalingan ng atensiyon upang kahit sandali’y malimutan ang pagkalam ng sikmurang (maaaring) bihira nang malamanan ng pagkain dulot ng pagdarahop at kawalan ng hanapbuhay at umaasang sa pagpila sa programang wowowee ay makakasumpong ng iglap na kayamanan. kasabay sa pag-indak sa tugtuging ito ay ang pagkalimot sa katotohanang hindi lahat ay magkakatulad ang kapalaran. subalit, hindi bale na, basta’t puno ng saya, limot na rin ang problema.
at ganito rin ang laman ng mga bahaw na ulo ng mga kaalyado ng huwad at mandarayang magnanakaw na nagpupumilit maging pangulo ng bansa gayung salat sa kakayahan at walang karapatang mamalagi kahit isang saglit sa loob ng malakanyang. iniisip nilang dahil sa kasikatan ng naturang awitin ay matatabunan nito ang katotohanang sila ang promotor ng nabuwag na pagpupursigeng maisulong nang panakaw ang cha cha na magbubuwag sa mataas na kapulungan ng kongreso tungo sa habambuhay na pananatili sa kapangyarihan ng angkan ng mga gahaman . tila nakakalimutang sa bawat pagharap nila (lalo na ang mga sipsip na bunye, ermita, defensor, claudio, gonzalez at gonzales) sa taong bayan ay parang multong nagbabangon sa kinahihimlayan ang mga katiwaliang kanilang kinasasangkutan na siyang dahilan ng pagtatagal sa poder ng walang kahihiyang babaeng baliw na mukhang daga sa malakanyang na nagsusumiksik sa kanyang umaalingasaw na lungga.
sino ba ang makakalimot sa iskandalo’t pandarayang tinutukoy sa “hello garci”? sino ang makakalimot sa mga kautusang sumusupil sa karapatan ng bawat isang sandaling namayani sa katulad na pagkakataon noong isang taon, ang pagpapairal ng state of emergency dahil kuno sa pagtatangkang agawin ang kapangyarihan na siyang pinagdurusahan ng mga tunay na magigiting na opisyal ng hukbong sumasalungat sa bulok na pamamalakad? paanong mawawaglit sa gunita ng bawat isang mamamayan kung paano bombahin ng mataas na presyon ng tubig at animo’y hayup na habulin at hinahalibas ng hataw ang mga taong naglalabas lamang ng kanilang mga karaingan laban sa pang-aabuso ng abusadong huwad na pangulo at kanyang mga nakaunipormeng tulisan?
napakaikli ng memoryang magsasadlak sa kanila sa mabahong pusalian kung saan sila nababagay!
My group is actually now supporting solely GABRIELA, which is a legitimate organization representing Philippine women at home and abroad, since majority of our members are women. Members of my group is not left-leaning nor are we Communists. We are simply concerned and a socially oriented group with great respect for human lives, and social equality and justice.
IBASURA ANG ADMINISTRASYON! IBOTO ANG OPOSISYON!
STOP GUTOM! STOP KURAKOT! VOTE STRAIGHT UNO VS UNANO!
You bet, the Unano is the issue! If the Opposition wins, she should go! Ipakulong ang mokang na iyan kasama ng mga mokong na galamay niya, including IpDye!