Who will chair the Blue Ribbon committee will be a test of Senate President Manuel Villar’s so called “independence.”
It will also show us if the assertion of the three opposition senators – Jinggoy Estrada, Chiz Escudero, and Alan Peter Cayetano – that the opposition will still set the agenda in the Senate despite their collaboration with Malacañang allies holds.
Last week, Villar agreed that Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano would chair the powerful Blue Ribbon Committee. It will be recalled that the opposition had expressed their disappointment over the way Sen. Joker Arroyo, chair of the Blue Ribbon in the 13th Congress, used his position to protect Mike Arroyo from the intense scrutiny of other senators who had information of his questionable deals.
The victory of seven opposition senators in the last election was a clear message that the people want a Senate that checks the abuses of Malacañang. Having Joker Arroyo continue controlling the Blue Ribbon committee would be ignoring that message.
Sen. Panfilo Lacson wanted the Blue Ribbon committee. But Villar, who is eyeing the presidency in 2010, would not want to give Lacson, whom he sees as one of his rivals, a platform for his (Lacson) anti-corruption crusade.
They settled on Cayetano and the young senator accepted the challenge.
Monday evening, the nine administration senators met in a restaurant and Arroyo joined them. The latest word is that they will not agree to Cayetano getting the Blue Ribbon Committee. It must be recalled that last year, when the opposition congressmen tried to impeach Arroyo, Cayetano exposed an account in a German bank allegedly linked to the Arroyos.
The tune that the Villar camp was singing yesterday was “Cayetano is still too young for the Blue Ribbon Committee.” I said something that is not uttered in polite company.
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Dapat ay kay Ping Lacson ang Blue Ribbon Committee. Puwede na din si Alan kaya lang hindi tayo sigurado sa tunay niyang kulay ngayon. Kahit sino basta huwag lang tuta ni tiyanak ang umupo. Tapos, puwede na lang member sina Ping at Trillanes. Panahon na para palitan si Joker. Wike nga sa Ingles, he did nothing but to sit on his shit (galing ko ano?). Diyan makikita kung saan talaga si Villar. Kung ibigay niya sa kakampi ni tiyanak, ngayon pa lang ay sira na siya at huwag siyang aasa sa 2010.
para sigurado tayo kay lacson dapat ang blue ribbon, subok na si lacson sa laban–si cayetano ok din kaya lang sa ginawa nya na pagbaligtad (sabi nila) e nakakawala raw tiwala, baka nga naman kapag sya na e puro pabor na naman kay glo & mik, ang mga demonyo sa malakanyang. kapag ganon patay na naman ang pinoy. si joker naman nasabihan lang na magaling na mambabatas pero pera rin pala habol nya, wala rin–kelangan para ka sa kapakanan ng pinoy tapos!
Senate President Manny Villar had surrendered to Malacanang after the deal with GMA administration senators’ support for his senate presidency. He is now held hostage on his own personal interest. Malacanang can now dictates its own agenda. Political survival is name of the game. Senator Alan Cayetano has a political axe to grind against Jose Pidal mafia family. He may not forgotten the Abalos-Joselito Cayetano dirty works and the ouster attempt in the 13th Congress. Brenda Santiago is making lot of noises in dealing with Blue Ribbon Committee and other important senate positions.
Pag sa taga administration senator naibigay ang Blue Ribbon Chairmanship eh moro-moro na naman ang mangyayari! Na-swindle na naman ang mga Pinoy!
basta para sakin si lacson parin ang karapat dapat dyan sa ribbon na yan kahit pa anong kulay ( ke blue, red, green etc. ).
ang problema si bruha parin cgurado ang mag kukulay sa lintek na ribbon na yan ! kung ano gusto nya. sinabi na nga nya na “as strong as she wants to be” eh di walang mgagawa si money billard !
buti pa ata “ribbon cutting” na lang. para wala na pag iisipan, gunting nalang ng gunting si bruha.
“The tune that the Villar camp was singing yesterday was “Cayetano is still too young for the Blue Ribbon Committee.” I said something that is not uttered in polite company.”
I would have reacted the same way, Ms Tordesillas.
WE won, therefore, WE must dictate the tempo. Why should Villar kowtow to administration demands when he belongs to the victorious opposition? Are we seeing Rome invading Greece all over again? Are the conquerors allowing the conquered to conquer them?
eto naman si “allien pendoko cayetano” na parang fisherman kahit alam nyang balang araw kapahamakan nya dahil tiyak na ihahampas sya ng malabundok na alon ng dagat at pag nagkataon pa ay “tsunami”, wala na rin pakialam at malasakit sa nagpanalo sa kanya na partido ! mga balimbing. walang paninindigan, walang dignidad, dapat sa inyo mga balimbing ” ilibing ” na.
There’s nothing to test on Villar-led senate independence. Political horse-trading is a done deal. What litmus test? Kung sa Sukang Ilokos wala ng asim. Maysadong maraming halong tubig. Okinana, nalabnaw Apo!
Manny Villar’s resolve will be tested in the chairmanship of the blue ribbon commmittee. If he wavered and give way to Malacanang on who should be the chairman especially if it’s someone from the administration, it’s like signing his own death certificate if he’s dead serious to vie for the 2010 presidency. He cannot anymore extricate himself from being called paru-parong buking. Even if money talks. Parang kumunoy yan na unti-unti siyang lalamunin hanggang tuluyan lumubog at maglaho.
He could be senate presidet for a while but slowly, his credibility will erode. His treachery will not be erased from the people’s memory. And watch this. Once Sen. Trillanes echoed the words Ellen T. uttered but didn’t divulge in the thread, Villar might as well bid goodbye to his presidential ambition.
I’m just as curiouse as anyone following up the recent political circus. About Villar? Will he surrender? Ellen, feel mo na ang kasagutan sa tanong mo, di ba? Siguro, I still want to be surprised…meron pa kaya?
My poor country!!!
Should be Lacson…kung talagang naibigay na kay Cayetano then make Sen. Lacson as his vice-chair or puwede bang co-chairman kasi sa house uso ang mga co-chairmanship
Ka Enchong, Cocoy,
Ka Enchong says “My hunch is that next year’s SONA will signal government’s open (and brazen) Cha-Cha advocacy. Thenceforth, all efforts at convincing stakeholders to view Cha-Cha as a necessity will be exhausted. Before 2008 is over, they would have the numbers, both in Congress and in surveys….”
• neonate Says: July 25th, 2007 at 4:34 am Ka Enchong, Cocoy: My crystal ball says December 2007. JdV’s push to pass the cheap medicine bill abandoned by his 13th Congress is a patronizing move to neutralize his marred image. Thereafter, he will act as Pied Piper luring the Cha-Cha procession headed by Ate Glue fawns in Congress.
• neonate Says: July 25th, 2007 at 4:53 am If the melee in the opening session of the 14th Congress is any indication, the Congressional Railroad is careening as fast as ever. JdV and Ate Glue have the numbers NOW.
Most of the electorate who voted for Cayetano will be quite happy that Cayetano is about to learn his first lesson of not getting the Blue Ribbon Chairmanship as promisesd to him by Manny Villar and paid back for his disloyalty to his electorate so early in the game. Suddenly he’s not the strong outspoken lawyer chasing Truth & Justice but too young! Alan Cayetano your move of self interest was so obviously the wrong move. BTW someone needs to tell you that even when you started using the phrase ‘God Bless You’ it didn’t sound sincere.
My advice would be for you to go back to sit with the true opposition block and once again start to be honest as you are hard working, with no self interest and maybe, maybe the electorate will forgive you in time.
Pag sumurender si Villar at ibigay ang Blue Ribbon sa taga-administrasyon, malamang nagkaroon na ng ‘arrangement’. Naisahan na naman ang mga Estrada at ang taong bayan! Ang payo ko lang, ay dapat manindigan ang mga tunay na oposisyon na grupo nila Pimentel, Trillanes, Legarda, Lacson, Roxas, Madrigal, Aquino at Biazon, nasa likod ninyo kaming taong bayan!
Para sa akin, wala na o zero ang credibilidad ni Villar. Isa siyang ‘user’. Ngayon pa lamang ay ikukumpanya ko na sa mga relatives at kaibigan na hindi na nila iboboto si Villar, sa pagka presidente man o senatong.
It’s strange about your respect for people, there was a time that only recently before May 14th 2007 I had great respect for Allan Cayetano and Chiz Escudero but now I put them on par with the likes of Zubiri because they are all nodding to the same boss.
Cayetano & Escudero promised the electorrate that they would fight this corrupt administration not join them!
Is it too much to ask that they should be seen to be staying loyal to their electorate just for at least one term!
“Cayetano is still too young for the Blue Ribbon Committee.”
Heheheheheh! What Gloria shit they all try to feed us!
Eto talagang si Villar – negosyo ang nasa isip; payaman siya ng payaman – di ang bayan ang unahin niya.
Can he take that wealth to wherever he goes when he leaves this world? I bet he can’t!
Ellen,
Re: “I said something that is not uttered in polite company.”
Not to worry, nothing is ever too impolite to utter when it comes to these jerks so whatever you uttered – am pretty sure – is tame by my (ahem ahem) standard of “impolitehood.” (Hehehehe!)
PS: Nite nite!
Will Villar surrender?
We all know how Villar played his card, his left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. He will surrender to the feet of Trapolita, this is his only way for a self- political interest in 2010.He is like that a completely helpless and homeless patient who, trusting the unskilled of an incompetent surgeon, place his life in her hand and quietly submits himself to her knife and lancet.
Let’s now shift our anger to Alan and slap him in the face four times, because he may be compared to the trust given by the hopelessly lost traveler in the wilderness. Which path he choose, is anybody’s guess. Villar and Cayetano have both succumbed to the manipulative processes of more powerful psychopath president who likewise seek to claim lifetime absolute power to be the likes of Noriega,Marcos,Duvalier, Idi Amin and Saddam Hussien.. They have been hoodwinked by their greed.
This is just my opinion about any investigating committee within the sphere of Political Circles. In the U.S. it is still the case, but we can see that mostly their investigating committees are capable of crossing the partisan lines even when investigating politicians wrongdoing itself, we can not say the same in our situation.
We have here in Canada long ago eliminated politicians investigating themselves or any wrongdoings that affect public policies. The Media, the Public and each other parties may expose the other wrongdoings and if there is merit or evidence to the allegations, it is always an Independent Outside Inquiry who will conduct the investigation and report back to the Parliament its finding and recommendation for Aid in Legislation. Any Criminal investigation is for the Police Authorities to initiate. More often this process yields concrete results…
si villar (toyang)too young daw si cayetano—sya pa nagsabi, marahil sinabihan nina pidal. obvious ba??????pwe!
si lacson lang ang katapat ng ribbon na yan, kahit pa anong klaseng ribbon yan—subok na si sen. lacson, matakot na kayong mga pidal at mga demonyo sa malakanyang kakalkalin nang muli ang mga bantot nyo.
villar+escudero+cayetano+estrada=balimbing, wag na iboto.
balimbing in the sense na ibinoto kayo ng mamamayang galit sa demonyo yon pala kakampi rin kayo sa demonyo—-mga kampon rin pala kayo.
si escudero+cayetano kay bago-bago nagpakita na nang kulay, hindi blue ha kundi green. mga bading sa paninindigan–nakakaawang bayan.
• neonate Says: July 25th, 2007 at 4:34 am Ka Enchong, Cocoy: My crystal ball says December 2007. JdV’s push to pass the cheap medicine bill abandoned by his 13th Congress is a patronizing move to neutralize his marred image. Thereafter, he will act as Pied Piper luring the Cha-Cha procession headed by Ate Glue fawns in Congress.
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Neonate–You are starting to convince me the augur of your crystal ball. Pushing for the passage of cheap medicine is a hunt for a big political games, we might not like the tricks, but, they will provide, what are their intended plan and how they carry it out. My friend, I am not that kind of guy that likes to say I told you so, but I told you so. If your crystal ball has a rear view mirror, kindly point it on my direction. But, remember a glass that exposed to a prolong sunlight can burn the whole stacks of hay.
Anna said “Can he take that wealth to wherever he goes when he leaves this world? I bet he can’t!”
Manny Villar is like the Jew who placed his cheque book in his casket ‘Just in Case’!
Pwede ko na bang sabihin sa inyo na ‘I told you so!’?
Ang sabi ko noon, parang ‘musical chair’ lang yan.
pare-pareho yang mga iyan. hindi pa man lang nag-iinit sa upuan.
The tune that the Villar camp was singing yesterday was “Cayetano is still too young for the Blue Ribbon Committee.” I said something that is not uttered in polite company.
OK lang ‘yan, Ellen. Paminsan-minsan ay dapat tayong magpakawala ng justified impolite words/actions towards improper company at ng ma-feel nila na hindi tayo masaya sa kanilang panloloko sa atin.
Isinusumpa ko si Money Villar, kanit nuong una pa!
Ngayon pa lang ay talo na s’ya sa aming probinsya kung may balak siyang mag-presidente. Sabagay ay n0.8 si Money duon, sa susunod ay pupulutin siya sa putikan.
OK na sana sa akin kahit ke Alan na ang Blue Ribbon para makita ko ang tunay na galing at kulay ng Cayetano na ito, tapos ay nadiktahan ni Gloria si Villar! Humanda ka asawa ni Cynthia, gaganti kami!
At ikaw Gringo, ah burado ka na nga pala sa amin!
look what villar did to all our opposition votes last elections. and he has the gall to call gloria pidal a lame duck president. look who’s talking- a lame duck senate president with 3 little butterflies named allan, chiz and jinggoy! we filipinos just dont get it. we need tough leaders like lacson
i am ashamed of myself for voting villar, escudero, cayetano. no matter how they explain their position, it is just pure treachery to the filipino people. i think they are worst than chavit because at least we know he is a big joke. but these 3 and that jinggoy, they are just like cops who rob innocent people
si lacson, puro ingay din yan. ginaya ni cayetano sa pag atake kay mike. syempre, palagi ang pangalan sa dyaryo. tuloy-tuloy sana ang banat para sumambulat ang katotohanan.
hi madame ellen and to the regulars on this site, i just want to thank you because i found a home in this blog. everytime i want sanity and logic i read the articles and comments here and wow!- it’s therapeutic
Kung hindi sana sumama sa tiket ng GO si Villar noong nakaraang eleksyon,si Koko sana ang nakaupong senator,dahil hindi talaga iboboto ng tao si Villar.Wais din,Kumuha ng boto sa GO at kumuha ng boto sa TU at ikinumpanya pa ni Joker iyan at ni firstpig dahil ganyan ang iginuhit ng arketik sa plano.Inagaw ni Villar ang puwesto ni Koko.Hindi si Dayana nang-agaw dahil papanalunin talaga iyan ni Trapolita dahil sa kasunduan ng tatlong Maria.
at itong si escudero na anak ng dating alagad ni marcos, alam na niya kung paano paikutin ang pinoy.
rasmusen;
Let me welcome you my friend.If you have a carpal tunnel syndrome we have a lot of chiropractor doctors here if you need a therapuetic massage.You don’t have to go to Mamasang massage parlor anymore.In here a dentist is performing a brain surgery when the surgeon is not it.Pinapatawa lang kita,to make you feel comfortable.
to dinapinoy
tama ka si lacson puro ingay lang. that’s because he is not supposed to be in the senate. he is supposed to be in malacanan palace instilling discipline to every filipino citizen and and trimming the bloated abdomens of every other policeman and politicians
DinaPinoy:
Long time no talk,welcome back! saan ka ba nag-asylum ng matagal?
Welcome home, rasmusen. Kami ni Cocoy ay minsan sabay nagbabantay ng bahay. 🙂
Cocoy, kilala mo ha!
to cocoy:
thanks for the welcome address. i really need a lot of that i have been inflicted for years with a disease called chronic GLORIAsitis and recurrent episodes of Gonzales headaches
(type I- headache caused from listening to raul gonzales).
and now i think i am into acute VILLARiasis
Chi;
Beterano na ako sa laban at alam ko na ang mga kilos ng mga kalaban.Kung nauna sana akong naging tao sa tatay ko iyong mga makapili noong panahon ng hapon na nagpapahamak sa mga magigiting na guerrilla, ako sana ang naging berdugo nila at pupugutan ko ang ulo ng mga nag-susuot ng bayong.
I-fully-charged mo ang SONAR radar mo dahil may importanting announcement si Trapolita—I’m Sorry,I lied on my Sona.—
cocoy,
nakita ko kasi, nakabalik si artsee kaya magbabaka-sakali ako. mali siguro ang approach ko kaya babaguhin ko. pero ang pananaw ko, ganun pa rin. hindi na magbabago.
rasmusen:
What a coincidence we are suffering the same chronic illness.
cocoy,
minabuti ko na huwag na munang bumalik hanggang hindi pa natatapos ang eleksyon at makita nating lahat ang resulta. hindi ko binantayan kung sino ang mananalo. ang binantayan ko ay kung sino ang unang babaliktad.nagulat nga ako at napakabilis ng pangyayari. baliktaran na kaagad.
DinaPinoy;
My friend,nobody can argue with you signature style and keep doing what you are comfortable with.The most important is you are back in the league.Everyone here has a different approach in expressing opinion.Although we all differ from each other,we all both has the same purpose,we are all patriotic and we love our country.Our little contribution through disgust and anger in writing serve as a wake-up call to those who are reading us.Our combined thinking is more powerful than a bullet of armalite and keep that in mind.
cocoy, salamat. pero pasyensya na. sasagot lang ako sa mga talakayan. iiwasan ko na ang personal na bagay.
Cocoy, please avoid personal insults. Every one is entitled to his or her opinion as long as the exchanges are kept to a civilized level.
DP,
Hindi kaya masyado pang maaga upang sabihin na pare-pareho lang sila?
Ang pareho sa akin ay si Villar at si Gloria. But for the new elected senators, lalo na iyong mga bata, kahit asar ako sa kanilang mga ipinakikitang attitude sa simula ay nais ko silang bigyan ng kahit konting tsansa na ipakita ang kanilang kakayahan.
It’s politics…no black and white, always gray ang kulay nila pero siguradong merong lulusot sa ating panlasa.
Okey Ellen and my apology to DinaPinoy.I was overjoyed that he is back.That won’t happen again and I promise.
talagang tarantado yan si Manny Villar!
biruin mo ba naman na sabihin nya noon sa pangangampanya na: “uubusin lang ng mamanugangin ko ang pera ko, …kaya uubusin ko na sa taumbayan”
isang indikasyon na handang ibenta ang anak para lang makakuha simpatiya o “hearts & mind” ng boto ng masa.
tunay nga na mayroong GAGO noong nakaraang eleksyon na lumaban kay Gloria, at iyan si Manny Villar!
iyan dapat ang partido nya!
nelbar Says:
July 25th, 2007 at 10:06 am
talagang tarantado yan si Manny Villar!
biruin mo ba naman na sabihin nya noon sa pangangampanya na: “uubusin lang ng mamanugangin ko ang pera ko, …kaya uubusin ko na sa taumbayan”
Nelbar,malas pala ang magiging balae nito,hindi niya papapasukin ng bahay at papakainin ang balae niya.Pag ang anak niya ang manligaw sa anak ko ay basted na kaagad sa akin.Hindi ko na papapasukin ng bahay kahit na naka-jaguar pa siya at sampu ang body-guard. Hindi ako papayag na api-apihin nila ang anak ko.Giyera patani ang mangyayari.
Sa kanya na lang ang pera niya,tutal may halong kurakot.Hindi ako papayag na palamunin ang mga apo ko na galing sa kurakot.
nelbar,
What a revelation, sinabi ‘yan ni Money Villar ha! No doubt, he is the mole and mule of Gloria inside GO!
nelbar, cocoy,
Papayagan naman kaya siya ni Cynthia na ubusin ang pera sa taumbayan? Baloney! Kung totoo silang mag-asawa e bakit kumukulekta pa sila ng pork!
Chi;
Ang taong gahaman sa pera ay hindi kuntento sa dami ng pera nila,gusto ay madoble,pag nadoble na,ang gusto naman ay matriple hangang sa multiplication na lang ang gustong kuwenta.At bandang huli gusto na nilang bilhin ang mga pag-aari ng mga neighbors nila.
Susmarya,Santisima,Purisima,naman! Ang mga ganyang klesing tao ay mahirap maging kapitbahay,itatapon nila ang kanilang basura sa iyong bakuran.
Chi,
ayaw ko mang sirain ang maganda mong pangarap at inaasam sa mga batang senador, pero hindi na sila ‘bata’. si cayetano at escudero ay mga anak ng tatay nila na beterano na sa politika. nakita na nila kung paano ang takbo at pasikut-sikot.
Etong si DinaPinoy ba dating hindinapinoy? Dati Dino ang pangalan ngayon Dina na. Gumagaya ka yata kay Zubili. Buti ka pa na-overjoy si Cokecoy sa pagbalik mo. Ako underjoy siya. Komo ang paksa dito tungkol sa Blue Ribbon Committee, hindi ba nangako si Villar na kay Alan ibibigay dahil hindi daw maganda ang performance ni Joker bilang Chairman? Bakit ngayon pinagtatalunan pa?
Chi;
Iyang Pork Chop na iyan ang ugat ng kurapsyon,alisan sila ng barrel lahat at tingnan natin kung magpapakamatay pa silang mandaya sa election para maging Tongressman at Senatong.Pag walang Pork barrel at beer barrel na lang ang para sa kanila,si Estong na magaling na abugado sa lugar namin baka magiging congressman siya at uunlad ang bansa natin.Kaya hindi siya kumakandidato dahil wala siyang lupa na maisangla para gastusin sa pangumpanya at isa pa karamihan ay libre ang notario publico sa kanya. Classmate ko iyon at matalino talaga kaya lang hikain at tuwing lunes lang naliligo,hindi siya ang naging teacher’s favorite dahil wala siyang perang pang contribution pag may picnic ang mga madre.Pero siya ang napili na maging scholar ni Congressman sa UP at mataas ang nakuha niya sa entrance exam,Top ten graduate ng UP at one time bar topnotcher,self review siya na nanghihiram lang ng reviewer material na may tagay pa ng San Miguel.Hanga ngayon kahit na abugado na siya ay Estong pa rin at hindi siya nagbabago ng ugali,sumasakay lang ng Victory Liner papuntang korte pag may bista siya at wala pa akon nabalitaan na natalo siya sa kaso.
Artsee;
Huwag ka ng maingay,espesyal ka sa akin na parang hopia ni Mamon Luok.Pero agree ako sa opinion mo kailangan pag pangako ay tutuparin kung tunay na may paninindigan ang tao.Bakit ngayon pagkatapos makipag-dinner ni Villar sa kanyang Madame Bulilit ay ayaw ng ibigay ang blue ribbon camote kay Alan.Hindi kaya nakipagdinner din si Mrs.Bong Pineda.Nagtatanong lang po!
DinaPinoy;
Natumbok mo kaibigan.Iyang mga anak ng mga beterano sa pulitika ay wala ng gawaing matitino dahil carbon copy sila ng magulang nila na kurakot sa pulitika at nakita nila kung papano magnakaw ng pera sa legal na paraan.Tapos sinuso pa nila at kinain ang kurakot na pera, ay talagang mananalaytay sa kanilang dugo ang lason ng pulitika.
good morning sa mga bagong gising at good naight na sa mga nakahiga at matutulog na. sa mga gabi gabi namang nagpupuyat at naglalamay dito tulad ko ay condolence este congrats !
Off topic (pang warm-up lang).
artsee, gang ngayon ba naman may tampo kapa kay cokecoy ! ganito na lang, i-rewind natin yong unang araw na pagbalik mo dito at kakausapin ko silang lahat para bumati sayo ng “welcomeback artsee !”.
speaking of the blue “lagoon” ribbon chairmanship (allien pendoko cayetano), no need for the crystal ball of neonate to answer your ????? (sasakait lang ang ulo natin sa pag-iisip !)
What I can say is : no way money villar would say “no” to her master but “amen”, sabay pikit ang mga mata habang naka luhod sa harap ni bruha gloria para isubo sa kanya yong… (bahala na kayo kung ano yong isusubo ni bruha kay money). baka yong crystall ball ni neonate makakapagsabi nyan.
tulog ata kayong lahat, sobrang pagod ba sa kasisipa kay bruha gloria? cge isunod natin sila money villar, allien pendoko cayetano, at chiz-dog escapo-dero ( mga balimbing ! ), walang paninindigan! niloloko nyo lang ang mga taumbayan, kaya bagay sa inyo “itumba ng bayan” !!!
mga “GO” nga nman ! as in “Get Out” from where you are sitting,wag nyo ng gayahin ang bruha nyong sinungaling at mayabang ” from where I sit “… pag ganyan kayo katigas buong sambayanan ang ang babasag sa mga itlog nyo !
artsee, mali naman pag kaiintindi mo kay “dinapinoy”.
bago ang may 14 election, “pinoy” pa yan, nong matapos na ang election at naproklama na si migirl zubri (envelope girl) na nanalong she-nator, nag iba na sya ng citizenship kasi di nya matanggap ang ginawa ni bruha, kaya ngayon “dinapinoy”. okey ?
If Cayetano does not get the Blue Ribbon Committee, buti nga sa kaniya. I thought that he was inspired of God but apparently, he was not when he joined the league of the devil as in a devil advocate called “Villar.” Sorry, guys, but as they say, “Once bitten, twice shy.” Hindi puede ang awa-awa when it comes to doing things for the good of many with the inspiration of the Lord Above through the still small voice, the Holy Ghost. Manigas ka, Alan Cayetano! Iyan ang napala mo!
from jd baylon’s column in malaya:
“…..if the Palace exerts pressure on the nine Administration senators to give Villar an ultimatum, I would, were I in his shoes, turn to the “Pimentel 8” and say that I would give up the Senate presidency just to make sure that the Blue Ribbon remains in Opposition hands. I as Villar would have to work with Pimentel to smooth over the feathers that have been ruffled by the not-so-kind words that the separate Opposition blocs have been throwing at each other, and work with Pimentel also to bring in the more independent-leaning votes of Kiko Pangilinan and Pia Cayetano to create a bloc of 14, just to provide some breathing space. But that’s me.
Villar’s desire to keep the Senate presidency aside, this would in fact be an ideal development – and one which the “Pimentel 8″ had been angling for from Day One – because then the Opposition would have no need for the pro-Administration votes to keep and control the key committees……………………..”
http://www.malaya.com.ph/jul25/edbaylon.htm
if villar would want to prove he is really with the opposition this is his best move to save his face from the spitting of the million voters who trusted their hopes in him believing he is man enough to face the pressure from the witch of the palace.
sa magulong pekeng pamunuan ni gloria nagkahalohalong kalamay na ang dapat gampanan ng bawat sangay ng pamahalaan.
saan ka nakakita ng pangulong hindi naman hinalal ng tao ay sobrang pakialamera sa trabaho ng iba gayung ang sa kanya ay hindi magawa nang maayos? saan ka nakakita ng pangulong nandaya lamang naman kaya hindi natanggal sa malakanyang ay ‘anlakas pa ng loob na manakot sa bumabatikos sa kanya?
palibhasa’y napakakapal ng manhid na mukha kaya hindi na talaban ng hiya!
Mrivera, kasama mo ako sa sumasabog mong galit ! kaso hnde na yan tinatablan.
If we want the truth about gma’s LCS, then I think Lacson is the best man to lead the Blue ribbon committe. He delivered during the Pidal expose. He has the investigative experience and organization too.
I expect and like to know more of gma’s skeletons in the closet and i believe Lacson can do more than the rest.
Regarding Villar, i cant trust him because he plays the game by his own rules. He’s shrewdness in politics put us all always at the disadvantage.
Mrivera:
Ganyan talaga kapag apaw ka sa insecurity. Kung talagang walang ginagawang katiwalian yang squatter ng palasyo sa may Pasig River, kahit na sinong ilagay diyan sa Blue Ribbon committee hindi mangangatog ang tuhod niyan. Kaso its the other way around kaya sobra ang maniobra. Villar may have been working too hard for his own interest, he may lose focus on important things that are on the table right now. We’ll see.
Spy,
What’s Gloria’s LCS again please?
Agree ako Spy;
I can still see Villar and his famous Bicol Express way of impeaching Erap. Poor Erap, he did not know what hit him..
As to Villar’s being shrewed – don’t mind that at all, not in the least provided his shrewdness serves the electorate that put him back in the Senate. He must terminate his loyalty to Malacanang when it comes to what his electorate want him to do; in this case be an all out opposition to Gloria – that’s the basic will of the people who voted him back.
His being a shithead today is a guarantee that he will head a tank of odorous and foul manure if or when he becomes president. With a prospect like that, I say, we kill his chances now!
Spy said it well in describing Manny Villar, saying, “..he plays the game by his own rules. He’s shrewdness in politics put us all always at the disadvantage.”
To add, Manny Villar is “saving up” 10B for 2010. One way he is doing this, is by doing an IPO (initial pubic offering) for one of his companies.
Spy,
While I agree and like you “I expect and like to know more of gma’s skeletons in the closet and i believe Lacson can do more than the rest.”, I don’t think that a lone ranger, no matter how brave can fight this uphill battle alone.
Lacson needs a few allies – fellow senators who have the moral courage to go for the kill; unfortunately the current senate set up we’ve got is void of senators with moral courage; what did they do first thing after they got elected by the people on the premise that they would be an ALL OUT OPPOSITION? Traydoran!
Lacson could do it if he had a free Trillanes to back him up and do the work with him. With old timers whose corrupt mentality are as old as they are, i.e., Enrile, Santiago, Joker Arroyo, now joined by the up and coming morally corrupt fellow senators like Villar and soon to be morally dead enders like the young uns under him, Lacson is outnumbered and outgunned. We can’t even count on bumbling along senators to help him with his crusade – bring Jose Pidal to justice, in the likes of Pia Cayetano (there’s one useless senator in my book, Mar Roxas, Pangilinan, and Dick Gordon and now joined by halfway house Zubiri…)
I’m pretty sure that Gloria will field in her son Dato for the senatorial elections in 2010 to be able to block Lacson – Dato’s name is not yet filthy even if he’s an Arroyo (well, at least to our provincial kababayans who are likely to be the recepient of the money that Gloria is hoarding today for 2010 elections) and who knows the daughter will most likely replace Dato in Bicol, while Gloria’s brother in law will probably be a mainstayer in Bacolod, etc.
That’s why, it’s important to help Lacson and I think we can do this by calling on, writing to our Senators to support a move to bring Jose Pidal to justice – I reckon Jose Pidal could be the weakest link in the Arroyo chain. Why? Coz there’s money laundering involved by international standards (OECD) and where there’s money laundering, international pressure could come in but first, Pinoys have got to step on the accelerator to get the trial bandwagon against Pidal going!
brux, you’re absolutely correct. villar is an ambitious man ! I can’t imagine a wealthy man like him still have the desire to grab not only power & money like her master gloria but all the rights and priveleges of the people who gave trust in him, people who are hopeful for a change in life…
Anna;
Villar to me is a master when it comes to political maneuverings. He will sleep with anybody just to get what he wants. He’s done that with almost everybody in the political arena and yet the poor people still elect him because he has done it far fom prying eyes. All the backdoor deals will remain in the dark lest those who cut them exposed and shame themselves in public.
Yes, you’re right kill his chances now!
Adb:
I agree. Lacson needs allies in the senate.
Btw, LCS is lying, cheating and stealing. But im more interested on gma’s cheating and stealing operations. Nevermind the lying. She’s an incorrigible liar anyway.
Spy,
A friend of mine who used to be a major service commander and now serving in Gloria’s ‘kleptocratic’ government called me to wish me happy birthday and we got to talking about Gloria’s kleptocracy.
He got peeved and said (verbatim), “Don’t believe what you read! Gloria is a little fish in terms of stealing compared to all the others” (meaning other presidents).
I told him, “I’m prepared to accept that Gloria may not be personally involved in fleecing and plundering the State coffers but her worse half is doing it and if we are to follow the tenet of command responsibility, she is as guilty as the pig for doing that. Also, kleptocracy comes in two forms, financial and moral…”
Reply: “Well, they all do it anyway…”
I was speechless after that. I thought had he been in front of me, I would have knocked his sockers off!
Does anybody here know what “MONOPOLITY” means?
Re Ellen’s question: Malacañang opposes Cayetano in Blue Ribbon. Will Villar surrender?
I have a suspicion he just might but as Tiago pointed out, he’s pretty shrewed and if he thinks the nation’s pulse is that he doesn’t surrender to Malacanang, malamang bumaliktad uli!
Once a balimbing, always a balimbing!
kung sana ang mga taong pina dudukot, pina papatay at pinakukulong ni gloria ay iyong mga tunay na krimnal, rapist, holduppers, swindlers, at iba pang masasamang elemento ay siguro maririnig mo pa ang halakhak ko dyan sa germany ! at tatawagan ko pa si gloria upang batiin at purihin.
And your point is….?
DP and cocoy,
I beg to disagree. Hindi sila ang tatay nila. Ang big bang sabihin nito ay walang iba at sariling personalidad ang mga anak ninyo, wala kayo ni isang trait na pinagkaibahan ma lang?
Hindi nila kasalanan na ang mga tatay nila ay ganun na nga, pero sila ay hindi iisang tao at hindi iisa ang isip nila ng tatay nila. Maaari nilang sundan ang yapak ng kanilang tatay at maari din namang mag-create sila ng sarili nilang paths.
I believe that choices make a man, at nais ko na makita muna ang choices ng mga anak.
Tiago says, “Kung talagang walang ginagawang katiwalian yang squatter ng palasyo sa may Pasig River, kahit na sinong ilagay diyan sa Blue Ribbon committee hindi mangangatog ang tuhod niyan.”
‘Yan ang tumpak na obserbasyon!
Chi,
To me, these are difficult and trying times – a man is forced under these circumstances to make a choice and to stand by his choice, whatever that choice is. We have to delineate people with a purpose from those people who want to play it safe, i.e., with no choice at all, preferring to see which way the wind blows. That kind of person to me is not the measure of a man. That person will be swept in by the tide of discontent either way and in the end loses, perhaps not in the pocket front but on the moral front.
We gotta make choices in life to decide that good should combat evil. Those who refuse to make a choice had better not join the war – like in combat, usually people like this tend to distract than construct.
Absolutely, Anna. Life is a choice, without it…everything is meaningless. Choice makes a hero or coward out of a person, while neutrality is more than cowardness, scared of making a stand.
dapat lang na si ping lacson ang hahawak sa blue ribbon pag nangyari yan talang opposition si manny villar at kung isasalpak dyan ay si angara okaya si enrile wala na akong tiwala dahil ang mga iyan ay tuta ni gma
si jinggoy ay talagang opposition sigurado ko yan 100% kaya wag natin syang husgahan dahil sa pagdating ng 14th congress humanda ang mga taga malakanyang
Nabasa ko sa PDI na may malaking litrato na libo-libong sundalo ang ipinadala sa Basilan. Giyera na ba? Bakit kailangan pa ng mga Marines at Army ang tumugis sa iilan lang mga rebelde na kapwa Pilipino din? Hindi ba police matter lang ito? Sa ibang bansa, makikialam lang ang mga sundalo kapag nilusob tayo ng mga kaaway na dayuhan. Over kill na naman. Tapos, talo uli ang mga bata ni Esperon. Kawawang AFP. Kawawang Pilipinas. Tungkol kay Jinggoy, ako man naniniwala akong pure oposition. Pero mas bilib ako kay JV kahit na sa ugali. Si Jude? Sus, walang binatbat iyan.
Whew! Thnx Ellen for eliminating the virus.
Kawawang peter, sobrang nagtiwala kay villar. Mga bata pa kasi eh nakikipaglaro sa matandang magulang. Tama si tiago, “villar will sleep with anybody…”. Hanggang senate president ka na lang!
Kawawang mga pinoy, sobrang nagtiwala kay peter,chiz, at villar.
Bigla akong nagising- May bagong UFO na pumasok. virus na langaw pa..anong klaseng ipis kaya ito na ang sabi mga paranoid at talunan ang dito…sino ang paranoid? sino ang talunan? Hindi si Anna, hindi si Ellen..Are you talking of yourself? Mukhang ikaw .kasi ikaw ang nagagalit..ay langaw na halimaw pa…
Rose,
Ang beauty mo alagaaan, expect natin na mas maraming UFO pa ang susugod sa Ellenville dahil nararamdaman na naman ni Gloria ang sampal natin sa kanya.
It’s too early to see the arm of Malacanang dipping into the business in the Senate. It is my wish that the powerful Blue Ribbon Committee chairmanship will not be handed back to Joker Arroyo.
Handling in the choice of the chairman of this committee will be an acid test in the leadership of Villar.
Anna:
This major service commander and now serving in Gloria’s ‘kleptocratic’ government calling you to wish you happy birthday and talking about Gloria’s kleptocracy.
Its the reason that the attitude of all the people like him surrounding her are contributing to the downfall of the country – all for position, power and more importantly to them corrupt money. They should be made to live under a bridge in a cardboard carton for a week, that would sort them out and bring them into the real world.
I think that the powerful Blue Ribbon Committee chairmanship choice will have been already been decided at a Wednesday bing, don’t you think so.
binge – sorri its a bit early in the day for me he he he.
Anna:
MONOPOLITY: could it mean in business have exclusive commercial control of, to have complete control of an industry or service and prevent other companies or people from participating or competing in it
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Oh wow! Good find wwnl! Didn’t think it existed; actually the word came from a virus in Ellen’s page here who later admitted that he made a mistake and meant to type “monopoly” instead.
Anna:
Ah! Go To Jail pass Go and dont collect $200 he he he
Chi: i ready mo na ang ang mga Tse Tse flies sa “farm” mo. Kasi ang pagkaalam ko deadly daw ang mga ito. May namatay daw sa Connecticut years back and the coroner’s office could not figure out what caused the death and a Filipino doctor discovered that the cause was a bite of a tse tse fly kaya ang tawag sa kanya ay the Tse Tse doctor.
This story was told to me by my late sister who was with the Forensic Dept. of NYPD at the time. And the daughter of this doctor is a dear friend.
Anna said:
“Lacson could do it if he had a free Trillanes to back him up and do the work with him. With old timers whose corrupt mentality are as old as they are, i.e., Enrile, Santiago, Joker Arroyo, now joined by the up and coming morally corrupt fellow senators like Villar and soon to be morally dead enders like the young uns under him, Lacson is outnumbered and outgunned.”
The reaso I feel doubtful if Sonny Trillanes will be freed from detention to attend the Senate Sessions is seen by the three mentioned in Anna’s piece opposing this move Enrile, Santiago, Joker Arroyo, who are desperate to keep Ping Lacson and Sonny Trillanes apart simply because of their ability and strength of character as a team to produce, cross examine and submit evidence of corrupt practices.
In m y opinion this is the real acid test for the courts, lets see how sincere the Chief Justice Puno really is to have under his control a truely fair judiciary. Or are his words at the Cagayan De Oro Summit meaningless when he was spouting words of Truth & Justice.
Rose, thanks for the info, didn’t know that tsetse is deadly.
Di ba ang tsetse fly queen ay nasa Malacanang?! heheh!
chi:
There’s plenty of Queens in Malacanang he he he
Yeah, a new queen was just added…si She-nator MiGirl!
Chi,
heheheh! His/her Royal Highness Queen Dayana Zubiri – an individual who thrives in shit, i mean in cheating….
His coat of arms should contain the words: Merda semper
His arms should be in a straight jacket!
Naku Anna, Queen Dayana Zubiri will jump up and down with joy like a chimpanzee. Baka akala niya ay pork barrel ang Merda semper! heheh!
Medyo maganda ang hawak ni Chief Justice Puno sa SC ngayon di tulad noon panahon ni Davide. Kumusta na kaya si Davide? Alam kong hindi siya na-confirm sa appointment pero nasa UN pa rin. Iyan Davide na iyan ang sumira sa kagalang-galang na pinakamataas na Hukom natin.
Art. Atrstee, Artchi, I delete senseless comments. It destroys the flow of discussion.
Maybe you should only comment if you have something sensible to share with bloggers here.
Reply: “Well, they all do it anyway…”
I was speechless after that. I thought had he been in front of me, I would have knocked his sockers off!
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Yuck! The same old national anthem being sung by the tutas of the the greatest Pimp and Poohtah on earth. Ginaya pa si Muhammad Ali, a.k.a. Cassius Clay when he would go jumping around the ring and say, “I’m the greatest, Muhammad Ali!” When it it good, the Poohtah says that’s me, that’s my work, that’s my accomplishment even when it is done by someone else not really for her, but denies it to be hers when the going gets rough. In short, mayabang lang, pero walang ibubuga.
Who says that the idiot is not the worse president the Philippines has ever had? Magaling lang magpalusot! Kunsumisyon!
On the other hand, bakit ba lahat na lang pinakikialam ng ungas? There should be a limit to the function of this idiot who has made the Philippines look like a country where the presidents are not only conceived as robbers and thievers but as the head of some crime syndicates! Kababaing tao, ang laswa ng image, bugaw na sumasalisi pang putatsing! Yuck!
Apparently, what your friend(?) is missing is that the creep has committed various crimes—cheating in the election, plunder (who says she does not steal? Lahat libre! Masaya siya!), etc.—against the people of the Philippines. The law actually provides for disqualification of a cheater in the election. but the creep cannot be prosecuted because most of the people now sitting at the Department of Justice, courts, etc. are her political appointees and those who are waiting to be benefitted by the rampant looting of the national treasury.
I was actually wanting to join a fact-finding mission to the Philippines with some parliamentarians from Japan up to investigate on the Japanese ODA, but unfortunately, I have this family matter to attend in the USA that I cannot now join the mission even as an official volunteer interpreter. Sayang talaga!
Yuko,
Oh, he knew she was (cheating) but what he said exactly was: “She’s a little fish compared to others.”
(Whether he truly believed it or not, I ain’t certain…)
And yes, he’s still a friend; got many of them serving right under Gloria’s noses.
We argue about Gloria, govt, etc, we trade barbs, we sort of have put a slight distance between us but we are still civil to each other and continue to consider each other ‘friends’ in the most civilized manner.
I refuse to alllow the Gloria issue to drive a wedge between me and my friends even if they currently serve in Gloria’s govt (after all, I knew them long before she grabbed the presidency) – allowing the Gloria issue to break my friendship with my friends would be giving Gloria too much importance and accepting defeat.
Civilization is not always about war; civilization is a balancing act – to do that effectively, it’s important to know when to stop making enemies of people unecessarily.
WWnl,
“They should be made to live under a bridge in a cardboard carton for a week, that would sort them out and bring them into the real world.”
Agree!
You’ll be amazed but some of the folks I know who serve under Gloria today, that birthday wishing friend included, were not exactly rich when they started. A few of them came from relatively poor families too if one is to believe their stories.
Funny how “wealth” and “power” have a way of causing ‘amnesia’ in people who were once poor.
AdeBrux Says:
July 26th, 2007 at 8:13 pm
“I refuse to alllow the Gloria issue to drive a wedge between me and my friends even if they currently serve in Gloria’s govt (after all, I knew them long before she grabbed the presidency”
I admired this phrase adebrux. yes, a principled man with honor and dignity should never allow the will of evil like gloria eventhough some of our friends are serving her.
Ellenville for certain must be drudgery for the host, particularly when pests post.
One thing bad about the Philippine system is that there is no longer the distinction between the real bureaucrats (something thing career diplomat) and the politicians (or political apppointee) unlike in other more progressive countries like UK, Germany and Japan where there is a clear line between the functions of the bureaucrats, who get their positions through national board exams and civil service eligibility, and the politicians, who get to their exalted positions by election. And if you are a bureaucrat, of course, you can say, “So what if the politician is corrupt? I still am bound to serve the people I have taken an oath to serve, and if the politician is really that corrupt, then he should be prosecuted. I am not going to protect him because I am serving in the department he is assigned to as minister for instance.” Ganyan dapat.
Now, if you know a person is corrupt, if you are a good and law-abiding citizen, of course, you should have the sense and should decline serving such corrupt individual. Me? Kahit kapatid ko hindi ko ito-tolerate kung alam kong kurakot!
Anna: Oh, he knew she was (cheating) but what he said exactly was: “She’s a little fish compared to others.”
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Gago din ha. Anong sinabi niyang small fish? Bakit hindi ba niya alam na binulsa na ang lahat na mga funds ng gobyerno even before she cheated to become president. Pati nga iyong funds for the OFWs called “OWWA fund” ginamit niya sa election campaign niya, di ba? Don’t tell me hindi niya alam ang ginagawa ng mga taong nasa ilalim niya? Ang linaw-linaw ng sabi niya na lahat siya ng may pakana. Kasosyo, of course, si Mr.! Simple logic lang naman ang kailangan. I bet you, nakikinabang din iyong kakilala mo, Anna.
In my case, Anna, I stay away from people who do not share my way of thinking. It’s actually for my peace of mind as I hate getting into useless heated discussions with people who do not believe the same things I do. I stay away from people I cannot and will not tolerate for their crazy beliefs. I find arguing with them as a useless exercise lalo kung for yabang lang! 😛
Good on you, Yuko! Very admirative quality, indeed! Exceptional! Just wonderful!
Btw, I’m glad you adhere to my way of looking at things:
“Civilization is not always about war; civilization is a balancing act – to do that effectively, it’s important to know when to stop making enemies of people unecessarily.”