Related story: “Plot” seen as ploy to extend Esperon -Biazon
If Gen. Hermogenes Esperon is obsessed with staying as AFP chief after his scheduled retirement next month and if Gloria Arroyo is inclined to grant his wish as payment for services rendered, why don’t the two of them get it done away with?
It’s not the first time an AFP chief wants to stick to his post like a leech (think Fabian Ver). It’s also not the first time a widely discredited president wants to keep a trusted man at the AFP helm (think Ferdinand Marcos). So there’s a precedent.
That both Ver and Marcos ignominiously had to flee in the face of the people’s wrath in February 1986 is a minor lesson in history that Esperon and Gloria could both ignore. It could not happen to them, could it? Esperon does not tire of boasting he could crush any “destabilization” attempt by Gloria’s enemies. Gloria is equally confident no force could eject her from the Palace before noon of June 30, 2010, and by the grace of the AFP, possibly beyond.
People would go along – or pretend to go along – with Gloria’s extension of Esperon’s services. They have long given up hope Gloria will listen to them. What’s Esperon’s extension but the latest in the long list of Gloria’s abusive exercise of power?
Gloria and her Cabinet members, however, should stop scaring the people with all this talk about renewed efforts to bring down her administration through mass actions by civilians and withdrawal of support by the military. In truth, people are frightened not by the purported campaign for another EDSA uprising, but by the threats of a crackdown by the administration.
Last week, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez threatened to send to jail media men who ignore police orders. The background is the Manila Peninsula occupation by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim and their supporters. Media men were told to leave as government forces prepared to storm the hotel. For fear of missing out on the action and the coverage, they did not. After the assault, they were taken to military camps in handcuffs.
Yesterday, PNP chief Avelino Razon said checkpoints might again be put up and a curfew imposed because of the alleged plots to overthrow the administration.
What next? Threat of a round-up of “destabilizers” and their supporters, disclosure of purported communist rebel plans to conduct assassinations, warning of a terrorist bombing campaign?
They way we see it, the government “drama” is plain blackmail to quell the opposition to Esperon’s extension.
Yeajh, enough of the zarzuela. Just extend the Ass’s service! Abusado naman si Gloria, what else is new?!
Let’s see kung ano ang magiging galaw ng sundaluhan.
siRaulo Gonzalez just said that Trillanes group will destabilized EK. Ganun din ang sabi ni Asspweron.
Then, dahil napalpak, Reds naman daw ngayon ang may plot! http://www.abs.cbnnews.com
Kagulo na ang mga hybrids sa EK sa katatakip sa isat-isa! Ikot-trumpo na sila! Hahahaha!
Haay, nag-drama pa si Goria at Esperon…buking na sila! Ika nga, matagal ng nag-rate yung idea nila, heto at ikot-ikot pa rin sila!
Enough na nga at nakakahilo na, Destabilizers!
so what else is new. as i presented in my previous postings, the extension is a done deal. Esperon stays as CSAFP and Yano waits in the sideline as CGPA. Meanwhile, those talented military officers (the bright and the brightest but without political padrinos) will be forced to retire and that leaves the military with the mediocre officers. What’s the common denominator of Esperon, Yano and Cadungog. They were all assigned with the elite Presidential Security Guards. In short, mga Bata ni Ma’am. I have the same conclusion as Ramon Farolan, Esperon will be extended. God bless the philippines.
Tsismis or not, but let’s face it. Everyone is hoping Filipinos will and can remove the Dorobo by this year. It’s just that there seems to be no group yet capable of doing it, definitely not those brilliant (daw) lawmakers and representatives the Filipinos have voted to be their public servants, not puppies of the dorobo stealing for them from the national treasury. Golly, kakutsaba pa sa kalokohan!
Destabilization, my ass! Guni-guni iyan ni Gloria Dorobo and her minions. Lumang tugtugin na. Sabi nga ng isang blogger, nagkakagustuhan lang si Gloria at Mr. Almoranas, kung anu-ano pang kabulastugan ang ginagawa!
I agree with you grizzy. I myself would support a coup but I don’t see it being succesful to topple gloria’s evil empire. We have so much filipinos busy fighting for survival to feed their families, that’s the tiyanak’s tactic; keep the poor filipinos busy so they won’t have time to support a coup.
So basically, it’s just a mock-coup created by this abusive administration to proclaim another disguised/re-named martial law. Tuloy ang laban, siyempre!
I can understand the relationship of Ver and Marcos…they are related…magkamaganak. Pero ano ang relationship ni Gloria at ni Esperon? Are they related even by a stretch of imagination by affinity? Ang pagmamahal ba nila ay gaya ng pagmamahal ng baboy sa kaning baboy? kasi ang baboy pag kumain ay lamon..kaya lagi we were always reminded
..”don’t eat like a pig”..don’t be like a pig..a pig is associated with one who is greedy… one who is dirty thus the expression “dirty pig” tama talaga silang dalawa!
grizzy (err, yuko?), on “dorobo” gloria, paki explain nga ang dorobo? Japanese ba un o Kenyan/Tanzanian sa paggamit mo? Para kasing masarap ang dating, like “adobo” (as in adobong baboy).
I think, the GMA government has raw intelligence reports regarding an attempt to overthrow GMA but they do not know the specifics of this threat, so they are applying a “divide and rule tactic” by floating that the threat will be from the “left”. The moment the attempt to overthrow materializes and it will of course be from the “right”, the GMA government will be quick to tell the people that this is a leftist powergrab effectively neutralizing the support of the people, the GMA government will do its best never to allow this rebel group to have access to the media to counter the propaganda of the government,hence the warning of Gonzalez to all media outfits not to cover the activities of these prospective rebels and air the statements of the said group.
Heneral Hemorrhoid Assperon might just get his wish! Pekeng Gloria need to protect her own personal interest. If pekeng Gloria couldn’t or unable to get anyone she can truly trust to protect her from overthrown, Assperon will be extended. But, we shall see.
I’m inclined to remember what Yuko always says “Kawawang Pilipinas!” but lately, these high profile comical skits just makes me laugh. What will they think of next? The sky is falling? GMA reminds me of chicken little.
Sinabi mo pa, Jug. It will start seeping into the heads of these crooks maybe if Filipinos stop playing deaf and blind to these moro-moro that are in fact insulting to their mentality.
Gloria Dorobo and her minions may think of themselves as geniuses but they are in fact a bunch of idiots and morons.
Yes, “Kawawang Pilipinas!” My sympathy to all!
HG,
“Dorobo” is “magnanakaw” in Japanese. I don’t speak Kenyan although I am familiar with Swahili. The only place I visited in the African continent was Morocco in the Algiers via Alhambra in Spain. Hindi pa kilala ang mga PLO noon.
Hindi masarap matawag na dorobo sa Japan. Theft and robbery are considered serious crimes in Japan, especially when committed by a wannabe queen like the Dorobo squatting at the palace by the murky river. In Spanish, she can be called Dona Ladron y Pidal! 😛
BTW, iyong adobo pala Mexican dish, pero walang toyo!
The last time there was a Coup it was the Vice President overthrowing Her President, so the Coup the Secretary of Justice talking about maybe coming from Within or a Coup within the Coup? It is now getting ever much more confusing, or the Administration just trying to Confuse, and planning to Strike in the midst as it always did..
I don’t know if I would agree to “kawawang Pilipinas.” Perhaps, Pilipinas deserve it? If Pilipinas is waiting for the outsiders to come in to the country and take the country back from the thieves and crooks and hand it to them, it’s not going to happen. Case in point, liar, cheater and thief Gloria is still ruling the country. Help those that help themselves!…Also, theft and robbery are considered serious crimes in Pilipinas, but when the law enforcers are the one doing the thieving and robbing, what can anyone do?
Are they hallucinating ? The great Dorobo Gloria is the main issue. She needs Esperon as her protector.
Moro-moro talaga. Biruin niyo nga naman hindi pa magkakatugma ang mga pinagsasabi nila. Sabi ni Norberto Gonzales ang mga kasama daw sa Magdalo ni Trillanes mag-uumpisa ang destabilisasyon. Sabi naman nong isang General na mukhang Ninja Turtle ay mga komunista daw. Kailangan na talagang palayasin na ang mga Pekeng nakatira sa Malakanyang. Ginagago na talaga nila ang mga tao. Bakit nga ba pinagpapansin natin yang mga Military na yan. Baka lahat ng ito ay palabas lang nila dahil gusto nilang hawakan ang ating Bansa. Masyado na silang kontrobersyal.
Chi,
Pang showbiz talaga! Di ba ang issue eh moro-moro eh magaling nga silang mag hide and seek kasi moro eh armado ang mga iyan kaya 1 + 1 = 2 na silang problema ng taong-bayan at ng Pinas sa kahihiyan.
Sobra na talaga ang pinag-gagagawa nila sa atin……
DGK,
Ofcourse naman 100%? Manhid na ang mga iyan, wala ng bait sa sarili kaya dedma sa panaghoy ng taong-bayan. Ang mga Bagong Katipunero eh sila ang ating pag-asa, kaya dapat tuloy-tuloy ang pangangalampag sa enchanted kingdom hangga’t nagbibingi-bingihan ang mga iyan.
Atleast di naman tayo nag-iisa sa laban itong, patuloy ang marami nating kababayan sa pakikipag-patintero sa mga pasaway at sobra sa pansin.
Korek ka diyan, Balweg! Maraming pasaway kaya kailangan nila ang mga magsasaway! Ang tingin ni G n E ay mga kamatis at talong na lang ang mga Pinoy na puwedeng pisain o ilaga at isawsaw sa bagoong! Actually, matagal na nila itong ginagawa sa atin, hindi pa nga lang “gising” ang karamihan sa atin. O kaya’y nakadilat na ang kanilang mga mata pero sa gutom na at hindi sa panloloko o pangungulimbat nina G n E y Co.!
Ang sa akin lang, sulong pa rin ang ating Laban!
Kawawa ang mga POBRENG nasa Pilipinas!
hindi na ata paaawat si sipsip gonzales.go!go!go!habang may asim ka pa!??
hi ellen, just surfing the net and found this blog very informative. well i think this admin has to sow confusion and paint the opposition as the bad guy. this will ensure their hold to power. but a question lingers in my mind, what are the honorable officers corp are doing? yun lang bang nakakulong ang may kakayahan? if i’m not mistaken Jug and Zardux are in the service? what’s the real score? i talked to some ep’s (retired) may possibility for the sarge to lead but that is suntok sa buwan. matiisin kasi ang pinoy. aware sila at nadarama ang paghihirap pero kaya eh. so it will be a swift coup and change or just wait til 2010. if it will be the latter, dapat wala ng magreklamo, ibig sabihin nag tolerate tayo, tiis tayo. tapos!
Maganda iyon a, coup within a coup! Magandang pakinggan, I mean. Point is magkano ang ipinamudmod nila doon sa mga deprived na pilipinong magpapanggap na mga NPA and Abus to make their coup rumor believable?
Naubos na ang pera ng bayan, tuod pa rin ang mga pinoy. Ngayon trying hard to make money ang mga dorobo.
We’ve been hearing in fact of the attempts for instance of the dorobo and her cahoots to make money out of the patrimonies in Japan. Buti na lang aware ang mga hapon sa hinaing ng mga pilipino sa Japan, and Japanese negotiators for the Japan-Philippine Reparations Treaty in the 50’s thought of the welfare and interests of future generations of Filipinos that they had been wise to include the clause providing Filipinos a way to sue crooks like Gloria Dorobo to be sued in Philippine and Japanese courts if they would ever try to get rid of the properties given to the Filipino people as reparations payments for the war.
Now, iyong idiot na Ermita payag pang siya ang ipinapain na culprit daw in the transaction regarding the Nampeidai property being questioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, which I understand is semi-caretaker of the patrimonies in Japan. Buti na lang, pero duda namin na this is to deviate attention to the more meaty deal regarding the property near the Imperial Palace in Kudanshita that is being used as residence of the ambassador.
Moro-moro or what, sana magkatotoo nang matanggal na si Gloria Dorobo! Ang please next time, ingat na sanang maglagay pa ng isang trapo o anak, apo or whatever ng mga dating trapo na dahilan kung bakit ganito ang Pilipinas ngayon! Saklap!
The reason why these bastards don’t want to leave their post is that they are not yet contented from the wealth they are corrupting. A real leech with a body of crocodile. Ika nga cloned na pagkatao. Kawawang ‘Pinas. Lugmok sa kahirapan dahil sa sobrang kurakutan. Grrrrr!!! Nakakatulog pa kaya ang mga UIL (Un Identified Leaders) na ito?
matiisin nga ang mga Pilipino..the ordinary people (the common people…the masses) nagtitiis because they depend on the intellectuals, on the rich for their survival…sa probinsiya magsasaka sila pero ang lupa ay hindi naman sa kanila…kung walang kinagawa ang so called intellectuals, rich para sa kanila nq ordinary common people much as they want to better their lives they have no choice but to “magtiis”. young girls and boys sell their body to survive. a number of the intellectuals and the rich (particularly those who are in the government sell their souls)..ang mga businessmen naman…they are comfortable so why rock the boat? sumayaw ka na lang…the ordinary common people have no choice…they are chained and are slaves of the few rich, intellectual who hold them. And the Philippines is a christian country? a catholic country? ironical…
Welcome to the blog, Randy. Are you Randy David?
BB: I would like to ask the same question..is he Randy David?..I don’t know him but I have heard about him..
Bb/Rose,
My guts yang si Randy David!
Rose, the way he writes is that of a journalist. I’m now his fan…after he turned opposition. Randy was among the Edsa Dos journalists who contributed to Erap’s ouster; and among those who later changed their opinions and joined the opposition now a Malacanang critic.
“‘Destab’ real but not serious, says AFP ‘Nothing we can’t handle’,” says a Malaya banner. Oh yeah?!
Kundi iyan nanloloko, nakakaloko! Tindi! Kapal talaga ng mga mukha. Nagpapalusot pa!
Napapraning na kasi ang administrasyon ni Gloria kaya feeling nila eh laging may destabilization. Pero sa totoo lang dapat lang naman silang mapraning dahil ayon nga sa survey eh sobra na ang pagtitiis ng mga Pinoy sa pagpapapahirap ng gobyerno. At anytime ay mas gugustuhin ng masang Pilipino na mapalitan na at mapatalsik ang pekeng gobyerno ni Gloria at Espweron. Kung sa kongreso ay mahalaga ang numero at paramihan ang labanan, sa isang pag-aaklas na may sapat na bilang ng mamamayan ay pihadong TAOB si Gloria. Ang kailangan lang ay ang mga revolutionary group should select a popular personality na tatayong leader hanggang magkaroon ng isang maayos na eleksyon!
Rose,
Matiisin nga ang mga pinoy, lalo na kung walang laman ang tiyan. Uunahin pa ba ang lumaban kung makain ay wala? Kaya pinagpipilitan ni Gloria na ang mahihirap ay hindi umunlad para palaging pangtawid-gutom ang kanilang nasa isip. O kaya ay magtrabaho sa overseas para watak-watak ang pwersa natin. Matinik sa kabuhungan ang babeng Pidal!
Dapat lang enough na ang pinagmomoromorohan ang mga moro at tayo. Wala ng saysay at di na sila tatankilikin pa ulit.
Valdemar: tama ka..enough is enough…kaya hanggang Feb. 9, 2008 lang…24 days from now…is her deadline…and together we should pray na matigil na ang mga kalokohan at kagagohan ng mga ito! The strongest weapon is a prayer from each one of us..ang nagmamahal sa Pilipinos na maawa na ang Dios sa atin lahat…He is our only hope and we can talk to Him through our prayers…kaya bagyohin na natin nang ating mga dasal…Our Lady of Lourdes, please pray for us..please intercede for us..Thank you and Amen..Let’s keep our faith and put our trust in Him.
The time is clicking, too, till Jan. 22. Ingat ang mga tao kasi baka may papuputukin na naman sila tapos excuse it as mere gas explosion as they did in the Ayala mall.
Got pictures of the Glorietta bombing. Meron pa ngang nabagsakan ng kotseng tumilapon. Iyong isang naputukan nga nahubuan na nawasak pa ang mukha. Kawawa naman!
Let’s remember what the brave soldiers now detained said about refusing to follow order for them to plant bombs where the rallyists would pass through and blame it on them by tagging them all as commies!
Hindi naaantig si Gloria Dorobo diyan kasi akala niya siya ang may-ari pati na ng buhay ng lahat na pilipino dahil ang tingin niya sa sarili niya, siya ang may-ari ng Pilipinas! Ang kapal talaga!
Chi:
Matiisin? O talagang ayaw lang mag-isip kung ano ang tama? Nakakaawang nakakainis sa totoo lang.
Naaalala ko tuloy si Manuel Conde na pinapanuod namin sa TV noon na nakahilata sa ilalim ng puno ng saging o niyog at hinihintay na bumagsak iyong bunga habang kumukuyakoy!
grizzy: hindi ba yon ang kwento ni Juan Tamad? At saka yong si Juan Tamad ay pinabili ng alimango ..at instead of bringing it home, he told the crabs to walk home..what tales they told us then…I still can’t figure out who authored those books…Americans or Filipinos? Bakit ganoon ang ipinamulat nila sa mga kabataan noon. Pero alin ang mas grabe yong maling libro or yong maling concept na si Juan ay Tamad..mas gusto ko ang Pepe and Pilar…si Kenkoy..
Ellen, I recall this is the second time you used “moro-moro” here. Mind explaining a bit how you use it here? Some are offended by this phrase, which has invaded our linguistic repertoire on comedy (inspired by zarsuela plays of early years). “Moro” (for Muslims) seems clear to many, but “moro-moro” isn’t.
Reminds me of mlq3 recently posting in his blog the “Filipino monkey,” the phrase which nearly caused a US-Iran war and the prospect of WWIII. Read these -http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/filipino-monkey-and-the-naval-confrontation-with-iran/; http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2240533,00.html.
Personally, I sometimes find it distressing, not that I’m directly affected or reactive to “moro-moro” (I also unwittingly use it, only to realize that I shouldn’t), but as a Christian I’m faulted by some Muslims for parroting it without explaining what I mean. For many, it’s a harmless phrase, but sometimes it gets nasty as a Muslim joke or Christian prejudice, depending on how one takes it.
It’s consoling that enlightened Muslim Filipinos somehow get its message(in reverse), as a satire for, or by, Christian Filipinos trying to do some machiavellian trick to fool their fellow Christians. There, the “Moro” is concededly the reference for being “smart.”
The “Filipino monkey” is your near-equivalent of “moro-moro.”
Rose: Pilipino din ang may kuwento niyan based on observations noong panahon pa ng kopong-kopong. In fact, Rizal justified the so-called “indolence” of Filipinos during his time.
I can understand his sentiments. Sino nga ba naman ang sisipaging magtrabaho kung wala namang mapapalang maganda. Mangurakot na lang.
Problema pag nasanay dala kahit saan ang masamang ugali. Isang pintas sa mga Filipino workers in fact, iyong kawalan nila ng loyalty kasi nasanay sa lagay. Tignan mo naman ang ipinapairal ni Gloria Dorobo! Yuck! 🙁
Ellen, I posted something on “moro-moro” but until now, it’s still under “moderation.”
Ellen,
I recall this is the second time you used “moro-moro” here. Mind explaining a bit how you use it here? Some are probably offended by this phrase, which has invaded our linguistic repertoire on comedy (inspired by zarsuela plays of early years). “Moro” (for Muslims) seems clear to many, but “moro-moro” isn’t.
Reminds me of mlq3 recently posting in his blog the “Filipino monkey,” the phrase which nearly caused a US-Iran war and the prospect of WWIII. Read these –
1)http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/filipino-monkey-and-the-naval-confrontation-with-iran/;
2) http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2240533,00.html;
3)http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/11/the-iranian-incident-and-the-filipino-monkey/.
Personally, I sometimes find it distressing, not that I’m directly affected or reactive to “moro-moro” (I also unwittingly use it, only to realize that I shouldn’t), but as a Christian I’m faulted by some Muslims for “parroting” it without explaining what I mean. For many, it’s a harmless phrase, but sometimes it gets nasty as a Muslim joke or Christian prejudice, depending on how one takes it.
It’s consoling that enlightened Muslim Filipinos somehow get its message(in reverse), as a satire for, or by, Christian Filipinos trying to do some machiavellian trick to fool their fellow Christians. There, the “Moro” is concededly the reference for being “smart.”
The “Filipino monkey” is your near-equivalent of “moro-moro.”
Hawaiianguy,
Pareho tayo may oras na di maka-IN ang message ko, under moderation.
Excited ako sa mga massage ng ating mga ka cklasmayts.
Has anyone heard of “Filipino monkey” lately? It echoes the sound of “moro-moro.” (sorry my longer post doesn’t appear here.) More, by visiting these –
mlq3’s recent posting in his blog the “Filipino monkey,” the phrase which nearly caused a US-Iran war and stoked WWIII.
http://www.quezon.ph/?p=1644#comments
Also, these –
1)http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/filipino-monkey-and-the-naval-confrontation-with-iran/;
2)www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2240533,00.html;
3)http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/11/the-iranian-incident-and-the-filipino-monkey/.
HW, Balweg,
E kung baguhin kaya ninyo ang inyong mga names. Kaya lang pakilala kayo sa akin, heheh!
Kaya nga ako naging grizzy after the main character in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “CATS” that I saw in London when it was shown there for the first time. It got me hooked on Webber as a matter of fact. Iyon lang Sunset Boulevard ang hindi ko pa napapanood. I was looking for it at SFO pero hindi palabas, not even in New York, I guess.
Kawawa ang future generation ng mga pilipino. Tignan mo nga ang nangyari sa generation natin and the present one. Sa tatay pala ni Dorobo natoto ang mga pilipino ng mga pork barrels, at garapalang lagay. Next time, iyong mga uupo, iisipin nilang normal na lang ang magnakaw. Tignan mo nga iyong baklang umagaw ng upuan ni Koko. Sarap na sarap sa upuan niya. Dedemanda daw niya si Koko. For what? Sa pagbisto sa pagananakaw niya ng boto?
Dapat kinakasuhan din si Abalos diyan. Hindi dapat na pinapalusot iyan. BTW, ano na ang nangyari doon sa nawawalang mga poll inspectors na witness sa dayaan sa Mindanao?
Chi,
Dapat lang! Pwede pa kay Goonzales at GMA and co. kasi mahirap na eh mahawa pa tayo sa kanilang ka ek-ekan.
Alam mo may kasabihan tayo na makisama ka sa isang corrupt eh posibleng 100% maging corrupt din tayo.
Kaya dapat lang e dispatsahin na ang mga iyan, para ma STOP na makahawa pa ang mga iyan.
Grizzy,
Ang Masang Pilipino lang ang kawawa kasi nga eh halos lahat ng mga trapong pulitiko natin eh milyonaryo at ang iba eh may green card pa (secret lang yon dahil dawala ang passport niyan.
Ano man ang maging sitwasyon ng Pinas eh maglalayasan yan at magpupuntahan kay uncle Sam, mayroong mga haus doon ang mga iyan.
Kawawa talaga ang Masang Pinoy, laging dehado sa mga corrupt nating leaders at trapo/balimbing na pulitiko.
Ang kaso eh di na natuto ang marami nating Kababayan, zero IQ? Bakit kamo eh kasi ibinoboto pa nila ang mga pahirap na yan sa bayan.
Ang dami namang Pinoy ang may guts at God-fearing pa na pwede pang pagkatiwalaang mamuno.
Sila ang ating ihalal sa panunungkulan!
BB and Rose, Thanks for welcoming me. It’s an honor to be the namesake of a good journalist. No I’m not Mr. R. David but like you I admire this person’s disposition. Me, I’m just an ordinary pinoy. Though mulat ang mga mata ko. I also know of people in the other side or who thinks that admin is the way to go. Nasa serbisyo sila at ayers pa ang iba. I just don’t know if their family suffers pero di naman corrupt itong mga ito, talagang bilib lang kay GMA. anti coup sila when it comes to that, kahit noong ’89. Makes me wonder, pero lately nakita ko at least kahit partially: wala tayong tunay na UNO! Lahat gusto presidente! Why can’t we narrow down our choices? Tulad sa tate, may primary tapos dalawa lang ang maglalaban sa election, democrat and republican. Sakit talaga nating pinoy ito. May anecdote dati si Sen.Butz Aquino na minsan daw 10 chinese, 10 malaysians at 10 pinoys in a workshop. They need to elect a leader for the group. After 5 minutes ang chinese at malaysians mayroon ng leader. Ang pinoy group hapon na lang nagtatalo pa kung sino ang mag lead! Ganyan tayo, nakakalungkot. GMA uses this attitude to her advantage. Sa military siguro sila na ang huhusga kasi 50/50. Nakatalaga na kasi ang galamay nya. Looking back when she was a senator nag alaga na sya ng isang class sa PMA (class nila Bangit ’78 yata) dahil alam niya they will grow together, maging senior colonels sila siya naman vice then the rest is history. Kita nyo naman class 78 mga bn or bde commanders yan, sino ngayon ang aaklas, wala. Utak yan pre… ‘ika nga. Sino ang nag oakwood kapitan at tenyente, walang asim ‘ika nga. Ngayon at the very least talagang maghintay ’til 2010 or by extension of esperon ma agitate ang mga few matutuwid na opisyal- swift coup but I certainly doubt it. Bottomline, magtiis ang bayan.
buti nga kayo “under moderation” ang mga comments. ang akin ilang araw nang wala kahit isang pumapasok.
dahil ‘yan sa espiyang si akismet, ‘yung ilokanong itneg!
randy,
I am not in the service. You’re right, there are still a lot, if not most in the officer corps (especially in the PNP) that considers sticking to the chain of command as the mandate of their profession. They sympathize with Sen. Trillanes’, Gen. Lim, et al, but not with the method. The consensus is that there is no sensible program being followed by their top brass nowadays, definitely no genuine rule of law, and we’ll just have to wait it out after 2010 for a change in the political landscape. After my talks with some of them, it seems that support for any “coup” is highly unlikely. Unless circumstances force them to make a stand, they will suck it up some more (they have a high threshold for pain).
What we really need are opposition bets to genuinely champion the cause for reforms, to take up the issues already brought forward, and come up with a united front that can stand up against whatever the administration will field later. People who can really ACT ON what they tell us they would do.
Apparently, HG, you have not seen a moro-moro, which is something like a mock battle or a drama with guerra-guerra held during fiestas in the province.
I saw one when I was a kid and visited my mother’s hometown. As a Manilan, even as a child used to watching those vaudeville shows at the Clover Theatre at Echague, I found those moro-moro ridiculous and boring but for people who had nothing to entertain them after dark when most provinces did not have electricity, they must be some kind of a luxury.
There is actually nothing wrong with the use of the word “moro-moro.” Parang kapareho din iyan ng “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.” Kung lalagyan ng malisya, talagang magiging malicious.
Randy, if you’re not the Randy David we all know, welcome to the blog just the same. Your input is just as valuable. You’re correct in your assessment about the opposition. Sa UNO lahat gusto maging Uno. I bet you no one will slide to running as Vice President. Pare-parehong may ego. If they recruit Lito Lapid to their side, I’m sure papayag si Lapid na maging Bise…he, he.
BB:
During the last election, FYI, the only one who ran as UNO was Senator Trillanes. The others only pretended to be Oppositionists, but I’ve been told that a lot many of them were likewise financed by the crimina squatting at the palace by the murky river. Kaya ngayon wala silang ginagawa. Kaniya-kaniya lang pasikat pero walang substance! Sayang ang boto!
Very good observation, grizzy. Erap was taken for a ride into thinking that his choice of candidates were true opposition. Ang hirap sa kanya madali siyang magtiwala…madaling utuin. Is there really an opposition? If there is, why are those inside opposing one another?
Randy: “Tulad sa tate, may primary tapos dalawa lang ang maglalaban sa election, democrat and republican. Sakit talaga nating pinoy ito.”
Tama ka, minsan gaya-gaya kasi ang pinoy. Noong una, 2 lang ang parties (NP at LP, at negligible na “third party”). Pero mula ng panahon ni Cory, dumami at lalo pang nadagdagan sa panahon ni FVR. Parang nagiging labo-labo tuloy ang labas. (I think it’s a misplaced pluralism.)
BB: “Is there really an opposition?” That’s partly my point, above. Concern for plurality in Philippine politics, I think, unnecessarily gives an imprimatur to the “kanya-kanya” system – an old baranganic habit that refuses to die even in modern times. That’s what happened to FVR (refusing to yield to Mitra), and Lacson (breaking ties with Masa which selected FPJ).
Grizzy, yup, you’re right. Haven’t seen a “moro-moro”, but to my surprise, it lives on in some provinces in Luzon. Maybe, people attribute nothing bad to it in the same way pinoys are reacting to “Desperate Housewives” and “Filipino monkey” in the blogosphere.
Sorry for double postings, above (9:08am and 11:12 am). Tried the second one, with slight difference, hoping to pass thru the “moderation.”
We have a reenactment of the BATTLE OF MACTAN and a SINULOG which I have been missing for years now. The battle of Mactan didn’t really hold much significance for me until recently, it reminds me that we Filipinos need to preserve our pride, our heritage, and that we must be careful of foreign influence – we are were born to be free and not to be slaves. If Lapu-Lapu and his men, practically naked, armed with bolos and spears defeated battle tested, armor clad, Spanish soldiers with guns and cannons, we can overcome present obstacles. So, do not despair.
Inspite of our apparent shortcomings, the FILIPINO WILL PREVAIL.
It’s just a name, HG. Tawag doon sa drama that actually depicts Filipino courage and bravery with scenes of skirmishes between the invaders and brave Filipinos. So there is actually nothing wrong about it unlike the “Filipino monkey” etc. insults on Filipino mentality!
Ang pangit for me is to equate the Moslems with terrorism that “moro-moro” is not.
Come to think of it, I grew up in Christian Philippines having those common prejudices against the Moslems. Nur Misuari and some other Moslem scholars at UP were actually my first Moslem contacts. Hindi pa rebel si Nur noon. Patawa-tawa, pangiti-ngiti lang. He was a graduate student on scholarship noon sa UP.
Iyan ang dapat alisin. Ang prejudice ng mga pilipino sa mga Moslems.