The latest I’ve read was then ambassador Kristie Kenney’s assessment of Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr. as the defense secretary written in March 2007. It was one insult after another.
It said, “Tongue-tied and reticent, Defense Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane stands in stark contrast to his articulate and sophisticated predecessor, Avelino “Nonong” Cruz. “
It continued: “Ebdane was far from the best choice President Arroyo could have made to succeed former Secretary Cruz. He is clearly no intellect, but a through-and-through loyalist, a quality that the president, who only a year ago faced down a coup attempt, treasures. “
It quoted comments from unnamed undersecretaries with one saying Ebdane was a “good guy” and another saying “at best mediocre.”
But Kenney said “whatever he may lack in polish, Ebdane makes up in ‘pull’,” with Arroyo.
The cable also mentioned damning information about the beleaguered Ebdane who was recently been identified by Police Senior Superintendent Rafael Santiago as the mastermind of the Batasan Pambansa break–in where manufactured election returns (allegedly also on orders of Ebdane) replaced the genuine ERs tampered by election operatives and military personnel in favor of Gloria Arroyo.
“An Arroyo loyalist, Ebdane found his name prominently featured in the “Hello Garci” tapes scandal from the controversial 2004 elections. Many believe he helped then-Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcilliano go into hiding at the peak of the controversy,” Kenney said.
In the same cable, Kenney expressed admiration for then AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon.”We have a strong ally in General Esperon,” she said.
Another interesting cable was the one sent by US Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Raymond Burghardt in July 1994 about his conversation with academician Joel de los Santos who served as consultant on security matters in the Ramos administration.
Burghardt relayed to Washington D.C. the info shared by de los Santos that “Ramos had received five million pesos (about dols 200,000) from the Llibyans to finance his presidential campaign in 1992.”
I covered the Ramos presidential campaign in 1992 and his and De Venecia’s disappearance for at least a week at the start of the campaign created a lot of speculations. Some said he went to London to visit his son by Rosemarie “Baby” Arenas who was despondent. Other said he went to Switzerland to withdraw money from a Marcos account that he held for the late dictator who was his cousin.
The funding from Gaddafy had been talked about even then. The Libya meeting was confirmed in 1996 by FVR and JDV themselves in an interview with Time Magazine’s Nelly Sindayen after the signing of a peace agreement with Nur Misuari, leader of the Moro National Liberation Front.
Ramos told Time magazine that the meeting with Gaddafy in his tent in the middle of a desert was to secure his help for the peace process, something that didn’t quite fit because he was only a presidential candidate at that time.
If it’s true, Ramos acceptance of Gaddafy’s contribution to his presidential bid was in violation of the Omnibus Election Code which prohibits political contributions from foreigners and foreign corporations.
Kenney must be thankful that she is now out of Manila (she now ambassador to Thailand) when Wikileaks released the secret cables on her impression of Aquino and comments on the President’s mother, the late President Cory.
Kenney filed a report after Aquino declared his presidential bid describing him as “diffident and unassertive.” Previous to that Aquino visited Kenney in her Forbes Park residence.
But Kenney took note of his “relatively clean record with no baggage of scandals” which she said “could be a distinct advantage.”
Presidential Comunications Secretary Ricky Carandang was not amused saying Kenney “had been coopted by the Arroyo regime.”
But what would be unforgivable for Aquino were Kenney’s comment that his late mother as a “weak” and “tarnished” leader who had been reduced to just “a partial icon of morality” when she joined the anti-Arroyo rally side by side with the convicted former president, Joseph Estrada.”
Kenney’s shallow view of the anti-Arroyo protests gives credence to Carandang’s piqued remark about the socially charming lady envoy whom Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario described as a “dismal failure” in helping the Filipinos defend democracy.
The Wikileaks cables were leaked by a disgruntled American intelligence analyst, Bradley Manning, to Julian Assange, founder of the website. One may not agree with the assessments by American officials but it’s interesting to know the quality of information that they relay to Washington D.C.
Kenney was not alone in not being impressed with Aquino. Rather than be defensive, Aquino and his advisers should take that as a challenge and prove her wrong.
You should also see how Kenney reported that martial law in Maguindanao is, in effect, essential and justifiable.
“Critics of President Arroyo’s December 5 decree have
suggested that there were other measures short of martial law to achieve the same ends. Still, Ermita and Romulo are two of our most credible government interlocutors, so we take at face value their core points, which provide the simplest and most credible explanation for the Cabinet’s actions: the government believed that the Ampatuans, who acted with impunity on their own turf, had enormous influence over the local courts and a frighteningly well-armed militia; the Cabinet clearly saw martial law, despite its highly negative connotations, as the best way to ensure accountability for the November 23 massacre.”
Also:
“While we understand civil society’s anxieties about martial law, we have no indications that Ermita was less than truthful when he said the government was respecting human rights in Maguindanao.”
http://www.wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09MANILA2527.html
http://www.wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09MANILA2503.html
It seems to reinforce Kenney’s image as Arroyo’s envoy whose source for her reports to DC were Arroyo and Ermita, as I’ve written here http://thepoc.net/commentaries/13409-kenney-american-ambassador-or-arroyos-ambassador.html
After a meeting with then candidate Aquino in her residence in Forbes Park, Kenney filed a report describing him as “diffident and unassertive.”
I think Kristie Kenney was correct in her assessment of Aquino. That is what is being discussed in this blog all the time. Worse pa.
Hala, magtatarang na sa iyak si Ebdane, hehehe!
Si Kenney, certified na doble cara din! She’s not impressed with Hermogenes but at the same time she expressed admiration for him as they “have a strong ally in General Esperon,”. Oh well, basta sa interes ni Uncle Sam kahit sino welcome.
hindi na importante yang comment ni Kenny noong senador pa si Noynoy. ang importante, yung maganda at mainit na pagtanggap at pagkilala ni Barack Obama at Hillary Clinton kay PNoy na hindi nila ibinigay kay Gloria.
Chi,
Sabi nga ni Charles de Gaulle, “Nations have no friends, only interests.”
Ebdane was in charge of one of the most colossal government agencies in the country, the biggest revenue generating agency perhaps second only to the DoF’s BIR. Yet in the what, 2 years he was there, with the funds at his disposal and the immense power that he held over that agency, what has Ebdane accomplished in strictly tangible terms for the benefit of the country’s transport and communications that covered land, sea and air spaces?
Nothing! Our country’s air space is still blind, eg., no radars to speak of, our airports still are in dismal conditions, our transport licensing agencies are still in disarray with services compare only favourably to some of the Western countries in West Africa, and our shipping lanes and businesses that go with them are still irrelevant in comparison to the ones in much smaller countries around us.
The man not only lacks the intellectual acumen to lead such complex department but also the ability to act on the problems.
Gloria Arroyo legally and morally hijacked every institution of the Republic. Her misdeeds not only demoralised those naturally qualified people who could have solved the problems of those agencies and served the needs of the nations but also embarassed the Filipino people before the international community.
For those acts of betrayal against the interests of the nation, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should be hanged from the highest lamp post. She doesn’t deserve forgiveness, understanding or compassion. She has committed serious criminal acts that if they had to be listed one by one could easily be equated to one of the most heinous acts committed against one’s country: treason, the crime that covers some of the more serious acts of betrayal of one’s nation.
The only compassion I am prepared to show for Gloria Macapagal Arroyo before she is burned at the stake or on her deathbed: May God have mercy on her soul!
delete ‘Western’ should be: “compare favourably only to some of the countries in West Africa,”
What did asspweron do to be on the side of the US? Help rig the elections for the pandak?
All the institutions were reduced to just pandak’s paper pushers to siphon all the money for her family and her cronies (the generals loyal to her all included).
Parasabayan,
The answer to your questions is quite simple: Kenney had high regard for Esperon because he was so devoted to Gloria Macapagal to the point that he would probably lick the ground she walked on if he had asked him to.
And to Americans, it was important that Gloria had a German Shepherd dog in the person of Esperon that could and would keep the military in check and prevent them from attempting a mutiny or coup d’etat because such would undermine the artificial stability of the Republic under Pandak’s rule.
Never mind that Esperon was committing the most outrageous violations of human rights on members of the military, never mind that he was covering up the incredible acts of corruption being committed by the members of the military in the high echelons of power or never mind that the military under him was actually propping up an illegal regime.
America couldn’t — and still can’t, afford to have an ally in that part of the world going in flames. They need a relatively ‘stable’ base from which to operate in the region. Also, how else can they continue to station US troops and set up ‘permanent bases’ (which they call camps) in the Philippines 365 days a year in total violation of the Constitution against the establishment of permanent foreign military bases in the country, if the country was umstable, and worse, if the people at the top did not cooperate?
Sabi nga ni Charles de Gaulle, “Nations have no friends, only interests.” 😉
Esperon, like Gloria, committed acts of betrayal against the nation. He, along with Gloria Macapagal, should be hanged from the highest lamp post or burnt at the stake. That’s what they used to do to criminals and to those who committed treason in the olden times.
Ito naman, about jueteng and the Pig.
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2005/05/05MANILA2359.html
Thanks, SnV. I still can’t find the cable of Kenney on PNoy that was the basis of the Agence France Presse story. They didn’t give a link kasi.
Re # 6. Agree, agree Anne.
Reading the quality of the info relayed to Washington D.C., I feel sorry for the American people. The info part is not so bad but the comments/analysis are so shallow.
The MILF wants a “state within a state:
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2005/04/05MANILA1748.html
The Glue’s bright boys were more creative with the title, calling it a “juridical entity”. Noy’s is a bigger Freudian slip – “substate”. Bagoong, by any other name, whether Alamang, or Padas, still stinks.
The Ams were all for it, their interest being the security of the area. They believe that if the area is given a substate, then the MILF will stop hosting terrorists like the Jemaah Islamiyah.
Stupid.
If they can host them while merely rebels, how much more, if they have their own “substate”? Haven’t you learned yet from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq? Aren’t sovereign states better hotbeds for these turds?
And the US wants to pour “development funds” into MILF hands. Haven’t you learned yet from Pakistan? Did the development funds of Bush stop them from hosting the son-of-a-bitch who was killed in Obama’s watch?
Oh sure, Kenney was probably also smitten with Esperon… 😉
If she was, the woman seriously lacked good taste. Esperon not only does not posses military bearing in the real sense of the word (Naknampucha, the fellow is just an overrated bodyguard!) why, the guy resembles at best a uniformed thug! He’s ugly!!!
Sorry for not answering Ellen. Tongue already provided the link in the earlier thread at post 29, so I did not answer.
Anyway, here it is:
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/09/09MANILA1901.html
Tongue’s link was the cable number, which if you clicked, would have given you the html file I have above.
Ampatuan, namamangka sa dalawang ilog. They ostensibly are for the peace process, but actually do not want to relinquish power.
Tate, namamangka din sa dalawang ilog. They talk to the MILF, then they talk to the Ampatuans.
Sneaky meeting more sneaky.
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/01/08MANILA238.html
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2006/11/06MANILA4834.html
Ampatuan, namamangka sa dalawang ilog. They ostensibly are for the peace process, but actually do not want to relinquish power.
Tate, namamangka din sa dalawang ilog. They talk to the MILF, then they talk to the Ampatuans.
Sneaky meeting more sneaky.
wikileaks.org/cable/2008/01/08MANILA238.html
wikileaks.org/cable/2006/11/06MANILA4834.html
Sorry for the double posts Ellen. Awaiting moderation na naman.
Ang saya sa Wikileaks, para kang nanonood ng lumang pelikulang napanood mo na pero ngayon lang ipinakita yung uncut version parts.
Pati Batasan, mag-iimbestiga na sa smuggling at jueteng ni FG, na napulot sa Wikileaks na sabi ng Embassy galing daw kina Washington Sycip, Francis Chua at Guillermo Luz.
After a meeting with then candidate Aquino in her residence in Forbes Park, Kenney filed a report describing him as “diffident and unassertive.”
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Thats strange, its the same impression foreign colleagues point out to me every time (normal first impression)and upon checking with other Filipino male OFWs, most of them get elicit the same impression from foreigners too.
Personally, if some people tell me I’m so quiet, shy, not open, and only speaks when I’m asked a question during first encounters – its because we’re trained from childhood about “maraming daldal maraming mali” and we are not fond of bluffing (a Gloria trait), we make sure we establish ourselves first before asserting ourselves otherwise “puro yabang lang.”
Ellen is right, the appropriate response is just to prove them wrong, no need to defend ourselves every time we get this reaction, we get it all the time.
So now we have some insight on “Superpower Interaction 101?”
These guys don’t actually give a damn how democratic or justly (or unjustly) the country is run for as long as its “stable” and does not affect their “interests.” Hmmmmm. So all these conspiracy theories about foreign superpowers involved in toppling governments, propping up of despots and taking them down, etc, may have some basis after all?
I wonder if the US had a hand in the Erap misdaventure? Or were their operatives aware of the the “Hello Garci?” Were they as aversed to having FPJ as president as some of us were at the time also?
Dismal failure daw sabi ng mga Penoy boys.
Wrong. She was a smashing success. A diplomat can politely have coffee with you while telling the home office, go ahead, bomb them
Di ba’t kailan lang tuwang tuwa ang Pinoy, dahil kumakain ng Pinoy food, sumayaw pa ng papaya dance with Edu Manzano, at nahirapan pang pumili between Sam Milby and Piolo Pascual?
Ang civil society ang dismal failure dahil nagoyo.
at nahirapan pang pumili between Sam Milby and Piolo Pascual?
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Thats where she went wrong, unless she prefers women. 🙂
jug, mukhang hindi lang Wikilieaks ang source mo, pati PEP.PH, napansin mo yun? Lol.
Okay, we now know how the US will handle the MILF issue, lets hear from the Chinese. How did they handle the Tamil tigers of Sri Lanka?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6297463.ece
tt,
yung misis ko kasi masyadong stricken dito kay Piolo, kailangan maghanap ako ng panlaban, hehehe.
the Pinoys are fascinated when the likes of kenny displays attachment with the ordinary locals thinking and finding such act as being kind, extraordinary, down-to-earth and has a heart for the commons without first dissecting the might be real motive/s behind.
now that leaks regarding these secret reports/assessments are being made public, will our perception with the likes of play-acting kennys be still the same?
aba’y mag-isip isip naman muna at huwag laging hakain na ang kabaitang ipinakikita ay para sa tunay na pagkakaisa at pagtutulungan. alalahaning ang katulad ni kenny ay sugo ng kanyang pamahalaang merong interest na dapat pag-ingatan at mapangalagaan at bago itinalaga sa alinmang bansang paglalagyan ay masusing pinag-aralan kung paanong gagalaw upang ang nasabing interest ay mapanatiling laging nangingibabaw.
Snv, that’s not the source of the Agence France Presse story. The quotes in the story are not found in the cable.
It must be another cable.
Ano’ng sinasabi ng mga nasa larawan?
Kenny: Dahan dahan naman ang pisil, baka sumabog ang laman ng siyopaw.
Hermo1: ‘Wag mo ako diyan hawakan. Masakit ang tuhod ko’t sinusumpong ng rayuma. Nakangiti lang ako upang hindi nila mapansing kumikirot ‘yan. Inabot din ‘yan ng hambalos ni Sonia dahil nahuli niya akong sinusubuan ko ng alimasag si Gloria.
Hermo2: Sige lang, magkatuwaan kayo. Kapag dumulog kayo sa mesa, wala na kayong aabutang masarap. Ubos na namin ni goyang.
Sorry SNv and Tongue for being makulit. I just want to be sure of my sourcing of the story I’m quoting.
Here’s the Agence France Presse story:
Some of the quotes were from http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/09/09MANILA1901.html
The word “diffident” is there but I can’t find the description “unassertive.”
Other quotes from that memo:
What I can’t find from that cable are these quotes:
There must be another cable on their meeting in the US ambassador’s residence. That’s the link I’m looking for.
MPRivera,
Baka kaya close si Gloria and Kenney kasi kababayan niya to? Sounds like mekeni? Lol
We normally don’t comment on purportedly leaked cables but it’s quite consistent with talk that went on in the diplomatic community at the time that Ambassador Kenney had been co-opted by the Arroyo regime,” he told AFP.
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Ricky Carandang is prone to knee jerk reactions, there are some issues that do not need to be noticed, this is one of them.
Ambassador Kenney made the assessment she forwarded to the State Dept. officials the way she perceived and looked things at the moment in time…what happened aftermath could have made many of her prior reports and assessment irrellevant as people and politicians change on a day to day basis…
On comments in regards to Mrs. Aquino joining Estrada.it was an appropriate commentary whan an Icon of Morality and righteousness will join a convicted plunderer and a known womanizer just to serve her own agenda…she can stan by herself without Estrada’s or anone Else…She was able to do that against the forces of Marcos…that was a very misguided lasped 0error) of judgement and forget about this forgiveness, got nothing to do with it.
“….. an Icon of Morality and righteousness will join a convicted plunderer and a known womanizer just to serve her own agenda…she can stan by herself without Estrada’s or anone Else…….”
is it unwise and going down morals if anyone realizes his/her mistakes?
former president aquino admitted her premature joining in the call to ouster former president estrada a mistake since there was an ongoing congressional hearing about the latter’s plunder case and those who initiated should have waited for the result.
ang nangyari kasi ay ginawang paspasan at sinamantala ng mga katulad ni goyang na isa palang oportunista numero uno at uhaw sa kapangyarihan kaya sa halip na hintayin ang alinmang desisyong papabor din naman sa kanya bilang constitutional successor ay atat na pinangunahan ang kilos protesta.
isang NAPAKALAKING pagkakamali ng taong bayang “hinirang at sinugo daw ng kanyang (ewan kung sinong) diyos (na tinutukoy)” upang pamunuan at iligtas ang pilipinas. sinundan pa ang katangahang ito nang iboto ang mang-aagaw sa kabila ng tahasan at sinumpaang pahayag na hindi na daw kakandidato sa pagkapangulo subalit nang malasing sa ibayong sarap na idinulot ng pananatili sa malakanyang at pagpapasasa sa kaban ng bayan ay “kinain” ang salita at nakipagsabwatan sa mga katulad niyang timawa sa kapangyarihan at karangyaan upang palawigin ang pananatili sa malakanyang.
halos isang dekadang ginawang tangang busabos ang taong bayan. binaluktot ang matuwid. binili ang mga banal. binusalan ng salapi ang matataas na pinuno ng hukbong sandatahan at pambansang kapulisan. inilublob ang sarili sa isang libo’t isang katiwalian. naglibot sa buong mundo kasabay ng pagpapasarap kasama ang lahat ng alalay.
at nang malapit nang matapos ang ipinandayang termino ay gusto pang susugan ang saligang batas upang habambuhay nang manatili sa kapangyarihan sa takot na usigin ng nagigising nang mga mamamayan subalit nang hindi umubra ay kumandidatong kinatawan ng distritong ginawang kanlungan upang makaiwas sa patong patong na kasong alam niyang sa kanya ay ipapataw. nagsakit sakitan at napakalinga sa mga manggagamot sa paborito niyang ospital.
nakakapagod isaisahin ang mga kawalanghiyaang baka abutin ng hindi lang kilometrong rolyo ng listahan.
bahala na sa kanya ang kanyang konsensiya – kung meron siya.
bahala nang umusig sa kanya ang kanyang sarili sa tuwing haharap sa salamin.
bahala na ang kanyang anino kung ano ang sa kanya ay gagawin kapag pumagitna siya sa liwanag upang harapin ang lahat ng sa kanya ay ipupukol.
bahala na tadhanang sumingil sa kanyang inagaw na kinabukasan ng mga kabataang magmamana ng bunga ng kanyang pagiging gahaman.
naputol:
isang NAPAKALAKING pagkakamali ng taong bayang PINANIWALAAN at PINAGKATIWALAAN ang “hinirang at sinugo daw ng kanyang (ewan kung sinong) diyos (na tinutukoy)” upang pamunuan at iligtas ang pilipinas.
Vic,
There is the matter of redemption, personally I don’t fault Cory when she joined forces with Erap against Gloria, history has already vindicated this, but the CBCP has other plans.
And for the americans, they seem to be aversed to leaders that believe in genuine independence or “country run like hell than like heaven by the …” types. Just look at this video and you’ll see what happens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXXw_cRzhYo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I agree with MPRivera, in fact, it was Cory’s defining moment, she risked losing the support of the church when she did that, being a devout catholic it must have been painful, but she she did the right thing. What I can’t understand are some hypocrite CBCP, civil society, etc, who contributed to the splontering of the opposition because they refused to stand beside eraptians, bakit mabaho ba ang mga ito? Nakaka “ewe?” ba? In Cory we find the example of true humility, to admit a mistake, to join side by side with sinners and saints alike for the betterment of the country. I didn’t like Erap myself, especially the womanizing part, but so was my father, and any time between now and the day I become impotent I may follow suit, its in the genes they say, but the guy paid his dues already and is redeeming himself.
# 30
It can be found on page 36, cable 10man135
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2010/01/10MANILA135.html
jug,
i never liked tita cory before lalo na nu’ng nagsusulputan na ‘yung pakikialam ng kamag-anak, inc. na sa tingin ko noon ay nawalan ng kabuluhan ang sinasabi nilang pagpapatalsik kay apo ferdie. in fact, i also became critical of her administration because i then sensed that her appointed local leaders were not really sincere in reforming the system their own way.
i only admired her when she openly said sorry to erap nu’ng lumalakas ang singaw ng baho ng mga arroyo.
were there any president we knew who mustered courage admitting mistake/s?
even the goyang?
hmmmmmm…
Vatican pressured Filipino bishops to stay clear of moves to oust GMA—WikiLeaks
MANILA, Philippines—The Vatican did pressure Filipino bishops to remain neutral and not support widespread calls for the ouster or resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the height of the “Hello Garci” scandal in 2005, according to US Embassy cables released by WikiLeaks.
A confidential cable
(http://www.wikileaks.org/cable/2005/07/05VATICAN500.html) dated July 15, 2005 stated that Msgr. Luis Montemayor, country director for the Philippines under the Vatican Secretariat of State, confirmed to Brent Hardt, deputy chief of mission and charge d’affaires of the US Embassy to the Holy See, that the Vatican, through papal nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco, “pressured the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to remain neutral in the controversy surrounding Arroyo.”
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/11681/vatican-pressured-filipino-bishops-to-stay-clear-of-moves-to-oust-gma%E2%80%94wikileaks
hmmmmmm…
Vatican pressured Filipino bishops to stay clear of moves to oust GMA—WikiLeaks
MANILA, Philippines—The Vatican did pressure Filipino bishops to remain neutral and not support widespread calls for the ouster or resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the height of the “Hello Garci” scandal in 2005, according to US Embassy cables released by WikiLeaks.
A confidential cable dated July 15, 2005 stated that Msgr. Luis Montemayor, country director for the Philippines under the Vatican Secretariat of State, confirmed to Brent Hardt, deputy chief of mission and charge d’affaires of the US Embassy to the Holy See, that the Vatican, through papal nuncio Archbishop Antonio Franco, “pressured the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) to remain neutral in the controversy surrounding Arroyo.”
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/11681/vatican-pressured-filipino-bishops-to-stay-clear-of-moves-to-oust-gma%E2%80%94wikileaks
Ayaw ng vatican makialam sa pagpatalsik kay Gloria, okay lang yun separation of church and state nga, bakit ngayon nakikialam sila sa RH Bill? hmmmmm. ano ba talaga?
jug,
napakasimple lang ang mga kasagutan diyan sa mga katanungang hinahayaan mong magpasakit sa iyong ulo, eh.
kaya ayaw ng vatican na makialam ang CBCP sa pagpapatalsik noon kay goyang ay natatakot silang magalit ‘yung kamag-anak na santa ng mga in-laws (ni goyang) na si sta. rita avila at kaya naman hindi sila pabor sa RH Bill ay dahil mabawasan na ng silbi ang bisa ng kapangyarihan ni sta. clara.
Here is the woman you used to love, and now love to hate, attempting a moonwalk, and doing a reprise of the papaya dance.
Note the “Maraming salamat at paalam sa inyong lahat” at the end.
The note on Penoy is valid, according to some Pinoys, including me. Na-mahins nga. Alaws tak-u like cousin Gibo.
The one about Cory, is the flipside of the same coin. Some say she was admitting a mistake, but Kenney believed that the timing rendered it tenuous. Cory, to her, became anti-nunal when the Hacienda Luisita became an issue.
You may hate her, but to her bosses, she did a good job. Problem is, now that wikileaks has exposed her candor to her bosses, the Thais may be a bit more wary. What is she saying behind our backs? That question now becomes the question in every host country’s leaders’ minds. What are the Ams saying behind our backs, including this Thomas guy?
Of course, two can play the game, as they always have. People say things behind your back, including the MILF, with whom the Ams have been playing footsies all these years, for the stupid Bush objective of “War on Terror”.
But Bam produced THE result, by not trusting the guys who ask you for money to fight terrorists, and behind your back, host those same terrorists.
The Arab spring has rendered the terrorists irrelevant. Time for the Ams to stop talking to friends of terrorists.
Sorry. Forgot the link to the papaya.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAU5KDsPhiY
I never like Kenney, hmmm, come to think of it the only american I ever liked was Phoebe Cates and of course the classmate in grade school who became my first best friend as I was the only one not bullying him because of his blond hair and blue eyes and when he talked everybody thought he sounded funny as most kids at the time only knew “give me money joe and hey joe.” 🙂
Well too bad for Kenney there’s wikileaks. Everybody gossips one time in their lives, but then these should not reach the ones concerned.
And for judging people who she barely knows anything at all, it happens to everybody too, good thing the majority of Filipinos are not so petty and judgmental, we can still rely on collective decisions no matter what the insignificant minority will say (no matter how noisy). To them I say better luck next time and make sure not to back up a loser next time around. 🙂
Some of us were lucky there was Sesame Street otherwise its “hey joe, give me money joe” only. 🙂
Maybe some things are better left unsaid or unknown? Most especially if its not intended for us? Too much information can lead to “information overload” which is also not good.
dati ka palang sumisisid sa Blue Lagoon, ha?
Regarding Kenney’s capability to judge people’s characters, please, Esperon, Gloria? WTF? What was she high on?
What did Alberto Romulo say about her? A dismal failure. In the grand scheme of things she just knew what people would like to hear to please them, her bosses, the current Philippine president et al. If her reports contributed to the US playing footsies with the MILF, well she joins all the others who plunged the US in expensive war mongering. If we are to appraise her based on actual results ie did she make any positive impact on the area of assignment, did the US gain anything measurable or was able to minimize cost but achieving its overall objectives whatever they were? She’s a dismal failure as A Romulo said, and now she’s exposed as a backbiter and plastic. hehehe, too bad there’s wikileaks.
Nagalit na naman ang maginoong baboy.
Bakit nga naman lahat ng anomalya ay isinasabit siya? Tuhog tuhog na ‘yung ginagawa sa kanyang parang litson, ah.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/09/05/11/mike-arroyo-wikileaks-report-baseless-malicious
MPRivera, si Brooke Shields yun sa blue lagoon. 🙂
Sa Private School and Gremlins siya lumabas pero binili ko lahat ng posters niya, tapos ang alias ko pag nagsusulat ako ng poems o short story “cates” yes I’m a frustrated writer. 🙂
Nagalit na naman ang maginoong baboy.
Bakit nga naman lahat ng anomalya ay isinasabit siya? Tuhog tuhog na ‘yung ginagawa sa kanyang para siyang baboy na ililitson, ah.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/09/05/11/mike-arroyo-wikileaks-report-baseless-malicious
ay, oo nga pala (parang baka, hane?)
sori, ha? naalala ko kasi ‘yung movie’ng mrs. butterfly’s lover. teka, mali ‘ata uli, ha?
hahaha, pinaghalo mo na naman ang Mdm Butterfly at Lady Chaterley’s Lover – teka, nabubuking ata mga edad natin?
If the quality of Kenney’s reports is the gold standard in the US foreign relations – no wonder they’re acting that “shock and awe” is the best policy every time? Keep it up US and in no time you will be the most hated people int he world.
teka. teka.
bakit nagkadoble ‘yung galit nung baboy?
meron ‘atang multo, ah?
o, baka naman ako lang ang hilo?
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teka. teka.
bakit nagkadoble ‘yung galit nung baboy——>MPRivera
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Kasi ayaw na ayaw ni FG na BINA-BABOY siya.
hik. hik. hik.
oiiiiiiinnnnkkkkk!!!!
jug, ma-Kenney is at best mediocre din in judging Pinas politics and personalities? 🙂
Nag-uunahan ang mga media outlets in quoting wikileaks. Pero ala-chamba ang pagbasa ng mga cables.
If some minion in an office can stand pointing and clicking for an hour or more, you can print the whole cache (36 pages of about fifteen or twenty cables per page). Then, puwedeng i-assign ang cable for reading, to mine for newsworthy material.
Of course, ang fetish ng Kano ay ang mga guerra sa Middle East. I have skimmed the titles of all 36 pages. Ngayon, ang gusto kong basahin tsismis ay tungkol kay Silvio Berlusconi and the Mafia. So Italy naman ang babasahin natin.
Oh, my first comment is still awaiting moderation, Ellen. Perhaps because there are too many links in it?
Anyway, Kenney’s comments on martial law in Maguindanao are interesting:
“Critics of President Arroyo’s December 5 decree have
suggested that there were other measures short of martial law to achieve the same ends. Still, Ermita and Romulo are two of our most credible government interlocutors, so we take at face value their core points, which provide the simplest and most credible explanation for the Cabinet’s actions: the government believed that the Ampatuans, who acted with impunity on their own turf, had enormous influence over the local courts and a frighteningly well-armed militia; the Cabinet clearly saw martial law, despite its highly negative connotations, as the best way to ensure accountability for the November 23 massacre.”
Also:
“While we understand civil society’s anxieties about martial law, we have no indications that Ermita was less than truthful when he said the government was respecting human rights in Maguindanao.”
It seems to reinforce Kenney’s image as Arroyo’s envoy whose source for her reports to DC were Arroyo and Ermita, as I’ve written here http://thepoc.net/commentaries/13409-kenney-american-ambassador-or-arroyos-ambassador.html
Hahaha! #64 proved Keeney as so much in love with Gloria. Putsa naniwala sya kay Ermita!
Americans ALWAYS tells the truth, so dont be offended about Cory being weak, eh totoo naman, same with NOynoy, weak and no brains , i mean considering na president sya
Off topic…
May nahuling buwaya sa Bunawan Agusan Del Sur..
San Ate ELlen ay ipadala iyan sa “House of Tongress” or ipangalan na BIG MIKE tutal lalake naman ang nahuli.
BUWAYA at BUWAYA naman si Big Mike…
Iyan ang Mascot nila.
Akala ko pa naman nahuling buwaya ay si Big Mike na.. sayang… Di bale susunod na balita ay pangalawang buwaya na nahuli ay nakulong na rin sa pangalan na Big Mike Buwaya.
Kapatid ni Baboy yang buwaya.
Kalaro yan nung kapatid ni Robina Gokongwei.
Ano pa ang hahanapin ninyo ka Pnoy ay talagang weaks naman iyan at nanalo lang dahil sa SYMPATHY votes dahil namantay si Cory. Sa Senado ay tutulog tulog naman.
Ibang style sa pag pili ng ilalagay na tao sa puwesto ay walang pinag iba kay Pandak. Iyung mga tumulong at bumaliktad ay iyun ang nilalagay niya.
Totoo lang naman diba. Isang taon na sa puwesto ay hanggang ngayon ay puro dada lang at wala pang nagagawa. Ang bukang bibig ay COKE ang love life niya.
tama ka jan vonjovi2 na nanalo si pnoy dahil sa SYMPATHY votes ng smartmatic.
J, re #66. sorry, I just opened this blog now.
I don’t know why it was held pending by admin. Anyway, I okayed it.
SnV, thank you very much. Re #40.
Jug, re 53 “What did Alberto Romulo say about her? A dismal failure.”
It was the current Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario who said that.
I think Inquirer made a mistake in attributing it to Alberto Romulo.
Re 65, SNV, share with us whatever juicy cable you find from the US Embassy in Manila.
kahanga-hanga yung mga taga agusan del sur, wala pa atang isang buwan nila nahuli yung higanteng buwaya.. samantalang yung blue ribbon committee sa senado, ilan taon ng panay ang hearing, hindi pa din mahuli at mapakulong yung patabaing baboy!
“While we understand civil society’s anxieties about martial law, we have no indications that Ermita was less than truthful when he said the government was respecting human rights in Maguindanao.”
ala’y mas wala din palang utak iyang si kristie kenny, eh.
aba’y hindi muna niya in-assess ang mga pangyayari at ‘yung kaso ng mga amputangnangmgayan bago pinaniwalaan si ermita, eh.
xman/vonjovi2, pano nyo nalaman ni sympathy votes yung nagpanalo kay noynoy eh halata namang hindi nyo sya binoto. ako. binoto ko si Pnoy pero hindi dahil sa sympathy kundi dahil sa sinabi din ni kenny: “relatively clean record with no baggage of scandals”.
Eto pa ‘yung parang pinag-uusapan nu’ng dalawa sa itaas:
Kristie: Alam mo ba, Hermes kung bakit ikaw ang type ko at hindi ‘yung tukayo mo?
Hermo1: Bakit, ano bang nakita mong katangian sa akin na wala si tukayo?
Kristie: Hindi kasi ako katulad ng ibang babae pagdating sa taste sa lalaki, eh.
Hermo1: Bakit, ano ba talaga ang hanap mo sa isang lalaki? Huwag mo na akong bitinin, eh.
Kristie: Hindi naman ako maselan, eh. ‘Yung tukayo mo, tingnan mo ang mukha namumulang parang laging may make up. Ayaw ko nga ng ganyang makinis, parang porselanang alagang alaga siguro ni Belo, eh mukha namang balsamadong bangkay. Kaya sa iyo na lang ako kahit ganyang hindi makinis ang hitsura mo, mukha ka namang batong buhay.
Mags, si Kristie at Gloria pareho taste sa men, ala Asspweron. 🙂
Tigil comment na daw sa wikileaks, according to the bright boys. Sa wakas, nagka-utak ang mga alipores.
Someone should have counseled the President on the first comment in the first place.
Pupunta kayo ng Tate, and you are saying nabasa niyo yung mga sekreto nila? Classified yon. Hindi ba’t yan ang kaso ni Michael Ray Aquino? Tumaanggap lamang ng classified documents? Hindi ba’t lahat nag-aakusa noon, na dapat isama si Erap at si Ping sa demanda ni Michael Ray Aquino?
Of course, si Eric Holder na ngayon ang nasa DOJ, at hindi si Ashcroft, kung kaya’t nananaig na naman ang freedom of speech and the press (including the internet). Noon, puro paranoid ang mga bata ni Bush, at lahat ng tao na hindi buhok mais at asul ang mata ay terrorista.
Ellen, Excuse this off topic intrusion, just need to communicate with Kambal and this is one the safest place of all!
Were you then one who sent me a PM on FB? Just need yes or no answer but please send it through Ellen — don’t post your answer here. Thanks loads.
Take care sa paa
Kambal, on your way!
One-way ticket sa laot
Nag-suicide na ina, nag-iwan ng P4T sa 4 na anak
http://abante.com.ph/issue/sep0611/pn01.htm
sa hirap ng buhay na nauwi sa kawalang pag-asa.
salamat sa mga pulitikong “walang sawang ipinaglalaban ang kapakanan” ng mga dukhang mamamayan.
galit daw si pnoy– DIFFIDENT AND UNASSERTIVE— the former ambassador hit it on the spot– very very true— diffident and unassertive
From Bert Lazo:
With regard to the leaked documents regarding Cory Aquino, PNoy, and other Filipinos personalities, the collection of information regarding Filipino personalities is part of the job of any foreign embassy. It is the biological component of strategic intelligence.
It assesses foreign leaders and potential leaders and important personalities to assist in the formulation of policies regarding their countries.
If the Philippine Embassies in the different countries to which they are posted are not doing this, they are sleeping on the job. The Embassies are doing this in their national interest and not to please the persons and countries they are reporting on.
From Bert Lazo:
The Philippines, in particular President Aquino III, should refrain from giving guidelines to foreign embassies, especially the United States, in preparing their biographical intelligence.
This is none of our business. The conduct of their foreign policy is strictly their own in the same way that the Philippines conducts its foreign affairs with its national interest in mind. This will show gross ignorance in the conduct of international relations.