Lolo, please sit down and shut up

I came across this article by Lisandro Claudio that sheds a more truthful light to recent happenings, good read.

JPE again?

Filipinos forgive easily. It’s a cliché because it’s true. Do you remember Ferdinand Marcos’s star lawyer who became his Minister of Defense on account of a scheming ruthlessness that mirrored that of his master’s? Yup, that one: the master political operator who faked his own assassination in 1972 to create a pretext for implementing the most draconian executive order in Philippine history. You remember that order right? Proclamation 1081? You know, the declaration of martial law. It was only the declaration that allowed for assassinations, disappearances, tortures, and the politicization of our once relatively professional military.

Oh you remember! Yah, Juan Ponce Enrile: the trapo who dyes his hair more than Manny Villar, who sports shades that make him look like a Filipinized Mafioso. Well, you know what? He’s now a senator for the nth time and Senate President to boot. How? Because he’s switched sides more times than Mike Arroyo has had heart attacks.

He loves playing both sides of the fence, and he’s been doing it since the 60s. Did you know, for instance, that he was the Cojuangco family lawyer who inserted anti-agrarian reform loopholes in the government agreement that allowed Jose Cojuangco (PNoy’s grandfather) to purchase Hacienda Luisita? When his patron Marcos ordered the distribution of the land in the late 60s, Cory’s Kuya Pedro used Enrile legalese to hang on to the property.

Some people might be forgiving of Juan Ponce Enrile because of his role in the People Power revolution or, most likely, political convenience. PNoy, for one, is too preoccupied with former illegal president Arroyo to bother exhuming the skeletons hidden in the closet of men who threatened the unstable democracy that his mother heroically defended. If only Noy had his mother’s vitriol for the chief patron of Gringo and RAM when they launched those coups against a democratically elected government…

In case our president has forgotten, he should feel the shrapnel still lodged in his neck. If he’s comfortable with it, maybe he can show the scar to allies who abandoned Kiko Pangilinan for the trapo for all seasons.

I, for one, think that nobody should forgive Johnny Enrile. Even in the one moment in 1986 when he seemed to side with the people, his motives were ultimately self-serving. Enrile did not bolt the Marcos government to support Cory Aquino. He launched an abortive coup because it was increasingly clear that Marcos would not choose him as his successor. He only sided with Cory because he had no choice; the people who flocked to protect him in Crame were chanting Cory’s name, wearing yellow, and making Laban signs. Enrile was relieved that the people saved his life, but frustrated that he, the dictator in waiting, would have to cede power to an elected democrat. In his frustration, he would back the efforts of his former aide-de-camp and torturer sycophant Gringo Honasan to overthrow the Aquino regime (allow me to once again cite Alfred McCoy’s stellar book Closer than Brothers as a good reference for people curious about this history).

The fact that Johnny Enrile remains in power after all these years is a symbol of the continuity of patronage politics, turncoatism, impunity, and elite democracy in the Philippines. Reinstalling him as the third highest official in the country is an insult to millions of Filipinos clamoring for change.

Pacquiao's NEW Sparring Mates: Kris and Noynoy Aquino

"In politics, 'Noy has won 3 straight terms sa Congress & won almost 15 million votes sa Senatorial in 2007,"

"How sad na he didn't think na in politics- knock out nga sya."

"In politics si Noy ang may napatunayan because Noy has never lost an election! Ika nga, undefeated ang record nya!"

This is the bullcrap that Kris Aquino Twitted (Or Tweeted, I personally don't know because i don't do Twitter) in reaction to her viewing of Pacquiao's latest TV ad wherein he says 'Yun mga iba jan, laban ng laban, wala pa naman nagawa.'

I heard from someone before that those who are defensive are the MOST GUILTY.

I guess that someone is RIGHT.



First of all, Pacquiao never mentioned a single word or name as to who he was referring to so why would the sister of a retard even comment on that? Easy to depict that Kris is defending his brother's 'so-called' (yes, i put quotation marks for redundancy because I need to emphasize) track record of winning elections.

Next, the fact that Kris reacted so abruptly and negatively is that she knows that Noynoy lacks a track record worthy of being called a politician. I mean COME ONE, EVEN LITO LAPID WAS ABLE TO PASS A LAW COMPARED TO NOYNOY WHICH HE HADE NONE.

To add insult to injury, she TRIED to hit back at Pacquiao by claiming her brother has won everytime he ran for a post in government.
HONESTLY, HOW THE FUCK DO YOU COMPARE BOXING TO POLITICS????

There is just no common denominator in those two. and Kris Aquino dares to insult the Philippine's most regarded sports icon? pssshh... She personifies arrogance and elitism.

The question at hand however is... WOULD YOU ALLOW THIS SON (and daughters) OF A BITCH TO RUN AND REIGN OVER OUR PHILIPPINES??? huh?? WOULD YOU???

Shame on you if you do, dumbass.

Emil Jurado nails the Dagger in the clutch

This Article of Emil Jurado says it ALL about the Yellow Leader:

Why I Won't for Noy

If we were watching a basketball game, we would now be in the last two minutes. The May 10 elections is only less than two weeks away, and anything can still happen.

Despite what the poll surveys say, I still believe that it is a four-cornered fight among Liberal Party standard bearer Senator Benigno Aquino III, Nacionalista Party standard bearer Senator Manuel Villar, former President Joseph Estrada of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino and even administration candidate former Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro.

I have been a journalist for over half a century and I have covered elections since as early as the Laurel-Quirino fight. I know for a fact that there are so many imponderable factors in Philippine elections.

These imponderable factors are vote buying (especially in the provinces), cheating in spite of an automated election, command votes, violence, failure of the Precinct Count Optical Scan machines, disenfranchisement of voters, power outages and even the weather. Hence, I would prefer not to predict a winner at this point.

Santa Banana, despite avowals by the Commission on Elections and sectors guarding our ballots, and while I’m hoping for the best, I also know for a fact that old habits die hard. We should also not forget the Golden Rule in Philippine elections—he who has the gold rules!

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The only thing I’m sure of is that I will not vote for Aquino. I’ve cited my reasons so many times before. I will say them again.

First and foremost are perceptions (or rumors) that Noynoy is mentally unstable, having been autistic at an earlier age. He has repeatedly refused to undergo a psychiatric exam if only to prove his critics wrong.

And then, at the age of 26, he reportedly violated the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act by putting up a security agency (bearing his initials, BSA) with his uncle-in-law Len Oreta. The company cornered contracts with sequestered companies during the incumbency of his late mother President Cory Aquino. If this is not conflict of interest, I don’t know what is.

My gulay, Noynoy even had the gall to list the presidential residence on Arlegui Street as the company’s official address!

And then there are the Hacienca Luisita massacres and the Kamaganak Inc. I was among the latter’s victims. I was co-founder of Erectors Inc. (with the late Transportation Minister Totoy Dans). My investment of P200,000 disappeared into thin air.

The same group which comprised Noynoy’s security agency reportedly grabbed an insurance company owned by a Chinese-Filipino who was accused by the Marcos dictators of something. The group then went on to corner, together with the Government Service Insurance System, all insurance contracts of government firms.

Santa Banana, some people really laughed all the way to the bank. The big scam at the time was the GSIS’ striking an insurance deal with Lloyds of London. Can you imagine the kickbacks that some people must have had?

This is why I can’t stomach voting for the son of Ninoy and Cory.

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The only thing that’s getting clear to me is the race for the vice presidency with Senator Mar Roxas surging ahead of rival Loren Legarda, although this doesn’t guarantee Mar’s victory yet.

I have always believed that Mar should not have given way to Noynoy. Roxas’ advocacies and programs of government are clearer than Aquino’s.

Sadly, the Yellow Fanatics and everybody else around Noynoy believes that he is the better candidate. They were overwhelmed by the outpouring of grief and support upon Cory’s death.

Filipinos are truly sentimental, sometimes letting their emotions cloud good judgment. Unfortunately, that sentimentalism is still showing in poll surveys. This is why Noynoy is still leading.

As for Loren, I’m not giving up on her, either, because of her advocacy for the environment. I also cannot believe that Loren has lost her constituency that made her No. 1 senator during the 2001 and 2007 senatorial elections.

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As I’ve said so many times before, all elections are local. People in the provinces, and even in many areas of the National Capital region, don’t really care who will make it as president, vice president and even senators.

This is why national candidates rely on local politicians to carry them.

I have to say it, but the Philippines is still very much a feudalistic state. People in the provinces rely much on local leaders to provide food on the table, livelihood, education and health care.

That’s why the campaign line of local candidates is: “If you are in trouble and you go to me for help, I also want your help to vote for somebody I am endorsing.”

And that means money for local politicians. In fact, the rivalry is so heated in some areas that there is bloodshed. To local politicians, funding is survival —it spells the difference between victory and defeat.

My gulay, why do you think movie icon Fernando Poe Jr. lost? The usual talk is that he was cheated but in reality, his funding dried up!

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Commission on Elections Chairman Jose Melo should not be pressured by business sectors identified with the Yellow Brigade of Noynoy and other segments of society to have a manual count of the May 10 polls.

If Melo and his fellow commissioners relent and submit to this pressure, they in effect would be admitting that automation will not work, and that would be a reflection on the credibility and integrity of the Comelec after it paid P7.1 billion to Smartmatic to give us an automated election.

The only reason I see why Noynoy’s fanatics are insisting on manual count and audit is that they don’t trust Comelec to give us a credible election.

They are also trying to make a connection between the possible results of the automated count and what happened in the 1986 snap elections. This was one of the triggers of the Edsa Revolution.

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For the May 10 polls, it will be difficult to contemplate the mechanics of a parallel independent count and a manual audit of results. Such move will open the floodgates of results that can be different from the automated count. And right there and then, a candidate can claim he was cheated. In this case, it could be Noynoy, who now thinks he is a sure winner.

Obviously, some of the faces around Noynoy who are salivating for a return to power are dreaming of a repeat of the walkout of the Comelec computer people during the vote counting in 1986. And for a People Power Revolution. Santa Banana, Noynoy is truly his mother’s son!

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In the 1986 snap elections, all that was needed to put to question the entire electoral process was the walkout of 30 Comelec computer technicians to protest the manipulation of the official results to favor Marcos. It was a tipping point. That walkout was re-enacted at the Batasan Pambansa when 50 members of the Parliament then also walked out after Comelec proclaimed Marcos the winner.

It was at this point that then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and then PC/INP chief Fidel Ramos broke away from the Marcos regime and led a mutiny leading to the ouster of the dictator. The rest, as they say, is history.

Recall that Noynoy talked of revolt following a failure of elections, leading to non-proclamation. Could this actually be “Plan B” for his victory?

Aquino... the NON-LEADER of LP

"Sandali lang, hindi ako nagpa-utos na kunin sila, si Mar yun!"

I came across an article that shows just how incapable Noynoy is in managing people. His own party, the Liberal Party is not intact because Noy cannot make rival senators coincide with each other.

This is not surprising since Noynoy has never REALLY managed people or a group. I mean, when he was congressman of Tarlac and Senator of the country, he didn't even pass ONE law!!! Lito Lapid was even able to pass ONE. The son of a national icon and a senator was not able to pass one measly law in his 9 years as a public official??? disappointing... no, EMBARASSING rather..

anyway, the article:

Press Release

March 26, 2010

LP infighting shows

Aquino flawed leader

Nacionalista Party spokesman and senatorial candidate Adel Tamano said yesterday the infighting within the camp of the Liberal Party shows weakness in the leadership of its standard-bearer Sen. Benigno Aquino III.

“The fact that some of LP’s senatorial bets are fighting among each other indicates a leadership flaw in Aquino. If you cannot even unite your own people, how can you do the same for the rest of the country?” Tamano said.

According to reports, Aquino has drawn up plans to keep two “feuding" senatorial bets from crossing paths.”

They were referring to former senators Ralph Recto and Serge Osmeña III.

"The LP has been unfair to Serge. Serge has gone out of his way to support Noynoy and then the LP turns its back on him by including Recto in the team,” Tamano said.

“The vital question is whether the LP has the leadership to unite Filipinos. Since LP can’t even unite Serge and Ralph, then the obvious answer is no,” he added.

Tamano said that this was in stark contrast with the leadership of Sen. Manny Villar, whom the party said had to deal with the same problem with the party’s senatorial slate.

“He brought together militant senatorial candidates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza, military men Ariel Querubin and Ramon “Mon-Mon” Mitra, and Bongbong Marcos, son of former president Ferdinand Marcos, in what is arguably the widest alliance of sectorally divergent groups in the 2010 polls,” Tamano said.

He added that these NP candidates have three things in common: first, they are each other’s traditional political rivals; second, they are all opposed to the Arroyo administration; and third, they all support Villar’s bid for the presidency.

“Surprisingly, they have gotten along and may well have established, against expectations, camaraderie and team play,” he said. #