THE BANNED STORY

This article was circulating in the net and I just had to grab and re-post it for everyone to see, please check it out!!!

May 8, 2010 (Saturday) Carmen N. Pedrosa

The machines that will fail; letters from Boston

It is not as if it is being said for the first time. I repeat what others have said that failure of election will not come from the PCOS but from two other machines - FV (Filipino voter) and FC (Filipino candidates).

The machines are so out of date, they cannot function properly for the selection of leaders for our country. The FV is out of sync and performs as if it has nothing to do with why he is voting a particular FC. The FC operates within this flaw and produces results with nothing to do with FV.

That in brief is the problem we face when the results are known after May 10. When disaster strikes and the country malfunctions (with candidates declaring beforehand that they will not accept defeat) let us put the blame on those who refused to accept that the machines are not and cannot work unless these are fixed.

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Among those I turned to in my quest for information that would help voters choose a qualified candidate to be our president is another family friend of both the Aquinos and the Agulars. They formed a tightly knit Filipino community in Boston. Let us just call him Jim because, he, too like so many others who have something to say about Noynoy as unfit to be president of the Philippines does not want to expose himself.

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Dear Ms. Pedrosa

Just when I think of giving up on RP...because it doesn't want to be helped...I meet someone of your high stature---who is into saving RP (from dud leaders?). I am naturally encouraged again.

To go into your inquiry, I am sorry to tell you that I do not have any medical information about Noynoy.

Seriously, I don't hope to go into that route. I have always relied on my own personal observation and inference in evaluating a person, and that is how I form my idea of someone who should not even think of being president.

I'm sorry to sound preachy, but I think it is time for us Filipinos to discern that way about candidates who simply "like" public positions, but which are out of their aptitude.

The Agulars and I stayed together everyday of my trip there leading to the Upsilon reunion at the Manila Polo Club. Steve and I belong to that Batch. And to his widow and son's family, it was a sentimental reunion with "Steve's brods."

To this day, we are each other's extended families, as when we both lived in Massachusetts.

Personally, I think the Agulars, (especially the late Dr. S. Agular), are apolitical. But they are very loyal to family friends. The Aquinos are one.

In politics, I am more loyal to RP ( the Republic of the Philippines. That's why Gordon is my candidate. I wish to read more of your regular columns. I think we have many sensible things in common about what is good for RP.

This letter was followed by another.

Thank you for this attention…tho' undeserved... but I would rather not be another 'witness to corroborate' the imperfections of Noynoy. I believe we have enough evidence in the open to convince a nation that Noynoy should best be left to himself...not running for president...and certainly not be used---not by his sisters, not by his relatives, and not fussed about by the media.

Unfortunately, the RP media abetted this yet another political aberration. It's our culture and our habit to promote the bizarre and the incompetent, e.g. Erap, Lapid, Revilla, etc.

We prefer to be entertained, it seems that way. And this might sell newspapers, but it carries no responsibility.

I could not believe, for instance, the headlines that came out from both The Philippine Inquirer and the Philippine Star newspapers. They actually hailed the dramatic internal struggle of Noynoy to make a decision for the 'big plum.' Is there a movie about this heir cashing in on a huge political inheritance?

That's right...the media played a big part in making a Noynoy attractive to the millions of impressionable voters. Of course, it's not lost in me that we (you & I?) might be that child yelling to the crowd that the king is shriveled in the head, and has no clothes.

But we have to look back some 30 years ago. How much can we rely on Pinoy "kantiyaw" humor...things said in anecdotal bantering of a small party of friends?

In MA then, I remember asking why..."itong anak ni Ninoy ang layo kung sumagot." (not in the presence of Ninoy, of course.)

And the answer I got was: ..."kasi may kulang." ...which was consistent with what I thought was a missing bolt in his head. (never occurred to me that he would run for president, let alone his mother, Cory!...years after. Cory, I think, was a disaster for RP.)

Thirty years since...I repeated the incident, and the answer I got was: "ikaw naman...! 'di naman gano'n ang ibig sabihin ng "kulang".

And what did it mean? The explanation was that...he was "kulang sa pansin ng tatay"....because all the attention was given to the (spoiled) youngest, Kris. And this, supposedly, had a big impact on the "kid."

I see...but not quite. I may get into EXPLANATIONS, but still this is not the DISCUSSION I want to get into with my friends. So I left this matter to rest. Besides, it is a 30 year-old personal observation of a "kid". Times have changed. I'm often chided. Even some people are able to get out of cancer, so I'm reminded.

Today, I am further reassured, "Have you heard Noynoy speak lately? He KNOWS how to speak in public now."

And is this why 'that kid' is urged to run for president?!?

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These letters reinforce the opinion that the validity of a psychiatric report on a person’s ability to lead does not rest on whether the report was signed. Indeed the report can be true even without a signature.

What is necessary is that what it reports can be verified through other means. It is not the signature that makes the report. Experts arrive at their conclusions by observation, asking questions and then evaluating their observations through the prism of knowledge through textbooks and experience. Ordinary people can do the same without having formal expertise.

Reports do not become bogus for a lack of signature. The details of the report have been reported widely and interpreted by its readers according to what they hear, what they see, and make their own profile of the person concerned.

The LEGACY that never was

I came across this article from the DAILY TRIBUNE that shows the true legacy of the Aquinos and it started way before Ninoy, see for yourself:

Like Lolo Like Father Like Son
Ronald Roy

In a way, I feel sorry for Noynoy. He looks like a little boy suddenly thrust in the man-size war zone of politics. Egged on by opportunists, misguided clerics, arrogant elitists, and lately the meddlesome Time Magazine, he now basks in the vanishing afterglow of Edsa l, proclaiming a right to the presidency on the basis of family relations. He would have us vote him for president because he is the son of Ninoy the slain martyr and Cory the revered saint, the grandson of a public servant named Benigno Aquino Sr., the brother of famous TV host Kris and the brother-in-law of basketball superstar James Yap.

Unfortunately, Noynoy has nothing much to show for himself except as an alleged participant in the massacre of farmers in the family-owned Hacienda Luisita and the owner of a sub-standard legislative record. The scary part is he now threatens to hose down a nation on fire. But for the fact that Noynoy seriously exalts his lineage as the underpinning of his quest for the presidency, I would hate to rake up the past of dead people. However, we now stand in the electoral doorway to freedom, and it would be rank treason if I chose not to uphold the truth that is supposed to set us free.

See any old folk if you care to know if Benigno Aquino Sr. was a despised traitor to Filipinos during World War ll. I remember my grandfather and his friends telling stories about Ninoy’s father being a “Makapili” undercover agent (a Japanese collaborator) who spied on the secret activities of Filipino guerillas, and that it was for this treasonous behavior that he was often jeered and stoned in public. He was a member of the Philippine puppet government whose son Ninoy and grandson Noynoy would in their respective times be similarly lured into politics.

In this connection, it is interesting to note that certain traits, genetic or otherwise, do run through generations within a family. Don’t voters now have the right to apply the modified aphorism “like lolo, like father, like son?” I now speak from personal knowledge if not with moral certainty: I share the view of countless others that Ninoy Aquino was a ruthless man. To believe what had then become folklore, I had to actually see and hear him brag how some suspected cattle rustlers writhed to death from a poison he had laced their food with.

More horrendous is the lingering widespread suspicion that he purposely did not attend an LP meeting de avance at Plaza Miranda which he was supposed to emcee. Already believable is: Ninoy knew the communists would bomb the makeshift stage at 10 in the evening to annihilate the party’s bigwigs, blame President Ferdinand Marcos for the carnage, and groom him as the sole surviving opposition challenger to the reelectionist Marcos. And where was Ninoy at 10 that night? At an insignificant despedida de soltera — to which I had also been invited — watching the rally on TV and looking fidgety until the grenades exploded shortly past 10.

During the years that followed, Doy Laurel and I would share the same suspicions about Ninoy — until the communists eventually announced the carnage was their handiwork.

Ninoy once urged me to build a private army which the Roys could use to gain political supremacy in Tarlac’s first district. For starters, he offered me half a dozen hitmen and gangsters — probably communists — but I flatly rejected the offer. I told him we were a non-violent family in full support of Danding Cojuangco’s armed struggle to drive the Reds out of the province.

Obviously Ninoy had hoped to intrigue between the Cojuangcos and the Roys in order to gain control of the district; but he failed. It was the same old Machiavellian divide-and-rule tactic which triggered a shootout between the rebel forces of Huk Kumander Alibasbas and those of Huk Kumander Sumulong. From the resulting disarray emerged a unifying commie leader in the persona of Ninoy. The Reds would henceforth remain supportive of Ninoy’s consuming obsession to be president of the country.

This piece cannot end without citing the case of Rafael Suarez, a charismatic wealthy hacendero who ran for mayor of Concepcion, Tarlac, under the NP flag. Failing to convince Suarez to run as an LP candidate, Ninoy warned Suarez he would not assume office if he won. Suarez handily beat Ninoy’s candidate. Shortly thereafter, Suarez miraculously survived a highway ambush that killed his driver. Who did it, John Dillinger? Suarez incidentally was my late brother’s father-in-law.

Noynoy for president? Think again. Not even Cory would endorse him if a certain Dr. Armando Armas were to be believed in his forthcoming explosive book. Think again, if you don’t want this country to be run by Joma Sison and his Maoist comrades.

WE SHALL ALL BE IN GAS CHAMBERS IF HE WINS

BSA: Proof of Noynoy's Early Corruption Exercises

I received this report regarding a major anomaly during the past Aquino administration.

That anomaly is NEPOTISM (which Cory stated she was against), GRAFT and CORRUPTION. (which Noynoy is stating he is against)

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BEST SECURITY AGENCY ni BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO, III

HINDI AKO MAGNANAKAW? … SAY THAT AGAIN?

He is running an entire campaign based supposedly on good governance. Everyone else is evil, only he is good.

Magnanakaw ang iba. Siya daw hindi. Emphasis on “daw.”

At first, the strategy seems sound. How else is he supposed to go head-to-head with somebody like Manny Villar, his closest rival?

Villar is second to none in laws authored and passed, Aquino authored zero bills into law – the father is a hero, the son is a zero.

Ang mambabatas na walang ipinasang batas ay pangulong hindi kayang panguluhan ang sambayanan.

Villar made houses affordable for the poor; Aquino’s biggest accomplishment in the private sector is that he made Nikes fashionable for the wealthy.

Villar, despite poverty, was a self-made millionaire at 28. Aquino, despite his family’s affluence, spent 10 of his 12 years in the private sector working in family-owned corporations – the Hacienda Luisita and Best Security Agency or BSA.

The latter, which he set up himself, had his initials BSA – Benigno Simeon Aquino, III.

Aquino sat on the security agency’s Board of Directors, while his uncle Antolin “Len” Oreta, Jr. acted as BSA chairman and president.

Oreta is the husband of former Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta who now sits as chairperson of the Early Child Care and Development Council and holds the rank of Cabinet member in the Arroyo administration, along with several other Aquino relatives.

Other directors of BSA were Cipriano Lacson, director-treasurer, George Gaddi, Bienvenido Reyes, Alexander Lopez and Jacob Acuna, known friends and allies of the Aquino family.

The Arlegui House, the official resident of then president Aquino, was declared the company address on its SEC registration documents.

According to Aquino, they never dealt with government. Records say otherwise.

During the incumbency of then president Aquino, BSA secured contracts from government such as Philippine National Construction Corp. and the facilities and buildings of sequestered companies under the Presidential Commission on Good Government.

Its other big clients were AsiaTrust, the Tanduay Distillers of taipan Lucio Tan and Uniwide.

The mere involvement of a the presidential first-son in a company that bids to secure contracts from government, the head of which is his mother, violates the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act of 1965 which states that:

“unlawful for any person having family or close personal relation with any public official to capitalize or exploit or take advantage of such family or close personal relation by directly or indirectly requesting or receiving any present, gift or material or pecuniary advantage from any other person having some business, transaction, application, request or contract with the government, in which such public official has to intervene.”

Noynoy Aquino was 26 at that time. At worst, what he did qualifies as corruption, at best, it constitutes sheer ignorance that he could not tell the difference between what is ethical and not.

Either way, a Noynoy Aquino, does not deserve to be president. The promise of a good government falls flat on its face, on both instances. His anti-corruption platform is a sham; his theory on good governance, hollow in the absence of a good leader.

Nagsinungaling si Noynoy nang sinabi niyang pamumunuan niya ang laban kontra sa katiwalian. Sa murang edad, ay ipinakita niyang salat man ang kanyang kakayahang mamuno ay sapat naman ang kanyang kakayahang magsamantala sa posisyon ng kanyang ina.

Tama nga ang sabi ng iba, kapatid ng sinungaling ang magnanakaw.

And yet again, this was proven true when Aquino was confronted about the issue. He said he no longer had any interest in the company 3 years after it was formed – his resumé and own official website alongside documents from the SEC say otherwise, Aquino was a member of the BSA Board until 2002. Once more, the man was caught lying through his teeth.

Malinis daw, madungis pala.

CAN WE HAVE CREDIBLE POLLS???

I am re-posting another Manila Standard Emil Jurado special about his credible opinion on the political scene of late.

Here it is:

CAN WE HAVE CREDIBLE POLLS?

To the Point
Emil Jurado
April 15, 2010

I cannot see the logic of Liberal Party standard bearer Senator Benigno Aquino III and his band of Yellow Fanatics. They insist on a parallel count for the May 10 elections and a manual audit of the results after when the automated machines are supposed to give the people a fast and reliable count.

The only reason I can see for Noynoy and his group is that they are preparing for a scenario where, if Aquino loses, they will claim he was cheated.

The National Movement for Free Elections, too, through Yellow Fanatic Joey Cuisia, has been insisting on a parallel count and manual audit of election results. The proposal was thumbed down by the Comelec. Admittedly, Namfrel is biased for Noynoy—just look at the people behind it.

They want a repeat of the 1986 snap elections when the Comelec declared Ferdinand Marcos the winner with 10,807,197 votes against Cory Aquino’s 9,291,761. This drove the forces of Cory to harp on its huge disparity with Namfrel count of Aquino of 7,835,070 votes against Marcos’ 7,063,068 votes.

Knowing the malicious minds around Noynoy, Santa Banana, I’d not be surprised if this is their Plan B!

***

It’s obvious that Noynoy’s campaign capitalizes on people’s sentiments leading to his late mother’s rise to the presidency: the retreat to Cebu, the millions or so urging her to run for president, or the yellow regalia that went on an extended run.

Events could culminate in Noynoy’s extra-constitutional installation as President or leader of yet another military-backed citizen-led uprising.

Unseating President Arroyo at all costs seems to be Aquino’s strongest motivation. He has even branded his rival as a Gloria proxy. Noynoy’s next course of action after his defeat in the polls—which to me is forthcoming despite survey results—may be to cry out that elections failed or that he was cheated.

For, after all, how could it be possible for Noynoy Aquino to lose when even now people around him are already dividing the spoils of government?

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The finding of Pulse Asia that the number of undecided voters is increasing is not at all surprising.

Since people get much of their information on the elections campaign from media, especially from the impact medium of television, and with all the mudslinging going on, people are now doubting the credibility of the candidates.

Take the case of Aquino claiming to be incorruptible and vowing he won’t steal. How can people believe him when records show that at the early age of 26 he took advantage of his mother’s presidency by putting up a security agency which bagged contracts with government-sequestered firms?

If many Noynoy supporters are now having doubts about their candidate, I can’t blame them.

***

If I don’t mention Senator Jamby Madrigal, who is among those lagging behind in poll surveys and who must now withdraw from the race, that is exactly my intention.

She is not running to win, anyway. She just wants to demonize Villar.

Still NOT Convinced Why HE is Running...

It is quite clear that Noynoy Aquino only joined the presidential race because his family, as well as the infamous Kamag Anak Inc., told him to do so.

Honestly, can ANYONE prove to me that Senator Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino is able, ready, determined, driven, and highly motivated to lead over 9 billion Filipino people?

Personally I have never heard of Noynoy Aquino up until Cory Aquino's passing away. Nothing against Cory, but her burial was a tad bit OVER THE TOP with all the media coverage and the procession rites. This makes me wonder what the motives of this grander than grandeur gesture could be... and soon after that event, I got my answer: NOYNOY

If an individual aspires to become the leader of a country, A COUNTRY, he/she should have been aspiring for that for as long as he/she remembers. Not an overnight decision.

Sure, Noynoy had his family recollection or retreat or whatever to really think about the situation, but really, doesn't that seem so impromptu as if Noynoy was choosing between black or white.

And it shows in his aura and personality that he is incapable of being a good president, or just a president for that matter. I am sick of reiterating what Noynoy lacks, so I'm telling you to simply view him or listen to him when he talks. Seriously.

GloriAquino: A Graphic

I recall that Sen. Manny Villar was once dubbed as the REAL administration candidate.

His name was even intertwined with Gloria Arroyo: "VILLARROYO"

This rumor is totally BOGUS though, honestly speaking.

Connect the dots:

• Noynoy and the Liberal Camp is running on a hate campaign against everyone, with specific focus on Gloria Arroyo and her administration.

• Gloria Arroyo is keeping her distance from the administration candidate, Gilbert Teodoro, because she is costing him much needed votes.

• The Liberal Camp capitalized on this situation by inserting Noynoy's main rival, Sen Manny Villar, into the mix.

• They started this unnecessary rumor that Gloria is backing off Teodoro to support Villar, hence the 'Villarroyo' monicker.

• Now, they are able to hit 2 birds with one stone. Their HATE CAMPAIGN is further fueled with this rumor they started.

• This benefits them given the fact that THERE ARE PLENTY OF MEMBERS IN THE LIBERAL PARTY THAT ARE FROM THE ARROYO ADMINISTRATION AND THERE ARE STILL CURRENT OFFICIALS THAT ARE RELATIVES OF NOYNOY AQUINO

In Disarray

Dis-ar-ray:

noun

1. confusion; dismay; a state of disorder; lack of discipline

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The Liberal Party is currently in disarray.

Some candidates within the Yellow Camp are not in good terms because of bets that are clashing. To name a few...

Chiz Escudero (a.k.a. the-guy-who-didn't-get-allowance-from-his-'ninong'-Danding) has vowed to support and campaign for the Liberal Party standard-bearer Noynoy Aquino BUT is openly supporting for Makati Mayor Jojo Binay for Vice-President... Which would clearly irk the Party's VP bet, Mar Roxas.

And what is Noynoy doing about this? I read in the Inquirer last week about this issue and it seems that Noynoy is NOT EVEN TRYING TO MEND THE TWO. He merely said that Chiz is WITHIN HIS TEAM AND NOT WITH THE LIBERAL PARTY.




Oh my god... So Noynoy has his own team and he also has the Liberal Party with him??? Ano ba talaga manong? Noynoy seems to be only thinking of his own damn self, and is set to do everything and anything regardless of who he tramples upon, just to claim the presidential seat.

Of course, Noynoy for me is a straight up idiot. But I would have at least respected him if he conducted himself properly within his group, where he should be comfortable with. But NO, he's just letting people get pissed and irking each other rather than mending it.

Another situation is the case of Serge Osmena III. He was one of the ORIGINAL Liberal Party members dating to 1998 where he ran under the party, and therefore has some kind of right to be included and supported by the party. To his disappointment however, NOYNOY allowed the inclusion of Ralph Recto, a rival of Serge Osmena, to run under the Liberal Party. We all know that Recto is a 'bata' of Gloria Arroyo, so what of the 'hate campaign against the Arroyo administration' now huh?

Noynoy... EPIC FAIL.

GMA's REAL Candidate

Recently, the Yellow Camp has been doing an all out demolition job on Manny Villar. Since they saw that their mudslinging has been effective especially with regards to the recent surveys, all they do now is spread and snowball the issues.

One of the major issues that are thrown at Villar is the 'Villaroyo' accusation. Noynoy and the whole Liberal Camp insists that Villar is the administration candidate and would therefore be Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's ally.

We all know that Noynoy's only campaign strategy is to bash and criticize the Arroyo administration, release false issues to his fellow candidates, and get popularity/emotional votes.

But in fact, it is Noynoy who seems to be linked closer to the Arroyo administration... READ THIS:

Villar to Aquino: Explain presence of admin allies in LP
By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 15:02:00 03/31/2010

Filed Under: Eleksyon 2010, Inquirer Politics

MANILA, Philippines--If Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III is the real opposition then he should explain why he has relatives working with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

This was how Senator Manny Villar countered the allegations by Aquino’s camp that he was an administration bet as shown by Arroyo allies endorsing his presidential bid.

Unlike Aquino, Villar said he has no relatives working for the Arroyo government.

“Ako walang kamag-anak na kasama ng Pangulo. Si Noynoy yata anim o lima? Eh bakit ako ang dapat magpaliwanag, eh sila ang nag-imbento ng Villaroyo, sila rin ay kailangan magpaliwanag (I don’t have relatives who are with the President. I think Noynoy have five or six? Then, why should I explain when they are the ones who invented ‘Villaroyo.’ They should also explain,’ he said in a radio interview Tuesday night.

Villar also noted that Arroyo’s former Cabinet members are, in fact, now allied with Aquino and helping his campaign.

“Kung sinasabi natin na ang Pangulo ay corrupt, ibig mong sabihin naging corrupt lang ang pangulo pag alis nila? Kung sinasabi mong corrupt ang pangulo baka noon pa yun eh di kasama din sila (If we say the President is corrupt, does that mean that the President became corrupt only after they left her? Maybe the President was already corrupt when they were still together),” he pointed out.

“The very same people that brought us where we are now…eh yan din ang kasama niya (Noynoy) (are the same people who are with Noynoy now),’ Villar added.

He could not understand why Aquino has not been accused of being an administration bet when some of Arroyo’s allies, like Quezon City Representative Feliciano Belmonte and former Senator Ralph Recto join Aquino’s Liberal Party.

And when they joined Aquino’s camp, they called them “principled” people but when they joined him in the Nacionalista Party, they were viewed as an indication of alliance between him and the President, Villar lamented.

The senator confirmed that construction magnate Reghis Romero was helping his campaign but immediately denied any business dealing with him.

“Si Reghis Romero ay kaibigan ko naman. Inaamin ko naman tumutulong sa akin yan, meron silang group na MOVE, pero wala kaming business deals (Reghis Romero is my friend. I admit that he’s helping me, they have a group called MOVE but we don’t have business deals),” Villar said.

Quickie

For those of you who really do not have much time to divulge on the current elections affairs, particularly about Senator Villar, simply follow this link and you shall be diverted to everything you need to know about the most qualified presidential candidate for the term 2010-2016:

www.mannyvillar.com.ph

In this site you will find Manny Villar's credentials, personal information, legislative records, news, blogs, and contact numbers.

Hope you get to check it out!

Baby James' Cry: Villar! Villar!

To affirm my past blog post regarding that BABY JAMES AQUINO-YAP is for Manny Villar, here is the video from a LP sortie in Bacolod:


Too bad this is the only video that can be readily found in the web. Obviously the Yellow Camp got alarmed over the incident and did their 'magic' by taking out all the links and videos of it, except for this one... tsk tsk

And to top if off, Kris Aquino's excuse for her son's actions is, "that was our 10th event, pagod na kasi siya..."

HELLOOOOO???? So if a kid (not baby, the child is walking and talking already for christ sake) becomes tired, he'll shout an oppositions name? Kris also added that her son was just acting naughty, or in her words, "nagpaka-naughty lang siya." So this implicates that they are allowing the kid to continue this 'naughtiness' that is being portrayed as cute? hmm.. sounds more like a story-spinning to me. If this is how Aquino children are raised, what makes you think NoyNoy is decent?

We Should ALL Be Concerned Citizens

I came across another e-mail, a facebook alert actually, about a short letter regarding Noynoy's dirty tactics through Yellow columnists. It is definitely a good read, enjoy.

A Concerned Citizen Writes to Harvey Keh of Ateneo

April 2, 2010

Mr. Harvey S. Keh
Director for Youth Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship
Ateneo de Manila University - School of Government

Dear Harvey:

In the interest of our common humanity and sense of decency, I just want to share with you some thoughts about Noynoy Aquino and his rabid propagandists disguised as newspaper columnists.

First, this passage from the column yesterday by your fellow Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Ms. Belinda Cunanan-Olivares entitled "Citizens' candidate":

"Frankly my stomach retches over the way the Aquino camp has gone into an extensive investigation of the details of this episode in utter disregard of compassion and decency. The elder Villar lady must have suffered immensely from the death of that young boy. Must that rival camp now rake up all the sordid details? The aim of the Noynoy camp in playing it up obviously is to prove that Villar was lying and inventing certain circumstances about his early life of poverty that, as his ads now say, enable him to connect to the greater masses who are poor. But surely there must be many other issues far more relevant to the life of the nation that ought to be debated than the circumstances around the illness and death of a young boy that his 87-year-old mother doubtless still mourns.

"What has happened to decency in our midst? The Aquino camp's ghoulish treatment of the young boy's death is just an example of the pettiness and cattiness that the Noynoy campaign has often displayed."

Second, this passage from the column yesterday by Philippine Star columnist Domini Torrevillas- Suarez entitled "Was Manny Villar poor?":

"It's funny, and sad, and very frustrating, to hear and read and witness the bashing of candidates in this campaign. Bashers trump up charges (remember how Manny was being trumpeted as owning a multi-million dollar worth mansion in Utah?), and call rival camps immoral. Says Manny: 'You guys are so different from people like me and the rest of the MBV supporters, because we cannot be as good, as holy, as virtuous as you hypocrites are.'"

And now, I would like to share with you my own feelings about this revolting state of affairs in our public discourse:

I share with Belinda's and Domini's utter revulsion over the ghoulishness of the Noynoy Aquino camp, but I must add that they overlooked the fact that this ghoulishness is surpassed a thousand times over by Inquirer columnists Solita Monsod and Conrad Dequiros as well as Philippine Star's William Esposo—all rabid propagandists of the Noynoy Aquino campaign disguised as newspaper columnists. On the basis of anonymous and unauthenticated documents supplied to them by the Noynoy Aquino camp itself, they viciously ran the demolition job against Manny Villar in practically the same words and with almost the same conclusions.

Now that their despicable act has began to backfire on them, they are now disowning in chorus their respective demolition jobs and their own reckless conclusions in their respective columns. The clueless Noynoy Aquino also denies on TV that he had any hand in the demolition job but has the gall to say that he agrees with its conclusions. Even Franklin Drilon of the Liberal Party has become a denial king, washing his hands off the affair like a Pilate on TV!

Noynoy Aquino, Franklin Drilon, Solita Monsod, Conrad Dequiros and William Esposo have overstepped the bounds of civilized behavior, and they have been prostituted two respectable newspapers by making them propaganda sheets in their overpowering desire to pave the way for themselves to Malacañang by hook or by crook. All five of them should be repudiated, condemned, and boycotted by all decent, self-respecting Filipinos! And Harvey, if you are truly sincere in your personal campaign for morally upright youth leaders and good governance, you should likewise repudiate and condemn such unbridled and unscrupulous acts by your political comrades-in- arms!

Sincerely,Sammy Abiertos

GloriAquino

There are so many rumors running around about Manny Villar being the 'secret' candidate of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. And it is quite obvious that it is the Yellow Camp that is spreading these LIES.

Try to connect the dots...

Aquino’s relatives who are close to President Arroyo include his aunts:
-former Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta, who is head of the Early Childhood Care and Development Council under the Office of the President

-former Gov. Margarita Cojuangco, president of the Public Safety College under the Department of the Interior and Local Government

-Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara, President Arroyo’s image consultant.

Paul Aquino, who is now the chief political officer in Aquino III’s campaign, is the chief executive officer of Energy Development Corp. under the state firm Philippine National Oil Co. (The present Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Eleazar Quinto is married to Kashiwahara’s daughter)

It is quite easy to see that the Yellow Camp fabricated this lie that GMA is in alliance with Villar to divert attention that it really is NOYNOY that has close ties with GMA. For their part, it was a smart tactical move to put the rumor on the enemy first. But then that strategy is useless now that the TRUTH is out there, the Aquinos are the ones in cahoots with the current administration, not Manny Villar.

Also if you can remember, Noynoy Aquino favored the non-release and hearing of the 'Hello Garci' case. What now is his defense to that???

unHOLY WEEK

The Yellow Camp is doing it with no holds barred.

Were you able to catch the three-part airing of A Dangerous Life, a movie about Ninoy and the People Power revolution? I mean, where else would they show it but ABias-CBN, Noynoy's medium of brainwashing the Filipinos. By the way, this reminded me of how Jim Carrey's portrayal of the Riddler in Batman Forever, when he used that device placed on people's TVs to suck the brains out of the viewers and forwarded into Riddler's brain (Riddler=Noynoy, Brain-Sucking Device=ABS-CBN, Sucked Brains=Votes).

This is another one of the Yellow Army's tactics to get enough popularity votes as they can. Come on, on HOLY WEEK they're going to show something about Ninoy Aquino? Exactly what is its relevance to Lenten Season? NONE. The Yellow Network is merely doing political promotion work for their candidate, Noynoy.

Clearly, they will stop at nothing to truly brain-wash the entire Philippines.

It's really sad to see and hear how many people believe the Liberal Party's cause. Like they know that a Noynoy presidency would amount to a better future. Exactly what does his platform stand for anyway? Good versus evil?? This is not a religious war, it is a political one where a leader must rely on his intellect, awareness of people's needs, extensive knowledge of current affairs, people skills and management, to site a few. Tell me now, does Noynoy Aquino have all, or at least any of those qualities? I highly think not. And who does come to mind when these qualifications are mentioned? None other than Manny Villar.



ABias-CBN and the Yellow Army should be ashamed of themselves, how disgraceful.

And check out this schedule of ABias-CBN's shows for May 9 (just before the election day)

May 9, 2010 ABS-CBN Schedule
11:45 ASAP XV Special Live from Ninoy Aquino Stadium and EDSA Shrine
3:00 The Buzz Special Live from EDSA Shrine
5:00 MMK: The Ninoy and Cory Story
7:00 A Dangerous Life
10:30 MYX Presents: The Music Videos of Noy2 Aquino

And to think THREE days before Election Day campaigning should stop already.
The Nerve...

Truly INSPIRING

A few of my favorite inspirational pictures and messages



















Hope you enjoyed it!!! =)

Where in the world can we find this book of truths???

I took time out during the holidays to read veteran journalist Cecil Arillo’s book, Greed and Betrayal, a sequel to Breakaway, his book about the 1986 People Power Revolution. The book talks about how the Reform the Armed Forces Movement or RAM succeeded in mounting a mutiny against then President Ferdinand Marcos, and how the late President Cory Aquino benefited from it.

Arillo’s sequel is about the six years of the Cory Aquino administration. It details the sins of a vindictive regime, including well-documented instances of greed and betrayal of those who catapulted Cory to power in 1986.

The Hacienda Luisita and the Mendiola massacre were also forms of betraying the trust of the tenants and farmers.

More importantly, Arillo’s book also tells us how the so-called “Kamaganak Inc.” tried to surpass the Marcos plunder in scams and anomalies. The cannibalization of so many Cory administration-sequestered corporations by the Presidential Commission on Good Government’s fiscal agents also come to fore.

I suggest the camps of Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Senator Manuel Villar, former President Joseph Estrada, administration candidate former Defense chief Gilbert Teodoro, Senator Richard Gordon and even Jesus Is Lord Movement top honcho Eddie Villanueva get hold of Arillo’s book. It shows that the legacy Mr. Clean is riding on is one of greed and betrayal.

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Arillo’s book is well-researched but I still have a few stories of my own that I’d like to add.

Once, an Aquino Cabinet member came out with a report that a Cory kin, together with a Kapampangan Customs broker and a spouse of a former senator, were involved in smuggling activities, specifically containers full of Mercedes Benz cars. Oldtimers at Customs are aware of this.

When this Cabinet member handed the report to Cory, she reportedly just browsed over it and then put it aside. The same Cabinet man was so disgusted that he resigned, but Cory prevailed upon him to accept another Cabinet portfolio.

There was also the takeover of some 37, I repeat 37 corporations, suspected to be that of Kokoy Romualdez, brother-in-law of the late dictator, by the in-laws of Cory.

I know this because one of the corporations taken over was Erestores Inc., a structural steel company. It was founded by the late Marcos’ Minister of Transportation Totoy Dans, who was close to Imeldific.

For the record, I was one of the incorporators of the company. I was founding director. That’s why I knew it all.

There was also the takeover of a motor and vehicle corporation with a license to import British Range Rovers and Land Rovers. The in-laws of Cory used this license to import Simba armored cars for the Armed Forces despite recommendations that they were inferior to US-made armored vehicles.

I recall that when I started to expose this anomaly, I was approached by the PR man of Cory’s in-laws. I was invited to go to London, all expenses paid for, to visit the Simba plant. I refused.

And then there was this sweetheart deal between Cory and Shell that exempted Shell from income tax payments in the multi-billion Malampaya project off Palawan. This still holds true today and the amount involved is P70 billion, according to records.

Cory was said to be very close to the then-Shell president who showered her with attention and flowers daily.

A legacy, indeed, of greed and betrayal. And Mr. Clean thinks this legacy will be his ticket to Malacañang?

Emil Jurado
To the Point
Manila Standard Today
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideOpinion.htm?f=2010/january/8/emiljurado.isx&d=2010/january/8

A good friend emailed me this article of Emil Jurado and I immediately tried to look for the book he was referring to, Greed & Betrayal. Surprisingly though, it was really difficult to track down this book. National bookstore says that it is now only available on SM north edsa and Rockwell branches... I wonder why this book seems to be supressed from mass production and promotion, oh, let me guess, because it is about the anomalies and controversial dealings during the Aquino administration.

How convenient is it that the book that tells the truth about an important part of the Philippines' history is hard to find during this election season with an Aquino running for presidency? hmm... something seems fishy here, don't you think?

While the Liberal Party keeps on going and going with their hate campaign against other candidates, they are covering up their tracks by supressing truths that would be detrimental to their campaign.. tsk tsk. dirty tactics by the Yellow, what's new?

Noynoy's Minion Inside Philippine Star

FATMAN Esposo got the Yellow Disease early on...

Last Sunday while reading the newspaper, I saw this article written by non other than one of Noynoy's black propaganda minions, the so-called 'chair wrecker' (which is a douche bag title, as most people also think) William Esposo.

He talked smack about Manny Villar not being authentic in being poor growing up and tried to affirm it with bogus 'evidences.' Wow, another smear campaign has occurred and it is not surprising anymore given that these dirty tactics are what Noynoy and Liberal Camp are really made of.


Now I know why he is called the 'Chair Wrecker'. Chairs cannot hold more than 300 pounds, go figure.

Tell me then, what are the goals/platforms/advocacies that the Yellow group are proclaiming? NOTHING. Their statements regarding state affairs are very limited, so they let the CORY MAGIC overshadow the whole thing. Is there more to them than just 'hindi ako magnanakaw' and 'ituloy ang laban'??? come on now...

anyway, good thing came across this other article which answers douche bag Esposo's write-up, enjoy:

Mahirap Tanggapin Na Mahirap si Villar? Ano Pang BASURA ang itatapon nila?

THE VILLAR BASHERS WON’T STOP. THEY HAVE GONE TO LOW DEPTHS IN PURSUIT OF THIS SMEAR CAMPAIGN VERSUS MANNY VILLAR. JUST MANNY VILLAR, WHOM THEY MUST PERCEIVE AS THE ONLY THREAT TO THEIR CANDIDATE. THESE HYPOCRITES WITH COLUMNS TO WRITE TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BASH VILLAR, DISTORT THE TRUTH, AND PASS THEM ON TO GULLIBLE CULT MEMBERS LIKE THIS TESS SUAVILLO. READ ON………..this blogger’s opinions are in italics.

AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo (The Philippine Star) Updated March 28, 2010 12:00 AM “Nakaranas na ba kayong … mamatayan ng kapatid dahil wala kang pera pangpagamot” (Have you experienced losing a brother because you did not have the money to provide him proper medical care)? — Manny Villar asked in his “PANATA(Advocacy)” TV commercial. Villar was referring to his younger brother Danny who passed away on October 1962. In the same commercial, Villar’s 1962 photo with his younger brother was shown. This portrayal of being poor once upon a time is a fantasy which comes in a series of similar attempts by Villar to create empathy with the nearly 90% of voters who belong to the socio-economic classes D and E. However, this particular attempt to use his late brother Danny to further his political ambition showed that Villar is as capable of lying just like Madame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA). Two public documents — the death certificate of Danny B. Villar and the Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT number: 135396/3194) of the 560 square meter property in the upper class San Rafael Village of Navotas where the Villars had lived when Danny died — shattered this ONCE POOR fantasy that Villar has been peddling. What the San Rafael Village TCT presents: 1. Before 1962, the Villars bought 560 square meters (SQM) of high valued real estate on Bernardo Street in San Rafael Village where the more affluent folks in the Tondo-Navotas area resided.

In 1962, this was a lot in a village of 5 to 10 houses, in a place constantly flooded. Definitely NOT high-end. And Villar’s father bought it through a P16,000 loan from GSIS. This is the house they moved into from Moriones. And this place is STILL in Tondo. Monsod and Esposo claim this was a gated community to make it look like the Villars were never once poor.

2. The DEATH CERTIFICATE of the deceased Danny B. Villar established that they were already residing there in 1962.

What is true is that all the Villar children (maybe except for the youngest, Jojo) were born and raised in Moriones UNTIL THEY MOVED TO THIS PLACE IN BALUT, TONDO. It was a modest single storey house which over time was improved. With a set of hardworking and enterprising parents, the family has improved their lot. Still not RICH by others’ standards, but they succeeded in improving their lives. Surely, that is something admirable. The trouble is Villar bashers will take half-truths and distort them to make it appear that Villar was lying when he claimed to have been once poor.

3. Based on 2009 prices, the P16,000 GSIS (Government Service Insurance System) mortgage mentioned in the TCT — not necessarily the total cost of the two 280 SQM lots — is now the equivalent of P1,140,000.00. Poor people today cannot even borrow P200,000. Those who are familiar with the subdivision say that the cost per SQM in San Rafael Village today would be around P10,000 per SQM or an equivalent of around P5,600,000 for the entire property.

Like Manny, his father dreamed to improve their fortunes. As a government employee, he had access to cheap credit such as GSIS loans. The P16,000 loan was meant for both the lot and the house construction/ improvement. At the time it was bought, there was no telling the area will improve and real estate prices will rise to current levels. Just to draw parallels, anyone who can borrow back then could have bought properties along Osmena St (South Super Highway) before the highway was constructed and be pleasantly surprised now that their investments paid off.

4. Jun Borres, the present owner who is using the 560 SQM property as offices of his firm, Jumbo Fishing, stated that when they bought it in 1987 – it had a one and a half floor house. The ground floor was made of concrete while the upstairs was made of wood. This was typical upper middle class and upper class dwelling in the 1960s.

What is wrong with a once poor vendor of shrimps and fish to improve their fortunes and move from poor to middle class over time? Isn’t this the price and prize of sipag and tyaga? Do people expect the poor to remain poor forever? Is it a mortal sin and immoral that the Villars did not remain poor? Remember that the property was bought in 1962, and this “witness” Jun Borres who claims this is a typical upper middle class dwelling bought the property in 1987. A difference of 25 years!!!!

Implications of the San Rafael Village ownership 1. Together with established Manny Villar bio information, they could not have been dirt poor to be able to move to San Rafael Village before 1962. His mother was a seafood (shrimp, crab and fish) dealer in Divisoria Market, not a fish vendor as what Villar tries to project. A seafood dealer supplies the vendors. For a family of 11, they ate canned corned beef — which Manny Villar admitted on his earlier TV ad. His father was a government official, said to be a Budget Officer of the then DANR (Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources) under which was the Fisheries Bureau. Manny Villar studied in private schools — the Holy Child Catholic School for elementary and Mapua Institute of Technology for High School. Poor folks send their kids to public schools.

Again, how these yellow birds distort the truth! Nanay Curing started as a seafood vendor, eventually graduating to a seafood dealer. Canned corned beef is not daily fare. Manny mentioned it with fond memories because the Villar children remember with fondness the way their corned beef was cooked to satify a big family. Just the same, soupy corned beef was a treat for them. Please read http://politicalama teur.wordpress. com/2010/ 03/22/dati- ngang-mahirap- eh/

Also, the Holy Child Catholic School was situated right beside the Isabelo de los Reyes Elementary School where Manny Villar first enrolled. The “private school” was a parochial school then subsidized by the parish where tuition was definitely not of the standards of private schools today. Villar’s parents valued education as a means out of poverty, typical of parents even today. And I need not repeat that the family was once poor and managed to improve their lot through sipag at tyaga to be what these bashers call “middle class”.

2. Villar’s parents must have had a sizeable combined income to be able to buy the San Rafael Village property. The 560 SQM size demonstrates their financial capacity. If they could, poor people buy lots sized less than 100 SQMs. Villar’s father must also be making a sizeable income from the government to be able to borrow P16,000 from the GSIS. In 1962, senior executives in big corporations made monthly salaries of about P2,000.

Villar’s father is a lowly government employee who THROUGH THE YEARS got his promotions. Ano ang masama duon? He had access to GSIS credit, and he borrowed money to buy his family a lot they can call their own. Ayaw ba marinig yan ng mga mayayaman?

What Danny B. Villar’s DEATH CERTIFICATE reveals: 1. It is NOT TRUE that Danny died because they were poor and could not afford proper health care. The stated residence in Danny’s death certificate was the San Rafael Village property.

If you are rich, and your kin is suffering from a dreaded disease, you will most certainly make sure he gets the best medical care. Such is not the case with Danny who was brought for treatment from clinic to clinic until he grew worse in condition and the family brought him to FEU hospital.

2. The BIG LIE is further proved by the fact that Danny stayed 13 days at the FEU (Far Eastern University) Hospital where he expired at age 3 years and 8 months. If they were really poor, the PGH (Philippine General Hospital) would have been the affordable hospital to bring Danny. He was definitely given proper health care. FEU Hospital was one of the top hospitals in 1962, before the establishment of the Makati Medical Center and St. Luke’s Hospital.

Oh Yes, if y ou have someone nearly dying…….make sure you choose the hospital you bring him to. Take the time to choose and mind which hospital you can afford. Tell that to the poor. PGH is a choice. But Ms. Monsod and Mr. Esposo should remember that FEU hospital, even at that time, had a charity ward! Danny was admitted as a charity patient in FEU hospital, but that fact was conveniently omitted in Monsod and Esposo’s columns. This is the height of nitpicking. For these guys to dwell on this topic, distort the truth make us sick!

3. Danny died from CARDIAC and RESPIRATORY FAILURE resulting from COMPLICATIONS OF LEUKEMIA. In 1962, there was no bone marrow transplantation and chemotherapy yet and everyone whether rich or poor died from contracting leukemia.

At this point, let me just say that the family of Manny Villar find it very very sad that they have to explain themselves here. Leukemia afflicts both rich and poor, but the rich get proper medical care, unlike poor Danny who had absolutely no chance and died at a very young age. Cancer, leukemia, etc. —- these illnesses may be hopeless cases. But it is always disheartening not to be able to afford medical care to a poor child like Danny. This is a dark moment in the Villar family’s life. And these bashers want to make light of it?

4. Upon Danny’s death, his remains were turned over to LA FUNERARIA PAZ — then, until now, considered one of the top two mortuaries (Funeraria Nacional, the other). This further disproved Manny Villar’s claim that Danny died because they did not have the money to take care of him.

Back then, Funeraria Paz is just one funeral parlor. This does not prove anything.

When Iggy Arroyo was seen as having taken the Jose Pidal rap for his elder brother Mike, many folks felt that it was rather low of Mike Arroyo to place his younger brother at risk. Our culture expects the older brother to protect the younger brother. In that regard, we can consider Manny Villar as having done worse than Mike Arroyo. At least, Iggy Arroyo was alive and kicking and he could have opted to stay out of the Jose Pidal controversy. But in the case of Manny and Danny Villar, Danny was used to promote a myth when Danny was in no position to agree to his elder brother Manny’s portrayal of his death.

Here is where these bashers try to draw parallels between Villar and the present occupants of Malacanang. Bravo, guys. You want to paint Manny Villar as worse than Mike Arroyo. You want people to remember Manny Villar as “like the hated Arroyo”. Here is where you want to take everyone for a ride by bashing Villar as no different from the hated First Family, right? Your political agenda is showing, fellas. Low. Sick. You guys are hopeless.

With the propagation of this ONCE POOR fantasy, don’t you think that Manny Villar also desecrated the memory and honor of his parents who strove to be able to provide their children quality education and an upper class domicile? If Manny Villar can lie and use his dead younger brother like this, what makes you think that he will really improve and not worsen your life? What makes you think that he is not as greedy as he is being charged in this presidential campaign? What makes you think that you can trust Manny Villar? TESS L. SUAVILLO ERJHS- Class 71

What can I say Tess? If we were to write something like this against Noynoy, you guys will scream at the top of your lungs and brand us as “paid hacks” of Manny Villar. Even noveau billionaire Manny Pacquiao and multi-millionaire Willy Revillame were not spared from being branded as paid hacks. All celebrities endorsing Villar you claim to be paid, while Noynoy yellow stars are endorsing Noy because of their convictions, right? How about you? Oh yes, you guys cannot be bribed. You guys are volunteers who write the truth , not expecting any in return. You guys have no hidden agenda except to deliver the “truth” to the public. Like it is your patriotic duty or something. YOU GUYS ARE SO DIFFERENT FROM PEOPLE LIKE ME AND THE REST OF THE MBV SUPPORTERS, BECAUSE WE CANNOT BE AS GOOD, AS HOLY, AS VIRTUOUS AS YOU HYPOCRITES ARE.

Suit yourselves. You are showing your colors and character here. And you claim to be the decent kind? Such hypocrisy. This black propaganda is no different from the previous lies this camp peddled. (Read http://politicalama teur.wordpress. com/2010/ 02/22/and- the-black- propaganda- backfires- palpak-to- the-max/)

Perhaps during this political season, some find it agonizing to remain DECENT. To go down to these unbelievable depths while parading themselves among the alta sociedad is pure hypocrisy. Monsod, Esposo, Banayo and De Quiros. They are truly a league of a different kind. They have propagated a cult, and Tess here counts among the gullible members.