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WE SHALL ALL BE IN GAS CHAMBERS IF HE WINS

THERE IS ONLY ONE PEOPLE POWER

Well Hello Arrogance.

Have you heard about Noynoy's new rant???

He says that IF HE LOSSES on May 10 or the elections provide to be a failure, HE WILL UPSTAGE ANOTHER PEOPLE POWER.

OH MY FUCKING GOD. The nerve of this 'nerved' retard.

I do not understand why people like him cannot let go of the history that was People Power. To me, there is no Edsa Dos or Tres nor will there ever be like that. It is true that history repeats itself, but please refrain from being an IDIOT, that phrase doesn't apply LITERALLY.

And for those who think that ANOTHER People Power display would bring glory or honor to the country, then you must be either STUPID or RETARD, exactly like your salivating candidate. I am no expert at political strategies or political history, i do have logic however, and I just know that foreigners and locals alike would say that it is REDUNDANT to have another people power BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE'S SUCCESS AND IMPACT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH.

But as the un-blinded really know, the only good thing that came out of the Aquino administration was precisely People Power, those who are blinded did not realize that the country went on a depression economically, financially, and all the -llys one could possibly think of.

Even one of the primary instigators of the Edsa Revolution says that it is unnecesary and the head of the local clergy says another People Power would be 'crazy, crazy, crazy'

'Nuff said.

People Power 2(or 3 or 4, i'm not sure) = OUT

Tony Lopez speaks!

I know I have been raving about Manila Standard articles recently, particularly by the editorial columnists Emil Jurado and Jojo Robles.

Today's post however, comes from a man named Tony Lopez, publisher-editor of BizNewsAsia weekly newsmagazine and six-time president of the Manila Overseas Press Club or MOPC, founding member of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines, and a long-time member of the National Press Club.

MANNY VILLAR CAN DO IT

Manila Times

Tony Lopez

April 20, 2010

For the first time, a certifiable tycoon is running for president, Senator Manuel Bamba Villar Jr.

Villar’s listed property holding company, Vista Land and Life-scapes, is worth P17.25 billion. He owns about 70 percent of that, or P12 billion.

Financing his own presidential campaign, the senator is his own vested interest. He is not beholden to various business vested interests and lords of all kinds—political lords, warlords or drug lords.

Among the nine presidential candidates, Villar is the only one with the track record and experience to fulfill what he vows to do. “What my opponents have been promising, I have done it,” he says without a touch of hyperbole. “Who can run this country better?” he asks his rapturous audience.

As for Noynoy Aquino, well, he has Time magazine and the description by the prestigious The Economist—“nondescript senator.” Time itself, despite a brave effort to portray him as the savior of the Philippines , concedes Aquino’s is an “a undistinguished political career.”

Villar in the late 1990s built a billion-dollar enterprise with only P10,000 in start-up money. He has built more houses—250,000 units by his own count—than any other developer. He has planted more trees—one million, by his own count—than any other environmentalist and green do-gooder. And in the sense that housing stimulates no less than 18 other industries, he has triggered more economic stimulus than any other CEO, in government or in private business.

Villar is the only prospective Chief Executive since the War to have been both speaker of the House of Representatives and president of the Senate. As speaker, the House received its highest approval rating. As Senate president, the Upper Chamber got its highest approval rating. That’s leadership.

“I am offering to our people my experience as speaker of the House, my experience as Senate president,” Villar told a group of businessmen, Filipino and Chinese, in Greenhills recently.

“I also want to share with you what none of them [the other presidential candidates] can offer,” he deadpanned, “my business experience.” “I know exactly what we, businessmen, want. I am offering you the excitement of living in a country with a very vibrant economy.”

“I make no guarantees,” he cautioned, “but I can tell you, I know how to do it.” “I have done many things in my life that a lot of people know could not be done.” “Gentlemen, ladies, I can do it,” he thundered. The crowd responded with a loud applause.

After his brief speech, Villar fluttered table-to-table, glad-handing and pumping hands. He sat down at the table reserved by juice and airline tycoon Alfred Yao and engaged the businessmen in can-do talk. They included the PCCI’s top brass Mike Varela, Donald Dee, Jun Ortiz Luis, Ed Lacson and Jess Varela. They seem to like Villar earnestly. Then he took his dinner at the table reserved by the Zamora brothers, congressman Ronaldo and businessman Manuel and property magnate Toti Cariño.

“Villar has a broad experience in getting things done,” says Ronnie Zamora. “He has achieved very difficult things.” “Compare him to Noynoy [Aquino, the Liberal Party frontrunner] . When you see him work or not work, you see that he [Aquino] cannot hack it,” the veteran legislator sneers. Ronnie and Noynoy were together in Congress.

“He has the strong will to do what he says he will do,” adds businessman Donald Dee. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, the nemesis of President Arroyo and First Gentleman Miguel Arroyo, believes that the Nacionalista Party standard-bearer will be a good president.

“Manny will be a very good president,” Cayetano asserts. “Unang-una may takot sa Diyos. He has a passion to get things done. By nature, ayaw niyang nagpapatalo, meaning if people tell him you cannot solve poverty or you cannot finish the land reform or you cannot irrigate this amount of, by nature hahanap ng paraan ‘yan.”

“I’ve seen him do that in the speakership fight—when they said don’t fight Erap because he is a sitting president. I’ve seen that when he appointed me blue ribbon chair despite the protests from Malacañang. And then, nag-aaral talaga siya.”

Cayetano says Villar’s fight to become president and deliver on his promises to the people “is all about legacy. He wants to leave his children a name that means excellence.”

“I don’t think he will be a corrupt president,” the neophyte senator notes. According to him, every person has either a passion, which is positive, or lust, which is negative. “Manny’s is not one of lust,” Cayetano says.

Alan adds: “He is in love with getting things done. He probably will be the only president in a long time that has more money than he will want to get when he becomes president . . . If Villar goes after money when he becomes president, he will only destroy his name, which he will never do.”

MS FIx Part 2

Here is a continuation of the MS Fix of the Day, two articles by Emil Jurado.

Uniting this Fragmented Nation

To the Point

Emil Jurado

April 22, 2010

Andal Ampatuan Jr.’s endorsement of Liberal Party standard bearer Senator Benigno Aquino III can be seen in two ways: Either the family believes that Aquino, if he becomes president, will exonerate them from the charges related to the massacre of 57 in Maguindanao, or that the Ampatuans hate Noynoy so much that they know people will stop supporting him if he is endorsed by them.

Either way, I believe that Noynoy —and everybody else supporting him, including the Makati Business Club, the Black and White Movement, the Hyatt 10 and their propagandists and publicists passing themselves off as opinion writers—and the Ampatuans deserve each other.

***

When Aquino says that he will devote his first 100 days, if elected, forming a so-called “Truth Commission” to review all the scandals that hounded the Arroyo administration during its nine years in power, I remember his late mother who hated the Marcoses so much that she did nothing but go after them. As a result, the Cory administration accomplished nothing and in fact committed numerous sins of its own, like the Hacienda Luisita massacre, the Kamaganak Inc. and others.

It’s a hate campaign Noynoy is waging, obviously because he is surrounded by people who hate President Arroyo.

The poor boy Noynoy, in seeking the presidency under the shadow of famous parents, does not realize that what this country needs after the elections is unity and reconciliation.

The campaign has shown us how low politicians can go in slinging mud at their opponents. And unless the next president makes the effort to unify a severely fragmented nation, we can never move forward.

Why, Aquino not only vowed to review all contracts entered into by the Arroyo administration. He also vowed not to recognize an Arroyo-appointed chief justice. He said he would even seek the impeachment of this new head of the judiciary if he or she would be named by the incumbent President.

Clearly, the boy does not know that there are three branches of government —the Executive, the Legislative and the Judiciary—and that these branches are independent of each other.

And that whatever the Supreme Court rules on with finality is the law, right or wrong, and whether he likes it or not.

It’s bad enough to have a presidential candidate out to divide an already fragmented nation. Worse, he thinks like a dictator and until now has not yet given us reason not to doubt his mental stability.

If Noynoy thinks I’m biased against him, I am.

Why I am Biased Against Noynoy

To the Point
Emil Jurado
April 13, 2010

It’s now definite. Liberal Party standard bearer Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III will never appear at the Manila Overseas Press Club’s presidential series as guest speaker.

After repeated invitations to attend the series where former President Joseph Estrada, Senator Richard Gordon, Senator Manuel Villar and administration candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro had spoken, Aquino said he would “never appear at MOPC with (Emil) Jurado there— he’s biased.”

If Noynoy won’t speak before our group to present his platform of government to us, as well as to businessmen and professionals who comprise our members, that’s his problem.

Recall that Noynoy also accused MOPC Chairman Tony Lopez as biased during a forum before the business community. It seems the guy can’t take criticisms.

I can say that Noynoy is truly his mother’s (the late President Cory Aquino) son. He does not take after his father, the late Senator Ninoy, who thrived on criticism and saw it as an opportunity to refute charges against him.

I recall the time when Cory had breakfast with us columnists after nine, I repeat, nine coup attempts. I asked her why she was so sensitive to media criticisms to the extent of suing the late Louie Beltran and the late Max Soliven with that “hiding-under-the-bed” column of Louie. I pointed out to her that her husband welcomed criticism.

You know what Cory said? “Well, Ninoy is dead, and I’m President!”

* * *

Presidential candidate Noynoy told reporters that his rivals should spare his mother from criticism. Meaning, they should not bring up issues like the Hacienda Luisita massacres and allegations of corruption by the “Kamaganak Inc.”

But why should we forget them? They make up the dark pages of our history.

My gulay, did the publicists and propagandists of Noynoy spare the brother of Villar in their attempt to destroy Villar’s claims to poor beginnings?

If it’s a choice between Noynoy and Villar, I’d rather stick out my neck with the latter for many reasons. First and foremost, Villar doesn’t go around claiming to be incorruptible and honest. In contrast, Noynoy vows he will never steal when records show that at the age of 26, he had a security agency with his initials (run by his uncle-in-law, Len Oreta) and which cornered deals with government-sequestered agencies and companies.

The Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act bans relatives of people in public office from doing business directly or indirectly with government. Santa Banana, Noynoy even had the temerity to list the agency’s address as the official presidential residence on Arlegui!

This is the candidate that vows not to steal.

* * *

Yes I’m biased – biased against politicians who claim they are incorruptible but act otherwise.

I’m also biased against people who flip-flop on their positions if only to win “pogi points” with the masses. Look at what Noynoy did with regard to the reproductive health bill, and with the imposition of new taxes. Indeed this candidate is clueless about governance.

I’m biased against candidates who vow to review all the projects of the incumbent administration and devote their first 100 days in office running after scams and scandals. My gulay, that’s preaching the politics of vindictiveness and hate. Why, Aquino even vows not to recognize a chief justice appointed by President Arroyo!

And last, but not least, I’m biased against somebody who allegedly suffers from mental disorders. True or not, this charge is serious and must not be dismissed.

Yes, I admit I’m biased against Noynoy – unless he proves me wrong.

MS (Manila Standard) Fix of the Day

Here is today's Manila Standard fix of the day, from my favorites Emil Jurado and Jojo Robles.

Noynoy's Endorsements

Low Down

Jojo Robles

April 22, 2010

It may seem like a joke to Noynoy Aquino, but nobody finds it funny. Only someone with a really warped sense of humor, actually, would find levity in the endorsement of Andal Ampatuan Jr., the accused Butcher of Maguindanao.

On the other hand, Noynoy may find comfort in Ampatuan’s explanation that the decision to endorse his presidential bid was made by the entire family, according to the current poster boy of political warlordism. That’s what families do, after all; they stick together, hand down heirlooms like haciendas and political office to one another and sometimes even get accused of perpetrating (or at least tolerating) massacres together.

In fact, the closeness of the Ampatuan family is the main objection to the recent exoneration by the Department of Justice of two members of the clan in connection with the horrific killing of 57 journalists and other unarmed people in Maguindanao last November. And if the Ampatuans’ endorsement of Aquino was a family decision, pursuing this line of logic would mean that the massacre—which was a far more important political “statement” by the clan—must have required nothing less than the approval of all its members.

And endorse Noynoy was exactly what Ampatuan did: “We are supporting Noynoy because we believe he is the one who can expose the truth about what happened in the massacre,” Andal Jr. told reporters from his jail cell. “Noynoy would be our instrument to achieve justice.”

Will the next Noynoy campaign commercial now feature Andal Jr. flashing the “L” sign with one hand, garbed in yellow duds and baller while cradling Baby James with the other, flanked by a beaming Noynoy and Kris? Even the people who gave us Rapping Noynoy probably won’t be able to pull that off.

Naturally, Noynoy would have nothing to do with Ampatuan’s offer of support. “No, thank you,” he said, in response, while surmising that it was all a joke. “I am not running for their endorsement.”

But that was not the end of Noynoy’s day of unintended irony. While Andal Jr. was singing the praises of Noynoy and his family for defeating the Marcos dictatorship, as he described it, Aquino’s drum-beaters were pushing an endorsement of their candidate that they truly welcomed—that of the oppressed farmers of Sumilao, Bukidnon.

For those who may have forgotten, the indigenous farmers of the Higaonon tribe have been fighting private landowners and the government to get back their prime agricultural ancestral land spread over a flat upland area between Mount Sayawan and Mount Palaopao in Sumilao. Years back, they staged a long march from their hometown and a hunger strike at the offices of the Department of Agrarian Reform to dramatize their plight.

Without a tinge of irony, a press release from the Aquino camp said the Sumilao farmers, “known for their relentless pursuit for justice and advocacy for the reform and extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program... stand by Senator Aquino and will help carry him through his campaign against corruption and advocacy for reform.” “They trust that Senator Aquino, like his parents, will rise above personal and family interests and spearhead the completion of the agrarian reform program. They are confident that under Senator Aquino’s leadership, the government could effect land distribution, efficient delivery of support services,” the statement read.

It’s not known how Aquino could secure the endorsement of landless farmers in Bukidnon while failing to get the approval of his family’s equally long-suffering tenant-tillers over at Hacienda Luisita. Or why Noynoy’s camp would actually welcome the Sumilao farmers’ endorsement, when it would only highlight the continuing crisis in his inherited plantation.

If I were Noynoy, I’d wonder if the Sumilao statement was a joke, as well. But I’m not—and I certainly don’t find the ironic endorsement from Bukidnon funny, either.

* * *

Again, from the Noynoy camp, we hear this week of the unveiling of an Obama-like program of universal health care for all Filipinos by 2015 under a new Aquino administration. From someone who has never accomplished anything of national significance by himself heretofore, the Yellow candidate does promise a lot.

As far as we can tell, the only real commonality between Barack and Noynoy is a predisposition to light up cigarettes whenever they can. And we think Obama is way ahead of Aquino in their shared promise to kick the nicotine habit, as well.

But, since we already mentioned Luisita, it’s important to remember that Noynoy also famously promised that he would distribute the hacienda’s land to the farmers who have tilled it for generations in 2015. Only to be exposed as a liar by his own cousin Fernando Cojuangco who operates the agricultural estate in an interview by the New York Times.

Noynoy’s response to the NYT story that his cousin may have been “misquoted” only put him deeper in trouble after Carlos Conde, the Gray Lady’s Manila correspondent, threatened to make public the tape where Cojuangco blew his cousin’s promise to bits. In fact, before making his new universal health-care promise this week, Noynoy has conspicuously been avoiding making a promise to do anything big five years from now.

As is the case with most of Noynoy’s campaign promises, this one doesn’t go further than a press release simply because there is no way of judging if he can deliver, given the dearth of his past accomplishments. As far as health goes, in fact, Aquino has not even made it perfectly clear if he supports state programs to promote contraception or not.

Up to now, Noynoy has not even presented a detailed energy program, even as daily power outages and soaring electricity costs have returned with a vengeance. All we get from the supposed frontrunner, this late in the campaign, are motherhood statements, unthought-out programs and declarations of being unblemished (walang bahid).

Promises, promises, promises. These from the man who is supposed to be the antithesis of the traditional politician.

If Noynoy wins and his health-care program fails to materialize, who is to call him to account for lying? At least his cousins in Luisita have gone on the record to say that what this big-talking candidate promises isn’t always what’s going to come to pass.

* * *

Speaking of Luisita, the Web site Bulatlat.com has produced a short video that explodes the myth of Noynoy’s claim of being “walang bahid.” It’s an eye-opener—but only for those who haven’t been permanently blinded by the Yellow light.

Beware of AMPAQUINO

This alarming news just made my spine crack a bit.

The AMPATUAN clan, the family who is responsible for 57 innocent souls in Maguindanao is openly and proudly endorsing the presidential bid of NOYNOY AQUINO, as well as the ENTIRE Liberal Party, VP and senatorial bets included.

My Goodness... What has the Philippines turned into???

Here is the LINK to the OFFICIAL PRESS Release on it to give some authenticity:

AMPATUAN-AQUINO ALLIANCE

AMPAQUINO (Ampatuan-Aquino), INDEED

Lord, Please, Have Mercy.