a himmler, a goebbels and a schmuck!

Reading the Sunday inquirer makes one think what accounting wizardry the present administration is up to once again. The P1B fund that it has lined up to supposedly feed the hungry is a lofty goal that made pgma’s feathery wings stand out and her halo soothingly visible.

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But something about this P1B food-for-the-hungry project reminds me of an equally lofty project in the not so distant past. It’s the P728M fertilizer fund project that turned out to be a farce and a conduit for the large-scale vote buying and massive cheating that occurred in the last election. Let’s see: a coming election, a huge amount of money and the same lofty goal. Now, does the P1B food fund ring a bell? Let’s just wait and see if pgma’s feathery wings turn out to be a tail and her halo into horns. Big, pointed horns.

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Will secretary duque turn out to be a jocjoc? What may seem to be unthinkable a decade ago may no longer seem remote nowadays. Let’s just keep our fingers crossed.

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Ronaldo puno has finally decided not to represent the gentle people of hinulugang taktak in congress and instead continue to be the dilg head honcho during the elections and beyond. What was earlier rumored that mr puno will run for congress and contest the speakership of the house (a post which jdv has long appropriated for himself) turned out to be just that – a rumour.

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With mr puno continuing at the helm of the local government post, expect stormy days ahead. Expect Gestapo and underhanded tactics being the norm and hare-brained security schemes being implemented for the purpose of securing for pgma the presidency until 2010. Of course, there is no denying that pgma will sit it out until 2010. And there lies the injustice! Itaktak mo, itaktak mo. Takatakatakatakatakatak!

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With the triumvirate of puno, ermita and esperon firmly occupying what, for tol mike, can arguably be described as the center of power, are we seeing the dawning of a new age of repression and Nazism? Thinking of these three powerful personalities reminds me of himmler, goebbels and otto von schmuck respectively! Otto von schmuck who?! a-schmuck-by-any-other-name-is-a-schmuck that’s who!

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There is no doubting the fact that once upon a time, Ltsg Antonio trillanes was a young officer of courage, integrity and loyalty. Young and full of idealism, trillanes wrote a paper tackling the subject of corruption in the Philippine navy. In it he cited a certain naval officer that turned around a once corrupt training unit of the Philippine navy into a model unit. In his own strong words reminiscent of oakwood, trillanes emphatically stated that, “the complete eradication of corruption was achieved.” And that, “the success of the netc model was a ray of light amidst the darkness of moral decadence.” Thus he concluded that the complete eradication of corruption can be achieved by having a leader that has these primary requisites: 1. political will, 2. technical competence and 3. moral integrity. Hmm… But trillanes’ idealism is overshadowed not by his eager determination to achieve his advocacy but by his naivete. By choosing gringo honasan aka kuya to be his leader, trillanes sealed his own fate and those of hundreds under his’ and his colleagues’ command. Here lies his folly. Choosing gringo to be his magdalo leader violated his own requisites for a strong leader. In the first place, gringo as a political personality has no political will judging from his lackluster performance in congress and in the senate. Gringo as an army colonel (and a baron of his class at that) is technically incompetent judging from the number (nine?) of coup d’etat that he helped plan and launch and which not even one succeeded. Moral integrity? Military adventurism with countless of lives and careers destroyed as a result is not exactly one’s definition of an officer and a gentleman.

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It only shows that idealism can only get you so far until your schoolboy naivete yanks you back and give you a good drubbing in the behind. Then reality sinks in. pray tell me, then, why I should vote for ltsg Antonio f. trillanes iv?

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The late Philippine star columnist teddy benigno once wrote something about Richard Gomez during the latter’s attempt to get himself into congress under the party-list group m.a.d. and if my senile mind will permit, mr benigno described mr Gomez’ foray into elective politics as ‘absolutely hilarious’. And that mr gomez should go back to his cave and/or the planet where he came from (obviously not the same planet as us humans). Teddy benigno must be smiling at his grave right now. a good number of pinoy folks share his observations about mr richard Gomez’ entry into the senatorial derby as absolutely hilarious. but no one is laughing at the joke that is Richard Gomez. Which is quite sad. Richard, you’re trying too hard pare. Let go. Maga-fence fence ka na lang muna bro.

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Pare 1: pare, what can you tell me about cesar montano. You know, the actor that decided at the very last moment to join the senatorial fray? any achievement? goals and platforms of government? hopes for the people and/or the nation?
Pare 2: ah si cesar?! ang ganda ng asawa nun pre! si sunshine cruz…

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So ms. Tessie aquino-oreta has apologized on tv. A case of better late than never? I dunno but at least trillanes has his idealism to speak of.

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Ma’am, a contrived contrition does not make it. Sincerity does. But thanks for the effort anyway.

a letter to manny

dear pacman,

i am writing this letter with pain in my heart.

in this upcoming fight of yours, i wish you well. but i won’t see you fight nor cheer for you as i feverishly did everytime you fought for the glory of the philippines.

this time, i would treat the day of your fight as just like any other ordinary day. i wouldn’t anticipate for it the way i anticipated for your past fights. i wouldn’t talk about you and your fight for days on end like your previous mano-a-manos. i wouldn’t see your fight at sm’s big screen theater and marvel at your boxing prowess. i wouldn’t even watch your fight with solis on tv. nah, this time, i would cool my heels somewhere where there is white sand and salty water and frosty bottles after frosty bottles of san mig light. i wouldn’t gloat if you win. nor sulk if you lose. in fact, i wouldn’t care a hoot whoever wins.

no. i wouldn’t cheer for a person, hero or not, who allow himself to be used by tyrants or near-tyrants.

yours truly,

budge

nikki’s folly

the plight of ka satur is indicative of the growing confidence of gma and her minions to thumb their noses at the people and ignore the rule of law and/or manipulate the law in the name of perpetuating themselves in power. and where is this confidence coming from? is it from the shrinking or divided middle forces that find themselves incapable of showing a cohesive opposition to the oppression and the iniquities that are fast becoming the trademarks of this glory-less administration?

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if the purpose of muzzling mr ocampo and mr beltran is to neutralize the strength of the legal left’s party list groups then the strategy is backfiring. survey shows that the party list bayan muna is leaving the others behind in a cloud of dust.

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lately, gma’s kampi is gathering congressional strength mainly by raiding the ranks of its supposed ally – the lakas-cmd party.

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boxing icon manny pacqiuao is raring to fight it out with another opposition stalwart from the south ms darlene antonio custodio. darlene is one of those who signed for the impeachment of ms arroyo last year.

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aren’t all of these events linked together to prevent another humiliating impeachment procedure against gma in the next congress? by telling the opposition that gma’s partymates in the coming 14th congress has an overwhelming number and any plan of passing an impeachment complaint would be a futile exercise.

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if that is the case, then i would ask ms liza masa to have a plan b and a plan c in any eventuality that she’ll be the next in line to be framed up.

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such is the tragedy that is gma that she is left parrying and defending her administration from impeachment and other destabilizing blows. hers is the longest presidential term after marcos. her administration’s legacy? the graft-ridden macapagal boulevard.

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i really wouldn’t mind if i vote for fpj-pm the party list if only to have fpj’s daughter ms llamanzares in congress. she seem to be sensible, articulate, intelligent and of the right frame of mind.

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tessie aquino-oreta is running for senator using her intials TAO for easy name recall. imagine if she had married an enriquez or an echiverri instead of an oreta! tessie aquino-echiverri?! how i wish! malabanan would surely be more than happy to make her its poster girl. and ohh so apt!

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now it can be told that the police are generally inept that the military has to field its own men in metro manila barangays doing police work.

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the gall of esperon and company to foist upon the citizenry the very mask of martial rule under the guise of community service. the problem with esperon and those whose toilet-flushed brains came up with this community service thing is that they think the people are dumb and stupid as not to notice this insidious display of might. well general, you are insipid in appearance as in thought.

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the similarity between general esperon and the schoolboy that takes another schoolboy’s lunchbox forcefully and under a threat of violence? they are both bullies. the difference is that general esperon is a grown man and in a position of power that knows the right vis-a-vis the wrong and wilfully and knowingly chose to take the side of the wrong.

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the militarization of urban centers is just another manifestation of the fascistic tendency of the philippine’s own version of hitler (or should i say mini hitler!) in the person of gma. add to this palparan’s work in the visayas and bulacan, the killings of media and left-leaning personalities nationwide, the growing curtailment of rights (that is guaranteed by the constitution of the republic of the philippines mind you) of the citizenry-at-large and the overt and unabashed muscle-flexing of the afp and the pnp against the people that it should be protecting in the first place.

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the arroyo administration’s apparent and seeming unconcern with the glaring human rights violations being committed under its very nose is disquieting at the very least. is there really a bargain between gma and the military that the latter will support the former until 2010 if only the former will let the latter be in pursuing its own agenda against its enemies, real or imagined?

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another arroyo’s silence on this matter is quite deafening. pag bad ka, lagot ka… where is the people’s dragon?

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ladlad, the group of gays, lesbians and transgenders should be given a voice in congress for this group is truly a representative of one of the marginalized sector of our society. one thing good that came about ladlad’s push for recognition is that it showed the current commissioners of comelec their real personalities – homophobes or homophobics among other major character flaws!

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mr remoto’s foray into the limelight first came when the party he is representing was disqualified to be a bona fide party list group. from a party list nominee, he became a senate candidate. lately, he is bent on running as qc’s 3rd congressional district candidate. pabago bago ata ng isip ha. this only proves that mr remoto is indeed a miss remoto! go girl go!

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poor nikki. one of those who fought against the extension of the us military bases in the philippines, ms coseteng was the picture of a benign and enlightened bourgeois capitalist. her heart seems to be in the right place and yet… her present run for the senate seems to be eluding her. her only folly was that she took the side of her leading star in the anti-us bases movie — the erstwhile actor erap para sa mahirap.

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the u.s. senate is leading the investigation in the recent rise of unsolved political killings and other human rights violations in the philippines. where are these saints when the nicole rape case was being tried in court?

a nut case, the losers and a bit of hope

good news: more money is in circulation in our economy thanks largely to mr pichay who is spending big time on tv advertisements promoting his candidacy.

bad news: my money or your money? your guess is as good as mine.

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fearless election forecast for 2007:

the biggest winners: tito sotto, ping lacson, gringo honasan and joan osmena.

the biggest losers: the filipino people

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consolation prize is tessie aquino-oreta on the 24th list with chavit rounding the 25th in the latest sws survey. seems like aquino-oreta’s role in the derailment of erap’s impeachment is etched in the minds of the people forevermore.

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unlike his aunt, however, noynoy seems a likeable and decent fella. i’d love to write noynoy in my ballot come election day. but the thing is how can i reconcile mr aquino with the bloody dispersal against the farmers of hacienda luisita? oops! another thing… i am not registered to vote this coming election.

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it is now official… let it be known that ms kris aquino aka big bird’s wife is now vehemently opposed to lacson’s program of government which in a nutshell is known by its acronym h.o.p.e.

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have you seen mr harvey keh’s email that has been circulatiing the mail circuit of late? isn’t it a pity that a boy with so much future would entertain leaving the country because of garci et al? oh please mr keh, don’t lose hope. look at james yap, the guy’s full of hope.

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ricky recto vs. vilma santos? poor ricky… when in fact his only mistake was not having nora aunor for his wife…

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if ricky is cain and ralph is abel, then is it safe to assume that vilma is the snake? oops… i haven’t read genesis for a long time now.

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everytime i see mr ricky recto on tv being interviewed the more i get the impression that he needed psychiatric treatment immediately.

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poor batangas! the province that has given so much of its sons and its sons blood (2nd only to cavite of course!) to the nationalist cause is now being lorded over by a jueteng lord and a nut case.

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have you ever noticed the frequency of those people climbing the monster billboards of edsa just to show-off or attempt to jump from them? i just heard a reporter (from gma news) ask somebody on ways on how to curb these people from climbing the billboards. duh! why don’t you stop covering these sideshows for a start.

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mike enriquez: malalaman po natin kung ilan nga ba ang anak ni sen. ramon revilla sa aming pagbabalik…

kahit po wag na kayong bumalik. who the fuck really cares, mr enriquez, how many children the imbecile of a senator sired in his lifetime? and you call this news mr enriquez? go to belo’s for a change and have a facial. you’ve been patronizing maalikaya for the longest time it’s addling your brain.