1. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile – He’s a hundred years old. His slogan should be “It’s not only houses and whores who grow respectable with age.” That line he uses “problema mo, sagot ko!” eh papaano kung siya ang problema?
2. Senate Pro Tempore Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada – He will definitely live up to his father’s reputation.
3. Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago – Not attending sessions because of chronic fatigue syndrome daw. Now she has the energy to run and serve for another 6 years. That’s not chronic fatigue syndrome, that’s manic depressive.
4. Representative Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. – Loyalty to Binay
5, Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.- Mas bagay sana NPC, Danding is his ninong too.
6. Representative Rodolfo Plaza – Who he?
7. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III – Just forget the election protest against Zubiri? Eh kung ganun lang pala ang gagawin niya at hindi niya paninindigan ang protesta niya di ibig sabihin hindi nga siya dinaya ni Migs. Sino kaya ang sasabihin niya nandaya sa kanya pagnatalo siya ulit? Para siyang a bad replay of Loren, nagprotesta laban kay Noli tapos hindi tinuloy kasi magsesenador na lang siya.
8. Mary Grace Poe-Llamanzares – Daughter of FPJ, very active in the opposition
9. Jose “Joey” de Venecia III – Will he be as vigilant with Erap as he was with Gloria? He should have run with either Chiz or Noynoy. That way he could have maintained his image as a graft-buster. How does he explain running with a crook?
10. Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim- Sayang talaga. Sana he ran with Chiz or Noynoy. How does he explain running with a crook? He will end up like Honasan.
11. Edu Manzano – Well, someone has to take Lito Lapid’s place
Popularity: 1% [?]
What the hell is Lim doing with a convicted plunderer? And I thought Magdalo was with Chiz?
Surprise me also and sayang ka Lim, iboboto sana kita kaya lang malaking factor yang pag sama mo dyan sa masasamang loob…anak ng tokwa, ano ba naman, wala na bang prinsipyo? nasan ang integridad? di na ba uso to?
Politician Clowns and Family Dynasties will continue in the Philippines. We have lousy choices of people running for offices. Showbiz personalities; children of politicians; mentally unstable people who may have depressions; rebels with unclear causes, etc…I think we have some sort of a Bizarre Political Zoo!
Dapat lahat nang Congress Party List nalang.
Party List= True Representatives of the People
Party List= Soviets (not that I’m a commie)
Expanded Party List + Expanded Senate (one for every province) = New Congress.
New Congress = British Parliament (may house of commons at may House of Lords)
It’s not pretty but it’s realistic.
Actually, for that idea to happen, PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM talaga ang framework na gagana…
The party-list system as used in the Philippines is an attempt to introduce non-geographical constituencies which are already very common in countries that make use of a Parliamentary System.
However, knowing the resistance to change of Filipinos, the over-emotional sentimentality (and tendency to become extremely irrational when passions are inflamed), the country can’t change its system to the better Parliamentary System because we continue to have naysayers and so-called “experts” who make up excuses on why we should continue to keep using our inefficient, wasteful, slow, and personality-oriented Presidential System.
Those experts, the likes of Conrado de Quiros and many more misinformed, ill-informed, stupid, illogical, and highly emotional people who have successfully fooled Filipinos to think of them as being intellectuals, don’t really know anything about the real differences in dynamics of both systems when compared to to each other. All they know is that a shift to Parliamentary System immediately renders powerless any stupid candidates (Eraps and Noynoys) who can easily win in Presidential Systems, but will never win in a Parliamentary System.
BrianB, you’re thinking in the right direction… And the Parliamentary System is precisely the framework that enables your idea to happen.
correction: Buong House of Representatives (not Congress) Party List nalang.
Yeah, it’s all about who’s in bed with who, who is who’s ninong, father, or whatever, who is loyal to who, who hangs out with whatever stand-for-nothing “political party”, various speculations about why this bozos is not attending that session because of whatever affliction, who’s cheated who, who’s protesting what, etc, etc, etc.
If there is something that is glaringly missing in traditional political “expert” analysis it is not only the substance behind the politics and the politicians but the whole point of having politicians in the first place. So far there has been no public debate of significant consequence on anything of substance.
AS Eleanor Roosevelt was said to have said:
Small minds discuss people;
Average minds discuss events;
Great minds discuss ideas.
We can see that Pinoy society in general is stuck in discussing people and events, the latter being so ironic given past events that presented a wealth of learning today remain unhighlighted as we face the future yet again with vacuous minds.
What’s gonna be different about the future? Hard to tell, specially considering that the same kind of thinking underpins the “insight” of even the most elite thinkers of Philippine society. We may as well go to Jolog Central to get the same grade “analysis”.
On one hand, I’d say Pinoys owe themselves a bit more from the kind of vacuous “debate”, speculation, and “analysis” that pervades their Media. However, it seems we most likely deserve the sorry quality of insight we get considering we ourselves fail to step up to the challenge of raising the bar as far as the maturity and level of intelligence we apply to our regard for our supposedly “hard fought” democratic processes. Instead of using our freedom to evaluate, we use it to dumb down.
Even in the aftermath of great disasters, we find solace in the same vacuous politics — the sort described in blog posts such as this. Perhaps it is because there is nothing else to withdraw to, and certainly nothing in the way of next steps. Next steps as to what happens beyond 2010 and next steps as to what happens after a disaster — same deal; the lack of a clear roadmap to the future is glaringly absent in the way Pinoys regard just about any challenge.
I’m reminded of a poem that exhibits an uncanny timeless relevance across the various vicissitudes we Pinoys subject ourselves to and respond to ad infinitum in the characteristically Pinoy way that we do:
Marahil nga na nakakabagot
Ang mga suliranin ng ‘sang Lipunang
Sa kabiguan lamang nauuwi
Mula munting pakitang-taong ambag
Hangga’t sa mula pusong alay na palag.
Makabuluhang resulta’y di inaasam
Sa mga kilusang kinakamkam
Bagama’t punto ng pag-alsa
Kahit pinuno’y di alam
Basta’t “sugod” ang kanyang damdam.
Ngunit saysay ng sigaw di malaan
Pagka’t kailan ma’y walang nakamit
Na pag-unawa sa pinagmulang prinsipyong
Makabuluhan kung mayroon man.
Sa mga susunod na kabanata
Ng kasaysayan ng bansa
Ang paglitis ng madla
Di magtutugma sa iba
Kundi sa malinaw na pangamba:
Pinoy nga naman talaga,
Parang aso umasta
Matangkad lang kapag naka-upo
Sa tawag ng amo lang tatayo.
“Kahol ng Bayan” – by benign0
:-D
“Great minds discuss ideas.” very true…
there’s none among the candidates who can set himself apart from the small minded. great minds can move the country forward. Small minded people are manageable.
the small minded Mang Juan has no option at all. He’s poor, broke with minimum wage and maybe with 5 children. And you expect him to move the country forward? he belongs to the small minded…
We only need one great mind in our country, he/she can educate and train the small minded to participate in democracy.
Educating small minded people to grow Average is a skill in Leadership and Good Governance…
Since this country has been creating many small minded people, obviously, it cannot choose the right candidate. How can one choose the right candidate if their minds are small like a peanut?
wow. benigs… where’s your logical reasoning?
That’s just Benigz as usual, leytenian.
He knows.
But he does NOT understand what he knows.
Alam nya lang maraming bobo sa pilipinas.
Pero hindi nya alam kung BAKIT nagka ganun.
So he keeps on whining and ranting about the bobo-ness.
As if it’s possible to do away with this malady simply by doing so.
Leytenian, my jet setting and hot friend.
for you it is always lack of opportunity to grow, to some is the lack of grabbing the opportunity to grow.
As Sanamagan says: “Life is what you make of it”.
don’t get me wrong,I get what you are saying. ilang beses mo na ring inulit ulit.
Yeah about management and topdown convertibles, I mean top down approaches,education and implementation.
the last time i heard ” the buck stops here” sign was removed from the oval office after the time of Carter.
“small minded” is a behaviour. It has become a pattern and it is not an “innate type behaviour” but learned type behaviour. Learned behaviour may occur and may become habitual due to internal stimulus ( hunger or lack of employment opportunity) or external stimulus ( predator politicians,corruption)and more often , it is a mixture of the two. Small minds are the product of what’s happening at the very TOP. Therefore, it is a consequence of Bad Governance.
It can be reversed thru EDUCATION , training and empowerment.
Good governance is only for great minds so we need to demand a platform that will benefit the small minds.
“for you it is always lack of opportunity to grow”
yes for our country..
“to some is the lack of grabbing the opportunity to grow.” true for the lazy pinoys but I don’t think pinoys are lazy. OFW and me can prove it.
As Sanamagan says: “Life is what you make of it”. true for great minds like you and me… heheheh
Karl,
Good point. In the US, the mantra has become “the buck stops at that guy in the other party’s desk if I can spin it negatively, and at my desk if I can get a favorable sound bite.” Absolutely no principles left, except for Barney Frank’s, of course. He speaks what he means.
Joe
Joe,
Sorry for the late reply .
I have to read the wikipedia article of Barney Frank.
Interesting.
Karl
I meant about Barney FranK.
Karl,
Actually, a few more people than Barney Frank have fairly decent principles, too. But they are trapped within a highly partisan political system that strongly condemns independent action.
Barney Frank in person is fascinating to watch. He is alternatively the most irritating man on the planet or the clearest voice of reason, depending on if you don’t agree with him, or do. I respect the guy, myself, for being a real life character. He defines the saying that, “when they made this guy, then broke the mold”.
Joe
leytenian,
“Since this country has been creating many small minded people, obviously, it cannot choose the right candidate. How can one choose the right candidate if their minds are small like a peanut?”
I think it’s not so much that Pinoy brains are small like a peanut, but rather, Pinoys are “small-minded”, which actually means that Pinoys are lazy as far as using their brains are concerned. The small-mindedness of Pinoys comes from NOT WANTING TO USE THEIR BRAINS, not so much that Pinoys “don’t have brains” or have “small brains.” Our brains are just as big as the brains of others… Most of our people just don’t want to use them properly.
In other words, it’s really all up to us Filipinos to change the situation by first being more conscious about the need to use our brains ALWAYS and then turning that into a habit. As we Pinoys end up using our brains more, more of the time as opposed to how it was back when we hardly used our brains, we will improve our minds. Practice makes perfect.
Of course, we have idiot-boleros like Chiz Escudero who seek to further dumb-down all Filipinos by reducing Math classes and giving an across-the-board passing grade to all who were affected by Ondoy.
I digress…
We can learn to choose the right candidates as long as we all decide to use our brains better instead of sticking to the status quo of relying on impulse, emotion, and hormones to control us.
Joe,
I like Barney Frank too. Specially when he is direct and minces no words.
Oh, so now I get it. Your saying the poor Filipino people are just too stupid. A bunch of lazy idiots that breed like rabbits who don’t know better. So what We need is this messiah ruler (who has attended the “seminars” ) that will train, educate and manage these lower life forms you call Mang Juan. Got it
My dear ski Tarub…
When a person is elected, he is ORDINARILY presumed to have knowledge of the law of the land. His first day in office is a VOLUNTARY ACT to affirm his duty to serve and protect the people including lower life form Mang Juan. It CAN be common knowledge that Mang Juan is a lower life form. We don’t need to repeat that….
Yes you are right…” We need is this messiah ruler (who has attended the “seminars” ) that will train, educate and manage these lower life forms you call Mang Juan.”
By Statute, this messiah ruler is vicariously liable to the result of his action. If he doesn’t educate then he committed a BREACH of his DUTY….
Rule of Law is weak in this country. Politicians have not been able to stand by and support the LAW of the Land- our constitution….
The result… lower life form bevis and butthead… OK
Eleanor Roosevelt pala nanggaling ‘yan? Thanks for that info.
To others here: Great minds need cooperative people to move forward. Kahit great mind ang leader, if the people don’t cooperate, wala ring mangyayari. To me hindi naman bobo ang Filipino. Nagpapakabobo lang. On the lazy, maraming lazy dito sa Pinas, look around lang and hear tales on the street about fellow ordinary Pinoys getting drunk on the job or doing stupid stuff. Kaya ako, disagree ako sa top-down approach. Bottom-up pa rin dapat.
Chino F,
which filipinos are ” nagpakabobo lang” ? the middle class ? the drivers or the underemployed? Can you give me facts on the percentage of pinoy getting drunk at work and doing stupid stuff? These people can also be manageable. If drinking at work, who’s responsibility is to oversee employee’s conduct? is it not the TOP? and why did you not report and demand changes in policy for good behaviour and conduct if you happened to observe? Top down and Bottom Up are both strategies to resolve an issue. It is still a management skill.
You think Mang Juan and the drunken employee care? they don’t. How does a leader manage lazy people and drunken employees? So you expect the lazy to move their ass? it’s like waiting for things to happen from lazy people. Might as well put a firecracker on their asses.. lol. If it’s true that the majority of pinoys are lazy, lets just close the Philippines for business and wait for mother nature’s fury next year….
how about that..
great minds can make lazy people move, move, move. Great minds do not expect cooperation but implement strageties or create policies in order for people to cooperate. That’s the purpose of our LAWS. If one doesnt cooperate, he/she can be charged, reprimanded or penalized. But too bad, the one who makes the law breaks the law and it happens at the very TOP. The crime in higher places that Mang Juan cannot see except for a few. Poor pinoys have no role model….
All classes, nagpapakabobo. They have the coconut shells but don’t want to use it for the benefit of others. They just wanna stay in their stable, unchanging comfort zones to live a life without mental stress. Even meaningful change creates mental stress, mind you. There are great minds naman among the ordinary people, but they are few and our anti-intellectual, difference-suppressing culture suppresses them.
Good luck to the “great mind” who tries to push the tigas-ulo ordinary Filipino to improve their behavior. Even great minds like Marcos and BF couldn’t succeed in this.
Maybe that’s why Democracy just isn’t suited to small-minded people in the first place…
ayan ka na naman.
ayan ka na naman was meant for Benigno
This is the reason we have to inform, desiminate and help
others see their ways. It is the Politicians and their dynasties who do not want small minds to grow into average
or above average minds. If people are better informed. They
will elect better leaders. And the country can begin to move to
its rehabilitation. It will be hard. But, it is possible…
“The greatest among you shall be your servant”, is sated clear in the Scriptures of the Christian Bible.
Hyden,
“This is the reason we have to inform, desiminate and help
others see their ways.”
There’s a thin line between informing and preaching.
“It is the Politicians and their dynasties who do not want small minds to grow into average or above average minds.”
Things are not what they were 20 years ago. The information is out there now for everyone and people are better informed now. Why do you think people are not so easily fooled anymore?
If there is a need to preach to clarify my points. Then,
I will preach. Nothing wrong with preaching. Freedom of
Speech is guaranteed in the Constitution.
One third of the whole Philippine population consists of squatters and their ‘extended’ families.
That theoretically means that those Classes D & E who are largely in the poverty threshold are at the same time a powerful voting bloc to reckon with.
Wonder then why politicians from across the country lack the political will? Only BAYANI FERNANDO – remember the name – departed from this chronic intellectual culture .
Was there anyone else, we know?
Primer,
You don’t have to travel far to find one like Bayani. Go to Makati there’s Binay. And he doesn’t rule over Waterworld
MB,
The way of the humorist is hard. Jaime Fabregas (remember Sic O’Clock News?) would have been proud. Those were indeed the good ol’ days of coups and brownouts. And Seiko Films. ;-)
Cheers!
apanfilo,
I’m sorry I missed that. When was it popular? It must have been when I was living abroad. Sayang! We don’t have good news spoofs anymore.
This Blog confirms that we need to demand and strengthen Anti Dynasty Law. It must be one of the candidate’s platform. If we have one already, why are these people not following the law? why are they allowed to run? Which department oversee eligibility of candidates?
hay naku…
leytenian,
the anti-dynasty law is not the rught approach because it undemocratically prohibits the right of a qualified citizen to run for public office by virtue of birth.
if you look at the logic behind the anti-dynasty law you will see that the real problem is the advantage enjoyed by the incumbent.
So, if you want to level the playing field, the solution lies not in an anti dynasty law but in eliminating built-in advantages.
Manuel,
I got your point but it must be strengthen. There are many levels of government with different jurisdictions. The law must not allow brothers and sisters, like in the Senate at the same time or SAME TERM in office. Or no two bothers or sisters will be elected in a province on the same term, same jurisdiction. Sure if your grandfather was a mayor, of course, you can run as a mayor when his term has ended. But if your granfather is the Congressman of your province, running as a mayor in the same province may not be appropriate. This will create biases and may intimidate others in terms of decision making at the very top.
What happen now in our country is there’s too many conflicting interest. Majority of our officials have first hand information on what type of private investment can be executed to benefit the public. That’s why most of them own businesses in pseudo names. Licensing and approval for businesses and zoning of commercial building will not be an issue for the pubic officials to start a business..
Another point, when there are two family running in public office , expanding a business can be so much easier. This will limit entry of new private enterprenuers. This to me is undermining democracy of free market. There are many talented pinoys that would like to invest but the bad reputation of ” it’s who you know type of thing” may have lower some of their motivation to succeed and compete in the market place.
This issue may also connect in terms of strenghening our banking system for Transparency.
In short, political dynasty on the same term period is an invitation to more corruption and conflict of interest.
6. Representative Rodolfo Plaza – Who he?
LOL :D
Again, :D
Seriously now:
Who he?
6. Representative Rodolfo Plaza – Who he?
LOL :D
Again,LOL :D
Seriously now:
Who he?
Rodolfo “Ompong” Plaza of Agusan. He’s the author of the LPG Act.
Oh really?
So he was trying to figure out well how good he can make the LPG issue his launching pad to the next congressional ladder which is the Senate?
Such a lousy idea will not sell – the markets have been flooded with sense of hopelessness and desperation.
His attempt will be damnation alley. A Plaza cannot force his way into the gates of the Senate, not in this forthcoming election cycle.
Well, well. It seems some things never change in this country.
I’m pretty sure we’ll see the same characters in the other parties’ line ups: old trapo, so young yet so trapo, enlightened trapo, tropang trapo, nuisance trapo, star has beens (aka laos na), rebels are us, and other usual suspects.
Hmmm, I wonder in what party Eddie Gil will be running?
Phil,
Eddie Gil will be on the same ticket as Ejy Pamatong. If they lose, they will open a vukcanizing shop in Edsa
There are some good people on his slate i wouldn’t mind voting for.
jdv III? birds of the same feather flock together.
Betterphil,
if not for JDVIII, the ZTE NBN would gave gone through. If he were a bird of the same feather he would have accepted the $10M from Abalos and kept his mouth shut.
but the question is what motivated him to come out against it? altruism?
my problem with jdv III is that he tried to take get involved with a government project even though his father is an incumbent official. to me that is quite parasitic. and then he comes out against the deal because he ended up getting the short end. isn’t that a little hypocritical of him?
betterphil,
“my problem with jdv III is that he tried to take get involved with a government project even though his father is an incumbent official. to me that is quite parasitic. and then he comes out against the deal because he ended up getting the short end. isn’t that a little hypocritical of him?”
1. The law applies only when the government official is involved in what we can loosely describe as the awarding process. It does not bar a relative from engaging in any kind of business with the government.
Besides JDVIII’s proposal stands on its own merits.
2. Of course he will expose the ZTE deal. Gus proposal was BOT, with no government guarantee, and no take or pay provision. The overpriced ZTE deal was the opposite. And it still won. And now we know why. Thanks to Joey and Jun Lozada.
3. My problem with that Palace line you echo is that it does not address the fact that Joey was offered $10M to back out and he didn’t take it.
Would it have made a difference if someone other than JDVIII exposed the ZTE-NBN deal?
But he would still have been called to testify, right?
Or are you saying he should have kept his mouth shut and allowed the deal to go through?
it doesn’t change the fact that jdv III is a parasite and of the same feather as estrada. i won’t even give him credit for his supposed expose. just like lozada, jdv III came out to save themselves. had he not been treated like a small child and kicked out of the deal would he have come out? let’s not be hypocritical please.
now you’re confusing me. you are for noynoy who supposedly represents “good” but you are for parasitic jdv III. what gives? perhaps this is just a case of “the enemy of your enemy is your friend.” i’m no pgma fan but i wouldn’t go as far as taking the side of her enemies even though they too are just as “evil.”
to get back on point… jdv III had no business getting involved in a government deal, period.
“1. The law applies only when the government official is involved in what we can loosely describe as the awarding process. It does not bar a relative from engaging in any kind of business with the government.”
i’m sorry but this is just palusot.
betterphilippines,
How can Joey and Lozada have been saving themselves? Please explain that.
And you are right, If he won the deal why would he speak out against himself? Then again, if he had lost the deal fair and square, he wouldn’t have abything to expose, would he?
Now why am I on Joey’s and Lozada;s side? Because they stood for what’s right. If there was nothing wrong with the deal, why did Gloria not push through with it?
Finally the reason for such a law is so that those in business will he guided accordingly. As such, he did not cross any line. Now he proposed a deal to sifi congress and to have a broadband network for congress and the district offices of all congressmen, then that would have been not only illegal but completely unethical. But he didn’t do that, did he?
What he did was offer a project that was completely within the ambit of the presidency. That’s why despite the fact that his father was Speaker, he lost to an inferior proposal.
you really don’t know? where were you all this time? and, you really believe jdv III and espcially lozada who himself admitted engaging in an unscrupulous deal while he was heading that forest agency (i forgot the name) are “honest” and “clean”? c’mon mr. buencamino why can’t we just agree that jdv III is no saint?
btw i can give credit to jdv 3 for stopping the zte deal but i will never ever think of him as someone worthy of anyone’s vote.
maybe he was just stupid to have even tried getting involved in a government project even as his father, an elected national official, is in power.
can you be a little consistent please especially since you seem to be all for “honesty” and “goodness” as evidenced by your support for noynoy.
betterphil,
I am saying that JDVIII and Lozada put themselves on the line by revealing the truth.
I admire both of them for their courage and commitment to the truth.
That’s one angle. The other angle is – $10M is not enough, I want the whole pie – if am not getting the enitre pie, no one else will.
Para namang born yesterday.
yes they did say something. whether it’s the whole truth is debatable. but just the same they certainly didn’t do it out of altruism or a deep commitment to the truth, did they? let’s be real naman. we all know how transactional politics works.
it’s your right to admire them although i really doubt they’re admirable people.
i still can’t see how you can mix the two: noynoy “good” jdv III/lozada “bad.”
There is one way to push the ‘tigas-ulo’ of da typical Pinoy: Kelangan silang pahiyain.
Indeed I even wrote a whole article about it:
A nation driven by “hiya”:
Excerpt:
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I’ve said in the past that Pinoys are driven by hiya. I grow more and more convinced of this with time.
“Linisin mo ang paligid mo. Nakakahiya sa kapit bahay…”
Sound disturbingly familiar? Nothing galvanises the Pinoy mind like hiya. It’s a wonder drug that needs to be developed, mounted on the roof of a PNR train and sprayed along its journey from Tutuban to Laguna (or wherever the hell its tracks end).
Filipinos need to be shamed into action. Hindi nadadaan sa magandang paki-usap ang Pinoy/ (Hey, there’s one Tagalog phrase that can’t be translated into English! Or can it? ;) ). That is The Truth that it seems is difficult for a lot to swallow. But certainly more than 20-years of pseudo-democracy has shown that Pinoys, left to their own devices, seem to lack a collective capacity to do the right thing. We may be top-notch assimilators overseas but amongst ourselves and within the islands, something about the way we gel turns us into an uncoordinated mass of passive-aggressive buffoons.
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And that’s where it all begins. :-D
Hmm, have a point here. Maybe that “great mind” who gets elected can say, “Nakakahiya naman kayong mga Filipino, you throw trash in the sewers, then it floods and then complain that the government is slow in disaster management. You cheat and swindle just because you’re poor, but you don’t want to look for legal jobs. You get drunk at the kanto and then gamble and don’t even want to look for work. You spend and spend until you have no money for your needs. You give birth to ten children and you complain that your salary is low. Mahiya naman kayo, kundi sa ibang bansa, sa sarili niyo!”
How about:
“Hindi nadadaan sa magandang paki-usap ang Pinoy!”
as:
“Asking them nicely doesn’t work”? ;-P
Our public officials are not driven by hiya. In Japan or Korea, they have enough sense of honor to commit suicide when found engaging in corruption. Not here.
cvj: And right there is what Pinas has gained for being the only Catholic country in Asia. Suicide — No! No! No!
That reminded me, CVJ: “Mga opisyales and government employees under me, mahiya naman kayo sa taong bayan, itigil niyo ang pangungurakot ninyo! Hindi naman nakakahiya kung wala kayong Land Cruiser o Chedeng!” I wonder who’ll listen to that great mind.
Or here’s the clincher from one with REAL guts:
“Tang-ina niyong lahat mga Pinoy! Mga gago kayong lahat! Nakakahiya lahat kayo sa ginawa niyo sa bansa ninyo!” :-P
kung maraming matatalino sa Pinas…dapat nasa top ten ang bansa natin…kaya lang ibang category namamayagpag ang Pilipinas…sabi nga nila Bobo si Erap…past 9 years na di hinawakan ni Erap ang Pilipinas…siya pa din ba ang may problema?…wala akong nakikita na siya ang rason kung bakit naghihirap ang Pilipinas…pero para sa akin…maraming matatalino na ayaw magsakripisyo para sa kanilang bansa…galit sila sa trapiko…pero ayaw naman maglakad at mainitan ng araw…galit sila sa mga traffic enforcer na nangongotong, pero pag nahuli sila ay iaabot ang license na may tatlong mukha, kundi naman, tatawag kay ninong/ninang/kuya/ate/kaibigan daw sila ni ano at ni ganito…marami pang bagay akong nais banggitin sa mga gawain ng matatalino…kunsabagay, madalas ituro ng matatalino sa mga maling nakikita ay mga bobo…katulad din yan, sa mga mahihirap at mayayaman…madalas pinagkakamalan ang mahihirap ang magnanakaw…yun lang po…para sa mga galit kay erap at sinasabing bobo ang tumatangkilik kay erap.
It just dawned on me to ask whether most of our presidents are devout Catholics?
This kind of religious DNA proves to be useless if devout Catholic presidents always find themselves charged of graft and corruption.
Next religion please?