Much applause, few surprises

“The system needs fundamental change. Its time to start the great debate on charter change” — GMA is trying to change the rules of the game. From the impeachment or calls for resignation to a proposal for charter change. That is the center of GMA speech — a diversionary tactics for congress, media and the people to be pre-occupied with charter change.

Everything we expected to hear was there. If not for a blatant insult on our intelligence as a people, what else shall we call this speech? I think I’m going to have indigestion from what she said.

Federalism? Charter change? Oh my God.

Really flight is a manifestation of guilt.

The POLITICAL system is a Hindrance to our progress. LETS all dump all the POLITICIANS lahat sila mga TRAPO.

Yes, there were no surprises. We know that the congress halls will be filled with Gloria supporters to beef up her palakpak boys. We know that she would try to shift the debate from the issue of her legitimacy as president to cha-cha/con-ass. Yes we know that her speech will focus on areas the congressman and governors would like to hear and on her political survival. We know that she would spiced her speech with her questionable accomplishment while downplaying her record breaking shortcomings (highest budget deficit, highest spender, highest loan incurred, highest unemployment rate, highest number oil price hikes, highest election spending, having the most expensive boulevard, most corrupt government).

The past and present composition of the congress is reason enough to junk their proposal for charter change. The people do not want JDV to be prime minister. The people do not want more pork barrel. The people do not want to surrender their right to choose their President. The people do not want a subservient Prime Minister, a leader accountable only to the parliament. The people want a strong and upright President. GLORIA is the problem and the solution is not cha-cha, the solution is for her to resign.

The sona for her allies.

GMA delivered a sona for her allies, JDV, FVR and the palakpak boys of are very happy.

Maybe this would commit them to stay in her side and for her to keep power.

SHE’S HELD HOSTAGE BY HER ALLIES!

It is true that this is the most divisive president we ever had, and the people even picked her as the worst president our country (never) elected.

Now some of her allies even called Metro manila as Imperial Manila. This will cause more divisiveness soon.

This administration is very good at discrediting people that when you unearth a scandal of her or criticize her, you’ll either just politicking or destabilizing. When non-opposition people (including the Hyatt 10 made their remarks), they brought this conspiracy theory angle against them.

They also scare people about possible successor or any form of transitional government.

Amazing!

And now, the country is begining to be more divided with the so-called cha-cha and the so-called imperial manila issue.

January 2001, our hopes we’re high because we thought we have a leader with high moral standards.

After 5 SONAs take a look, he outdid every wicked thing her predecessors did…and more.

THE TRUTH IS, WE CREATED A MONSTER!

“So this is how democracy dies, with thunderous applause.”

– Padme Amidala, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

http://www.google.com.ph/search?hl=en&q=this+is+how+democracy+dies+thunderous+applause+amidala&meta=

Please stop the drama and hystrionics. We need to think independent of politicians who have their own interests to take care of. We’ve been used enough. Listen, listen, think and analyze intelligently about what is best for our country.

Kablog,
Walang pera kasi matagal na tayong baon sa utang. Manggugulo pa ang mga wala naman ginawang mabuti para sa bayan…lahat ng pinaghirapan sa nakaraan na mga taon ay mapupunta din sa wala. Kung meron man kailangan ayusin sa bayan, ayusin sa paraan na makakabuti sa ating lahat. May impeachment na sa knogrerso, may imbestigasyon na kay Mikee sa Ombudsman. Mag-isip pa kayo…tapos gawin lahat basta’t nasa wasto -hindi tayo mga hayup, may pag-iisip tayo. Yung drama at panggamit sa taumbayan na wala naman malay sa away ng mga politico ay hindi tamang paraan.

Noong panahon ni Erap, hindi naman basta-bastang pumunta ang taumbayan sa kalye..umabot sa impeachment at hindi pagbukas nung huling envelope bago umabot sa kalye. At walang nagtawag na mga pulitko sa tao na mag rally noon. Hindi drama yon, dahil hindi lang puso ang pinairal kundi ang sentido.

Makinig naman tayo at mag-isip para sa ikabubuti nating lahat. Hindi tao at personalidad ang problema. Ang problema ay ang stabilidad ng mga institusyon ng gobyerno, ang problema ay tayo mismong mga tao na nagpapagamit sa mga pulitko. Kailangan na nating mag-isip ng hindi ayon sa mga sinasabi ng mga pulitko kundi sa ating sariling pang-uunawa.

The SONA crowd is the most expensive hakot crowd ever gathered courtesy of the Philippine Treasury.

Kailangan talaga natin ng DRASTIC changes — yung tipong may dugo ng mga MANDARAYA AT MAGNANAKAW na dadanak sa kalsada…

tuwang tuwa si satanas sa nakaka bingi palakpak sa mga kakampi niya.
pinagbubunyi ang mandaraya, magnanakaw at ninang ng jueteng.

gloria kinikilabotan ako everytime you use GOD in your speech. matakot ka naman.

26-minute sona!
-pinamaikli sa lahat ng sona ni aroyo. dismayado ang mga tao. halatang iwas pusoy sa mga issues na kinasasangkutan nya at ng family gaya ng garci tape, corruption , impeacehement & truth commission.
– ang binigyan nya ng pansin ay ang chacha -con-ass. political survival ang motibo nila dito. pakana ni fvr at jdv, the trapos of them all. baka gustong maging prime minister. paano wala ng pagasa itong mga ito na manalo sa election. kita naman sa surveys rating ni fvr at si jdv d ba nilampaso ni erap noong presidential election? kaya lang na nanalo ng congressman dahil mga taga pangasinan lang bumoto.
-as usual gaya ng dating mga sona pinagmalaki mga “achievements” kuno:
-pagtaas ng eco growth 6% ito ay dahil sa remittances ng mga ofw na dolyares. kung wala ofw paano na? dapat bang ipagmalaki ito na kaya nasa ibang bansa dahil walang job opprtunities dito? kahit na mahiwalay sa famliy ay nagsaskripisyo?
– employment rate tumaas. asaan job mrs president? saan ba kinuha ni gma source na maraming trabaho dito sa pinas. nananaginip cguro.
-crime bumaba gaya ng droga, kidbapping. asaan yung mga nahuli nilang drug lords meron ba?
– peace talk di ba umayaw na dahil sa gulo ng aroyo govt?
– service, health education -all lies and deception just like sonas the previous years.
-pinagtuunan ng pansin ni aroyo ay hinde masa kundi mga middle class na alam nya na ito ang component ng majority. kasi itong mga preneed companies ay puro middle class ang magbebenefit nito. nagpapogi poise. kawawa na naman masa.
-ang mbc, cbcp, hyatt 10 are not happy. yung mga sinabi ni aroyo are not connected to the problem. ang senado ay ayaw din wrong timing daw. it is not wise for them this early. the president itself is the problem.
-nakikiusap si gma ” you stick to me and move on. mrs president the country will not move on unless you resign. wala sa pananaw ni aroyo ang kinabukasan natin. kinabukasan ni gma ang laman ng sona. walang substance. mrs president you are not secured anymore as a president. you’re a goner no matter what you do

akala ko nanood ako ng NBA habang pinapanood ko yung sona, mga mukhang kenkoy yung mga tao dun, si JDV naglalaway na sa pinagsasabi ni gloria, yak!!! mga kadiri talaga…hay naku gloria harapin mo yung issue mo at hinde yung nililihis nyo na naman ang mga tao., mga gunggong talaga kayo sama sama kayo sa impierno!!!!

The problem is that Pinoys are too consumed by the debate on politics to focus on a debate on FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES. The fundamental issues go even DEEPER than the institutional rot that is only now becoming a focus of debate (too little too late).

An admired Pinoy based in New York once made this observation:

” ‘They are droll and unintelligent, focused on the trivial or the irrelevant.’ When the issues are of some significance, it’s the wrong arguments that prevail, the wrong side wins. Logic and common sense take the backseat to political arguments and the views of the poorly-educated. There seems to be some bases for her disenchantment”

Read the complete article here:
http://www.geocities.com/benign0/agr-disagr/10-comsen.html

The fundamental issue is the character of Pinoy society itself — a society with a culture not compatible with development of a strong nation.

Despite this outrage everyone presumes to harbour today, fact is (and as Mr. Raymond mentioned above), the REAL issues were already clear to a handful of insightful people even way back in 1987.

These views have been echoed many times after Fallows:

by Peter Fallows:
“Mr. James Fallows was right. This is a damaged culture. It is a selfish culture where too many think only of themselves (and family) and care little for others, or the nation as a whole.

I cannot emphasize too strongly that without absolutely fundamental change in these 9 issues, and the cultural change to go with it, the Philippines will be the basket case of Asia one generation from now.”

Complete article:
http://www.geocities.com/benign0/aboutus5.html

by Teddy Benigno:
According to Fallows, effective bureaucracies “needed to be protected from excessive democratic rule” as he sought to explain the economic and social success of many non-democratic countries in East Asia. He continues: “Foremost among these traits is technocratic insulation – the ability of economic technocrats to formulate and implement policies with a minimum of lobbying for special favors from politicians and interest groups.” Here comes the clincher: “The function of authoritarian rule (not dictatorial) has been to see that certain national interests are served, interests that might not automatically emerge from the play of market forces or the individual pursuit of happiness.”

Complete article:
http://www.geocities.com/benign0/aboutus6.html

And, of course, no comment of mine in this blog would be complete without an ounce of self promotion for Yours Truly 😉 :
“Any way one looks at things, the reality is this: we’re stuck with each other and that stigma of being Filipino that was aggravated by Erap’s presidency. The first step in the right direction is to swallow the bitter pill and take a good look at ourselves. That’s us! Non-partisan, nothing personal. It’s all in the culture ”

Complete article:
http://www.geocities.com/benign0/aboutus.html

Mag-isip-isip mga kabayan.

GAMITIN ANG KOKOTE!

Cha cha? it will favor only FVR and his minions!!!!!!

Matalino talaga yan si FVR working on both sides, calling for GMA to resign thru his mouthpiece Ret. Gen. Abat and thru GMA by amending the constitution that will make him the Prime Minister.

Galing talaga!!!!

A saviour for the fake pres “La Gloria”

Payag ba kayong hawakan uli ni FVR ang Pinas?????

Para malaman ni GMA ang tunay na estado ng bayan, basahin niya itong PCIJ blogs. Ang nakararaming nagbibigay ng kanilang kuro-kuro ay sukang-suka na sa kanya. May mangilan-ngilang mga SSG (SipSip kay Gloria) nguni’t ang mga ito ay puro bulag sa katotohanan.

PGMA is setting our country on a new course. Considering that the current system has not worked well.
-Can’t believe you people believe all that crap the administration is churning out. First that it was the opposition that’s causing the destablilization. Now its the political system thats at fault. The system is only as good as the people that are running it. Kahit na if u have a windows operating system in your computer kung bobo ka naman at di marunong mag operate wala rin. If we follow the administrations train of though we should replace our windows o.s. not the operator.. makes sense ba?? If we move to a parliamentary system now with all her minions in congress and the senate tapos we allow them to tamper with the constitution. It will result into perpetual corruption and nepotism those are the reasons why we abandoned the parliamentary system in the first place. Kasi yung presidente o prime minister sila sila nlang nag eelect nyan. di na taong bayan. Again akin lang e di systema ang bulok yung mga politico ang bulok kaya sila ang dapat palitan.

let us at least give her a chance to begin the change. We have nothing else to lose.
– I agree whats 2 billion or 3 billion more of our money goin to waste its just money right?? tapos she’ll tell us to tighten our belts even more coz kulang pa yung taxes natin para sa mga white elephant projects nya.

Lintek pumalakpak si Tenga ni Dumbo, parang tumama ng TV showcase sa Wowowee !!

“Any way one looks at things, the reality is this: we’re stuck with each other and that stigma of being Filipino that was aggravated by Erap’s presidency. The first step in the right direction is to swallow the bitter pill and take a good look at ourselves. That’s us! Non-partisan, nothing personal. It’s all in the culture ”
-I agree on some point like our need to examine ourselves as a people. Why we allow ourselves to be used by politicians by the police by the church. Fundamental changes have to be made in the way we teach our children. We must teach them pride, humility, selflessness, fair play and patriotism etc.. Those were the traits our forefathers have that we seem to lack nowadays. More important is we need to really control our population. With the yearly increase in the number of poor folk government is really hard pressed to deliver those basic services said poor masses need to sustain life. Kahit na ba increase sila ng increase ng EVAT if we dont put our population under control you’ll end up with angry hungry masses, a middle class taxed almost to extinction, a church with lotsa parishioners who commit crimes nonetheless.. politicians who take avantage of the poor as a source of votes, and a poor uneducated populance seeking reprieve from all of this by electing another erap into office. A vicious cycle di po ba?? Yan po ang di tinuunan ng pansin ni madame gloria na ekonomista pa man din. Masyado po yan indebted to the church, at ngayon naman ke ramos at JDV. In the end sinung talo?? Not those people from the states po dito lang po sa pilipinas. Tayo ang talo.

“Mr. James Fallows was right. This is a damaged culture. It is a selfish culture where too many think only of themselves (and family) and care little for others, or the nation as a whole.
-I don’t think filipinos are selfish.. at least those that are from the provinces that is. Think only those that were polluted by western thought processes, who think like they do, who were educated in their schools, who read their books. Those who were infused with the belief that money is everything. Everything is driven by profit. Mga tao sa lalawigan pag me fiesta lahat pwedeng makikain sa bahay. Ganyan po ang culturang pinoy. Maybe sa manila di na po ganun. Maganda po ang cultura natin.. dapat lamang ibalik ang mga kaisipang yun ung bayanihan yung pagiimpok yung pagtratrabaho ng marangal. Sad to say di naman po tinutuunan ng pansin nang administrasyon yan eh. Sa kanila basta makita lang ang mukha ng pangulo sa ad and sa print na nakabandera ang proyekto nya sapat na. Ganun po ba ang good manager na sinasabi nyo??

Philippines will be the basket case of Asia one generation from now.
-I think the philippines is a basket case now. We have a cheating president and her congressman minions who are equally criminal in the way they protect her. A church not acting as a church but a political party, An AFP that is corrupt and non partisan kuno tell that to ERAP. An ex-president puppetmaster and his sidekick who has the president on a tight leash. A business community only interested in profit kahit na the truth is staring em in the face already they just can’t or choose not to see it. A people that is poor uneducated but still encouraged to propagate coz its in the best interests of the politicians and the church.
A middle class that is either apathetic or chooses to leave the country and its bulok people behind to seek greener pastures and a little order in life. Rampant killings rapes criminality and were all manhid to it coz we see it evryday in the news. That’s our state of the nation!!! Its been like this ever since EDSA1 if that is not basket case to you then dunno what is..

Sa ngayon, sa palagay ko, ay naghahanap tayo ng isang pinuno na mahigpit na magpapalakad ng lokal at nasyonal na batas.

-Tama ka dyan. Kailangan natin ay isang deciplinadong presidente. Along the lines of LEE KWAN YEW, CHIANG KAI SHEK, MAHATIR, DENG XIAO PING. And to that i put forth BAYANI FERNANDO me political will sya. diciplinado. Sana sya ang maging susunod natng pangulo.

unahin nya ang kasalukuyang problema. sya ang cause , sya ang dahilan naging malabo ang political system natin. lalo nagkagulo dahil sa kanya. changing the form of government is only the solution of effects what shes done to the country.

t*** ina sakit para sakin ang buwis na binabayad ko napunta sa lamang sa mga demonyo. maliit nga lang sahod ko kunan pa ng tax. maganda pa sana kng binili ko na lang pagkain ang tax ko kaysa mapunta sa demonyo. wala naman ako magawa obligasyon ko magbayad ng tax.

CONASS…

Tama lamang ang ginawa ng mga Pro-GMA sa kaniyang masigabong palakpakan, binuhos na nila ang kanilang palakpakan. Yun na kasi ang huling SONA ni GMA!

[…] Read more about SONA with some reactions in MLQ3 and PCIJ. […]

Nakakatuwang isipin na madaming mga Filipino sa ngayon ang bukas na ang isipan (maaaring iilan lamang)…

noong aking pinanood ang SONA kahapon kapansin pansin na may mga bagay na hindi dapat palakpakan pero pinapalakpakan ng mga kaalyado ng pangulo… well talagang ganon sabi nga nila one-sided yung audience… sana nung bata si GMA nabasa nya yung “The Emperors New Clothes” para malaman nya at magising sya sa pagkakabulag nya…. bata pa lang ako naintindian ko na yung kwento… malamang makaka-relate sya kung babasahin nya yung kwento.

First, cheating…
Now, she wants to change the rules of the game…what’s next?
I detect a pattern…(Marcos deja vu with a hint of anti-social tendencies maybe?)

If I cheated during any type of game, I can’t play anymore.
If I cheated in school, I will receive a failing grade or get expelled.
If I cheated at work, I will get fired.
If I cheated at home, I will get divorced.

If I cheat as president, I deny and propose a charter change? (diversion from issues with the extra benefit of changing the rules)

If she remains, what are we teaching our children. The temptation of having power will test even those with the strongest of wills, beliefs, and value systems. I believe she failed the test.

Regarding changing to a parliamentary system, I don’t get it. She wants to move to a parliamentary system because it is less bureaucratic; but that only means it is more susceptible to abuse. The inherent bureaucracy in the present system is necessary so that the interests of all are considered. Politics is give and take, not just take. Don’t get upset with the process enough to change it; instead, make the process work for you.

Instead of a charter change, she needs change in two areas: First, she needs to change her style of engagement to one that brings collaboration rather than “impasse” on her initiatives. Second, she needs better people around her to give her proper advise. If the above two changes do not work, she needs to change jobs.

Like her other SONAs before, GMA’s 5th SONA was not an address about the state of the nation. It was a thesis presentation intended to boost morale and rally support in her struggle to remain in power. GMA never mentioned the political crisis directly but she presented a formula on how her battle is going to be fought, by calling for a Charter Change to effect federalism and shift to parliamentary system. This new strategy has now raised the level of the playing field by enlisting the local politicos into the main arena of battle. By issuing the call for Cha-cha GMA can now extricate herself from the main line of fire while placing local politicos in the frontlines.

Now, if GMA’s charge starts playing, the whole political dynamics of the country will be dancing the Cha-cha. The call for her ouster will then be left in oblivion sitting at the back seats of the dance floor.

My take with Cha-cha is, I am for charter change but with the conditions that: GMA is first impeached and then call for a constitutional convention where real representatives of the people shall be elected to draft a new constitution. By then, the issue of Federalism shall be determined by the people and not by the politicos.

Watching the SONA on TV, with all the congressmen cheering, it is now very apparent how congress has ceased to be representatives of the people. The “masa” must be wondering if the SONA was for another country, not the Philippines.

My hats off to Mrs. Arroyo and her army of speech writers. While discerning citizens have come to realize that ours is a nation on the brink of collapse due to her 4 years of mis-management, others less astute grant her accolades for pointing to the sytem as the cause of our ills.

What happened to “Hello, Garci?” Jose Pidal? President Macapagal Highway? PIATCO? Jueteng? $2,000 a night to watch Pacquiao? “I am sorry, I made 15 lapses in judgement?” Why are the Hyatt 10, Cory Aquino, MBC, De La Salle, UP, Ateneo, NGOs calling for her to make the supreme sacrifice? Because we need charter change more?

Tanaman, magli-limang taon na sya sa luklukan, hindi pa rin sya ang me kasalanan ng sinasapit natin ngayon?

Si GMA nga naman talaga. Kitang-kita na ng taong bayan na nandaya siya sa nakaraang election, yet she tried to make it appear na okay lang ang lahat.

Dear readers, it is indeed very sad that we have GMA as our president.

When she was installed as head of state in 2001, being an OFW, i was very hopeful na sana ay may magandang mangyari sa ating bayan. My wish became even stronger when i learned that she is an economics grad. Swak na swak para sa bayan.

Palpak pala ang economist natin. Ang unang inasikaso ay kung papaano magnakaw ang kanyang mga kamag-anak at kaibigan sa kaban ng bayan.

Nitong nakaraang mga araw, medyo nagkakaroon na ng linaw ang dating (hinala lamang) na katiwalian sa ating pamahalaan.

Nasaan na ang mga kamag-anak, nagsitakbuhan sa malayong lugar. Para ano? …. magtago…. o itago ang mag perang ninakaw.

Extra-ordinary problems requires extra-ordinary solutions. Alam
na natin na hindi pwede ang “impeachment”. Ano pa ang hinihintay natin? Patatagalin pa ba natin siya sa puwesto?

Nobody really knows if the impending change will be for better or for worse. Pero one thing for sure, the people wanted a CHANGE.

Benign0, halika, tayo ang magdebate.

I have resisted minding you for so long because as a heckler, you don’t deserve serious attention. But after being put in place by PN Abinales, you’re still at it.

The problem with your opinions is that they are not well-founded. You would have made a good quack doctor but never a surgeon, even an inept one. You collate opinions by other people and distill ideas from them, and pass them off as your own. Many of the people you quote don’t even have the intellectual rigor to be taken seriously anywhere in the Philippine academia. Solita Monsod? James Fallows? Teddy Benigno? An admired pinoy in New York? Cmon. I know a barber in New York Cubao who has a much trenchant view of Philippine history and culture than all of you combined.

You pass off opinions as if you know Philippine history and politics like the back of your hand. The truth is, you have a very shallow grasp of it, or at least, what you know is the wrong version of it. Anybody who has a real knowledge of the true history of these islands would know that it is people like YOU who historically have been its blight.

To illustrate my point, had you lived during the time when Bonifacio was insulted by Daniel Tirona during the Tejeros Convention, you would not only have seconded Tirona’s objection that Bonifacio was not a lawyer. You would have put into a motion that from then on, no Pinoy from the lowly classes should be allowed to desecrate such sacrosanct ceremony as building a republic. With your usual braggadocio, you would even have said, “Mga Kasama, gamitin ang KOKOTE!”

Care to answer, Benign0? A full historical discourse awaits you…

hehehe scrap mo yung pork barrel para yung mga governors at mayors naman ang magpasasa…. bibigyan mong autonomiya para makabuo sila ng sariling private army… God save the Philippines…. matinong leader na maglilingkod sa bayan ang kailanagan hindi sa pang sariling interes… “isang halimbawa… tingnan ang ARMM… anong pagunlad ang ibinigay sa mindanao…wla dba… basta nasa kapangyarihan na nakakalimutan ang bayan… si Misuari na may idealismo dati pangsarilling interes lng pla ang gusto…”

buti nga may sinabi pa si gma sa sona niya, kahit papano. kung mas mahaba ang speech niya, siguradong mas marami mapupula ang tao sa kanya. eh ngayong ang ikli na nga nang sinabi niya, ang dami pa ring kritiko eh.

im for political and cultural cleansing. kill all politicians today so that no trace of the old will be seen. AS IN KILL…

erap is better.

The nerve!!! DOJ Gonzales accused anti-GMA party list group of using gov’t money to fund the SONA rally. Tigas talaga ng mukha, akala mo naman hinde sila ang lumustay ng pera ng bayan. DOJ Gonzales has already lost his credibility and he is nothing but a BIG mouthpiece of GMA. Where is your IRREVOCABLE resignation…. you are no longer fit to govern.

Dapat talaga, pinatalsik ang mga ito since day ONE.

Presidential or Parliamentary form of government is the same kung ang mamumuno sa atin ay ang mga politicians na nakaupo ngayon. They are after their contituents’ welfare but their own. Look at today’s crisis, JDV, Pichay and company have already declared that GMA did nothing wrong in speaking with Garcillano. If you point out the contents of the tape, they will tell you that it was spliced. They will make you believe that GMA didn’t say those nor hear Garcillano say about the Generals not knowing how to cheat. If these people will represent their constituents in a parliamentary form of government, di pareho rin ang mangyayari. Mas madali pang maging prime minister kasi mas madaling suholan ang mga congressman (assemblyman).

Charter is in fact a constitutinal coup by the lakas party (FVR, JDV) in collusion with the majority. It is the price that GMA will pay for the impeachment not to prosper beyond the congress. Besides, lalong maghihirap ang mga pilipino pag parliamentary goverment. They will paying more taxes (local, state and federal taxes).

Maybe an investigative reporter can help us out. Whatever happened to the people who were accused of corruption in the Diosdado Macapagal highway which I read was the most expensive highway at that time? What happened to Mawanay? The guy who falsified public records to cast doubts on FPJ’s citizenship? Who wants to bet that nothing will happen with the case that was filed by the BIR against Iggy Arroyo? Bigla na lang itong mawawala, hoping that the Pilipino people will forget about it.

We don’t need to change our politcal systems, what we need is change of heart by our politicians.

Politicians must set aside their personal interests, they have to work for their country and for the good of the people.

http://www.gov.ph/forum/thread.asp?rootID=57763&catID=11

DITO TAYO MAGLINAW MGA KAPATID,DAHIL MARAMI RITO ANG MGA BULAG…….

partisanong lagalag said:
“My take with Cha-cha is, I am for charter change but with the conditions that: GMA is first impeached and then call for a constitutional convention where real representatives of the people shall be elected to draft a new constitution. By then, the issue of Federalism shall be determined by the people and not by the politicos.”
i agree with you pero sana linisin din comelec tanggalin mga mandaraya gaya ni garci at yung mga involved sa garci tape. and please lang kung si jvd & fvr ang mamumuno d bale na lang. id rather go for presidential form of govt. at least people’s choice ang mamumuno at may mandate ng tao. pagmumukha na lang ni jdv nakakasuka na eh. hopeless na kasing manalo sa election ito. patay na ambition na maging presidente ng pilipinas. at si fvr naman sabi wala syang balak mag prime minister. eh ngayon nga di sya ang president pero sya ang nagdidictate kay gma. instrument lang si gma.
by the way, gusto pala ni jvd conass. sabi nga ni mike defensor unahin muna deliberation sa commitee ng con ass bago ang impeachement. nagaapura talaga. remind ko lang defensor di payag senate con ass. they are for concon. abolish congress muna & go for concon para tao mamimili ng mga assaemblymen na siya naman mamimile ng prime minister. di bale matagal at magastos concon basta may quality. dapat lang gastusan amendment ng consti dahil kapakanan ng taong bayan hindi kapakanan ng mga majority congressmen like jdv(trapo), jaraulla, art defensor, nograles, libanan, pichay, antonino etc. at yung mga palakpak boys sa congreso mga tuta ni gma. tsupi na kayo. get get out!

PGMA is betting she can wheather out the global economic pressure brought by high oil prices and other commodities.

She is betting once again that even without solid macroeconomic programs our country can ride the tide of global growth. She is counting on the stable flow of dollar remittances from our overseas Filipinos (a fixed variable irregardles not dependednt on her economic policy, if she has one) as a buffer.

She is also hopeful that Alan Greenspan (of the US Federal Reserve Board) would remain hawkish on inflation and thus control the rise of US interest rates. With our ENORMOUS DEFICIT I don’t now how Philippines can survive a sudden spike in INTEREST rate coupled with High Oil prices.

atleast now youre getting the picture of reality. by d_entrep
-here’s another reality check for you..=) a lame duck president at the beckoning call of puppet master ramos and his minions. Di malayo pag di nakuha ni tabako gusto nya gagamitin nya ang equally corrupt military to seize the government. If you look at it now mga militar na din naman karamihan sa mga cabinte secretaries natin di po ba?

charter change na para mawala na ang senado, kasama ang mag-inang estrada, mga senador pa-pogi lang ng papogi, saka tanggalin na rin ang mga party-list na mga komunista..heto ang pinakamagandang SONA ni GMA…less talk less mistake…eh di naubusan ng ibabatikos ang noisy minority…hehehe

sona-ito na ang “pinaiwas pusoy” na sona ni aroyo. walang kwenta.yung mga tao sa gallery puro mga hakot. magkatabi si ginadv, tabako,bunye, davide na walang tigil ang palakpak tenga ni jdv.samantalang si drillon dedma. ayaw paniwalaan mga sinasabi ni gma. mas maikli mas iwas pusoy d ba? kayang tuwang tuwa ang mga majority tongressmen.

STATE OF DAMNATION ADDRESS

To the 84 million inhabitants of the 7,107 islands of the Philippines: ladies, gentlemen, lesbians, bisexuals, transgenders, and gays – from the shanties of Payatas to the mansions of Forbes Park; from the chapels of the Ivatans to the mosques of the Tausugs and from Manila to the rest of the world where every hardworking Filipino is present, isang mapagpalayang araw!

It is both a privilege and a challenge for an ordinary Filipino like me to deliver the State of Damnation Address.

My piece will not boast of accomplishments. President Arroyo has done that. Mine will be devoid of promises. President Arroyo is good at that. I will not talk about peace and unity among Filipinos. We have seen the end of that. Instead, I will attempt to highlight the obvious: a nation divided; a country gone awry; a populace losing hope.

We have a sitting president who screwed the electorate; refuses to admit her wrongdoing and stands firm as she clings to power.

We have a vice president who is lowly regarded by many sectors of the society and who might just lose his post to an electoral protest.

We have a senate president who was so driven by his ambition to seize a higher position that he decided to sever ties with the president, demanded her resignation and helped sow disunity among members of his political party. A week before that, he was on stage with her; declaring his undying support for her administration: “Madame president, kung gusto po ninyo, ilipat ninyo ang Malacañang dito sa Iloilo. Wala pong rally dito dahil suportado kayo ng mga Ilonggo.”

In just a week’s time, we witnessed a traditional politician’s despicable transformation from a very loyal ally towards becoming this country’s biggest starfruit (balimbing) in years.

We have a Lower House which spends millions of pesos in televised public hearings while failing to enact a single piece of legislation.

We have a Senate whose most popular members are recognized not because of their parliamentary skills but because of the B-movies they make.

We have a politicized and restless Armed Forces of the Philippines plagued by issues of graft and corruption involving its senior officers.

We have a police force reviled by half of the citizenry and feared by the other half because of its rogue officers’ involvement in crime.

We have the priests and the bishops and other members of the clergy who claim to follow the voice of one God but remain fragmented by politics.

We have the hypocritical Left extremists – now, well represented in Congress – who used to vilify lawmakers for enriching themselves at the expense of taxpayers. Their uncompromising clamor for the abolition of the pork barrel was patent! But today, look at them – enjoying the same largesse they once loathed.

We have a First Gentleman who would never be first in the hearts of the public and who is perceived to be everything but gentle.

We have a jailed former president who even had the guts to deliver his own SONA while ignoring the fact that he himself committed similar sins against the people he pledged to serve. Sir, you have had your chance at the presidency and you blew it. Just shut up!

We have a former president whose failed attempt to amend the constitution during his term remained an unfinished business and now eyes – as reports say – the post of prime minister in the event that the current administration succeeds in changing the system of government.

We have cabinet members who campaigned for the president; implemented her 10-point agenda and steered the country to kingdom come but upon realizing that they still have a conscience cut their ties with their boss whom they serenaded with “If We Hold On Together.” Patriots? Traitors? I would say cowards.

We have a former dictator’s daughter, now a lawmaker, who continues to live in profligacy but is now denouncing a government whom she accuses of robbing, cheating, and lying. Look who’s talking!

We have a former president’s son, now a lawmaker, who, in public hearings, treated jueteng witnesses like they were criminals, completely forgetting that he himself was once tagged as a beneficiary of the illegal numbers game and a plunder case against him is still in progress.

We have election officials who continue to receive thousands of people’s money in salary and incentives despite bungling a billion-peso computerization contract and helping manipulate the results of elections.

We have wiretappers who remain at large; never investigated and most likely, would never be punished.

We have self-confessed jueteng operators, bagmen, bagwomen, and collectors who are granted immunity and warmly welcomed by the members of Congress instead of being arrested, prosecuted and jailed.

We have undisciplined civilians who never run out of complaints against the government but even they do not and cannot follow the most basic traffic rules.

This is the state of damnation.

This is the Philippines in 2005.

Eli, Eli lama sabachthani?

Maraming salamat at magandang araw.

Maabuhay ang Pilipinas!

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“If I run, it will require a major political effort on my part. But since I’m among the principal figures in the divisive national events for the last two or three years, my political efforts can only result in never-ending divisiveness.”-GMA that December

Don’t you see? She is prophetic. Pero like Cassandra in Greek mythology nobody believes her.

Pero sa SONA, may isang bagay akong talagang pinaniwalaan, she “..cannot keep..” her “…hands clean.”

We must be vigilant. Sobrang dami ng spins to distract our attention from the real issues of the day. This adminsitration is really so arrogant and “garapal.”

Mrs. Arroyo simply does not care about the marginalized sector of the country, whose number increases by the day. I remember last Christmas in one tv docu where she displayed the signature collection of her granddaughter while so many children sleep without clothes to cover their backs. And during the June 12 dinner at Malacañang, she was wearing her sparkling diamond necklace while talking about the plight of the poor people. How ironic.

Sometimes, iniisip ko rin, baka naman kapag mag-isa na siya ay umiiyak siya dahil sa nagyari sa kaniya. Because of her ambition, her desire to be the greatest president of the country drove her to do nasty things. She has trodden the slippery slope. There’s no turning back. But she can still save herself from ruin by admitting her guilt and resigning, and helping the country get back on its feet again not as president but as an ordinary citizen (hopefulloy not in jail). That way, there wouldn’t be any pressure on her. If I were Mrs. Arroyo, that’s what I would do.

The 10,956,610 votes that Estrada received were 6,565,757 more than that of the second placer, Jose de Venecia Jr., who got 4,390,853.
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kaya si JDV na tao ni FVR ay palakpak con todo ng binanggit ni GMA sa “kanyang” SONA ang matagal na nilang pinangarap na cha-cha.

http://www.inq7.net/nat/2004/may/30/nat_5-2.htm

“YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF TIME, BUT YOU CAN NOT FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME.”

Characteristics of Psychotic Criminal Behavior:
-denial (she denies cheating (Clinton-like))
-grandiose (she brags about her accomplishments)
-deceptive (she creates a distraction from the real issues by reintroducing cha-cha)
-lack of feeling (she’s choosing to remain in power rather than keep her family in tact (some call this sacrifice, I call it foolish)

GMA says, “Perhaps we have strained the present political system to its final limit” and “Perhaps it’s time to take the power from the center to the countryside that feeds it,” STRONG LEADERS DO NOT USE THE WORD “PERHAPS”; IT SHOWS LACK OF CONVICTION AND STRONG UNCERTAINTY. IT’S A WORD USED BY POLITICIANS OR SALES PEOPLE TO HEDGE UNTRUTHS.

GMA uses the following words/phrases, “degenerated”, “was poised for take off”, “headway”, “final limit”, “keep his hands clean”,“more responsive”, etc…AMATEURISH AND VAGUE…SAY WHAT YOU MEAN. USE UNITS OF MEASURE TO REFERENCE TO THE LISTENERS THE IMPACT OF YOUR STATEMENTS (e.g. thirty public employees lying, eleven representatives taking a bribe, zero initiatives passed, etc…) DON’T BLIND YOUR AUDIENCE WITH GRANDIOSE LANGUAGE WITH NO SUBSTANCE.

Given the above, I question whether she has the mental stability, and personal skills set needed to effectively run our beloved country. While the politicians are talking strategy, the masses are hungry, poor, and sick.

As I listen intensely on the SONA delivered by PGMA, I cant help but wonder why people were clapping and giving a standing ovation. The kind of SONA she delivered is an insult to our intelligence.
Her allies in congress are the would be beneficiaries thereof as it shall give them the opportunity to accumulate more wealth and power!
The SONA was an indirect way of GMA to tell the congressman not to sign for the impeachment by endorsing what majority of those congressmen wanted.
Maybe GMA and majority of those members of congress needs to go to the operating room for brain and heart surgery, hoping that their brain and heart will send the righteous signal for them to see the evil in GMA.
The issue is not the constitution or the form of government, but rather it is the KIND OF LEADERS/PEOPLE running the government, who think not of the welfare of the people but their personal interest, for them to stay in power and accumulate more wealth to the prejudice of the greater majority.
I say we CHANGE our LEADERS… then there will be HOPE for the Philippines!

I think GMA may indeed succeed to deflect attention away from her crimes to the people and the crimes of Mike arroyo et al…. She may indeed hug the limelight again with her fake smile, and she may indeed silence the NOISY minorities. What a pity, a democracy with no Strong opposition and “Spineless” media.

I dont believe what PGMA is saying anymore because i dont trust her anymore. After her announcement that she will not run for president in Public television. And hello garci scandal. and now for a charter change which is not a timely proposal. Are we really that fool ?

kudos to my former colleagues at PnMakati Dpt of Pol Sci Raymond and Andrew for having their voices heard in this blog. long time no hear mga pre.

Iwas pusoy!

‘Yan po ang una kong naisip nang matapos ang talumpati ni Gng Arroyo. Di-magkamayaw ang palakpakan at pagbubunyi roon sa Batasan pero nakabibinging katahimikan naman ang siyang bumalot sa akin, at malamang, sa maraming Pilipino. Totoo nga siguro ang kasabihang kapag isang malaking kasinungalingan ang iyong buhay, kailangan mo pa ng patung-patong na kasinungalingan upang patuloy ka pang mabuhay. Hindi mo na iindahin kung buhul-buhol at kontra-kontra na ang mga sinasabi mo.

Sinabi ni Gng. Arroyo na umangat ang ating kabuhayan noong 2004 ng anim na porsyento (6%). Alam naman niya na ito ay nagmula lang sa ibinuhos na kayamanan para sa nakalipas na halalan at karamihan nito ay galing sa kaban ng bayan. Sinabi niya na sa kanyang pamumuno, nakalikha sila ng apat na milyong (4M) trabaho para sa mga mamamayan. Papaano nangyari ‘yon? E di sana lahat ng naghahanap ng trabaho ay may trabaho na ngayon. Bakit hanggang ngayon, nagkakamot pa rin ng ulo ang milyun-milyong trabahador dahil walang mapasukang hanapbuhay. Ibinilang kasi ang mga nabigyan ng trabaho bilang kaminero sa mga kalye noong panahon ng halalan. Dito naubos ang naipon ng pamahalaan sa Road Users’ Tax. Pati siguro ang mga sumasali sa mga rali nilang bayaran, isinasama na rin sa bilang ng mga may hanapbuhay.

Sinabi niya na matagumpay ang kampanya natin sa bawal na gamot o droga. Bilyun-bilyong piso ng bawal na gamot ay tunay nga namang nakumpiska ng ating kapulisan. Hindi nga lang niya inaamin na sa panahon niya lamang nagkalakas ng loob ang mga dayuhan upang magtayo ng mga shabu laboratories dito sa ating bansa. Dati-rati, ang bawal na gamot ay ginagawa sa labas ng bansa at saka lang ipinapasok dito upang ipagbili o dalhin sa ibang bansa. Para sa transhipment lang po noon ang Pilipinas. Ngayon, binansagan na ang Pilipinas ng US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) na “major exporter of illegal drugs.” Sinabi rin niya na halos malipol na ang mga kidnappers. Kinabukasan, kinontra kaagad siya ng mga Chinoy at inamin din ito ng PNP.

Nakapagtatakang wala man lang siyang binanggit tungkol sa jueteng na kinasangkutan ng kanyang asawa, anak at bayaw, at kamakailan lang ay may nagparatang na nagamit ang pera mula sa jueteng para sa halalan ng 2004.

Nanawagan siya upang baguhin ang ating Saligang Batas at ito ang itinuro na siyang dahilan ng ating mga suliraning-bayan sa ngayon. Ito raw ang dahilan kung bakit hindi tayo umuunlad, hindi tayo nakaaakit ng mga dayuhang namumuhunan at hindi tayo makaiwas sa patuloy na pag-utang. Dinagdagan pa niya ang pahayag na kailangan ang pagbabago ay isakatuparan sa pamamagitan ng isang “constituent assembly.” Ang ibig sabihin nito, ang Senado at ang Mababang Kapulungan ay kailangang magsanib bilang isang kapulungan upang harapin ang gawaing ito. Para bang hindi niya alam na maaaring kailangang harapin ng Senado ang paglilitis sa mga bintang o “impeachment charges” laban sa kanya. Maliban dito, dapat ding harapin ng dalawang kapulungan ang budget para sa taong 2006 at ang paggawa ng iba’t ibang kailangang batas.

Hindi lamang iwas pusoy ang pakay ni Gng Arroyo. Nais niya rin na malibang ang sambayanan sa ibang bagay upang unti-unti ay makalimutan na ang mga kasalukuyang nakabitin na mga bintang, hindi lang laban sa kanya, kundi laban sa pagkakahirang sa kanya bilang Pangulo ng ating bansa.

Marami pa siyang kailangang ipaliwanag sa sambayanan. Marami pang katanungan ang hindi pa nasasagot. Limang taon pa siyang mamumuno sa atin at kailangan niya ng kapanatagan ng kalooban upang maayos niyang maisagawa ito. Hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa niya kayang humarap sa taumbayan dahil nakikita sa kanyang mga mata ang kawalan ng katapatan. Noong Miyerkules, sinubukan niyang mag-press conference pero kinailangan pa na alam niya muna ang mga tanong at piling-pili ang mga magtatanong.

Para sa ikabubuti nating lahat, nawa ay makamtan ni Gng. Arroyo ang kapanatagan ng kalooban na kailangan niya upang mapangahas niyang isakatuparan ang tama at nararapat para maisaayos na ang pamamalakad ng ating pamahalaan sa lalong madaling panahon.

Gng. Arroyo, ang kapanatagan ng kalooban ay nakakamtan lamang kung makakayanan mong magsaya sa bawa’t sandali, kung hindi mo na kailangang hatulan ang ibang tao at ang iyong sarili, kung hindi mo na kailangang bigyang-kahulugan ang mga gawa ng iba, kung ayaw mo na maging sanhi o pinagmumulan ng away, at kung wala ka nang inaalala.

Mapapansin n’yo rin po na kapag panatag ang inyong kalooban, kayo ay magiging palangiti, parami nang parami ang magiging panatag ang kalooban sa inyo, at madali para sa kanila na iparamdam sa inyo ang kanilang tunay na pagmamahal. Walang plastikan, wika nga. Hindi bayaran, walang bayaran!

The failures of the presidencies from Marcos to present are not necessarily unexpected. Afterall, the Phillipines was under foreign control for 80% of the last 450 years. It also did not help that we went under a dictatorship for many years under Marcos. During the years under Marcos, people learned how to think and act corrupt (social-learning) not because we were bad people but because we needed to to survive (put food on the table). This in no way excuses GMA from what she did and in no way placing any blame on Marcos. It is merely my perception of why the country’s leadership is as bad as it has been.

IT DOESN’T MEAN THE PEOPLE HAVE TO TOLERATE IT.

Like a watchful parent of a testy teenager and like it has done for several leaders before GMA to include Marcos, the masses will not tolerate the foolishness and will put in place another leader. Someday, a rightful leader will step up. This rightful leader will NOT expect any tangible reward nor need any validation; instead, that person will be satisfied with a short grin before going to sleep everynight knowing that he/she did good for the country and its people.

All this attention given to GMA is attention that could instead be given to the plight of the poor, the hungry, and the sick. Every child that goes hungry or goes sick because GMA or her administration fail to pay attention to them in an attempt to stay in power is an impeachable crime. Every minute you are in office is a minute that a poor, sick, or hungry child is praying to have a better tomorrow. You’ve turned the presidency to a big “drama” episode. But I guess its ok, the poor can better go through their hunger because of the entertainment she’s provided

The political instability this whole thing is causing will cause many millions of potential foreign investments to shy away. This of course, translates to lost potential income for many (I wonder how many poor, sick, and hungry children this potential revenue can help).

The Filipinos are good and kind people; we learned how to be humble because we come from very humble beginnings. However, one should never test our kindness. Like Lapu-Lapu who initially welcomed Magellan and eventually took Magellan’s head off after being betrayed, the Filipinos can be “bad-asses”.

RESPECT THE “PRESIDENCY” AND THE PEOPLE’S WILL, STEP DOWN!!!

it’s time for us to discuss the differences of parliament/federal form of gov’t and presidential form of government, folks. We should thouroughly discuss it before we present it to the people in 2007. i urge u instead of bickering and politicking lets find solution to the problem. there were atleast simptoms that comfront us now… as we exchange accusations to each other. it s time now to tink and move forward.

Nawawalan na ako ng pag-asa. Mukhang makakawala si Gloria sa mga kasalanang nagawa nya. If this happens, wala ng mangyayayari sa Pilipinas. This will be the darkest part of our history. May masahol pa sa pananakop ng Espana, Amerika at Hapon. During those times ,Filipinos fight those who were repressing our freedom. Ngayon, kapwa Pilipino ang gumagawa nito. Di na muling makakabangon ang Pilipinas kung pababayaan ang kahayupang pagyurak ng dangal ng mga Pilipino. .

if opps failed in their bid to make gma accountable and if im abraod, i would rather not go home para manapak lang.

instead i would continue to work hard as i can, earn good dollars to feed my family, will not violate laws, enjoy life and try to change foreigner’s perspective by using me as their basis instead of my politically-divided country as to what a filipino is. i might go home later but just to enjoy the fruits of my labor.

to hell with the politicians, i will not and never let them ruin my life.

thats the general feeling of the middle-class. enjoy.

pagnagtaas ng pamasahe, the middle-class will say nay, “2 peso fare increase? heck i ride 30-peso flag down taxi.” but to the ordinary pinoy a 2 peso can be everything.

that’s the middle class today – law abiding tax-payers. they move the economy. but do they move a country? nay.

then again the middle-class never try to get low nor high. that’s why they’re the middle class. thinking ive earned my way here and nobody could take it away not even a dirty politics nor the highly pathetic mob. so what’s the point of superficially changing foreigner’s perspective? then again your moving yourself not a country.

on choosing who to blame, the middle class has this dilema: blame the obviously wealthy in government which comprises of the higher class individuals and influencial families; or blame the mob on the streets, those who complain everytime they get price-hike or their homes get demolished or couldn’t get basic medical attention or could get free education or could get wage increase… etc.

than to confront the influential government the middle class will instead point fingers on the low class low life lazy pinoys. hmmm. well, not a bad idea. enjoy.

nah, i would blame only myself. i would not try to blame anyone with my agonies nor wait for them to provide me with riches, i’ll pick the pieces myself and learn from it.

changing the foreigner’s view is for them to look at me and not my country and equate from it. look for my skills and compare it with the rest. for me, when an individual tao take responsibility with his own action and ready to be judged individually, then he’s okay.

on the contrary i would not try to keep in the middle, i’ll try to move high with my own sweat, with or without govt support. yeah, i’ll move myself first, the country will follow later, when all of us are moving ourselves individually (or collectively) in the right direction.

i’ll be no hero and that’s okay.

MGA TSONG..PAYO KO LANG SA INYONG LAHAT. BUTI MAGTANIM NA TAYO NG KAMOTE STARTING TODAY. PINAS IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN TOO FAST. TAMA NA BLOGGING DITO. WALA NAMANG NANGYAYARI. ANDIYAN PA RIN SI GMA. MALAKAS PA RIN SILA DAHIL MARAMI SILANG DATUNG. TAYO DITO ANG NAMAMATAY NA SA GUTOM!

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