Archive for the ‘Elections’ Category

At the time of this writing, millions of people around the world are obsessing about the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the noise of the annoying Vuvuzela horn. From every continent, people speaking almost every language, coming from practically every race, creed, and color are excitedly watching the game called “Association ... Full story

Was it a campaign pitch or an inauguration speech? Was it an inaugural or a Wowowee special? When one performer (Noel Cabangon, actually the least cloying in the cast of noontime show staples) wailed “Noynoy naaaaaaaahhhhh!” at the end of his song, people at home wondered–was this a celebration for the Filipino nation, or a prayer rally at the Church of Noynoy Aquino? Full story

I've always called politicians "bozos". And for the record I personally consider Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III a bozo's bozo. Add me to a box of "witchhunters" then, given this categorical declaration coming from me. Noynoy is in a class of politicians probably occupied by only two men -- him and former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada. Between the two of them, they embody 99% of ... Full story

Did the photos of the giant sinkhole that suddenly appeared in Guatemala and swallowed a building two days ago remind you of something? Sounds like bad science fiction, but horrifically real. Something similar though a lot milder happened in Manila last year. So what does this have to do with Noynoy, who is holed up for the week at Hacienda ... Full story

Filipinos seem tired. For some reason they just want to move on from the election. Maybe the campaign jingles have proven too much to bear and any further exposure to them after the 10th of May just might make them go crazy. Despite reports of massive election fraud from members of the local and international community, majority of Filipinos don't seem inclined to do or ... Full story

Every day that's gone by since his "presumptive win" in this year's elections, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III turns into a bigger and bigger chump. As we follow the self-created drama that now embroils his first step into the Presidency -- the "big" issue of his oath taking (the bigness of this issue an ironic but laughable resullt of his and his media lackeys' own ... Full story

It's hard to lead a normal life when you are a Filipino. There are times when you just want to do the right thing but other people prevent you from doing so. Take voting during an election as an example. It should be a pretty straightforward exercise. You wake up, eat your meal, fix yourself up and then go out and vote. Sadly, in the ... Full story

Faster than anyone could say “President-elect Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III”, numerous Noynoy-Mar supporters from the burgis class and Liberal Party supporters were shell-shocked to see Makati Mayor and VP-candidate Jejomar Binay consistently dominate the polls over Mar Roxas. While these same people were primed to think that Mar Roxas originally had a strong ... Full story

Don't say we didn't warn you so - or no one warned you. ;) Naisahan nanaman ang Pilipinas. I know it's "wrong" in the sense na wag tadyakan ang tumadyak sa sarili niya - but I can’t help but gloat. Take a look at Aquino's bullcrap - political infighting, impeach a chief justice, noy-bi, the Firm, Kris – and he has not been ... Full story

One of my favorite books is Dune by Frank Herbert and in it was a passage that went:....animal consciousness does not extend beyond the given moment nor into the idea that its victims may become extinct....the animal destroys and does not produce....Animal pleasures remain close to sensation levels and avoid the perceptual....the human requires a background grid through which to see his universe....focused consciousness by ... Full story

According to the Inquirer.net editor in his most recent Op-Ed, "President"-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III garnered "the most remarkable mandate since the present Constitution’s ratification in 1987". Dude. And I thought the Inquirer.net had behaved like such a pathetic lackey of the Yellow Army all through the last twelve to 24 months leading up to this ... Full story

The oligarchs are back. Thanks to the Pinoy dimwits who voted the very persons who robbed the poor of their economic birthright. In colonial times, the Spanish grabbed indio lands through pillage and conquest, in massive quantities at that. After killing the indios, the Spanish marauders declared the indio lands as theirs. Then the Spanish colonial ... Full story

Elections are over, but the wider lessons learned from this recent electoral exercise are being processed. Newbies in this undertaking are advised to save their energy for tomorrow's battles. The bigger loss actually belongs to the nation which passed up exceptional talent for mediocrity - and we just have to deal with it, period. A More Peaceful More Credible Election Does ... Full story

I've asserted many times in the past that the trouble with the Philippines does not lie in its politics but rather in a profound dysfunction in its society's character. It is a dysfuinction that is interlaced at the very fibres that make up the very fabric of our society. In taking this view, my over-arching argument has always been that politics are but a mere ... Full story

This is a video shared with us by an AntiPinoy.com commenter that shows Philippine Star columnist Carmen Pedrosa sharing information about Noynoy Aquino's mental health. Among other things, she hints, in this video, at how "the Media" would not allow her to express "the truth" she is revealing here and how this leaves her no choice but to resort to this video (presumably, but not ... Full story

if you own a portion of Hades' or Lucifer's version of hell will you give it up for the common good? Full story

Noynoy Aquino will not have trouble winning the Presidency, if those surveys commissioned by his close relatives Rapa Cojuangco Lopa and Tonyboy Cojuangco  (who own Pulse Asia) are to be believed.It’s what he will achieve (or fail to achieve) that is the real issue.As soon as the fickle-minded Filipinos grumble about Noynoy Aquino’s first ... Full story

Can somebody please turn back the hands of time? Where is Superman?!? We don't have enough time to convince the majority of Filipino voters that they are making a huge mistake by voting for Noynoy! I keep thinking to myself, what if I had written about the owners of SWS and Pulse Asia earlier on say, three months ago? I wonder if the ... Full story

As the election draws to a close, the situation is getting a bit too tight for Filipino voters and their candidates. There are others who are already expecting a defeat -- after the much anticipated (or dreaded) religious endorsement was announced -- but will nevertheless continue to fight on. But there are others who are quick to claim victory and pounce on the chance ... Full story

Real democracy is dead in the Philippines. Leaders in the country have killed it -- that is, if it ever existed at all. I'm not just referring to the political leaders. I'm referring in particular to religious leaders who endorse presidential candidates and oblige their flock to vote for whoever it is they endorse. Inquirer.net columnist Conrado de Quiros is so wrong in insisting that ... Full story

What is it about people of influence who "endorse" politicians? What's in it for them? From where I sit, it seems that an endorsement by a well-connected opinion shaper seems to be some kind of affirmation of one's importance. When who I will vote for is worn on my sleeve, and becomes something people make a ... Full story

The Inquirer.net editor really gets into gear in the race to evacuate the minds of a population already reeling from an emptiness-induced headache. Standing on that lofty soapbox today, he (or she -- who the hell cares?) makes the sort of bleeding-heart citation that we have come to expect of minds imprisoned in so-last-Century ... Full story

There's a whole lot of bull we wouldn't have to put up with if surveys weren't made for public consumption. We'd have none of those ignorantly arrogant claims from Senator Noynoy Aquino, like the one about how the only way he will lose this year's elections is through election fraud. And certainly none of our friends ... Full story

Wouldn't it be great if there was an election every year? The six year term given to the incumbent president is too long in my opinion. Just think about it. Every six years, the Philippines goes into fiesta mode during the campaign period and every politician switches into "sip-sip" gear in an effort to reach out ... Full story

The countdown to Presidential Elections 2010 may as well be a countdown to Ocho-Ocho "Revolution" Fiesta as well. In the latest burst of news "reporting" from that venerable beacon of heroic press "freedom", the Inquirer.net, some old relic came out of the woodwork to give some "advise" on the matter of people power "revolutions": "For those ... Full story

Thank God (literally!) for Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales and to the Inquirer.net for doing the right thing and running a story on what the Cardinal had to say about moronic talk of "People Power" by popular candidate Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III. On the possibility of him calling for people to "hit the streets" in the ... Full story

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOOD REASON why a writer for the Philippine Daily Inquirer like Patricia Evangelista would write against presidential candidate Dick Gordon a week before the election. It's because she is writing for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. When someone takes pains to emphasize that she is not doing so just because she ... Full story

Apparently Inquirer columnist Patricia Evangelista made a few waves among supporters of presidential candidate Richard Gordon in her recent article People call me Dick by making something about the man's assertive and straight-to-the-point manner of conducting himself. Evangelista's final indictment illustrates the very nature of some basic concepts about being a leader, that Filipinos so ... Full story

Too little too late is how I'd describe the token gestures of the Inquirer.net and its bricks-and-mortar rag to deliver "balanced" news. The Inquirer editor has been so imbalanced for such a long time that his efforts to be a bit more balanced comes across as quaintly infantile. Consider the cover of today's Philippine Sunday Inquirer, ... Full story

When was the last time the Philippine elections had truly decent candidates as front runners? The Gordon, Teodoro, Perlas trio reminds me of three highly qualified applicants vying for a an important job. Normally, slackers, canards, and the ethically challenged are blacklisted after the routine background check. If the Philippines were a company, it is a company ... Full story

This is it guys. If the following information does not convince you not to vote for Noynoy Aquino, I don't know what will. Heck, Noynoy's alleged mental disorder is ok with you, so it is so hard to tell what else can convince you that he is not the right man for the top job. You know ... Full story

The Washington Post has chimed in with an astute article about Philippine elections. It states what AP readers have no trouble dealing with - Filipino voters choices in the Philippine elections amount to nothing. Where are the yellow zombies and Carolla blowhards - mag-rally na kayo sa harap ng Washington Post!!! In Philippines, pre-vote ... Full story

I don't cry too much anymore when I'm upset. I realized that after I've had a crying session that aside from getting puffy eyes, I always regret making a big deal out of a situation. Most of the time, the situation is not worth crying about. One such situation not worth crying about is the Liberal ... Full story

If the candidates had a twin from whom they were separated at birth, how would their imaginary twin look like today? Who do you think most resembles Scrooge McDuck, Mojo Jojo, and this one's real - sloth. :P Newsflash: The Pope declares Noynoy Aquino is God after Noynoy miraculously became a candidate by virtue of immaculate ... Full story

I wrote MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. There is no comparing the 1986 Edsa "revolution" to ANY of the subsequent "people power" "revolutions" that followed. NO COMPARING. Y'all know why? It's because, no one bozo instigated the 1986 version. And now here we have the son of of an Aquino PRESUMING to engineer one artifiicially LOOONG before there ... Full story

It used to be that politicians would complain about fraud AFTER the elections. Today, Noynoy Aquino and the newly-minted yellow zombies of ABS-CBN are complaining about election fraud BEFORE the elections have taken place. Of course, there is a need to be vigilant against fraud anytime.  I want a clean and credible election, too.  The LP, ABS-CBN, or Aquino does not have a monopoly on ... Full story

Back in the early eighties amidst the "revolutionary" spirit following the assassination of Noynoy's daddy Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr, one of the initiatives that really caught on was the boycott of what were at the time the biased newspapers Daily Express and the Manila Bulletin, and Marcos-crony businesses such as Rustan's and San Miguel Corp. History does ... Full story

The quintessential Sen. Richard Gordon is honest, straightforward, is not a panderer, and tells it as it is in his latest interview with Bandila's Ces Drilon.Issues addressed: The survey issue; The "short-temper" issue and how it transformed Subic and got the Automated Poll Act passed; "Excuse me - I have been a Red Cross volunteer for 42 YEARS; " Lito Lapid was able to ... Full story

Filipinos Should Protect the Ballot - Against Noynoy Aquino Do you really believe that just because Noynoy lost, he was cheated? Survey are snapshots of a general frame of mind during a certain period in time. Just because there is a preference for one candidate does not mean that the preference will be sustained until election day. Many things can still happen - the ball is ... Full story

Chris Ar has just sent a fresh batch of graphics. Best of luck, from the best candidate ;) This is what action looks like. For inaction - go to noynoy.ph or any a_noying site. ABS-CBN's latest "blockbuster" - panay ang benta sa takilya. Kawawang masa, niluluto sa sariling ... Full story

When Joseph "Erap" Estrada decided to run for the Philippine presidency in 1998, he had the majority of the Filipino masses behind him. He was the champion of the poor and poor people came out in droves to vote for him, resulting in him enjoying a wide margin of votes over his opponents. This was, to ... Full story

Richard Gordon was arrogant when he debated for four years with his colleagues to pass the Automated Election System law to ensure the sanctity of our votes and for our electoral system to modernize and become at par with democracies like the United States and India where results are decided immediately the next day. He still remained arrogant in pushing the COMELEC to implement the ... Full story

I read recently that companies owned by oligarchs are having surveys about who their employees are voting for. That's fine. What's not right is when companies bully their employees into voting for Aquino. What that implies is that people are being made to vote for Noynoy under coercive conditions. If that isn't an indicator of how things can get worse under another Aquino presidency, I ... Full story