Posts Tagged ‘Philippines 2010 Elections’

Any sane person with a modicum of sanity and reason would have thought a thousand times before voting for a Noynoy Aquino, or an Estrada for that matter. With the kinds of moronic citizens and voters the Philippines has today - the Philippines ascent to progress is highly doubtful, even improbable. So it has again come to pass, that a blind man will lead a ... 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

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

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

Chris recently sent his latest graphics. Feel free to download, copy, and  distribute - the more the merrier. Describe your candidate. Are Gordon's words consistent with his actions? What's your take on change? Full story

It is heartening to see cooperatives endorse Gordon. For one good reason, cooperatives represent the small and medium enterprises - Filipinos who generate jobs and create opportunities for themselves and other Filipinos. RP's biggest group of cooperatives endorses Gordon By Mike Frialde (The Philippine Star) Updated April ... Full story

I recall one commentor who said it was time for AP to roll out the propaganda machinery. Unfortunately, AP does not have machinery in the traditional sense that it has the deep pockets of the traditional politicians. AP does not need that machinery. All AP needs is a realistic attitude, deep thinking, and  people who have a zest for life. ... Full story

Omigolly, I am having a laughing fit at this battle of portmanteus (a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms - as smog from smoke and fog)  - Villarroyo and ArroQuino, as each camp tries to paint each other camp as the worse evil.  ... Full story

This pearl of a commentary was published late yesterday (March 18) in the Business World Online, and is the handiwork of the venerable Prof. Luis V. Teodoro. Like the recent New York Times article that started this latest firestorm surrounding Noynoy Aquino it needs very little in the way of introduction, so ... Full story

Heto ang gustong magiging presidente ng Pilipinas? Tamad na sa Senado, sa kampanya, tamad pa rin. Hindi lang tamad, pabago-bago ang isip, flip-flopping comments, making promises that he can't keep - Ambot sa langaw, pila'y edad sa uk-ok (literally: ewan ko sa langaw, kung ilang taon na ang ipis), matud pa (ika nga) - Go figure.  ... Full story

I admit we have all been tied up with the Presidential elections and have neglected to look at what's looming in the Senatorial races. Will the next Philippine Senate be composed of the same suspects - movie celebrities, tradpols, and dynasts? You know what happens when you have that mixture right? You have endless investigations in aid of legislation, all the fanfare, - and NO ... Full story

What's in it for Mindanao: Aquino vs Gordon on Mindanao httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buMn74n8d1U I was tagged on FB recently and invited to a Mindanawons for Noynoy Movement. True enough, I barely browsed through the comment, and lo, the winnability virus keeps on rearing its ugly head. Here's a typical comment - "The problem is going for Gordon -Bayani might split the votes then Villar will win. As much as ... Full story

You were about to say "than a woman scorned"? Right? Well I have something better for you - Hell hath no fury than a Noynoyista scorned. Gotcha! :P If you think hell hath no fury than a woman scorned - you ain't seen a Noynoyista yet! As you know by now, Noynoyistas tend to paint the ... Full story

If Jose Rizal were still alive today, I bet he will weep after seeing what has become of the Philippines – a country which has become a colony of its own elite. Indeed, “Why independence, if the slaves of today will be the tyrants of tomorrow?” Will he tell the Filipinos - if you wish to be saved, you must redeem yourself, you must ... Full story

Juan de la Cruz is a man living two lives. By day he is an average bank employee and by night a liberal blogger known as Pedro. Pedro has always questioned his reality but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Pedro finds himself targeted by the other Filipino bloggers when he is contacted ... Full story

The past couple of days have turned rather surreal. It even got a boost when somebody insinuated - Noynoy was Obamaish. I burst into laughter, rolling on the floor laughing my ass out! Ganun ba? Let's put it to the test. I'll put the most recent Obama video - we watch it. ... Full story

Sans rhetoric and emo the core issue to each candidate is this - What is your value proposition? What do you bring to the table? What's in it for me - the taxpayer? What's in it for my children and community? What's in it for our country? What's in it for our public agents? ... Full story

Aquino's handlers are probably wondering - what went wrong with the "pedigree, winnability, honesty" theme? How come people are no longer buying? It boils down to one word - Credibility. Credibility is defined as "capable of being believed; believable: a credible statement." "worthy of belief or confidence; trustworthy: a credible witness." "The quality, capability, or power to ... Full story

The words - "If you’ve not chosen, choose quickly" jumped at me like a used car salesman peddling a lemon and salivating to get his margin at my expense. Haste Makes Waste It reminded me of my elementary school teacher who said "Haste makes waste". Not wanting to forget the lessons from elementary school I read up ... Full story

Noynoy's handler's came up recently with a new political ad which aims to ride on the issue of "integrity" the current voter's preference. It is also an implied characterization that his opponents are magnanakaw. Explaining a new political ad in which he proclaims, “Hindi ako magnanakaw ( I will not steal),” Aquino told reporters here ... Full story

A buddy of mine came across two pieces by the Chair Wrecker. One concerns "why 40% or more are noy or never". The second exhorts people to junk candidates who advocate charter change. I stumbled upon a third - why the biggest campaign spender could be the worst possible plunderer. There were interesting ... Full story

That house of hypocrisy and idiocy was quick to cackle when it came across a party list group that proposed 10-year renewable marriages. The "solons" (how can they be called solons by the way when these people are anything but, wise) came out with tongues wagging, saying "no" to renewable marriage. Proposals for renewable marriages ... Full story

Presented here, unedited and in its entirety, is the Economic Program portion of the platform published by the Liberal Party. It is one of three parts of their platform, which bears the general title “Policies for the New Century”; the others are the “Political Program” and the “Social Program”. The platform includes ... Full story

Noynoy Aquino was at it again last night, describing himself as a “fiscalizer” in an interview with CheChe Lazaro on ABS-CBN’s “Probe Profiles” program. The term, which has its roots in the Spanish word fiscalizar, is described in David Chan-oong Kang’s 2002 book Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in ... Full story

I finally got to watch the film Oliver Twist directed by Roman Polanski. The critics were right in saying that it is the best adaptation of the classic novel by Charles Dickens. You won’t find it in the cinemas today or in the new release DVDs because the film was released in 2006. ... Full story

No matter your occupation, status, position, from street hawker to jeepney driver, to street sweeper, to student, to traffic cop, to teacher, to lawyer, to physician, to department head, to councilor, to mayor, to governor, to congressman, to senator,  to president, to fortune 500 CEO, you churn out decisions every day. And the end ... Full story

I found out recently that public flavour-of-the-month presidential candidate Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino Jr had upgraded his website. The new website is far glossier than the original one that I trawled for information and cited as reference back in the 30th of August. The URL I used for reference for the rather sparse summary of Aquino's platform I made back then pointed to what ... Full story

Selecting a leader is a hard task. In a field of equally capable peers, selecting the candidate best fit for the job is hard. In a field of equally incompetent peers, selecting the most competent will also be hard. But supposedly in a field of unequal capabilities, the best person for the job should be easy to ... Full story

Benigno S. “Noynoy” Aquino III is running for President. The current news stream of his “weighing the decision” and “seeking the support of the people” should not fool anyone, nor should the “discussions” within the Liberal Party about his candidacy. Those of us who are experienced in marketing can recognise “buzz generation” when we see ... Full story

Since his reaction to the embarrassingly-low NAT scores was the catalyst for Part One of this discussion, Senator and presidential aspirant Mar Roxas has the perhaps dubious distinction to be the first candidate who will have part of his platform put under the microscope.  In the interest of clarity and fairness, a few conditions ... Full story

The May 10, 2010 Presidential elections is fast approaching. As I survey the array of candidates and voters - I can't help but recall the 2006 Mike Judge movie "Idiocracy". A quick summary in the movie review by Mike Adams shows the simplicity of the storyline: A career military desk jockey of average intelligence is cocooned ... Full story

What does the Philippine "Opposition" offer us other than a position that involves merely replacing the incumbent? Is replacing the incumbent an end in itslf? Or is mapping out WHAT HAPPENS NEXT the whole point of an "opposition"? Until we as a people become a bit more serious about seeing some evidence of a bit of thinking in our politicians, all we will be getting ... Full story

I thought Pat was having a eureka moment when I read this: It would require every single Filipino to sacrifice at least a part of himself or herself to enable the process of healing and reconstruction. Then I, came across this: Are we really a young democracy that majority of the anakpawis, as what this BongV ... Full story