Tomorrow, another rally will be held at Makati by a mix of anti-PGMA people to sing for her resignation for the gargantuan heap of crap her administration had brought upon the people. I say only this: keep the trapos, ESPECIALLY ERAP, out of the stage and clear from holding a freaking microphone. I would feel thrice as bad if I ever see him up on that stage again; mourning and weeping because he got jailed for corruption and PGMA has not.
What does ERAP mean in Pinoy Poly-ticks?
Right now, he’s the standard bearer of the opposition. Before, he was PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER 1. He resigned because of People Power and later found guilty for accepting jueteng payola and was sent to prison. But PGMA gave him pardon not too long ago which he accepted. So he basically licked the shoes of the b*tch for his freedom. And that sells him out as a classic trapo.
Erap even has the nerve to deny his guilt because ‘64% of the Filipinos believe that he’s innocent’. I don’t know where he got his stats but to bypass or belittle a high court’s final decision over some lousy survey is an indication of a rotting political and justice system.
Why does the Opposition have Erap?
Or rather, does the opposition exist because of Erap? If this is the case, we’re damned for sure. The lack of political choices leave us with nothing more than garbage and scheming politicos who makes their living out of politics. After Erap, PGMA followed. Before, PGMA was all good but by some twisted horrific turn of events, PGMA is now PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER 1. This means both are evil. Whether lesser or not, the wickedness that these two, and most of our politicians, exhibit should not tolerated.
Does this mean Erap is the ‘good one‘ now because through the ZTE-NBN Scandal, we were able to prove that PGMA is a much bigger evil doer than he is or is it because the opposition backs him?
Let’s backtrack a bit. It wasn’t because of the ZTE-NBN Scandal alone that the people have raised their fists against PGMA. It started years back mainly with the Hello Garcy Tape, The Jose Pidal Accounts and the Fertilizer Scam. Then more followed with the ‘Extrajudicial Killings’, the Bedol Magic in Maguindanao and now, even the country’s territorial islands, Spartlys or Kalayaan, are under scrutiny. We need not add more wood to keep the fire burning. Goodness me, even with spontaneous combustion the fire WILL burn.
I hate to say this, but the administration and the opposition are all alike. Timing is the key here. During Erap’s time, he was the administration, he was the evil one and by virtue of elimination, PGMA et.al at that timewere the opposition, the hope and the good ones. When PGMA became President, she became the administration and, as we all know now, is the evil one whom we must all purge ourselves of. AND by virtue of elimination again, the opposition is now the saving grace of the country, with or without Erap, with or without evil intent.
The administration is the government. But why do we see the government as the evil one most of the time?
This is an issue of trust. If we cannot put our trust in the government, then something must be wrong. It’s okay to have doubts or other opinions different from that of the government’s but I think it’s necessary that you place at least 51% of your trust to them. This indicates that you believe in the government, in the institutions and in the leaders who are running this country. Do we choose who is good or bad via elimination only? Now that’s a much bigger problem.
We do not label the opposition automatically as the ‘good ones’ because doing so is reckless. Just because they oppose the tyrant doesn’t mean their party will not breed would-be tyrants in the future. Just like in any courts, both sides are heard and tried first before passing on the verdict. The court is unbiased and cannot be swayed by the complainant’s distressed or harrassed look. And just because Lozada appears like a meek sheep doesn’t mean his innocent. He maybe a wolf in sheep’s clothing too, you know. For all we know, he and Joey and Madriaga are doing it for Ping’s 2010 candidacy. Or maybe the witnesses are indeed doing it for the TRUTH. Whatever the reason, PLEASE, let us be fair. The cases against Lozada in the Office of the Ombudsman are pretty heavy and these are the ones that cannot and should not be forgotten because the star witness is popular. It’s just like voting for Sen. Revilla or Former Sen. Jawo or Goma or Montano or VP Noli de Castro: they got support because they’re popular PERIOD
Whether or not Lozada and Joey and Madriaga are fake, my money is still on them. Only, do not let Lozada call the shots for a People Power because I don’t think he is in any position to do so. But then again, who should: Ping, Binay, Cory, FVR, the CBCP, or some random trapo again? Should People Power depose PGMA, the next President after her would again owe his/her vote to the people. And if by some annoying wicked deja vu, that President would again turn out to be tyrant (or worse) like the previous one, what then? Do we march down the streets and do People Power 4? If we do this tactic again and again, we do not only abuse and disrespect the true essence of the peaceful revolt, but we come through as an immature and fickle-minded nation who doesn’t know what it wants and is unable to pick the moral of the story after history has repeated itself countless times.
The best way around this predicament is if PGMA would resign by herself, without People Power. With that, the power of the people can not be used by any trapo for his own agenda and the end result is that NO TRAPO would ever think that his mandate was given by the people (unless of course we do elections). Is this even possible? Let’s just believe in miracles.
May mga kumakalat na balita
na ang kaligtasa’y madaling makuha.
Bago maniwala, mag-isip-isip ka muna
Marami ang namamatay sa Maling Akala.
- Maling Akala (Ultraelectromagneticpop!), Eraserheads.
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March 13, 2008 at 4:20 pm
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March 14, 2008 at 4:52 am
Well-written. I hope many have the opportunity to read this. Today’s crisis need writers who can enlighten instead of frightening readers.
March 14, 2008 at 6:38 am
This struggle between both parties isn’t about who’s got the moral high ground. It seems both are bankrupt of it at this point. This is really more about conflicting agendas of self-interest, unfortunately.
March 14, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Gov. Spitzer of New York is the one who resigned courtesy of FBI wire tapped sex scandal conversation with an alleged call girl. imagine just 3 days in the making after that leakage he made his resignation if only to restore the trust bestowed upon him by New Yorkers! this anti-graft toughtie and Harverd-trained lawyer turned politician is an emulation of a public servant holding public office as a public trust and for the Filipinos it’s still a long long wait for all of us!
March 14, 2008 at 8:47 pm
way to go, niña. we need to keep on asking questions. it’s one way of keeping our protests alive.
it’s likely that pgma will finish her term as she has the backing of the military, doj, congress, and the bureaucracy. but if we remain vigilant, the constitution will save us. it won’t allow her to stay in power beyond 2010.
we need to keep the fight against this corrupt and illegitimate president even though it’s against all odds. one of jane austen’s characters once remarked that we love longest when all hope is gone. in the same vein, let’s show pgma and her surrogates that we can’t be intimidated. we fight longest when all hope is gone.
March 15, 2008 at 6:57 am
As Thomas Jefferson puts it, the price of democracy is eternal vigilance. Which is why this nation needs to keep a close eye on all sides of the issue. Which is also why this nation needs to be critical not only with the opposition, but even more so with the administration. I do understand that there are opposing sides to the conflict, but I do feel disappointed to those who embrace apathy like some panacea to this nation’s ills and woes.
Fortunately, though, I feel the scent of vigilance more and more, knowing for a fact that there are still hundreds, thousands, or perhaps millions of Filipinos who continue to rake the callous skins of those who resent truth and accountability, specifically in the government, Gloria and her cohorts notwithstanding. I do believe that they feign, or even confuse, guilt with legal remedies and tactics.
Truly, disposing Gloria is one thing. Finding a replacement is another. But what can one say, this nation is not a nation of 90 million arrogant and useless Filipinos. There has to be one, at least.
March 26, 2008 at 12:25 am
how lucky could some idiot get, having a president then having that president replaced just like that. on the side, a little whinnying and braying like impoverished and diseased horses…
the deal with china is no deal. more than twenty or more like thirty or slightly higher, years ago, not in switzerland, not in caymans, not in tonga, not in fort knoxx, the philippine president made the bigger share of deposits of euro bullion in china. the deposit was equivalent to twice all the deposits in all the other foreign repositories combined.
in 1983, to everyone’s awe, chairman mao ze dong said that the next greatest man to be acknowledged worldwide will be from asia, ferdinand marcos.
maybe, chairman mao was saying, the next greatest man “after me.” (meaning himself, the chinese communist chairman) but who cares about that anyway.
now there’s a policy that once you deposit anything in china’s bank, you could never get it out of china. it stays there forever. but not as property of the chinese people. it is still your own property and you may use it as you please, provided you don’t physically lift it out of china.
cory diokeeno, or jakuyno, former president went to china complete with matching visits to her supposed old clans, relatives, etcetera. fanfare. then looking her fellow chinese straight in the eye she asked for marcos’ deposits in bullions. (which was impossible). the chinese denied her demand. at least they can let her sign it over, from pres. marcos, former owner to filipino government, new owner. then i will sign it over, cory diokeeno, or jacoouwno said. the chinese denied that to her too anyway.
then came the high fidelity. but steady. eddie. the chinese denied him too. despite all his promises, despite that tita letty ramos shahani nearly got to the united nations as secretary general to help lobby for chine’s plez een de worlde chiater, de chine’s deed gnat apphrooo hees vehest.
and so the story goes that mr swashbuckle, jose, the marseillian ejercito (en anglais rebel con y en rebelde, o rebelda, insurrectionisto o ta, balde o da), famously got himself carried on stretchers coming from china’s brothels and beer houses during a state visit. the chine’s premier said: why, you lucky bastart! you com to ket the manny of malcot, you all no koot plesiden. no koot pelson!!! ko hommm!!!!
erap still went to the equivalent of chine’s white house and pled his cause to sign over (like cory, eddie before him) the hidden metallic rocking thing.
the armed guards and the anger of the premier made him take a return flight hurriedly with his aides that he most probably landed in timbuktu instead of manila after the fracas. damn our foreign relations!!! (that stupid son of a bitch also did that in the middle east when he was still vice president representing the country on fidelity’s behalf. he made the king of saudi wait for him for four hours, and still he had the nerve to arrive to face the king from his hotel room, clad only in shirt and denim pants !!! the pobreng king of saudi felt to nauseated and severely insulted. aside from erap’s wardrobe, an almost naked nora aunor in string bikini was hugging him from behind. that shit of an animale! carajo!!! ijo de diablo!!! caramba!!! que barbaridad!!!)
now there are already three presidentos and tas thet were rejects.
then here comes ate glo. because of imelda’s high praises for ate glo in china, the chine’s say, let her sign the bullion over. we can begin to employ the method of transacting with the deposits as if they were now sovereign property of the phillippines, not as heirloom of the late president. too large for that, anyway.
the first deal was for 32 billion dollars, only in the form of loans, but that would be forgiven in the future, to be given to the philippines. it represented a tenth of one percent or something, of the actual deposits. i am not really sure, but the actual figure in chine is so large.
now the record bears it that there are only 8 billion that will be used in the NBN, DepEd project, north rail, etc. projects. so there is a need for 24 billion worth of projects to be identified.
lozada is in the middle of all of these, whether he knew it or not. God bless his soul. tita cory is too deep into it and tito joe perez a/k/a joe de venecia was the some time eager representative or melodious accompaniment of fidelity to chine’s.
now everyone wants a share of the pie but they must remove ate la gloriata first, damn her for being the ONE!!!
SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! GLORIATA!!!!
symbolically they bombed ayala center. symbolically they bomed batasan. symbolically they lobbed a powerful explosive at university belt. how many more of these?
they put up demonyito priests and demonyita nuns to attack the integrity of the presidency.
they call that new people power.
now, ate la gloriata can just give them a piece of paper.
even when she resigns, is ousted or killed, there is no dolares. no fisicale dinero.
tontos, idiotos, idiotas senadores, senadoras, congresistas con querido clericos, madres, di putas.
the chine’s are actually benefiting from the “invisible transfer” of our own sovereign wealth.
since they now have the technology, we will make it appear that we are buying their technology with our dollars. guaranted by the metal deposits.
so the chine’s earn from selling their technology, we get back the equivalent of our money in dollars in kind. you get that? but no physical transfer of cash happens.
imelda was the key. listen to her speak in private, she totally adores ate la gloriata. why can’t she say the same for corita?
(oh for the love… God bless her behind!)
so now how lucky all of ye are…
it doth seem really, that God will truly bless the blined, the deepf, the mowrun, the lesser of the soil.
ngeq!!!