Pakapalan Na!

Eleksyon na naman....
Marami na namang lalabas na mga issue, kandidato,
bukod sa 3 Gs na pinasikat ni marcos
noong kanyang kapanahunan.
Ito yung gold, goons at guns.
Sa madaling salita, pera, galamay at baril.
Marami pa ring ganito ang sistema
lalo na sa mga lugar na mahirap masilip
ng kalungsuran.


Ang daming kandidatong lumalabas na para ideklara ang
kanilang kandidartura sa darating na eleksyon.
Ito eh kung eleksyon mang matatawag ang mangyayari sa Mayo, ha.

Eniwey,
eto na naman ang mga balitang lalahok sa susunod na eleksyon
ang mga colorful, kundi man controversial characters na ito:

Palparan: Ito si Bedugo, para senador. Lalabanan daw si Satur na tatakbo rin sa Senado.

Jocjoc Bolante: Remember him na humawak ng Fertilizer Scam na ewan kung may nangyari rin naman; parang dedma lang ang gobyerno, ni hindi naman yata na-prosecute.
Tatakbo raw para Governor ng Iloilo! Asus! Pag nanalo ito, ala na akong bilib sa mga Ilonggo. Dami ko pa namang kakilalalng matitinong Ilonggo. Naman, naman!

Mark Jimenez: Para Presidente. Labo nito.
Bakit ba tinatanggap ng Comelec ang mga
ganitong kandidato? Hindi mo alam kung talagang ginagago
ang mamamayang gaya ko.
'Di kaya dapat, eksaminin ng mga Psychiatrist
itong mga taNga comelec?
Baka may mga sira ang ulo ng mga ito?

Mancao: Pa-ek-ek pa, yun pala ,
media mileage lang ang kailangan!
Type rin palang tumakbo,
di pa naghanap ng mas maiging paraan.



Caringal: Isa sa mga Euro Generals.
Tatakbo raw bilang Mayor ng Cabuyao,...sa Laguna.
Teka, teka, ano na ba ang nangyari sa imbestigasyon?
As usual.....Whitewashed na? May nabago ba?
Hay naku!


Edu: Bise raw! Bise as in Vice! Juice kupu!
Papaya ka na lang, baka makisabay pa ako!


Bong Revilla: Ano? Tatakbo na naman?
Para mambutas ng silya sa senado?
Tumigil ka na nga diyan!
Mag-artista ka na lang kaya?
Tutal nalabas ka naman kahit
nasa senado ka, eh. Walang delicadeza!

Lani Mercado: tatakbo raw sa Bacoor,
bilang Kongreswuman.
May pera sa pwesto! Yan ang totoo!


Kaya nga si Aling glu...tatakbo rin daw!
Sa Pampam ga!

Ano ba yan?!

Pinaglalaruan na lang ang Bayan
nitong mga talampas, tulisan at mga
sangganong naka-barong at saya!



Gising, Bayan!
Imulat ang mata sa mga ganid sa paligid!
Huwag padadala sa mga pangakong palaging napapako!

Gising!!!!!!!


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WHY

I feel the same.
The same as before.
The same feeling we all had when the mole
started to make her presence felt by the Pasig.


Justice is absent in every move this sanabagan have been making,
not to mention the blah-blah lies her appointed
spokesperson lorelei has been announcing.
Like boss, like spokesperson.
Well, whaddya expect?

I've seen the pictures and the videos as well.
I notice that the suspect was not shackled, much less handcuffed
when he was supposedly-arrested in Mindanao
and even in detention in Manila's NBI HQ.
Why is that?



Any person who has access to news around the world would say
that it is standard procedure to handcuff any suspect
who has been arrested for a crime....any crime!
And the crime involved here is not just the ordinary stuff
but one that could surpass the Guinness Book of Records.
Imagine 57 dead? This is carnage of the highest level!


Becoz, as lorelei says, he is still friends with the mole?
That's what makes ordinary law-abiding citizen like me angry.
Why not treat him like a common criminal.
maybe "common" is not the exact term
becoz he is not an ordinary guy: he is a monster
just like his clan.

Justice is lacking despite the office of the justice secretary.


Allowing special treatment with warlords like the ampatuans
and other similar warlords in Mindanao invites other groups,
clans and gangs in other areas like Ilocos, Nueva Ecija/Vizcaya,
Isabela and many more to go on doing what they want
in order to control power.
All these with the blessings of the
number one gangster leader in Asia.

Is this what she wants to be remembered in history?

All things in life are passing.
We, mortals cannot bring whatever we have on this earth
to where we go when our body cease to live.

Someone wrote some lines that made an impact
on my life and I remember them well especially on days like these:

"A hundred years from now,
it will not matter what my house looks like,
the kind of cars I drove....
or how much money I had in the bank.
But the world may be different.....
because I was important
in the life of a child."

It could be a child...
or a person.
It doesn't matter.
But the difference is felt if we do something right,
no matter how small it may seem at first.

Justice is those small things we do that is right.
Leaders of a community have more impact on other people's lives.
It is they....whom people look up to.
Why don't they make things right?
wonder....

>>>>

Same feather

A friend called me and asked me about the news.
"What news?" I asked.

"That massacre...massacre in Mindanao!"
was his reply.

I was alarmed.
A couple of my kins are based in Mindanao.

Then I saw the news: I thought there was a mistake.
It couldn't happen to a supposed-to-be "free" country like ours.

It appears that these savages are friends of arroyo, the mole.

It took her allies to remind her to skip party alliances
and prosecute, if not condemn the perpetrators of this
horrendous carnage.

46? 46 died?

There's a war out there!

Somebody stop it before senseless killings continue.

It seems that padrino system prevents da mole to condemn the killings.
The savages delivered the numbers the last time da mole made
her own version of killing at the polling booth.

Same people, same ideas;
same league....same dirt.

Same feather?

****

AYOS NA!

The next election is just around the corner.
The filing of candidacy has begun and most nondescript "candidates" who are,
actually all nuisance candidates have filed their COCs the other day.
Golly, most bear "names" only they, or their mothers....can fully understand.



Some people like BF and Dick with a "G"
have refused to be daunted by
other 'big' candidates.

Villar has been using his wife's millions
to establish his name as the one to beat.


The 'mole's' anointed has teamed up with a game-show host.
Erap wants a comeback and wants his term finished.
Ahh...the call of fame and moolah is very hard to resist!

But I want change...so change it must be!
Change for a better Philippines.
Hence, I am throwing my support for the candidacy of Noy Aquino.
Suffice it to say that I am supporting him and his Vice...


but never on those balimbings who want to dance
~at the last minute~ with the winning team.

I hate recto and his balimbing ways.
I don't like him a bit....changing his loyalty as fast as he changed parties!
He vats VAT and now he wants change?
Sanabagan.

Neither do I like this joker who was as "bad" as was his word.
He was a "changed" man in so many ways.
Not the change I want in a man.
But changed his color where money thrives.
Sanabagan.

But I like a candidate who has integrity and goodness in his heart.
Whatever detractors say...
I like Noy A. to take in charge of the country
For the next six years.

AYOS!

Sulat Ni Tatay at Nanay*

Sa aking pagtanda, unawain mo sana ako at pagpasensyahan.

Kapag dala ng kalabuan ng mata ay nakabasag ako ng pinggan o nakatapon ng sabaw sa hapag-kainan, huwag mo sana akong kagagalitan. Maramdamain ang isang matanda. Nag-se-self-pity ako sa tuwing sisgawan mo ako.

Kapag mahina na ang tenga ko at hindi ko maintindihan ang sinasabi mo, huwag mo naman sana akong sabihan ng "Binge!" Pakiulit na lang ang sinabi mo o pakisulat na lang. Pasensiya ka na, Anak, matabnda na talaga ako.

Kapang mahina na ang tuhod ko, pagtiyagaan mo sana akong tulungang tumayo, katulad ng pag-aalalay ko saiyo noong nag-aaral ka pa lamang lumakad.

Pagpasensiyahan mo sana ako kung ako man ang nagiging makulit at paulit-ulti na parang sirang plaka. Basta pakinggan mo na lang ako. Huwag mo sana akong pagtawanan o pagsawaang pakinggan. Natatandaan mo, Anak, noong bata ka pa? Kapag gusto mo ng lobo, paulit-ulit mo 'yong sasabihin, maghapon kang mangungulit hangga't hindi mo akukuha ang gusto mo.

Pagpasensyahan mo na rin sana ang aking amoy. Amoy matanda, amoy lupa. Huwag mo sana akong piliting maligo. Mahina na ang katawan ko. Madaling magkasakit kapag nalalamigan....huwag mo sana akong pandirihan. Natatandaan mo ba nung bata ka pa? Pinagtiyagaan kitang habulin sa ilalim ng kama kapag ayaw mongf maligo. Pagpasensyahan mo sana kung madalas, ako'y masungit....dala na marahil ito ng katandaan. Pagtanda mo, maiintindihan mo rin.

Kapag may konti kang panahaon, magkuwentuhan naman tayo, kahit sandali lang. Inip na inip na ako sa bahay, maghapong nag-iisa. Walang kausap. Alam kong busy ka sa trabaho, subali't nais kong malaman mo na sabik na sabik na akong makakuwentuhan ka, kahit alam kong hindi ka interesado sa mga kuwento ko. Natatandaan mo ba, Anak...noong bata ka pa? pinagtiyagaan kong pakinggan at intindihan ang pautal-utal mong kuwento tungkol sa iyong 'teddy bear'.

At kapag dumating na ako'y magkakasakit at maratay sa banig ng karamdaman, huwag mo sana akong pagsawaang alagaan. Pagpasensyahan mo na sana ako kung ako ay maihi o madumi sa higaan, pagtiyagaan mo sana akong alagaan samga huling sandali ng aking buhay. Tutal, hindi na naman ako magtatagal.

Kapag dumating ang sandali ng aking pagpanaw, hawakan mo sana ang aking kamay at bigayn mo ako ng lakas ng loob na harapin ang kamatayan.

At huwag kang mag-alala....kapag kaharap ko na ang Diyos na Lumikha, ibubulong ko sa kanya na pagpalain ka sana.....dahil .....

naging mabuti kang Anak sa iyong ama't Ina.


{*Kopyang natanggap mula sa isang kaibigan....}

The Burning of Manila

I HAVE had sleepless nights lately. The nights are hot; days sweltering heat from the usual hot summer this country suffers every year. But no, it isn't the heat.....that is not the only reason why I can't sleep.

A COUPLE of days ago, I watched a docu film on TV made by NHK on its 20 years-anniversary celebration of its BS arm. It was about the rape or was it, properly labeled, The Burning of Manila.


IT SHOWED scenes I have never seen before....scenes that would forever be etched in my memory for as long as I live. I cried at the atrocities perpetrated not by the usual villains in the eyes of people like me who was exposed to american ways and books. It was done by american troops who made it sure that no one stayed alive.

THE VIDEO clips were scenes from the american side of the war. It detailed the surging american troops towards Manila, which they described [ based on records retrieved from the US Archives] as " The Beautiful Downtown", referring tot he south side of Pasig River.

THE DOCUMENTARY featured interviews of retired soldiers who were part of the american contingent at that time, Filipinos who were residents [some still are,] of Intramuros, A Filipino who worked at the PGH, Japanese soldiers, navy men, and Taiwanese recruits of the Japanese Imperial Navy. I must say that all sectors were represented, hence, fair ground for everyone.

DESPITE THE presence of civilians, the american troops were seen bombing no end the city, with Filipino men women and children seen fleeing to safer ground, but nonetheless caught in the web of gunfire, bombardments.
This didn't stopped for hours, nay, days on end. What's more, the american soldiers burned each building, making sure nobody stays alive inside them. Retreating Japanese soldiers, even if they raised their hands in surrender
were fired upon, killing not only the unarmed soldiers, but innocent civilians as well. When asked why they did so, one american ex-soldier replied: "We were ordered to do so!" Another, seeing the havoc that they created, cried,
saying his neighbors do not even know he has killed so many during the war. Another had the audacity to say: "We has endless supplies of ammunitions, so we used them all and killed every moving thing we saw!"

IN THE end, one can see a Manila I have never seen before: reduced to rubbles and decaying bodies of innocent men, women and children piled up; Manila City Hall were in shambles with its clock tower remaining, but the iron
steels visibly seen; the Tourism building and the finance building that has once housed the Japanese troops burned and reduced to rubbles, almost flatttened to the ground. There are more. It brings to mind the scene I once saw
at the Hiroshima Peace Center. The same one ravished by the bomb from the B29 dropped by Enola Gay.
And Nagasaki, too.

I CRIED. I cried for the countless civilians who were sacrificed and innocently died for the war that they cannot
control.

I CRY, even now.....as I recall the other side of war: the long-lasting effects of radiation that the bombs
continuously do inside the bodies of those orphans of war......

I CRY, as the effects of Agent Orange continue to ravage the children of Vietnam, Cambodia and other places
where they were used.....

I WONDER why these atrocities are not dealt with in the textbooks?

I WONDER why these are not taught students at all levels of education?

I WONDER......

IT IS time to wake up.

A Case of Pure Hypocrisy

Calderon, with his shaved eyebrows, looking at his daughter....


*

It's been months since I visited this blog and I simply missed it.
NOW that I'm back at my desk, I can't help but write something about this lest I regret later.

I was at the airport,
somewhere near the group of newsmen waiting for someone to pass by. I thought, perhaps some celebrities were due. I was mistaken: there they were, carrying heavy coats and ignoring local media and stopping by some foreign correspondents to speak. The man responded that he has forgotten how to speak Tagalog, and has since entertained Japanese reporters ONLY!

Geez! The nerve!
I've been here and there all my life, but I have never claimed in all honesty, that I have forgotten the language of the country that has nurtured me and my siblings, not to forget my Father who, despite being a Japanese himself, never stopped talking to us in Tagalog! Funny, he even can talk in Fookien, English and a generous number of Visayan.

In Linguistics, studies have shown that one can never
forget one's mother tongue! This is true in ALL studies conducted and
everyone who has migrated to other countries can attest to that.
It is the height of hypocrisy for the Calderon husband to say
he has forgotten to speak our language.
After only 13 years?


While it is true that the younger generations have adapted the
language of their birth, no one can deny that still, the older ones,
maintain and speak their mother tongue at home:
whether they be in the States, in Canberra, or in London.
Same is true when in Japan, or in Shanghai...even Tainan.
Why? Purely instinct. It is easier to state your emotions,
to explain in the language you know from the heart.
I recall when at the moment when I was so tired and angry,
I burst into Tagalog as I answered Lolo's tantrums.
That is the only way I could express my sentiments without him getting hurt.
But I believe he sensed that, and has since been quite better than before,
....sometimes!


NOW back to that Calderon couple:
They entered Japan some 13 years ago on faked passports.
Then they appeal that they be allowed to stay?
For humaniatrian reasons?
Some guts, huh?


Instead of doing what they did while still in Japanese soil,
they shouls have been more apologetic and asked for forgiveness.
They went to media and appealed thir case to gain support.

I believe Japan has been good to them in the past years.
They have made a terrible mistake in using fake papers when they entered
a foreign country.It is good they weren't imprisoned for the crime.
They have had good opportunities and have earned their keep
while in this country.
I think that's enough.


And they better be good Filipinos, too.
Never deny you have lost your tongue, man!



..baka habulin ka ng aso, Tsong....
mabigla kang sumigaw ng....


"Tulong!"

......
"Takbo!" kaya?

nya-hah-hah!

SANA MAULIT MULI

NAIINGGIT ako kapag nababalita ang tungkol sa mga protesta sa Bangkok.

Para tuloy flashback ng EDSA 1 ang nasa isip ko.

Hindi maiaalis sa isipan ng lahat sa buong mundo ang resultang nagawa ng kulay yellow ni Cory Aquino sa pagpapatalsik sa mag-asawang diktador. Alam ng lahat na inspirado ng EDSA 1 ang nagaganap sa Bangkok ilang taon na ang nakakaraan kagaya ng kaganapan sa kasalukuyan.


Naging matagumpay ang kanilang protesta at nagpalit ang namumuno sa kanilang bayan.
Eto nga at meron na naman silang reklamo kaya naman kapit-kamay ang lahat para mapatalsik ang korap na ministro.

Madalas sa hindi, palaging naririnig ng mga kakilala ko at pati na ni Lolo ang palaging bukambibig ko: 'Ang daming magnanakaw sa Pinas!` 'Kainis!' ad infinitum....


Tanong tuloy ng mga kakilala ko, pati na ni Lolo, "Ano ginagawa ng Pilipinas para patalsikin ang mag-asawang diktador?"

Sagot ko: "Lo`.....matagal na po yun. Buhay pa si Tatay nun."

Sagot ni Lolo: "Hindi yung dorobo na yun. Itong nagsabi ng sori pero ayaw umalis. Yung nang-agaw ng puwesto...."


Teka.....ano nga ba ang ginagawa ng sambayanang Filipino sa hayagang pagnanakaw ng mga "kagalang-galang na public servants?"


SANA lang....MAULIT MULI ang tunay na EDSA uprising noon.


Hindi yung isang EDSA na minani-obra ng mga taong nagplanong paalisin ang isang lehitimong Presidente ng Bansa.

Yung tunay na makakapagpalaya sa Bansa sa kuko ng mga mandaragit ng yaman ng Bayan.

Para hindi na kailangang marinig sa buong kapuluan ang numero unong sinungaling sa pagsasabing:
-----`I..............am...........sorry` ...o kaya nama'y 'Hello, garci...garci!`

AUSTERITY

DURING times of want and uncertainty, people all over the world think of ways to weave their way through hunger and pain. The same is true after WW2 to countries ravaged by war. Japan has risen amidst the ridicule and climbed the long ladder to become the world's number 2 as far as GNP is concerned. People worked hard nad saved much of what they earned.

WHAT I cannot understand is the way some supposedly-leaders in Pinas where most, if not all spend the taxpayers' money as if it's their own. These dorobos spend our money as if there is no tomorrow! These culprits start from the putative president and her minions, including the latest heist of what is now known as the "Euro-generals".

IMAGINE the millions in Euros they brought with them. Imagine how many millions of roads paved, millions of mouths fed, millions of books read by millions in remote barrios and hinterlands. Imagine how many schoolhouses and more teachers hired with those millions brought by these 6 men and their wives {or kabits} as they trumped their way to Moscow. Imagine also how the MIDGET make her way to NY or to SF or to wherever place she wanted to be. That sanabagan!

INSTEAD of spending those money, why not adapt the Austerity Program as envisioned by the predecessor of the MIDGET's 'father'? Carlos P. Garcia espoused Austerity during his term but was quashed by DM later on.

TIPID is the key.

NO to travels outside UNLESS very, very necessary. Grabe ang mga ito sa perang baon, na kung hindi nasabat sa Moscow, hindi pa lalabas ang mga baho ng mga animal na ito.

NO to junkets by all government employees unless they spend their own. Heto na naman at isang buong eroplano bitbit ni MIDGET, kasama pa si perst dyentelman na nagdahilang may sakit {ayaw raw sumama kasi, noh! Baka may ibang agenda, ateng. heh-heh} Yun pala, nag LBM lang,.... aruuu-juice ku!

NO pork barrels. Source lang yan ng mga tong-pats as in kurakot.

NO extra tax. Ano raw? May dagdag buwis na naman? Buwis-it ang may isip nyan.

NO more VAT. Namo-monitor ba kung saaang bulsa napupunta yan, ha? Kayo talaga, oo! Nagkakanya-kanya kayo, ha? Bad yan.......

NO more gloria, enrile, dureza, ermita,et al....Sukang-suka na ang Bayan sa inyo.

NOT even joc-joc....Oh what a joke!

NO, NOT them!

Mas makakatipid kapag walang katulad nila.

BARYA ng BAYAN

OO nga naman. Nadedenggoy ang Bayan.
Ilang beses na, hindi na mabilang.

Nabuking na sila, kaya sagot ni Alan Peter,
nanggugulo lang daw itong si Mang Ping.
Barya lang daw yung 200 M na insertion sa budget.
Barya nga ba?[sabay ikot ang mata]
Sa mga gutom at libo-libong walang makain,
paradays na po iyon, G. Cayetano at ibang mayaman....
Sanabagan! May you burn in hell!

Barya-barya na nga, ninanakaw pa!
Unang-una na, sa senado pa nagsimula....
Mas lalong maragol kung galing sa may Pasig
Nakupow! Ubos ang pera sa Kaban ni Mang Juan!





Akala ko ba, "Pag bad ka, lagot ka?"
Nasaan na ang kredibilidad, ha, sirkerong joker?
'Kala ko ba, "good" ka? Respektabol, ika nga?
Huli ka! Huli ka, hwag nang mag-deny....
Nang dahil sa pera, bumalimbing ka na!

Tsk-tsk-tsk! Bad boy na, joker pa!
Ilan nga ba kayo, pangalanan na!


*******
*Litratalk, pahiram lang po,
Salamat, PSN.

NO KIDNAP

THE HOODLUMS in robes have spoken: there was no kidnapping as far as Jun Lozada was concerned. Why am I not surprised? Well, to say the least, it is an open secret that almost all public officials in our country are deemed corrupt. Yeah, you read it right, baby...corrupt.

I AM not even surprised. I'm just plain disgusted. After all, these people are really puppets who do whatever their boss says. Wanna bet?

EVEN IF the videos were shown, people involved were asked, multi-media coverage were done by big networks, the very same people who were the subject of recent exposes that they involved in scams investigated, questioned, the hoodlums in robes ruled out kidnapping. Goodness!

KAHIT na nakahambalang pa yata sa daan ang mga ebidensiya eh mananatiling bulag ang mga huwes na ito, naturingang sila ang tinaguriang 'kagalang-galang' na hukom. Kagalang-galang nga ba? Ni katiting na respeto kaya...kaya ibigay ng katulad kong ordinaryong mamamayan ng Bayang Pilipinas?

KAHIT na nandoon pa ang ebidensiya ng 500 k na pinadala ng Malacanang sa kaptid ni Lozada bilang 'tulong'...o kaya'y ang 50 k na binitbit ni Little Mike sa Greenhills. Wala yun.

KAHIT na makita pa ng Bayan ang video footage sa CCTV ng NAIA na lumalakad si Lozada kasama ang kanyang escort sa pamumuno ng mismong namamahala sa airport.....Wala rin yun.

KAHIT na hindi dumaan sa Immigration si Lozada.....OK pa rin yun!

KAHIT na pinaikot si Lozada, matapos isakay sa sasakyan, ayaw ipakita sa sumundong pamilya na tumagal ng ilang oras din....pinapirma ng dokumento, at sangkaterba pang ebidensiya, wala yun!


HAY NAKU! Onli in da Pilipins! Onli wen da iskwater bay da Pasig seys so...Parang malalabo na yata ang mga mata: napalabo ng kakaibang pag-ayon sa anumang utos o "tawag" ng sinumang nagluklok sa kanila sa puwesto. Itong mga hukom na ito'y mga walang bols para magdesisyon kung ano ang tama o ano ang mali. Nakakhiya ang mga anak-anak ng mga ito. Napakamalas nila at nagkaroon ng mga magulang na ganid na walanghiya pa.

IKAW, igagalang mo pa ba ang mga ganitong gago na naka-robe at nakasilya sa korte?


Gising, Bayan!

Going Gaga Over Sarah

IT SEEMS that people have started to talk about Sarah Palin. And....why not?
After all, she is that other half of the McCain Republican tandem. She exuded youth, beauty and well, er........beauty. After all, she really has the looks.


FUNNY but people have been going gaga over Sarah Palin. Media as far as Japan have even discussed the eyeglasses frame she was seen using during recent appearances.News abound with Sarah after she was proclaimed McCain's vice-presidential
running mate.

LATELY, there are articles probing her leadership-style. That hers is based on secrets and loyalty is well-known in her hometown.

MANY lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans alike, described Palin as a leader missing in action. She has spent 312 nights at her Wasilla home, 600 miles from the capital, according to state records. Some legislators became so frustrated that they took to wearing yellow "Where's Sarah?" pins.

OLD folks say where there is smoke, there is fire. Is this true?

CLOSE friends have been 'rewarded with juicy positions with even juicier perks. She was said to have been partial to people close to her and her family.So when there was a vacancy for director of the state Division of Agriculture, she appointed high-school classmate Franci Havemeister to the $95,000-a-year job. The former real-estate agent, one of at least five high-school classmates hired by the governor, cited her childhood love of cows as a qualification.

STATE legislators now are investigating accusations that Palin and her husband pressured officials to fire a state trooper who had gone through a messy divorce with her sister, which she denies. But interviews make clear that the Palins draw few distinctions between the personal and the political.

SOUNDS familiar? Parang ngang carbon-copy yan ng isang mag-asawang nagnasang mapapunta sa may Pasig. Kung kaya't gumawa ng paraan para nga naman mapatalsik ang isa, kung kaya't nakaluklok siya! Pinili rin ng Presidente-wannabe ang isang hoodlum na pirata na mamuno sa isang komite! Nakipagkasundo sa mga rebelde nang palihim....
At marami pa pong iba.....

HAY naku! Baka kaya kay Biden na lang ako. Pero teka, ayaw raw ng iba, kasi kasingtunog ang ngalan niya nung kay BinLaden. Ay! Ewan! At ito namang si Obama, para raw katunog ni Osama! Oh my! May gulay! Ay du nat no wat to sey!

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NAMES

News came out: KimJongIl fell ill....

ILL-fated IL is ill?

What the nuke, better still, hold that nuke

Be sure to hook him there: blast him, ban him, kick him off.

*****

Sarah may be fallin`..or is she failing
=[Palin pronounced as pay-lin, ayt?]?

But she's wearin glasses made in 'heaven!'

News revealed that her rims were made somewhere in Fukui-ken.

So she's using `Made-in-Japan' labels, now....Hah-hah!

Mine's made locally since they started to rim my eyes....hee~heeh!


*****

MCCain may sound pain....or ca[i]n't...so why bother?

Ditch him, stump him, get rid of the ol` man!

But Bin Laden's very much look like Biden's!

And Obama may be from Osama....

I don't know with you

but I think I need a respite from all these nicks!

*****

Then there's Sabio....who doesn`t want to say Sabi-sa 'yo;

Just suspended for leaning on the suspects.

Name names, pipol and learn honor, respect and accountability.

We need that there where people never learn.

*****


Or an illegit government that deals with rebels!

Better throw them all out to that murky river.

Soon!

Free-For-All

The race to succeed Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda as president of the Liberal Democratic Party became more heated Friday with three more lawmakers indicating their intention to run.

Earlier, four well-known politicians said they were planning to run or were stepping up efforts to obtain the signatures of the 20 LDP Diet members needed to file papers as a candidate for the party presidency. The campaign will formally begin on Wednesday, with voting on Sept. 22.

The four are: LDP Secretary-General Taro Aso, 67; Kaoru Yosano, 70, state minister in charge of economic and fiscal policy; Yuriko Koike, 56, a former defense minister; and Nobuteru Ishihara, 51, a former LDP policy chief.

On Friday, another former defense minister, Shigeru Ishiba, 51, told a gathering of LDP Diet members belonging to the faction led by Yuji Tsushima, a former health and welfare minister, that he also planned to run.

Pointing to foreign policy and national security issues as well as the growing economic gap between urban and rural areas, Ishiba also told reporters, "Economic issues are not the only topics that need to be discussed."

Political analysts said one factor behind Ishiba's move was a desire among some Tsushima faction members to cement bloc solidarity by becoming a key player in the LDP presidential race.



While it remains uncertain whether the entire faction will back Ishiba, a number of younger faction members insisted that a representative from the faction should run.

Two other younger Diet members also indicated they wanted to run to demonstrate that the LDP was handing the leadership baton to a younger generation. Fukuda is 72.

Ichita Yamamoto, 50, a state secretary for foreign affairs, said: "Our group has continued with discussions in the belief that a candidate should be entered with a campaign manifesto. In the end, I hope to be that candidate."

Yasufumi Tanahashi, a former state minister in charge of science and technology policy who heads a group of younger Diet members intent on speeding up the reform process, also indicated that he, too, would run.

Tanahashi, 45, said, "What is lacking in the LDP is the dynamism of generational change as well as the ability to gather up the feelings of the public."

All three will have to acquire the endorsement of at least 20 LDP Diet members to formally enter the presidential race.

The increasingly crowded field has led to concerns among the other potential candidates. Some may lose their base if all these people run.

Ishihara, the son of nationalistic Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara,is deemed too green for the position by many, including private citizens hereabouts.

Manny, tatakbo raw sa Sarangani?

*Litratalk galing sa PSN 09-03-18*


Pers witness {sa likuran ni ng mamang naka`markana}: "May gago na namang nagoyo si bossing...ngek...ngek...ngek..."

Sekan witness {sa may likod ng kamao nung gago}: "Bahala ka jan, pre....May datung ka kasi, kaya ganyan...Tingnan ko lang pag nalaman mong kung bakit ka welkam todits...."


Tard witness [yung mamang nakasilip kung tama ang basa ni pakyaw}: "O, money, ...este mane...male! Pesteng yawa, Mani...ayosen mu ang basa mu. Male ang pagbasa mu kay nakaheya naman kay bus."

HONORABLE

Prime minister Fukuda bows at a news conference where he announced his resignation.





NEWS are all over about the sudden resignation of Yasuo Fukuda as Prime Minister of Japan. Varied reactions came from all sectors of the populace. As expected, fliers from major broadsheets gave out free late editions of the news last night. Most TV stations interviewed people from the streets and aired their reactions on national broadcast.

SOME says the timing was a surprise to all, including people close to the former Prime Minister himself. They say there were different plans that need to be carried out. Everything they had planned, they say, were hampered by blocks from opposition parties{ which is understandable,,,,}, hence, nothing could ever be achieved. This prompted Fukuda to resign but the timing appears too soon. Fukuda was said to be still mulling on the revamp of his cabinet before the announcement last night.

CRITICISMS abound about the sudden resignation of Fukuda. Reactions were varied, polls were opened to seek people's mind. Some say they weren't surprised since they saw it coming; Others were disappointed and voiced that Fukuda should have tried to push through with his planned reforms. Still, many were angry at the resignation and asked: 'How many more reshuffles/resignations can Japan tolerate? They suggested that it is time to form another political party that would replace the ruling majority. But a small majority maintains that Fukuda's action was an honorable thing to do.


I BELIEVE it's a combination of all the above views, but I'd like to delve more on the word honorable and how people here have been guided by it since the olden days. That's a far cry from that moley-dopey- power-grabber in some far-away islands whose smiles are as fake as a worn-down papermache in Boac.


BEING honorable is a Japanese trademark since the days of the Samurais. There are of course, specks of bad boys here as anywhere in the world. But in my heart, I believe there are still more honorable men left in government. And the best they could do is to give way to other good men who would lead a nation better than they think they can.


HONORABLE is the word. Fukuda feels he was so ineffective, so he chose to give way to others who might make the reforms go on smoothly. Some Samurais of old even resort to Seppuku/Harakiri {embowelment} to atone for their shame. This trait is sorely lacking in that cold, cold heart {... if ever she has one!} of that squatter by the murky Pasig. Will that sinister, tantrum-trotting madam pave a peaceful way to power-change in her banana republic? Or will the people need to drag her out of Malacanang? OR will she opt for the honorable way of doing a Harakiri? Your guess is as good as mine.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the shittest lapdog of them all?

Hear, hear!
Look who's talking...

MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang questioned militant groups Thursday on their continued silence over the atrocities committed by "rogue" commands of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mindanao in recent weeks.

"While quick to denounce human rights violations when it suits them, the usual crowd of human rights activists have been strangely tongue-tied on the killings of innocent civilians, including women, children and the elderly in Mindanao by criminal elements," he said.

He said the attacks against civilian populations go beyond mere violation of human rights, but human rights activists have yet to condemn or voice a strong protest against these criminal actions.

Dureza described as "cockeyed" the silence of militants on the human rights violations in some parts of Mindanao committed by rampaging MILF members.

According to him, he was "saddened that militants are silent on the Mindanao atrocities," and that he hoped their silence "will not be concluded as a condonation of these violent acts."

The MILF attacks tapered off only after the military mounted sustained pursuit operations against the rogue members of the separatist movement. - GMANews.TV

Tanong: Kanino bang kagagawan ang nangyayari ngayon?

Hindi ba resulta lamang yan ng mga lihim na ginagawa ng nang-agaw ng puwesto, not once, but twice?

Naghahanap na naman kayo ng ibang masisisi? Naghahanap ng ibang dibersyon para
matanggal ang interes ng Bayan sa giyera sa Mindanao.Bakit hindi kayo humarap sa salamin nang makita ninyo kung sino ang may sala? Huwag kalimutang buksan ang ilaw nang masilayan nang maliwanag kung sino ang halang ang bitukang nagpasimuno niyan. Nang dahil sa Cha-cha!

Kahit sino, ayaw ng kaguluhan. Lalung-lalo na yang pandaraya. Ganyan naman nagsimula ang kaguluhan ngayon sa Mindanao,di ba? Sino ba ang nakipag-usap sa mga rebeldeng MILF, kundi ang mga tao ni aling glue? Hindi ba kayo-kayo ang nagpakana ng pagpirma ng 'Peace Deal' kuno at ibibigay na sa mga rebelde ang parte ng Pilipinas?


Kayo nagsimula, kayo ang magtapos. Dapat lang na kayo rin ang humarap sa laban sa halip na mga sundalong inosente sa kaguluhang pinasok ninyo.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the shittest lapdog of them all?

HOODLUM

Natawa ako sa isang komento.
Sa isang forum na nabasa ko.
" Hoodlum sa Senado" ang topic ng usapan;
Di ko mapigilan, napasagot ako.

Sabi nung isa, hoodlum daw ang isang senador.
Hangad yatang pigilan ang huntahan sa 2010.
Natameme, nawala nautal sa sagot ng iba.

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Sa may bandang Ilog, may hoodlum din.
Inagaw na upuan, ayaw nang bitawan.

Kahit nga naka-Barong, tuxedo o naka-Gucci...
Kita n`yo nga sa mga korte, nagbabatuhan pa?
Baho nila, naglabasan na.


O kaya nama'y naka-terno't saya.
Sabay tapik sa noo, may tantrum pa.


Nagkalat sila. Nagkakalat pa.....
Malamang magkakalat pa.

Hay naku! Malayo pa....
Malayo pa nga ang umaga.


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That Elusive GOLD

My eyes and mind have been diverted all these past weeks with the live telecast of the Games right in the comfort of my living room. And I enjoy watching them all. Imagine the pleasure if our Kababayans would have snatched a Silver or two...even a Bronze would suffice.

I can't help but laugh at how the Pinoy Team officials, including the double squatters in Malacanang`s loud cry: "Go for Gold!"

NO offernse intended to the athletes who were part of the Pinoy Team. I know they really dream of having one. Who wouldn't anyway....but everything seems to be a joke. And we all know that, from the deepest cubicle of our hearts.


Nurturing a body needs constant care, right? In the same light, a well-toned, muscled body with all the right curves and abs isn't an overnight miracle. Unless, of course you're a regular Calayan or Belo client, suntok sa buwan ang hangad mo.


Honing a skill is even tougher. And skill is what is needed in any physical competition, just like the Olympics.


China is a shining example. It trains its atletes right after they started to learn to walk. Then there's the process of eliminations...and continuous training. Japan, USA, Germany and all other countries do so on a regular basis. And they have sponsors for athletes like these, usually the companies employing these people. This is aside, of course, from the subsidies and training allowance extended by the government program.


Even Jamaica which recently produced 'Bolt' and other women sprinters claim that it wasn't an overnight sensation. I happen to catch a TV interview aired in one of the sports channel here and the coach showed how they do it there. For lack of facilities, they train on dirt roads [we call them farmer roads here] and run early on. Children as young as five or four do that regularly. Likewise, Kenyans do the walking most of their life, hence their endurance in marathons.


Japan has been focused on almost all sports including Swimming, Judo and Baseball. Each school has a baseball/softball team which compete once a year. This is to say that practice and training is an all-year sked. The process of elimination is done first on area level, then goes on to state/provincial level, which in turn go for the national championship. From these pool, scouts look for the ones they develop for the Professional level.And mind you, these become big earners. Some even go for it in the Major League and earn double, even triple their initial earnings. Athletes are then picked up from various Pro team to represent the National Team in any international competition.

They also have a long tradition on Sumo and Karate, although these are not [yet] included in the Games, the focus here is on body training.


What I want to point out is the fact that Pinoy sport officials need not brag about what they have been doing, which is really nada. The best thing for all of them to do now is to resign and have former athletes run the agency,or the commission, whichever way they call it. Only athletes know best what to do and how. Get rid of politicos who are there only to be seen.


It is time schools focus on the athletics and make the P.E. classes competitive right from the early stages. Every teacher must have their eyes keen on looking for the potential athletes in every kid they handle. And the government must finance the sports program in order to develop the state of the Pinoy health. Enough of those sanabagan junkets which only use people's money carelessly. Sayang! Instead, put them all to benefit the entire population and sports is one of them.


The Philippines is surrounded by bodies of water. We are an island nation, same as Japan. Yet....we still have to produce the greatest swimmer in history. Why is that?


We used to have sprinters, but that was decades ago. We achieved Asian Champs but never reached Gold in Olympics, except for some in Boxing, I guess. This has to be addressed ASAP.


This is a dream of one who have watched numerous Olympics and have groaned at the dismal display of local athletes and 'officials', who, most often outnumber the sportsmen/women in the parade of nations at opening ceremonies. Time to do something if we wanna make a small dent for the next trip to London. It is never too late to do something

NOW!


*****

Nagwawala, nawawala: trademark glue

Dahil sa wala ang kanyang teleprompter,

Nagwala {na naman!} ang iskwater sa may Pasig.

Mga alalay tuloy, hilong talilong: nataranta{do!}!

Hay naku! Dali! Hanapin n`yo!

Hindi pala niya kabisado

Sasabihin sa publiko.

Ba`t ganun... may dala namang kodigo?

Pati na si Lupita, napangisi nang husto.

Mga gagong ta{N}ga Malacanang, parang ipo-ipo

Mistulang hangin, takbo-rito~takbo roon.

Hanap ng selyo, hagis ng kutson

Maiayos lamang ang nais ni madam pundi.


Ayan, tuloy ang nangyari, gaya nung una, panahon ni garci

Nagbasa ng idiot board, ang nagbasa isa pang idiot!

Labas tuloy, walang kaluluwang nag~parrot~ ang lola n`yo.


ITO ba ang presidente kuno?

Ow may gas! Gas-gas na ang linya....

Gastado pa ang Bayan sa kawalang sinceridad na linya...

Boom-boom boom, cha-cha-cha!





Galing sa Youtube, pinost ni jovef2,
ang taytel: President* Arroyo Outburst.


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*THAT...is what she says she is...
or how her men address her. She isn't MY President.