TRAVEL LIGHT

During the recent Senate hearing of the NBN-ZTE deal, star witness, Jun Lozada said that Secretary Neri mentioned that GMA is EVIL, – “She is Evil”. Amidst affirmations of this “She is Evil” description made by Neri to GMA by more than four persons, Secretary Neri was quick to deny with a wimpy excuse that he couln’t remember saying it.

I know most of us need no extra evidence just to prove how Evil this Government is. But just for kicks, I tried a test to see how evil GMA can be, and this is what I get:

You Are 86% Evil

You’re the most evil person you know. The devil is even a little scared of you!

How Evil Are You?

Well, its okay for Neri to refute the result of this test. He can try it for himself.

Last night I was in the gallery of the Plenary hall of the House of Representatives to watch the season ending of the soap opera, “The House that JDV Built” (billed in Pilipino as, “Bakit ngayon ka lang”) and the premiere showing of the new season series of “How to win a House and Lot”, locally billed as “Tumakbo kang Hubad sa Mundong Ibabaw.” The plenary hall’s gallery was jampacked by a crowd of people of various persuasions and interests; the media, political pressure groups, business contractors, business contractors and business contractors. All eagerly waiting for an outcome that will lead for the betterment or end of their respective agenda in the House.

I just went there to see for myself how a House supposedly composed of men and women having the title of Honorable affixed to their names, divide their own house along the lines of, well what else but their own selfish interests. Once again, the event last night in Congress affirmed the old adage, that in Politics there are no permanent friends or enemies only permanent interests. Amidst all the rethorics of change, reform, what have you, one can simplify what every Congressman/woman was saying…“goodbye joe, dito muna ako sa bagong majority para steady maligaya funds ko from the palace”…“dapat iretain si joe, paano na lang ang Chairmanship ko sa Committees.” You see, when one votes Yes for the ouster of JDV and that vote won (which it did), one automatically becomes a member of the Majority…and the perks for being with the Majority are aplenty.

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There’s this fuss about the seemingly inevitable change in the House leadership. JDV’s position as Speaker of the House is now being challenged by no less than his allies in the house under the pro-administration rainbow alliance dominated by the LAKAS-NUCD-CMD and the KAMPI.

In the frontline to oust JDV are the two Presidential sons, Honorables Mikey and Dato, acting like Mafia bambinos out to settle a score for a family’s trampled honor. It can be remembered that just recently JDV’s son, Joey, opened a can of worms that exposed once again how rotten the first family is, especially its patre de famiglia.

Thats how politics work in the Philippines. Everybody knows that it has become one big family business. Today’s Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Editorial, aptly describes the present brouhaha:

“To be sure, politics, like any occupation, will result in bruised egos and grudges. This shouldn’t prevent the public, though, from recognizing that at the heart of the ongoing quarrel over the leadership of the House is a mafia mentality that seems to have possessed the First Family and the inability of a Speaker—who is more willing to sacrifice his son for personal political gain—to match rhetoric with action.”

Even if Congressmen change the Speaker of the House as fast as they change their loyalties, cars or bimbos, whats in it for the people, would it effect change in their lives? Like our Presidents, a new Speaker of the House will only be as good as the last one – or worst.

It’s a tweedledum and tweedledee.

(JDV Photo taken from Yahoo Images)

Mga mahal kong mambabasa,

Medyo bakasyon muna ako sa blog ngayon dahil putol na po internet connection namin sa bahay…hehehe. Babalik din ako kapag nanalo na kami sa Eleksyon….

In the meantime… political ad muna;

On May 14, 2007

AMIN (Anak Mindanao) PARTY LIST!!

Hanggang sa muli…….

Nagmamahal,

- Samuel Bilibit

Kung napanood nyo sa news sa TV kung paano sinalakay ng PNP ang Provincial Capitol ng Ilo-ilo para lang paalisin si Gov. Tupas, tyak mapapamura kayo. Kung sa kalagitnaan na ng video footage ang naabutan mo aakalain mong ang nireraid ng mga PNP ay Kampo ng Al Qaida o di kaya’y mansion ni Tony Montana.

Malinaw na hindi crowd dispersal operation ang ikinasa. Naka-full battle gear, puro mahahaba ang dalang armas, naka CQB formation, trigger ready, galit, sumisigaw, nanlilisik ang mga mata at parang kakain ng tao ang asta ng mga magigiting na pulis.

At sinong mga kasagupa nila? Mga sibilyang walang dalang armas ni kahit nail cutter man lang. Meron pang isa na kahit may entry point na sila ay sige pa rin ang hataw sa walang kalaban-labang glass wall. Tsk, imbes na nagpapogi si kupal para animo magilas na war machine, nagmukha tuloy siyang kasapi ng demolition team ng MMDA…bwahahahaha!

Siyempre pa, ang komento ni Secretary Puno ng DILG hinggil rito ay, makatuwiran lang ang ginawa ng PNP at ika nya, "The policemen … should not be condemned. They should even be commended". Palakpakan. Hala sige, lusob!

Ano kaya magiging statement ni Puno kung sakaling biglang tinopak ang raiding team at naisipang paulanan ng bala ang mga sibilyan sa Kapitolyo!

Paumpisa na nga ang eleksyon…at ang nangyari sa Iloilo ay tila patikim pa lang. Nakikinita na natin kung paano magiging maaksyon ang darating na eleksyon.

(photo taken from Inquirer.net)

Ayon sa isang kanta ni Jess Santiago,

“doon po sa amin, tatlong klase ang panahon, tag-ulan, tag-init, at saka eleksyon”

Oo mga kapatid, tag-eleksyon na naman. Madali natin itong maramdaman dahil malinaw pa sa sikat ng araw at kinang ng kalbo ang mga palatandaan nito:

1. Nag-uumpisa nang maging mabait at palangiti si Senador, Kongresman, Gobernor, Mayor at lahat ng kanilang mga amoyong(mga sidekicks).

2. Nakangiti na rin si Barangay Tsirman dahil tiyak uulanin na naman siya ng biyaya galing kay Sir at Ma’am.

3. Magbabago na naman ang kulay ng ating mga lansangan dahil babanigan ito ng mga makukulay na posters ng mga Pulitikong naka close up smile.

4. Tataas na naman ang mga insidente ng KFR, carnapping, bank robberies at iba pang election fund-raising activities.

5. Papatak sa mga balita ang mga kuwentong “Si so-so kandidato inambus o tinangkang ambusin”, “Si so-so kanditato may death threats”, “Si so-so kandidato nagkasakit at nahospital dahil sa pagod sa Public service”, … at marami pang ibang pang-Oscar awards gimmicks. Kasabay nito maraming expose ang maglalabasan.

6. Uso na naman ang mga surveys and polls.

7. Maraming mga nasa pusisyon sa burukrasya at militar ang mabibigyan ng promosyon – mga belated pamaskong handog. Marami rin ang masisibak o sapilitang tatanggalin sa pusisyon.

8. Ang PNP at AFP commands sa mga rehiyon at probinsya ay magkakaroon ng balasahan.

9. Dilubyo ang eleksyon, babagyo ng mga pangako, maglalandslide ng putik-pulitika at siyempre babaha ang….

10. Pera..

Kaya payong kapatid, sa panahon ng eleksyon….tanggapin ang pera, iboto ang nasa konsensya! Ano nga naman ang mapapala natin sa eleksyon…may karapatan nga tayong bumoto, wala naman tayong kapangyarihang maghalal, at the end of the day…ang COMELEC pa rin ang magtatakda kung sinong mananalo.

Hay, kantahin na lang natin ang kanta ni Jess Santiago…Ay…ay…ay…ayayayay buhay!

This was the news, a year ago.

In the news today, Former COMELEC Commissioner Virgillo “Garci” Garcillano is cleared by the Department of Justice by dismissing the perjury and falsification of passport charges against him. Garci is now on the go to run as Congressman for the First District of Bukidnon in the coming May 2007 elections.

Am I Surprised!!

Are you?