Mike Arroyo with wife Gloria

According to the October survey of Pulse Asia, endorsements made by third parties will not affect the chances of an electoral bet. Endorsements will just, at most, affect the choice of just 11 percent of the electorate.

In fact, third party endorsement may even affect the political chances of the candidate.

Based on the survey by Pulse Asia, Kris Aquino attracts 45% of voters, higher than what Willie Revillame can do at 37%.

Yet, this high rating as far as endorsements are concerned is not translate-able to votes. If Kris Aquino endorses someone, 49% of voters will not follow her lead, while 58% of voters will not be swayed by a Revillame endorsement.

Now, some say that if you’re endorsed by Manny Pacquiao, you’ll surely win? That’s not the case. In fact, a Pacquiao endorsement would even harm your chances of winning.

Pulse Asia learned that 71% of the electorate will not follow Pacquiao’s endorsement–only 21% will.

What if Mrs. Arroyo endorses you? Is it true that Arroyo’s endorsement is a “kiss of death“?

Yes. If you’re endorsed by Mrs. Arroyo, you’ll surely earn the ire of 79% of the electorate and ONLY 15% will follow your lead.

What about the so-called “Erap Magic”? Is it still there?

Based on the survey, Erap’s magic is now a myth.

If Erap endorses you, you’ll alienate 59% of the electorate.

1. Illegitimate leader Gloria Macapagal Arroyo–She’s my number 1 Top 10 Pinoy. Because of her, we have 10 million Filipinos slaving themselves abroad, while she and her minions feast upon billions of hard-earned monies which these Pinoys sent. She’s also credited for being the most unpopular and the most corrupt president we ever had. She  created deep divisions among us so that we can’t unite and oust her. And she instigated the worst on us that now, we can accept even worse situations because we have accepted that we are in deep shit anyway and it will not matter if we go even deeper into shit. 

2. Former detainee Joseph Erap Estrada–Because of him, hundreds of artists now see themselves as potential leaders of this country. Thousands more go the showbiz route after abandoning their studies. Why complete college when you can’t get a job? And when you do get one, its not enough to feed you. But, if you’re a popular artist with political clout, chances are, you’ll never get jailed. Or if you do get a decision to go to jail, you’ll stay in a mansion and after six years, you’ll get pardoned. What’s so good about is, you’ll get to run again after being deposed. 

3. Former president Fidel V. Ramos–He’s a nice guy. But the Constitution barred him from continuing to be a nice guy. Forget about PIA-AMARI. Forget about the centennial celebrations. Forget about those hundreds of millions of corrupt power deals. The nice things should be remembered, not the bad ones. Overall, the Ramos administration gave us that long peace and stability that we all want.

4.  JocJoc Bolante–He reminds us that if you’re crafty enough, you play your cards right and you get close to the power-that-be (mean: First Gentleman), you’ll earn your stripes and your billions. 

5. First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo–The archangel’s name is Michael. And I know many people bearing that name who’s good and nice and not corrupt. FG redefined the name. As in nature, there’s always an antithesis. There’s always, always false angels.

6. Boxer Manny Pacquiao–He made movies that suck. He reminds us that if you get your millions, you need to waste it with a liaison with actresses and fighting cocks. You’ll survive every shit they throw at you because you have rich friends around who’ll give you a hole in Manila, tax-free, and you’ll get around almost everything. Hey, you’ve rubbed shoulders with the president, yes?

7. TV Host Willie Revillame–He’s a nice guy who lies. What’s good about it, he does it everyday on national television, with children around. He peddles cheap tricks in a cheap show, reminding us that there’ll never be a worst show that his.

8. Former COMELEC chair Ben Abalos–Abalos got away with US$ 50 million. Last word, he’s now golfing almost everyday in Wack-Wack, with two different caddies in tow. Expecting another gullible foreign investor to get millions? Well, probably. The lesson we got from him is this–you’ll be spared the rod, if you’re dancing with the powers-that-be and if you know many secrets which these powers-that-be are willing to give you millions more just to keep you in retirement with your mouth shut.

9. Speaker Jose De Venecia–He’s the most gullible person I have ever seen. He does’nt know if he’s being bullshitted because he’s been used to bullshitting others himself. In fact, he has perfected the science of bullshitting.  

10. AFP Chief of Staff Esperon–Poor guy. He just want to be a professional soldier but ended up as a professional ass licker. He’s Arroyo’s Presidential Staff Chief  but I sensed that Arroyo wants him to lick her ass a little bit longer. So, come hell or high water, he’ll be around to swat those little insects he call destabilizers. Hey, he needs to spend for the wife, right? He has’nt collected his due as yet.So, leave your comments if you agree on all I wrote here. Visit my other blog, newphilrevolution.blogspot.com. See you later.

1. Illegitimate leader Gloria Macapagal Arroyo–She’s my number 1 Top 10 Pinoy. Because of her, we have 10 million Filipinos slaving themselves abroad, while she and her minions feast upon billions of hard-earned monies which these Pinoys sent. She’s also credited for being the most unpopular and the most corrupt president we ever had. She  created deep divisions among us so that we can’t unite and oust her. And she instigated the worst on us that now, we can accept even worse situations because we have accepted that we are in deep shit anyway and it will not matter if we go even deeper into shit. 

2. Former detainee Joseph Erap Estrada–Because of him, hundreds of artists now see themselves as potential leaders of this country. Thousands more go the showbiz route after abandoning their studies. Why complete college when you can’t get a job? And when you do get one, its not enough to feed you. But, if you’re a popular artist with political clout, chances are, you’ll never get jailed. Or if you do get a decision to go to jail, you’ll stay in a mansion and after six years, you’ll get pardoned. What’s so good about is, you’ll get to run again after being deposed. 
3. Former president Fidel V. Ramos–He’s a nice guy. But the Constitution barred him from continuing to be a nice guy. Forget about PIA-AMARI. Forget about the centennial celebrations. Forget about those hundreds of millions of corrupt power deals. The nice things should be remembered, not the bad ones. Overall, the Ramos administration gave us that long peace and stability that we all want.
4.  JocJoc Bolante–He reminds us that if you’re crafty enough, you play your cards right and you get close to the power-that-be (mean: First Gentleman), you’ll earn your stripes and your billions. 
5. First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo–The archangel’s name is Michael. And I know many people bearing that name who’s good and nice and not corrupt. FG redefined the name. As in nature, there’s always an antithesis. There’s always, always false angels.
6. Boxer Manny Pacquiao–He made movies that suck. He reminds us that if you get your millions, you need to waste it with a liaison with actresses and fighting cocks. You’ll survive every shit they throw at you because you have rich friends around who’ll give you a hole in Manila, tax-free, and you’ll get around almost everything. Hey, you’ve rubbed shoulders with the president, yes?
7. TV Host Willie Revillame–He’s a nice guy who lies. What’s good about it, he does it everyday on national television, with children around. He peddles cheap tricks in a cheap show, reminding us that there’ll never be a worst show that his.
8. Former COMELEC chair Ben Abalos–Abalos got away with US$ 50 million. Last word, he’s now golfing almost everyday in Wack-Wack, with two different caddies in tow. Expecting another gullible foreign investor to get millions? Well, probably. The lesson we got from him is this–you’ll be spared the rod, if you’re dancing with the powers-that-be and if you know many secrets which these powers-that-be are willing to give you millions more just to keep you in retirement with your mouth shut.
9. Speaker Jose De Venecia–He’s the most gullible person I have ever seen. He does’nt know if he’s being bullshitted because he’s been used to bullshitting others himself. In fact, he has perfected the science of bullshitting.  
10. AFP Chief of Staff Esperon–Poor guy. He just want to be a professional soldier but ended up as a professional ass licker. He’s due to retire on February 9 but I sensed that Arroyo wants him to lick her ass a little bit longer. So, come hell or high water, he’ll be around to swat those little insects he call destabilizers. Hey, he needs to spend for the wife, right? He has’nt collected his due as yet.So, leave your comments if you agree on all I wrote here. Visit my other blog, newphilrevolution.blogspot.com. See you later.  

Cultural heavyweights in the Philippine art scene gathered today to mourn over the death of delicadeza in the Philippines.

Artists led by Armida Siguion-Reyna, Dr. Butch Dalisay and a hundred other performers, painters, sculptors and writers staged a necrological service at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP). After a statement of denouement, they carried a coffin symbolizing the National Artist Award and “buried” it before the office of the National Commission on the Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

Artists were up in arms over the alleged meddling of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the selection of the National Artists awardees. Arroyo reportedly did a dagdag bawas when she dropped one name among the four original names in the NCCA list and inserted four more names, including Carlo J. Caparas, Cecille Guidote-Alvarez, Pitoy Moreno and architect Bobby Manosa.

According to some sources in the US, the First Gentleman daw will be giving his testimony in connection with the alleged money laundering charges filed against him by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Some monts back, news about the cases filed against FG circulated in coffee shops throughout the US and the Philippines. FG wanted to clear his name and see for himself the serious charge sheets, according to these sources. However, the FBI refused to validate or confirm this.

After this, FG will be visiting their properties in San Francisco California. The First Family’s properties, sources say, have encountered serious back taxes. The values of their real estate properties also went down. That’s why, FG has reportedly decided to divest these properties and use the money to buy more properties outside of the US. Reportedly, the First Family intends to retire in their luxurious villas in Portugal, instead of their initial plan to stay in the US to avoid possible prosecution from state authorities.

Philippine Justice

Ever wondered why we’re so f…c…kup?

For an economy to avoid getting into the recession groove, it needs to always charge and heat up. In our case, our government want this economy to really slow down. With a very long holiday, the economy is in trouble. If government intends to actually increase consumer spending, this is a wrong way to do it because people are not going to spend a ton of money during this long holiday. Many especially working in both the informal and formal sectors are daily wage workers. Other companies also have a policy of “no work, no pay”. So, these people stand to lose about 11 days of pay or about 5 to 6,000 pesos. Besides, many companies failed to give holiday pay and even struggled to find 13th month pays. So, how would people spend more these holidays?

Since government is also on a holiday mode, many people stand to lose a lot of opportunity. For example, those who want to renew their passports, or those who is expecting to sign a new employment contract (like moi)—they all have to do it only on January 5, 2009. By that time, they would have lost considerable opportunities. This also applies to those who need to transact with local government units or the POEA or other government agencies, like the SEC.

I hate to be a killjoy, but I propose the following:

1. Government should at least form a working service unit in every government department during this long holiday. Okey, just allow workers from private companies to have their own long holidays, but it would be best if government opens up starting on the 29th of December, even if on that day only. That would give the best impression to the people that this government is not tamad.

2. Government should make 31 a half-day and January 2, 2009 a working day. Why? If government declares even 2 January 2009 a holiday, we have lost already at least 4 days worth of production which, under the current economic crisis, means millions of pesos worth of productive time lost!

It is time for government to realize that to save us from an impending economic crisis, we need to work harder and by that means more time to produce, more time to spend working not more time to procrastinate and take a vacation. Only morons take long holidays.

I think this plot will just be a counter-plot since it will just anticipate the expected bolt of the JDV-FVR faction in Lakas to coalesce with Manny Villar’s Nacionalista Party and Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco’s Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC). Sources say there is already an understanding between FVR and Cojuangco while FVR’s group reportedly is almost close to talks with Villar’s. Meaning, Lakas is just trying to mitigate the effects of a formal split, since obviously, Malacanang, for the longest time, has been trying to marginalize both JDV and FVR.

A split within Lakas will definitely affect the strength and stability of the entire “rainbow coalition” at the House. It would impact particularly on KAMPI, since majority of its members are former Lakas stalwarts. If JDV and FVR succeeds in coalescing with Danding and Villar, the possibility of another party raid within Kampi-Lakas is huge given that JDV and FVR still commands respect among the old guards of Lakas. In practical terms, with Danding and Villar united, this sends a message to Congressmen that the gravy train has shifted from Gloria to again, the JDV-FVR tandem.

JDV’s marginalization will all be done immediately after the AFP attack on Camp Bushra of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Reports say, the AFP brass is preparing for an outright assault on Bushra this December. JDV’s ouster from Lakas will coincide with this military assault.

This explains why Gloria hurriedly invited 40 or so Congressmen to the Peru trip, austensibly to discuss and fortify the Kampi ranks which was reputedly being raided by JDV and FVR. Talks are rife that Gloria wants to discuss cha-cha with these Congressmen, which, by the way, includes Batangas Cong. Hermigildo Mandanas, the author of Resolution No. 550 calling for the conversion of the House into a Constituent Assembly. The Resolution, which was a surprise for House Committee on Constitutional Amendments chair Victor Ortega is one among three Trojan Horses that Gloria and her allies created to austensibly lead to one conclusion—charter change.

A JDV-FVR bolt from Lakas will wreck havoc Gloria’s plan of term extension and charter change. This will spoil the pot, so to speak. However, with Gloria’s Peruvian Forty, cha-cha advocates would just need a another forty or even a hundred to pass these resolutions and throw it into the plenary for voting. The vote in the impeachment complaint at the House Committee on Justice shows the future direction of these cha-cha efforts.

By the way, Joey de Venecia the Third, who I find to be a very serious Nationalist, sent me his statement stating his opinions on the killing of his impeachment complaint. This is what he has to say:

STATEMENT OF JOEY DE VENECIA III
DISMISSAL OF IMPEACHMENT CASE
DUE TO INSUFFICIENCY OF SUBSTANCE
November 26, 2008

This is a sad day not only for us the complainants and the minority lawmakers, but more so for the Filipino people. Our right to take President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to task has again been taken away from us.
As our minority lawmakers have said repeatedly, this process is a way to let government show the transparency that the Constitution mandates.
The impeachment process is the proper and legal forum to let the people know what is happening and to allow the government and its officials to explain themselves.
It appears that the government would rather that the people take its grievances to the street than offer them a decent and legal forum.
The House Justice Committee might have stopped the impeachment complaint but I assure everyone that the Committee cannot stop us from airing our grievances and allegations in any and all other forums available to us.
We will bring this case straight to the people. We will go to them and talk to them. We will put out into the open what the government would rather keep under the cloak of darkness.
I give my utmost appreciation to all those who supported us in any way. I thank the Filipino people for their sentiments and their prayers.
We will not keep quiet. The fight in the halls of Congress may be over but the real fight for truth and justice goes on.

Question–will the Arroyo administration allow Bolante to “spill the beans” so to speak before the Senate? Bolante is still a precious commodity, especially to Gloria. Will the administration let go of Bolante? And will Bolante’s testimony trigger widespread dissent against Gloria?

Seems like there’s already a “strategy” to effectively gag Bolante. A Cabinet portfolio waiting for him? Possibly. With the SC affirming “executive privilege”, that would effectively shield Bolante from Gloria’s enemies.

Question–is Bolante still in Gloria’s ambit of influence? Let’s wait and see.

Or, elections may happen in 2010, but it’s not a presidential one. It may be a parliamentary elections. If that’ll be a parliamentary one, chances of Gloria running for the prime ministerial-ship is a certainty. 

Will we allow it to happen? Do we see ourselves still amenable to an extended Gloria administration? You decide.

As for me, I’ll better plant kamote in some remote province.