In many of the exhortations to former Agriculture Secretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante to tell the truth about the P728 million fertilizer scam, he is always reminded of the Rotary’s four way test: Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Many Rotarians are dismayed that the name of the prestigious organization has been dragged into this Bolante mess. As director of Rotary International, Bolante had used his official Rotary duties in evading Senate arrest.
In January 2006, Rotary Club of Makati West suggested to Bolante to “respect the legal processes of governmental institutions, like the Senate (and) answer their questions and explain his role, if any, in the alleged Fertilizer Scam involving P728 Million.”
Now that their fellow Rotarian is back, Rotary Club of Makati West passed a resolution hoping that Bolante “will reveal all that he knows of the alleged Fertilizer Scam, particularly who ordered the payment and the recipient of the money as it is the only way that he may get back his life, his dignity, and leave a legacy to his children for it is never too late to go back to truth.”
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I’m sure Jocjoc Bolante has not given up hope that he won’t face the senators, especially those who are not allies of his protectors Gloria and Mike Arroyo, on Thursday despite his letter last Monday saying in his letter to senators Edgardo Angara and Alan Peter Cayetano that “In the event that the inquiry on this subject matter is commenced, I hereby undertake to appear and testify on the hearings that may be scheduled by this august body for the purpose.”
I have the feeling that he is just buying time because the doctors at St. Luke’s hospital have run out of illnesses to cite for his continued confinement.
Yesterday Bolante wrote Senate sergeant-at-arms Jose Balajadia Jr. asking permission to appear before the House of Representatives that decided last week to also investigate the fertilizer scam they had long ignored.
Wrong protocol, the senators said. Bolante is under Senate custody. The Senate president is Manuel Villar. He, with the consent of other senators, is the only one who can give the order on the custody of Bolante. Balajadia’s job is to implement the order of the Senate president.
The move of the House of Representatives to get hold of Bolante ahead of the Senate is suspicious. I’m sorry but I don’t believe the congressmen are sincerely interested in finding out the truth about the P728 million fertilizer fund that was diverted by Bolante to the campaign kitty of Gloria Arroyo in the 2004 elections.
I think their move is meant really to derail the Senate investigation and to prevent the truth from coming out because a number of them were beneficiaries of that scam.
Bolante probably thought that after appearing in the House, he could say that he got very tired and would be unable to appear in the Senate.
Until Bolante appears in the Senate tomorrow, the public should be alert.
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Blogger Tongue-Twisted says he envies Bolante because the fertilizer scam has made him a man of several professional titles.
Tongue quoted from various newspaper reports:
Inquirer: “Bolante engineered diversion of multimillion fertilizers funds.”
Phil. Star: “Jocelyn Bolante is widely known as the chief architect of the P728M Fertilizer Fund Scam.”
Business Mirror: “According to the congressmen, Jocjoc Bolante doctored the list of recipients to make it appear that the DA distributed the fertilizer funds through the reps for the farmers in their constituencies.”
Tonque said: “Hayop talaga, bukod sa kurakot na opisyal at dating negosyante, engineer, architect, at doctor pa pala ang hinayupak na si Bolante.”
If Joc Joc doesn’t come clean at the senate hearing tomorrow, I suggest that all rotarians should expel and disown him.
Tonque said: “Hayop talaga, bukod sa kurakot na opisyal at dating negosyante, engineer, architect, at doctor pa pala ang hinayupak na si Bolante.”
Naku Tongue, dinagdagan mo pa ng titulo si Joc Joc, “HAYOP”.
Joc Joc’s 4 way test:
Is it the truth? (Siguro hindi)
Is it fair to all concerned? (Fair sa iilan)
Will it build goodwill and better friendships? (Naku, oo naman. friends niya si ano, saka si ano… alam niyo na kung sino sila di ba?)
Will it be beneficial to all concerned? (Uhmm, beneficial to some. Kaso yung isa makikipagkita yata kay Barry, este magpapa-snub kay Barry pala))
The EQualizer Post fervently hopes that Barack Obama will find some time from his busy schedule to meet Gloria Arroyo during her brief stopover in Chicago.
If this happens, Barack could compare notes with Gloria on how presidential elections in their respective countries are conducted.
No, not note on how Elections are conducted, but advise her she still have Time to cut and cut cleanly for her baggage just too heavy for even him to help ease up.
Ito po ay isang mensahe para sa mga anak ni JocJoc,
Tuwing kayo po ay haharap sa hapag-kainan para pagsaluhan ang biyaya ng Maykapal….sana po ay maalaala nyo man lang na may mga anak din na tulad nyo ang ating mahihirap na magsasaka na pinagkaitan ng pagkain bunga ng pagnakaw ng kanilang mga abuno sa pananim. Bawat isang dakot ng kanin na inyong isusubo ay para na ring isang dakot na nanggaling sa sikmurang minsan lamang sa isang araw masayaran ng pagkain. Harinawa’y mabigyan ng liwanag ang inyong ama.
The Big Joke will not heed the call of the rotarian. If being jailed in the US changed him, maybe he will change his tune. But US jails are decent, clean and actually the prisoners have more rights that anything else so maybe the Big Joke did not suffer a bit. But being jailed in the Philippines should give him the awakening. It will be harsh and he will not have the “first class” treatment he always had! But that is if he will ever go there!
All his handlers are doing are to delay the Big Joke’s appearance in the senate so the Ombudsman could discharge the cases pending on him, give a chance for those who have the original documents to be able to shred the evidences, and also pave the way to allow more “friendly” appointees to the Supreme Court so that the Big Joke will have the same protection as Neri when his case gets elevated to the them!
Just like the cheating operations in the 2004 and 2008 elections, every day of delay ballots were switched, returns were changed, and results were doctored to favor the illegal president! The pattern is the same in all the scams this illegal president and her husband gets involved in. Witnesses are protected by all of their cronies. In 2009, more justices will be positioned in the Supreme Court. With the delays, when the Big Joke’s case gets elevated to the Supreme Court, the “friendly” court will do another “NERI”! What a life for those who are used for the “convenience” of the illegal Malacanang occupant! Everyday is an unfolding DRAMA that the Filipino people can never comprehend!
The almost 1.5 trillion budget finds its way to the senate after it was appoved by the representathieves! Not a single penny was taken out inspite of the projected recession next year. Kaya masaya na naman ang mga thieves and senatongs at may mga “insertions” na naman!
I am pessimistic on this senate hearing. Justice has already been so delayed that I personally think that justice will not come out of this new Big Joke hearing. MGA BAYAD NA BA KAYO?
Take the lunatic Brenda’s pronouncements. She says that if the Big Joke asserts his rights, hindi mapipilit ng sanado na magsalita si Big Joke and she says further that if his case reaches the Supreme Court that the Big Joke will win! Listen to this lunatic because malapit yan sa kusina ni evil bitch! She must know something most of us do not know!
as i said: gloria considers herself a Rotarian and yet she lied, cheated, stole, and did a cover-up. bolante could easily follow her footsteps and thus ignore the four-way test.
http://www.ellentordesillas.com/?p=2996#comment-589718
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anagramatically speaking, what is notable is that some rotarians already told bolante to face the music…
how about the agustinians (from Iloilo’s University of San Agustin)? what can they say about their fellow alumnus?
dr. asuncion l. faro even wrote about him as an Agustinian Achiever…one of the many One-of-a-Kind-Alumni.
well, agustinians, the joke’s on you too!
http://www.pcij.org/blog/?p=1051
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tongue, di nabanggit sa pcij ang architect, engineer at doctor na si bolante ah. commerce graduate lang ang alam ko…kaya pala napalago niya ang Prudential!
pakibalikan mo ang pcij link sa taas nang maaliw ka muli…
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Newsflash: UAP (United Architects of the Philippines) condemns the use of the bolante monicker, “architect,” by the mainstream media.
They instead suggested using the more appropriate words “Master Planner.”
…will the engineering and doctor societies follow suit?
Instead of gunning dyokdyok, these rotarians should direct their bestfriend Mike Pidal to tell the truth about the fertilizer scum. Gusto nilang linisin ang pangalan ng Rotarian? Si Mike ang kanilang kulitin.
Tell me who your friends are and I tell you who they are!
baycas,
Thanks for the links. That was about 2 and a half years ago pa. Naalala ko tuloy si joselu, marunong na pala siya ng spelling.
Let me repeat here what I found out two years ago:
Obviously the Fat Guy never realized how big the trouble was until he got there. It was however too damn important to leave it to the discretion of his subalterns.
The question is what was Jocjoc offered in exchange for staying in jail and shielding the couple from the scam? Two days after Jocjoc was arrested in the US, Big Mike was there. Two days after he landed in St. Luke’s, Big Mike was there. The offer was probably “updated” in St. Luke’s to cover possible prison time after the Senate is through with Jocjoc.
Off topic: Why can’t we do what Taiwan did to its ex-leader-arrest the evil bitch NOW for corruption!
Both the Ombudsman and the Congress slept on Bolante’s case for so long. Why are they now after him? The House never called for a hearing; did not investigate or make a resolution. After all the efforts made by the Senate, the Congress is now competing with the Senate to get Bolante. The reason is obvious: Malacanang is again behind the sudden interest of the Congress. Since majority of the members of the House are the Evil Bitch’s allies and over 100 solons were recipients of the fertilizer’s funds, they want to get Bolante first to sabotage the Senate’s hearing.
Even the Senate has already been invaded by Malacanang. Now that the doctors have discharged Bolante, why does the Senate allow him to stay at St. Luke’s? Isn’t Bolante the one to decide where he wants to go? I’m sure he prefers to go home and wait for the Senate hearing.
I bet you that another scandal will appear to cover up this Bolante and Euro Generals cases. Right now, Malacanang is preparing another script to deviate people’s attention. Aren’t they now talking about Cha-Cha again?
See the government’s double standard again…Ombudsman is suspending Bataan Gov. Garcia for some irregularities. Garcia got into some legal difference with a relative of the Ombudsman. Thus, Ombudsman was quick to punish Garcia. On the other hand, former DOJ Sec. Nani Perez’s case is sitting at Ombudsman for many years.
MANILA, Philippines—Even without Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante, the House of Representatives will begin its inquiry on the P728-million fertilizer fund scam Wednesday.
The hearing, to be conducted by the committee on agriculture, is scheduled at 9:30 a.m.
Palawan Representative Abraham Kahlil Mitra, the chairman of the committee, said Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap, Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya Jr., officials of the Commission on Audit, and other resource persons are expected to attend.
….Let’s bet, the above officials will no longer testify at the Senate claiming they have already given their testimonies at the Congress. Definitely, they are more comfortable with the congressmen than the senators.
Off topic again: Lumabas na rin ang tunay na plano ni midget sa Chicago! She really wants to meet with Obama! Through the Filipino supporters of Obama, she is going through the back door to get an audience with Obama. Talaga namang STALKER extraordinaire! MAKAPAL ang mukha! Hindi na lang magantay hanggat makaupo si Obama at tawagin siya. Pinagpipilitan ang sarili kay Obama! With the humungos problems the US have, the midget is probably last on his list to even find time to indulge in. Kaya lang baka naman si Biden, who was a one time ambassador to the Philippines may talk Obama into giving the midget a few seconds of his time. Naku talaga ang sarap sabunutan itong MAKAPAL ang mukhang daga!
The Evil Bitch can lie by saying she goes there as a representative of Asia or ASEAN. Back door? I don’t think Obama wants to do a doggie on an ugly bitch like GMA.
BE, hah,hah,hah…
HI Ellen,
I’m back, nag pahinga lang ng konti…
Kay Jok2 Bulate ay planado na ang sasabihin niyan dahil na lecture sa St. Luke at si Pidal pa ang nag tutor sa kanya kung ano ang gagawin sa Senate… Kawawa na naman tayo… lahat ng ginawa ng Senado sa mga magnanakaw sa Gobyerno ni isa ay walang nangyari or napakulong eh?
Kung si Retarded Gen. De La Paz ay naturingan “Euro General”.
Papaano si Gloria na palaging pumupunta sa U.S. ano ang tawag ninyo?
Kung si Retarded Gen. De La Paz ay naturingan “Euro General”. Papaano si Gloria na palaging pumupunta sa U.S. ano ang tawag ninyo?
Pwede na sigurong “Phil. General Hospital…ity girl”
Gloria Arroyo,JokeJoke Bolante,The Euro Generals:
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.”
A.Lincoln
Inaabangan ko kung ano ang sasabihin ni Bolante sa senado.Gagaya kaya siya kay Jun Lozada?
Valdemar says “Tell me who your friends are and I tell you who they are!.”.
Parang ganito yan … si Mike Arroyo ay isang Rotarian, si Joke joke Bolante ay isang Rotarian .. kung ganun … ang isang Rotarian ay Kurap … lol.
The country has been this path too many times before, such familiar scene is no different from the others, so I don’t see anything that Bolate will spill, (I doubt if he will) would finally hang wh*re Gloria. Wh*re Gloria got all her butt fully covered with brown bags, all it takes, I’m certain. We should know the wh*re and pimp by now. Since the judicial system is totally dead, if I’ve my way, I’d drag Bolate by his feet out of the hospital. I’d take him right in the middle of Manila Bay and test his loyalty to the wh*re until he decided to scream or just chain his feet to a concrete slab, see how fast he’ll hit bottom. Just too much time is being wasted with this SOB.
In addition, the 720 million money supposedly to help the farmers is gone forever and will never be recovered, just like the billions of taxpayers money. Question is, when the people are going to learn, how much more are they willing to be taken by the wh*re?
Just too much time is being wasted with this SOB. – Toney
Talaga, just drag him out of St. Luke’s at ilunod sa Ilog-Pasig dyan sa tabi ng EK. So much money is being wasted on this SOB.
Napatawa ako sa nabasa ko sa diaryo. When asked by media what Antonia Golez was doing at St. Luke’s, ang sagot ng bruha ay bumili lang siya ng 4 na Tuseran para sa kanyang sipon.
These EK fairies really thought that pinoys are bobo dela yucas like them. Another bitchy-bitchy at EK.
sa mga walang malay: yung cold-blooded murder kay Marlene Esperat—–, ay may kinalaman dito sa Billion-peso fertilizer scam ni Jocjoc Bolate.
tinilad-tilad nung yumaong whistle-blower ang pondo ng DA region 12 na may kinalaman sa nasabing pondo.
related files on the late Marlene Esperat:
http://www.pcij.org/imag/FirstPerson/witness.html
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ang trahedyang sinapit ng pamilya ni Marlene, ay malupit na double whammy sa kanila.
ang kabiyak nito, ay isa namang radio-komentarista na walang habag pag korapsyon ang usapan, sa Iloilo. mas naunang pinaslang ito KAGAYA nung una.
at tulad ng maraming krimen, to this day, remains UNSOLVED!!
(Rule of Law, is present in the Philippines? Our country’s corrupt rulers, are themselves the real OUTLAWS!)
Thanks for the info about Marlene’s husband. Pareho ang kanilang kinasapitan.
Dapat ay hindi na pag aksayahan ng oras at pera si dyokdyok, hindi yan kakanta dahil mas mas matamis ang offer ni Mike sa kanya ngayon. Gawin ng fertilizer ang korap na yan!
Text message going around:
“Joc-Joc Bolante requested that he will divulge everything EXCEPT those that would put GMA & the First Gentleman in a bad light. Manny Villar & Alan Peter Cayetano have agreed to this request. The 150 or so Congressmen/women & governors who took the fertilizer money given by Joc-Joc Bolante have threatened Manny Villar that they would junk him in 2010 if Bolante will reveal their names in the Senate hearing tomorrow. Still hoping that Bolante will tell the WHOLE TRUTH, even if it incriminates Gloria & Mike.”
Blackmailing? I predict that Joc-Joc Bolante will invoke his right to remain silent and self-incrimination most the time at the Senate inquiry on the alleged fertilizer funds scam. This old trick works during the Jose Pidal’s alleged money laundering inquiry.
Ka Diego,
Yan lang naman ang magagawa niya para hindi sya todasin ng mga tongressmen na involved rin sa fertilizer scam. And that this ‘silence’ would serve his evil masters well, too.
This is what we can expect from the Senate Blue Ribbon hearings on the fertilizer scam with Joc Joc Bolante:NOTHING.
Expect Bolante’s lawyer,Antonio Zulueta to invoke Bolante’s right to privacy.
The OMERTA code of the Pidals will be strictly enforced!
Nothing can be expected of Villar-Cayetano team. V’s wife Cynthia was a recipient of dyokdyok’s scam; and Cayetano…ah, serbidor lang ni Villar yan!
For people like bolante karma is just around the corner. When he dies only maggots will be rejoicing. Just imagine the suffering he has caused upon the farmers and the consumers of products produced by the agricultural sector. The various scams he has master planned and implemented for the benefit of his principals gloria arroyo and cabal has aggravated the hunger of the suffering people. Will he tell the truth? Not at all. Shame on the Rotarians for having among them the likes of bolante.
I am still hoping that Joc Joc would tell the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in the senate hearing. But thats wishful thinking on my part. Oh well, abangan nalang ang susunod na kabanata sa dulang pinamagatang: Ang Katotohanan sa Buhay ng Isang Sinungaling.
Bolante’s US lawyer admitted during an interview with media that GMA’s government and the US indeed discussed and arranged Bolante’s return to the Philippines. If this is so, Malacanang lied again when it said it’s not meddling in his case. The Senate must look into this. They must find out what participation or role the two governments have in Bolante’s case.
Here’s one cent for Bolante’s Grand Silence tomorrow!
Uso pa ba ang Milagro ngayon? Let’s ask Mike V. or any of those “Busog na mga Obispo!”
The reason why the C-5 extension scandal would not prosper and in fact not being investigated now is not because the one involved is the Senate President Villar; but because Bro. Mike Velarde greatly benefited from it. When his name was mentioned, he did not deny it but instead he said he has not been paid yet for the right of way fees that run to millions of pesos. With the 2010 election just a couple of years away, who senator would like to push this case? As you can see, they’re now focusing on Bolante’s case and then later, De La Paz. We won’t hear of the C-5 scam again…not now.
I am sure I got around the truth somewhere. But it has been corrupted so much that it raptured with so many amoebic cells of different colors that turn into lies at the blink of an eye. I wish that the first aid intended for our tots in school will have something to resuscitate what was left as truth yet. Truth lies!
Jocjoc “The Worm” is taking sleeping bags, pillows and lots of food with him for his trip to the Senate. He is prepared to tell the WRONG FACTS and keep silent on the co-conspirators. He will be spending many days in the Senate basement and he’s prepared to do it.
What’s a few days in the Senate library compared to two years in prison?
Tongue, kasama na yang pagtulog niya sa senate at yung pagpunta niya sa bilibid kung sakali sa “package” deal nila ni Fat Boy. For all we know, the Big Joke’s family is now in the custody of the Mafia gang. They will be safe after the Big Joke clears the Mafia chief and spouse of wrong doing. Plantsado na lahat yan!
Joc Joc should take the lead from JFK: “Ask not what you can do for the Pidals but what you can do for your country”. Let truth ring and it will set you free.
Pupusta ako na walang makukuhang matinong sagot kay Big Joke! Shreded na lahat ang mg tunay na documents linking him to the big scam. Promoted na rin yung mga sidekicks niya and those who resisted like Esperat are now six feet under the ground. Puro palabas na lang ang lahat ng ito.
As I read earlier, si Cayetano ay sikekick lang ni Money Villar. Of course these two will swing to where the overwhelming money and support would be. Money Villar could be the administration’s presidential candidate to be fielded in the opposition’s slate. Erap should know this kaya naman lumabas si Binay. Good move Erap and Binay! I just hope that along the way walang maraming “dumi” and lalabas kay Binay. Being a smart and intellectually capable candidate is one thing but being a moral leader is another. Malas lang tayo palagi at hindi tayo nakakakuha ng combination ng lahat ng ito sa isang leader!
A number of protesters picketed the Senate premises in Pasay City Thursday morning, questioning the Senate’s authority to grill former Agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn Bolante on a multibillion-peso fertilizer fund mess.
The protesters, brandishing new streamers, insisted the courts, and not the Senate, should be the proper venue for investigating the fund mess.
….Of course the above protesters were sent by Malacanang!
GUYS, It’s live on ABS-CBNNEWS.COM. You can even join the chat there. Panoorin ninyo kung paano magsinungaling si Jocjoc.
You can also watch and chat in this link: http://www.kyte.tv/channels/browse.html#mode=LATEST,uri=channels/48209
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I listened to the senate inquiry without the prejudice of jocjoc telling all lies.
what i found tongue is a brilliant guy named jinggoy asking brilliant questions seeking to reconstruct the jocjoc case according to his own version of the story, not really seeking for the truth as we hope to see.
ang galing ni jinggoy… senador ba sya? kaya pala honorable ang tawag sa mga senador. lahat ba ng mga senador gaya nya? nasusuka ako tongue… pero thanks sa link.
Fraus latet in generalibus (lies hide behind generalities).
Hindi daw umiiwas si Bolante, mayroon daw prior engagements abroad. Okay, what were those? Related ba to the job? Where are the invitations to prove they were prior engagements? There should be a paper trail in the DA. Kailan binili ang ticket? Kung government job, nasaan ang COA report of his liquidation? Presumably may advance (maaaring advance like De La Paz, given by a fat slob).
Where is the paper work on the expenditure of 728 million. Sino ang binigyan, and for what was it used? There should be a paper trail to show the purchases of “farm imputs”. Two years ago pa yon, so there should be a COA report already.
How was the money released to the local officials? Cash, bank draft? Vouchers? There should be a paper trail here; and don’t tell me you need time to gather it. It won’t take a day to fish it out of the archives, but it would take more than a day to fabricate them, or doctor them.
Sino yung producer ng liquid fertilizer? Isa lang yun di ba? I-subpoena ang kanilang income tax return. Taxes owed are not private, so that other Joker (Arroyo) cannot invoke privacy concerns like he did in the case of Iggy. Kung private man, puwedeng mag executive session.
By the way, paano napalabas ni Balajadia yung Bulate? Mayroon ba siyang dalang Combantrin?
Sabi ni Nograles, everybody received fertilizers, not cash. So the DA bought 728 million worth of fertilizer? Okay, dumadali ang pagpako sa ebidensya.
Nasaan ang purchase order? Nasaan ang paper trail as to payment to the seller? Then, audit the seller – how did it produce the sold fertilizer? Let’s see the cost of goods sold in its books. Where is the receipt by the DA of the physical delivery?
Bilib ako. You mean na-doctor na lahat ng mga papel na ito?
you were obviously reading the chat text and not listening to Jinggoy. Jinggoy’s questions were prepared by his staff, few of the Senate’s best who have worked for ex-senators like Serge Osmeña and Erap too. Ang mga nagfi-feed ng ibang questions ni Jinggoy ay yung mga ex-cabinet mismo ni Erap na may inside info sa mga kalokohan sa gobyerno.
If you were impresed by the theatrics of someone like Miriam, who usually starts her queries by lecturing the witness, I am not amused by those.
atty,
The foliar-type fertilizer industry doesn’t even produce half that much. On the other hand, those N-P-K fertilizer producers claim they weren’t even asked to bid.
Saan nanggaling ang fertilizer, from thin air?
btw, deepcaring, kung nasusuka ka, take a pregnancy test.
why are you so sure that jinggoy’s version of the story is not that of the truth? We don’t need to hear from Bolante what the truth is. We already know that. What we want to hear Bolante say is to implicate all those who are co-conspirators and masterminds in the scam.
You don’t investigate a criminal and give him much elbow room to wriggle through. You take him to a corner and drill him there. Only morons and his cohorts will give Jocjoc a fat chance to lie all he can.
We don’t need to hear from Bolante what the truth is. We already know that. What we want to hear Bolante say is to implicate all those who are co-conspirators and masterminds in the scam. -Tongue
Sakto!
TonGuE-tWisTeD Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
btw, deepcaring, kung nasusuka ka, take a pregnancy test.
….Better name is deepthroat, not deepcaring.