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The death — and rebirth — of GO

by Adel Tamano
Spokesman of the Genuine Opposition

The following article appeared in today’s issue of the The Daily Tribune. Tamano holds Master of Laws from Harvard, Juris Doctor at the Ateneo de Manila and a Master of Public Administration, UP

Last Saturday, while in conference with Sen. Serge Osmeña and RC Constantino, the Genuine Opposition campaign managers, at the former headquarters of the GO at Manilabank in Makati City, I had a bittersweet realization: GO was now officially dead. No, this has nothing to do with the fight for the Senate presidency that has been thoroughly discussed in the media as the sign of the demise of the GO. It had everything to do with the completion of the GO’s objective as a political organization and a coalition.

The GO was not, in the strict sense, a political party, meaning that it could be registered with the Comelec and would be eligible for consideration as a dominant minority or majority party. It was a coalition of numerous political parties such as the UNO, LP, NPC, etc., which had a simple objective. In a nutshell, our main goal as a both a coalition and a political organization was to get as many of our senatorial candidates as possible, elected in order to protect the independence of the Senate and allow it to remain a watchdog and check and balance against corruption, whether it be the executive, legislative, or judicial kind.

Despite the seemingly limitless resources of Team Unity (TU) and its — or its cohorts — attempts at cheating, the GO did what most people thought impossible: an almost complete defeat of the GMA administration candidates. Obviously, this feat could not have been accomplished without the support of the public and the invaluable help of election watchdogs such as Lente, PPCRV, the party-list groups, etc. In fact, only two TU members (Arroyo and Angara who, by the way, are not authentic administration stalwarts) were able to get elected. Of course, we still have the Migz vs. Koko debacle but that is, again, another story. To all those who supported us, allow us now to offer our deepest gratitude.

With the job accomplished, the coalition has become superfluous. This is the reason that the Manilabank office that I went to last Saturday, which used to be a hotbed of activity — with our staff, the candidates and their campaign teams, the press, supporters, and kibitzers interacting, often boisterously — was now, for the most part, quiet and still.

Does the death of the GO as a political organization mean that the GO candidates may now turn their backs on their campaign promises to fight corruption and be a check and balance to the enormous powers of the Executive? No. Or more accurately, the answer is “no” if the GO candidates want to have a future in politics. The mandate that was given to the GO candidates had a simple premise: that once elected, our candidates had to be true oppositionists, hence the descriptive term “genuine.”

Translated into concrete action, being a true oppositionist, would mean they would hold the government accountable for its misgovernance, conduct investigations — regardless whether those who would be subjected to the inquiry are powerful, rich, or influential — of those involved in government scams that took away money that the state could use to help the poor, and enact legislation that would protect free speech, such as the decriminalization of journalistic libel.

As shown by the 2007 elections, our voters are much more savvy, informed and discerning. They will hold elected officials accountable and their memories are not as short or as forgiving as before. Stated otherwise, the GO senators should be put on notice that if they fail to live up to their promises to the public, then they will have nothing but defeat to reap in the 2010 and future elections.

So as long as the GO senators live up to this mandate, then although GO as a campaign organization may no longer exist, the ideals of the GO, as expressed and articulated throughout the campaign, continue.

During my stint as GO spokesman, I believed that our ideals were simple and basic and that they were founded on a belief that public office was a public trust and in the discharge of that trust public officials, and the government in general, had to be accountable, transparent and responsive to the needs of the people.

Ultimately, after the heat of the elections has died down and the histrionics, vitriol and rhetoric have ended, it will be performance that will count. Will the opposition senators do the investigations that the public is clamoring for such as inquiries into the Joc-Joc Bolante scam or “Hello Garci?” Will they come up with good legislation? Will they refuse bribes? One of the reasons the electorate overwhelmingly supported the GO senatorial candidates was that they agreed with their ideals of accountability, transparency and responsiveness. If the GO senators live out these ideals, on a daily basis, as shown by their performance in the Senate, then the spirit of the GO, despite the death of the political organization, lives on.

Published inElection 2007

100 Comments

  1. Valdemar Valdemar

    Just as I thought , politics has already devolved back into nature, each bird trying to reach the lead of the V-flight.

  2. chi chi

    Excellent job you did as GO spokesman, Adel. Three loud cheers to you!

  3. chi chi

    “As shown by the 2007 elections, our voters are much more savvy, informed and discerning.”

    Kaya kwidaw kayong mga ibinoto ng pinoy, marami pang eleksyong susunod. We will point our fingers on you to signal the demise of your political careers!

    If you’re in cahoots with that malevolent tiny lady by the pasig river, patay na kayo!

  4. The mandate that was given to the GO candidates had a simple premise: that once elected, our candidates had to be true oppositionists, hence the descriptive term “genuine.”

    Hear, hear, hear! Let’s hope Villar, Escudero and Cayetano are not deaf!

  5. Diego K. Guerrero Diego K. Guerrero

    Genuine Opposition ideals of accountability, transparency and responsiveness becomes extinct. Senators Villar, Cayetano and Escudero had exploited “GO ideals” as their vehicle to political victory. The Filipino electorate wants real fiscalizers not Moro-Moro actors.

  6. There’s no doubt that Adel Tamano did an excellent job and ran rings around the TU spokesmen and explained how GO viewed things Genuinely clearly and positive by telling the truth as a way of obtaining justice.

    There’s a BUT, a big but in that Senators Villar, Cayetano & Escudero can only be Genuine if they stay within their stance that they took to obtain the vote of the people who placed them in the Senate to straighten this crooked administration.

    Yes, they should have no doubt that they were voted in for the sole reason that they said they would straighten this crooked administration. At different times before they, all three warned Arroyo that the people were watching her and here was a penalty to pay in the not too distant future. They all three of them seem to believe that the people who voted them into the Senate are no longer watching them, but they are wrong, they too will also pay a penaty in the future for not staying Genuine.

    If the people of this country wanted administration senators they would have voted Team Unity to get it but they didn’t, did they! Manny, Alan & Chiz, you know what you are doing is selfish and a wrong to the people of this country. Be men enough to think of the people and country not just for your own selfish agenda.

  7. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    Galit pa rin si Manong Diego. Ako, medyo nahimasmasan na ng konti nitong sinabi ni Adel (sigh). Mahirap kasi, itong mga dating madaldal, pagkatapos bumitiw sa real opposition bloc, ayaw na magsalita.

    But I still need to be convinced by their actual performances. Magbabantay pa rin ako at sisiguraduhin ko, huwag kayong magkakamaling humimod sa tumbong ni Pandak, kundi goodbye na sa inyo!

  8. TT:
    I can only think that all three of theses senators believe that they have already proved themselves to the electorate but the truth is that they have yetto prove to the electorate that they can produce what they promised to do.
    Do they honestly believe that these other remaining Genguine Senators are not capable of producing the results they promised the electorate who voted for Genuine Opposition.

  9. Kahit anong sabihin nila, parang nakaloko pa rin sila. These crooks tricked the voters that they shared the feelings and sentiments of majority of Filipinos (90 percent of them as a matter of fact) and that they were indeed running under a new coalition of supposedly enlightened politicians, old and new, to make sure that the unano is out of office before the end of this year by hook or by crook.

    Not a Philippine voter, this is in fact was my impression when the United Opposition was established, but when I was reading their platform, etc. and the inclusion of the crooks, the adulterers, etc. in their group, I could not help but have my doubts. Nevertheless, despite my doubts that it would be the same kind of set-up as they had when FPJ ran with another bunch of questionable trapos, I went with supporting the group with that typical Filipino “Bahala na attitude” especially when finally Trillanes was included there, and my staff and barkada pledge to support and help campaign for him.

    Ang masakit iyong panloloko nina Escudero and Cayetano, huwag na si Jinggoy kasi hindi naman siya kasama sa GO, which he can claim as a matter of fact. Iyong dalawang iyan ang nadenggoy tayong lahat. Let us not forget that. Next time, the best thing really is scrutinize all those candidates regardless of whether they are in groups to be organized by Binay, et al (but not one conniving with the criminal at the palace by the murky river and her cohorts) and see if they are the traditional politicians. Katwiran ko, anybody willing and eager beaver to connive with Mrs. Pidal must be one in her league, for no person in his right frame of mind, love of God and country, or even just a little scrupple can and would want to work with her because she is plain and simple, a criminal. Anybody who loves God, truth and justice should have nothing in his/her heart but to remove her and put her in jail where se belongs.

    Now, I feel sorry that I did not campaign for the three kapatiran candidates! I should have listened to my friend.

  10. Re the Koko and Migz debacle, what do Adel Tamano and Company plan to do about it. Abandon ship na ba sila? Ang sagwa naman! No wonder nawawalan na ng gana si Koko. Hence, the need to call on the 90 percent Filipinos who helped GO to help Koko, too, versus this wannabe menace who wants to be Senator even on tampered votes. Bakit papayagan manalo ang walanghiyang iyan alam naman ng lahat na daya ang boto niyan?

    Gosh, dito iyan pinaghuhuhuli na ng mga pulis ang mga walanghiyang iyan!

  11. rose rose

    I take this opportunity to thank Mr. Tamano for a job well done.
    WWNL: We are learning and learning fast. The spirit of GO will lead us on. The spirit is blowing with the wind but not gone with the wind. It is blowing and now embedded in our hearts- and will fruits. And gone will be the politicians that go against the tide of this wind. It is not an impossible dream..A dream is a wish our hearts make and we will have the dreams come true..2010 before and beyond. Let us get Sen. Trillanes out. The sound of his silence is beating loud…

  12. rose rose

    Correction.. and will bear fruits hindi plastic, hindi grafted.. tunay na hinog sa puno ng mga damdamin ng maraming Filipinos.

  13. cocoy cocoy

    Nadengoy na naman ng tatlong kulapo,mahilig kasi tayong bumili ng used car at mga pekeng Gucci.Santisima! Ave Maria, Purisima! na naman ba?.Magsisi ka man Day,napaglaruan ka na ng kasintahan mong salawahan at hanggang pier ka lang.

    Now,Trapolita(Gloria),Papa Pimp Daddy(Villar),the two chiwawa (Cayetano, Escudero) and the Kokorokoko (Kiko) boarded the get-away vehicle to pursue their hidden agenda to rob the people’s treasure.
    They now control the all branches of government, an institutionally vulnerable to corruption. Kaya si Jose ay Pipidal-pidal na lang ng biseklita para habulin sila.

    Bottom line, We now know that they are not loyal. They are selfish. At least now they’ve done us a favor of making it clear that they doesn’t care about the Filipino people or the will of the voters,or any of those trivial things. They care about themselves.Amen,Jesus!

    The Gringos, the Japs, and Gi Joe did not destroyed our country ,but, these company of Makpili generations above are releasing the nuclear dose.

  14. A problem of any kind should be talked out, decision made and action taken. Thats how successful countries are governed.
    Is it habit of culture that it seems that any problem confronting our politicians is talked about but then repeatedly talked about even though there are ideas made on how to realise a correction to the particular problem, this includes politicians & politics.
    If this is habit or culture it needs to be stopped now! We require Action on the countries lack of governamce problems right now not tomorrow. The Koko v Migz debacle included.

  15. I’m just listening to ABS-CBN where the Comelec spokesman is putting over their view that the Commissioners are the best thing since sliced bread. It’s about time that the electorate’s opinion is that they are acting corruptly and seen as being devoid of all credibility. In short the public would like to see the Comelec disbanded in totality.

  16. cocoy:
    Maybe we can equate the mentality of the actions of Senators Villar, Cayetano & Escudero as the well documented ‘Crab Mentality’. They should remember that there are other stroger crabs in Congress that will undo them before 2010!

  17. Senators Villar, Cayetano & Escudero will be starting the 14th Congress as enemies of the people and when the time comes that they look for support from the same people these senators will feel the heat – but not support of the people.

    I read that Alan Cayetano called Ellen, but I’m also aware that I have not seen them explaining themselves on the television political shows to explain their actions.
    I wonder why!

  18. chi chi

    WWNL,

    Alan and Chiz seem to employ the Sound of Silence these days as they know very well that their action of siding with Pimp Daddy Money Villar is not acceptable to the people who voted for them via GO!

    Mahirap talagang eksplika ‘yan!

  19. chi:
    Alan & Chiz have thrown their political carrers in the Recycle Bin when they and everyone knows that once placed in the Recycle Bin its bye bye forever.
    The amazing thing is that both of them have agreed before that the public are not only now awake after a long sleep but have found out to have memories of elephants. Suicide!

  20. paquito paquito

    Mga balimbing!!! Pansarili rin palang interest ang pakay nyo sa pagkapanalo sa eleksyon! Kala namin para kayo sa mga pilipino. Sino??? Si Villar, Escudero at Cayetano. Wala na, mabuti pa ngayon si Kiko Pangilinan kesa sa kanila. ang LP pala ay meron paninindigan. Tulad ni Noynoy at Mar Roxas. Kaya nga mas mabuti pa ngayon si Kiko. Para sa aming mga pinoy hindi dapat maging senate president si Villar. Sariling interest lang alam nya. Ibigay naman nya sa iba. Kaya nga ba kabado kami nong kinuha si Villar ng GO—kasi meron syang tendency na bumalimbing, di ba? Tulad nong panahon ni Erap at sya ang speaker. Tanda nyo? Kalimutan na natin ang mga taong ganyan. Meron pa syang ads na kasama nya nanay nya na matanda na. Pakulo!!!
    Mga kababayan tangkilikin natin ang tunay at genuine na mga GO. Lacson, Legarda, Noynoy, Trillanes, isama natin sina Nene Pimentel siempre, Roxas, Osmena at Biazon.
    kalimutan sina Escudero, Cayetano at Villar! Biglang pangit at bantot ng mga pangalan nyo mga balimbing. Ginamit nyo lang ang GO para kayo manalo kasi kung TU di kayo mananalo sa eleksyon. Balimbing!!!
    Sen. Pimentel for Senate President–tunay na GO

  21. At least, Tamano is not talking about going into politics in 2010. I won’t encourage him as a matter of fact to make statements now kasi baka madawit siya sa kasalanan ni Escudero at Cayetano knowing how close he is to them or so was the impression doon sa mga pre-election pictures nila.

    Note that I don’t touch Villar kasi para sa akin dapat nakita na ang sungay ng taong iyan noon pa. Duda na ako diyan noon pa.

    At least, iyong Kiko sa sobrang yabang umalis sa GO maaga pa lang. Kumampi man siya kay Gloria bistado na siya. Still nakinabang din ang ungas sa Opposition because people believed that he was running independent because he wanted to lick the unano out, pero hindi pala.

    Ang gusto ni unano masira si Lacson dahil sa presidential ambition niya. Si Trillanes takot si unano dahil desidido si Trillanes na tanggalin siya! That I support wholeheartedly, and so do majority of Filipinos now.

    Sa 2010, hopefully, ang mga pilipino will remember the treachery of Escudero and Cayetano. Hindi iyong magdadalawang loob pa sila! Huwag na silang maging gullible. Maraming ipapalit! Nandiyan si Harry Roque, Adel Tamano, et al na puedeng ipalit!

    I don’t believe na naubos na ang mga matitinong pilipino at napunta na lahat sa ibang bansa kundi pa sila napapatay ng mga kurakot!!!

    Puede, Patalsikin Na, Now Na! (Note hindi na capital ang battlecry ko in response to Ellen’s plea!)

  22. chi chi

    WWNL, yeah, these two itlogs are the ones with short memories!

  23. chi chi

    Yuko,

    Mahirap makabawi si Alan at Chiz kung hindi nila maagapan na i-korek ang action nilang ito that seemed to be against the people who trusted them. I agree with WWNL, their siding with a chameleon Villar is a political suicide on their part. Wrong move, nagsisimula pa lang!

  24. cocoy cocoy

    WWL ,Chi;
    Those crab mentality of Pinoys has too much aligi, a bunch of idiot’s alibis.

    In-between now and next 2010, a number of highly significant events are going to take place.
    The piggy will commit suicide, he could not handle his erectile dysfunction, the pygmy will become a permanent residence of the mental institution, the injustice secretary is on comatose lying his butt in the hospital. The VP and the Senate president will have a fist fight. Bedol has a guide dog present from Abalos. Esperon will have a circumcision. The MMDA chairman and his kotong men will be busy sweeping EDSA from Pasay to Caloocan on a chain-gang .The Magdalo’s will be set free. Honasan will be losing all his hair. Cayetano denounced his Filipino citizen. Enrile will suffer alzhiemer. Villar’s housing empire went bankrupt he sold the remnant to Donald Trump. Those are the clear indication on Madame’s Meding crystal ball. Make no mistake that the people are praying that exactly will happen. What they do not realize the chief justice of the Divine Supreme Court reviewed the people’s petition and grant the Motion for Reconsideration. That translate; that if there is no justice below there is justice above, katulad lang iyan sa pagluluto ng bibingka,–apoy sa ilalim,apoy sa ibabaw.

    Say what you want now about Trapolita, Pimp Daddy and the Chiwawas who are attempting to rob the Central Bank.Madame’s Meding crystal ball gratify to revel in her Avodooo-do avooda-da that the Trojan Horse trading is over.–Check Mate-

  25. TurningPoint TurningPoint

    While we saw the death of the GO which stands for Genuine Opportunists, we are seeing a rebirth of a genuine lawmaker in the person of Sen. Trillanes who is silently doing his job attending to his campaign promises.

    In a news report, newly elected Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV has filed two bills in the Senate seeking to boost the soldiers’ welfare and their families’ living conditions. The bills, Senate Bill Nos. 751 and 752, provide for an increase in combat duty pay and subsistence allowance, respectively, of all officers and enlisted personnel of the AFP and ensure that funds for the increases are made available in the national budget.

    “Professionalism in the armed forces and adequate remuneration and benefits of its members shall be a prime concern of the state,” said Trillanes, quoting Section 5, Article XVI of the Constitution, in explaining the two legislative proposals.

  26. rose rose

    Maiba ako- bakit tahimik si siraulo? Namamayapa na ba?

  27. TurningPoint TurningPoint

    The twin bills filed by Sen. Trillanes will certainly boost the morale of the AFP officers and enlisted personnel. At present, the combat duty pay of military personnel is only P240 a month. According to Sen. Trillanes, the amount hardly serves as an incentive for soldiers, who are subjected to risks and perils when they put their lives on the line to protect our people, our institutions and our democratic way of life. He added the soldiers’ combat duty pay was last increased in 1985. Imagine, panahon pa ni Marcos.

    The other bill, SB 752, seeks to increase the subsistence allowance of military personnel from the present P60 per day to P150 per day, or by P90. But you know what? Gloria Arroyo, apparently tipped off of Sen. Trillanes filed bills, made an announcement that she’s ordering an increase of P30 in the daily subsistence allowance of soldiers. Gusto na namang ibandera ang kanyang kunyaring magnanimity pero lumalabas, mas mataas pa rin ang panukala ni Sen. Trillanes.

    With Sen. Trillanes around seriously attending to his legislative duties even behind bars, who needs these genuine opportunists in the likes of Villar, Escudero and Cayetano?

  28. jojovelas2005 jojovelas2005

    off-topic but very sad news:
    Zubiri to be proclaimed Wednesday–Abalos.

    Mahihirapan na maghabol si Kiko once Abalos proclaimed Zubiri…sa pinas pa! If they only pursue Garci scandal di sana ng yari ulit ito.

  29. TurningPoint TurningPoint

    Noon, pinabubunyi natin si Alan Cayetano at Chiz Escudero sa Batasang Pambansa sa kanilang walang humpay na paglaban sa administrasyon. Ngayon, ang kanilang biglang kambyo at sa nabalitang pakikipag ugnayan kay Gloria Arroyo ay hindi natin dapat ikalungkot. Kung doon sila maligaya, hayaan natin. Dapat pang matuwa tayo dahil habang maaga ay nakilala natin ang kanilang tunay na kulay.

    Si Manny Villar, noon pa’y alam na nang marami na para siyang hunyango na paiba-iba nang kulay. Nitong kampanyahan pa lamang ay nabisto agad na sinusuportahan niya nang palihim sina Joker at Recto. Palibhasa’y kabilang siya sa GO, ibinoto pa rin siya sa pagaakalang matibay ang kanyang paninindigan sa paglaban sa administrasyon. Muling nagkamali ang akala. Sa kanyang matayog na ambisyon, bigla yatang nakalimutan ni Mr. Manny na ang mga tao ay matamang pinagmamasdan ang bawat kilos ng kanilang inihalal. Akala siguro ni Mr. Manny, palaging masisilaw sa kanyang salapi ang isipan ng sambayanan. Ang akala siguro ni Mr. Manny, madaling ayusin ang mga bagay-bagay sapagkat ang paniwala niya, Money Talks. Hindi na ngayon, Mr. Money. Sayang ang iyong sipag at tiyaga sapagkat ito’y mauuwi sa wala at ang kasukdulan, magiging malupit sa iyo ang tadhana.

  30. Mrivera Mrivera

    what happened to GO is not the end of everything for us, pinoys. it is just the start of the new beginning.

    isipin natin na sinala lamang natin ang magagandang binhi na ating itatanim sa 2010, ang tunay na araw ng paghuhukom sa mga ganid na walang inisip kundi pansariling interes sa pananatili sa kapangyarihan.

    tama na ang pagpapadala sa mga pakunwaring pagbubunyag ng katiwalian ng mga gahamang namamahay sa malakanayang. tama na ang pagtitiwala sa mga hunyangong biglang naglalaho kapag naidikit na ang katawan sa gustong kalagyan. at lalong tama na ang NIPIS ng pang-unawa at memorya sa mga KAWALANGHIYAAN, KASINUNGALINGAN, PANDARAYA, PANGUNGURAKOT AT PAGKITIL SA GA HIBLANG PAG-ASANG TINATANAW NG KARANIWANG MAMAMAYAN!

    huwag nang muli pang hayaang makapangibabaw ang makahayup na interes ni gloria arroyo at kanyang pamilya gayundin ang kanyang mga kaalyadong puro halang ang kaluluwa!

    isipin din natin ang kapakanan ng mga mas naaapektuhan ng lahat ng katiwalian at hindi tuwirang pagwawalangbahala sa kabuktutan ng mga mapagbalatkayong sa kaban ng bayan ay nagpapasasa!

  31. Golly, idedeklara na raw iyong nandaya as the winner in this election. Bakit walang pumipiyak sa GO. 7 na lang ang nanalo samantalang ang linaw-linaw ng trend na 8-2-2, or 9-2-1 for GO. Tapos with the treachery of Escudero, Cayetano and Villar, labas, 4 lang nang nanalo? Unbelievable ang manipulation na gagawin ng spinmaster ni unano ay i-deny na gusto pa rin ng mga pilipino si unano. Wow, ang kawalanghiyaan. Bakit papayag ang mga pilipino niyan. Dapat may protest bukas kung idedeklara si Dayana Zubiri. T……ummmppph! Can’t say bad words.

    Ano iyan baboyan na? Dapat magmadali si Koko in protesting against this gimmick. Enough is enough. Puro pangloloko na ito! Please maaawa kayo sa mga kababayan ninyo!

    Puede bang ipagdasal na mamamatay na sana?

  32. Golly, idedeklara na raw iyong nandaya as the winner in this election. Bakit walang pumipiyak sa GO. 7 na lang ang nanalo samantalang ang linaw-linaw ng trend na 8-2-2, or 9-2-1 for GO. Tapos with the treachery of Escudero, Cayetano and Villar, labas, 4 lang nang nanalo? Unbelievable ang manipulation na gagawin ng spinmaster ni unano ay i-deny na gusto pa rin ng mga pilipino si unano. Wow, ang kawalanghiyaan. Bakit papayag ang mga pilipino niyan. Dapat may protest bukas kung idedeklara si Dayana Zubiri. T……ummmppph! Can’t say bad words.

    Ano iyan baboyan na? Dapat magmadali si Koko in protesting against this gimmick. Enough is enough. Puro pangloloko na ito! Please maaawa kayo sa mga kababayan ninyo!

    Puede bang ipagdasal na mamamatay na sana?

  33. norpil norpil

    after reading tamano’s article, one can wonder if the same is true with the tu, since also the tu was formed for election purposes.

  34. dzandueta dzandueta

    Puede bang ipagdasal na mamamatay na sana?

    Hindi po kailangan gawin ‘yan. Darating din ang kanilang araw. 😉

    Sya nga pala:

    newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=75824

    The Commission on Elections has deferred the proclamation of TEAM Unity’s Juan Miguel Zubiri as senator “until further notice” in deference to the Supreme Court, the poll body’s spokesman has said.

    James Jimenez said the commission would attend the oral arguments on Friday.

  35. May isang pilipina dito who got a stroke last Saturday. Binigyan ng mga doktor ng dalawang araw na limit. Kung mabuhay siya, vegetable ang labas sabi ng doctor. Her friends did not know what to pray. Sabi namin just leave it to God.

    This morning she died, but I had thought about her since I learned of her stroke. Akala niya wala nang katapusan, but apparently she was wrong. And it made me to think of how men in their greed waste time trying to seek for the riches of this world, and very little of what God really wants for them to do for even just their own salvation.

    Frankly, it gave me hope that all these evil deeds by the criminal enjoying her spoils at the palace by the murky river will soon end—depending on how much the Filipinos have learned their lesson perhaps.

    No need to listen to some crazy advice. Filipinos should do what their conscience tells them to do, and what is definitely right—kick out the crooks Now!!!

  36. Yuko,

    I received your e-mail on the lady who’s just died in Tokyo.

    May she rest in peace!

  37. martina martina

    Ang mga bumaliktad ay baka bumalik na naman sa oposisyon. Magkaganoon man, parang mahirap na silang pagkatiwalaan.

  38. chi chi

    Cocoy,

    Ikaw talaga, very rich ang panulat at imagination. Kakatawa ka. Sana nga ay mangyari lahat ang iyong sinasabi sa mga taong ito na walang katuturan!

  39. chi chi

    Whoa! Sugod sila sa pag-proclaim kay Tita Migz pero si Trillanes ay hindi nila i-proclaim kundi sila natakot sa pwersa natin?! Mga mandaraya sa impierno!

    Senator Daya na Zubiri, magpakaligaya ka sa mga taon mo diyan dahil iyan na rin ang iyong wakas! **&^%taragis!!!

  40. chi chi

    “…isipin natin na sinala lamang natin ang magagandang binhi na ating itatanim sa 2010,”

    Tututs ang iyong super gandang linya, Mrivera!

    Patience, patience, patience…kakainip naman! Ngayon na natin sipain at bugbugin si maligna gloria!

  41. chi chi

    Magdudusa sa kanyang upuan si Me Girl So Very sa pagpapantasya kay Sonny whenever the later attends sessions. Hahahaah!!! Iyan ang isa sa kanyang mga kaparusahan sa pandaraya!

    Seriously, dapat ay kumilos agad si Koko dahil sabi nga ni jj05 na mahihirapan siya kung mai-proklama na ang Daya na Zubiri.

    Hoy, mga senador na nanalo sa behikulong GO, sabi ninyo ay walang iwanan! Aba, porke at proklamado na kayo ay sitting pretty na kayo ha! Nandiyan pa si Koko at inaapi ni trapolita gloria. Inuuna ninyo ang pagbalimbing kesa sa mas mahalagang usapin ni Koko!

  42. Mrivera Mrivera

    chi,

    totoo lang ang sinabi ko. at mabuti nga habang maaga, nahulog na sa salaan ang mga inutil na binhi, ‘yung walang aanihing maganda ang sambayanan. sila ‘yung binhing sa biglang tingin ay nangangako ng magandang pagsibol at magbibigay ng hitik na pamumunga subalit hindi pa man tumutubo, lanta na!

    iisa lamang ang nakikita kong magbibigay ng pag-asa. oo nga’t hindi pa siya pumasa sa pamantayan ng mga ganid (dahil gusto nga nila , sila na lamang palagi), subalit pasasaan ba’t darating din ang panahong sa kanyang pamumunga ay doon natin masasabing sulit ang pag-aalaga, pagtitiyaga at paniniwala sa kanyang ipinangangakong aning masagana.

    hindi tayo dapat mag-alala sapagkat nariyan mga taong umaalalay sa kanya’t gumagabay upang ang lupa niyang kinatataniman ay maging malinis at ang pagtuboy niya ay lumabay tungo sa pagbibigay ng pag-asang ating inaasam!

    at si sonny trillanes ang binhing iyan!

  43. Mrivera Mrivera

    .. at ang PAGTUBO niya ay lumabay ……

  44. chi chi

    Mrivera, Ok, aalagaan nating lahat na naniniwaka at susuportahan ang tanging binhing iyan para lumabay! (Nakakahawa ang ganda ng iyong panulat. :-))

  45. Let’s not lose hope friends. Koko won the election and this majority of Filipinos know. It is impossible for Zubiri to win because Filipinos just hated the team unano because they were the same crooks who tried their dumb/damned best to protect her from being impeached. And why should Filipinos be saddled with these arrogant boors who even bragged before election that they were running for the Senate to abolish it!

    Ano sila nakakaloko? Stupid din ang mga gagong magpapaloko sa kanila, for sure, but majority of Filipinos were not fools, and they voted for the Opposition who made them believe that they were true and sincere.

    OK so they were able to hoodwinked the voters, these Escudero and Cayetano, but who would know they were not different from the traditional politicians they apparently dreamed to be? Cayetano, for one, even used the name of God to fool the voters that he was for real. Being religious, I must admit I was had by his professed piety. I should have considered that the guy was a product of one of these parochial schools, which produce a lot many of these hypocrites who profess to be religious but have no qualms to cheat and steal!!! Otherwise, they would concede graciously without insisting on some tampered votes to be counted still. Creeps indeed!

    Bato-bato sa langit ang tamaan huwag magagalit, but let’s face it. This regime has made a liars and cheats of a lot of Filipinos too many. It should not be. It should be condemned and corrected now!

  46. Anna,

    Iyon din ang dasal ko. May she rest in peace! Una-una lang nga. But hearing of such death makes one think of how fleeting life can be.

    Hindi mo alam kung kailan ka mamamatay. Dapat matakot na iyong mga kriminal na gumagawa ng masama gaya noong poohtah sa Malacanang!

  47. acer acer

    Adel Tamano, Ok ka,cool ka lang, accepted ang explanation mo.
    For the who does, Villar, Cayetano & Chiz, Buti pa, mag form na lang kayo ng new party, huwag na ninyo gamiting ang GO-Genuine Opposition, better to use GA- Genuine Administration. G.A.-G.O.At gawin ninyo ang Manguindanao bilang headquarters ninyo with Bedol as Chairman.Walang talo ang team ninyo.Go G.A.

  48. vic vic

    Well, if a life of ideals and principles and convictions will only last as Mr. Adel Tamano said in his articles, then we can not expect to have a lasting moral leadership now or ever.

    It is sad that a group of Candidates who run on a platform that the people were hoping to see a meaningful change of Checking the excesses of the Governing Power are now fragmented before they even started to assume that role. They were endorsed as oppositionists, and were voted not on their own merits and past performances, but more so because of people disapproval of the President Tenure and Legitimacy, and the corruptions that afflict her administration and now they are jockeying for their own interest above that of the Mandate that were just handed to them. Take back the Mandate…

  49. rose rose

    Para sa akin ang ginawa ni Escudero, Villar, Cayetano ay a thing of the past. We are here now- naluko at patuloy na linuloko. What can we do about it? Sabi ni Sen. Trillanes remove corruption. Si GMA ang leader ng corruption. How can we remove her? Hindi ko idinadasal na mamatay siya..I pray and I know (I have my faith) that GOD will handle that. Sa ano mang paraan-basta maalis siya ok. But for us- the answer my friends “is blowing in the wind” remember that song? It is not gone with the wind…simply blowing in the wind: Val said- each bird trying to reach V-flight. V flight is Victory Flight. Let us all reach for that- Sen. Trillanes was a “landlubber” he can now lead us with his sealegs. Turning point-pointed the two bills Sen. Trillanes will introduce- once the session opens let us write (email and/or text) all the Senators to support and pass the bills. Citizens of Ellenville are all over the world..sundan natin ang kilos ni Gloria..at ang mga alipores niya lalo na ang familia niya. Kung pupunta sa Europe AdB is there…sa Japan si Yuko is there. Maraming OFW sa buong daigdig..bantayan and alert us all with what she is doing…power of the pen..media..internet brigade let them know that we are watching..sabi nga ni Mrivera- magandang binhi ang ating itatanim. Remember the Parable of the Sower and the Seed? Let the wind blow the seeds to good soil so the plants will grow without the weeds, etc.
    Let us all bombard these Senators with emails and text. Yuko gave us all their numbers. Let us have the Prayers Brigade; Internet Brigade and Text Brigade…Hindi naman mahirap gawin ito. With regard to Dayang Dayang Me gal wala naman papansin sa kanya..lalo na ngayon.. Mag Saya pa siya ng pula, shocking pink or electric blue…walang papansin.
    Cocoy: kung multiple choice ang sinasabi mo ang sagot ko
    all of the above.
    Turning Point..welcome to Ellenville..
    Neonate: Gathering more info? Let us know. Ma upod ako sa inyo. May I tag-along?
    There is more to come (sabi ni Cocoy) before and beyond 2010. Let us all watch their moves Senators/Congressmen/Justices/ et. al. You better watch out..we are making a list..and that is no threat but a promise. Sa dami natin- hindi makakatulog yong reyna–at
    boom tarantang taranta..

  50. paquito paquito

    Sa mga tunay na Pilipino matatawag natin sina Escudero, Cayetano at Villar na taksil sa bayan, taksil sa GO. Bakit kamo? Ibinoto sila ng bansang Pilipino, tapos ngayon na nanalo na dala ang GO e babalimbing. Tama sila na si Cayetano ay hindi tunay na Pilipino. Maging sina Villar at Escudero. Meron bang Pilipino na tulad nila harapang nagtataksil? Sila lang!
    Mga taksil!
    Mga balimbing!
    Magsilayas kayo sa Pilipinas kasama si Gloria.

  51. Off topic but the Malacanang poohtah and her cohorts are deploying military troops again to the depressed areas where there are lots of Erap’s followers. Is is in anticipation of the rumored announcement of Erap’s conviction, and they are now trying to frightened his followers from going against it?

    Ang galing! Frankly, these crooks are shooting two or three birds with one stone. They are likewise checking the health condition of the poor and convince them to see their organs to foreigners now flocking to the Philippines for some kidney transplants, etc. This is immoral and should be stopped now as a matter of fact. Grabe, tao ang puhunan ng mga kuratong na ito!

    Don’t be surprised if one of these days we hear of the Philippines being swept clean by a big Tsunami, etc. as a sign of the wrath of heaven for all these evils!

    Patalsikin Na, Now Na!

  52. Sorry, this should read: Is it in anticipation of the rumored announcement of Erap’s conviction, and they are now trying to frighten his followers from going against it? Takotan pa ang dating ha?

    Iyong prosecutor who is trying to look into the case of Burgos, I understand, now receives death threats. No wonder there is no justice in the Philippines.

    Over here, the judges of the court and prosecutors can get threats only from the Yakuza, dahil kriminal naman talaga, but the judges, prosecutors, et al are not easy to frighten because of very efficient Japanese police. Golly, sa Pilipinas, mismong supposedly guardians of peace, sila mismo ang nananakot! Matatakot nga ang mga judges doon. Kaya ang tapang noong Tabatsoy na manakot ng mga journalists! Pwe!

  53. chi chi

    Nag-iisip na raw bumalik sa oposisyon si Jinggoy at Chiz matapos maramdaman ang ngitngit ng mga tao sa kanilang ginawa. Aba, dali-dalian ninyo ang pagbaligtad muli.

    Iyan ang sinasabi namin dito na pag-isipan muna ninyo ang aksyon bago ninyo kami ibenta!

    Si Alan ay malabo raw dahil nakakabit sa beywang ni Money Villar at tinabla si Ping. Hmmmnnn… marami pang drama ang kasunod nitong balimbingan blues.

  54. chi chi

    Rose,

    I believe that maligna poootha gloria is already just a lameduck being propped up by her bought Esperon. Kaya hintayin ko na lang na iyong nasa itaas ang magbagsak ng lagim sa kanya.

    Meantime, go ako sa sinabi mo to bombard the senators to support and pass the bills of Senator Sonny. Let’s hold hands, walang iwanan, to support this young brave senator for the good of our motherland!

  55. TonGuE-tWisTeD TonGuE-tWisTeD

    We knew it all along, the switch from “UNITED Opposition” to “GENUINE Opposition” says it all. There can never be unity among the elitist politicians who are out to protect their selfish interests first, and those of the country’s, later. GO was an uneasy alliance of conflicting interests but one that hurts us more now is Villar’s presidential ambition, no doubt.

    He can’t be controlled, or worse, he can’t control himself. Way too ambitious unlike his future opponents Lacson, Legarda, and Roxas who are committed to sacrifice the present for the good of the future.

    We don’t need Villar to lead us, and to borrow his own byline, though twisted, ANG DAPAT KAY VILLAR…

    SIPA AT TAGA!

  56. Now Showing: Baligtaran Blues

    Starring Manuel Villar, Alan Cayetano, Chiz Escudero

    Sino kaya director nila?

    Ho-hum! Hay naku! Nakakasawa na kayo, ha?

  57. Chi,

    Jinggoy and Chiz now say babalik na sila sa Opposition? Oh yeah? Pakisabi sa kanila, “Tell it to the Marines!”

    Remember my opposition to the name “Genuine Opposition”? Tama ako after all. Dapat pala “Genuine Opportunists” ang pangalan nila. Ang authentic lang naman sa kanila ay walang iba kundi iyong idolo natin, si Trillanes who ran as UNO candidate.

  58. The GO as a group may retire for a while, but the goals it aimed to accomplish has been made….or did it?

    I voted for Villar, and I feel I was duped.

    I believed in Cayetano, but am now thinking if my votes were really ‘sayang’….

    Escudero was farthest from my mind, but becoz he was with GO, I thought, ‘Why not?’

    All these for naught!

    Never again!

    I have heard these words said over and over again in the past. But we often do not recognize that the words have become hollowed and that we ourselves allow these people ‘to sit at our table’ and feed on our blood (taxes)! We must remember!

    As the electorate has been awakened, thanks to that stinking mole by the Pasig, I am sure we shall overcome all these hulabaloo soon. The people will remember what they say and do, and the sooner they shed their true colors, the better for us to think. Not all who come in sheep’s clothing are gentle lambs; most of the time, they are wolves who long to go to their pack again, and again, and again! That, we must remember!

    Lest we forget, it is time to remind one and all that there are a lot of lowlifes who would do everything to gain power. They belong to the same power-grabber who can never satiate their lust to stay in power. And we know the reason why. Most have set their sights on 2010….and that, is exactly WHY we must remember!

    Remember the wolves in our midst! They are bound to eat us with their sweet howls.

  59. Off topic, but Miriam is at it again. Itong sirang ulo na ito sabi dapat daw i-convict na si Erap.

    Wow, hanip talaga! Even when she joined the Arroyo camp and ran for the Senate despite her earlier statement that she would retire from politics after the death of her son that I actually dismiss to be a suicide case, we should remember that she sought Erap’s blessing to get his supporters’ votes. Otherwise, I doubt if she could win without resorting to the daya technique people aligning with the poohtah are now deadly infamous for.

    Isa pang pahamak ang ungas na ito. Hindi na ito dapat pang ibinoboto! Puro BS ang lumalabas sa bibig!!! Hindi pa nagsawa ang mga tao sa scattered brain na ito?

  60. Come to think of it—rebirth ng GO? I hope not. I’m not interested to support any attempt to revive this Genuine Opportunists. And definitely no team unano for me. Maraming ipapalit as we have known in this midterm election. Hindi nga lang nabigyan ng chance. Pero nakita naman natin ang maturity kahit papaano ng mga voters. Kunting hasa pa, mahihirapan na ang mga kurakot na maboto.

    OK na rin na nabisto si Escudero at Cayetano. Mas maaga mabuti na nakitang hindi sila totoo. Sabi nga sa Bible, ” And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.” (Isa. 30: 28) or “And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:” (Luke 22: 31)

    The election of 2010 will be a crucial one, but as long as there is the criminal there dreaming of becoming queen, Filipinos should not be too sure they are going to have an election then. Puro kambyo ang mga ungas, delikado! Beware!

  61. Off Topic:
    Apparently Senior State Prosecutor Velasco received death threat – the AFP investigate themselves – the NBI are afraid and incopetent to investigate high profile cases through lack of expertise.
    This death threat is more proof that AFP are not trained in police work, their solution to a problem is to kill.
    Its more proof of the mess this country is in. Its been commented before that it will get worse before it gets better – the implementation and proposed enactment of the Anti Terror Act may be the tipping point

  62. ystakei:
    Can’t see this administration having an election in 2010 because with more corruption allegations in the next three years being swept under the carpet they are sure to lose any election TU proved it for them. Remember the masses are wide awake now, lets be patient.

  63. rose rose

    Sabi ni Turning Point..ang allownce daw ng sundalo ay PP60/day. Ano ang mabibili niyan? Kanin, bagoong at tuyo?
    Naubos na ba ni Garcia (yong Comptroller) ang para sa allowance nila. We have to support the reforms to be recommended by Sen. Trillanes. Nagpunta si GMA sa Divisoria noong kailan..hindi ba niya nakita ang prices ng bilihin. Oo nga pala interesado lang siya sa photo op at pa corrupt, corrupt…

  64. chi chi

    60 pesos a day allowance ng sundalo! Mahabaging Diyos, saklolohan talaga ang mga sundalo!

    Ano ba ‘yan? Lahat ng pera ng militar ay nasa bulsa ni Assperon! Sipain at tadyakan si poootha gloria at ng mag-disapir si Assperon!

  65. 60 pesos a day. Susmaryosep! Wala pang 2 dollars. Dito nga and minimum ng mga batang nag-a-albeit sa MacDonald, 1,100 yen na (120yen=1dollar ngayon) per hour. No wonder marami akong nakikitang mga sundalong kapag kinumbida ng anak na may asawang hapon sa Japan, ayaw nang umuwi kung makakatrabaho sa mga construction site. Tapos iyong anak ni unano, walang ginagawa kundi magsugal o magmura sa Congress, ang laki ng sahod! Ibagsak na iyan. Please Patalsikin Na, Now Na!

  66. Rose,

    Coke in can sa Manila, 30 pesos na, ano pa ang mabibili niyan. No wonder makipag-deal na iyong mga nasa Mindanao with the kidnappers para makahati ng ransom. Iyan ang balita ko sa mga kaibigan ko doon. Member ng church namin na announcer, binaril sa may palengke in broad daylight nang batikosin niya ang anomalya ng mga sundalong naging private guards ng isang warlord doon. Grabe but no reason for the Americans to meddle in keeping the security there! Ano iyan Afghanistan?

  67. rose rose

    Cocoy: May kanta kami noon that goes..ang bibingka kung lutuin ay kakaiba sa lahat..may apoy sa ilalim may apoy pa sa itaas..I don’t pray for her death but..kung sa pagtulog niya ng mahimbing hindi na siya mangising -ok lang. Sa takot niya ngayon kung ano mangyari sa kanya before or beyond 2010 and fear would kill her ok lang..That is not what I pray for but it could certainly be the answer to my prayer.
    Mabalik ako sa pay ng combat duty soldiers 240 pesos a month. In 1969 malaki na yon- that was the starting pay at Insular Life. I heard that Marcos took care of the soldiers..what happened to Ramos? and the rest who followed..1985 to 2007 twenty two years…In the meantime we know that the generals na pa golf golf lang receive a million fold..Ano ang nangyari…

  68. parasabayan parasabayan

    Sana nga matauhan si Escudero. Si Jinggoy, na-hostage na yan dahil sa tatay niya. If you are in his shoes what would you have done? Alan may be very much influenced by his sister. Sumusunod lang siya sa ate niya. Bur if he knows what is best for his political carreer, he should listen to the people who voted for him and not just listen to his sister.

    How can the AFP pay for better salaries of the soldiers when 90% or even more of the AFP budget may have gone to keep up with the lifestyle of the generals who can even afford to buy real estate properties in other countries.

    It will really take more elections to purge the undesirables. It is like sowing seeds. Some find their way in barren soil and others in fertile grounds. Let us wait for the seed to mature and we should keep planting more seeds on the fertile ground.

  69. gusa77 gusa77

    The success of saleperson were consistent and presistent,same as politicians, means sipag at tiaga sa pambobola lang,mga igan,how u will dupe a landowner to scam if don’t have a Honey baked tongue,thats Villar games,accumulations so many of real states were unbelievable,convert an agricultural land to a subdivisions,means less staple food for Pinoy.A scambugs will be always be scambagger in any angle of 360 deg.Same as the Congress Balot sa puti vendor,3 eggs(balot,penoy & abnoy),they lured the voters to great scam deals.

  70. Mrivera Mrivera

    attorney adel tamano, isa ka sa mga taong karapatdapat sa isang malinis at mapagkalingang pamahalaan.

    sa 2010, huwag ka nang magbantulot na pumalaot sa larangan ng pulitika. kailangan ka ng bayan!

    hihintayin ka namin.

    insa allah!

  71. cocoy cocoy

    Rose,Chi,Yuko,Pareng Mrivera;
    Pag kanin,bagoong at tuyo ang pagkain ng mga sundalo ay hindi talaga sila makakahabol ng Abu Sayaff.Sayang lang ang krudo ng six by six nila,papunta sa bundok,hinihika na si Sarhento sa kalahating kilometrong hakbang,liban sa butas pa ang combat shoes pati pa siguro ammo ay limitado.

    Ang mga nababaril nilang mga kalaban ay hindi kaagad namamatay kasi kulang sa impact ang penetration ng bala dahil tinipid ang pulbura na binili ni General sa China.Hindi sa may mga anting-anting ang mga sayaff kung bakit hindi sila namamatay agad,kundi aabutin pa ng linggo bago mamatay sa tetanus.Kaya pala si Tenyente para hindi mapahiya kay Major na wala siyang mission accomplishment ay bibitbitin na lang si Abdul na nasalubong sa daan galing sa sakahan at hambog pang ipagyabang pag-uwi sa kampo na si Abdul ang kumander na nahuli niya.Mga sutil!

  72. parasabayan parasabayan

    Magno, agree ako sa iyo, Adel Tamano is one of our seeds to be planted in the fertile soil. Let us groom him for the 2010 elections.

    Sayang, Koko Pimentel would be a great addition to the Senate kaya lang mukhang madadaya siya ni DAYA NA Chubiri. Magdasal pa tayo ng husto para manalo siya. Sana magmilagro at manalo si Koko.

  73. cocoy cocoy

    Kahit na manalo pa si Dayana,mahihirapan siyang pumasok sa Senado kung iyong mga opposition senator na ayaw sa kanya ay may laging dalang baon na bawang.Ang mga Aswang ay takot sa bawang.Inaswang ni Dayana ang panalo niya,dapat lang na bawangin siya.Okey ba ang solution,Chi.

  74. Cocoy:

    Just two or three years ago, I saw a picture of two Filipino soldiers with a US marine. Daladala ng mga pilipino iyong mga gamit ng kano na shampoo, etc., habang iyong kano naglalakad sa likod nila ang dala ay baril niya tapos may caption na iyong dala ng dalawang pinoy ay gamit ng kano. Kumulo ang dugo ko dahil I never had seen such pathetic scene dito sa Japan dahil I doubt kung may hapon na magpapauto sa kano even for a dollar or two. Now, I understand. Golly, kung bibigyan sila ng 10 dollars each ng kano, ilang araw nang sueldo iyon! Taragis talaga.

    In another picture, iyong mga kano steak ang pagkain, iyong mga pilipino camping style, kanin at inihaw na isda at nakakamay pa sila, walang balance diet. Kulo ulit ang dugo ko! Kakaawa talaga. No wonder magmumukha ngang pataygutom at kakapit sa patalim!!!

    With the bills Trillanes is promoting, baka ma-improve na ang military at hindi na sila makukurakot. Next should be the separation of the police and military para ang trabaho ng pulis ma-define, hindi iyong akala mo palaging may guerra sa bansa.

    Pet peeve ko iyang police work. Worked for the Japanese police for more than a decade as a civilian interpreter cum investigator.

  75. Re: Daladala ng mga pilipino iyong mga gamit ng kano na shampoo, etc., habang iyong kano naglalakad sa likod nila ang dala ay baril niya tapos may caption na iyong dala ng dalawang pinoy ay gamit ng kano.

    Yuko,

    What you said depicts and paints the true picture of our nation in terms of its relationship with the US literally and figuratively. Sad, isn’t it?

  76. Ellen, your website was off the cyber radar for a good 3 hours at least. Just managed to get in this instant. Went to istambay in Quezonville meanwhile.

    Can’t understand why Ellenville just disappears for hours!

  77. Di bale kung nag-disappear lang. Tricky pa. Tinatanong ang ID and password ng server. Delikado ito. Parang gustong mang-hack ng PC ng bloggers dito. Tomorrow, I’ll consult my friends at the police on this. I’ll have to report on this kind of attempts or seemed to be to hack PCs by some prying agents(?). Pambihira talaga ang lack of freedom of expression sa Pilipinas ngayon ha. Takot na takot iyong kriminal ha!

  78. TurningPoint TurningPoint

    Cayetano & Escudero,
    Have you not learned from the TRILLANES phenomenon?
    (Excerpts from an email by Mayumi Mercado)

    How can you justify your act of joining forces with the administration senators? Do you consider the people’s interest to be of less importance than your friendship with — and the personal ambitions of — Sen. Manuel Villar? Have you not learned anything from the “Trillanes phenomenon”?

    It is too early, but we already see political butterflies. We just hope you will be able to redeem yourselves in the future.

    Whether he is allowed to serve as senator or kept in the dungeons of Gen. Hermogenes Esperon, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV is already a success for standing up bravely for his beliefs and for keeping his words and commitments. When the going gets tough, public servants reveal what they are truly made of.

    Who cares about Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Lito Lapid, Juan Ponce Enrile and a host of turncoats like Vicente Sotto and Teresa Oreta? They pale in comparison to former Senators Raul Roco, Jovito Salonga and Teofisto Guingona.

    Citizens have done their part and negated the much-vaunted command votes of Malacañang. They will remember Escudero and Cayetano as ingrates, who turned against the wishes of the people who gave their mandate as senators.

  79. According to Juan Ponce Enrile whilst being interviewed on Strictly Politics he claimed that there had been meetings with Cayetano & Escudero before June 14th when they already knew that they would be joining forces with the senators of the administration.
    What happened to the preaching of transparency we heard so much from Cayetano & Escudero. The electorate will never trust them again, once bitten twice shy.

  80. BTW Cayetano didn’t sound so confident to me on his phone patch to Strictly Politics. As you make your bed so you lay in it, so the saying goes.

  81. AdeBrux:
    “Cant understand why Ellenville just disappears for hours!” Maybe its because its overloaded with the many ‘friends’ of Madame Wetness viewing the script of TT he he he.

  82. paquito paquito

    Hindi mahalaga ang muling pagbalik ni Jinggoy at Escudero sa GO or maging sina Cayetano at Villar.
    Ang hindi malilimutan nating mga pinoy ay ang tunay na kulay nila–mga makasarili rin pala.
    Sa halip na ipagtanggol nila at tulungan si koko pimentel e pagbalimbing ang inatupag.
    Tularan nyo si Sen. Trillanes–walang pera, walang milyones na ads during the past election—ngayon senador na at tunay na makabayan.
    Hindi ka kailangan na pumulupot sa bewang ng may bewang para ka manalo tulad ni Cayetano.
    Tandaan: balimbing sa GO–villar, cayetano,escudero. Isama natin sila kay Gloria bilang mga kampon na rin nya.

  83. rose rose

    Noong maliit pa ako ang kinakanta namin ay…sapsap balingon, sapsap balingon. amon gina kaon sundalo ni Quezon..2007 na ganoon pa ang kinakain?
    Glossary of New Words:
    *Honasan- the senator caught with his pants down.
    *Escudero & Cayetano- the two GO candidates millions trusted and voted but in less than a second betrayed the trust. * Abalos- Champion of Election Fraud
    *Bedol- magician of Maguindanao who can make not only the Election returns disappear but himself as well.
    *Zubiri- the dayang dayang (princess) of Maquindanao
    *Villar- Daddy Pimp who prostituted the country; whose slogan is Money, Power and Greed is my Creed;
    *Sarmiento- the Comelec Official who was caught lying but stood firm that he didn’t lie.
    *Raul Gonzales- Secretary and Chief of Justice Denied
    *GMA -one said in 2000 “I will not run” but is still running.

  84. BOB BOB

    Sa totoo lang nawalan na ako nang gana sa mga hinayupak na Escudero, Cayetano, Villar,..Para kayong nakaloko..ang babata niyo pa nag-aaral na kayo kung paano ang maging corrupt ! kita kita na lang tayo sa 2010 !

  85. BOB BOB

    Isa lang ang masasabi ko sa inyo (escudero, cayetano, villar)
    Hindi kayo ibinoto nang taong bayan dahil ang apelyido niyo Escudero, Cayetano o Villar…., Ibinoto kayo nang tao dahil ang akala nang tao kayo ang pag-asa nila upang matigil,mabawasan ang kawalangyaan nang gobyernong Arroyo. Ibinoto kayo nang tao dahil Kayo ang pag-asa upang lahat nang katiwalian na nangyayari sa ating bansa ay mabisto, at maparusahan ang mga maysala….
    Ibinoto kayo nang tao dahil kayo ay kasapi sa G.O. !

    Subukan niyong isali si Garcillano sa G.O., tignan natin kungdi manalo yan.! mga taksil, mga walang pricipyo !

  86. chi chi

    Totoo ‘yan mga kapatid, hindi na mahalaga at wala ng mahihita pa sa mga pinoy ang Alan, Chiz, Villar at Jinggoy! Kahit na magbalimbing pa silang muli ay hindi na kapani-paniwala na tunay silang oposisyon.

    Cocoy, tama ‘yan, bawangin na lang ang mga walang isang salita na ito. Lalo lang nilang ipinahamak ang Pilipinas!

  87. TurningPoint TurningPoint

    Miriam Santiago in her effort to be in the news at para mapagusapan has been targeting Sen. Trillanes in saying that like Jalosjos, he can’t attend the Senate session and other activities. For all we know, Jalosjos story is miles apart from Sen. Trillanes. He was in incumbent congressman when he was accused and found guilty of statutory rape. He had money and organization to back up his reelection bid while in prison because his case was on appeal. When finally found guilty, he was stripped of his title as a congressman.

    On one hand, Sen. Trillanes, case is still on pre-trial for the last four years he’s behind bars but the presumption of innocence is still with him. His case involves political offense while Jalosjos was a convicted felon, a criminal because his case involved a criminal offense. And there lies the difference which Sen. Santiago who claimed to be a know it all on legal matters failed to see or don’t want to see being true to her new calling as a sipsip numero uno kay Gloria Arroyo.

  88. TurningPoint TurningPoint

    It will be interesting to note that the administration senators really would not want Sen. Trillanes to be attending the Senate session because he will be the center of attention and every action he will make will be in the news. Matatabunan silang lahat. They may be singing a chorus in defending the corrupt administration of Gloria while in the Senate hall but outside, the man in the streets, those who are in the far flung areas, they will be rooting for Sen. Trillanes.

    Likewise, the GO elected but turncoat senators will not be spared by the venom of Sen. Trillanes words. It appears that this early, they are conniving with the administration to forestall the appearance of Sen. Trillanes in the Senate. But the people will be watching. They know them, they will remember their names, those who have not learned the lesson of the Trillanes Phenomenon. Villar, Cayetano, Escudero, markado na ang pangalan ninyo.

  89. chi chi

    TP,

    Absolutely! Attention and news will be centered on Trillanes whenever he attends Senate session.

    Kaya pati si Brenda ay nanghahala na naman! Taob silang lahat kay AT4 and they wouldn’t like it! Walang hirap ma-headline ang bawag sasabihin ni Trillanes while some of them will have to buy space in the papers or call jukebox reporters!

  90. cocoy cocoy

    Chi:

    Yeah! These turncoats doesn’t deserve the people’s trust. No other success can compensate for their betrayal, they are the Prodigal Son. People who voted for them are now experiencing extreme pain as the victim of mistrust from these prodigal sons.

    They are the descendants of Cain who murdered his brother. They are utterly lost. They have strayed in ignorance in the path of greed, their malicious mind controlled their belief that the voters anyway will again vote for them in 2010.Voters fullness of knowledge of what they are doing now brings them the ultimate fullness of accountability. People’s vote is mightier in power minus the hands of Bedol,Garci and Abalos whose narrow finite brains can comprehend.

    Voters often become much stronger emotionally, they want revenge, although they will experience bumps and turbulence, they do not give in to paralyzing feelings of guilt and hopelessness, instead they are much rejoicing to see hunyangos change colors as early. The hunyangos are now digging their own grave. Their political careers are terminally ill, within a certain short period of time and in 2010,the executioner which the voters will sign their death warrants. Firing squads are now preparing to pull the trigger on their career.—Attention! Ready! Aim! FIRE!——-Mate ang mga lakay—-

  91. chi chi

    Yuko,

    Nabasa mo ba ang comment ni Daya na Tsubiri na “bugnutin at galit sa mundo” si Senator Sonny dahil palagi raw nakasimangot at hindi ngumingiti? Balita ng ate ko.

    Ang comment ni Me Girl So Very, is babaeng-babae! Dalawa na sila ni Glue na obssess kay Sonny!

  92. chi chi

    Fire on the wall… BANG! Patay na ang career ng mga hunyangos, Cocoy!

  93. Bakit sila ngingitian n Sonny, e kung tayo nga bugnot sa kanila. But we know better. Kita naman natin ang mga pictures ni Pogi na ang tamis ng ngiti sa barkada natin. At saka sinong makakangiti sa mga kahayupang ginagawa ng kriminal na Gloria Maldita at mga kasama niya? Aber! Pero isa lang ang masasabi natin diyan kay Dayana, Chi, walanghiya at ganid din ang binabaing iyan.

  94. Bob: Subukan niyong isali si Garcillano sa G.O., tignan natin kungdi manalo yan.! mga taksil, mga walang pricipyo !

    *****

    Napautot ako dito! 🙂 But come to think of it, possible di ba? Pero siguro kung talagang wala nang pagpipilian kasi kung kay Garcillano lang naman ay di hamak namang OK si John Osmena o si Nikki Coseteng! But the fact remains that Escudero and Cayetano won because voters thought they were genuine oppositionists not opportunists!

  95. Innggit lang talaga sila kay Sonny Trillanes because he is making a dent in this helplessly corruption ridden government of the criminal. Kaya di dapat na makaupo si Zubiri. Madadagdagan pa ng isa pang kurakot! Yuck!

  96. goldenlion goldenlion

    I don’t believe Escudero and Cayetano joined the administration bloc because they are traitors. I know they are cooking something. Don’t panic folks, wait for the surprise…..these two young and brave gentlemen will remain good and defenders of the Pilipinos…….stay calm…just sit back and relax………

  97. chi chi

    No goldenlion, we can’t just sit back and relax and wait for these two young men to do what is comfortable for them. They have responsibilities to the people, who like you, trusted them with the future of the Republic.

    They’re now silent, and whatever little came out of the “babe mouths” are not acceptable to the majority of pinoys who voted for them.

    We need more assurance and actions from them, like Trillanes is doing. Bakit sila puro SILENCIO?!

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