Grin-go!

I am voting for Gringo Honasan, although my conscience tells me I shouldn't. Tell me why I should not.

Gringo has been engaged in a number of coup attempts since the 1980's, but during his term as senator from 1995 to 2004, there were none. He even earned the distinction of being the senator with the most number of proposed bills.


I feel that if Gringo sits as a senator, then he will do good with the position given to him. Otherwise, if he is not elected into office, then we all would be groping in the dark, not knowing where he is and what underground movement he is developing, and we might again wake up to a dull morning with breaking news of another coup d' etat.

Raul Gonzales' statement about Julia Campbell

I encountered one moving comment in the blog of Ms. Julia Campbell that is worth publishing...

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Dear Julia,

Our arrogant and heartless Department of Justice Chief commented that "you are careless to go alone to that deserted area".

It is not your fault. Nor you are careless. You trusted us that much. How about questioning and
developing security measures for tourists visiting that area?

Mr. Raul Gonzales has no right to
judge you that way. He should now start doing his job! That is - give
justice to this horrible crime!

-Melk

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Great Melk! Very well said. It is really shameful to have Raul Gonzales as a cabinet secretary, especially in this scenario where foreign media are monitoring how the Philippines is investigating the crime.We are really saddened by the incident. The truth is, Julia is more Filipino than most other government officials we have. We will truly miss you. Thanks Julia for your goodness. Congratulations for a job well done.

Pag good ka, ok ka? What was that?!!

I hate Joker Arroyo's latest political ad. What the heck! Why do you need to add the line "Pag good ka, ok ka"? Was it because of the not-so-satisfactory survey results that put him only around the 10-12 ranking?

There are definitely more "bad" than "good" guys nowadays, and his "Pag bad ka, lagot ka" ad may have hurt a number of supporters. But Joker doesn't need to make that turnaround and revise the image in his ads. He remains to be a well-respected elderly statesman, deserving a seat in the Senate, and he should have stood by his image as a brave defendant of truth, justice and freedom.

Why am I so affected by this, my friend asked. It's because I wanted him to be no. 1 in the official tally for the 2007 senatorial polls, and I think that this total image turnaround will not do much good to improve his 10-12 survey ranking.

Free movie screening! The Global Warming Report

I am not really in favor of SM's dominance in the business 
scene as they tend to kill small and medium-sized 
businesses.  But this time, I am on their side.  They 
have tied up with www.wwf.org.ph who sent me an
email:

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Watch "An Inconvenient Truth" FOR FREE!

On Earth Day, April 22, 2007 (Sunday), SM Cinema, together
with DENR, Earth Day Network Philippines, and Magnavision,
invites you to watch FREE SCREENINGS of "An Inconvenient Truth"
at 1PM, 3PM, and 5PM at the following theaters:

1. SM MALL OF ASIA -  5560104-05
2. SM MEGAMALL - 6331901, 6384270
3. SM NORTH EDSA  - 9295452
4. SM MANILA  - 5239240/05
5. SM SAN LAZARO  - 7862487-88
6. SM CENTERPOINT-STA. MESA - 7161416, 7160647
7. SM FAIRVIEW - 4176811, 9350749
8. SM SOUTHMALL - 8066888, 8066782
9. SM PAMPANGA  - 8311000 loc 1610-11, (045) 9637681-85
10. SM CLARK  - (045) 6255844-45
11. SM BAGUIO - 8311000 loc 1625-26, (074) 6197838/39/41
12. SM CEBU - 8311000 loc 1637, (032) 2313876
13. SM DAVAO - 8311000 loc 1605-06,  (082) 2976998
14. SM BACOLOD - (034) 7081010, 8311000 loc 1650

Come celebrate Earth Day at SM Cinemas. Bring your friends
and family on April 22 and watch "An Inconvenient Truth"
FOR FREE! Spread the word and discover what you can do for
your planet.

Feel free to pass this email to your office mates, friends, and family.
"Kelan ka pa ba naman pwede manglibre ng sine na pangmaramihan?"
For more information, visit www.smcinema.com /
www.climatecrisis.net

Thank you. 
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Be a member of WWF and do your share for the
environment.  Visit www.wwf.org.ph now!

Maynila Kita

Lito Atienza has served three terms in the City of Manila, and many are amazed by how beautiful the capital has become under his regime.

Beautiful? What's so nice about closing down major streets? Rizal Avenue in Sta. Cruz has been closed, and subsequently killed businesses in the area. Hmm... diverted most vehicles to Ongpin though... benefiting other establishments owned by his friendly friends?

And did you say that Baywalk and other parks were great accomplishments of the mayor that once appeared in a Cartoon Network ad? Better check the contracts if you would still appreciate the beauty of these overpriced projects.

I look forward to a brighter and forward-looking Manila by June 2007, when either Fred Lim or Danny Lacuna would occupy city hall. Hmm.. for the vice-mayoralty race, well... Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show! It's Cita Astals vs. Robert Ortega vs. Isko Moreno.

GSIS selling spree

GSIS is on a selling spree! They have just sold their stake in San Miguel Corp., saying that the market condition is good for them. Wowowee!!! FYI, SMC shares are doing badly! and GSIS has sold their other stocks and raised a total of P25 billion, worthy of triggering speculations on what drove them to make such enormous moves!

GSIS employees continue to rally, insisting that their president Winston Garcia should be sacked because of catastrophic degrees of corruption. Hmmm... a month before the upcoming senatorial elections where administration candidates are trailing behind, what could be GSIS' objective to go on a selling spree?

San Miguel unloads Del Monte!

What the heck! After selling Coca-Cola, here comes SMC again... unloading Del Monte, only a few months after acquiring the tomato logo.

SMC had quite a history of buying food companies, reorganizing them, transferring subsidiaries from one to the other, then reselling the companies. Bought Coke, sold Coke. Then bought Coke again. Tied up with Nestle, broke up with Nestle. Dropped Magnolia Ice Cream, revived Magnolia Ice Cream. Bought Purefoods, dropped a few Magnolia products. Tied up with Nestle and produced Nestea. Bought Sugarland (Eight o' Clock), put it under Coca-cola, and sold Coke again along with Eight o' Clock and Nestea. Bought Del Monte, sold Del Monte.

No wonder SMC is the only blue chip that has been performing very poorly in the stock market.

What are you up to Danding? Don't you have much money to fund your political allies? and what has ever happened to UCPB? Why hasn't it performed any better?

konsehal ambot!

I had a heated argument with a lawyer via text. He is a candidate for councilor in the upcoming elections. Just the other day, I suddenly heard a "kalabog" outside our house. When I reached the door, there stood a man with a ladder, a huge stapler, and some posters. He had just stapled a small poster of this lawyer-candidate on a part of our door.

When he saw me... wow! he flashed another poster for me to see, and a big smile. I could not smile back. I asked him what that was, and he said it was a poster, pointing to what he had just stapled in our place. I asked him to remove it, and he apologized as he thought that there was no one in our house. I answered back that even if there were no people, he should not put anything on our house, as it is a private property.

I searched for the lawyer's contact number and called his office to inform him of the incident. But no one answered so I just texted the mobile number indicated. Thinking that it was the cellphone used by his office, I sent the message: "Pls tell ur people not to put posters on houses without permission. You have an attorney as candidate, but u dont seem to know what is legal and ethical."

Aba! Kapal muks! Sumagot ang loko: "I have a few posters, konti lang po yan at di dapat masayang kung tatanggalin lang ng mga ayaw. -Atty. Xxx Xxxxx"

Nyahahahha!!!! Are you trying to win votes or committing suicide with that statement? Taray ng loko. And he continued texting me to dispute what I said as legal and ethical, and wanted to spend some time with me to clarify the matter.

Hmm... as far as I remember, there is such a thing that a candidate must only spend around P3.00 per voter for his campaign. He technically has overspent by texting me more than three times, hehehe joke! But it was really useless and I find it arrogant for him to insist on the legality and ethical implications of the incident that inconvenienced me, and I never got any bit of apology from him for the damage done, even when my intention for texting him was just to inform him of the wrongdoings that his team does, and expressing my position that intruding to our property without permission is, from my perspective, an illegal and unethical act to do against us private citizens.

Definitely I won't vote for this lawyer, not because his staff posted something onto our house, but it's because I do not really know him well, and yet his over-reactions gave me a clue to what kind of a person he really was.