The Liberal Party, along with its fellow allies in the Balay faction, now finds itself to be in one major major dilemma following the August 23 Hostage Tragedy which not only claimed the lives of 8 innocent foreign hostages, but also totally ruined the already dismal reputation of the Philippines and brought shame upon an entire people.
Flying Dog says "I don't trust Smiling Dog no more... Should I stay or should I go?"
The dilemma is all about how long they should keep up with Noynoy’s incompetence and his relatives’ continued treachery and sabotage. Top dogs of the Liberal Party should personally ask themselves: Should I stay or should I go?
Right after the preliminary investigations and inquiries into the incident, it was revealed that not only was Mr. Smiling Dog Noynoy Aquino not on top of the situation, more surprisingly, his Department of Interior and Local Government was grossly incapacitated by yet another organizational innovation introduced by him or perhaps by his inner circle of close relatives and friends from the Samar faction.
Moreno: "The crisis should have been national"
Early on, numerous critics lashed out at the DILG Secretary, Sec. Jesse Robredo – a member of the Liberal Party – about his obvious absence in the entire event, which on international television showed that the highest ranking of government officials most visible in the handling of the hostage incident was ex-matinee idol turned Manila Vice-Mayor Isko Moreno. In fairness to Vice Mayor Moreno, it turns out that he rather competently stepped in to fill the leadership void that leaders of the national government obviously refused to take charge of while the crisis was unfolding.
With Sec. Robredo’s obvious absence came the revelation that he was actually specifically not assigned the overall supervision of the Philippine National Police – which is traditionally part of the DILG, and instead was tasked by Noynoy to focus only on managing the various local government units. On the other hand, a totally separate person, DILG Undersecretary Rico Puno, was placed in charge of the PNP and does not report directly to Sec. Robredo. This, of course, is highly irregular. Why should the Secretary of the DILG not be given direct supervision of the PNP, and this instead be given to a subordinate, a mere Undersecretary, and worse, not even cause that undersecretary to report directly to the Secretary himself?
Org Chart showing how Robredo was not assigned the Philippine National Police
Samar (Noy-Bi) versus Balay (Noy-Mar) all over again
This problem clearly refuses to die. It should be recalled that the Samar versus Balay rivalry among Noynoy’s supporters first flared up when what was supposed to have started off as a solid Noy-Mar ticket was being undermined from within, as numerous inner-circle members of the Noynoy Aquino for President Movement were found to be distributing campaign materials rooting for the Noynoy-Binay tandem, one of them being Chiz Escudero. After the election results showed that Noynoy was winning together with Jejemon Binay and not Mar Roxas, the two factions – Balay and Samar, desperately started jockeying for positions, each campaigning to have their own people placed in the more sensitive cabinet positions.
The Balay Faction endorsed the Noy-Mar tandem
Balay, a Visayan word meaning “house”, refers to the “codename” given to the office in Araneta Center (Mar Roxas’ territory) which was commonly shared by the reform-minded faction of Noynoy’s supporters all coming from the Liberal Party, the Hyatt 10, as well as a few fringe groups including Jesuit-backed Kayat Natin. Samar, on the other hand, refers to the house along Samar St. in Quezon City which was the meeting place of several lawyers, blood relatives of Noynoy, as well as his friends and drinking buddies including Chiz Escudero, Sonny Coloma, and Paquito Ochoa.
Initially, it seemed like Balay was winning the game as quite a number of Liberal Party members who are members of Kayat Natin as well as others who were also part of the old Hyatt 10 group were named to cabinet positions. Multiple members of the Abad family were given key positions, with Butch Abad made budget secretary and his daughter Julia placed in charge of the Presidential Management Staff. However, certain sensitive posts seemed extremely contentious. The Department of Interior and Local Government, for instance, was being eyed by no less than Jejemon Binay – backed by the Samar group, while former Naga mayor Jesse Robredo was being noisily pushed for the position by lobbyists from the Balay group. The position of Press Secretary itself was likewise a contentious one, so that instead of having a single Press Secretary, Noynoy split it into two, giving one half to Samar-backed Sonny Coloma and the other half to Balay-backed Ricky Carandang. Moreover, Noynoy raised the position of Presidential Spokesman to become a cabinet position, so that Atty. Lacierda is for all practical purposes co-equal to both secretaries.
The Samar Faction backed the Noy-Bi tandem
The result has been a cacophony of noises, conflicting orders, directives, and zero accountability.
With Noynoy trying to please each and every faction that supported him, not only did he end up severely weakening his own organization and subjecting it to ridicule for the numerous gaffes and errors that they’ve continued to commit every day ever since Noynoy’s inauguration, it also caused 8 innocent foreign hostages to needlessly die when the incident was an extremely easy to resolve one if only the national government stepped in, as it had all the necessary resources and authority to resolve it.
Noynoy is closer to Samar, Samar calls more shots
No matter how hard the Balay folks try to deny it, the fact remains that Samar is unfortunately the more influential of the two factions. While Balay is composed of Liberal Party politicians, technocrats from the Hyatt 10 group, and naïve idealists and Jesuit-sponsored Theology of Liberation activists from Kayat Natin, Samar is the oligarchs’ faction composed of Noynoy’s own sisters, his cousins Tony Boy & Rapa, his uncle Peping, other close Cojuangco blood-relatives (from the Jose Cojuangco wing), allies from the Lopez family who control ABS-CBN, media hacks like Conrado de Quiros, friends like Chiz Escudero, and of course, Vice President Jejemon Binay.
The Samar faction, led by Noynoy's Cojuangco blood relatives is calling the shots
Balay’s leaders have to learn to be more sensitive in reading the signs and connecting the dots. As much as Balay’s leaders were loyal to Noynoy, Noynoy and his close family advisors from Samar do not really seem to care much about the Balay faction other than as a source of credibility, support, and warm bodies for anything it needs done. Just look at how Samar mercilessly undermined Balay’s leader, Mar Roxas as Noynoy’s running mate.
As the post-incident analysis reveals, Samar, through Noynoy, screwed Balay once again so that while Noynoy agreed to grant Balay’s Jesse Robredo the formal title of DILG Secretary, he specifically did not grant Jesse Robredo authority over the PNP and instead, gave that responsibility to Rico Puno, who is aligned with Binay and the Samar group.
The Balay faction, led by the Liberal Party and other Reformists are sidelined by Samar
Even worse, Noynoy’s recent budget allocations for the pork barrel shows a drastic diminution of funding for local government units and a reallocation of those funds for use as pork barrel for Congress – presumably to try to buy off oppositionist legislators who may move to have him impeached, given that both houses are dominated by allies of Dr. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, PhD. In other words, not only was Secretary Jesse Robredo handed a stripped-down version of the DILG minus the PNP and the explicit instructions to “concentrate on developing the Local Government Units”, Noynoy’s budget shows that he was likewise not giving Jesse Robredo the funds he would need in order to develop those LGU’s!
The competent and award-winning former mayor of Naga City was merely given a title but no real authority nor the tools with which to do his job!
Balay was once again screwed by Samar and Noynoy specifically allowed this!
Noynoy sees nothing wrong with Samar screwing Balay: Still smiles like a dog
International outrage over the hostage tragedy directed at Noynoy’s Incompetence
Not only was condemnation for Noynoy’s government’s bungling of the incident loud in Hong Kong S.A.R., Mainland China, as well as the rest of the Sinosphere where there was a loud clamor for Noynoy’s resignation, but outrage, albeit less explicit about calls for resignation was also to be found in the coverage of the incidents in countries like Canada, which lost 3 of its citizens, Australia, and numerous other Western countries.
More importantly, the coverage of the incident by numerous newspapers abroad expressed surprise at the fact that “Interior Secretary” Jesse Robredo was not in charge of the Philippine National Police, since it is standard everywhere around the world that Ministers or Secretaries of the Interior are always in charge of national law enforcement. That little organizational detail of Secretary Robredo not being in charge of the national Police was an obvious source of criticism from the outside.
Noynoy rode on his parents' fame to win the election
Once the entire world reads about this failure in Noynoy’s government’s ability to give the appropriate response to a high-impact incident being ultimately a result of factionalism resulting from Noynoy’s manner of political campaign payback through the distribution of key positions to supporters from the various factions, the Aquino legacy will have forever lost whatever luster it used to have from the perspective of the International Community.
The whole World knew that Noynoy Aquino was essentially running on a Pedigree Platform that rode on the fame of his “Freedom-fighting Parents.” They didn’t exactly know, however, the extent of Noynoy’s absence of drive and competence that would require him to be boosted and hyped up by the support and endorsement coming from numerous factions, parties, and cause-oriented groups, whose roles were essentially to promise “a better future” and placate the voting public’s natural apprehension towards voting for a candidate who had never displayed flashes of brilliance or accomplishment whatsoever in any of his previous endeavors. The extent of Noynoy’s overwhelming dependence on the campaign support from such groups coupled with the need for political payback in the form of evenly-distributed positions to each faction has clearly mixed in with his incompetence to result in the easily-preventable deaths of eight innocent foreigners.
Noynoy Aquino’s administration is like a plane whose engines have failed right after take-off. The crash will be coming soon.
Many of Noynoy’s campaigners are dismayed, disappointed, and slowly withdrawing support
It’s not like Noynoy wasn’t making too many mistakes since he started. He’s been making too many mistakes even before he started as president, with an arrogance and obvious disrespect expressed against the Supreme Court justice, the military, and many more. His official start only made his mistakes occur like clockwork. Mistakes and gaffes, minor and major, were made almost at least twice a day.
Noynoy, Gaffe's Galore: "Divorce is a No-No... But I am for Legal Separation with Remarriage..."
He was once asked, during the height of his horny sister’s much publicized breakdown of her marriage, whether he was in favor of divorce to which he replied that “divorce is a big no-no.” However, he added that he was for “Legal Separation” and mentioned that he was open to the suggestion that legally separated couples be allowed to remarry if they meet new partners. It seems that the ignorant fool didn’t realize that Divorce is precisely a form of “Legal Separation” that allows the couples to remarry.
Gaffes such as these are extremely embarrassing not just to Noynoy himself but more so to the educated people of the Balay faction who decided to stick with him, thinking that they could use Noynoy’s winnability based on his parents’ name-recall to win the May 2010 elections and subsequently use him as a puppet for them to be able to implement their own ideas and policies. August 23, however, proved that Noynoy’s incompetence was not just going to be about embarrassing gaffes, but it was also going to lead to the highly preventable death of innocents.
In fact, all the numerous gaffes that Noynoy has made which culminated in the recent Hostage Tragedy have led a large number of Noynoy supporters to express disappointment in how he has essentially made his administration synonymous with incompetence. Key Noynoy campaigner and cheerleader Mae Paner, otherwise known by her character “Juana Change” has been actively criticizing Noynoy especially after the Tragedy. Dr. Winnie Monsod, PhD, who was an economic advisor of Noynoy’s late mother Cory Aquino and one of Noynoy’s supporters has likewise expressed disappointment over Noynoy’s administration’s failed government structure to address the Hostage crisis.
Many say that Erap would have done better than Noynoy by taking charge of the hostage crisis
Another one, a certain “Reyn Barnido” (certain reports mention that Barnido might be a pseudonym as this person is alleged to be a swindler and con-artist with numerous estafa cases) had written a letter to Noynoy expressing a similar tone of disappointment, although he mentioned that while he still supports him, he says that Noynoy needs to change the way he works and organizes his cabinet.
Even the Lopez-owned ABS-CBN appears to have stepped up its criticisms of the Noynoy administration and of Noynoy himself, despite the Lopezes being part of the Samar group, simply because it is apparent that Noynoy’s numerous gaffes have undermined his administration’s support base and stability and perhaps the Lopezes – who clearly hedged their bets with Noynoy as Plan A and Binay as Plan B – are probably thinking that it’s high time to shift to Plan B as Plan A is turning out to be a total wreck.
On the ground, there are even more mumblings that say that if Erap had been the President, he’d have done a better job in resolving the hostage crisis, thus saving their lives. It is not unthinkable that an ex-action star like Erap, though intellectually incompetent, at the very least sees himself as an action-oriented person whose self-image of himself from his movies is to be hero. Many speculate that he most probably would have involved himself actively from the beginning.
Alas, Noynoy Aquino always was seen to be a lazy slacker lacking drive and initiative. The hostage tragedy and Noynoy’s behavior during the crisis was not surprising: he has always been like that.
The Liberal Party and Balay continue to be screwed by the Samar group
The leaders of the Liberal Party, Hyatt 10, Kayat Natin, and all the rest who form the Balay faction should ask themselves honestly if it truly benefits their cause that they insist on sticking to their alliance with Noynoy Aquino.
It is a simple analysis to make:
- Noynoy is under the direct influence of Kamag-anak Incorporated, the sub-faction of the Samar Group that is composed of his own Cojuangco blood-relatives, so that while Balay includes many competent technocrats from the Liberal Party such as Florencio Abad and Jesse Robredo, blood is still thicker than water. Noynoy is closer to the Samar Faction.
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Mar Roxas was sabotaged by the Samar faction, led by Peping Cojuangco's COPA
The Liberal Party had already compromised on its original pro-economic liberalization platform when it had been forced to adopt a newer platform that was cobbled by Noynoy’s close advisors. Noynoy’s Samar-authored platform superseded the Liberal Party’s original platform.
- Worse, partly through the campaign, the Liberal Party was betrayed by the Samar group through Chiz Escudero’s active promotion of the Noy-Bi ticket. Likewise, Noynoy’s uncle Peping’s group COPA (through Pastor Saycon) was well-known to have actively campaigned for the Noy-Bi ticket and sought to undermine the Liberal Party’s Mar Roxas who was supposed to be Noynoy’s running mate. Samar screwed Balay.
- When Balay campaigned to get Jesse Robredo named as DILG Secretary, Noynoy acquiesced, but not without effectively splitting the DILG portfolio so that while Robredo became the titular Secretary, the PNP was specifically excluded from among his responsibilities and a titular Undersecretary, Rico Puno, was given full control over the PNP, with Puno not having any reporting lines to Robredo, going straight to Noynoy instead. Samar, through Noynoy, screwed Balay once again.
The real question is whether the competent and intelligent members of the Liberal Party, the Hyatt 10 group, and the idealistic though oftentimes naïve dreamers of Kayat Natin really want to stain their own reputations by continuing to be associated with an extremely incompetent and stupid buffoon like Noynoy Aquino, who was not only absent from the hostage crisis as it unfolded, but also smiled on camera several times right after the tragedy, and worse, has continued to screw all those groups over since his primary loyalty is not to the Liberal Party of which he is a member and under which party he ran, but rather to his own Cojuangco blood relatives who figure prominently in the Samar faction and have continued to sabotage the Liberal Party and the Balay group.
This is what LP & Balay should feel if Noynoy and the Samar Faction keep on screwing them
Liberal Party, Hyatt 10, and the rest of Balay must make the decision before it’s too late
The Philippine formula is obvious. With an electoral system that naturally favors candidates who have the W-Factor (winnability factor), you see all sorts of supposedly intellectual, competent, and idealistic types all flocking around such candidates, even if the W-Factor candidates are clearly lacking the requisite intelligence and competence to assume such positions of leadership and be expected to run things properly. The Balay faction with the Liberal Party at its center, the Hyatt 10 – with Butch Abad also being in the LP, and Kayat Natin being a marginal but extremely noisy support group of cheer-leaders and hangers on, all chose to rally around Noynoy Aquino because of the name-recall of his surname and the novelty of being the only son of the late Philippine Democracy icons Ninoy and Cory which was expected to translate into an electoral win at the polls.
The LP thought they could ride on Noynoy's winnability to get their programs implemented
They decided to latch on to him and “use” him, thinking that since Noynoy was going to win the May Elections anyway, they might as well ride on his winnability with the expectation that in gratitude for their support, endorsement, and propping him up despite his obvious lack of real qualifications and competence, Noynoy would not only adopt their policies and platforms to become the basis of his administration’s program of government, he would also to appoint their leaders to key cabinet positions. Likewise, Noynoy and his Cojuangco relatives also “used” the Liberal Party and the Balay faction to boost the Noynoy campaign’s credibility. After all, the Liberal Party includes numerous competent policy-makers like Ralph Recto, Butch Abad, Jesse Robredo, and Mar Roxas. Their association with Noynoy via the Liberal Party and the Balay faction was meant to project the impression that the incompetent Noynoy would be backed and supported by their expertise.
Alas, despite the loyalty that the Balay faction has maintained towards Noynoy, only 3 cabinet secretaries are members of the Liberal Party: Abad for Budget (also from Hyatt 10), Alcala for Agriculture, and Robredo for DILG. And from Hyatt 10 are 2 other cabinet secretaries, Cesar Purisima for Finance and Dinky Soliman for DSWD. Teresita Deles, also of Hyatt 10 was named as Presidential Advisor for the Peace Process.
Robredo of the LP (Balay) was given the DILG Secretary Title, but Puno (Samar) had real supervisory power over the PNP
Once again, it is worth reiterating that Jesse Robredo was not even given the real DILG portfolio so that while he was given the title of Secretary, he was not given the PNP.
Essentially, most of the rest of Noynoy’s appointees are from outside of Balay, and in fact, the most influential ones come from the Samar faction. Drunken lawyer Paquito Ochoa, a close friend of Chiz Escudero and personal drinking buddy of Noynoy Aquino and member of Samar, was made Executive Secretary. Rico Puno, the undersecretary of the DILG who was given direct supervision of the PNP, is also from Samar, as is the idiot Sonny Coloma and numerous others.
The Liberal Party and its other Balay allies are essentially continuing to put their blind faith in Noynoy, although they are well aware of the fact that the Samar faction is essentially the one calling the shots as they hold the key positions and actually happen to be personally closer to Noynoy.
But as the incompetence of the Noynoy Aquino Administration continues to unfold, the Liberal Party and its Balay allies will only continue to get stained and tainted by their association with a colossal failure. The Liberal Party is supposed to be a reform-minded, forward-looking party, looking to modernize and improve the Philippines by adopting progressive policies. Unfortunately, as the show is generally run more along the lines of how the Samar faction prefers things to be, the reformists from the Liberal Party and the rest of the Balay faction are sidelined. They get lumped in with the mess, chaos, and the failure that is the Noynoy Aquino Administration, yet they can do absolutely nothing about it because they are not the ones calling the shots – the Samar Faction and Noynoy’s relatives are.
It really is high time for the Liberal Party, the Hyatt 10, Kayat Natin and the rest of the Balay alliance to rethink their association with Noynoy Aquino.
Liberal Party’s Revenge: Withdraw support and team up with Lakas
It will be recalled that the Liberal Party and the Hyatt 10 both withdrew support from the administration of Dr. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, PhD as a result of the Media-concocted “Hello Garci Scandal”, an issue that is full of mere speculation and media-induced hatred. The LP and Hyatt 10 did not have any evidence to prove that Dr. Arroyo was indeed culpable of any crime or wrongdoing, but because they were too conscious about their own popularity amidst the media hype that ABias-CBN continued to heap on Dr. GMA’s administration, they caved in. Worse, there are indications that their loss of support was because Drilon – who was a Cory stooge – was persuaded by Cory and Noynoy to withdraw support from GMA as a result of her decision to let the Agrarian Reform System objectively decide on the fate of Hacienda Luisita Inc. In contrast to the media-hyped speculation on “Hello, Garci”, the August 23 Tragedy’s details are all confirmed, observed on Live Television, and proven to involve the gross negligence and incompetence of the Noynoy Administration, leading directly to the death of innocent foreigners.
The Liberal Party & the Balay faction have better chances of implementing their programs through an alliance with Lakas-CMD-Kampi than with the evil Samar faction
Clearly, between the two events, “Hello Garci” is nothing. It’s unproven, it’s pure speculation, it’s pure emotionalism, and in fact, if it were true – let’s say it were true – then thank God another incompetent idiot like FPJ did not get the presidency! More importantly, no one died.
The Noynoy Administration is a fast sinking ship. It was sinking even before it sailed. Before the Liberal Party and its allies from the Balay faction destroy their reputations any further, it would do them well to rethink their association with Noynoy Aquino and decide to cut ties with the incompetent Samar puppet who is not listening to the Balay people.
Whether the Liberal Party agrees or not, the real Truth of the matter is that the Liberal Party will have more chances pushing their reform agenda if they allied themselves with Dr. Arroyo and the Lakas-CMD-Kampi Party who, just like the Liberal Party, also believes in economic liberalization and the removal of protectionist provisions that shoo foreign investors away.
There is no point in continuing to support an ingrate who puts more importance in school ties, family ties, drinking ties, smoking-break ties, gun-club/firing-range ties and other ties over and above his own party’s principles and policies. The Liberal Party and its allies thought they could ride on Noynoy to get their programs implemented, but it looks like that is just not going to happen. Better to withdraw support while they can, and join forces with other parties who share the same advocacies.
Wouldn't you be angry too if you were loyal to Noynoy, but Noynoy and his relatives' and close friends' Samar Faction just kept on screwing and sabotaging you in almost every way? LP & Balay, don't just get mad... GET EVEN!!
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his new moniker gives dogs a bad name, he should be called smiling fool instead.
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Good lord. It’s raining dogs in this article. Must be a good way to describe the situation: gone to the dogs. LOL
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Gafused Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 9:32 am
In the end, the world would ask:
“[i]Who let the dogs out? *WOOF!* *WOOF!* *WOOF-WOOF!*[/i]“
Enjoy your rabies, Juan de la Cruz.
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ChinoF Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
“Dog gone it!”
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Can anyone translate the words in the last image of a dog?
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Dr. José Rizal II Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Hover the pointer on the picture and the translation will appear.
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When there are dogs… PNoy is no ordinary dog, he is ASONG ULOL!
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ChinoF Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Actually, Malacanang is the official dog pound of the country these days. With one obedient dog surrounded by loads of domineering bitches. hehe
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Kung bakit ba naman kasi may15M na bumoto sa taong simulat sapul eh alam nang incompetent, ni walang nagawang batas at sumasakay lang sa nagawa ng magulang?? WALA! walang sariling maipagmamalaki.. 15M people, here’s your president you’ve voted. Matuto na kayo sa susunod!!!
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Same old politics. The more things change. The more they stay the same.
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noy aquino and his reforms
http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100906com2.html?ref=nf
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Hyden Toro Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
We really have “pagbabago”. We kill tourists; then find people to blame. Lastly, we pretend, No Thing happened…:lol:
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Hyden Toro Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
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” Noynoy sees nothing wrong with Samar screwing Balay: Still smiles like a dog”- Noy can’t even unify his followers what more the nation that was never under his spell? What his grinning is really saying is “I have no idea where I am or what I am doing. How did I get here? Oh yeah mommy died”.
http://cornholiogogs.multiply.com/journal/item/1111/Its_Noy_Or_Never
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To the author: Why Lakas/Kampi, and not any other party who would support economic liberalization and the removal of protectionist clauses? Why not Gordon’s, or Gibo’s (for that example)? Are you a staunch GMA supporter (as some of your critics claim)? Hope you don’t mind me asking, but I feel it’s better if you set the record straight. As much as you have the right to support whoever you wish, I also have a right to decide whose articles are worth my time and attention…so nothing personal at all. Actually, your article is informative and quite an eye-opener, but I’ve never seen an article in AP that openly supports Lakas/Kampi. (Mods, do you support this party as well? Say it ain’t so…)
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Allow me to use this space to say KUMUSTA to BongV, Benigno, BenK, ChinoF, Ilda, and others who I’ve had the pleasure of sharing thoughts with back then. I hope all is well…..yup, my hiatus from AP has been over for a couple of weeks…though I admit I still have lots of articles to catch-up on….well, not really, since I can’t avoid the constant stupidity i see and hear about almost everyday…guess its par for the course in the case of da dysfunctional pinas…anywayz, keep up the good work. as long as the “core message” is the one AP gets across the most, my support continues.
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Dr. José Rizal II Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Gardo, if you’re going to join a block, then you join a strong block. The strong block is Lakas. And do you know what Gibo’s party is?
Gibo’s party is LAKAS-CMD-KAMPI! For crying out loud did you not know that Gibo was running under Lakas?!?!?!?
Bagumbayan, on the other hand, has many people who are allied with the Lakas-CMD-Kampi group because that’s precisely where Bayani comes from – and is the basis of many local Bagumbayan chapters.
Hate to say it, but while it WAS not that “cool” to support Lakas/Kampi, objectively speaking, it is the most powerful party right now.
Can your brilliant mind please tell me what other powerful parties out there are for economic liberalization and the removal of protectionist clauses, hmmm? Nacionalista? They’re pro-protectionism and they’ve got Communists in their ranks. PDP-Laban? Who else is PDP-Laban other than Pimentel and Binay? PMP? NPC? Are they a strong block?
Only Lakas-CMD-Kampi is the only strong party that has a lot of elected legislators and local officials that has an extremely strong commitment towards economic liberalization – probably even more so than the Liberal Party.
Did you notice how powerless the Liberal Party currently is when comparing it to the Samar faction (Noynoy’s friends and blood relatives?) How many people in the cabinet are from the Liberal Party? Only 3! (Alcala, Abad, Robredo – and Robredo’s position was deliberately castrated by the Samar people who made Puno get the PNP)
No, I am not a staunch Dr. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, PhD supporter. I just happen to be a very objective observer who keenly observes that her party is the best-positioned one (some of her Lakas people infiltrated the Liberal Party – smart move) and that in comparison to Noynoy the fumbler, she is way way better than he is.
But between Gordon or FVR and Dr. Arroyo, I prefer Gordon or FVR. That’s in terms of personality, of course. Masyadong mataray si Ma’am eh. But heck, she gets stuff done. And pretty well too, given that this is the Pinas we’re talking about. Si Noynoy? Puro palpak.
Does that answer your question now? Oh, by the way: I’m a mod here. For the record, this website just goes with what makes sense. Nothing personal. Lakas-CMD-Kampi – for the time being – makes the most sense.
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BenK Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Greetings yourself.
Since you asked (and since I’m also one of the mods), to me the L/K/C is at present the best bet, although I would hope that down the road Gordon’s Bagumbayan can gain some significant traction. But for now, IMO, the best option available is to back Dr. Arroyo’s current charter change initiative.
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aboy Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
My Friends, based on my opinion… I wouldnt give lakas another chance… they’ve been tried and tested… if we want real change, we should go and aim for it… philippines doesnt need a shortcut or best available option right now… we need a drastic and radical change…. and I believe Bagumbayan can provide this… Dick Gordon is the leader that we need… badly need… if we want real change, we should continue to pound on the current and previous administration… one having the incompetent branding and the other being the wise corrupt monkey..
we still have better choices around… we should rally behind those people/group…
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Shaddap Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:27 am
Gordon’s supporters are generally friendly to Lakas (Gibo’s supporters), and as JR2 correctly mentioned, many Bagumbayan people are actually Lakas folks who were with Bayani Fernando, who is a Lakas stalwart. Generally, Bagumbayan’s party strategy looks like it was meant to ride on an alliance with Lakas from the beginning.
There’s no reason for pro-Dick pro-Bagumbayan people to hate Lakas. Most of the time, Gibo supporters had Gordon as their second choice being a very close second, while those who chose Goron had Gibo as their second choice being a very close second too. Pareho lang ang takbo ng utak ng mga Gibo at Gordon supporters.
Correction: Why not Gordon’s, or Gibo’s (for example)?
(Jeez,…my 1st “official” post in months, and already a typo error)
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Dr. José Rizal II Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Didn’t realize Homer was your name. FYI: Gibo’s party IS LAKAS.
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Homer Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
@DJR2: Ya know, I forgot about which party Gibo belonged to. Yikes, how could I have forgotten that? Maybe it seemed for awhile that he wasn’t part of the L/K party…..but regardless, count it as another error on my part. Just to let you know, Dick was (and still is) my 1st choice., and I’m no fan of GMA, so thanks for clarifying your position on her…but no thanks to the idiots who put that spectacled doofus in power to replace her. They’re getting what they deserve….again.
Didn’t realize you’re one of the mods either. Guess I’ve missed quite a bit since I’ve been away,
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Anakbayan-Online reports student
unrest against Noynoy administration.
http://anakbayanph.wordpress.com/2010/08/27/anakbayan-condemns-dispersal-of-student-protest-in-aquino-campus-tour-calls-it-part-of-%E2%80%98desperate-pr-stunt%E2%80%99/
The Anakbayan blogpost also reports
Noynoy approval rating:
drop from his 88% approval rating in a survey released in the eve of his first State of the Nation Address last July.
The latest survey by the Pulse Asia firm shows that only four out of every ten Filipinos believes Aquino can improve their lives in 2010, a huge
“The administration wants to project an image of the youth continuing to cheer wildly for Noynoy, but the truth was out there (of the campus): the youth are fast becoming tired of his broken promises and the anti-youth policies” said Anakbayan youth leader (Charisse Banez).
Students led by Anakbayan and the League of Filipino Students held a picket last Thursday in front of the Rizal Technological University to protest the proposed budget cuts to state colleges and universities next year. Aquino was scheduled to grace the inauguration of a new building in the said campus.
Members of the Mandaluyong police mauled
the protesters and arrested four. The four reported that they were literally dragged to a police van where the cops slapped their heads. They also confiscated Gonzales’ cellphone, whose camera was used to videotape the dispersal. When the phone was returned, footage of the police attack was deleted.
“Aquino’s campus visit is nothing but a desperate and show-managed attempt to prop up his fast-sinking popularity” said Anakbayan spokesperson Charisse Bañez.
sitting in Malacanang. Noynoy should not be too concerned that Anakbayan isn’t pleased with him —- Rome isn’t burning yet.
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But Anakbayan would hold the protest rally even if it were Gordon or Manny Villar or even Binay
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Hyden Toro Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Oh…Oh…Noynoy Aquino…here comes EDSA in reverse….He who sow the Whirlwind…will reap it…what you sow…you will surely reap…
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Aegis-Judex Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 9:10 am
Not bad, quoting Hosea 8:7, but it’s “sow the wind.”
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Hyden Toro Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Christian Bible or not. I stand of what I’ve written…
Aegis-Judex Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 9:01 am
What do you expect from a communist front like Anakbayan?
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Hyden Toro Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Communism is just an idea of government. I do not believe in it. I disagree with the ideology. But, I respect what they are fighting for. However, like the Oligarch Politicians in our country. They also use deception, to further their cause…We want true leaders; sincere , capable and competent leaders: to right, what is wrong in our country…this is not hard; this is possible. Somewhere around the corner, if we truly examine a candidate; we will find what we are looking for…
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And now, go read Conrado deQuiros. CdeQ sure sounds like benign0 with his piece, maybe deQuiros will leave.
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. . . What damns us….
It is not our lack of competence the world is truly minding, it is our lack of grief. It is not our lack of appreciation for the preciousness of talk the world is truly minding, it is our lack of appreciation for the preciousness of life. It is not the tragedy of the massacre the world is truly minding, it is the travesty we have made of it.
Outside looking in, people can only put their thoughts about our behavior in this way: “It’s bad enough that you’ve been inept, it’s bad enough that you’ve been rash, it’s bad enough that you’ve been pointing at one another, but do you have to be casual about everything too? Do you care at all that people have been killed? Do you know at all that people have been killed? Do you see at all that people have been killed?”
We’ve given a whole new dimension to “culture of impunity.” That used to mean only that murderers find it the easiest thing in the world to commit murder in this country. But that has come to mean now that we find it the easiest thing in the world to accept murder in this country. After a burst of shock and awe, we let the horror slip from our minds, telling ourselves it doesn’t do to dwell on the morbid. After a burst of reality check, we hasten to distance ourselves from reality, or indeed in this case to reduce reality to the unreality of a “reality show.” After a burst of breast-beating and conscience-racking, we let loose our fatalism or resignation or leave-it-to-God attitude, telling ourselves what’s done is done, life goes on, let’s move on.
That’s something we’ve been doing all these years. Scores of journalists have been murdered and we have not particularly shown any care for the dead. Hundreds of activists have been murdered and we have not particularly shown any concern for the dead. A whole tribe of people has been savagely massacred in Maguindanao and we do not particularly see the dead. Or we no longer do.
Well, as we’re being currently reminded by the world, that is not the way of the world. That is not the way of humanity. The only way life goes on is when we stop to see the dead. The only way the world moves on is when we stop to mourn the dead. The only way we let go is when we cling to the memory of the dead.
We have been judged, and found wanting.
http://services.inquirer.net/mobile/10/09/01/html_output/xmlhtml/20100901-289853-xml.html
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ChinoF Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Looks like shock made him lose some of his senility. Finally, another rare sensible (yes, rarely does he come out with something sensible) piece from the flowery writer.
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brianitus Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
I guess he’s starting to realize that there’s life after GMA after all.
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Hyden Toro Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 11:20 am
My friend in Malacanang palace, who is an unabashed gossiper, told me. Noynoy Aquino has recently ordered the construction of more Hiding Places in the Palace. Perhaps, he is anticipating more Crazy Policemen, will take more foreign tourists as hostages. Any, Cheap Imitators from PNP? You will have 10 hours of infamous fame…
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Hyden Toro Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
To Mr. Quiros:
What you’ve written is long on rethorics; but short in substance. Hiding from a crissis cannot be justified by rethorics. Failure in Leadership cannot be rationalized by rethorics. The unabashed behavior of a leader leader;after coming out from hiding: smiling, after a Hostage Incident Tragedy cannot be assuage by the best written article. What is done; cannot be undone anymore. It is a proven fact, that, Noynoy Aquino has no capability and caliber to handle the hard and intricate duties of the Presidency…he must accept this reality…otherwise, we will just be behaving like his Yellow Hordes Army…fantasizing the greatness of EDSA Myth, after 30 years has already passed…Zombies, Robots, anyone?
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i hope that CdeQ will finally awaken.. even with all of the disappointment happening, there are still far too few people openly declaring their disapproval of the current president
wawa naman ang image ng dogs, their image as a cute and dog’s best friend has been tarnished by the current president…grrrr…. i’m a dog lover you know… hopefully there will be a different image for the portrayal of the president
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NFA rice Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Anything from among life-less forms would be better to illustrate Noynoy. But some of these forms have qualities that Abnoy lacks, like beauty of the moon and hardiness of rocks.
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frustratedcitizen Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
hahaha..yeah..let’s think of a lifeless form that would almost perfectly portray the current president. or let’s just use a well-known national example – Juan Tamad. hehehe
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Hyden Toro Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
My Unabashed Friend in Malacanang Palace started gossiping:
Noynoy Aquino is writing a potential Bestseller Book titled: ” The Theory of Absentee Management.” The premise of the new theory is: you employ people; sit back and relax. If they mess up with their jobs. Just Blame Them, or anybody else. MBA Schools in the Philippines. Take Note!!!
@ChinoF… yep.. CdeQ really did seem to have awaken him a bit..just goes to show that only a tragic event of unspeakable consequences can wake up most of the Filipinos who are still stuck in their fantasy world
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“Our problems now, in two or three years we can say that they are laughable when we recall that they were not that grave,” Mr. Aquino said in Filipino.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100907-290867/Aquino-We-will-overcome-crisis
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frustrated citizen Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
what the? laughable? so in short, the current president commented that the deaths of 8 tourists under his administration, under his watch can be considered a laughing matter in two years? i know that he is incompetent, but inconsiderate as to say this?! damn…
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ice_queen Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
I certainly hope he was misquoted. Otherwise, I’d actually want to inflict bodily harm on the guy. Seriously.
“Laughable”?! “LAUGHABLE”?!?
“Not that grave”?
I mean, how STUPID/CLUELESS DOES HE HAVE TO GET?!?
(and yes, the caps are fully intentional. I’m actually pissed off!)
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frustrated citizen Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 10:50 pm
i’m actually pissed off as well… for a second i was speechless when i was reading those particular lines of the news. damn, really…
if you’d inflict bodily harm on him, let me join you – damn, the current president really needs something powerful and shocking enough to wake him up
i think he’s not misquoted. after all, there are many things that came out of his mouth and that he had to take them back at a later time. what irritates me is the lack of thinking our current president has before getting the words out of his mouth
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Mike H Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Depression and ADD. Very lousy people-skills and inability to comprehend the sadness or grief that other people feel is a clinical symptom of ADD.
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This confirms my fears and what I’ve been telling folks back during the campaign; even if you give Noynoy the benefit of the doubt that he’s a good guy, his apparent lack of a backbone will only give those oligarchs and opportunists backing him up a blank check to the country and all the ugly things that come with it.
As they say, too many cooks spoil the broth. And boy, do we have a sh*tty tasting one right now.
The Balay faction should definitely jump ship to a more progressive group.
Dare I even say that should Balay keep putting up with the crap they’ve been getting from Samar, it’d be an injustice not only to themselves but to the entire nation?
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frustrated citizen Reply:
September 6th, 2010 at 10:52 pm
apparently the Balay faction is still with the current president due to the ‘word of honor’ dysfunctional thinking that the Filipino culture has.
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Very informative article
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the arguments are sound and i agree that Mar and his group are being duped by the other faction.
Just one thing, isn’t using such symbolism (him being a DOG) a little below the belt for us? no matter how idiotic our President is i think we must refrain on such way, gawain kasi niyan ng mga Dilaw e…
Just a thought…
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Dr. José Rizal II Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Apparently it’s caused by how many people from Hong Kong refer to Abnoy as “smiling dog” due to his on-cam smiling at the bus inspection and at the midnight press conference.
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I can’t believe Maria Ressa actually wrote this:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703417104575474533645106048.html
“The coming weeks will show whether he can learn from his mistakes, or whether the Philippines is in for another Aquino presidency that has good intentions but bungled outcomes.”
oooooh…. that last line is gonna get her fired. lol.
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Dr. José Rizal II Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 2:22 am
I don’t think it’s going to get Maria Ressa fired at all!
The Lopezes – who are part of the Binay-Chiz-Lopez wing of the Samar faction – are now stepping up their attacks and criticism on Noynoy.
The article (Should I stay or should I go) actually mentioned that ABS-CBN has already stepped up its attacks on Noynoy.
Why? Because while the Lopezes bet on Noynoy as their PLAN A, his too many gaffes have made him vulnerable and unstable, so that the Lopezes are now going with their PLAN B —> B for BINAY!
They’re now stepping up their attacks because once they get rid of Noynoy, Binay – their plan B proxy – will then take over.
Now how can the Balay People stop that from happening? No choice. Balay has to ally with Lakas and tell Noynoy to agree to go for Charter Change, otherwise, he can get impeached and Binay takes over from him.
But if Noynoy goes with Charter Change and endorses it, it’s a graceful exit. Noynoy can retain the position of President, but be purely ceremonial, and he can take credit from the fact that Charter Change will be a positive step forward for the Philippines as it will solve the joblessness of the Phils (economic liberalization) and get the MILF laying down their arms as they’re asking for Federalism after all, and in the end, fix the lousy political system that the Philippines has by shifting to parliamentary. That is the only thing Noynoy can do in the face of betrayal from the part of the Lopezes and ABS-CBN.
In the meantime, Kris Aquino continues to try flirting with Junjun Binay so that once they become FB’s, her hope (as is the hope of Kamag-anak Inc), Jejemon Binay will have the delicadeza to NOT support moves to impeach Noynoy on account of his son’s lover. (In fact, it seems Kris is moving fast so that she can get hitched to Junjun!!!)
What a dirty passion-play!
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Hyden Toro Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 11:14 am
It’s a unique situation in the Philippines. They use A WHORE for political purposes. These people has gotten so desperate; they use the CHURCH and a WHORE, at the same time to get their objective…
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ulong pare Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 11:27 am
@hyden t…. daaaang…. only in flipland that an “iyutan” deserve the highest national priority above all the other pressing catastrophe… i.e. kris a. ball dribbling… katrina sucky-fcuky, etchastera etc… i actually had my first encounter with a WHORE (madre superiora) in the CHURCH (confessional)… it’s kinda tight… but tight is/was good…
Balay faction should stick in their heads… a dog will never bite the hand of the one who feeds it.
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Aegis-Judex Reply:
September 8th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
And if the hand that feeds it is the hand that beats it?
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Regarding this article: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100907-290864/Puno-Ill-take-bullet-for-the-President
I have one word to describe it: LINTA
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And in the end nothing changes. It will still be the same **** of government dynasties and officials taking power in the government.
I’m sorry to say this but with the present state of affairs going right now (and the ordinary Filipino’s incompetence), the only thing that will lead to change is a bloody revolution. Don’t get me wrong, I in no way advocate violence but if things still turn out the way it is, then it’s hopeless. As John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said:
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.”
Filipinos need to know when to make peace and when to make war, and I say that the time for peace is over. You people want change? The only way to change a society such as ours is through a violent uprising and forcing views of hard-work, determination, honesty, greatness and ambition down into people’s throats.
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Homer Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 10:18 am
You’re not alone on those type of thoughts. That’s how I saw it a long time ago. Even if charter change is agreed on, it won’t guarantee that the provisions we’d like to see removed would actually become a reality. Even a parliamentary or federal type of govt. will only happen if the rich and powerful get something out of it. Waiting for the possibility of charter change once again “extends” our reliance on hope. Ano? Still another round of waiting and hoping? It’s a cycle that flips are too stubborn to break.
Looking at JFK’s statement above, I’d say he’s quite a realist.
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Ok…..re-reading this page, a question pops-in my mind that begs to be asked: IF the L/K party is really for economic liberalization and all that stuff, why weren’t they able to accomplish this these last 10 years before the LP came in? What were the factors that held them back if ever?
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Homer Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 11:09 am
pahabol…
Aside from the fear of many sectors that the charter change moves during the last 10 years were seen as an attempt to extend GMA’s term, what other reasons were there that they couldn’t get it done? Please refresh my memory, because I can’t recall which party had the numbers in the senate and in congress back then.
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Dr. José Rizal II Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
They would have easily been able to do it had LP not bolted out of their coalition with Lakas…
Engot kasi ang LP. Drilon was affected by ABias-CBN’s biased programming and he feared he would suffer popularity by associating with Dr. Arroyo… Worse, Cory and Noynoy (Noynoy is LP) convinced Drilon to turn his back on GMA.
Drilon then decided to tell the entire LP to switch away from their coalition with Lakas and he also brought with him 10 cabinet secretaries (through Abad who is LP and was Education sec at the time – who became the Hyatt 10) and they all did they O.A. “turncoatism” against Dr. Arroyo.
What for? Because they thought they could capitalize on the media-induced anti-Glorianism.
Likewise, since Gloria was in power, people would say “she just wants Charter Change in order to extend her stay in power…” So it was really hard to do it esp. with LP’s withdrawal and the hailstorm of anti-GMA bombardment from media and opportunistic politicians.
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Homer Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Yah, I’m starting to remember these events that occurred back then. However, I wasn’t that aware that they would have accomplished the CC had the LP not bolted their coalition. I knew that Drilon was always loyal to Cory, and always I saw him as one of the LP bigwigs. Noy’s stature with the party only grew after his mom passed away, imo. Anyway, the LP eventually failed to succeed with their anti-Glorianism. Despite mentioning to you that I’m no fan of her’s, I must state that she is crafty, indeed. Even if I strongly feel that she has a lot of questions to answer, the pagka-engot of the LP is making it difficult for themselves to get to step one (among other things). Good luck to them…..not!
Now, I wanna turn to a comment you made earlier that got my head nodding:
“But if Noynoy goes with Charter Change and endorses it, it’s a graceful exit. Noynoy can retain the position of President, but be purely ceremonial, and he can take credit from the fact that Charter Change will be a positive step forward for the Philippines as it will solve the joblessness of the Phils (economic liberalization) and get the MILF laying down their arms as they’re asking for Federalism after all, and in the end, fix the lousy political system that the Philippines has by shifting to parliamentary. That is the only thing Noynoy can do in the face of betrayal from the part of the Lopezes and ABS-CBN.”
In writing, it sounds like a plan…..BUT, something here puzzles me. Would the Hyatt 10 (and/or other Baler factions) be accepted back into Lakas after they turned their backs on them? I don’t think they would be accepted back without conditions. What conditions would these be? Guess it all remains to be seen. If the Samar side does something so despicable and unforgivable, maybe the ball can begin to roll. Until then, these are just mere words.
Lastly…in the case of JunJun, he could just simply say “Hey, I could do a lot better than end-up with a KA.” Tapos ang kwento!…..Again, it all remains to be seen.
Dr. José Rizal II Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
Here’s what I think about them “allying” with Lakas…
Their votes will definitely come in handy – that is, their numbers in Congress and in the Senate, but will they be trusted by the Lakas leadership? They’ll have to prove it by solidly voting along with Lakas on whatever Lakas decides to vote on. They’re also going to have to lay low and prove that they did what they did only because they were “convinced by media” that Dr. Arroyo was “evil”, only to find out that PNoy and his family are the real evil ones.
The point is, Balay with the LP at the center is clearly unable to get their policy and platform agenda implemented because they are marginalized within the PNoy cabinet.
The LP can clearly decide go groveling back to Dr. Gloria and Lakas and say “we’re really sorry”, and she will, for pragmatic purposes, take them in. But they won’t call the shots.
However, many of the LP people do not disagree with Lakas’ policy advocacies anyway. Butch Abad is pro-CC. Ralph Recto and Mar Roxas are extremely pro-Economic Liberalization.
They clearly realize now that they can get more of their ideas implemented if they teamed up with Lakas. If anything, not everyone from LP will be alienated. Only Drilon will be because he was the one who engineered the turn-coatism of the entire LP-Drilon wing against Dr. GMA.
ulong pare Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
… daaaang flipland traposakals have no principles, values or standards… they do not have philiosphies… they FLIP-FLOP from one party to another or establish one… where the $$$ is about to pour in… flips, puro kayo gung gongs…
Homer Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
As fun and interesting as it is to examine and speculate through all this, it still leaves a bitter taste in the mouth (mine in particular). Ulong Pare rightly calls it having no principles, values or standards…while I call it just another form of political prostitution. That is, assuming the scenario plays out this way. I’d like to believe that some of the Balay people won’t stand for this, and there will probably be some in-fighting as a result of a principled few who refuse to be tagged as whores to the rotten system just to get their ideas going…unless the end justifies all their means. In a way, it’s sad to see that the path to economic liberalization may be a tainted one. What’s even sadder is this: If there’s a better way, it probably won’t work.
… daaaang i’m a reformed askal (asong kalsada)… seeing too many dogs on this post, i’m having a flashback…
…. y’all are saying that prez gung gong makes too many “mistakes”… my take on that is that he is a “mistake”, a fluke”… some people are born lucky… he is lucky to be born… he is a mistake… 
… flip gung gongs, in nature, love mistakes… flips gung gongs love to play the hapless, helpless victims… para maraming abuloy, grants, aids, alms, etchastera, etc from the civilized world… hmmm hmmm hmmm the ukay-ukay nation….
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The real enemies here are the puppet masters behind the fool on the hill. Remember he is oblivious to everything happening around him because he is such a fool. He is not even aware that he is just a useless pawn in the grand scheme of things.
If we are to bring down this administration, we should start chipping away on the puppet masters’ clout. Balay must be convinced to go against Samar. Then muster enough support from the military, an institution which the fool has repeatedly disrespected. For good measure, impeachment will be lodged on the ground of “betrayal of public trust” if not gross incompetence (though I didnt read the latter as a ground for impeachment). Let us wage a multi-pronged war and see this administration and the people behind crumble like a house of cards.
AP has been doing great in propaganda work. It will be even greater if this work turns into a movement which will snowball into something really huge and significant.
Let us do ourselves a favour by working together to get rid of this fool, his minions and his backers and give this God-forsaken country yet another chance to rise.
Once a truly competent, strong and a visionary leadership is put in place, that is the only time that we can truly start to dream again.
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“Let us pray to God. God has a beautiful plan for us. Our current problem (the hostage-taking incident), perhaps in two, three years, we can say that we will all be laughing when we remember this problem (of the botched hostage rescue operations) because it really wasn’t all that serious…” prez gung gong… hoy mga flips, who’s your god?…
no wonder jc ‘bakwet to kindom come and cursed flips for the kagung gungans in jc’s papa name…. 
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NFA rice Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
So that was the reason he was grinning all the time. It was not a serious incident for him.
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ulong pare Reply:
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
@nfa r: prez gung gong knew all too well that the flip god would forgive him… just like flip god had forgiven all the flipland magnanakaws and murderers before him… isang bendisyon lang ni padre damaso, all is forgiven… the gate of san pedro is wide open… as long as the 10%+ tithe keep coming… flip, pati relihiyon, iniyot….
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daaaang…. 8/23… mendoza tragedy was a misdirected opportunity…. mendoza could have wasted his precious life killing traposakals, ladrones garapales, mistah magnanakaws, et al… it could have been a life well spent… he could have gone down in flipland history as the great gung gong emancipator… MY HEROOOOOO!!!! with pickles and hot peppers to boot…
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This guy has no back bone, no clear direction, no loyalties. If he can fool those idiots then he can fool another 15 million. WTF?! is he planning a trial 6 year run and then run again as a President?
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Kaya pala palpak ang SWAT dahil ginamit nila ‘yung bulok na equipment ng PAGASA.
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A dumb monarch in his high castle, with two factions going at each other in the shadows. It’s almost medieval, if I were to add that we’re all considered mere peasants by these lords.
I sort of pity the Balay faction, with all the misplaced idealism of the likes of Kaya(t) Natin (whose frothing-at-the-mouth idealism irks me with it’s corniness). They got it wrong.
All their trumpeting of Noynoy being the bearer of salvation has gone…to the dogs.
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