PINOY POLITICS

twistedkai · Carpooler

PINOY POLITICS

sanggre_felicia · Chomplet-in-Training

bakit kailangang pumili between goma and bubuy? pareho na lang absatin!

syeri · Carpool Creator

I guess everyone saw what happened yesterday at the HOSTAGE TAKING.

my thoughts:
It's stupid to hostage a bunch of kids and demand that the government give those same kids scholarship!!! Ano? "kung di niyo bibigyan ng scholarship ang mga bata, papatayin ko sila?" sheesh.

Then opposition candidates ride on the issue saying "yeah this would never have happened if it weren't for the government" and "we fight for the same issues the hostage taker had brought to our attention"

AAAAAARRRGGGGGHHHHHH...SO ANNOYING!!!!!

In the end, Bong Revilla gives the kids scholarship anyway therefore the hostage taker was successful in his mission. *sighs*

twistedkai · Carpooler

@ Sangre: Again, that would be if you were made to choose between the two of them. Plus, malay naman natin, maybe Buboy will be 1 of the good politician.

s2chard · KONOHA VILLAGE - Jounin

syeri wrote:

I guess everyone saw what happened yesterday at the HOSTAGE TAKING.

my thoughts:
It's stupid to hostage a bunch of kids and demand that the government give those same kids scholarship!!! Ano? "kung di niyo bibigyan ng scholarship ang mga bata, papatayin ko sila?" sheesh.

Then opposition candidates ride on the issue saying "yeah this would never have happened if it weren't for the government" and "we fight for the same issues the hostage taker had brought to our attention"

AAAAAARRRGGGGGHHHHHH...SO ANNOYING!!!!!

In the end, Bong Revilla gives the kids scholarship anyway therefore the hostage taker was successful in his mission. *sighs*

my first impression... KSP siya. nanghostage na pala siya ng pari nun. ewan ba. paano yan e kungmaggayahan ang masa. manghostage tayo para sa... hayyy...

malay natin maganda ang maidulot nun.

bong revilla. on watta$@#$ magbibigay siya ng scholarship. saan manggagaling yung pera? sa gobyerno!!! AMPNESS... kapal naman ng mukha niya angkinin yun!!! wala siya pera ang liliit lang ng sweldo ng gov't official. KAPAL!!! baka tayo taxpayer ang magbibigay ng scholarship...

sanggre_felicia · Chomplet-in-Training

think of this as election-induced dementia. or something like that.

Tora^2 · Beerkadet

More like an election-induced publicity stunt by some candidate.

I do have a gut feeling that a certain candidate may have coerced or persuaded that Ducat guy to pull off an altruistic stunt like the one he did before. This is to ensure Senor Politico could grab the limelight by appearing defuse the whole crisis.

sanggre_felicia · Chomplet-in-Training

wow! how desperate!

psychoCOW · Beerkadet Mascot/Matinee Idol

My two cents on the whole hostage-taking thingy...

I also feel it was staged to make certain politicians look good. With that said...
It's not that I'm defending Bong Revilla (God forbid!), but in case some of us have forgotten, he used to be an actor (ego, the deeper pockets). And even if he used his pork barrel to pay for the tuition of those kids, S2chard, how on God's good name is that a bad thing?
Unless, of course, this inspires other attention-deficient bastards to try pulling off similar stunts... Oh ****.
The Opposition will ride on anything, anything, to get some attention to themselves. Those bastards don't have any platform to speak of.
I knew the grenades were duds. I just knew.

Lorie · Korean Adik

basta ang masasabi ko sa hostage taking na iyan...

marami ang naperwisyo lalo na yung sumasakay sa lrt line 1 at mga dumadaan sa city hall...grrr...papampam kasi...pagod pa naman ako nung araw na iyon...

lumalala na ang election gimik ngayon ah (if ever nga na gimik yan)....kawawa naman yung mga bata...bad trip....

sanggre_felicia · Chomplet-in-Training

oo nga. pati bata, ginagamit nila. tsk,tsk,tsk.

Tora^2 · Beerkadet

At least Ducat knew how to keep those kids at ease.

As for those kids, their field trip did not end at Liwasang Bonifacio nor at the Ospital ng Maynila but at Malacanang. Public appearance by the President included.

sanggre_felicia · Chomplet-in-Training

wow. tipid ang nagpafieldtrip sa kanila. pinakain rin sila right?

Lorie · Korean Adik

yup...pinakain sila at may libre pang toys...

planado talaga ni Ducat yung hostage taking...

s2chard · KONOHA VILLAGE - Jounin

psychoCOW wrote:

My two cents on the whole hostage-taking thingy...
It's not that I'm defending Bong Revilla (God forbid!), but in case some of us have forgotten, he used to be an actor (ego, the deeper pockets). And even if he used his pork barrel to pay for the tuition of those kids, S2chard, how on God's good name is that a bad thing?Unless, of course, this inspires other attention-deficient bastards to try pulling off similar stunts... Oh ****.

psycho: eto lang po.

well first for all, sa ginawa niyang yun para bang napakalaking pribilehiyo ang ibinigay niya sa mga bata. responsibilidad niya yun.

then kung sana noon pa niya ginagawa iyong "mamigay ng scholarship", well pwede pa. pero dude it's election. imposibleng walang makasamang politika yan.

and last that is not a work of good man. kung tutulong ka rin lang, bakit kelangan mo pang i brod cast? why??? i mean kayo ba pagtutulong kayo ipingasasabi niyo. or kung may nagtanong sa inyo kelangan sabihin niyo lahat?

kung pera niya gagamitin, well tagal niya ng nagretiro sa movie industry. at isa pa nakita niyo ba reunion nilang pamilya? ahhh grabeee, ang dami niyang anak at apo. mismo siya di niya alam ang latest count. ewan pero ang alam sa culture ng mga Filipino importante ang pamilya nila kesa sa iba.

imposibleng hindi niya galawin ang pork barrel for personal use. ewan ko ba wala lang siguro ako tiwala sa politika...

syeri · Carpool Creator

my points:
-what ever happened to "an honest day of hard work"? I know our country isn't the richest one, that jobs are not that easy to get and that salaries are not high, BUT some people still can be successful if they work hard to reach theior goals.

-"the end STILL does not justify the means". It's glorifying violence to get what he wants, though it be not for himself. What if others thought "If he did it, I'd do the same"? it's not far from happening.

psychoCOW · Beerkadet Mascot/Matinee Idol

Kids...

Again, let me repeat myself, I am NOT defending any politician here. And I'm not kidding myself, I know there's a lot of bullsh*t going on in government. I also believe the whole hostage-taking thing is staged for certain people's benefit, and that, when you do a good thing, you shouldn't have to broadcast it to the world..

I guess I'm at that stage that if I see anything good come out of any situation, no matter how minuscule, I'll take it. I don't believe I'm settling for anything, or being less vigilant, but I've come to realize that being automatically critical and negative of anything does not help things.

It's so easy to say "the government's worthless", "politicians are all corrupt", blah blah blah, but to put everything in such general terms is scary because you don't allow yourself any more room to revise your views. Now, personally, you all know me as the biggest loudmouth in this group, but there's a method to my madness. For example, you will NEVER hear me state a generalization. I won't say any of those statements above because I know it simply isn't 100% true. The percentage is insanely high, I bet, but it's not 100%. And for as long as that small percentage exist, then I have reason to hope.

Besides, I've always believed that the greatest force of change is the private sector. I'm doing what little I can, personally.

What have YOU done? (It's an honest question)

Fraggle Rock · Hiro Nakamura's boyfriend

tama si psychocow... (pag iba ang reply ko dito, hindi ko naintindihan sinabi nya).

kung natatandaan nyo tinanong ko before, kung ano yung mga positive na ginawa nila. kung ila-line up nyo lahat ng senatoriables ngayon, siguradong kailangan natin ng matinding panalangin sa Diyos.

People has to survive. Kaya kahit anong trabaho yan papasukin ng kung sino-sino as long na sa tingin nila ay "kaya" nila yung ginagawa nila. Kahit na hindi nila alam ang ibig sabihin ng totoong "statesman" e papasukin nila yun.

If we are all going to see the B.S. of these politicians, then wala na ngang pag-asa ang Pinoy government natin. We may see Revilla and Chavit act live. We may see Oreta dance for glory. We may even see Vic Magsaysay, he-who-is-not. Despite the shameful acts that they do, they need exposure. Kailangan kasi nila ng recall. Tsaka mas nakakatanda talaga, sa mga amusement na ginawa nila para sa tao.

12 (or 13) seats for them Senatoriables and don't forget the other seats too. Hindi lang senado ang pinag-uusapan natin. Siguro naman mas mababaho pa yung mga nasa ilalim. We should just think positive and look at what they've done and what they are capable of. Kung nandidiri tayo sa kanila, we should just forgive them. Would you like Tito Sotto to be a senator again? Then, don't vote. Other people would be voting this coming elections and hindi naman nadadaan sa educational attainment ang pagkapanalo, votes. Tulad ko (at siguro si cow na din at yung mga bumoto last time), kami dapat siguro ang may right na magreklamo to the max, dahil sa tax na nagbibigay sa kanila ng mga sweldo nila. pero bilang isang mabuting citizen, we're doing the right thing (hopefully).

In conclusion to my thesis (hehe), just look at what these politicians can offer. I have a word document regarding some of the senatoriables.

At para sa round na ito Pareng Manny, malamang na matalo tayo sa kahit anong paraan.

Think positive and do your share.

psychoCOW · Beerkadet Mascot/Matinee Idol

Frag, can you email that word document to me? I'd love to read it.

Anyway, so far, these senatoriables have my vote:
- Pichay (If nothing else, at least his campaign ads actually state his advocacies and platform)
- Pangilingan (In fairness, he was a busy senator)
- Defensor and Escudero (basta)

... and that's it for now.

Tora^2 · Beerkadet

I'd rather go for Politicos who in their last stints worked double time to file constructive bills and not those types who did nothing but hog the camera and fought to get rid of the President

sanggre_felicia · Chomplet-in-Training

or those who slept while there is a session. or those who don't actually even attend the sessions.

Fraggle Rock · Hiro Nakamura's boyfriend

psychoCOW wrote:

Frag, can you email that word document to me? I'd love to read it.

Anyway, so far, these senatoriables have my vote:
- Pichay (If nothing else, at least his campaign ads actually state his advocacies and platform)
- Pangilingan (In fairness, he was a busy senator)
- Defensor and Escudero (basta)

... and that's it for now.

syur. whats your addy?

psychoCOW · Beerkadet Mascot/Matinee Idol

b_canapi@yahoo.com

Fraggle Rock · Hiro Nakamura's boyfriend

i'm currently in the decision stage.

i might vote for sonia roco.

s2chard · KONOHA VILLAGE - Jounin

well, at least may optimist pang natitira sa Pilipinas. me? im loosing it. and to loose hope is a big thing. well, hanngang nandito pa sa Pinas wala magagawa kung di ipagdasal na sana may mangyari pang maganda.

i go for the the 3M politicians. Matandang Malapit ng Mamatay (I'm sooo dead serious). Kahit papaano gagawa na rin siguro sila ng kabutihan. malapit na sila e. kung di sila gagawa ng mabuti, they will go to hell! harhar...

still deciding...

psychoCOW · Beerkadet Mascot/Matinee Idol

S2chard, you're too young to lose hope. And you haven't done everything you possibly can to help. I'm so sorry for you.

People, if this country will ever get back on track, I can assure you, it won't be because of the Government. As long as you have to elect officials every three years, progress will stall. What you need is continuity. You need programs, projects, and advocacies that go beyond 3-year increments. And the only way that's going to happen is for the private sector to step up. That means all of you reading this.

Think about it. Everything good that has happened to this country (YES, a lot of good stuff has happened over the past couple of years, so if you can't see that, f*ck you) happened mostly because of the private sector. The resurgence of the peso can be attributed to E-Vat, for example, but it's also buoyed highly by overseas remittances. If not for private and foreign investors, the government won't have funds to pour into infrastructure and industrial projects. And as much as the government is f*cking up discussions regarding NAIA 3, at least the airport exists. Most of the tourist sites is maintained by private parties, with minimal help from the public sector (although Manila's local government gets some credit. Dammit, Ali Atienza has to win).

So, simply put, we can all bellyache about how worthless and stupid our Government is, and how hopeless and bleak the situation is...

Or, we can do something about it.

And the first thing you can do is to VOTE WISELY. Don't waste the chance.
Take this country back

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By the way, HOW COULD I FORGET?!? Of course I'm voting for Joker Arroyo!

-- Edited by psychoCOW at 13:23, 2007-04-03

syeri · Carpool Creator

Yey!!! IBOTO SI PSYCHOCOW!!!!

hehehe...i know politics suck. problem is they focus so much on bad points, they hardly see what good things happen. Whether GMA is hiding something or not, she works.

yun lang rin kasi hirap sa mga tao ngayon. They want instant results. They think that when they replace someone in a position the change will come easy. Change doesn't come overnight. especially for our country. everytime we change someone, we don't see their projects take form, which is sad.

psychoCOW · Beerkadet Mascot/Matinee Idol

Look, I would have run for public office, but three year terms don't suit me, and besides, they don't have openings for the "Tyrant" post. Maybe in 2010...

twistedkai · Carpooler

I agree with Ms.Syeri, all the "grandstanding" people could see is what's wrong, but they couldn't see what's working and what's good right now. Hay.

Let's starts asking for contribution for Cow for Tyrant. :) Joke.

bugoytheman · Pseudo Ponderer

I've always been moderate in my view in politics. However, i don't like celerbrities running in legislative positions. Leadership and legislating are two different entities.