Telling Signs

The results of the previous polls were quite telling. This was what I told Alan Peter Cayetano yesterday when we chanced upon each other at the newsroom of ANC channel where I guested. Quite telling, he agreed. Although it's still of my own opinion that the entire electoral process cannot be trusted, the results of the just concluded elections were somewhat enlightening. Generally speaking, the HUMILIATING DEFEAT suffered by the Team Unity bets spoke of the overwhelming public disapproval of the Arroyo administration. Spare the House of Representatives, high profile candidates of the administration lost (BUTI NGA!). Isama na si Fuckquiao.
Pinoys now are better voters. We cannot blame them for selling their votes. Most see the process as a means to boost one's income. But unlike before when selling was proportionate to the one buying, voters now take the money and vote for whoever they believe should be elected. Kudos to my people. Still, we're being used by them. Let's clear out the system first and have as many AMONG ED PANLILIO as possible in government.

Elections, just like everything else in the corrupt democratic environment the country has, (lahat dito corruptd na. The LEFT, the RIGHT and the government, and even the private sector ha!) should be reformed. It should be computerized or be patterened after the US election system. E ang mga putang inang mga ganid sa kapangyarihan kasi gusto sila maupo. Gusto ng karamihan sila lang ang magaling. Mga ULOL! The two-party system can hardly be pushed in a country such as ours where everyone is above the other. Ang kultura ng kayabangan at kahibangan ay wakasan na. I tell all , and I tell all good. The PHilippines will be never better inthe hands of fellow Filipinos. If only Marcos had lived long enough... Quoting Mel Gibson's dialoge in the movie The Patriot: I'd rather be ruled by one tyrant who is a thousand miles away than a thousand tyrants who are just a mile away!

BUT, AREN'T WE THE TYRANTS OURSELVES?

the polls as i saw it

it's been a week after the recent polls. i was right about most of my forecasts. the elections came in dirty, disorderly, dishonest and hopeless, at least with a few exceptions such as the knock out vistory of darlene custodio over manny pacquiao whose victory, if fate had sadly permitted it, could have forced me to look for a 'SANER" place abroad. Despite all the filths, however, one sector proved to be the only winner in this just ended contest- the EVER FREE PHILIPPINE MEDIA. No mater how uttering "free" sends shivers down my spine.
I do not know how others see it but for me, these political advertisements only contribute immensely to the proliferation of corruption not only in government but in the media industrty itself where, I unfortunately belong. Can you imagine how pictures and images of the some of the most corrupt (read: EVIL) figures in the country were sent in every home for a few million bucks? And the profit- my god!- one network announced the tripling of income in just a few months. Even the least watched, least heard and least read media outfit all profited from this ever corrupt electoral process. And we expect change!? FUCK!
I know a lot of deskmen and reporters who were on the take over and above what their companies earned from ads. Some intimated to me that they got at least P5,000 a day- A DAY! and for the fucking deskmen?--- multiply that amount tenfolds!!! and some even had the gall to openly make collectors out of their reporters. I'LL BE DAMNED. I may not be pure, i may not be THAT clean, but I swear to God I am not as filthy as these idiots who make a killing out of our sorry free press- or PAID press?
May our dead colleagues' spirits haunt these sonavagans for the rest of their fucking life.

NEWSFLASH!
PACQUIAO KNOCKED OUT IN HOMETOWN

Buti nga sa yo, kupal ka kase! I idolize this idiot whenever he's inside the ring. Tough, determined, sturdy, a picture of a true fighter. But when this idot decided to go inside the political arena, I realized he was just a plain and simple idiot. JUst THAT.
And thinking that he would win insults the intelligence of his folks there. Gen San and Cotabato proved they were not as lunatic as their idol- at least not all of them were.

have to go now... next time

the election curse

no longer a right nor a privilege but elections are a curse. in the free market of ideas this one is the most expensive (or cheapest!) for a measly P500 , and in some cases, as high as P1,000 per voter, voila! done. over. you get the money. run to the poll precinct, write down the buyer's name and SUFFER FOR THREE AGONIZING YEARS! what the heck! we suffered for three centuries in the hands of the conquistadores, the zobels, the ayalas and those other not so familiar hispanic-sounding names. three centuries. three years. nah. no difference at all. elections are a curse. and i blame our elders for this mess. they started this bullshit. would have been better. would have been best. reality is... it's not.
if there's one right that I would never fight for till death. it's this fuckin' right to suffrage, or SUFFERAGE? no. Not under these circumstances. not under this kind of the country's leadership. not under this mediocre and corrupt political system. not under them...
two more weeks before we reach one of democracy's pitfalls, where all of us are preyed upon by political predators- all for their own self-preservation.
political abstinence that maybe it. but i will defend my right to choose not to vote to death. coz i never did, never do and never will believe in them. history definitely has something better to offer. more people best fit to lead the country to groom. it's only then will i give my vote its five cents worth.