Just saw a TV news report on how much was spent by political candidates in the last election. Seeing the figures, most of which were close to the 100 million peso mark, made my head spin. I couldn’t help but think how such a big waste elections are especially here in the Philippines. A lot [...] Read more »
Survey Drop Due To Unholy Alliance?
Misplaced pride is clearly Senator Noynoy Aquino’s sin. A few glaring things bear this out. First of all, just like former President Joseph Estrada, he can’t admit to himself that he doesn’t have what it takes to lead a Third World country in dire need of progress. An underachiever in Congress, Aquino hardly qualifies as [...] Read more »
Adding More Substance To Political Ads
I have a theory. The election campaigns of our presidential candidates are all run by one and the same group of people. I say this because political advertisements being aired and published now are all basically saying the same things. There’s really not much difference among them. In my observation, here are some of the [...] Read more »
A Commenter’s Appeal To All Voters
I got a rather long but very helpful comment from a certain “Sony.” I’ve decided to give it it’s own space. Here it is. Submitted on 2010/01/15 at 7:47pm Dear Friends, Election time is here again. Many of you will shrug this off as another of those futile exercise that we as a dysfunctional nation [...] Read more »
Hindi Ako Mag-Nanakaw, Pramis
I have just seen the latest TV ad of Senator Noynoy Aquino and I must say it’s a good one. Here it is from YouTube. And for those who want to really savor the lines, here they are lovingly transcribed by yours truly. Minamahal kong kababayan, Tadhana ang nagbuklod sa atin dahil naghihingalo na ang [...] Read more »
Beware of Opportunists Among Mainstream Political Pundits
The sycophants have all come out of the woodwork. And, they’re not shy. Before we go any further let’s agree first on what a sycophant is. Wiktionary gives us the following definitions: In case you haven’t noticed, a number of mainstream political pundits have now established themselves as promoters and defenders of Senator Noynoy Aquino. [...] Read more »
Hacking The Automated Election System
With the elections just a few months away, some attention is now being given to the Comelec’s Poll Automation system. Judging from the press it’s been getting, the project is still on rather shaky ground perception-wise. The commission will have to step up its information campaign if only to ensure that the public will have [...] Read more »
Ho-hum… Villar cuts Noynoy’s lead in survey
But regardless of whether or not surveys do or do not influence how people vote, what is clear to me is that electing a leader means choosing the person with the best qualifications for a position and that involves examining a candidate's worthiness based on a criteria. Of course, the criteria by itself will not do you any good unless you get to know as much as you can about the other candidates. Read more »
Noynoy Aquino should join the Romulo foundation debate
(I was going to post this as a response to a comment in the previous post on the Carlos Romulo Foundation debate but decided to post it as an entry because it was very long.) According to the announcement I got from a friend, the organizers of the Carlos P. Romulo Foundation for Peace and [...] Read more »
Apela Sa Mga Kabataang Botante
Nakakatuwang isipin na marami rami na rin ang mga taong namumulat sa katotohanang ang paghingi ng plataporma sa mga kandidato ang isa sa mga simpleng hakbang tungo sa pagbabago ng takbo ng politika dito sa ating bansa. Nakakatuwang marinig ang ilang mga kabataan na nagtatanong tanong kung ano nga ba ang plataporma ng mga kandidato. [...] Read more »
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