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		<title>Ganito Ba Tayo Ka-Tanga?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Righteous Indignation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voters' Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joseph Estrada]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hindi naman siguro ganito ka-tanga ang Filipino. Sa pinakabagong survey ng Pulse Asia lumabas na tabla na sina Senador Manny Villar at dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada. Sa aking palagay hindi naman siguro totoong tumataas pa ang rating ng dating pangulo. Hindi naman siguro ganoon ka-bobo ang mga Pinoy para pagkatiwalaan pa si Estrada sa kabila [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hindi naman siguro ganito ka-tanga ang Filipino.</p>
<p>Sa pinakabagong survey ng Pulse Asia lumabas na tabla na sina Senador Manny Villar at dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada. Sa aking palagay hindi naman siguro totoong tumataas pa ang rating ng dating pangulo. Hindi naman siguro ganoon ka-bobo ang mga Pinoy para pagkatiwalaan pa si Estrada sa kabila ng nangyari sa kanyang administrasyon noon.</p>
<p>Sa mga nag-iisip, palagay ko bistadong bistado naman kung ano na naman ang panibagong gimik na ito.  Pero para sa mga hindi makasunod, ganito yan. Posibleng sadyang pinalalabas ng survey na ito na umaabante si Estrada para lalo pang mahikayat ang mga uto-uto nating mga kababayan na bumoto ayon sa baluktot na konseptong &#8220;lesser evil.&#8221; Napuna siguro ng mga nasa likod ng sarswelang ito na hindi pa rin tiyak ang tagumpay ni Senador Noynoy Aquino kung itatapat siya kay Senador Manny Villar kahit pa sabihing marami ang bumibili sa ideyang &#8220;lesser evil.&#8221; Ako man kung talagang si Aquino at Villar lang ang pagpipilian, si Villar na ang aking iboboto. Di hamak namang mas kakayanin siguro ni Villar na tumayo sa sarili niyang kakayahan at manindigan sa harap ng mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya. Duda ako kung kaya iyon ni Aquino.</p>
<p>Kung miyembro ako ng makinarya ni Aquino, ganito rin ang aking irerekomendang istratehiya. Imbis na si Villar, si Estrada na lang ang palalabasin kong pinaka-mahigpit na kalaban ni Aquino. Kung tutuusin nga naman kung sa ganitong tapatan mas madali sigurong ma-uuto ang mga tao na si Aquino na lang ang iboto. Sino nga ba naman ang boboto pa kay Estrada sa panahong ito kung hindi ang mga talagang kulang sa tamang pagiisip. Hindi naman siguro kulang ang pagiisip ng mas marami sa atin? Ewan ko lang baka mali rin ang tantya ko.</p>
<p>Pero sa totoo lang bakit nga ba tayo magpapaniwala sa mga survey na ito? Kitang kita naman na may sinusundang script ang mga ito. Mas maniniwala pa ako sa mga survey na isinagawa sa iba&#8217;t ibang paaralan kung saan ang kadalasang nanguna ay sina Senador Richard Gordon at dating Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro. Bakit nga ba mas naniniwala ako sa mga naturang survey? Unang una, harapan itong ginawa at agad na nalaman ang resulta,. Malinaw na malinaw na may mga tinatawag na respondent. Sa mga isinagawa (daw) na survey ng Pulse Asia at Social Weather Station meron nga kayang respondent? Duda ako dahil sa tagal kong ito sa mundong ibabaw wala pa talaga akong nakikilalang taong na-survey ng dalawang kumpanyang ito. Kahit pa kakilala na may kakilala na may kakilalang na-survey noon o ngayon wala rin.</p>
<p>Kung ako sa inyo, tingnan nyo na lang ang mga survey na ito na parang libangan. Para bang yung mga paborito ninyong teleserye o yung mga noontime game show kung saan kailangan magmukha ka munang tanga bago ka ma-premyuhan. Nakakalibang naman kasi talaga di ba kung papaano nila nilalaro o binabago ang kanilang script. Kung dati Aquino vs. Villar ngayon naman Aquino vs. Estrada.</p>
<p>Uunahan ko na ang mga survey company na ito at baka sakaling makita nila na bistado na ang kanilang sarswela at maisip nilang tigilan na lang ang pinaggagagawa nila.</p>
<p>Sa aking palagay sa mga susunod nilang survey si Estrada na ang number 2 at number 3 na lang si Villar. Posible pa nga na palabasin nila na nauungusan na ng dating pangulo si Aquino. Siempre nga naman para mas maging malakas ang hatak ng ideyang &#8220;lesser evil.&#8221; Sa totoo lang hindi ako magugulat sakaling gawin nila ito lalo na&#8217;t mukhang dumarami na ang nagigising sa katotohanan na marami pang mas karapat dapat kaysa kay Aquino para sa panguluhan ng  ating bansa.</p>
<p>Panalangin ko huwag naman sanang mag-tanga-tangahan ang mga Pinoy.</p>
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		<title>Gut Feel All Over Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Voters' Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Manny Villar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now this is strange. A new survey by Pulse Asia shows that of all the presidential candidates Senator Manny Villar enjoys the trust of more Filipinos. It shows Senator Noynoy Aquino only at second place. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from an abs-cbnnews.com report. The January 22-26 survey showed that 70% of Filipinos had much trust for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now this is strange. A new survey by Pulse Asia shows that of all the presidential candidates Senator Manny Villar enjoys the trust of more Filipinos. It shows Senator Noynoy Aquino only at second place. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from an <a href="http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/02/24/10/villar-noynoy-enjoy-pinoys-trust-survey">abs-cbnnews.com report</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>The January 22-26 survey showed that 70% of Filipinos had much trust for Villar, compared to 64% for Aquino.  Eighteen percent of voters said they were undecided about Villar while 23% said the same for Aquino. Both candidates had the same percentage of voters  (12%)  saying that they had little trust for the two candidates.</p>
<p>Aquino and Villar were statistically tied in the last presidential survey conducted by Pulse Asia last January 22 -26. Thirty-seven percent of Filipino voters said they would vote for Aquino in the presidential election while 35% said they chose Villar.</p></blockquote>
<p>I do not hide the fact that I&#8217;m not a fan of election surveys. I strongly believe they are manipulated in one way or the other. However, I&#8217;m making an exception with this survey because I like how it takes away from the Aquino camp&#8217;s apparent claim that their candidate is <em>the </em>only trustworthy candidate. I wonder how the yellow horde will react to this.</p>
<p>By the way, if I were a believer of SWS and Pulse Asia surveys I&#8217;d probably say this is a <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/development"><em>development</em></a> for the simple reason that it shows that not all Filipinos are buying Noynoy&#8217;s honesty schtick.</p>
<p>But then again, I am an anti-election survey kind of guy so I&#8217;ll stick to my stand that this or any other election survey out there are not to be believed. More importantly, they should not in any way serve as a basis for how we should vote.</p>
<p>In the first place, how can anyone really tell that this or that candidate is trustworthy? Do Noynoyistas and Villaristas have intimate knowledge of the real character of their favored candidates? Are they possessed with extra-sensory powers they are able to see into the hearts and minds of these politicians both of whom refuse to articulate exactly how they will fulfill their respective campaign promises of ridding the government of corruption and putting an end to poverty.</p>
<p>The truth is the respondents of this Pulse Asia survey (if indeed they do exist) just followed their gut<em> </em>feel. <em>Nanghula lang sila. </em>In all likelihood they will do the same come May 10. Good luck with that.</p>
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