The heat is up

If you are the owner of a company and you have some of your men applying for the post of COO, who would you choose if you had the following options?

1. One who has been rumored to be a psychotic, has not done well in his years in the company, and looks like an idiot by the way he stands and walks? or
2. One who has been accused a lot of times of using company funds for his own account, pretends to be poor to be pitied, and uses his mother to save his own ass? or
3. One who just came out from jail?

The top candidates for the presidency don’t seem to be presidential at all? I really don’t get it why Filipinos still eat these guys’ crap. When we offer jobs, even just a janitorial job, we screen the applicants and make sure they at least have some qualifications for the job. And that is just a janitorial position. How come the presidency seems to have lost any semblance of significance that the guys who we put there can just apply without possessing any attribute of being a worthy president?

The problem is not really with the candidates. The problem is the voting public. Sad to admit, but it is not only the candidates who are stupid. The voters are.

Senator Villar and Businessman Villar

How dangerous can Manny Villar be when he becomes President?

News has it that Manny Villar allegedly barged in during a board meeting at the Philippine Stock Exchange to force the board to let him be exempted from the lock-up period for secondary offerings of his shares of stock in Vistaland and Lifescapes, Inc.

Villar interfered during the PSE board meeting sometime in 2007. Instead of sending his underwriters to do their thing, he personally went there maybe to use his position as Senator and impose his will upon the members of the board. Even as some people in the business community say that this "usually" happen whenever owners of business empires want something done in their favor, the case of Manny Villar is different. He is a senator and this surely is a prohibited transaction for a legislator. Clearly, there is conflict of interest because he is a public officer.

I don't know if Villar is just stupid or if he's just really an imposing man. One thing's for sure. He wants to get what he desires even to the point of using his public position. What more if he becomes president?

Survey says

Today's editorial of the Daily Tribune (Tribune) is a very interesting read. It's so interesting that it told of the real intentions behind the release of the SWS surveys every quarter.




The most recent survey result showed LP's bet Noynoy Aquino getting 60% votes and Manny Villar of the Nacionalista Party got 37%, followed by former President Joseph Estrada with 18% and Sen. Chiz Escudero with 15 %.

But the manner by which these results were obtained was quite unusual. Instead of asking the respondent who is their top pick (note that it's in the singular), the survey asked the respondents who are their top picks (that's in the plural) for the presidency, choosing three candidates each. Thus, the 60% vote that Noynoy got does not necessarily mean that he was indeed the top pick. With two other choices in the selection, then it would naturally mean he shared the rank with some other choices.

Clearly, this is indeed one of the many ways that surveys tend to condition the mind of the people. In 2007 SWS and Pulse Asia surveys began this conditioning of the minds of the electorate. And now, SWS is obviously doing it again.

This recent survey is like preparing an instant 3-in-1 coffee mix in order to put SWS clients Aquino and Villar in good positions. Well Mr. Mangahas is apparently taking good care of his clients.

We can't be fooled by these surveys which treat us like idiots who know nothing about simple mathematics and logic.

Relief Ops aka Advance Campaign ni Noynoy at Manny

Two strong typhoons hit the Philippines in just two weeks. The relief efforts during the aftermath were overwhelming and I can personally say that the Filipino spirit of Bayanihan is very much alive in each one of us.

But what disturbs me are the reports that there are some politicians who make use of the relief operations as an advance campaign mechanism.

For one, a photo was uploaded on the internet by a concerned citizen, which showed a food pack distributed by Manny Villar but which food pack bears the good Senator's name. Not only that. I also saw pictures of bottles of water and some clothings with photo's of the same Senator printed on it. He also personally indorses the show Wowowee and he even goes around distributing relief goods along with Mr. Willie Revillame.

Then there's Noynoy Aquino's own relief operations where volunteers are encouraged (daw) to wear yellow while on their shifts in packing goods. Of course, there are streamers of the also good Senator in some calamity stricken provinces.

Tsk tsk.

I will not upload their pictures in this blog because doing so would just provide them additional publicity. I don't want to contribute to the popularity of politicians like them.

Helping should be done wholeheartedly, not for purposes of getting the people's votes for the coming elections.

Padyak, Obama-wannabe, C5 at Taga

Naglabasan na ang mga political ads ng mga iba't-ibang pulitiko. Nandiyan si Mar Roxas, Manny Villar, Loren Legarda, Jojo Binay at iba pa. Ang layo pa ng eleksiyon pero nangunguna na sila. Ang layo pa rin ng eleksiyon pero mistulang sumusuway na sila batas laban as pre-mature campaigning. Sa bagay hindi nga naman applicable ang batas na iyon sa pre-mature campaigning dahil hindi pa naman election period.

Isa-isahin natin sila. Yung mga madalas ko lamang nakikita sa telebisyon.

1. Mar Roxas

Itong si Mang Mar a.k.a. Mr. Palengke ay hindi na mawawala sa pang-araw araw nating panonood. Nakita niyo ba yung padyak commercial niya? Nakakaloka diba? Maniwala kang sumasakay ng padyak yan o kaya pumupunta sa palengke. Oo may-ari siya ng palengke pero hindi yun pumupunta dun. Ginagamit niya lang yung lugar paminsan minsan.

Malinaw naman na gusto lang ni Mar mapalapit sa mga masa o sa mahihirap. Hindi ba nagmura pa nga iyan noong nakaraang rally sa Makati?

2. Jojo Binay

"Ganito kami sa Makati." Yan ang tag-line niya sa commercial niya. Ang labong tao rin nito ni Binay eh ano? Hindi naman kaya kagaya ng Makati ang buong Pilipinas. Hindi masasabing kaya niyang paunlarin ang buong Pilipinas kagaya ng Makati. Erap boy tong si Jojo na ambisyosong kagaya daw siya ni Obama. Mahiya naman siya noh!

3. Manny Villar

Ah, si Mr. C5 at taga. Hahaha!!! Isa pa to, yung bahay daw nila sa Tondo nakatayo pa ngayon. Hahay. Squatters area kaya yun, kaya matagal nang na-demolish. Wala ako masabi. Andami niya pera ha. Tama na alam na natin lahat ng panloloko nito. Tsk tsk.

Oh yan na muna ang masasabi ko ngayon. Antok na ako. Grabe, araw-araw sa TV yang mga yan. Common denominator nila eh taga opposition sila.