take this, mr president!

here it is! all those who can't wait to hurl their shoes onto george bush, here's is your chance. some imaginative yet slothful individuals, who spends their idle time scanning their television for bad news about george bush, have actually created a program that lets anyone pitch their shoes onto a docking face of george bush.

isn't that amazing? that has to be the scientific breakthrough of the year. if not the decade or the century. somebody has got to give these guys a nobel prize for this wonderful idea/project turned into a workable method for the release of personal anger, resentment or rage against their politicians. somebody's got to nominate these geniuses to the rock n roll hall of fame. 'coz they rock! whoohoo!

i wrote about this in my december 15 post entitled "missed by a shoe string". and this is realy unbelievable. it's now a real game.

here it is. click this site:

http://sockandawe.com/

or you can try these:

http://www.arcadevenus.com/games/1362/sock-and-awe.html

http://www.monkeydonkeygames.com/game/3972/Sock-and-Awe.html

http://www.addictinggames.com/sockandawe.html

there you go. enjoy hitting the goofy guy with the shoe!

another senate performance

the senate blue ribbon committee looking into the infamous fertilizer scam is set to conduct another hearing on the case during the holidays. in the hearing, maritess aytona, the alleged "runner", will give her account on the scam. after months in hiding, she appeared to senator richard gordon seeking protection from the threats to her life.

that sounded like an overplayed music already. joc-joc bolante sang it after being arrested in the US. to prevent his deportation to the philippines, bolante gave crappy excuses like threats from the communists and vigilantes and all that. in the end, US magistrate hearing his case told him: "nice try, but sorry, we have to send you back"

december 22 is calendared for the next hearing. and another possible goof is set to deliver her performance. whether she will simply drop crap in the senate hall or tell the truth, that we will have to see.

meantime, there's this news that bolante is planning to offer a gift of a musical presentation to everyone attending the hearing on december 22. in the spirit of the season, bolante is said to be offering his heartfelt rendition of a didith reyes hit which is now the theme of a reviled abs-cbn primetime drama- the song "bakit ako walang hiya?".

oh yeah!...

to escape prosecution and imprisonment, there's nothing else he can do other than say...

scams o' the universe

in economics news, bernard madofff, ex-nasdaq chief was held for USdollars 50B. fraud. that's US 50Billliiooon (no dollar sign here =( ). investigators said that madoff made that big of a money through a pyramiding type scam that hoodwinked even big european banks into investing in his firm.

50 billiioon dollars

and someone kept asking "in this economic depression, where does all the money go?". "people lacked money to invest, where have all the money go?"

well, there's your answer, my friends. just ask mr. madoff.

people in the US are all thunderstruck when they heard about the pyramid fraud committed by mr. madoff. while filipinos have seen the worst of all pyramid scams(whatever happened to the francswiss case).

not sure if it's something to be proud of, but filipinos can definitely say: "been there, done that!".

yeepee!

missed by a shoe string!

for a while there, bush look like a character in a video game dodging flying objects from everywhere. hey! now, there's an idea. someone should make a game out of it. a simple computer game that can be played on console or any other platform. the object of which should be to throw as much stuff as you can onto a dodging face of george w. bush. much like the chicken invaders. whether it be shoes, chairs, glasses or pies, you earn a point for every hit. on every level, the degree of difficulty should be the speed george w. bush dodges every hit. the higher the level, the faster bush dodges.

or it could also be any of our national and/or local politicians. with this game everybody will know how it feels to throw something at a politician. it will be a way for the people to vent their anger on their lying, fat-face leaders if they feel they voted for the wrong guy or shortchanged by the services the politicians rendered. it will be a sure hit!

the iraqi journalist who threw his shoes, one after the other, at the american president was immediately aprehended and brought to an undisclosed place where the security officers who held him berated the journalist for not hitting bush even once in those two throws.
whoohoo!

"hoew could you missed him, you iddiot! i told everrybowdy to bring in our best thrrewerr. why didn't you listin to me? why did you stick with this pathitic feilure? now we doon't heave a chance anymorre!"

yeah, and the whole iraq is now dissapointed by those misses. they waited for it to happen. it's like in a basketball game where LA fans waited for kobe to score and he went: taking the ball, takes a good look at the hoop, he dribbles, drives, loses his guard, went past another, leaps, and then in a spectacular slow motion scoops the ball into the hoop while everybody stood still gazing at the amazing move and,... the ball slides around the rim, onto the other end and slips out. unbelievable!

and the whole iraq say "aaaw!"

but journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi set a record of sort. he's the only one who's done that to bush!. but that record is about to be broken as hundreds of disgruntled americans eager to get a shot at their president, who they now consider a lame duck, await his return. whoohoo!

"i'm a size 17, mr. president, here's my boot. let see if you can escape this!" (yeah!) "here's for messing up the economy!" (yeepee!) "and this one's for sarah palin!" (huh?!...)

missing by a shoe string! see how bush just laughed it off like it was a normal occurrence. like it happens every time he visits a foreign state (click the pic!)

imagine if filipinos were allowed to throw shoes at politicians. gma is in one of her lowest approval ratings in her term. gma, with her small build, should be a difficult target. but what if there are thousands who would want to fling their footwears at her? for all the injustices she has wrought. for all the resentment, the anger she's caused. a thousand shoes. that's only the first pairs. plus the other pairs. how can she ever escape?...

how to cha-cha for dummies!

have you seen that youtube character Juana Change? that oversize DI who gave us a clear picture of how cha-cha is danced by the administration step-by-step. well, she's been getting a lot of exposure these days. she appeared at the makati rally against charter change last dec. 12 dancing with rez cortes. she has been featured in the news programs of two networks (that's how i learned about her) and her videos' online hits in youtube have been growing.

she's been getting a lot of attention that's for sure. and has gotten malacanang a little worried about her online anti-administration campaign.

and how is malacanang dealing with her?... they try to scare people from everything that has fat by issuing a mock up result of a DOH test on local pork declaring the pressence of the ebola strain in local hogs.

whoohoo!


close association. this administration has unfairly associated miss juana with the ebola strain issue just so as to malign miss piggy, err, miss juana.













what duh!...
unfair! there's no similarity at all!

the all-mexican mariachi band can't accept him after the fight...

interesting news today. the english brawler rick hatton is said to be too eager to fight manny pacquiao. after pacman's impressive win over DLHoya, hatton has manifested his willingness to meet pacquiao inside the ring the soonest time possible. and sports analysts are fanning the flame on that issue. aside from the hitman, floyd mayweather jr. is also said to be mulling over coming out of his retirement after seeing pacquiao as viable challenge. he retired unbeaten recently since nobody else could get him motivated to fight. now that pacquiao has proven his tag as the no. 1 pound for pound champ, he is inspired to fight once more.

but all those talks were disregarded by the pacman. apparently, the pacman is uncertain about fighting either of the two as he thinks neither of them is mexican enough. (he's the mexicutioner remeber?...)

another interesting news today, mediamen who are covering the malacañang beat were off-limits at an early cabinet meeting in the palace. the last time journalist were allowed inside cabinet meetings, the palace drew some flak after a secretary unofficially announced the extension of GMA's term beyond 2010 in a prayer.

they might have thought that since the opening invocation didn't quite work, a closed door novena might do the trick.

still another interesting news, DENR secretary lito atienza justifies his absence in the senate hearing on DENR's 2009 budget by saying his competent undersecretaries attended the hearing and he can't leave pacquiao alone in the biggest fight of pacquaio's career.

here's a good idea, why dont they fire atienza from DENR and make his undersecretaries ,who are more reliable come budget deliberations, take his post since they can do the job better anyway? and since he's too busy backing up the pacman.

his presence, as well as the other philippine officials' who were there at the fight was worthless, BTW, 'cause he didn't even take one hit from DLHoya like pacquiao did. good if he was there to catch some of DLHoya's blows, that could have spared pacquiao damage. or he could have brawled with DLHoya's thugs like B. hop, "two pounds" forbes and the rest. that would have earned for him a good excuse from attending senate hearings. but he should be excused only when he presents a medical certification indicating hospitalization for a broken bone somewhere.

that will teach him!

everybody's quiet all of'a sudden...

so, the goofs who said off-putting languages against manny pacquiao before the fight: juan manuel marquez, "two pounds" forbes, angelo dundee and b. hopkins, as well as those who, years ago, laughed off manny's climbing up to 140-147 lbs, like f. mayweather, sr., saying manny's crazy to fight hatton or DLHoya at 147 lbs, not counting DLHoya himself who belittled the pacman during the negotiations leading to the fight, what do you have to say now?

who said oscar's gona' take the pacman back to school? oscar did'nt bring pacquiao to school, it was pacquiao who brought DLHoya back to his crib and gave him his feeding bottle for him to suck.

who did ever say that dela hoy-hoy will bring manny to his retirement after this fight? suddenly, everybody has nothing to say. from the looks of it, it looks like dela hoy-hoy will now forget about boxing altogether and just join a mexican mariachi band in mexico. a band that includes the likes of eric morales, barrera and david diaz. and with one reluctant member- juan manuel marquez.

they all said manny was too small and DLH will outdo pacman in all departments. now, if you checked the stats, manny won in all the rounds, he could have won it even if the fight went to the score cards. david diaz did better than DLH when he fought pacquiao the last time. even nacho beristain, during the fight, conceeded that the pacman was too fast and DLH can't stop him.

and manny's face never got swollen campared to DLH's.

the final punch counts says it all: pacquiao-224 punches against DLH- 83. that's not even half of paquiao's. imagine just a fifth of those punches going to the head, if that's not going to remodel DLH's face...perhaps nothing will.

so, to all of manny's detractors. we know that one day, perhaps, there's going to be somebody who's may be able to stop manny. but, sorry, not this time. 'just not the time, buddy!

and to DLH's goofy unofficial mouthpieces- dundee, forbes, hopkins and all the others, you've just got served!

look what this baby got to say to you!



and look what our people has to say to you...




















whoooohhoooo!

On P 0.50 Fare Rollback

It's really not too difficult to understand why commuters can only have that much of a rollback in fares these days, what with the global economic crunch that's been worrying everybody around the globe.

Neither is it too difficult to comprehend how oil companies can only give that much of a reduction in the prices of oil.

It's not too hard to think of the few centavos rollback as a Christmas present to all commuters. If you think about it, in these times of crisis and hardship, a centavo can be a great deal already.

And, of course, in these trying times, for oil companies that care a lot about the public, it's better to give a measly few centavos rollback than to cut down the 100K+ bonuses of their executives and their other extra benefits. Picture how wretched their lives would be if they'll get cuts in their bonuses. Imagine how miserable they would be if they would only get their thirteenth-months and no more fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and so on.

Try thinking what will happen if they can't avail of their monthly gas allowances.

We all must understand, it is better to have a few centavos rollback than for these companies to be at the losing end and be constrained to close down their "struggling" businesses. Or to take out their expensive ads showing off their accomplishments in the production of hydroelectricity. Or to cut down on expenses for the renovation of their well designed pump stations. Or to cancel this years Christmas party in some expensive hotels.

Should we feel indebted to these generous companies and LTFRB who cared to give us a boundless and bountiful price cut in the season of giving?

And yes, if the global markets allow, we can expect more of these measly few-centavos rollback next year.

FG: All my friends say I'll survive...It just takes time

last week, on their way to lima, Peru to attend the APEC summit, the Philippine delegation made emergency stop over in japan after the first gentleman was said to have experienced "intense stomach pain" and was immediately admitted to a hospital in osaka. a lot of people quickly speculated that he could be have had problems related to his heart ailment. but official word has it that FG had diarrhea while on flight.

that's what they say. of course we all know what the real reason is. in the last apec meetings, all have been witness to an affair in the summits. an affair that blossomed through the years. and somebody just couldn't take it anymore that he would rather fly back home than to see how he lose his girl. and he had to come up with all those crappy excuses about him having diarhea and all that just to cut loose from the trip and make his way back home.

see how it started ...

in vietnam, 2006

"When you look me in the eyes,

I catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes".


"fancy meeting
you alone in the crowd,
couldn't help but notice your smile"

"In your eyes
I can see my dreams reflections
In your eyes
I found the answers to my questions
In your eyes
I can see the reason why our love’s alive
In your eyes"

in chile, 2004

in australia, 2007
look at how his eyes wander around...

look at those long arms...



see what FG has been doing in the sidelines also...


but thats nothing compared to the wife's affair. yes, FG is having a problem with his heart. he's heartbroken to be exact...

this is not bitoy's funniest video, stop goofin' around!

last wednesday, another goofy member of the cabinet made a big fuss when he made his "impromptu" opening invocation imploring the president's term be extended. the goofy cabinet member was quick to clarify that his imploration was meant to be a joke adding that he trusts that it was a prayer and that the almighty has a lot of sense of humor. he further added that his boss, the mother of all goofs, had a quite a laugh after their meeting.

while she and all the cabinet members may had a field day at the goofy cabinet member's "joke", some people didn't quite take it the same way.

some presidentiables for instance didn't like the joke at all and were caught flashing their instant reactions to the goofy cabinet member's conduct. here are some of them:

here, vice-president noli de castro didn't quite like listening to the prayer as it was being said. he was ask by the media after wards for some reactions, here is how he felt about it:


sen. loren legarda was asked for some comments and this is what she had to say:

without an iota of doubt, she obviously can't stop herself from laughing.

now ex-senate president manny villar also had this rather stoical reaction.

he later took the floor and made this forecast...


senator lacson also gave this look when ask about the issue...another senat or and presidentiable was asked to comment on the goofy cabinet member's actions. this is what he has to say to him:



another 2010 presidentiable and the former speaker of the house of representative also gave thier reactions on the matter

the former speaker poutingly disapproves the idea

the MMDA chief, in his most enthusiastic manner, dismisses the slant.


the makati mayor, who had just declared his presidential ambition a few days ago, was also ask for his reaction, and he has this to show:

oops! wrong file, everybody! wrong file!

here is the makati mayor's facial retort:

he later had a draw back to a corner somewhere and made this gesture. he appears to be pondering deeply about iteven the newly elected US president had this expression to show about the beseeching for term extension


now, the one who has been quite, yet, the most affected by the invocation all along, shows his displeasure in the strongest and most desperate gesture of disgust he can ever come up. see how the "joke" has emotionally disturbed this guy.

amid all these sad mood, here is one guy who is exultantly celebrating what occurred last wednesday morning.

yeepee!

except for one, all the images in this post say one thing- that term extensions are no laughing matter. and all of us agree. so can somebody tell that goofy press secretary- don't push it!


all pics were downloaded...

save us from gray hair

last thursday's senate hearing on the fertilizer scam was a crap. it went out the way i thought it would. that gray haired goof whom a lot of people counted on to establish the truth and provide a solid proof that could finally pin down the administration on the count of corruption just drop by to defecate in the senate. similar to other previous hearings on garci tapes and NBN deal where people being questioned on corrupt practices just relieve themselves by having a bowel movement right in the senate.

now they feel relaxed and comfy. and just like that, all of us are going to put up with a lot of bulls**t from people like them once more. and everybody will simply keep quiet and let these people go off the hook and into their homes like they did nothing wrong. that's how we penalize big people like them. by punishing them with impunity.

that's why they keep on doing these to us 'cause they can easily make their way out of it. cause we let them. cause the people who are supposed to squeeze out all the evidences of their corrupt practices just did a crappy job in investigating. one wonders why the gray haired goof had to act like he was so sickly already after coming home from being incarcerated abroad after running away from the senate investigation in 2005. and give a lot of excrement on why he had to stay in the US on political asylum when he can simply do the same thing he did last thursday- drop a lot of bulls**t. lie about everything. then he's free. didn't he see what happened to garcillano? so why did he had to fly to the US?

one wonders too was it the best the senate can do? the senate is home to some of the best legal minds, as we thought. and some who could unload a lot of bulls**t too. the case of the double entry on the 2009 GAA could demonstrate that. could you imagine the amount of research done on this issue and that's all they could come up with. an ordinary worker gets reprimanded, suspended, demoted or paid less for turning in a shabby work, can somebody tell these people in the senate, who are full of crap, we're demanding our taxes back for the crappy work done in the investigation?

'bet, they're now contemplating on whether to continue with the investigation or not, now that the general thought is that they could get nothing out of all the fuss. they can't squeeze out the deal from the gray haired goof, so why not close the crappy hearing. that would save them from gray hairs themselves- except, of course, joker.

this country is wanting of substance to improve crop productivity so all could have food on our table . no, not just fertilizers, but substance from people who should save us from corrupt practices- who should do something to end all the fuss in the delivery of government services. in effect, that would save us from the gray haired goof, err... gray hairs.

the bull and the bear?

how about that? brock lesnar open-fired cement-block punches at couture. and couture saying "it's hard to get away from those punches." a UFC hall-of-famer making his concession statement. you got to give it to lesnar. i thought he was more patient this time unlike his first fights where he was a little careless like his fight with mir. he waited for the right time to launch his assault against captain america and he pulled it off. very patient, but relentless when he got the upper-hand. he was like a machine pounding on couture. randy looked like he was flatten by a steam roller after the fight ended.

you got to give it to couture also for staying that long. after a year lay-off and at his age plus a good strategy- to weaken lesnar, couture deserves some admiration. with lesnar learning and getting better in MMA, couture deserves credit for keeping up with the mammoth in lesnar. i really thought couture could have won the fight. up until right before lesnar knocked randy couture with... was it a right hook?, couture was standing up against lesnar and scoring better, i thought.

like what i said before, couture will bring a good gameplan. he's not only versatile, he's wise. he will try to drop lesnar to the ground and look for submission. and he will stand up against lesnar. and so he did. but lesnar was a smarter guy this time and took the better part of couture. very patient, waited before shooting for the take-down. got the chance he was waiting for, knocked randy down and brought a storm of hammer punches at couture. i guess one thing was proven here, brock proved me wrong. hat's off to lesnar. the mammoth polar bear manhandled the bull

now that he's the heavyweight champ, he's looking at the possibility of facing frank mir again if mir wins over "minotauro" nogueira. how about the new and improved brock lesnar versus mir whom he lost to once?

and how about the "rubber" match between hazelett and mccrory? "rubber"- these guys utilized the rubber guard to submit each other. a lot of fighters strike, pound on the ground, some choke or use the guillotin, others use other forms like arm bar, leg-lock, but these two went for the rubber guard. these guys can flex. it looked more like a fight of conturtionists. hazelett won via arm bar though. yeepeee!

the game name, err, game the name, err, the name game...

now, channelnews-asia just reported that world rice prices has just gone down as exporters had an oversupply of the grain. vietnam, one of the chief exporters of the staple has reduced its rice prices together with some other exporters while indonesia; an archipelago which has never exported its rice produce eversince, now self-sufficient with its rice outputs; is now ready to sell its excess rice overseas.

its funny how the cost of local rice has started to climb up quietly when global price of rice has gone down. and the government vowed just a few months ago to to deliver cheaper grains. aren't we starting to realize that its a totally different world out here?

there's a big, big show programmed this thursday at the senate. a guy who has something, err no, a huge thing to do with agriculture will appear before the senate blue ribbon and agriculture committees to explain how and where did an ENOOOORMOUUUUS amount of public funds appropriated for fertilizers went missing. funds believed to be redirected to the administration's campaign pool in the 2004 elections.

now wait, didn't we see this before? didn't we see garciliano and neri negate all allegations by saying: "it's not me, garci is not me" or "i didn't say that, i didn't say the president was evil". isn't this the same movie we saw twice already? isn't this the farcical scene where a bunch of second-rate comics gang up on a funnier clown who is simply a dummy of an even greater clown where the story ends with... the beat up clown goes off the hook, goes away scott-free, runs in elections or gets to be designated as head of CHED or any other comic-stage of a government agency. i got a feeling, this time around, the scene will end with the clown at the center of the story delivers his punchline by yelling "JOC-JOC-JOKE!".

truly, there is no business like showbizness.

there's another clown in the news today who has made public his intention to run for the presidency in 2010 and you bet, he's quite a goof. he's a good clown, in fact, he doesn't need clown make up or anything. he's like what maybelline models say "born with it".

the 60-something makati mayor associates himself with the newly elected US president by using the pet name "Jojobama". i thought it was just jobama as one jo is repulsive already, but like one wasn't repugnantly contemptible enough they had to extend it to Jojobama. good thing they didn't think of mojo-jojo-banana-rama-bama. or Jojo-jojo-fojojo-banana-fana-bojojo-fee-fay-momojo-jojo. 'cause that would have been a problem 'cause there won't be enought space in the ballot for those names. and voters would likely vote for the other candidates if you require them to spell those.

has he ever thought how would the real Obama feel when he learns about this? he might say: "ok, first my father gave me this dull name, now this guy is gonna use it for his gain. why don't he use Barrack instead. doesn't Bina(y)-Barrack sound better? that's swahili for loser, by the way". "why am i always the target of correlation of these publicity-hungry filipinos? first it was gloriah macapalgal-arrowyow, now it's Jeyjowmarr Beenay"

Macapalgal, err...Macapagal-arrowyow's congratulatory calls were reportedly disregarded by Obama twice that she is forced to go to chicago at a time Obama is in town to get him to acknowledge and recognize her. though, arrowyow doesn't wanna show the world that she is trying to get his attention by saying she's there to attend some sort of a gathering. but she intends to get Obama to meet her and shake hands with her and get harassed by her and get enlightened that she has a special kinship with Obama until she feels she and Obama are ready to forget their spouses already and you decide what's next.

and she's not gonna stop unless he has openly included her in his list of network friends in his friendster profile.

there was a news report about Obama not noticing macapagal-arrowyow even when she actually smashed into Obama after her hand waving didn't work while Obama's car was driving by. Obama reacted by whining to his security details about a crazy 50- something female stalker who ran into him.

all in a day's work?!

it was over before i got to enjoy it. before i could watch it in the news, it was over and done. McCain conceded before voters in the state of hawaii, who, due to the difference in the time zone, are the last to vote, could even pick up their pens and cast their ballots. spectators who were following the elections looked like perverts whose sexual enthusiasm went from a hard 10 inch dagger on the opening of the voting and then shrunk to a pruned sausage by the afternoon. some people just can't stop wanting to see more action. it was like a first round knock-out when everybody expected the contest to go the distance just like the two previous US presidential elections. the Bush-Gore rivalry went down-the-wire in 2000. Gore even ask for a recount in states where he thought his supporters' loyalty went all the way to the casting of ballots.

truly, what a difference a day make. Obama was an unknown black man selling lemonade on the streets of chicago one day and then the US president the next. imagine had Hillary won the Democratic nomination, she would have been the former wife of a cheating president then became the chief executive herself who's out to take revenge against her fatfaced man and do a ... monico... lewinsko. gross!?

and bill will be sleeping on the couch from the first night on.

you got to listen to some politicians in Manila who were said to be inspired by Obama's win that they too wanna run for the presidency in 2010. they kind of sound like low-level employees daydreaming of becoming the boss one day. good luck! see you when you get there.

you got the MMDA chairman insisting for the presidency or nothing. he has placed his posters everywhere including places where he has even no jurisdiction as MMDA chief. his name plastered over buses which plies even beyond metro manila routes. getting too excited are we? since he's at it already why don't he campaign in asg, milf infested areas. perhaps terrorists might be interested with his overly premature presidential campaign. that will give them something to discern about.

if he ever pursues the presidency, the MMDA chair's case would have been: "the one running after street vendors one day, the one who run a pointless campaign the next"

you have the makati mayor saying his friends have started calling him "joe-bama" for the unobscure reason of having the same skin tone with Obama and not for their reformist personality. it was said if he ever runs for president, just like Obama, he would pick somebody who has just the thing he lacks as a candidate for president to be his runningmate. so since he has dark features, he would have joker arroyo as his VP. since both advocate transparency in government, they would use the slogan "everything will be in black and white!"

the mayor's case could have been: "the dark one on the first day, the one who bought tons of whitening treatments on the next"

one youthful senator said Obama's win only proves that people want youth in a candidate. hence, he thinks he has a fighting chance.

he could become the: "the young turk one day, the other, err..., he finished a turkey"

ate vi is in a class of her own, when everybody wants to run for president, she has her eyes set on the vice-presidency and is going after the examples of gov. palin.

but since joe biden won, what's she gonna do now?

she could have become the: star for all seasons one day, and then the next day, since joe biden won, she was scared for a good reason"

2010 is still 1 and a half year away and they're all set for the royal rumble. in fact, just like Obama who has now put up his economic team, some presidentiables, too confident of their win in 2010 and not to be outdone by Obama, are now meeting with their respective economic advisers as well. this early! wooohooo!

feeling!?

of elections and presidentiables and tina-fay

the US presidential election is on in just a little over two days. and some say it's nothing short of an epic. John "the maverick" McCain against Barrack "that one" Obama. both are now hard pressed on their last minute campaigns on major and swing states.

you got to admire both men. they worked hard in their campaigns. i thought Obama ran a smart campaign and McCain was unwearied in his age. McCain is very patient, you got to admire his loyalty to his party. after eight years of waiting at the sidelines for bush to finish his terms after both battled it out in 2000 republican primaries. he was invited to switch sides by sen. kennedy, but his loyalty to the republican ideals prevailed over him. now he's, what? 72 years old. and finally getting his luck working.

same thing happened when he was a POW in vietnam, he was offered freedom but he decided to stay with his fellow POWs. it's either his vietnamese watcher must have made quite an impression on him or you simply cannot question his loyalty.

and you got to admire also how he defended his choice for a runningmate in sarah palin, who was quite a sport despite all the satirical sketches about her. oh yeah! russian president medvedev, premier putin and everybody in kremlin are now fortifying their buildings, covering all the holes where palin could peer in from her windows in alaska. they're really alarmed by what she said and they're calling a national security meeting because of that. whoooh!

joe biden, on the other hand, not to be outdone by palin, immediately showcased his expertise in foreign diplomacy and visited gov. palin in alaska which he now sees as either a separate state or a part of canada more than ever.

biden's presidential runningmate is just as commendable as mccain. he rised up the US political ladder with tremendous speed. you can't imagine how displeased and irritated is mrs. clinton at how he sideswiped her along the way.

in the philippines, the political scene is heating up as well two years ahead of the 2010 elections. yup! this early every "presidentiable" is popping out with their ads and road banners to jockey up for their party's nomination. how often do you hear this phrase these days: "kasama nyo ako"? and some are suggesting that gov. Vi of batangas will do a gov. sarah palin. wohooow!

it is said that since gov. Vi doesn't have a daughter, her son is now trying to look for a girl to impregnate just to get that complete sarah palin resemblance, or just to get close at least, what with the glasses and the librarian hairdo and all. (eugene domingo-Vi's double- is now called "tina-fay"- after Tina Fey)

the son was said to be reluctant at first as he vowed, for an undetermined reason, to be celibate for life, but agreed eventually. he was last seen wandering around willie revilame's noontime show. ssshkimberlu! shkimpertush! eklaBuh! willie! aleeert!
WHO COULD HE BE AFTER?

to borrow from sarah palin, gov. Vi, so they say, is going to use this catchphrase to drum up her vice-pres'l campaign: "i could see who is visiting us from the terrace!"

my deep knowledge of US politics

the US presidential election is all set for next week. that's on Nov 4, Tuesday. and most opinion polls has african-american Senator Obama leading in most states. if surveys are to be trusted, America will have its first black president come January 20, 2009 who wants to reform US's policy in Iraq and terrorism in general.

when that happens, a major change in its policy will be the shifting of its war on terror from the Iraqi front line back to Afghanistan and will now include the Pakistan region.

now, terrorists from that front have been following developments in the US and are enormously unhappy, in fact displeased, with McCain's performance in surveys as an Obama win in this election would mean an end to their break from clashes since the US war against the Taleban. and, boy! are they packing up. in their future attacks, they've decided to have McCain as their sole target.

Iraqi terrorist on the other hand are celebrating as they will be getting a break from the fighting and have vowed to protect Obama in appreciation of his reformist policies.

Obama, BTW, is not the first black to be nominated for US president, and had Hillary Clinton won the democratic nomination she would not have been the first woman either. if you check the history of US presidential elections, on the lines of third parties, you would find Lenora Fulani who ran in 1988 and 1992 under the New Alliance Party. She is African-American.

there are a number of "other nominees" or third parties and indepents in this US Pres'l elections. including those who failed to get a major nomination from either the republican or democratic parties. (yeah! if you can't join them, try to beat them! that's the spirit!)

do you know that even comedian stephen colbert (of "the colbert reports") sought the democratic nomination for this presidential elections? 'bet you don't know that, do you? gov. arnold actually conceded because of this guy, not because he was not natural-born second-to-stallone.
Colbert was just goofing around actually (and arnold took him seriously).

now, how's that for my deep understanding of the US elections?

hah!...

the colossal showdown

everybody in the US is so ocuppied with the upcoming gigantic confrontation of two of the most respected men to have ever committed to not dissappoint their followers and give each other a great battle up the global stage.

some argue that age could very well spell victory for either of the two as one is old hand while the other is a hot, topnotch charismatic. while others say it's racial heritage that's gonna weight in this face-off as both come from hard line cultures when it comes to these type of contentions.

with only a few weeks left, debates are raging on who's the better man and bets are even wagered. and in opinion polls, one is said to enjoy the support from most of the people and the other one is struggling to keep up, he works endlessly to narrow the gap.

anyway, who ever wins is, perhaps, truly deserving. if you ask me, i dont really follow these men lately, as all of these are happening half way around the globe, and i can't realy find time to read about them and besides there are a lot of other things that needs our attention, what with the economic recession that has been causing all our anxieties and all.

but, seriously, if i have to pick between the two, of course i would say...honestly, i would go for... the Filipino pride himself, manny pacquiao.

he's the underdog, but he's my man!

...you thought i was talking about the US election?
i was referring to the hoya-pacquiao fight. what the... i don't even know anything about US politics.

send in silva -the clown!

what a goof!

anderson silva playing around with cote? immediately, writers talk about silva's performance and mouthed off their dismay over the fight. they are not laughing at all with silva's clowning around. And UFC fans are not happy with the fight either. it's like you can almost make a parallel with the song (send in the clowns)...

Isn't it rich?
Are we a pair?(Silva and Cote)
(Cote:)Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air (or : you have no hair)..
aren't we some clown?

Isn't it bliss?
Don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around (Silva running around),
One who can't move (Cote maimed)...
We are some clown?
Send in the clowns.

Just when I'd stopped opening doors,
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours (the middleweight belt).
Making my entrance again with my usual flair
Sure of my lines...
No one is there.

Don't you love farce?
My fault, I fear.
(Silva:)I thought that you'd want what I want...
Cote, my dear!
And we are no clowns
Send in the clowns
Don't bother, you're here.

Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing this late in my career.
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns...
Well, maybe next year.

well, no matter how funny it was, a win is still a win. i thought Silva was sort of mystifying. did you see how he steered clear of Cote's right hook in the first round. it was as if he knew it was coming. as if he saw it before and the whole fight was a replay to him so he knew what exactly to do with all of Cote's move and when to avoid Cote's attacks. having goosebumps?

why was he so carefree during the fight?perhaps because he knew Cote was going to succumb to a busted knee beforehand. why go through the trouble? why harm yourself?

silva is one eerie guy

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

just shrugging it off...

disappointing!

it really had to happen, i guess. brandon vera losing to keith jardine via split decision, in so doing, disappointing the brittish crowd and his fans again. perhaps its the place that brough him bad luck. this is his second defeat in UK in spite of the supportive crowd. losing to fabricio werdum back in UFC 85-bedlam and now to jardine.

i thought vera was kinda' limping. he was so emaciated this time. you wonder was it part of the training. was it his gameplan to lose weight? he was a bit small fighting as a heavyweight, but he was even smaller now as a light-heavyweight. jardine was obviously heftier.

what was wrong with vera? i don't get it. he was more reactionary when he should have been the aggressor. sure he was able to throw some kicks and some strikes, but he look like he was analyzing more than attacking. he was waiting to counter-punch more instead of bringing it to jardine. he was not his usual form this time unlike when he beat frank mir or his earlier fights. he could take on bigger guys in the heavyweight division. but now... i don't know. 'he lost the flair? maybe. he just shrug off after the fight perhaps in dismay of his own performance. he usually dances after winning. we sure didn't see him hop this time.

poor guy.

anyway, i thought couture and lessnar would fight in this UFC. i was wrong. they were supposed to fight in UFC 91. this is just UFC 89. UFC 90 is coming up just a week from now. anderson silva meets Cote in the main event. anderson silva is like many pacquiao of MMA right now. unbeaten in UFC. he just gave Leben, who just fought in the main event of this UFC 89 against Bisping, some beating in their last meeting. but you can't underestimate Cote, he is on a five match winning streak and he sure doesnt wanna submit easily unless silva makes him. it is going to be an anticipated match.

but don't forget couture vs lessnar. that's UFC 91. after a year of hybernating and losing more hair, couture returns! wooo-hooo!

it's the bird, it's the plane, oh, it's the IMF!

gues who had just flip-flopped on a USD 10B issue?
malacañang announced on wednesday that the worldbank has set aside USD 10B as a standby fund to mitigate the effect of the global economic recession in the ASEAN. no less than our lady of factual speeches and honest statements proclaimed this information in two occasions. the same woman who said she will not run for president in 2004 and who assured us that there will be lasting peace, finally, in the troubled south with the designation of former AFP-Chief Gen. Esperon in the government negotiating panel last year.

her so-called economic team even tried to save her face by saying that it was the IMF and not the WB that had prepared the amount as a economic recession bail-out fund for the region as earlier reported to the president by secretary Teves.
it's like saying "no, it's not superman who's gonna save us. it's Hancock. sorry, our mistake!"

they confirmed it by adding that sec. Teves went over his notes again, double-checked and found out that it was IMF that was written there all along. like the letters weren't bold enough he had to underline it or highlighted it with a highlight pen and went back to teacher gloria and everybody in the class to correct himself and said "IMF pala...i thought it was bloodbank, err...worldbank", "oops!"

another secretary even blamed the world bank for denying the declaration of his well-loved boss. he even went further by saying "we're well coordinated here. we're well polished. they have communication problems".

well coordinated, indeed. see who's flip-flopping now. this is the philippines' economic team. the ones chosen to formulate economic policies for the nation. our hopes are pinned on these men to spare us from the global financial crisis. nice going, economic team!

here's another bad news for everyone, after our lady of factual speeches and honest statements made public the USD 10B standard facility, in the same speeches, she also said that the nation is going to withstand the global economic crisis; there's going to be a fare rollback in public transports; the whole MILF organization is surrendering; public and private sector employees will recieve 14th month pay in december; human rights abuses and killing of journalists will end; the latest imepeachment case will reach the senate; she will step down in 2010; and, as if that wasn't enough, that manny will TKO dela hoya in the 4th round.

manny is soo screwed up!

good luck, everybody! see you if we ever get there!

the WANTED! signs of times

im working on a new blog. it's going to be a photoblog for the photos i've taken since 2005. meantime here are some things that stuck in my mind for a long time already. these are things i noticed along the streets, infront of establishements and others. most are signs i saw as i passed by and one on a personal data sheet i spied on long time ago. it was comic relief for me.
hope you enjoy this.

MUST READ SIGNS:

1. at a restaurant/bar

Wanted: WAISTRESS!

imagine what kind of added service they could provide. probably, they'd tickle you on the waist as you eat or drink your beer.

2. at the same restaurant

Wanted: Waitress! (FEMALE)

they've corrected the spelling this time but look at the description. imagine how many desperate men in drags tried to hoodwink the management to compel it to indicate and spell out the qualification. they're making sure this time they're getting only the real girls. yeah! qualification: real females only! that's why it's called waitress! that's what it means!
management: "sorry, but you can't fool us with that beard you got, miss-terr!... next!"

3. infront of a bakery

Wanted: sales ladies - apply inside - (with an added scribbling) or outside

inside, you'll be interviewed by the manager while ricky-the pimp will screen you outside.

4. at a dormitory

Wanted: bedspace for rent

the owner of the dorm can't decide whether he's offering it or looking for it while the client doesn't know whether he's applying for a job or renting a space.

5. yet, at another dormitory

Bedspacer
Avilable here!

well, you don't have to sleep alone anymore. not without our huggable, squeezable and snuggly tattooed nasty Bedspacer. get them on cash or installment. Hurry! limited supplies only. with discount on early customers!

6. in a personal data sheet

Position desired: Sales Screw

it's a new occupation where you get to be screwed around as much as the company wants. i checked other applicants' files and some wrote sales crew. this one kinda' went too far.

7. in a small, old vulcanizing shop

VULCANIZENG!

trying hard to stay true to the verb form. but, just can't tell whether it's future or present tense.

8. at the back of a van

(at the left side) passing side
(at the right side) suicide

you don't want to go to that side, buddy! believe me. that's su-sayt!
don't tell me i didn't warn you!

9. at a gate beside a doughnut shop

Pls. dont block on driveway

ok, i'll just... i'll just fold it under, buddy.


more to come. readers are free to add.

economic impotence; left out russia

philippine export grew by 6.5 percent compared to last year. yeehooo! seems like its only thing that's growing right now. the growth was noted despite the slump in exports to RP's no.1 trading partner US. exports to china and japan was said to have compensated for the decreased sales in the US.

also it was reported that south korea is set import 10000 metric tons of corn from the philippines. from now on we'll be watching run-of-the-mill korean dramas only as a sign of our appreciation. move aside all other primetime programs, we'll be grooving with sandara this time. weeheee!

G7 finance ministers met in washington to discuss probable solutions to the worsening global financial predicament. the group of the world's most industrialized countries meets about 4 times a year to thrash out economic policies that could very well set the course of all markets around the world. the meeting excluded russia which is a member of the G8...but is not a member of the G7...but is a member of the G8... but not of G7...

ever wonder how it feels to be abandoned by your friends. do you know how it feels when you're not invited to your friend's party? how dumb does it look when your outside looking in? or just looking and not being able to say something? and you overhear somebody say "hey look at the poor guy at the window", "look at the big man crying"

you can almost imagine how president medvedev or his finance minister waited by the phone. you can almost imagine how medvedev would have apologized for the south osettia and abkhazia boo-boo. "so sorry!","you had me at hello!","let us join meeting, comrrrade frrriend!"

and the g7 ministers say, "oh! we're just going to have drinks, it not really a meeting! it's nothing to be green with envy about!"."we'll only talk about south korea and albania, not south osettia and abkhazia!"

why are they singling out russia's mistakes, really? nobody even consoled it when chechnya waggled and asserted independence. but when it's another country that's involved, they all screech and blow their whistles in protest. why the discrimination, really?

again, "hey look at the big poor guy at the window"

our saging... err, sagging economy

our saging economy?...



today in the news, philipine peso now stands at Php 47.69 against USD 1. the lowest this year. this is most disappointing considering it went as high as 40.36 in february. even more dismaying is the fact that it was one of only two of the best performing currencies last year. the other being the renminbi.

is the peso having a case of a one hit wonder? one thing is for sure, i really can't help but wonder.
a currency's falling can't really be that bad. exporters earn more because they get greater conversions for each dollar they earn. this also works for the dollar remittances of overseas workers into the country, but one must understand that a strong currency reflects a stronger economy. or is it only the way i understand it? 'coz it has always been like this eversince. we have a robust economy when our peso rises. take the 1997 asian financial crisis, before that happened, we had a surge in economic activities and our economy was dubbed as the "tiger economy"; and we had our peso at around 25-26 against the dollar. when we got hit by the 1997 financial disater. the peso started to slide down.it eventually hit its lowest at 56.44 against the dollar in march, 2004.

last year, we had the best peso after a long while, and, if you believe what our government agencies say, our economy did well regardless it was felt by most of filipinos or not . so, i guess, that's one way you can determine if the country's economy is thriving. if the peso is up, then probably the economy is "doing well".

one of the reasons why the philippine peso was strong last year, i believe, was because of the enactment of the EVAT. it raised government revenues, hence, a lot of investors invested because of the positive outlook in the economy. the question now is... should we pass another EVAT law in order to prop up the peso? would it be proper?
of course it wouldn't be right. would it?

there is a story about a family that eats boiled sab-ah (banana) in every meal as they can't afford rice. one day, when the children ask the mother for a different meal when the family earned a little more than they used to, the mother promptly obliged. so everyone looked forward to their next meal. when dinner came, everyone eagerly awaited the mother's cooking. when dinner was served, everyone was dismayed for instead of boiled bananas, they were having banana cake for dinner. a little upscale, but still bananas...

readers are free to derive any significant connection from the story to the previous subject of national economy?
(if there's any at all. haha! )

lightning photography, anyone?

this are photos taken with a mobile phone. i call this lightning photos. this is a diversion for me when i'm with a phone that's with a cam.




















i call this one sombrero, for obvious reasons that it looks like a cap. it kinda' looks like charlie brown's cap actually.





















this one is called fladnag.


no, this is not computer modified. yes, i did cropped the frame but did not do anything on the figures in the frames. how i came up with this pictures is a secret. well, at least to those who hasn't figured it out yet. anyways, i'm gonna' open a tutorial clinic to teach those who are interested in acquiring the skills of lightning photography. registration is only at P500 per head. enlist for the clinic now if interested.


naah! there's really no clinic. but i'll be posting more photos here soon.

thailand and the philippines, what striking similarities

thailand is, again, in turmoil. bangkok streets is, again, witness to another conflict between police and activists protesting the election of their new PM somchai wongsawat. just last month, the country was in another political crisis when groups loyal and hostile to PM sundaravej's administration collided in the streets of bangkok. just two years ago, also, thailand was in the news when its military chief sonthi boonyaratgalin (yes, i googled this up) siezed power and ousted thaksin shinawatra through a coup.

thailand is known to have an unstable government. they undergo periods of change of governments rather frequently. its like they change administrations as much as they change their hairdo, and replace their heads of government as much as they replace their underwears.

but the remarkable thing is how they are able to keep their economy up better than some of their neighbors in ASEAN. despite the political state, they were able to attract tourists. tourism in thailand is an enormous industry. just think about the tsunami tragedy, a horde of those caught in the tragedy in the thai borders were foreigners vacationing in thai resorts.

the point of the protesters is that PM somchai has standing shares in a firm doing business with the government- that's seen as an opening for corruption to take place; and that he is very much connected with thaksin who is viewed as a corrupt leader by the thais. sundaravej, the PM/cooking show host, was also viewed as an associate of thaksin.

the philippines is not too different from thailand. we also had our own share of coup' de etats and uprisings; and for the same reasons i.e. corruption by our heads of government. marcos was, IMHO, corrupt; estrada was charged and convicted with plunder; and the one who replaced estrada is herself has tons of skeletons hidden inside her closet which are now stacked with tons of money stashed from the numerous government projects since the start of her rule e.g. the festilizer scam which until now hasn't been resolved. all this time, not one has been charged for that scam. the perpetrator, usec. bolante, is still in the US- and had the nerve to ask for asylum from the US government. the US should be wise not to grant that asylum as he is just making a big fool out of them with his bogus reasons.

one of those who are planning to succeed the present occupant in malacanang is also engaged in his own business of making the most money out of his position. think about this, he's selling his properties to the government around 200 times as much as he accquired it. how's that for a public official? what if he becomes the president? he will extract 200 percent from each project he delivers and every service he renders. now, how's that?

and his allies even had the audacity to defend him saying it was simply an error in the encoding of the bill. who are they fooling? of course it was just a mistake!

in a very important, key body like the senate, can you expect a simple encoding error that results to double insertion in a very important bill that concerns that whole nation? do they expect us to believe that? yeah, right!

why dont they just appropriate the senate's budget for the whole year to that project? let's see how'd they feel about that?

Couture vs. Lesnar. LET'S GET IT ON!

October 19. cant wait to watch UFC 91. The must see match- randy “the natural” couture vs. brock lesnar for the heavyweight title. Who’s gonna’ win? Can’t tell who. But I got to side with randy couture. He’s been in the UFC like all his life, of course he’s a legend already, but you can’t put down lesnar though. He’s huge and really fast. So the fight is really all about experience vs. size with speed.

Couture should watch lesnar for some take down. That has always been lesnar’s gameplan like what he did to frank mir, only frank mir was more clever than he was when grabbed and twisted lesnar’s leg to get him to tap out. So lesnar will go more on shooting for a take down. He may try to do some striking, but in the end he might most likely go for a takedown.

Lesnar, on the other hand should watch for everything. Couture is going to bring all kinds of beating in this match. Though couture would be wiser if he fight the way mir fought lesnar. By being patient and wait for that opportunity to submit lesnar. But, of course, couture has his own way of fighting.

Early in the fight, I expect both to do some stand-up. Lesnar might pretend to strike all the way just to cover up his gameplan. But I really expect him to wrestle and do pounding on the ground if he can get couture down, but that will be tough to do since I expect couture also to prepare for lesnar’s attempts to take him down. It’s a sure thing couture knows lesnar will shoot for a takedown.

You can never be sure lesnar, however. He might pull off an upset. Couture can be beaten and he has been beaten before. Lesnar is one enormous juggernaut. I can’t imagine Brandon “truth” vera staying in the heavyweight division cause I can’t see him fighting lesnar anytime soon. Lesnar’s speed and size will most likely overwhelm vera.

I believe vera should stay in the light-heavyweights. He’s set to lock horns with keith hardine in the next UFC –that’s UFC 92. I would like to see brock lesnar fight tim Sylvia. Let’s see if Sylvia can stand lesnar.

UFC 91. this octagon October 19. let’s get it on!

US's nuclear policy of convenience

it is dismaying to learn that the US has reach an agreement with india on nuclear trade. secretary of state condoleeza rice even hailed it as a "historic agreement" and looks forward to "improved US-India ties".

the agreement comes even as the US, until this day, openly opposes nuclear exploration by Iran and warns China and Russia from testing their warheads while duping NoKor with aid packages in exchange for Nokor to discard its nuclear program-to which NoKor is grumbling US has not met its part of the deal.

india, compared to iran and the other nuclear capabled nations, has had the most pleasing record when it comes to cooperation to the policies of the US. although pakistan was like america's no. 1 lapdog in asia, it didn't get enough fervor from the US due to political instability and its failure to stomp out terrorism in its borders. india on the other hand, had lesser negative attributes.

india however, is still a sovereign nation. and nothing can stop it if it decides to upgrade its own nuclear arms program using the nuclear deal with the US. it can be pressured against pursuing nuclear arms program, but beyond that, india is not bound by any treaty prohibiting it from developing nuclear warheads, it not being a signatory to nuclear non-proliferation treaty- which is the reason why US has banned nuclear trade with the south asian nation for more than 30 years, in the first place. now it made a complete u-turn on a very busy highway. and of course they're going to say that its not for military purpose. yeah, sure!

it is clear the US changed their mind because of the prospects of losing one huge account in india after it earlier signed a similar deal with france.

now that the deal is consummated, who is to stop pakistan from pursuing their own nuclear agenda? now that pakistan has reached the highest levels of insecurity and/or envy with its southern neighbor. there have been reports in the past of chinese covert delivery of nuclear material to pakistan. what if they're going to do it openly this time? who's to stop them when the US openly trades nuclear materials and components to india and other US allies?

this agreement between US and India clearly shows how self-serving US foreign policy is. why ever can't the US be disciplined for this? it's only india and the US that stand to benefit from this while the rest of the world engulfs from fear.

the deal had just made this planet a more dangerous place to live in.

the intro!...

...and i started blogging.

i believe there's no need for introductions. let's get straight to the matter at thand.
last friday, BFAD, the main agency task to test the safetiness of the food, medicine and all goods meant for human consumption, realeased its findings on a number of brands they tested for melamine content.

Finally! after 17 years!?...

weeks after our more fortunate asian neighbors declared their ban on china made dairy brands. finally, bfad (bureau of food assessment-delayed), made public their long-awaited and pleaded-for analyses disclosing two brands did contain the chemical ingredient melamine.
in effect it validates the ban on the sale of these brands on our chaste soil.

we really have to look with envy on how fast our neighbors were able to determine the contamination of chinese made milk products and wonder why our venerated bfad cant do the same in such swift manner. DOH even lectured one private testing firm based here because it was able to produce test results in a shorter span. now, how's that for a government agency?

the firm did the job for them and gets sermonized for doing it.

why did it had to take that long?
do they have to wait until the public has gone drained from waiting?

is it how they conduct their test? perhaps, they had to consume the products themselves and waited to see if something happen to them. if they got ill that means the brand they had taken was tainted. if nothing happened, the brand was all right. perhaps some of them had some really tough gastro thus it added to the delay.

now, there were only about 30 brands named in the last results, two were found tainted. assuming there were two who were downed from the two brands found contaminated. so there are 28 bfad personnel left. now, there are still less than 200 more to be tested...our sympathies for those poor souls who put their lives on the line for all of us.

bfad has some use, afterall...