Fire in the Hole

Crazier by the minute. A loaded tank inside Manila Penn. A failed rebellion. Tear-gas. A forced curfew. An oppressed but seemingly self-motivated senator. A super kapal-muks hobbit sitting above it all. What next. I turned the TV off. I wanted to turn it off just as soon as i realized what was happening but i couldn't. I guess I cant be apathetic. hay..Forgive me if i care for a little politics and i care for this undeserving government more than i do my nails and pedicure. Yes sometimes im also maarte. I want glitters in the right places, colors i can wear and i freak out over a pimple. But I also fret for this country. The dollar rates go down and the peso goes up but for me this is just visual manipulation, they show us the numbers but there is no real change to show in reality. The people are still killing each other for money, the poverty is so bad even a nine year old kid commits suicide. You are forcing us all to be nurses (need i explain?). hahaha dun pala ang bagsak eh noh?

Hiram na mukha.

Im not always doubtful about the government, am i? Maybe I am. We all know of the explosion last Friday at Glorietta 2 which killed 11 people and got a hundred more injured.First they said it was an LPG tank, then it was a bomb and that they have found remains of a bomb. When the people started pointing a finger towards the President who was suspected in dire need of this kind of distraction from the rising controveries she is drowning in and the impeachment still boiling against her, and there have been speculations that the government was behind the bombing so the President can call for emergency power and maybe shield herself from the impeachment being cooked for her, the authorities reversed the findings, saying the whole thing was an accident and no deliberate foul play happened. If that is the case, then it sure backfired a little earlier than calculated, because now the people are digging deeper if the government in anyway had something to do with the explosion. The latest culprit the authorities in charge have declared aside from 'deodorant' (which made a lot of radio announcers chuckle in shame for the authorities), is that the explosion was triggered by the combination of a diesel depot and a faulty sewerage system that releases methane produced by human waste, which when combined will become explosive (which can be possible in fairness - but it just seems like they are just trying to come up with a logical explanation that will suit the situation rather than deliver the truth- or im just very skeptic.. ) but nope, they did not find any bomb remains anymore and no there was no LPG tank involve. However,I still dont trust the judgement. Period. Maybe if it was all an honest mistake, the authorities should have waited until all has been finalized before they faced the media so their judgement would seem reliable and they wouldnt have to retract anything or add anything.

If it was the negligence on the part of AYALA LAND, or if it was the conspiracy behind what we know of as the government, who knows. The government and even the media can write and state a different version and we could all fall for it. I even saw one Newspaper with the headline "MINOR FIRE IN GLORIETTA"- the roof blasted off, the escalator collapse, it was like a shooting star just fell from the sky and a big crater was evident and people were seriously injured and some even died on the spot, was that MINOR FIRE?. The President even shopped at Glorietta afterwards to prove the safety of the mall was once again restored already and advised everyone to 'move on' now. Move On like it was nothing. That's always been your strategy. "Me cheated in the elections?" Move on. "my husband is corrupt?" Move on "my son is corrupt?" move on. "i gave early christmas gifts to Congress people?" move on. "who died?" move on. If your whole family died in one same instant, can the people of this country say the same thing to you? "move on" like it was nothing. Or if we say, please stop being the president and just move on...will you take it?

Its always been a puzzle kung kanino ka humiram ng mukha. If you are innocent in this case, and in any case the people have thrown at you, im sorry. But if you are guilty, i fall down to my knees, bow ako sa yo, ang kapal ng mukha mo. wala ka pang puso. will the real slimshady please stand up. im sorry hindi ako aktibista. i just dont think you are a good president.

JUST THOUGHTS ON SOME CURRENT NEWS

Im not trying to be a news writer here, but its all over the news. ZTE Big issue. Big witness, Secretary Neri is said to be yet another significant key to solving who's the boy crying wolf and who is telling the truth. But what a coincidence, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo decides to take Sec. Neri along with her on her trip to New York, on the eve of the Senate Hearing when Neri is supposed to take the stand. Coincidence. Coincidence..hmm Why does the President have to drag him along when she knows first hand that Neri's testimonies would be helpful to solving the issue? Is she trying to drag the case, hiding the cards longer, Is she trying to protect her husband? Has she been conspiring with her husband? All haka-hakas. All questionable acts, which even if the Filipino ask, the Government is all deaf ears and rather snickering at such unimportant black propaganda.
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Also,I think Neri is still undecided as to what to confirm and not confirm, I understand this is a hard decision to make for him and his family. Para silang yung burger patty sa Hamburger. Ipit. But, If he goes on undecided, this means that He is yet to be helpful to solving the case, but rather he is just another floater- as good as the 'no comment' line is. I remember a professor of mine back in UST, he told us that when you are given a choice, you have to choose, you cannot say slightly yes and slightly no. It is either yes or no. Anyone who takes a stand in between go to hell-Politics. No balls-no glory. I dont know if this applies to all aspects of life but for politics, it can. I dont know what it is like to be in Neri's shoes right now.

Anyway,Regardless of what underlying ulterior motive is driving Joey De Venecia III, to carry out such an expose' against FGMA, I believe him to be telling the truth. Whether if its his way of getting back for the contract which could have been his company's or whether he is planning to fragrantly enhanced the family name (which at the same time is irony, especially for his father), I believe him.

FGMA has no whatsoever authority in the government other than being the husband of the President but he seems to be very influential and hard to tackle down ever since, and in spite of.. all the controversy he had been previously linked with. The Arroyo family has struggled succesfully escaping questionable issues after issues. "Tapal Bulka Seal." Everything basta tungkol sa Arroyos', kahit anong kontrobersya, is just plain haka-haka, black propaganda, or ridiculous speculations their camp would always say. I mean Harap Harapan na. I think any Filipino can say "hey huli ka na" and they can still say " Hindi totoo yan" like its nothing. Psychological manipulation, o Mass Helplessness? I mean no further questions, they can turn the fire on you. when its supposed to be burning them already. The Garci incident na lang. Hay...

What does Luli want? (OR is she just another attempt to distract or divert the attention of the people?) anyway Just because she is hurting (which as a daughter, is given and understandable) for her father being the highlight of the katiwalian, and after just a very recent medical operation, she needs the country to sympathize and verdict his father not guilty based on that?
Everybody hurts, Luli. Everybody hurts.

Judging Joey based on his past mistakes in retaliation is very unprofessional and even in a personal circumstance, setting aside all politics involve, is unwise for a woman of her knowledge. Frankly speaking, she was desperate to say something against Joey, and thats all you can find on him? ex- addict ( to what... marijuana?) Im sorry but very Lame. No one is judging you back Luli, as you say you have lives we dont know about other than your politically inclined life, but then again, all that is irrelevant to the issue isnt it? I dont get the point why you brought up your personal issues in the first place. Im a nobody, I dont know you personally, I dont know anybody involve personally , but then i dont have to.

Joey de Venecia III, I am not your fan, but you just do what you need to do.

Speaker Jose De Venecia, close and loyal friend of the President, father of Joey on the other hand only need to remind himself that he is also in this case, the father of Congress.This, i heard sa Radio sa taxi one morning and I agree.

I think I heard him say sa TV news that He already advised GMA to cancel(or whatever terminoloy is more suitable) the ZTE contract and trash it once and for all. And then what? what next...

I dont how this will turn up in the end, or kung interesado pa ba ang tao by then, Ang masasabi ko lang ay ...to Something certainly doubtful, there is obviously something wrong.