Styropor or Mashed Potatoes?
1.T Mr. Bunye and his boss: crackdown pala sa mga rally,ha? Tignan natin. Do the phrases "civil liberties"and "democratic rights" mean anything to you? What about "freedom of assembly," freedom of expression" and "right to political dissent?"
See you in EDSA, Ayala, Mendiola. See you in every street and corner of the Metropolis and in the regions, provinces where Filipinos are loudly denouncing your worsening militarism and political repression.
It will be like trying to stop the tide. Or steam rising. The pressure builds…
2. Katawan pa ba ni former dictator Ferdinand Marcos yun, or is the ‘body’ inside the glass crypt actually made of (a)Styropor; (b) wax; (c) sculpted sponge; (d) mashed potatoes; (e) hollow and constructed from kraft paper glued together like say, a pinata. Paper mache?
Hey, Mrs. Marcos — pick a cemetery and please plant your husband’s body already. It’s been more than a decade, for crying out loud. And the more I see of you on the tv and read about you and your pleas; hear your declarations that it’s you and your family who have been persecuted all these years and that it’s your rights which have been violated, well, the more I want to succumb to the Dark Side and massacre a family. Specifically what remains of yours (I’m off my meds today, harharhar. Seriously, doesn’t it make you want to destroy millions of shoes with your bare hands and throw the pointy hells at the eyes of some widow with a poufy hairdo?)
3. Norberto Gonzales is either an Oscar-calibre actor or he’s a liar. Take your pick. But since he hasn’t won any trophies as a thespian, it’s most likely the latter. And no, he can’t possibly get a heart-attack — how can he hasn’t any heart. His liver and the bile it produces, however, are a different matter all together.
Fess up, Mr. Banana eater. Who gave you the moolah to pay Venable LLP? Whose money did you squander? Who are you protecting with your silence?
Pardon my French, but you are so full of bullcrap. Most of the time you’re mouthing off against progressive partylists and accusing them of wasting taxpayers’ funds for rallies and demonstrations (which, by the way are not true. Kung tutoo yun e di ang lalaki pa sana ng mga rally. The funds go to public hospitals and scholarships of college kids, you dink), now you’re hyperventilating at the idea of naming names and expenses.
Could be jueteng money.
4. Filipinos would much rather do the Macarena than the Cha cha. Macarena stands for Macapagal Resign Now. The only people eager to the do the Cha cha are those who want to pepetuate themselves in political power and secure their economic interests. They want their own provincial or regional republics. centralized funds to which they have easier access. Less auditing problems. Who wants to cha cha? The well-dressed thieves in government and their partners in the private sector and the foreign finance and trade circles.
C’mon, who believes that line that amending the Constitution and changing the system of government from presidential to federal will eradicate corruption?! The same people will still be in power under their proposed federal government. Are we getting rid of all the has-beens and recycled officials in government? Dismantling the political dynasties? Disqualifying big businessmen, landlords and former military men from running for public office? Fat freaking chance.
What’s more, the same neoliberal, pro-globalization policies will still be in place and worse, these will be expanded.
These cha cha proponents in Congress and the Malacanang sychopants just want to legalize their theft and their stranglehold on their posts. In the meantime, the transnationals and the international finance institutions (IFIs) and investors will be having a field day extracting the lifeblood of this country — resources, labor and manpower, everything they can get their greedy claws on. A 100% liberalized economy. Then in a few years all that’s left Filipinos will be the shirts on their backs.
Or not even that.
5.Martial law. Interesting concept. I’ve heard so many stories (personal accounts, narratives from the oldies from SELDA, Karapatan and the peasant and labor organizers) about the dark days of the dictatorship that it is as if I have lived through them myself. But damn if I’m not going to contribute anything to the effort to stop them from returning. Getting my door broken down in the middle of the night and being dragged off to Crame or Aguinaldo isn’t my cup of tea.
Repeat after me - suspension.of.habeas.corpus. illegal.detention.torture.forced.disappearance.execution. Nightmares on a sunny afternoon.
There’s this really cool thing Dumbledore told Harry just a few hours before he (Dumbledore) was killed. It’s about tyrants fearing the very people they oppress because sooner or later the oppressed will rise up and fight back.
6. Boycott all Neste products. May dugo ang Nescafe. May dugo sa Nestle ice cream. May dugo sa Maggi instant mami. Sumisipsip kayo ng dugo pag kumain kayo ng Fox’s Candy. May dugo sa Raisinets. Sa Nestle KitKat. May dugo sa Carnation milk. Sa Milo. Sa Coffeemate. Basta may tatak Nestle, basa ng dugo ng manggagawa. Don’t buy Nestle products. Sa mata ng mga bata, ang ginagawa ng Nestle ay hindi kailanman tama. Sige na, wag bumili ng Nestle.
Sa alala ni Ka Ding Fortuna at sa ngalan ng daan-daang manggagawang Pilipino na patuloy na dinadahas at pinagsasamantalahan ng Nestle, WAG BUMILI NG NESTLE PRODUCTS.
