Nawala na ang aking 3-fold umbrella last week ngunit di ko sigurado kung anong araw at saan ko naiwan.
Mamaya, bili ako ng Ginkgo Biloba!
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Miyerkules, Setyembre 17, 2008
Huwebes, Abril 17, 2008
MQ Test
The Black and White Movement have presented this MQ Test way back October 2007.
This could still be useful at the present so here it is in part……
Our national conscience has been desensitized irreparably and we have lost the capacity for outrage. We have become an indifferent, if not a cynical people. And the few who are incensed by the unfolding events feel helpless, not knowing how or where to vent their anger.
Is there hope? It really depends on each one of us. By now, I hope, we must have realized that the impunity we see today is a direct consequence of our apathy and inaction in the past. If we sit idly by and do nothing, it will only get worse.
First, let’s take stock of how we view things from a moral standpoint, before we even think of what we can and should do. I invite you to take the Morality Quotient Test (MQ test) below.
What is your reaction in each of the situation described below? (Choose one that approximates your attitude).....and see how you scored after 5 questions.
1. Fr. Ed Panlilio accepts the P500,000 given out after a meeting with GMA by mayors and governors at Malacanang. He said the money did not come from jueteng or from any illegal source, so he decided to accept it. He intends to use it for projects that will benefit his constituents. How do you feel about this?
a. It was naïve of him to accept it. Understandable. He is, after all, a rookie politician. But now that he knows more about the circumstances of the payoff, he should just return the money.
b. I agree with Fr. Ed. Nothing wrong with using “clean” money to help the poor folks of Pampanga.
c. Father Ed, welcome to the world of politics. You should get used to this kind of wheeling and dealing.
d. He should not have received it in the first place. But since he did, then he should shut up. He’s only giving the opposition fodder for their destabilization efforts.
2. Rep. Cuenca admits in a radio interview that he received a P200T “Christmas gift” after the Malacanang meeting. Other congressmen present in the meeting denied there were “gifts” given out. Cuenca later recants and says it was just a joke. How could he receive a “Christmas gift” when it’s not yet Christmas, he argues. Cong. Defensor says, even if it were true, there’s nothing wrong with it. And Sec. Lito Atienza says, that it’s really standard practice for the President to give her allies gifts of up to P200K after such meetings. It was so in the 9 years that he was mayor. How do you feel about this?
a. I am outraged not only by the brazenness of the payoff and how our elected officials are trivializing it, but also by the blatant lying. The mere fact that this happened in Malacanang should compel the President to resign.
b. This should be investigated by the proper agencies (PAGC or Ombudsman or even the Senate) to determine culpability, punish the guilty, and clear the names of Congressmen who did not receive any amount.
c. What else is new? As Atienza says, this has been going on for the longest time. No matter who the president is, this practice will continue.
d. Elected and appointed officials should be more circumspect in their public pronouncements. Reckless statements like these are tainting our image and might scare investors away.
3. Joey de Venecia vividly describes how the First Gentleman points a menacing finger to his face asking him to “Back Off!” The First Gentleman vehemently denies it and says he could not possibly have done it since he didn’t know Joey personally. But he did advice Joey that he could be violating the law which prohibits relatives of the Speaker from entering into a transaction with government. Obviously, one or both of them are lying. What’s your take?
a. I believe Joey. I can’t imagine him having the audacity to invent such a fantastic story. The Senate should compel, if necessary, the First Gentleman to explain his side.
b. It’s really Joey’s word against the First Gentleman’s. Let the investigation take its full course and let the people decide for themselves.
c. It doesn’t really matter who’s lying. They probably both are. As some senators have said, it’s just a quarrel for kickbacks.
d. It’s probably part of a PR demolition job against FG to discredit and embarrass the GMA government.
4. Palace officials and pro-admin senators are saying that the Senate ZTE hearings should now be terminated, having been rendered moot by the resignation of Comelec Chairman Abalos. The Senate should instead focus on legislating priority bills to alleviate the condition of our people. Besides, they argue, Sec. Neri has already said everything he is willing to reveal and will only invoke executive privilege if pressed by the Senators. What do you think?
a. The hearings should continue to ferret out the truth and determine culpability of all officials involved, possibly including GMA. The Senate should challenge executive privilege at the Supreme Court if Neri invokes it. As for Abalos, a criminal case should be filed against him.
b. The Senate should continue the hearings. However, if there are no new witnesses or information, then they should stop and instead legislate laws as they were mandated to do.
c. Nothing good ever comes out of Senate investigations. Senators, especially those with presidential ambitions, are just showboating.
d. The hearings should stop. People are not interested in scandals. They’re more interested in improving the economy. This will give them jobs and food on the table. Senators should instead work double time to pass bills that will improve the economy.
5. PERC – a risk consultancy firm, released its report on corruption among Asian countries. The Philippines garnered the highest index (8.6 on a scale of 10) making it the most corrupt country in Asia. Opposition groups cited this in their information campaign. Malacanang countered with a media blitz saying that PERC never said the Philippines is the most corrupt, and that this was merely the perception of company executives surveyed. It accused the opposition groups of distorting the survey for their own political ends, and that this has set back the economic gains that the administration has worked so hard to achieve. What’s your take?
a. The fact remains that the Philippines is now the most corrupt Asian country. All corruption reports, including those prepared by Transparency International, are based on perceptions. Rather than worry about tainting our image, we should instead work on reducing the incidents and magnitude of corruption. And it should start from the very top.
b. Even if it’s true that we have become the most corrupt, harping on it does not help much. We should instead work together to improve the situation.
c. What’s all the fuss? We don’t need a foreign agency to tell us what we already know.
d. Let’s not nitpick on the issue of corruption. Other countries as corrupt, if not more, than us are prosperous. Let’s focus on improving our economy.
How to score: add 20 points for every (a) answer, 15 points for every (b) answer, 10 points for every (c) answer and 5 points for every (d) answer.
Interpreting your total score:
THE IDEALIST. If you scored a perfect 100, you’re a hopeless idealist. To a lot of people, you’re a self-righteous moralist, out of touch with realpolitik, and uncompromising. While it seems you’re on the extreme, you may just be the right person to countervail what the CBCP now sees as the moral bankruptcy of our leaders. You must be fuming mad by now with the unraveling of one scandal after the other.
THE CONSCIENTIOUS. If you scored between 90 to 95, you have a fairly decent sense of right and wrong, perhaps tempered only by a healthy fear of instability. With the brazenness and impunity you see today, you are probably ready to act on the dictates of your conscience.
THE PRAGMATIC. If you scored between 65 to 85, you consider yourself a well-balanced person, looking at the big picture rather than just the moral dimension of an issue. When scandals first hounded GMA, you’re probably one of those who kept asking, “But who will replace her?” With the magnitude of bribery you now see, you’re probably close to saying, “I don’t care who replaces her. Just get her out!”
THE CYNIC. If you scored between 30 to 60, you are probably snickering and saying, “I told you so.” You are unfazed by current events, and are determined to continue doing what you do best – nothing. Well… you deserve the country we have today.
THE RUTHLESS If you scored between 20 to 25, you have a single-minded tunnel vision towards economic prosperity. Your philosophy in life could be – “Screw morality. You can’t eat morality. ” To you, the end justifies the means.
Read in full.... MQ Test
Biyernes, Pebrero 29, 2008
Lost in Translation
Amid calls for the scrapping of the $329-million supply contract for the National Broadband Network (NBN) project, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Wednesday night “we must be a government that honors contracts and agreements that go through the required processes, despite media attacks.”
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said Tuesday that allegations of bribery are unsubstantiated in a Chinese company's winning bid for a Philippine national broadband network, citing an internal investigation.
Gov’t tells high court ZTE offered the best deal. The government defended in the Supreme Court its decision to award to
Gov’t asks SC to dismiss petitions vs NBN deal. Government lawyers have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the petitions filed by several groups questioning the legality of the $330-million broadband infrastructure contract between the
Arroyo admits knowing of corruption before signing ZTE deal. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo admitted Saturday she was aware of allegations of high-level corruption in the National Broadband Network project, but she did not stop the signing of the deal with ZTE Corp. last April 21 because she felt then that diplomatic relations between the Philippines and China were in peril.
The President, speaking mostly in Filipino, made this disclosure in an interview with radio commentator Joe Taruc over dzRH.
"Someone told me about it the night before the signing of the supply contract. That was one of many signings [in
But she did not say who told her about the purported corruption.
According to Arroyo, she addressed the "anomalies” in the NBN-ZTE deal by canceling it.
"That was long canceled. Soon after I was informed about it, I already [planned] steps how to cancel it,” she said.
The President said that like other Filipinos, she was outraged by corruption: "The people are angry about corruption. So am I," she said in Filipino. That is why as soon as there was talk about corruption in this I project, I took steps to cancel it."
Read on, I just got lost in translation.
I read the news
A news article: Filipino journalist’s blog gets spammed. The blog of Filipino journalist Ellen Tordesillas has experienced a “spam attack.”
So this was article was reported Feb. 28, so it was of journalist' Ellen Tordesillas.
When I saw the title and before reading on the article, I thought it was MLQ3's daily dose because this "dose" can't be accessed today.
Infected by EO 464 virus?
Now More Than Ever
This interfaith rally, it may succeed or it may fail.
I wish i could go there but not yet. I haven't even figure it out how I can avoid being traffic- stuck at EDSA on my way home from the SOUTH.
I salute the many respectable people behind these but I avoided the gathering because of the personalities that have lost their credibility yet acting as if they are true leaders. How can somebody recently "pardoned" for his crime, ask the people to protest against corruption. If he could have just simply shut up and not include his personality into the occasion, that could have been his greatest contribution. This and his kind bring on the passive behavior of Juan dela Cruz.
My stand is if this administration will continue to deny the people the truth, they have no reason to stay in their position.
Today's protest may succeed, well and good, and hopefully peaceful.
If it failed, it was just a momentary set back. The people will be better informed in the coming days.
And if you have known the truth, the evil flees.
Huwebes, Pebrero 28, 2008
Now More than Ever
| Rating: | ★★★★★ |
| Category: | Music |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Artist: | John Cougar Mellencamp |
Now More Than Ever
If you believe, won’t you please raise your hands
Let's hear your voices, Let us know where you stand
Don't shout from the shadows, Cause it won't mean a damn
Now more than ever
Who am I to say, what needs to be done
I'm just nobody, another lost one
Caught between what's left, and what needs to be done
Now more than ever.
The loss of love, the loss of our dreams
It's not too late.
Now more than ever.
Everybody wants To Run The World
On that supposed mid January athleticism.......
I tried out for our company's basketball team and the result was favorable enough for me.
Details later.
Got to give way to this News Flash: Gloria to to recite "I am sorry. I want to close this ABZTEFG chapter."
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