Immorally Principled

Of Principles and Morals

Corona says "Manalo, matalo, ang mahalaga rito ay maipakilala ko ang sarili ko. Let it not be said that I did not defend my principles. I am still fortunate because I have the opportunity na panindigan ang aking prinsipyo, not all are given this opportunity."

The “true and fair view” can be what you make of it, depending on your principles.

The Crown Of Gloria

The Impeachment trial is tomorrow, Monday January 16, 2012.

To keep myself in the loop, I've decided to search all over the Internet and compile all the information I deemed pertinent to keep me abreast of all the facts and issues so that when I seat down and listen to the trial proceedings, I won't be caught uninformed.

Here are some of the many information available online, with some editing and added opinions of my own, and arranged in a way I find more streamlined and conducive to easier understanding - minus some of the hype.

I'll get back to all of these and insert clearer facts and "subtract" redundant or erroneous entries.

Of course, add my illustrations which I am very fond of. For the meantime, I am sorry to bore you with all the lengthy text.

Monday The 16th

Friday the 13th Vs Monday the 16th

Today is Friday the 13th ...Many have superstitions attached to this date that will happen 3 times this year, January, April and July....But I think the people would have to fear more Monday the 16th...for it's the start of the Impeachment Trial..

2012: End Of The World

Is the end of the world near?

One of the theories is based on a purported ancient Mayan prediction and fanned by the several marketing machines behind “end-of-the-world” movies, books, articles and documentaries,  the world will end on 2012 - December 21, 2012 to be exact.

But could humankind really meet its end in 2012—drowned in apocalyptic floods, walloped by a secret planet, seared by an angry sun, or thrown overboard by speeding continents?

At least one aspect of the 2012, end-of-the-world hype is, for some people, all too real: the fear.

Welcome 2012!

One Lab Accident Away From Being A Supervillain

It’s a poorly guarded secret that I am a geek.  Actually, given that I have been known to hang around and troll within online forums and social networking sites, it’s not much of a secret at all. I am indeed a geek, and I must say: I proudly embrace geekdom.

All-Out War Against Corona

“War is a brutal and ugly enterprise. Yet it remains central to human history and social change. These two facts together might seem paradoxical and inexplicable, or they might reveal deeply disturbing facets of the human character (notably, a drive for dominance over others). What is certainly true, in any event, is that war and its threat continue to be forces in our lives.”

In the pursuit of justice, we need to wage an all-out war against the perpetrators of the criminal acts.

Recent events graphically demonstrate this proposition: think of the impeachment and eventual resignation of former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, the arrest of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the Impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona, the arrest of former Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, the arrest warrant for retired Major General Jovito Palparan Jr., and other ongoing events more appropriately should be called “the war on the former Arroyo administration”.

The past years under the governance of the Arroyo aministration had been savagely scarred with intriguing and controversial political warfare, thus we all have high hopes and expectations going into the year 2012.

To Be Or Not TV

Finally, A TV At Last!

Ang Galling Pinoy party-list Representative Mikey Arroyo announced that her mother, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, will soon be getting a radio and television set inside the Presidential Suite of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC).

This was because Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay RTC branch 112  Regional Trial Court (RTC) already allowed Arroyo to have TV and radio access in detention, as well as one hour daily of sunlight.

The Impeachment Trial Part 2

Sagging Economy?

This whole episode of branches of the government going at each others throat calls for a clear delineation of roles and functions of the three branches of government. Constitutional experts and legal luminaries would be most welcome in elucidating for everyone these basic tenets of the Constitution. This is one time politicians can show bipartisan efforts in defusing the situation  so that it would not really culminate in a Constitutional crisis that will further drag down our already sagging economy.

The Impeachment Trial

Biggest And Smallest Crocodile

The Philippines now holds the world records for the largest and smallest captured crocodiles.

The largest is Lolong (20’3”) is now confined in Agusan Del Sur.

Lolong is the largest crocodile now in captivity. A male Indo-Pacific or Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), that weighs 2,370 pounds (1,075 kilograms) and a length of 20 feet 3 inches (6.17 meters), making him one of the largest crocodiles ever measured from snout-to-tail. In captivity, it surpassed the length of the eighteen-foot record-holder Cassius of Australia, the twenty-foot Nile crocodile Gustave and even the twenty-foot crocodile caught in New Guinea on 1983.

The smallest (4'3") is now confined in Quezon City, at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC), and goes by the name of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.

Lately, in joint cooperation between the House of Representatives and Malacanang, and hopely the Senate, the Philippines is now in the process of claiming another big catch: A crocodile that goes by the name of Renato Corona.

Chokoleit Wits Part 3

POLYGAMOUS POLITICS

He also takes time to comment on whats hot on the news. He said the recent turnabouts among political parties are amusing but tiring so he would like to lighten it up a bit with some of his “Twiticissms”.

“BREAKING NEWS: Breaking rules is breaking the law. Give us a break! This is Sokoleyt Sokulit, Breaking the Ice!”

“So what else is new? Pati linyang 'to gasgas na rin. Let me rephrase, who else knew? Mali ba? Or where else is now? Tama ba? Ewaaan! Lamonayan!☺”

“Nakakapagod pakinggan mga kontra-banat-depensa bawat partido Re: Arroyo's Arrest. Idaan ko na lang sa komentong komedya. Circus Carnival, Atbp.”

Another Stone For The Orifice

6.      Another Stone for the Orifice

Demagoguery was a very new word for me, but what struck me more about it is that it was one of the first highfalutin word Arroyo used during her interview with GMA 7’s Arnold Clavio. It was also the first time we saw Arroyo without her neck brace, which revealed her scar from the previous operation.

A demagogue is a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power and admiration.

Arroyo claims that Aquino is using demagoguery to “linlangin” or deceive people and turn them away from his failures in alleviating the country out of the more important issues of poverty, unemployment, among others.

What a fancy word. It makes me wonder this time what would be a suitable word to describe what Arroyo’s camp is doing just to avoid being confined in an ordinary jail cell just like all the other detainees out there….and keeps on injecting their “house arrest” proposal instead. Who are they to make demands, and complain vigorously if they are denied?

Going Mental

4.   Going Mental

Elena Bautista Horn shouts "It's mental torture!", as former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's grandchildren were not allowed to use an ipod inside the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) Presidential Suite. The children were there to visit Arroyo a few days after her transfer from the St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC).

After not being allowed to use mobile phones, laptops, TVs, radios, and other electronic media and communication devices, Horn is now again furious about the strict observance of the same restrictions to the visiting families, relatives and guests of Arroyo.

Horn is really out of her mind! I think Horn needs to be reminded that Arroyo is in detention in a government hospital, and not on vacation.

Super Duper Quickie News

No Warrant of Arrest for Abalos

For many reasons that really astounds me at this point, Noynoy Aquino is now being sold to the public by his mesmerized fans and media as "the one." The great hero whose time has come to  put every single corrupt government official in their rightful places.

However, it seems Benjamin Abalos, former COMELEC chairman, is a bit wiser than all the lawyers of the administration as he was able to temporarily elude a warrant of arrest because his lawyers filed a  very urgent motion for Judicial Determination of Probable Cause on the electoral sabotage case filed against him.

More plainly stated, the lawyers of the former Chairman are asking the RTC judge to decide for himself if probable cause exists to file electoral sabotage charges against their client. The judge, who coincidentally happens to be Judge Jesus Mupas of Pasay RTC Br. 112,  now has to dispose of that motion first before doing pretty much anything else.

I never knew such a motion existed. It seems Abalos can easily outwit us and is probably at home laughing and comfortably relaxed while playing his rubics cube thinking he would always be one step ahead of every legal action of the administration.

Of Mice and Men : Erap Advises Gloria

Erap's Life During His VMMC Hospital Arrest Days

An interview with former President Joseph "Erap" Estrada and his son, Jinggoy Estrada, revealed some disappointing  experiences during their previous stay at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center where the two Estradas were also formerly put under Hospital Arrest.

Since  former President and now Representative  Gloria Macapagal Arroyo would now be using the same Presidential Suite at the said veterans hospital, the Estradas couldn't help to reminisce their 3 years of stay.

The Estradas couldn't forget about their many visitors who would always appear during the wee hours of the night and interfere with their sleep. Some of these little dirty creatures would even climb up to their beds and awake them during their slumber. ...and they were not talking about Erap's cabinet secretaries or Jinggoy's mayoralty staff, they're referring to the several little mice or "bubwits" that would wander around the VMMC Presidential Suite during late nights or early mornings. They advise Arroyo to bring mousetraps or flypaper with her so she could catch those little disease-carrying vermin.

Len and Dato Inspects VMMC

Ocular Inspection

Congressman Diosdao “Dato” Arroyo, son of former President and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo,  and Elena Bautista-Horn, Arroyo's spokesperson, conducted an ocular inspection of the Presidential Suite at the Veterans’ Memorial Medical Center. They were also accompanied by the former leader’s doctors from the St. Luke's Medical Center.

Arroyo and Horn arrived at the VMMC past 10:00 a.m. and entered the 150 square meter hospital suite. The two agreed that the room was quite alright but they pointed out a problem with the reclining hospital bed. "It was manual, former President Gloria would have a hard time readjusting the position of the bed. "We would require it to be replaced by an automatic model instead.  Arroyo is very sick already. Do you want her to acquire another illness because of that damn bed?.....W-wait, .....erase that thought,..... the manual bed would be appropriate already".

You're Invited To the House Blessing!

House Blessing Invitation

You are all invited to witness the house blessing of a Presidential suite located at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) compound in North Avenue, Quezon City.

The Pasay Regional Trial Court (RTC) ordered former President and incumbent Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to be transferred from the St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig Global City to the VMMC within five days from receipt of the order to effect the transfer.

Pasay City Clerk of Court Joel Pelicano said the five days will give the parties concerned enough time to prepare for Mrs. Arroyo's transfer, and to allow them the opportunity to freely choose and order from their preferred party package and catering provisions provider. Event coordinators will be hired to supervise the production and execution of the many activities lined up during the event.

Father Robert “Running Priest” Reyes, a social and political activist priest, will officiate the house blessing ceremonies.

Put The Little Girl To Sleep

Operation “Put The Little Girl To Sleep”

From neck brace and Minerva vest support, to loss of appetite and diarrhea, to inflammation of the large intestine,..... I wondered a few days ago what will they think of next just to fish for sympathy and avoid being taken into a detention cell? I thought the next possible scenario when they ran out of illnesses, rare diseases and legal remedies, was going to be “possession by a foreign evil spirit” and their excuse to leave the country would be “To consult an exorcist abroad who could speak and understand the foreign evil's language”.

I was definitely wrong.

To Always Keep Our Sanity

"To always keep her privileged freedom,

sometimes she needs to go sicko !"

You better believe it.

I am really flabbergasted with what the XPGMA camp is concocting every time they hit a brick wall or obstacle from the Aquino administration.

But, on the positive side, I'm learning  a lot of highfalutin or high-flown bombastic language from the medical field.

We Don't See Things As They Are

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." - Anais Nin

I couldn't interpret or give meaning to this saying without sounding  a bit intellectually precocious yet somewhat emotionally stunted and amoral. We could each have our own valid and acceptable interpretation.

But for the meantime, let's just have some fun:

1. Pag sinabi bang "Put the Little Girl To Sleep", di ba pwedeng si Mahal muna bago sabihing si Gloria?

2. Pag sinabi bang "Abnoy", di ba pwedeng si Budoy muna bago isiping si NoyNoy ?

3. Pag sinabi bang "May hinahanap akong basic lang na hahanapin ng isang babae sa isang boyfriend, sa isang lalaki" , di ba pwedeng "Bisexual" muna bago i-conclude na full-pledge "Becky"?

Pinoy Big Brother House Arrest: Arroyo Edition

Since the Pasay RTC is busy looking into government facilities where they could "detain" Arroyo, I encourage them to look also into the possibility of  using ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother House as a possible "detention cell"?

Perhaps it would be better for Arroyo to be summoned regularly by Big Brother or "Kuya" in the confession room so that Arroyo could finally say "I'm sorry" with sincerity. Having experienced the strains of being nominated several times for forced eviction, Arroyo would understand the gravity of being named " oppressor" due to her continued lack of social decorum and emotional quotient. She could finally cry out in tears, and confess her sins. Being in Kuya's house could finally take its toll on Arroyo and eventually boot herself out for a voluntary exit so that she could go back into the outside world, amend her irregular ways, and make up for everything that she has done to the Filipino people.