Category: elections
flashback: “noted!”
we all saw that on tv, live. senator kiko pangilinan and the gavel that even broke down after so much noted! and listening now to gudani, and sotto and drilon and legarda, i note that no one is reminding us … Continue reading
third world automation, way to go :(
kaya ba talaga ng comelec / smartmatic na i-replace ang flash cards ng bawat PCOS machine nationwide in the next two days, for testing and sealing immediately? that’s a big job, and with mercury still retrograde — paatras pa … Continue reading
homestretch blues
dismaying but interesting. our minds and communications are on mercury-retrograde mode for the next three, four weeks, right smack in the last three weeks of the presidential campaign, which means that instead of moving on to other important issues … Continue reading
no guts, no gloria
well the woman has guts, and she really doesn’t care what fvr thinks, much less what wewho-want-her-out think, not as long as there are people in place who continue to support her. but it’s offensive, that happy grin she was … Continue reading
last-minute blues
there must be another way of handling the comelec registration process. alam naman natin na may last-minute mentality ang pinoy. comelec should have expected, and prepared for, the swarm instead of saying, kayo kasi… lalo na’t merong concessions made to … Continue reading
my problem with randy david (updated)
i was on the verge of blogging about the tenure case of tibak (activist) u.p. professor sarah raymundo of the department of sociology now chaired by prof. randy david, when the news broke that prof. david intends to oppose gloria … Continue reading
showdown 2010
grabe. sa halip na mapaghandaan natin nang maayos ang 2010 elections, lalo tayong nagaaway-away over issues that could have been put off naman, sa totoo lang, until after we would have elected na a new president with a clear … Continue reading
noli, loren, manny & the RH bill
congress reconvening today. sana matuloy ang promised testimony of scam & escape artist jocjoc bolante sa senado. lalo pa, lalo na, sana matuloy ang long-delayed showdown on the reproductive health bill sa konggreso. kung magkasabay, which one kaya will … Continue reading
hallelujah america
gave me goose pimples, brought tears to my eyes, the sight and sound and substance of black and beautiful barack’s first speech as president-elect of the united states of america. what a man. what a feat. what a winner. i … Continue reading
black america on tenterhooks
on tenterhooks — in a state of uneasy suspense or painful anxiety: the movie keeps one on tenterhooks until the very last moment. all signs point to an obama win but given america’s racist history, black america dares not believe … Continue reading
what will it achieve
i take it as an auspicious sign that the first response to HUWAG IBOTO was a “second the motion without any reservation!” thanks, anna de brux :) but being contradicted is cool, too, and arbet bernardo‘s quick riposte, “kesa naman … Continue reading