Isang Araw sa Buhay ni Edward
[Photo credit: New York Times]
ni Wilfredo G. Villanueva
Nakikita natin siya araw-araw. Nagma-mop sa McDonald’s. Nagba-bagger sa Hypermart. Nagwe-welding sa ironworks. Siya ang mukha ng kinabukasan ng Pilipinas. Tawagin natin siyang Edward. Hindi siya taga-UP, Ateneo, La Salle o USTe. Siguro nakatapos ng two years sa college, tapos huminto na para makapag-aral naman ang bunso nila. Kaya, ayan, contractual na lang siya, endo nga ang tawag sa kanya, kasi every five months, ire-review ang performance niya, tuloy ba ang contract o hindi? Hindi itutuloy ang contract—end of contract—kung mababa ang performance rating. End of contract, o endo. Maraming Pilipino ang nasa age group at economic status na kagaya ni Edward, kung kaya nililigawan siya ng mga kandidato sa eleksiyon ng 2016. Hirap siya pero hindi naman siya ganun ka-daop. Mayaman siya—punong-puno ng pagmamahal ang puso niya. Pinapag-aral ang kapatid niya, binibilhan ng maintenance meds ang kanyang ama na na-istrok, baldado, pero kada umaga o gabi, hahalikan niya ang mahal niyang tatay, “Ingat po kayo.” “Opo. Masaya ako sa tinatrabahuhan ko. Aircon. Malinis at mabango ang paligid. Libre ang kain namin. Napa-practice pa ang Inggles ko, kasi maraming sosyal duon.” Ngayong araw, kakausapin siya ng kanyang konsensya. Makinig tayo:
Edward, good evening.
Good evening din po, sir.
Kumusta naman ang trabaho?
Okay po. Ang saya po dito.
Pwede ka bang maka-usap? Mga bagay-bagay lang.
Sige po, Patapos na rin po ang trabaho ko at matumal naman ngayon.
Eh, kumusta naman ang kita?
Okay naman po. Libre po ang kinakain namin dito. Malapit lang po ang tirahan namin. (May itinuturong depressed area na malapit sa ilog sa pagitan ng naglalakihang gusali ng higanteng mall.)
So, ano, hindi ka naman natatakot sa endo?
Hindi naman po. Mabait po ang manager dito.
‘Di okay, ‘di ba?
Okay na okay po talaga.
Eh, tutumbukin ko na ang sadya ko.
Sige po.
Alam mo naman na eleksiyon tayo para sa presidente, bise-presidente, mga senador, mayor, vice-mayor, konsehal…
Opo.
Eh, may napupusuan ka na ba?
Ang tatay ko po, Binay.
Ang nanay mo?
Wala na po ang nanay.
Ang mga kapatid mo?
Ako po ang panganay, ako lang po, pati na ang aking tatay ang boboto.
Eh, nag-uusap naman kayo ng tatay mo tungkol sa politika?
Hindi po. Baldado po kasi si tatay, medyo hirap po magsalita.
Aah.
So, ikaw kanino ka?
Hindi ko pa po iniisip. Pero sigurado po ako hindi ako Binay. Baka po Grace Poe.
Pwede bang malaman kung bakit?
Kung bakit po hindi ako Binay?
Sige, Binay muna.
Takot po humarap sa debate. Ayoko po ng walang isang salita.
Pero gagawin daw niyang mala-Makati ang buong Pilipinas.
Kaya po ba niya yun?
Marami pa raw siyang matutulungan, mga estudyante, mga may sakit, mga senior.
Pwede po, pero ayaw po kasi niyang harapin ang mga paratang sa kanya.
Sa tingin mo ba, eh guilty siya?
Kung hindi po siya guilty, bakit ayaw niyang humarap, magpakita siya ng ebidensiya.
So, wala na si Binay sa ‘yo talaga?
Walang-wala po.
Ah, okay. Eh, ba’t ka naman Grace Poe?
Kasi po, aayusin daw po niya ang Pilipinas.
Eh, sa tingin mo ba, sira ang Pilipinas?
Ano po ba ang ibig sabihin ng “sira ang Pilipinas?”
Eh, ‘di walang makain, walang matirhan ng maayos, palaging walang kita, walang pambili ng gamot, walang makitang trabaho, maraming krimen…
Ah, kung ganun po, hindi naman po sira ang Pilipinas?
So, papano, Poe ka pa rin ba kung hindi naman sira ang Pilipinas?
May nakakain naman po kaming mag-anak, may hanap-buhay ako, hindi naman mahirap magka-trabaho basta masipag ka, may mga pulis at tanod naman…
So?
Hindi na po siguro. Hindi na po ako Poe.
Eh, ano pa ba ang nagugustuhan mo kay Poe?
Gusto ko po siya kasi mestiza at maganda magsalita, parang maraming alam, pero hindi ko po maintindihan ang sinasabi niyang ipagpapatuloy daw niya ang sinimulan ng tatay niya. Hindi ko naman po inabutan ang tatay niya.
Oo nga, ano, bata ka pa.
So, kung hindi ka Poe, kanino ka, sa ngayong araw lang?
Siguro po, Duterte.
Bakit?
Uubusin daw niya ang masasamang tao!
Gusto mo ba nuon, yung summary execution?
Ano po ba ang ibig sabihin ng sum-ry ex-cu-tion?
Eh, yung nahuli mo, nakita ng dalawang mata mo na siya talaga ang gumawa ng krimen, imbes na ikulong mo muna para malapatan ng tamang hustisya, papatayin mo na lang kaagad.
Hindi ho yata maganda yun…
Kagaya noon, may nakidnap at na-rape na batang babae, nahuli niya ang mga masasamang loob. Inamin niya na ang ginawa niya, inilagay niya sa sasakyan ang mga suspect, sinarhan ang sasakyan, at sinilaban ang kotse. Payag ka ba sa ganoon?
Ang sama naman. Hindi na ho tama yun.
Eh, may iba pa bang dahilan kung bakit Duterte ka?
Maganda daw po kasi ang Davao…
Pero hindi daw ganun kaganda ang Davao, marami daw mga pinatay na hanggang ngayon, eh hindi pa nalulutas ang krimen.
Ah, ganun po ba?
Kaya lang, alam mo ba, Edward, na ititigil daw niya ang mga endo?
Opo. Narinig ko po yun.
Ano ang masasabi mo doon?
Naniniwala po kasi ako na kapag masipag ka, may lugar para sa ‘yo sa isang kompanya.
So, sipag lang ang katapat?
Opo. Sipag lang. Kapag nagtanim ka ng mabuti, iyon din ang iyong aanihin.
Sino ang nagturo sa ‘yo noon?
Ang Nanay at Tatay ko po. Mahirap lang po kami pero maaasahan kami. Magsumikap lang daw kami, gaganda rin ang buhay namin.
Ang galing naman ng mga magulang mo.
Opo. Miss ko na nga po ang Nanay (nangingilid ang luha).
So, kung hindi ka na bilib kay Poe, at ayaw mo kay Duterte dahil masama ang summary execution, kanino ka na lang?
Hahaha! Palipat-lipat po ako, ano? Para po akong tumitingin ng hasang ng isda sa palengke.
Kaya nga eleksiyon, eh. May karapatan tayong mamili ng tamang maglilingkod sa atiun.
Oo nga po. Ang ganda nga po ng usapan natin.
So, kanino ka na lang?
Eh, di Miriam Santiago po!
Kahit may topak?
Magaling na po siguro, bakit siya papayagan na tumakbo ng Comelec kung may tililing siya, di po ba?
Eh, kung may Stage Four cancer?
Ano po ba ang ibig sabihin ng stij por cancer?
Eh, pag Stage One, kasi, ibig sabihin nakita ang cancer nang maaga at malaki ang tsansa na magamot. Wala namang Stage Five, so Stage Four ang pinakamalala, ibig sabihin, may taning na ang buhay.
May taning na po ba ang buhay ni Miriam?
Magaling na daw siya kasi kaya daw niyang tustusan ang gastos ng epektibong gamot na nakakatunaw ng cancer.
Ah, di magaling na. Miriam na ako!
Kahit bise presidente niya si Bongbong?
Hindi ko po kilala si Bongbong. Pero sabi po dito magaling daw pong presidente ang tatay ni Bongbong.
Hmm. Binabawi kasi ng gobyerno ang mga alahas ng asawa ni Marcos na si Imelda…
Talaga po? Ibig po bang sabihin nun, magnanakaw ang mga Marcos?
Sorry, pero sa palagay ko, oo, magnanakaw nga. May mga korteng nagsasabi nito.
Baka naman po okay na magnakaw basta napaganda naman ang bayan.
Hmm. Hanggang ngayon kasi binabayaran pa rin natin ang naiutang niya nuong nasa poder pa siya, kasi inubos niya ang pondo ng bayan sa kasa-shopping ni Imelda.
Marami palang kababalaghan ang mga Marcos…
Kahit kasi gusto mo si Miriam, halimbawa ibinoto mo siya at ang kanyang biseng si Bongbong, papano kung mabilis lang ang buhay ni Miriam, so magiging presidente natin si Bongbong.
Masama po ba yun?
Hmm. Kung magiging presidente si Bongbong, mahirap magka-isa ang Pilipinas kasi maraming atraso ang mga Marcos sa bayan. Marami pa silang mga kaso na di pa tapos litisin.
Naku, di maguguluhan si Bongbong nyan!
So, papano, Miriam ka pa rin ba?
Hindi na po yata ako Miriam dahil baka magkagulo lalo ang bayan…
So, kanino ka na lang.
Hindi daw po kasi tinulungan ni Mar ang Tacloban…
Pero humingi na nga ng tawad ang mayor ng Tacloban na isang Romualdez kay PNoy…
Ganun po ba?
Oo naman. Ibig sabihin, hidwaang politikal lang ang pinagmulan ng gulo.
So hindi po tutuo na sinabi ni Mar na bahala na kayo sa buhay nyo?
Well, sinabi niya yun, oo, pero nawala sa konteksto kasi inayos yata ang video.
Ang gulo naman po.
Teka, gusto mo ba ang nangyari sa pamilya mo nuong naging presidente si PNoy?
Hmm, oo naman po. Nakapagtrabaho ako, maganda ang kapaligiran kasi maraming negosyo ang nagsitayuan, bata na ang mga pulis, wala na ang mga malalaki ang tiyan, maraming may bagong sasakyan, nakakapasok naman ako sa trabaho na maginhawa, may mga bagong eroplano pa nga ang Air Pors…
Sige, isipin mo pa…
Mababait ang mga amo namin dito sa store, kasi siguro maganda ang kita dahil maraming customer, may pag-asa ako kung magsusumikap ako…
Sige…
Mas maganda nga po ang buhay ngayon…
Kung napag-uusapan…
Opo, mabuti po nakipag-usap kayo sa akin, salamat po…
Eh, so Mar Roxas ka na sa ngayong araw?
Okay naman po kasi si Aquino. Kahit ang daming batikos, nakatayo pa rin, hindi siya pumapatol… Pero ‘di po ba magnanakaw din si PNoy?
Yung PDAF, ibinigay sa mga opisyales para mabuhay ang ekonomiya sa lahat ng sulok ng bayan. Siguro kung may iimbestegahan, yung mga tumanggap ng PDAF, ‘di ba?
Kung sabagay po. Magagaling nga po ang mga Aquino, siguro mabagal lang, hindi talaga perpekto, pero hindi naman sila mga magnanakaw…
Oo, kabaligtaran sila ng mga Marcos…
Oo nga po. Hindi sila mga Marcos, simple nga lang po ang mga kapatid ni PNoy, eh.
So, Mar?
Sikat si Duterte dahil mabilis kumilos kaso pumapatay naman. Ayaw ko ng ganun. Si Binay, takot humarap sa taong bayan para magpaliwanag kung papano siya sobrang yumaman. Ayaw ko rin ng ganun. Si Grace Poe, baka pag-inayos niya ang bayan, eh hindi naman sira, baka lalo pang masira. Hwag naman po. Si Miriam naman, bakit pa natin bibigyan ng tsansa si Bongbong na maging presidente baka lalong gumulo ang Pilipinas. Tama na ang mga Marcos…
Sige…
Si Mar nga po ang pinakamagaling sa lima kasi malinis, itutuloy ang naumpisahan na. Alam na niya ang tama sa mali. Mar po ako. Magaling po pala si Mar kung iisipin na dapat pa-abante ang bayan, hindi pa-atras. Opo, Mar po ako. Mar na Mar ko si Mar! Hahaha!
Hahaha!
“O, Edward, bakit ka nakatawa dyan?” tanong ni Elma, kanyang supervisor.
“A, e, Ate, sorry, may naisip lang po kasi ako.”
“O, sige, kumain ka na muna bago ka umuwi. Bukas ulit, kasing sipag, okay?”
“Opo, Ate Elma, tink you po!”
The Society of Honor by Joe America 
Bravo wil. This needs to be a comic book. Dear Roxas team. MAKE THIS A CARTOON A RADIO PLAY, A COMIC BOOK, A SHORT FILM AND A COMMERCIAL.
Thanks, Gian!
Oo nga Communication team of Roxas you can adopt a few blogs here for your memes and this blog in particular for a comics strip.
Thanks, Karl!
Hindi sira ang Pilipinas?
That assertion will only strengthen the Grace Poe narrative because the marginalized and the common folks, herein caricatured, will most certainly not agree with it. That disagreement is patently reflected in the survey results. Poe’s message (aayusin ang Pilpinas) is resonating with the masses because in their daily life routine they can feel and smell and see that something is rotten in the state of Pilipinas.
I looked at this article before it was published and told Will it was great… well I did have some reservations about it POSSIBLY sounding condescending but Will does have the rare talent of being able to speak to both sides of the Great Philippine Divide…
To be there is like balancing on a tightrope over the Grand Canyon sometimes, and I am sure the responses will be varied some angry.. but that is OK because a national discussion about how the country is and how it should be is something very much needed.
Maraming hindi gusto ang taongbayan… pero kung citizens talaga sila dapat sabihin nila hindi lang kung ano ang hindi umaandar kundi kung ano ang gusto nilang mangyari. Dito ko ipost ang isang magandang halimbawa mula sa blog ni Raissa… tanong sa kandidato:
https://raissarobles.com/2015/12/04/sen-chiz-infuriates-marcos-family/comment-page-2/#comment-354522
1. Pabor ba kayo na magkaroon ng FOI Law? Kung oo, pag naging Presidente kayo priority nyo ba ito at suportahan na maipasa sa unang taon ng inyong termino?
2. Pabor ba kayo sa pagpatupad sa konstitusyun tungkol sa Anti-Political Dynasty Law? Kung oo, ano ang time frame nyo na maipasa ito?
3. Sa usaping BBL, ayon ba kayo dito? Kung oo, ano ang posisyon nyo tungkol sa pamamaraan ng pagpasa nito, idadaan ba sa kongreso o sa referendum?
4. Peace and order lalo na ang tungkol sa droga. Pano nyo lalabanan na sugpuin ang mga kriminal lalong lalo na ang mga lider ng mga sindikato na ayon sa batas? Ano ang gagawin nyo sa mga coddlers ng mga bigtime druglords at kidnap for ranson syndicates tulad ng mga opisyales ng Pulis, militar, mga Senador, Kongressmen, Gobernador at ibang lokal na opisyal? Gagamit ba kayo ng shortcuts tulad ng mga Death Squads?
5. Ekonomiya. Papano nyo sisigurihin na di mapapag-iwanan ang karamihan ng mga Pilipino sa pag-unlad ng ekonomiya?
6. Ayon ba kayo na magtatag ng Martial Law Museum at bigyan ng budget? Ayon ba kayo na ilagay sa mga libro ng Dep Education ang tungkol sa madilim na bahagi ng ating nakaraan para huwag ng tularan?
7. Ano ang gagawin ng inyong administrasyon sa prosekusyon ng mga Marcos sa usaping ill-gotten wealth at human rights abuses?
8. Pabor ba kayong ibasura ang Lina Law tungkol sa mga Iskwaters? Ano ang plano nyo para mapangalagaan ang katapang pantao ng mga mahihirap at sa pangkalahatang karapan ng nakakarami tungkol sa usaping illegal settling o iskwating?
9. Ano ang posisyon nyo sa pag-angkin ng China ng ating mga islands at islets sa West Philipoine Sea? Ipapagpatuloy nyo ba ang kaso sa ITLOS at UNCLOS?
10. Ano ang role ng inyong asawa at pamilya sa administrasyon nyo?
11. New by Irineo: ano ang gagawin ninyong solusyon para sa Maynila. Punong-puno na at matrapik. Decongest Manila, move government offices elsewhere, move the airport to Clark or Cavite, move Camp Aguinaldo and Crame out, maybe even Bilibid and Muntinlupa to totally different areas? How to handle it?
In summary, ano ba ang balak nyong maging legacy ng inyong administrasyon?
Mar Roxas is in a political contest. He needs to win votes. Most of the voters are poor, ignorant, marginalized folks who are vulnerable to the charms and campaign rhetoric of politicians.
Now Roxas tend to project himself as more of a technocrat than a politician. That may be good in an advanced democracy with a more informed electorate but in our part of the world that is not helping his survey numbers at all.
He needs to go out there and play the game of honest politics.
Ano ang mensahe nya that could capture the interest of the masses?
I worked in McDonalds Bonn for 2 years: 1983-1985. I was with migrants, refugees and other young students like me… I know how it feels to be in the dirt.
To be credible to the masses you have to have rolled up your sleeves, been in the mud. Leni has. Mar Roxas has – what Gian told me about moving bodies in Tacloban.
That kind of credibility is something that they FEEL when you are talking to them. Something that comes across when Mar is in town hall meeting like CNN.
Well, many of his staff seem to still belong to the maarte crowd. They should go work with Edward undercover for JUST TWO WEEKS to get it. Go to where I have been.
I agree with Micha that Mar projects himself as a technocrat. Giancarlo had an idea that Mar should have someone swinging mud at his opponents. Du-dirty easily connects with the masses because they like his swagger and bravado. Not that Mar should imitate him but he should employ someone who will connect with the masses. He already did it as Mr. Palengke, he can do it again!
The first quarter is about to end, now is the time to shoot some threes.
Too bad they can’t see or acknowledge the progress being made, as if one could go through Dante’s Hell without a little effort climbing back out again to find Paradise.
The last six years have been Purgatory… now that is a nice way to say it…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatorio has all seven deadly sins in it.
They can’t see it because they still feel alienated. And poor.
Before I actually LIVED in relative poverty compared to my UP Diliman childhood… meaning apartment not house and walking to school because the money to buy a bike was not in budget yet and taking the bus was a luxury… later biked to McDonalds to work there on weekends to pay for my driving school and license and have a little extra cash… I was a salon leftist who did NOT know what I was talking about, only the theory.
I was an awkward “senorito” in my first months at McDo… burned the burgers or did not fry them enough, dropped the bread… yep it was like Mar Roxas carrying rice or directing traffic – “hindi bagay”. But I learned the normal world – and how to reach normal people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_Places – 1983 movie I didn’t watch.. because I was in that situation.. I know ups and downs… Conrad Hilton was broke twice… do THEY know?
For the common folks, it’s the message that counts. They can live with their poverty in the meantime but for a politician coming to them seeking their votes, you need to inspire them, give them hope, something they can look forward to while they suffer.
Mar Roxas is not doing enough of that.
And that is why he’s still in 3rd place.
If I were in his situation, I would go to where the people are. With Leni.
Listen to them. Find out what their needs are. Think of solutions and communicate them.
They are doing exactly that, traveling separately which allows them to touch more areas. Intense travel schedule interspersed with radio and television shows and other forums. Exhaustive, exhausting. I’m always surprised that they both look fairly fresh and alert. I’d be snoozing.
So they say he is an elitist and a snob,time to go to the streets and listen.No need for boodle fights,but if the people want boodle fights then fight.
Town Hall meetings should be more,and it should have enough news coverage.
We have to differentiate the poor into city dwellers and “promdi”(rural dwellers) These two groups have different culture,problems,needs and preferences. The alienation that Ma’am Micha,based on my encounters with the rural folks, are not that great in the rural places. Even they are poor, they are lively. The likes of folks in the pictures of Leni. They are more emotionally grounded. Whereas, for the city dwellers, their alienation is generally seen in the disparity between the rich and poor. The feeling of “left-out”, the declining regard on family values, lesser concern on neighborhood,harsh street life. That is why, Duterte appeals to these kind of people and Duterte is not doing any good. He is alienating them more. Roxas has a moral based upbringing. The man will govern by this upbringing. I believe, he understands them like how Leni feels with the rural folks. To reach the far flung places first is good(then address the cities). Ito yung hindi abot ng surveys. Sila yung mga sorpresa sa bilangan ng balota.
Tink yo ng marami, WGV!!!
I endorse Gian’s idea (giancarloangulo — December 13, 2015 at 3:29 pm).
Always welcome, NH! Thank you for the “endorsement.” Hahaha!
https://joeam.com/2015/12/10/mar-roxas-the-man-the-myth-the-legend/#comment-152103 – heto ang isang magandang payo galing sa kaibigan nating si LCPL_X, kapag may problema:
1. pagbati Opening or attention getter – Address the individual. “Hey Chief,” or “Captain Smith,” or “Bob,” or however the name or title that will get the person’s attention.
2. anong problema? State your concern – Express your analysis of the situation in a direct manner while owning your emotions about it. “I’m concerned that we may not have enough fuel to fly around this storm system,” or “I’m worried that the roof might collapse.”
3. anong sitwasyon? State the problem as you see it – “We’re showing only 40 minutes of fuel left,” or “This building has a lightweight steel truss roof, and we may have fire extension into the roof structure.”
4. anong solusyon? State a solution – “Let’s divert to another airport and refuel,” or “I think we should pull some tiles and take a look with the thermal imaging camera before we commit crews inside.”
5. anong gagawin NATIN? Obtain agreement (or buy-in) – “Does that sound good to you, Captain?” These are often difficult skills to master, as they may require significant changes in personal habits, interpersonal dynamics, and organizational culture.
Mahirap kasi sa ating mga Pilipino, dinadaan natin sa pagkatulala, tapos sa pagtatampo, tapos sa galit, minsan hindi tayo nakikinig sa isa’t-isa, hindi tinitignan kung saan galing ang kabila.
Galing man sa Tuguegarao, Maynila, Naga, sa Cebu o Davao, magusap sana ng matino
“Mahirap kasi sa ating mga Pilipino, dinadaan natin sa pagkatulala, tapos sa pagtatampo, tapos sa galit, minsan hindi tayo nakikinig sa isa’t-isa, hindi tinitingnan kung saan galing ang kabila”.
Sabi nga tayong mga Pilipino ay emosyonal. Kung may sitwasyon, inuuna ang emosyon bago maging rasyonal at nang sa gayon matingnan at matukoy ano ba ang problema, himayin kung ano ang magiging solusyon. Sa mga highly technical pong mga tao, naiintindihan nila ito, kasama ka na doon Ireneo at karamihan ng mga nag-aambag sa blog dito. At kasama na rin po ang mga sinasabing technocrats na katulad ni Mar dahil “scientific” ang pamamaraan ng pag-ayos nila ng problema. Kami mag-asawa ay nasa aviation industry at gaya ninyo, “rationality” ang pinananaig upang maresolba ang isang problema at sitwasyon. Ang tinutukoy ng ehemplo sa itaas ay literally angkop sa propesyon ng asawa ko dahil kailangan solusyonan ang problema sa takdang oras na madalas ay limitado dahil kailangang umalis ang eroplano sa takdang oras na hindi nakukumprumiso ang seguridad ng pasahero. May panahon na kailangan ayusin ang problema, 2 araw na walang tulog.
Stressful na propesyon, kahit nasa bakasyon kami 24/7 bukas ang duty phone kahit nasaang dako. Malaking bagay na huwag pairalin ang pagiging emosyonal at maging “cool” at “level headed” sa lahat ng oras.
Ang rationality ano ang katumbas nito sa Tagalog o Cebuano? Kaya bilib sana ako kay Digong dahil iyong Dabaw napatakbo niya pati 911 meron na sila. Parang apo ni Barok na nagpatakbo ng siyudad sa paraan na mahusay kahit na simple lang ang dating niya.
MRT may coach, pero walang makina paano tatakbo iyon, sabi ni Digong. Iyong namang approach ni Mar malayo sa pag-iisip ng maraming taongbayan, akala nila tuloy boladas. Nasanay na kasi sila na bolahin sila ng mga mayayaman na politiko, kaya di naniniwala.
Ngayon apo ni Barok punta Maynila, takot lahat burgis. Napipilitang mag-isip kung bakit nila napabayaan ang mga nasa kabila ng Great Philippine Divide. Iyong mga “brown” na Pilipino… si Binay naman doon sa mga “itim” na Pilipino malakas… tayo dito dirty white.
Nadidismaya minsan ang Nanay kong Aleman sa Tatay kong Bikolano… kapag problema sa kotse nagagalit… sinasabi niya sige iwan na natiin sa tabi ng daan, sindihan natin at magtaxi na lang tayo… ganyan ang mga iilang botante ngayon… tayo rito mga “Aleman”.
Hindi naman nangyari iyong sinabi ng Tatay ko kapag nagagalit… tulad din na hindi rin nangyari iyong sinasabi ng tiyo kong taga-Legaspi sa asawa niyang burgis (Ileto) kapag naaartehan siya… “gagadanin kita” – papatayin niya raw… so let people cool down first.
Duterte is pikon. Mabuti na lang at matanda na. Salita na lang ang kaya. Kung hindi, lagi sigurong may suntukan sa campaign. Kung ang pikon ay talo,sana mai-apply din sa balota ito.
Sabi ni Duterte kahapon sasampalin niya si Mar pag nakita niya yong gagong yon. Abay, kung mangyayari ito, napakalaking publicity nito kontra kay Duterte at pabor kay Mar. Pero hindi naman ito gagawin ni Duterte kasi nga kagaya ng nababangit mo hanggang salita lang.
Rational-adj./(Merriam -Webster): based on facts or reasons and not emotions or feelings.
In Tagalog = makatwiran; matwid
Cebuano = makataronganon/rasonable
Waray = makatadungan
Is it mere coincidence? Matwid as in Matuwid. Or the Waray translation “Makatadungan” from the word “tadung” meaning “straight”.
Ok, kasamang Ryan, bakit nasa ikatlong pwesto pa rin ang ating manok?
Anong solusyon para bumulusong sya sa harapan?
Anong dapat gawin ng RoRo team?
Iyong sinabi ni Jose Amerikano na ginagawa nila tama iyon… sa sigasig dinadaan.
Hindi pinapansin masyado ang sosyal media… doon sila sa mga tao nagpupunta… humaharap sila sa tao at baka in three months time makikita natin ang epekto… patience.
Sana ay mali ang aking sapantaha na sa darating na Mayo meron na tayong bagong Presidente : si Meyor Rodrigo Du-dirty.
And over at Rappler, they were saying that this election will actually be decided by social media.
Something is amiss in the strategy.
Show better perspectives… the thing that was also amiss in the Fast Forward Video is that the only dark people were a construction worker and an ice cream vendor. Show how people can rise up and be more, or at least their kids… Joe’s thing about opportunities.
Micha, please join us in the social media. FB is sooooo popular even in the far flung rural areas in the provinces. I’m reaching Marinduque, Mindoro, Batangas, Samar, etc, etc.
Ireneo,
I’d only known about CRM from Gen. McChrystal’s “Team of Teams”, http://mcchrystalgroup.com/teamofteams/ , but that above is pretty much what Marines are also taught—- and why Tact is the grease that makes any assertive process work.
People will get butt-hurt, I don’t think Filipinos have monopoly of this, but when someone in your team makes a good case, his idea gets center stage until another better idea comes along.
Troop welfare & Mission accomplishment. Troop welfare concerns the morale and cohesion of the team or unit or entire organization, it’s important that everyones’ need are met in order to accomplish the mission,
but at the end of the day, it’s the mission that takes priority, how one feels is superseded by the mission, not the other way around. There’s work to be done.
Hehe that man looks like a typical “Jarhead” (Marine)
Thanks, I applied aspects of CRM in a critical project situation YESTERDAY..
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And I will practice it even more the next few days… critical new project… in Türkiye…
The aspect of avoiding butthurt is important… I said sorry I’m pushing but we gotta move.
Fortunately most in the team are goal-oriented and not personalistic, meaning butt-hurt.
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As for Philippine politics, Mar is the best choice, but all candidates have weaknesses.
Elections are for Senators, Congressmen, Governors, Mayor, Councils as well 2016.
The Filipino people will have to choose the right people at ALL levels for things to work.
Presidents don’t make the laws, the House does, local level in an archipelago counts.
And since almost all choices are dynastic families, Filipinos may need to apply CRM.
They will have to lead their leaders in a mature manner, not by griping like until now.
It is not true that rescuing street dwellers happened only because the pope came or Apec happened.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/690230/dswd-target-zero-street-dwellers-in-qc-manila-by-yearend
very good. this can be understood by the ordinary people in the streets. Better to have a flyer about this – komiks style!
Thanks, Hector! If ever, I hope it helps.
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Duterte just claimed Roxas did not graduate from Wharton.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/747286/duterte-hits-back-at-roxas-says-wharton-cred-is-a-myth
This should sink one of these two.
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I would like to find out myself. But, I can’t help making this statement: wouldn’t something like — to prove it is not a myth, show the people your diploma or a certified statement from Wharton in keeping with Duterte the lawyer, rather than about asking for an image of Mar with a Toga and Mar’s mother present during the graduation. What a rather childish statement from the scourge of drug dealers.
Wikipedia-List of Wharton School Alumni:
“As of 2014, 92,000 alumni in 150 countries, 6053 in Asia….”
Bongbong Marcos included, under “Government, Law, Non-profit”
I was looking for Mar Roxas under “Finance”, no Mar Roxas under “Finance”, or other categories.
http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/archives/detail.html?id=ARCHIVES_20020816002
https://repo.library.upenn.edu/djatoka/resolver?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&svc_id=info:lanl-repo/svc/getRegion&svc_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:jpeg2000&svc.format=image/jpeg&rft_id=archives_20020816002&svc.level=3&svc.rotate=
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wharton_School_alumni
Bert,
Those are the present sectors they are in,not the courses.
Mar can also be found under Government,like Bong Bong.
karl, hindi ko maintindihan ang ibig mong sabihin, sorry. Sabi doon sa heading, Wharton School Alumni, mali ba ang Wikipedia?
My understanding of it is that the lists of people in there are Wharton School alumni and included after the names of those graduates are the sectors they’re in as of 2014, not the courses.
Mali ba ang intindi ko?
Parehong nasa Govyerno ngayon si BongBong At Mar.Kaya sa Gobyerno mo sya mahahanap hindi sa Finance.Dahil hindi naman sya sa finance Sector sa ngayon.
Tama ka, karl, nandoon nga pangalan ni Mar Roxas, na overlooked ko, under Government. Sorry guys.
Pero, hindi ba talaga lists ng mga alumni iyon? Kung hindi, saan makikita ang mga records ng Wharton na nagsasabi na graduate si Mar doon, alam mo?
Search for Roxas and you will find him wil
Later, Gian. Thanks for your earlier comments. Made my day.
This link may be of help —
PENN NOTABLES: Penn’s National Administrators in Foreign Governments Roster of Alumni, Faculty, and Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/notables/political/pennworld.html
It contains the names, among others, of:
– Solitas COLLAS-MONSOD
– Gregory DOMINGO
– Vincent PEREZ, Jr.
– Raul S. ROCO
– Manuel A. ROXAS II
The description on Manuel A. ROXAS II is as follows:
Born 1957; University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in Econ., 1979 (Bachelor of Science in Economics, Wharton School); Representative of the First District of Capiz to the Congress of the Philippines, 1993-1998; Secretary of Trade and Industry of the Philippines, 2001-present; living.
Oh, I get it. Duterte doesn’t really want to become president. His latest gaffe on Mar Roxas’s Wharton reputation proves it. He is just amusing himself and his horde. Actually, he is showing us how intellectually-inept (a.k.a. stupid) some of us are by looking at a human-rights violator as the country’s savior. Don’t you see the irony?
I too believe that Duterte does not really want to be President, especially now that he realizes several things:
– at 70, he is not as young to tackle the job;
– as a candidate now, subject to the Comelec certification of his CoC, he suddenly realizes in stark terms the enormity of the job, for which his oftentimes incredible unthinking remarks is no match; and thus he is not cut out for the job;
– he is thus, as you said having a lot of fun on everybody.
The sad part or irony of it is that Pimentel and Cayetano — who thought they can gain politically from this — is instead losing from this, if not putting themselves part of the laughing stock. Sayang.
I disagree. I think he wants to be president. I also think he is emotionally unbalanced, an outlyer to common civility. We strive for dignity for women and free speech and truth, and this guy drives us back into darkness. He is what we should be moving away from as fast as we possibly can.
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NHerrera, thanks.
Given the evidence, the conclusion is inescapable: Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte is proved to be a LIAR and a CHEAT.
Now the question is: what should the honorable senators do, the ones who support him and who would foist this wreck of a man on the nation?
Senators Pimentel and Cayetano, who were like white knights in destroying Binay’s candidacy, have some explaining to do.
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Welcome. I was typing the post above before I read your note. My note contains a comment on Pimentel and Cayetano.
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As they say, great minds — who are in their 70’s but have gray cells half their age — think alike.
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What is scary is his temper. He got pissed because Roxas made statements he didn’t like (“Duterte justice would return us to the dark ages”), so he set out to personally attack Roxas, to “execute” him in vindictive fashion.
One is reminded of him making the foreigner eat a cigarette butt because he challenged Duterte’s authority.
One gains a better sense of the horror (for personal security) that would be the Philippines under a guy so emotionally unstable and indiscriminate.
I really like conversations like this. Is this true? I hope it is. 🙂
I once asked our maid kung sino ivovote niya. I was surprised when she said “Siyempre yung manok ni Pnoy, si Mar. Sus kung hindi dahil sa kanila wala sanang 4Ps. Tapos may daan na kami ngayon. Noon pa yan pangako ng mga nakaupo sa posisyon. Ngayon lang talaga natupad.”
I’m glad to hear this. Sana maraming tao ang ganito yung nakikita ang magagandang nagawa ng administration. Problema lang kasi sa ibang Pinoy they want immediate results.. kaya naman di nila nakikita ang mga magandang nagawa kasi the administration didn’t meet their expectations.
I hope it’s real life, too!
Hi! May tanong po ako regarding po sa Overpriced Fire truck na binili daw po ng DILG? Was it cleared na ba? All I know is the price of the fire truck is 8 million not really 20 million. Thank you po and God Bless! 🙂
This kind of condescending article is why Mar Roxas will not win.
I now know why I had the gut feeling it could sound condescending to some people… the present administration has improved the lives of many people… but in menial jobs. Even BPO is menial for the most part.. asenso ang hanap ng tao… alam ko iyan sa migrante.
If Mar Roxas can go ONE STEP FURTHER and show Edward and Kaycee’s maids how they can advance if they want to, sell K-12, K-12+ and more better, he can win… but only then.
You have to start somewhere. The country is “sira” for sure, so we start from the very bottom. It’s the conscience that’s speaking, not a person who can lecture Edward. Edward already knows the facts, he is just processing them in soliloquy, monologue or his own conscience speaking. Did I answer your question, Irineo?
Boy Lobo, same reply to your comment. Thanks!
His conscience speaking to him was the reason why I wrote you the article is OK… inspite of some strange gut feeling I had… pero hindi klaro kung gutom lang ako o pagod noon.
But the main point still is the one of Bert – ano ang kinabukasan ng mga ordinaryong Pilipino… endo lang tulad ni Edward, katulong ni Kaycee, construction worker sa “Fast Forward” o kaya ice cream vendor doon? Idaan ko sa pagiging abogadong demonyo (devil’s advocate) para maliwanag ang tanong: ang ordinaryong Pilipino ba hanggang OFW lang sa sariling bansa habang mga “dilaw” ang sasayaw sa gitna ng rotonda? Kung ganyan sa Singapore na lang sila mas maayos pa ang patakbo doon. “That is the ask”.
But ALL ruling groups in the Philippines so far have been like that… basta tayo busog, kahit maghirap o magutom ang iba… Duterte’s people are even worse, basta tayo buhay, sila patay. Of course being an endo is better than what Edward had before… but that is something he can have as an OFW elsewhere… and remember the suspicion that Mar Roxas could be simply a modern haciendero… a lot of the press goes in that direction.
His actions show he wants more – PNP and LGUs mean he wants a safe country first, then a country well run nationwide… so he DOES think of his people… stereotypes are wrong. But who among his followers has understood that? I wonder even in his own circles.
Because the divide between educated and masa is like the old divide between house slaves and plantation slaves in the American South. The masters always won the game, now Mar has transcended the master-slave stuff, question is have Filipinos understood?
@Will Villanueva
Attended Ateneo de Naga? How you write reminds me the four pillars. Kudos! This will be understood by the grassroots easily.
Isang ‘endo’ end of contract worker ang magre-represent ng magandang kinabukasan para sa mga Pilipino? At gagawing battle cry ni Mar Roxas sa kampanya para umangat ang kanyang approval sa mga botante. At gagawing komiks na ipamamahagi sa mga botante sa kampanya? Huwag naman po at sigurado ng talo ang manok natin niyan. Ang baba naman ng target ni Mar sa pag unlad ng ating bansa kung ang kanyang magiging halimbawa (example) sa kanyang layunin na gumanda at umunlad ang bansa ay larawan ng isang ‘endo’ contract worker lamang lalo sa panahon ngayon na binabatikos ng mga ‘kalaban’ ang umiiral na contractualization law.
How is it in Albay? I can just see what Governor Salceda (former bank manager) posts…
just posted now: Pater in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum – Luke 23:46
JTWC no. 9 – direct hit on Albay and 240kph or a supertyphoon in the scale of Pagasa.
Example lang ito, Bert. Of course, maraming audience segments. Mahaba pa. Isip-isip muna tayo. Parang patak ng tubig sa bato yan. Habang tumatagal, lumalambot ang bato, nauuka ng patak ng tubig.
Siraulo ang blogger nito! Pinapalabas mong si Mar Roxas ang dapat iboto ng bayan. Asaan na ang Typhoon YOLANDA Donation Funds? Imagine Billion Dollars ang Donations pero hanggang ngaun di maramdaman ng mga nasalanta ng bagyo..inuna pang mabulok! Itutuloy daw ang daang matuwid eh simula palang kay Cory Aquino unti unti nang naghirap ang Pilipinas, pinapaboran kasi ang mga mayayaman pati may ari ng korporasyon, hacienda etc. Sinasabi mong walang nagawa ang Marcoses eh nung panahon ni Marcos mayaman pa ang Pilipinas, takot gumawa ng krimen ang mga tao!
Isa-isang sinisingit ng blogger nito ang mga walang batayang kasiraan ng lahat ng Presidentiables maliban kay Mar! Kitang kita kung kaninong kampon ang blogger nito!
Lalo na nung airaan ng blogger si Miriam Santiago! Ag gago ng blogger, tama bang kapag naging Presidente si Miriam automatic na na VP na si BongBong Marcos? Baket isa nlng ba ang bilangan ng boto sa Pres. At VP? PagBinoto mo si Miriam automatic si Bongbong ang VP kaya dapat di iboto si Miriam? Isa pa, tama bang ikondisyon ang isipan ng botante na may taning na ang buhay ni Miriam? Bakit Diyos ka ba? Dahil wala kang ibang maisira kay Miriam ididikit mo ang kaairaan ng Marcoses sa kanya!
Napakatangang opinyon ng blogger, mga pawang imahinasyon talaga ang tema ng sulatin mo.
Maaaring tama o mali ang paratang mo kina Binay at Duterte pati ang paninira mo kay Poe pero hanggang imahinasyon ka nalang sa paninira dahil wala ka namang batayan sa mga sinasabi mo! Hanggat walang napapatibay sa korte hindi mo dapat sabihing kriminal ang isang tao or yung sinabi mong madaming pending court cases about summary execution sa Davao, eh kamusta naman ang pending court cases sa Hacienda Luisita? Ang maguindanao massacre? Ang SAF44?
Isa lang ang ibig sabihin ng blog mu, PANINIRA sa ibang kandidato para iboto ai Mar Roxas!
Ginagawa mong bobo ang mga botante at mga contractual workers sa blog mong ito!
Hello, Jenny. How are you? How do you feel? What is the problem with this blogger? What is he doing against you? or against your choice? Is there basis on your claim? What do you think is the solution? What are we going to do?
Hi Thea! Hi Jenny! Iyo, Jenny, Ateneo de Naga. Thanks. Ikaw naman, Jenny, ang dami ko nang latay sa ‘yo, ha. Relax lang. Konsensya ni Edward ang nagsasalita. Isang araw lang ito sa buhay niya. Alam mo yung salitang God bless you? Kapag worthy yung sinabihan mo, mable-bless talaga siya. Pero kung hindi, babalik yung blessing sa nagsabi ng God bless you. Ganun din sa mura o paninira. Kapag deserving ang minura o ang sinisiraan mo, tagos hanggang buto ang mura mo. Paktay siya. Pero kung hindi, guess kung kanino pupunta ang negativity? Easy lang. Hindi makukuha sa murahan ang debate. Wala akong kino-convict. Isip lang lahat ito ng isang botanteng nagngangalang Edward. O, ano, okay ka ba, nakahinga ka ba ng maluwag kasi naghasik ka ng dilim? O hindi ka na makahinga dyan kasi bumalik sa ‘yo lahat ng pinagbababato mo? Friends tayo. For the Philippines tayo palagi.
Relax lang Jenny. Pwede mo namang iparating ang punto mo na walang pagmumura. Sabihin na nating galit ka. Pero galit man ay pwedeng pa ring maging magalang.
Jenny, sang-ayon ako kay Will, olingliteratus at kay Thea. Relaks ka lang, baka ka ma high blood. Ang bait ni Will, minura mo na nang sagad sa buto, mahinahon pa rin.
Sinabi mo:
“Isa lang ang ibig sabihin ng blog mu, PANINIRA sa ibang kandidato para iboto ai Mar Roxas! ”
Alin doon ang paninira? Di ba totoo naman na may Stage 4 lung cancer si Miriam Santiago? Di ba sa kanya na ring bibig nanggaling ito? At sang-ayon sa mga doktor, ang Stage 4 lung cancer ay parang death warrant na kasi sa ngayon, wala pang siguradong gamot na makakapgbigay ng kompletong kagalingan sa saki na ito. Personal kong alam ito dahil ang tatay ko ay namatay sa sakit na yan.
Paninira ba na sabihin na si Duterte ay mamamatay tao, e sa bibig din nya nanggaling yan ah. Hindi lang isa, o dalawa ang pinatay nya ng walang paglilitis, mahigit pa sa 2. Diktador pa daw sya at NPA supporter. Sa bibig din nya galing yan, hindi kay Will, ang blogger.
Kay Binay – tama si Edward…ang daming ebidensya ng pagnanakaw na inilabas na hindi niya pinasinungalingan dahil diumano – sa bibig ni Nancy Binay ito nanggaling, ha – hindi ka-level ng tatay nya ang mga senador na nasa committee na nagsagawa ng imbestigasyon. Nagisisinungaling ba ang AMLC? Jenny, ang documento at rekord ay di nagisisinungaling o naninira..E di ba karapatan natin na malaman ang katotohanan bilang mga botante, so by extention, di rin tayo ka-level ng tatay niya. Pero sa kampanya, sali sya sa boodle fiesta – ano yun nagkulkunwatring ka-level nya ang mga masa?
Kay Poe – nagdesisyon na ang Comelec, iaakyat na sa Korte Suprema ang mga disqualification cases, pero subukan mong basahin ang buong desisyon – nasa rappler yun, Jenny. Hindi yun paninira kasi batas at mga kaso na nadesisyunan na ng Korte Suprema nang mga nakaraang mga taon. Walang personalan, issues lang, Jenny. At dito Konstitusyon ang dapat sinusunod at di personal na paniniwala. At isa pa- sino ba ang mga nakapligid kay Poe ngayon? mga dating cronies o tagasunod ni Marcos.
Kay BBMarcos – matuto tayo sa kaysaysayan. May isip na si Bongbong nang mapalayas ang mga magulang nya. Sinubukan nya ng makuha ang nakaw na yaman nila na nasa Switzerland. At bilib na bilib sya sa tatay nya, the best president ever daw. wala na dapat tayong masasabi na pandagdag diyan. Hindi sya iba sa tatay nya. Kailangang linawin yan para di magkamali ang mga kabataan at maiboto pa si BBM, disgrasyang malaki.
Escudero – Anak ng dating Agriculture minister ni Marcos. Ang mga financiers nila ay mga may kinalaman din kay Marcos. Gusto nya manalo sila ni Poe para pag na-disqualify si Poe, sya ang magiging presidente, ganun din kung si Miriam kung manalo ang kanser sa katawan nya. Lamang siya sa survey ngayon kaya pag nanalo ang sinoman kay Poe o Miriam, siya na ang uupo. Delikado tayo nyan
Honasan – maraming ari-ariang nagkakahalaga na milyong milyong piso ang nasira, mga buhay na nakitil dahil sa kudeta nya, gusto mong bumalik tayo sa ganitong situwasyon?
Cayetano, Pimentel – dati bilib ako sa ipinaglalaban nila. pero ano ito at itinutulak nilang kumandidato ang isang Duterte na mamamatay tao ayon sa kanyang sariling salita, diktador at NPA supporter? Salamat at ibinulgar nila ang pagnanakaw ni Binay pero naman, naman..Duterte? asaan ang kanilang sinumpaang tungkuling na ipagtanggol ang konstitusyon at batas? haay naku.
So sino na ang natira – si Mar na wala silang maibato kundi mga personal na imperpeksyon, Jenny lahat tayo ay di perpekto. Diyos lang ang perpekto hind tao. Pero wala syang rekord ng pagnanakaw, marami ng nagawa at maganda ang kuwalipikasyon, may sapat na karanasan. Kelangan natin ng patuloy na pag usad, hindi paatras. Kailangan natin ng isang bise president na susuporta sa presidente at hindi isang katulad ni VP Binay na ang mga mata ay nakatuon na agad sa kampanyang pang presidente isang minuto matapos manumpa bilang bise.
RORO tayo.
Very well said… the next step is to put together what Mar has done and how it has benefitted the country… his national government experience of so many years.
OK he has made mistakes… but he has shown how he learns from every mistake that is important, not like some people who make the same mistakes again and again.
The important thing is to balance mistakes vs. accomplishments… and to show that he dared move things in a country were very few things are moved.. because of inertia.
Ramon Bautista
11 December at 03:56
Mapanghusgang mundo ng internet. Hindi ako nagpapaka self righteous. Si Mar malamang hindi rin. Walang perpekto sa mundo. Tumingin tayo beyond the personality. Puro kayo batikos na walang basehan. Kesho may artista sa video, bayad agad. Kesho pinagtitripan ang fistbump, traydor na sa pananampalataya. Ang icomment nyo ay wag mura at salitang pabalang. Magtanong kayo ng maayos at wag puro husga at inuuna ang emosyon. Mag isip tayo para sa future ng bansa. Demokrasya ito and your vote is as good as mine. Ito ang opinyon ko at kung ayaw nyo syang iboto, edi wag. Wag nyo sabihin hindi ko kayo sinabihan ng kakayahan at plataporma ni Mar. Wag puro meme ang binabasa. Research-research din pag may time.
Bakit si Mar? Eto ang ilang bagay na hinahanap ko sa magiging presidente: 1. Tutok sa edukasyon 2. May solusyon sa trapik 3. Hindi ako nanakawan at 4. May mga sustainable na paraan para umunlad ang ekonomiya para sa nakararami.
Nagresearch ako at ito ang nakita ko. (So far).
Pagpapatuloy ng focus sa EDUKASYON:
-RA 7880 Roxas Law pantayang budget para sa mga state universities and colleges sa buong bansa
– 180,000 bagong classrooms nabuo sa loob ng 5 taon. Mas marami yan sa naitayo kaysa mula pa nung 1986.
– Personal computers for public schools program kung saan 30,000 computers ang naipadala sa 2000 public high schools nationwide
– K-12 system. Secondary education pa lang, may skills ka na at mas ready ka sa college. World standard ito.
– 4Ps condional cash transfer program. Sinisigurado na ang pamilya ng mga magaaral ay may pang baon at pambili ng school supplies. 65b ang ilalaan dyan. Ang condition lang dyan e dapat laging healthy at pumapasok ang bata sa school. 4P – Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program ni Mar Roxas – Leni Robredo.
Galawang EKONOMIYA/Poverty alleviation/Job opportunities
– Mar Roxas pasimuno ng call center/BPO revolution
– Solusyon sa trapik sa edsa: gawing isang kumpanya nalang ng bus ang mag ooperate. Matinong sweldo sa driver at konduktor para hindi sila mag box-outan sa daan. Syempre habang hinihintay natin ang decentralization ng malalaking syudad, yan muna ang solusyon.
– Budget sa infrastructure
2010: 170billion, 2015: 580billion, 2016:800 billion pantayo ng highway, ports, mga building
– Karapatan Localized funding for 1490 municipalities. Makikinabang sa sektor ng agrikultura at pangingisda. Mar-Leni program din yan.
– Bottom up budgeting pambili ng motorized bancas, gps fish finders, fishing nets
– 6percent economic growth in the past 5 years na nakafocus sa “inclusive growth”, yan yung kasama ang mahihirap sa mga umuunlad
– RA 8759 Public Employment Service Office sa bawat munisipyo. Bale laging may job fair
– Tax reform, wala nang babayarang income tax ang nasa minumum wage
– Micro, small and medium scale development and magna carta
KALUSUGAN AT HEALTH CARE ng Pilipino
– Pinatibay na Philhealth
– Cheaper medicine act
– Drug prices regulation board
HUMAN RIGHTS and peace and order
– pagpush ng decriminalization ng libel. Ok lang ang mapanghusgang mundo ng media. Hindi ka basta basta makakasuhan
– human security act of 2007 naisabasura dahil nakokompromiso nito ang kalayaan ng bawat pilipino. Gusto mo ba makapkapan mg random? Gusto mo ba makulong dahil muka kang terorista?
– Oplan Lambat-Sibat napababa ang crime volume 2013:218119 crime volume 2015: 168285
At syempre malinis ang kanyang record pagdating sa graft and corruption. Kasama pa dyan ang pagsulong nya sa freedom of information bill.
Kaya ako, Mar Roxas-Leni Robredo ang boto ko.
Maraming salamat.
Ang babait nyo…ako hindi, so I will say sira ulo at gago ka din Jenny!
gago ang makabasa nitong posting.
nephew, ito lang ang gusto nyang iparating. kaya awa at timpi na lang ang ibigay para lang matapos na. Ay, ‘tang na!
sonny, pinasakit mo ang tiyan ko sa pagtawa sa huli mong tinuran…akala ko seryoso at mahinahon…wahahaha!
Mary Grace, na-remember ko kasi noong kapanahunan namin mayroong talkshow host who always ended his critique with “bato-bato sa langit ang tamaan ay huwag sana pong magagalit.” My last line is my version of “bato-bato…” para hindi naman ako ma-shortchange. ha ha 🙂
ha ha :-):-):-)
Slogans and promises of all candidates is a clear proof of system failure in our electoral system. Exactly the same lines have been uttered by all presidentiables,( with the exception of a few) ever since the Philippines became a republic. “Halika! Ayosin natin ang Pilipinas!” “Walang iwanan” “Sama-sama tayo””Tayo na sa tamang daan” etc. Do we really deserve to be treated as idiots or are we just calloused and accustomed to our present system that even newcomers like Grace Poe has no trouble adjusting to trapo mode. Even Duterte enjoys every scorn and mockery he throws at the voting population, media and all, WE deserve more than this. COMELEC should have upgraded the selection process so as to focus on specific issues and tangible solutions to actual social problems and governance, such as practiced by the US and formerly developing countries. Now, we are already left behind by our Asian neighbors because of our stupid politics. I do hope that the former Chief Justice Renato Puno succeeded in urging Congress to include the question on Charter Change in the upcoming election, because I believe this is what we need.
The problem are the voters themselves…
The set of questions I put above is a blueprint for stuff to discuss… steer the focus away from just candidates to issues and programs.
http://filipinogerman.blogsport.eu/personalities-versus-politics/
Know WHY you are for a certain candidate… in every important matter of policy. As for Duterte show how far back he is in terms of evolution of order.
http://filipinogerman.blogsport.eu/evolution-of-order/
Mar right now is like Jeb in the face of a Trump onslaught. And the trumpthinkable just might happen. To counter Mayor Do-dirty’s surge, Mar needs to show some ideological passion.
Maybe something like this :
But certainly not this :
http://www.trbimg.com/img-5633f950/turbine/mc-20151029edloc-a-jpg-20151030/1050/1050×591
Napakaganda, pang masa at makakapagbigay ng “sense of direction” sa marami nating kababayan ang sinulat mo na ito, Wilfredo.
Nakatawag pansin sa aking ang linya na “maski na maraming bumabatikos kay Pres Aquino”. Pero sa kabila ng mga batikos, napapatunayan pa rin ni President Aquino sa mga kritiko na siya ang pinaka best na “Taga-Ingat Yaman” ng ating bansa kasi nakakabili siya ng nga brand new Jets, helicopters at iba pang mga gamit pang depensa ng bansa. Napatunayan din niya ang mahusay na pagpapalakad niya ng ekonomiya, pangkabuhayan at mga infrastaktura. Dahil sa magandang hangad niya para sa bansa sinusuportahan siya ng maraming foreign governments. Napakalaking bagay ang suporta ng mga foreign governments para sa depensa at ekonomiya ng bansa.Thank goodness, kasi kailan lang ay mga responsableng media people at iba pang organisayon ang marunong mag appreciate sa sa napakagandang mga bagay na na nagagawa ni Pres Aquino sa bansa. Ginawaran siya ng award na “Most Outstanding Exemplar Award” noong December 11. Pero sa kabila niyan, naniniwala pa rin ako na kailangan pa rin na dumami pa ang mga organisasyon at mga taga medya na nag aappreciate sa mabuting ginagawa ng sinuman na Pinuno ng ating bansa. Ang mga sumusuporta sa mabuting gawa ay maituturing natin sila na 100% na nagmamamalasakit sa ating bansa. Sana may sumuporta sa kanila na malalaking businessmen at politicians na magtatatag ng bagong newspaper, news sites, radyo at television station para sa bansa na ang layunin ay sabihin ang ang tunay na performance ng ng isang lider, hindi ang propaganda para sa personal na politikal interes ng politikong hindi tapat ang hinahangad para sa bayan. Kasama riyan sa mga responsableng writers si Joeam at si Raissa at mga staffs nila. Sa matitino na gawain mabuting bagay na isinusulat ng mga writers at bino broadcast ng mga komentarista, makakakatulong yan sa mga voters na mag decide kung sino ang ang dapat na ihalal na kandidato tuwing eleksyon. Makakatulong din ito sa survey ratings ng mga iniindorsong kandidato ng matinong liderato. Bagama’t di ako masyadong naniniwala sa opinion poll o survey kasi, imho, madali lang manipulahin ang survey kung sasadyain. Halimbawa kung ang isang survey firm ay gustong manipulahin ang survey results madali lang, sa pamamagitan lang ng pagpili ng 1,000 participants na magbibigay ng favorable results sa papaburan na kandidato. Maniniwala lang ako sa survey kung may mga independent monitoring group na nagmo monitor sa mga nagka conduct ng survey. Makakatulong ito para may nagpapatunay ng accuracy ng results.
Ganda ng comment mo, HighFiive. Mabuti andyan ka. Thanks.
Sana maging topic din ng inyong blogsite kung ano ang opinion ng mamamayan sa mga survey at sa media. Sa tingin ko interesting para mamamayan at pati sa mga kandidato ang topic na ganyan. Kasi kung pinupulsuhan ng mga nagka conduct ng survey ang mga kandidato na pagpipilian ng tao, maganda rin siguro na naipapaabot din ng tao kung ano opinion nila sa survey. Kumbaga, two way street.
Irineo and Gian, High Five has a point. Can you do the numbers on early fast starters who fold at the homestretch? Could be a featured article, don’t you think?
A corollary question: who is the Frankenstein who built or promoted this Uncontrollable Character offered to us in the guise of a savior or leader — Cayetano or Pimentel?
Ok, Mar lobbed a Davao myth statement. Duterte has to counter. Fine. It is called political tit for tat. Would it not have been a simple matter of asking Cayetano or Pimentel or his staff to do a due diligence, considering their cyber logistics, before opening his mouth about Roxas and his Wharton credentials? Something that can be verified? And boomerang if not true? Uncontrollable Character indeed.
Saving the best for last may not work in an election. First is best in any marketing campaign. Work on this guys. Can’t allow this situation to persist as it will spell DOOM for Mar.
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Binay was in first?
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Wil,
I get the gist that it’s some sort of dialogue on the candidates, and from the photo, it’s the burger-flipper that’s the heart of this article.
Over here, the guy flipping burgers used to be teen-age kids or college kids, making ends meet. It’s not meant to be a career, just something to do for the summer or while in school, to make some extra cash— not meant to raise a family.
Lately, though over here, more and more people are working for McDonald’s or Wal-Mart, on minimum wage, and they are doing so in attempt to raise a family or with this notion that this work is a “career”. That’s pretty scary.
There’s legislation in the works now over here that will make community colleges (2 year colleges) FREE. But at the same time, the pattern now is to raise the minimum wage. The minimum wage was suppose to be the motivation (ie., this work sucks & the pay sucks) that gets these people into 2 year colleges.
So Wil, what other options, does this Edgar have? What programs, or legislations, are in place to remedy this? Can Bam Aquino’s Negosyo Centers play a role in Edgar’s life?
sorry, it’s Edward.
I may have hit upon a mother lode which can be dynamite to blow up in our faces, or gold for the campaign to capitalize on. I just wanted to say that malls house not only upstart businesses but also upstart Steve Jobses as well. There’s the move to end the contractualization law, which is good, although Mar has yet to dig into this. The K to 12 program is of course a PNoy legacy. Bam Aquino’s stoking of entrepreneurial fire is another, as you pointed out. Point being made is that diligent youths have an option vs. loitering in the kanto, prey to drug lords or petty crime. Not exactly a Band-Aid solution to unemployment, the tolerance for endos, given all of the above. Not sure if I answered your question well, Lance, considering my surprise for your consequent question.
“I just wanted to say that malls house not only upstart businesses but also upstart Steve Jobses as well.”
Ooppss. I think I completely missed the point of the article then, Wil. So it was more a commentary on Filipino bosses? If so, I just watched a really cool documentary last nite about Dean Kamen, http://www.slingshotdoc.com/ , not only about him but his Vapor Compression Distiller, https://vimeo.com/132461173
The Slingshot is simpler and more portable. All of these purifiers work by vapor compression distillation. Drug companies use the same method to purify water for use in medicines. The U.S. Navy has used the method to desalinate drinking water.
Drug company and submarine versions aren’t practical for developing countries, though. They’re too big to move and need technicians on call.
Dean Kamen once ran down a partial list of what this process can purify: the ocean; water laced with arsenic, poison, heavy metals, viruses and bacteria; liquid at a chemical waste site; or the contents of a latrine. Remarkably, all it takes is boiling and re-liquefying water at precise temperatures.
Dean Kamen is dyslexic, so never really was book smart, he instead did things with his hands. With so many Filipinos like Marius (our resident critical thinker), makers, people who makes things, get side-tracked, by pseudo-philosphers (or academics).
Are makers over there valued, and do they have support? For Steve Jobs it was his Dad, then his friend, Steve Woz.
Lance, Steve Jobs when he was starting, not when he was a boss. Edward, no matter his circumstances, had a vision for the future. “Magsumikap” is the grunt’s way of saying Semper Fi.
Dean Kamen came up with http://www.firstinspires.org/ after he realized American kids could name all sorts of Hollywood actors, celebrities and professional athletes, but can’t name any scientist or engineers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44dzZfP8-Mc
Thanks Will for also answering my question… the follow-up to your article in terms of the Mar campaign would be to show K-12, K-12+ – http://www.k-12plus.org/ – and what it is doing in pilot projects, to be rolled out nationwide at some point, to give industrial jobs to working-class young people, in German firms but not only, the Negosyo Center stuff… in reality Fast Forward the video shows aspects of all of that and is very cleverly made…
Now my analysis on Philippine society and candidates from my vantage point:
masters: old elite
house-slaves: office people
plantation slaves: masa
modern Filipinos: increasing – it is a mindset not the present status
Mar Roxas comes from the masters, but is more modern than many think.
Many of his supporters are modern, but also slaves who have benefitted (palamunin)
Duterte also comes from the provincial masters, and wants to kill errant slaves.
Some modern supporters, but mostly palamunin and wannabe whip-crackers.
Binay is a former slave turned master who wants to steal and feed palamunin.
Poe is modern, under the control of a young master, with no real plan for change.
Miriam thinks she is modern, but has palamunin and wannabe whip-crackers on her side.
YAN ANG PROBLEMA
KAPAG UTAK PULBURA
Sabi ni Duterte
Si Mar daw ay di Wharton
Humihingi pa ng toga
At litrato ng graduation
Kung di ba naman siya moron
Well documented po iyon
Baka confused siya kay Bongbong Marcos
Na peke ang datos
Buti na lang
Ang salita ay di bala
Kung hindi ay patay na
Si Mar at Santo Papa
Yan ang problema
Sa utak pulbura
Putok ng putok
Kahit parang ugok
Ang tanong naman ngayon
Ilan kaya sa mga pinapatay niya
Ang talagang may sala
Ilan kaya ang nadamay na inosente
Sa kanyang kampanya
Na shoot now, think later?
Ilan?
Ganda, Andrew.
Biliran is on Signal 2 on Nona. Batten down the hatches, Joe. Your regulars are minding the store here.
Roger that. Battened down with the seams taped. So far, not much wind, not much water.
Carry on.
Governor Salceda is using social media (as always) to give updates to Albay.
now like I wrote elsewhere – the people there have forged unity out of the worst calamities.
Gov. Joey I think knows his place is with his people and not at the national level.
Unlike Duterte he probably knows Filipinos as a whole have NO real unity yet.
He IS supporting Roxas though… and probably knows Mar’s effort is a bit quixotic – still.
https://www.facebook.com/jose.salceda.92?fref=ts
Be safe, Joe and family. May God be with you at all times.
What I don’t understand is why there are Duterte supporters who resort to logical fallacies and ad hominems just because there are people who do not support their candidate. While supporters of other candidates are sometimes guilty of this too (notably supporters of Roxas, based on my experience), Duterte’s supporters are by far the most vocal and the most extreme. Earlier today I was pointing out to Leah Navarro on Twitter that some Duterte supporters are using logical fallacies, then later my timeline is filled with supporters calling me “tanga”, “bobo”, and other expletives. I don’t like Duterte and while I have occasionally said to myself that some Duterte supporters don’t know how to think (a statement which I now regret), I have never once called his supporters, whether in public or in private, “bobo”. The worst part was when I posted to them links from The Economist and BBC about the safest cities in the world, and noted the absence of Davao. Rather than reading the articles and replying to me in a calm manner, they instead attack me, calling me “tanga”, and asking me to read Numbeo which does list Davao. I then pointed out that Numbeo’s methodology is questionable, and then they attack me again. I then decided to keep quiet for sanity’s sake.
Then again, people like Carlos Celdran are also at fault for provoking the proverbial hornet’s nest. He didn’t have to call them Dutertards (I used to use that term but I stopped after realizing that going down to their level isn’t going to help either side). But sending him death threats just because he doesn’t like Duterte? Really?
I have directly called some Duterte supporters not bobo, but maiksi ang isip, meaning they have the brains but don’t think things to their logical conclusion. Some explain though – rehab is financed and tried first, recidivists are punished. A workaround, courts don’t work.
Well, Celdran always was a provocateur. But death threats are normal for many of them, Gab Valenciano also got them, I got them and responded by telling them my address is on my webpage, you can try. Total gun ban in Germany, strong police, and good instincts…
The tone of many Dutertistas shows what the country would become if he wins the race. Now as for the Roxas degree, I also had the impression he was an MBA. Of course the arguments of Dutertistas are just “pilosopo” meaning illogical nonsense, pseudo-logical.
But Roxas also did NOT state clearly what kind of degree he has on his webpage and so. Like someone I once knew who always wrote “product of UP” on her webpage, meaning she had two years but not graduated. With Wharton people think MBA most of the time.
Roxas was not clear about just having a Bachelor’s. Not wrong, just clever presentation. Well I finished UP. UP Elementary School in 1978. OK that would really be a little brazen. With Roxas it was just good Mar-keting. Duterte was too stupid to attack it in the right way.
Well, at least now the issue can be settled. All Mar has to do is revise his profile and specify what he graduated from at Wharton. And if anything, he’s stil better than Bongbong who claimed to have graduated from Oxford even though he dropped out.
As for educational attainment, I for one don’t really care much about them. If you graduated from UP, then great, but that doesn’t mean that people who never finished college or even high school should be deprived of the right to lead or hold office. That’s discrimination. What I’m after is honestly of educational attainment, not necessarily attainment itself: I’d pick a candidate who is qualified and is honest about the fact that he only finished high school, than a candidate who is qualified but, while claiming to have finished an undergraduate course in UP and an MA in some foreign university, the truth is he faked those credentials.
Correct. It is not necessary to be highly educated. There are many educated idiots…
And Mar did not fake anything like Bongbong, so he is not Boy Recto like many say.
As for graduate/undergraduate, the poor understanding of English shows once more:
Graduate ibig sabihin iyong nakatapos. Nakatapos iyong may Bachelor. Kaya nga undergraduate course ang kukunin mo bago mag-Bachelor para makatapos di ba? Iyong mga nakatapos na, puwedeng mag-graduate course at mag-Masters, dagdag pa iyon.
That could be a template for arguing with people like that. Maybe even put a joke into it: Mar Roxas walang Masters, Bachelor lang. Until he married Korina. Naging Slave na siya.
Very well said…
….in Mar’s case, he has the experience, the right and true credentials, with no hint of corruption or human right issues, has executive and legislative experience. In his hands, all the programs and projects can be continued without interruption. Fast forward, continuity, enhance and expand them and minimize the perceived imperfections of the PNOY government. There is always room for improvement as nobody is perfect. Mar is da man. RORO!
I think it was Edgar who said Mar is honing the already sharp scalpel that is why he has been quiet for a while. Then some Duterte supporters are claiming Mar is just riding on Duterte’s “popularity”. I don’t know but it seems a stratagem by Mar, and it seems working. We’ll just have to confirm it with Giancarlo whether this one has translated into a lot of search hits for Mar. But the way the media has been in an uproar right now maybe something. Right, just let Duterte hit Mar real hard and like the way of the aikido make use of the force of the enemy and return it back to the enemy.
Aikido… most martial arts use some form of waiting for the first one to move… the first to move reveals his way of moving and the alert one who waits can find a weakness.
So Mar is more Japanese than we all think… maybe we should check his citizenship status.
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“So Mar is more Japanese than we all think… maybe we should check his citizenship status.”
Speaking of citizenship… after chempo commented on the micromanaged aspect of the naturalization process, and how it’s done one a case by case basis (karl), I picked up a book titled SPQR (this is a very popular tattoo for those in the military here).
Do you think more naturalized Filipinos is the answer? ie. folks like Joe and Peter Wallace. There’s already the dual-citizen route, but I’m saying for those in the Philippines who are non-Filipinos to give them access to privileges in their adopted country—- sure vet for Korean/Japanese gangsters, saboteurs, etc. (just like the vetting over there),
But the point is to open up the Philippines to more ideas, more vigor, and more variety, following the premise of this book,
“Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a “mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war” that served as the seat of power for an empire that spanned from Spain to Syria. Yet how did all this emerge from what was once an insignificant village in central Italy? In S.P.Q.R., world-renowned classicist Mary Beard narrates the unprecedented rise of a civilization that even two thousand years later still shapes many of our most fundamental assumptions about power, citizenship, responsibility, political violence, empire, luxury, and beauty.”
“…stupid to attack it in the right way.” Then Mar got him on this one…
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/428394/middle-class-isnt-disappearing-ramesh-ponnuru
In the US one report says the middle class is disapearing and one analysis say it is not.
Here the middle class is growing because of Overseas remmitances.
BPO was reported to overtake dollar remitances in terms of forex .
FDI is increasing thanks or no thanks to efforts of GMA.
BPO and FDI are great,but with enough patience and development,we can have a domestic industry.
We must play our cards right,and grow the economy.
We wish of No more comparison of SM salesladies to Rustans. One is prone to endo, one is more secure(as of now).
Contractualization can’t just end sorry to say,if you end it within the year or two,Small and medium sized enterprises will just shutdown and lead to more unemployment.If that happens our middle class will shrink too.
Modernization,technology should never be a cause of fear,but one step at a time and no shortcuts.
You shift to cargo by rail with out a zone or an almost one stop shop area for locating businesses,that cargo by rail move would be for naught.
Road networks and rail networks,zoning,national land use law must first be in place.
Those who want solutions as of yesterday,if think that way,they have another THINK coming.
This is now exactly why Mar does not appeal to the masses…..
In the Inquerer just now…
”Roxas to Duterte: Slap me if you can prove my Wharton degree is fake”
I slap you, if not you slap me…bla bla bla……… that.s not how they talk in the streets..
Why not..kick my arse…or even more powerful……”i withdraw my candidacy”….
Slapping is for…uuuuuhhhh…bitches?
You want to appeal to the regular people..start talking regular……….. Mar…
My opinion Po
Inquirer , sorry….my finger is tired, to much politics already… 😦
Joke from one of those on the FGLC FB page, about the threat of Digong to slap Mar:
Eh di sampalin niya, sasabunutan siya, parehong mga bak.. ha ha ha!
I think Mar does NOT have to talk street… a gentleman is always a gentleman, hold his own.
It’s more hilarious now, the circus show is turning into slapstick already..
Well, Duterte said slap first…i think the response was appropriate too. At any rate, at least Mar is showing that he can go on an offensive. My take.
Or Mar could have just said ” Slap me all you want if my Wharton degree is fake, but I am not gonna slap you if i am proven a Wharton Alumnus .. i’ll just pat your back and say – Nice try Digong, nice try – ” as what true gentleman would do. Just my two cents po.
Depressingly poignant.. We really have to get the message out otherwise the thieves, buffoons and naïve puppets might prevail.. Mar needs a good PR job especially for the millions of Edwards out there doing their best to improve their lives..
+1
So I told a Duterte supporter on Twitter that Mar did graduate from Wharton, and then he moves the goalposts claiming that “Wharton graduates only refer to MBA holders and not undergraduates”, claiming that Mar is an “undergraduate” and thus “did not graduate”. I then tod him the definition of an undergraduate, which means someone who is taking or took a bachelor’s degree, and then he says non sequiturs like “kakain si Mar ng bigas” (Mar is going to eat rice). When I showed him the GMA News link which stated that Wharton confirmed that Mar graduated from the school, the supporter simply told me something along the likes of “basta desperado na si Mar, Bye!” (Mar is Desperate).
I really hate to say this, but I’m becoming frustrated with the way of thinking that these vocal Duterte supporters have. They have many good points about Roxas and his incompetence, but the way they spew out non sequiturs and other fallacies, and even ignorance of the meaning of the term “undergraduate”, is disturbing.
Their makeup is similar to Neonazis or extreme violent leftists… these are probably people with a high degree of frustration, usually high testosterone that has nowhere to go, I once knew a violent rightist over here who had trouble finding girlfriends… so what drives them is archaic or primitive… when certain hormones flood the body the fight or flight response is activated… meaning the more modern parts of the brain no longer function… what comes are rationalizations driven by the reptilian and other simpler parts of the brain not logic.
These people usually calm down when they either learn martial arts or find a girlfriend… maybe they are on shabu or other strong drugs that make people agressive and illogical.
So you had the fight response first, then the flight response… let us ask LCPL_X about this.
I can understand the fight or flight stance. I took some behavioral science subjects so I’m familiar with it. What I don’t understand is when these vocal Duterte supporters are given rebuttals of their argument, they then throw ad hominemns, expletives, non sequiturs, etc., instead of proper and logical rebuttals.
These are the foot soldiers… they are not very logical to begin with.
I have discussed with a possible ringleader… they are cold, logical and prepared in their aggression… very much like the group leaders (Gruppenführer) that Neonazis have.
Honestly, I don’t know what’s worse/more disturbing: the irrational vocal Duterte supporters who throw ad hominems or immediately accuse anyone against them of being/coddling/supporting criminals or being paid lackeys of other candidates (Roxas in particular, for some reason), or the pro-Duterte accounts on Disqus/Facebook/etc. that seem to be fake (created within the last two months, have less than a hundred friends, post nothing but Duterte-related material, never reply to responses, etc.)
There are many ways to deal with that… I was once asked “kriminal ka ba?” for a strong anti-Duterte posting… I answered “ewan ko ba… itanong mo kay Digong baka alam niya.”
Or engage them in a Q&A dialog: he who asks questions leads the conversation… “bakit hindi puwedeng idaan sa husgado iyan?”… typical answer “corrupt kasi” or “mabagal”.. then ask whether they have heard of Justice on Wheels, and that corrupt officials are being dealt with by the Ombudsman… refer to the appropriate FB pages.. as for policing you will get the same kind of answers… refer to PNP FB page, refer to community-based policing they are building nationwide… inform, inform, inform… some will rethink some no.
Hmm. “Criminal ka ba?” Received same. Playbook. Behind the crass and hill billy veneer is a smooth PR conductor. Big money on the mayor.
Told you that your being in Deutschland is no accident. Keep pounding on Hitler-Duterte similarities.
“… let us ask LCPL_X about this.”
Yeah, the fighting and getting laid part will definitely calm people down. But what Mami encountered were most likely political trolls, paid or otherwise. Sure you can generalize and say all those who support Duterte are retards, or you can find cooler heads to talk to, or someone like Marius,
it all depends on what you’re trying to do, if you’re trying to simply campaign or if you’re studying the phenomenon.
But I think your initial take, Ireneo (from awhile back), that Duterte’s support will be based on ethno-linguistic and regional ties, was on point and that’s something you’ll have to examine closer— I don’t think the majority of Visayans and Mindanaoans will be online to debate folks like Mami.
At the end of the day people vote for those they feel affinity with, that’s the reason W. Bush was voted into office, Obama was simply a reaction to W. Bush policy (perceived cool head, but weak), so now it’s swinging towards Trump, ie. people have visceral reactions, especially when it comes to strength (why girls chase after bad boys).
I suspect Duterte’s supporters may not know fancy Latin words like ad hominem, or non sequitur, but what they’ll have is numbers. So my recommendation to Mami, is Schopenhauer’s stratagem 30, just focus on Duterte—- and if you know other Visayans or Mindanaoans against Duterte then appeal to them, use them as “authorities”, ie. see even this Visayan or this guy from Mindanaoa doesn’t think so.
Reason is over-rated. 😉 Know your audience. I’m a student of Wil here, he’s definitely onto something.
Appeal to authority… That’s fallacious too, sadly.
yeah, in a logical world, Mami.
Also take note of Marius’ use of stratagem 4 (in the Critical Thinking thread),
http://coolhaus.de/art-of-controversy/erist04.htm
If you want to draw a conclusion, you must not let it be foreseen, but you must get the premisses admitted one by one, unobserved, mingling them here and there in your talk: otherwise, your opponent will attempt all sorts of chicanery. Or, if it is doubtful whether your opponent will admit them, you must advance the premisses of these premisses; that is to say, you must draw up pro-syllogisms, and get the premisses of several of them admitted in no definite order. In this way you conceal your game until you have obtained all the admissions that are necessary, and so reach your goal by making a circuit. These rules are given by Aristotle in his Topica, bk. viii., c. 1. It is a trick which needs no illustration.
Ah, thanks for pointing out the method to the madness.
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Saw that a mile away.
3.2. To be more specific, my objection to a specialized definition is that it enables one to introduce non-standard premises (or remove standard premises). Upon those non-standard premises, one can then build an entire pyramid. But the pyramid may be house of cards.
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In addition, he is using Strategem XXXVI — Bewilder Your opponent by Mere Bombast.
And Strategem XXXIX which is not in the book — Kill Your Opponent by Unrelieved Boredom.
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While Miriam has made for herself a saga on her style, still appreciated by her youth constituency, Duterte’s is copy-cat of Miriam (or a Trump) and is coming out to be more of an episode. Difficult to sustain as witness its degeneration into the slapstick it has become. But it can kill alright. By boredom. 🙂
I never implied that they were trolls, and I didn’t generalize, which is why I used the term “vocal Duterte supporters” rather than just “Duterte supporters”. I know and have talked to some Duterte supporters who are more calm and pragmatic. The problem is that not a few times I’ve talked to supporters who seem to either lack comprehension and logical skills or deliberately eschew them. Given Poe’s law, it’s hard to find out which ones are genuine (if misguided) and which ones are trolls, but giving the benefit of the doubt I believe that most of these vocal ones are genuine supporters, just misguided by their intense support of their candidate. It’s a phenomenon which is not unique to Duterte (I have seen similar attitudes with a number of Roxas supporters), but in Duterte’s case the effects are far more dangerous.
As for Visayas and Mindanao, I don’t know. I can see the Visayan vote being split between Roxas and Santiago, while Mindanao is allegedly Binay’s bailiwick, and also Poe’s should she go through.
Also, numbers. I’m not sure if I told you this yet, but when I told two Duterte supporters who were attacking me that Numbeo is unreliable and Davao is nowhere to be seen in more credible “safest cities” lists such as the one by The Economist, the two actually cursed and attack me more, even calling me “tanga”.
http://www.thinkingpinoy.com/jc-extreme-duterte-fanaticism-severely-limits-online-discourse/
This is some stuff about how Duterte supporters are online.
Thanks, Lance Corporal. Two-way.
If one watches the Mar interview on CNN Philippines, one can see in the nuances how he handles the slapping controversy… not at all weak like it would seem at first.
He has a certain presence live and in interviews… that reports don’t accurately convey.
Bingo. And I think that running for president has brought him out of his “shell” formed by working diligently and not making waves. As he is forced to respond . . . perhaps it is the other candidates who had better beware that they are forcing his strengths into the limelight by giving him a reason to strike back. They are giving him what he has not been able to construct for himself: a platform broadly recognized as “macho” . . . and honorable.
If we’re talking about Mar reaching as many people as they can, I suggest that they go to the palengke and hold a town hall meeting there where Mar can hear the nitty gritty situation that that particular place is encountering. Since we live in a digital world, it can be translated a million times and its impact would be felt immensely.
Mar, come to the palengke and other common places where common people hold their talks and hold your meeting there. You will connect more with them and it’s going to impact more.
Be Mr. Palengke once more. Not the CNN town hall meeting, its area of coverage is international. Your audience is local, so go local. Use your common sense and go down to basics, man.
Learn what Absalom did with the people of Israel when he wrested control against his father David, he went straight to the people and made his name known by giving sound advice or solving the problem of the common people.
Je suis EDWARD ♥
Joe, re your Notes from the Editor and the Presidential Candidates list, including the ones in parenthesis, yesterday I was listening to the comments of two supposed Political Analysts from DLSU and UP. Probably, having to respond to the Teleradyo interview, without much thought, the two gave similar “loose” response.
Essentially they said that if Poe and Duterte were out of the ballot, their votes will not go to Mar because of the supposed suspicion that the Admin was a wrecking crew on them. So, what does that mean? All are unthinking voters, even the poor. And they will split their votes only to Santiago and Binay? The numbers man in me reacted and say that is not correct. I did not do the numbers yesterday, and will do so only now. If I am able to do so within an hour, I will post it after this. It will not be appropriate in your new blog topic of banking.
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As noted before, the Filipino is spiteful.
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An American, a Frenchman and a Russian find a bottle on a beach and rub it.
A Genie comes out and says since you are three, each of you has one wish.
The American wishes for a house on Long Beach, enough money and health.
The Frenchman wishes for the same, only somewhere on the Cote D’Azur.
The Russian wishes for his neighbor’s cow to die because he has one more.
Here goes.
I used the good old Excel for convenience although any old calculator will do, and came out with the following, with assistance of My Magician friend after the immediate preparatory notes:
1. Put Santiago, Binay, Roxas base support numbers at 10, 20, 15, respectively with the difference 55, the total share of Duterte and Poe, say, split 30 and 25, respectively (which are lost to them if both CoC’s are cancelled).
2. Rather than distribute 30 and 25 outright to the three remaining, the Magician goes through the more brain-helpful percent distribution of 50, 20, 30 from Dut and percent distribution 30, 20, 50 from Poe to the three — S, B and R. Multiplication of these into 30 and 25 and added to the base numbers give
3. The following table:
Pres Candidate—-Santiago— Binay—Roxas
Base support——–10———-20———15
From Duterte——–15———-6———–9
From Poe————-7.5———5———-12.5
TOTAL—————32.50—–31.00——36.50
The ranking (NOT the absolute numbers) is rather ROBUST to reasonable changes in the assumptions — of course, using numbers such as your bookie Sal may use.
Joe, can you check if your bookie Sal thinks his Magician friend did not over-indulge on San Mig. He may have more than the usual since he sat with a plateful of Cicharon Bulaklak munching it in this stormy weather. I told him to go easy on the CB, but he is hard-headed when it comes to San Mig and CB. Otherwise he is OK as Sal knows.
Sal’s in Macau and has his phone off. Must have found a companion . . . He has the utmost confidence in you and your team, I know. I think the calculations make good sense, better than those other “experts” for sure.
“Admin was a wrecking crew on them”
This is what Poe, Binay and Duterte and their enablers and supporters are accusing PNOY and Mar of doing to them.
What, Tatad is now part of the Admin? Hello!
Is making sure that the Constitution and the law are properly implemented now demolition, wrecking them? Poe goes further by saying ti will not feel good if Mar wins by default if the DQ cases succeeded in preventing her candidacy, or words to that effect. And she is praying that Duterte will not be disqualified, am obvious attempt to win his supporters in case the substitution process will not prosper and he got disqualified.
Binay has been accusing the admin of this – now where is Pimentel and Cayetano, aren’t they with Duterte? Although I am so disappointed with these two who ignored their oaths to protect the law and the constitution, I am appreciative of their works in exposing Binay for the plunderer and manipulator that he is.
Tatad is close to Binay.
I’d think the votes will go every which way. I don’t think Poe’s would go in large percentage to Binay. It seems to be a “high principled” following, in the main. Duterte’s might go to Binay. Santiago would for sure pick up a bunch. I’d hope that the followers of both would soon come to realize their perception of Roxas is based on tabloid fluff and political misrepresentation from opponents.
Correct. Can’t put too much on this numbers game. But it pays to put some notional numbers into concepts like “high principled” following in the main versus the other kind. So we will see with four months to go whether there is a big learning thing here for the voters “in the main.”
For those like Jennifer who commented that this blog post is just maligning or out to destroy the reputations of other candidates.The other candidates did it to themselves.In the world of public opinion,perception is reality.
Nung una tong pinabasa sakin ni Wil,ang dating sakin ay dialogue at interview.Ito ay tulad pala ng isang Safeguard commercial.
It was all about Conscience.
Like Jiminy Cricket to Pinochio