Malacanang, as early as now, eyes several other people as successors to PGMA -- Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, Senator Richard Gordon, Chairman Bayani Fernando of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, and Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte. These people are being considered aside from VP Noli de Castro who has been enjoying wide popularity in recent SWS surveys.
And, as early as now, I think it doesn't take a genius to see that their additional choices don't have a slight chance in hell at winning the presidency even with Malacanang's so-called "political machinery". In a country as disillusioned as ours, popularity is still a major factor for winning. And while popularity isn't everything (as proven by the many "celebrities" who lost in their quest for electoral positions in the previous elections), it is still undeniably a major consideration or shall I say, a significant determinant of a candidate's winnability. Continue reading →
It was a long wait. Was it two years? And now Joc-Joc Bolante, the alleged "mastermind" of that "fertilizer scam" issue is finally here. And just like our "very optimistic" expectation before that Romulo Neri will spill the beans on the NBN-ZTE broadband scandal, I must say that we are none the wiser to assume that we can ever get something out of Joc-Joc's mouth or head. If it took him two years to evade questioning, what guarantee do we have that the man came back here after much "reflection" of the grave offense he has done to this country and its people? So the guy did not tell the truth, what were you expecting, really?
Personally, I think we simply gave the man a chance to fabricate and weave a "good" story that would be fool-proof or looking at it from a different angle, we may have just given the guy a chance to "toughen" himself up and train himself to lie straight-faced. Two years is a long time, and mind you, for some people, guilt feelings wear-off over time. And for all we know, that is exactly what happened to Joc-Joc. We should have been more vigilant, more persistent and more "concerned" to not have let two years pass us by without grilling the guy while the guilt feelings might still be there and where "Freudian slips" may have given us the truth we've always wanted to know. There's an adage appropriate for that -- ah, yes. "Strike while the iron is hot." So now, however you strike the guy, there's no way you can mold him to what you want because he's now "too tough" for any possible "strike". Our senators can grill him all they want, stress him out, scrape-off his ulcers, turn him backwards and inside out and hang him by a pole for all he cares, but the guy -- to my mind -- will never "talk" or "sing" for that matter. Continue reading →
Many people wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
When I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms,
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
The flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
The joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Men themselves have wondered
what they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them,
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Now you understand
just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing,
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palms of my hands,
the need for my care.
Because I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's my mother and all your mothers
And my grandmothers and your grandmothers
And my great grandmothers and your greats
And my great greats
And yours
And all you women
And Me!
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