Pacquiao cannot be the President

Admirable. Yes. A Great Boxer. Absolutely. The President of the Philippines. I don't think so.

Pacquiao is fundamentally a simple man. I say this NOT in a pejorative sense, because simple people often have a refreshing take on insurmountable challenges. However, because Pacquiao did not have the opportunity to grapple with complex issues through most of his life, he is wont to oversimplify potential solutions to the immense problems of the country.

The idea of addressing the squatter problem of the Philippines is a good one. I support it and it should be prioritized by the government and executed efficiently without corruption over many consecutive administrations. However, the notion that "wala silang babayarn kahit piso" is flawed in so many ways. The statement alone is thoroughly irresponsible and downright reckless, particularly from the standpoint of law-abiding and tax-paying citizens like myself, who will ultimately be footing the bill (most of it) for such a massive human relocation and housing undertaking. Of all people, Pacquiao surely has a profound understanding of the painstaking work and incredible sacrifice entailed in any worthwhile endeavor, as evidenced by his own life story. There is no "free lunch" and that goes for all the squatters that aspire for a decent home of their own.

Pacquiao believes he is also the champion of our poor farmers. Yet, he supported the passage of the Rice Tariffication Law, which is just another version of the Coco Levy Fund that has oppressed our coconut farmers up to this day and is now oppressing the much larger agricultural segment of our rice farmers. It's nice to know that Pacquiao realizes his mistake and wants to amend the law. However, the damage has been done and will not be easy to reverse. Pacquiao will predictably be easy prey to advocates of government subsidies (i.e., from the frying pan to the fire) and communist anarchists like Paeng Mariano, who was denied the position of the Secretary of DAR by the Senate's Commission on Appointments for brazenly disregarding the rule of law and wreaking havoc in the countryside during his temporary appointment by Dutae. Notwithstanding, Pacquiao was among the few senators who actually voted in favor of Mariano. It is no wonder that Mariano and his communists cohorts are right behind Pacquiao, as the simple man would be the easiest to exploit to further their communist agenda should Pacquiao become the president.

Pacquiao has been a vocal advocate of buying back shares of government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) that were privatized in recent years. He seems to think that doing this would increase government revenues (in addition to taxes) so that the government (and he as the president) would have more resources to help the poor. This is where I draw the line, because it has been proven time and time again that bigger government, particularly in the Philippines, means more inefficiencies and even greater corruption, which only results in the enslavement of the citizens by a parasitic government. This has been the case in the Philippines since the comprehensive institutionalization of a government kleptocracy under the Marcos Dictatorship, which has only been exacerbated over the years. Read "The Irrelevance of the Philippine Government" and "Taxation is Theft."

I believe Pacquiao wants to help the poor. He just does NOT have the capacity to properly execute his aspiration and that is why Pacquiao cannot be the President of the Philippines. All heart and a simple mind will inadvertently trigger the law of unintended consequences to the detriment of the Philippines.

Vote Leni Robredo for President!

The Dirt on Yorme Isko Moreno

Now that Isko has declared his plan to run for the President of the Philippines, it's open season to vet the essence of this individual who presumes to "lead" this country out of the shitshow of Dutae.

Here's the link on Twitter: The Dirt on Yorme

Here's the link on Facebook: The Dirt on Yorme

Incidentally, the source of the above, a certain Krizette Laureta Chu, appears to be Diehard Dutae Supporter or DDS, so you can surmise the "resback" of Dutae now that Isko (a former enabler of Dutae) has conveniently transformed into a Johnny-come-lately critic of this Dutae abomination--in the same shameless manner as the Dick at the Senate. To be clear, the Dick, who I truly admired when he resurrected SBMA from the devastation of the Pinatubo eruption, may yet redeem himself (from when he exonerated Dutae et al of EJK's not too long ago) if he successfully pins Dutae et al in the Pharmally fiasco.

Back to Isko. For starters, Isko appears to have a gambling itch--just like his former boss, ERAP. Not exactly a confidence-building trait. Dutae appointed Isko as Undersecretary of the DSWD. Thereafter, Isko ran for Mayor of Manila and won. Isko has been an enabler of Dutae until he decided to run for the presidency. Isko's political career may be characterized as a chronology of pa-pogi, inconsequential, on-the-job training positions until he was voted the Mayor of Manila, in which he likewise focused on no-brainer high-profile pa-pogi projects (with very savvy socia-media coverage every step of the way). He has exploited his short and average stint as the Mayor of Manila to catapult his overambitious political career towards the presidency.

Remember the other presidential candidate who also admired Marcos and who also "led" this country into the monumental cluster-fuck that it is today--just like Marcos did when he was puked-out of the country nearly 50 years ago. So, enough of these officials like Isko, who admire Marcos. It's another foreshadowing of a disastrous administration waiting to happen after Dutae's abject failure--a one-two punch the country cannot bear.

The Next Mayor of Manila . . . you've got to be kidding!
(As it happens, the joke in on us, particularly if he wins the presidency.)

A netizen had the following comment on Isko (then the Vice Mayor of the City of Manila) when there was a pending disqualification case at the Supreme Court against ERAP assuming the post of the Mayor of Manila after he had been convicted of plunder and subsequently pardoned by GMA (another plunderer):

"Personally, I have nothing against Isko. I’ll be the first to concede that he was a hunk then and he is still a hunk today. But he was also a man-whore (putang lalaki), a toy-boy of any number of homosexual patrons. If he was capable of selling his body and soul for cash, how much more can he “sell” and/or extort in a position of power such as the Mayor of Manila—at the expense of the taxpayers of the city. He may have won fair and square as the elected Vice Mayor of Manila but there is such a thing as damage control. Let’s keep him as the Vice Mayor (but no more than Vice Mayor), so he can continue to focus on his good looks."

Unfortunately, the consummate man-whore has successfully prostituted himself in the political arena to reach this point of parlaying his good looks for a shot at the highest office in the land. Just as Dutae should never have been permitted to get beyond the confines of Davao, Isko's aspiration for the presidency does not deserve any serious consideration.

Real chummy with Ronnie Puno--the "operator" behind-the-scenes responsible for installing presidential plunderers like ERAP and GMA.

Ang kasalukuyang campaign strategist ni Isko ay ang former campaign strategist ni Dutae na si Lito Banayo. User-friendly man-whore Isko. Started his career as a toy-boy in the entertainment industry; has a gambling itch like ERAP; an admirer of Marcos; an enabler of Dutae. Pagkatapos magpagamit at makinabang . . . it's time to move on to bigger and better things--at the expense and misery of the Filipino. 

Isko's running mate with Mocha Uson, among other Dutae trolls. He ran for the senate in the last mid-term elections under Lakas-CMD, a Dutae allied party.

Isko's running mate (Doc Willie Ong) was a purveyor of the hysterical public misinformation campaign on Dengvaxia alongside Acosta. This resulted in (a) the public distrust of the otherwise sound vaccination program of the DOH and (b) one of the world's worst measles outbreak in modern times. As of January 2019, there were more than 33,000 cases and 466 deaths in the Philippines from the vaccine-preventable disease. A charlatan candidate for president selects another charlatan for vice president. Tama na ang panloloko ninyo!

Doc Willie has no problem with Dutae even until now. He's either bobo or duwag.

Simpleng tanong kay Isko. Ipapakulong mo ba si Dutae sa napakarami niyang kasalanan at atraso sa Pilipino kung ikaw ang susunod na pangulo? Siguradong song and dance number ang sagot diyan. "I will be a healing president," ang sabi ni Isko. That's just doublespeak, which means he will NOT run after Dutae. No accountability for the nth time. Walang accountability ang mga Marcos (kasi nga Isko admires Marcos). Walang accountability si ERAP (kasi nga may pinagsamahan sila ng nakaraang amo). Walang accountability si GMA (enabler nga ni Dutae). Walang accountability si Enrile (enabler nga ni Dutae). Walang accountability si Jinggoy (enabler nga ni Dutae). Walang accountability si Bong Revilla (enabler nga ni Dutae). Higit sa lahat, walang accountability si Dutae kung si Isko ang susunod na pangulo. The country will never heal unless all these plunderers (Magnanakaw Inc.) are finally convicted and jailed.

It's about time we discard political opportunists and charlatans like Isko. Huwag na tayong paliguy-ligoy. Vote Leni Robredo for President!

Dutae's Special Place in Hell

There is a special place in hell for those who plunder amidst the suffering of the people.

Even The Manila Times, which is owned by Dante Ang (publicist and lackey of GMA and Dutae) and serves as the trolling and misinformation platform of Tiglao (how can any civilized society give this troll any editorial space in the first place?), concedes that "some very material facts have been established through testimony and documentary evidence in the possession of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. It is not disputed that the Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. was organized only in September 2019 with a paid-up capital of only P625,000. Yet, in less than six months, this corporation was able to bag a government contract to supply personal protective equipment (PPE) against Covid-19 worth P8 billion. The face masks and the face shields sold by this corporation to the government through the DBM-PS are outrageously overpriced."

True to its kiss-ass allegiance to Dutae, The Manila Times in the same article shamelessly lays out the "scapegoat scenario" as follows:

"If the crime of plunder or any other offense would be supported by the evidence that may come out of the investigation, President Rodrigo Duterte should dismiss outright erring government officials. This, indeed, will be one instance where the President can rightfully and proudly claim that his anti-corruption drive does not spare anyone, not even good friends. The President, I believe, should welcome the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigations of the Pharmally-Lao transactions as this is in line with his much vaunted anti-corruption campaign."

Really!!! Pin the blame on small fries like Pharmally and Lao so that Dutae (the Patrono himself) comes out smelling like a bed of roses. I don't think so. This is a case of PREMEDIDATED PLUNDER in which Dutae, Bunggu, Lao, Yang Hong Ming (aka Michael Yang), Huang Tzu Yen, among others, are at the very core of the rotting and stinking dung heap.

Charlie Fry hits the nail on the head in his most amusing music video.

As the Pharmally fiasco unfolds, it is clear that there are multiple facets to this premeditated plunder by Dutae et al:

1. The most obvious is the government's purchase of overpriced PPE from Pharmally to funnel a significant portion of kickback to the pockets of Dutae et al.
2. Not so obvious but equally egregious is the government's deliberate actions to prevent a local manufacturer to supply more competitively priced surgical masks in favor of the overpriced alternative of Pharmally. This has far reaching implications with respect to depriving local jobs to Filipinos who need it most during the pandemic.
3. The double-payment of the DOH to the DBM for PPE. So, in addition to purchasing overpriced PPE for the initial kickback, there is a second level of kickback representing over 100% of the overpriced purchase cost! This is an unprecedented level of corruption, only with Dutea et al!
4. A former official (George Mendoza) of the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) told senators on Monday, September 13, that early on in the pandemic, he had been instructed (on at least two separate occasions) to sign inspection documents for COVID-19 items coming from Chinese suppliers – before actual inspection and delivery of items were made to the Philippines. To be clear, those signed inspection documents were fraudulent and illegal. Hence, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (chaired by the former dick-sucking absolver of Dutae and now the numero uno rat abandoning a sinking ship) should trace these illegal instructions all the way to Dutae!
5. Pharmally executives buy luxury cars after bagging pandemic contracts. Brazen impunity. Look how much I "earned" from a mega-corrupt government contract. Just imagine how much more kickback was funneled to the pockets of Dutae et al.
6. The Philippine government gave free use of military ships and planes to Chinese suppliers like Pharmally to deliver personal protective equipment (PPEs) to the Philippines; whereas, local manufacturer EMS said they had to import raw materials at their own cost. Halatang-halata na pinapaboran ni Dutae yung mga Intsik dahil bayaran siya ng mga ito.

So, in addition to the ICC running after Dutae for his crimes against humanity, the next administration (if it is worth its salt) should get cracking (as in without delay) on convicting and jailing Dutae, Bunggu, Lao and all the government officials (as well as all the individuals associated with Pharmally) that enabled this premeditated plunder at the expense of so many suffering Filipinos. Dutae et al's jail cells would be appropriate pre-departure chambers for their special place (as in eternally intense and excruciatingly painful searing spots) in hell!