Political Shorts

I am apolitical.  I have no interest or involvement in politics.  Isa lang akong miron na nagmamasid sa isang tabi. I let the diehard fanatics fight their own wars.  Kung meron silang reklamo sa gobyerno at bumabara ito sa lalamunan nila ... let them cough it out ... at baka naman lumuwag ang kanilang paghinga. Ako naman ay patuloy lang na nagmamasid at nagmamatyag. Kung may nagbabangayan na ... makinig tayo and get entertained.

Sa kanilang debate sa mga issues ... ninanamnam ko ang mga punto.  Kung sino ang naka-kombinsi sa akin. sa akin na lang yon. I don't have to be a diehard or rabid fan of this and that politician. I don't have to be a staunch defender of somebody ... I have a lot of more important things to do than spending my precious time debating with issues ... na wala naman akong mahita in return except frayed nerves and a temper that can hijack one's peaceful life.

Political Shorts

Katulad ng issue ng confidential funds ng Vice President, marami ng mga conflicting at maanghang na sagutan ang narinig natin lalo na between the Vice President and Senator Riza Hontiveros and Rep. France Castro. Kung sino ang tama sa kanila ... kayo na ang humusga.

The Vice President was quoted to say, "I have no respect for them." Dahil kontra Sila sa confidential funds?

And the Senator responded: " We do not need and demand the VP to respect us.  All we want is her accountability and where they spent the money."

Ang mga sagutang ganyan ang gumagawa ng balita ... at entertaining ito para sa iba.

Political Shorts

The debate that fan the embers of controversy and rocked the House and the Senate zeroed in on the investigation of confidential funds of the OVP and Department of Education. This did not stop the Vice President from issuing some sweeping statement that will forever be etched and become another classic political meme that will reverberate for a long time in the esteemed walls of YouTube and other social media platforms.

"Ang kumokontra sa intelligence and confidential funds ay kumukontra sa kapayapaan ... and kumukontra sa kapayapaan ... ay kalaban ng bayan."

The soundbyte created a lot of sneers and jeers and one netizen was quick to respond: "ANG PAGLUSTAY AT PAGNAKAW SA CONFIDENTIAL FUND ... AY KALABAN SA KAPAYAPAAN AT KALABAN NG BAYAN. "

Another netizen responded: "Kung sino ang nagging defensive at ayaw ng accountability at walang mapakita o maipaliwanag na maayos kung saan ginastos ang pera ay siya ang may malalim na dahilan para lustayin na lang ng ganon ganon lang ang kaban ng bayan. Sila ang tunay na kalaban ng bayan."

I was expecting that exchange ... at sa aking pagmamasid at pagiging miron ... yong mga sagotan ng mga protagonists ay ka-abang-abang. The more sharp and pungent the responses are ... the better... that separates the men from the boys ... and women from little girls.

Political Shorts

And just yesterday according to Ronald Llamas, Sam Panelo ... the presidential spokesman offered his two cents worth of opinion about the confidential  fund. He said: "Bakit kinuquestion ang paggastos ng 125 million in the span of 11 days ... di ba dapat ginastos ito sa isang araw lang?"

A netizen got irked when he heard that.  "Who is asking for his opinion anyway? Was that how loose his moral compass was when his previous amo's daughter was in hot water and he came to her rescue? Nakikisaw-saw ba siya sa usapan para lalong paigtingin ang kontobersya ... and he ended his comment with sarcasm: Bakit pera ba niya ang 125 M at halos ipamigay na niya?"

"One thing is sure kahit nag ala- Superman pa siya ... wala nang makapigil sa pagbaba ni Madam sa mga survey ... at mukhang mga valid naman ang mga argumento si Sen. Risa at Rep.  France."

Pheew ... kita ninyo ... basta involved ka hot na hot ka palagi. O yong blood pressure mo ate!

Political Shorts

I was laughing at the review of Christian Esguerra about the political sound-byte issued by the Vice President. Being a professor himself Christian finds it hard to see LOGIC in her statement.  He further said "Kahit sa syllogism parang mahirap pumasa ..."

What are syllogisms by the way? A syllogism is a form of logical reasoning where the conclusion is gotten from two given premises and propositions ... each of which shares a term with the conclusion ... and the middle term is not present in the conclusion. (for example .. all lawyers are politicians (well ... not all) ... all politicians are good speakers (not all) ... therefore all lawyers are good speakers. (Well ... not all). 

Di ba dapat para pumasa sa mataas na standard ni Christian Esguerra ito dapat ang linyahan? "Kung sino ang kumokontra sa confidential funds ay kumokontra sa kapayapaan. Kung sino ang kumokontra sa kapayapaan ay members of the House of Representatives ... therefore kung sino ang kumokontra sa confidential funds ay mga members ng House of Representatives.

The given premises and proposition share a term in the conclusion ... and the middle term is not present in the conclusion.  Nakita ninyo?