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So you are voting for Noynoy Aquino - how well do you know him?
Topic Started: Nov 30 2009, 03:34 AM (531 Views)
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As posted in another forum by someone named Caloy:
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September 11th, 2009 at 5:18 pm

Did Noynoy just turn the other way when men barely out of their teens were being shot at outside the Hacienda Luisita compound?

Noynoy’s demeanor as the Cojuanco family spokesman during the Hacienda Luisita standoff should be scrutinized. Blaming the strikers for the violence and not the company union or his family, here’s what Rep. Noynoy Aquino said in the third week of November, 2004 in response to the deaths of five hacienda workers ages 20-34:
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We condemn the violence that happened but condemnation should be directed to the right party.

Noynoy was condeming everyone else but the Cojuanco family, owners of Hacienda Luisita.

Blaming others for the standoff, Noynoy futher said the striking workers make up just a fraction of hacienda workers. He said 400 of the 736 strikers had climbed the walls of the mill to report for work in compliance with the labor department’s order suggesting that those who died were mere agitators.

Noynoy was Hacienda Luisita’s spokesman and the face of the land-owning family during this disturbing period which saw at least 8 farmers dead and many others wounded.

In the congressional investigation that followed the incident (Noynoy was Deputy Speaker then) someone testified that some of Noynoy’s men fired at the farmers.

These statements and incidents were reported in November-December 2004. Just scour the internet. They are not new and written just for these elections. They pose serious questions about Noynoy’s landlord-like hacendero character at the time, in addition to the fact that in 9 years in Congress he did nothing by way of substantive legislation to help workers, farmers and the poor.


Another posting by a man, also named Caloy (it could be the same author who posted the above) wrote the following:
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September 11, 2009 • 6:34 am

No-no to Noynoy.

It’s always nice to come home after a long day at work and write something non-legal in my blog. Something like:

Conrado de Quiros is Senile.

And as I write it, there comes not a small amount of glee, that when someone googles for the words “de Quiros” and “senile”, this post will be the first on the list.

For good measure, I think I’ll do it again.

Conrado de Quiros is Senile.

The thing is, I like senile people. They break the monotony of life.

So it comes as no small surprise that when you part the Philippine Daily Inquirer in its sumptuous middle, you will see Conrado de Quiros, in all his glory, proudly proclaiming to the damn world:

Noynoy runs and this country’s youth in particular will be galvanized into action, a wondrous sight we have not seen since the days of love and activism. He is the one reason the youth will vote, he is the one reason the aged will vote, he is the one reason the idealistic and pessimistic, the hopeful and cynical, will vote. He is the Cory we’ve been waiting for, he is the Obama we’ve been waiting for. He is the Good that will do battle against Arroyo’s Evil.

And then you realize, he just made your day.

Now you have a reason to live. Now you can rush home and write a blog entry you’ve always been dying to write.

Noynoy for President. Wowowee.

Making Noynoy run for president is like making Yoko Ono sing for the Beatles.

Like making Paris Hilton run the family business.

Like George W. Bush being the presid…Oh..right.

It’s actually pretty funny when newspaper articles TRY to write an inspiring piece about Noynoy.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20070821-83752/Noynoy_Aquino_also_rises
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090809-219381/Why-Noynoy-Aquino-is-not-married

According to these “favorable” news clips, Noynoy has the following achievements:

1) Retail sales supervisor and youth promotions assistant at Nike.
2) Protected his mother during the 1986 coup attempts.
3) Provided security details for his sister.
4) Worked in the firms of his uncle.

Youth promotions assistant. What the hell is that?

Let’s not kid ourselves, please. Noynoy is nothing like his father or mother. Noynoy lives on endorsements. He’s Manny Pacquiao’s boxing shorts – with glasses.

Noynoy is NOTHING like Obama.

Obama’s life story was inspiring because he had to start from scratch. To get to where he was, he had to break racial and social barriers. He had to rise from the muck.

Noynoy, on the other hand, has done absolutely nothing except to gorge himself on the largesse of his parents’ “legacy”. His four terms as congressman of Tarlac? All from the Cojuancgo side of the family (Danding?).
His stint as senator? Ran solely on the endorsements of Cory and Kris. If you look at his website: http://www.noynoy.ph/ you’ll see nothing but endorsements, (heck, he even posts a letter from his dad)
But not a single achievement is listed.

In some ways, I even respect senator-actors more than Noynoy. At least they worked hard in the entertainment industry in order to get to where they are now.

When Noynoy becomes president, he’ll do what he’s always done: absolutely nothing.

And what is Conrado De Quiros’ answer to our very valid objections?

The third is that he hasn’t done much as a senator. Well, who has among the “presidentiables”? But while at this, Noynoy hasn’t stolen, other than the heart of a young lass from Bulacan. He hasn’t lied, other than to himself when he sees himself unworthy. And he hasn’t murdered, other than the inclination to abuse that prominence he is heir to. In a time of universal deceit, said George Orwell, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. In a time of widespread wickedness, doing the right thing is a heroic act.

More than that, I’m looking at Noynoy not for what he was but what he can be. Thrust into the maelstrom of history, some people acquit themselves well. Noynoy did so when his mother died, showing grace and courage worthy of his parents. I repeat what I said the last time: He will be a good president because he has no choice. His legacy weighs on him like the Frown of God, forbidding wrongdoing on pain of hell in this life as much as the next. Who among the other “presidentiables”—Erap, Manny, Chiz, Noli, Mar and Loren—can say that?

Well, if looking tough and greeting guests were all it took to be president, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.

The thing is, Mr. de Quiros is confusing legacy with history.

It is true that history chooses the least likely heroes.

Cory was one such person. Like Noynoy, she had no political accomplishments of her own.

However, she stood right in the middle of a confluence of historical forces which made it possible for her to transcend the line between ordinary housewife and national hero.

There is a reason why we can no longer replicate people power, why we merely approximate it through our rallies.
People power was a unique situational formula which will never be repeated. The loss of a husband. The climaxing human rights abuses. The spiraling economy. A snap election. The despair. The hope.

An equation which we don’t have the variables for.

Cory ran with all her heart,with one specific goal in mind: to overthrow Marcos.

And she succeeded brilliantly.The only one who could have defeated Marcos, rebuilt the Constitution from scratch, and restored democracy in the Philippines.

When Cory assumed the presidency against all odds, you knew that the Spirit of History had something in mind for us Filipinos.

Sadly, the same cannot be said of Noynoy. If he decides to run, it will be for all the wrong reasons.

Cory was chosen by history. And her legacy is NOT Noynoy Aquino.

It is the 1987 Constitution.
The 1992 elections.
People Power.
Hope.

And an enlightened newspaper reader, or two.

Both postings can be found here:
http://antipinoy.com/the-non-platform-of-noynoy-aquino/

Hopefully this coming election, people won’t be persuaded by all the celebrities endorsing NoyNoy. I don't like any of of these celebrities anyway - they are the ones who irritate me the most. HEHEH...If Noynoy is really pro Pinoy, or pro-poor he should include Hacienda Luisita in the CARP.
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Read this:

Beyond the Amber Ribbons: A NO for Noynoy in 2010 Elections
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=179189173265&id=1763337487&ref=mf
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I just don't understand this. Pres. Cory dies due to cancer then Noynoy becomes a hero? I didn't see that coming. Noynoy, except for his surname, is practically invisible in the service for like 20 years! Suddenly his mom died and he runs for president? A traditional politician. An opportunist, I must say. My sympathies are with him but my purple thumb is NOT.

I dare the Noynoy cultists to justify why Noynoy deserves to be president without making any references to EDSA/People Power, Cory, Ninoy, Gloria, the so-called Aquino legacy, vague notions of evil and corruption, or any of the other candidates. Will there be anything left of Noynoy if we strip him down to just himself?

My observation is most people vote not what they think is right but who they feel is right. And this is the reason why we had Erap, why we almost had FPJ & why we have/had useless actors and actresses in government. Everybody, it seems, is just feeling their way towards a decision -- instead of thinking -- and we will all be damned for it.
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I just don't understand this. Pres. Cory dies due to cancer then Noynoy becomes a hero? I didn't see that coming. Noynoy, except for his surname, is practically invisible in the service for like 20 years! Suddenly his mom died and he runs for president? A traditional politician. An opportunist, I must say. My sympathies are with him but my purple thumb is NOT.

I dare the Noynoy cultists to justify why Noynoy deserves to be president without making any references to EDSA/People Power, Cory, Ninoy, Gloria, the so-called Aquino legacy, vague notions of evil and corruption, or any of the other candidates. Will there be anything left of Noynoy if we strip him down to just himself?

My observation is most people vote not what they think is right but who they feel is right. And this is the reason why we had Erap, why we almost had FPJ & why we have/had useless actors and actresses in government. Everybody, it seems, is just feeling their way towards a decision -- instead of thinking -- and we will all be damned for it.
Forbes.com
SCENARIOS-What the market expects from next Philippine leader

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/reuters/2009/12/01/2009-12-01T072548Z_01_MAN118467_RTRIDST_0_PHILIPPINES-POLITICS-SCENARIOS-PIX.html

SENATOR BENIGNO "NOYNOY" AQUINO, LIBERAL PARTY

The son of former president Corazon "Cory" Aquino has surged ahead in opinion polls, campaigning on the need to remove corruption and introduce "real" political reforms.

Aquino has an economics degree but no experience as an economist. Though a congressman for nine years, and senator for nearly three years, his track record in promoting legislation is not impressive.
Since announcing his candidacy in September, Aquino has yet to lay down a clear platform on how to address the country's economic problems. The market is nervous about an Aquino administration because he has little executive or managerial experience.
Some fear his administration would become similar to his mother's government, which went into a cycle of booms and busts with no clear policy direction due to competing interest groups within her Cabinet.
Aquino has a very competent economic manager, Senator Manuel "Mar" Roxas, a former investment banker running as his vice president. Roxas is acceptable to the market, but the business sector is worried he is only one of the interest groups in Aquino's circle.
Critics worry Aquino will not run the country but the people around him will be, including his younger sister, movie and television personality Kris Aquino
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Noynoy’s cough
From: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/insideBusop.htm?f=2009/november/18/vicagustin.isx&d=/2009/november/18

A CONCERNED Kris Aquino has gone public about her brother’s thinning hair but more than the balding pate, the actress should probably pay more attention to his persistent, and apparently worsening, smoker’s cough.

The Liberal Party’s press conference on Monday to announce the senatorial slate was held in the morning, and yet the party’s standard bearer, the chain-smoking Benigno Aquino III, was already coughing and running out of breath barely mid-way into his brief address.

According to the grapevine, the harsh throat clearing and hawking—more than his mouth often being caught open on TV—had already been red-flagged by Aquino’s campaign advisers to no avail.

It was a good thing, or was it more than a coincidence, that Aquino’s running mate, Manuel Roxas II, had had to answer and had to take the heat off that morning from his principal and confront the media pests about the left wing noise on Hacienda Luisita.

Otherwise, the adoring and unquestioning 44 percent of the voters might have been jolted to the unpleasant reality: the son of a martyr and the Edsa I heroine apparently does not have the discipline and the fortitude to kick off an unhealthy habit that poses a threat not only to his candidacy but also, heaven forbid, to his possible presidency.

Money-go-round

• Pulse Asia, the Diliman-based survey firm that released a pro-Aquino-Roxas survey results on Monday, was initially bankrolled by telecom heir and Noynoy Aquino’s second cousin Antonio Cojuangco Jr. and, until last year, had another cousin, Rafael Lopa, as president.
Edited by Jovel Alipio, Dec 26 2009, 12:07 AM.
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Originally Posted by LITHIUM478 in another forum:

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Didn’t Noynoy sign the impeachment complaint against Pres. Estrada in 2000, become Deputy Speaker of an Arroyo-JDV Congress in 2004, run for Senate under Erap in 2007, and now isn’t he in the middle of talks with Erap again? Now you tell me who’s a better man, one who flip-flops between two crooks or one who remains loyal to a crook despite her dismal popularity? To paraphrase Orwell, it’s like looking from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, only to see that it is impossible to say which is which.

Source: To Conrado de Quiros, about Noynoy Aquino... Sep. 23 2009 - 12:00 am
http://www.asiancorrespondent.com/paul-farol-pinoybuzz/2009/09/to-conrado-de-quiros-about-noynoy.html
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Filipinos got too emotional when they voted for Pnoy even with what little he did during his time in Congress or Senate. It was a very costly mistake. The drug trade proliferated during his term. Yolanda rescue & rehab was a big bust. The billions of dollars donated by foreign countries are still unaccounted for. Relief goods rotted under Dinky. The PDAF & DAP issues, political persecutions, the Luneta massacre, the MRT/LRT problems, the SAF44 massacre & many more issues transpired during Pnoy's time. Some we are still discovering today under Duterte. And I think the voters also made a mistake in voting for Hontiveros, De Lima, Pangilinan, Trollanes and Frank Drilon. They are bad news for the country in my opinion. Our country would be better off without them.
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