Things I Learned From The Senate
September 27, 2007 · Print This Article
Yesterday, the Senate had a whooping 12-hour-long investigation on the controversial NBN project as former NEDA Chief Romulo Neri attended the session to testify. Here are some of the things I realized as I watch the proceedings from time to time:
1. Neri, taking that the “200″ bribe actually means 200 million, is simply saying that the average kickbacks per government project is not just by the hundreds nor by the thousands.
2. I am dismayed to learn that the office of the socioeconomic planning secretary, actually lacks thorough planning and consideration in approving government projects.
3. The agency responsible for checks and balances have reduced to doing nothing but advising and endorsing.
4. Could someone please give Jamby a break at being a travel agent? She might actually do a better job at it. For the meantime, she should learn to listen to the answers of the person she is questioning so that she might come up with a more logical follow-up question. Enough with the dramatic insinuations.
5. As always, Miriam never fails to strike a point. “Pinag-aawayan nyo lang ang mga kick backs nyo!” and “Why don’t they just kill each other in the streets.” I concur.
6. Some senators are no good listeners. Some are no good at questioning. Some are actually good for nothing as far as investigating is concerned.
7. Why do they have to ask questions like, “Are you willing to be a fall guy?” and “Did you offer him a bribe?” Are they actually expecting the person to answer “Yes your honor“?
8. It is hard to separate personal grudges from official functions.
9. “No comment” is to guilty showbiz personalities. Is the “executive privilege” the same for the case of guilty cabinet officials?
10. Our government will accept, if some nation actually offers it, even a Trojan Horse.
Nice points.
And yes, their kick backs are by the millions … I’ve reason to believe that in most government projects the some city mayors get at least 10% of the whole budget … and that’s just for the mayors.
Trojan Horses or bugs I’d like to put on every government officials, and see how dirty these guys can really get.
Our country isn’t poor, some people are just getting insanely rich through all the wrong reasons one can think of! Damn crooks.
ayann, this tym alam kong bahay mo talaga itong dinadalaw ko hehehe–lam mo kasi, mga mata namin ay nasanay na sa ayos ng bahay mo-ang kulay nito-ang anyo-lahat ng yan ay tatak ronnie at pag may nabago doon ay pakiramdam ko ay nasa ibang bahay ako-ibang tao ang nakatira at nagmamay ari noon–so this time -i am feeling glad and delighted na nasa loob ako ng bahay mo …. well, wala akong masabi sa post mong ito–hindi ako masyadong nag iiintindi sa mga nangyayaring pulitika sa paligig ko kahit noong ordinaryung mamamayan pa lamang ako heheheeh– hapi wednesday sau kapatid..
ok na din… free entertainment… hwehehe… i love defensors statement about half truths!
Hi Ronnie, palagi namang ganyan ang kahit anong investigation, puro salita, puro arte, kaya humahaba lang ang usapan.
BTW, I signed up for the blog action day, which I saw sa main page mo. I have written about the environment in my blog a lot of times but one more for this cause would serve a better purpose.
ZERO,
withe great power comes great responsibility… and lots and lots of money. i wish they get bitten by a poisonous bug and die right there and then.
enjoy the weekend bro.
PAPA DOM,
ayoko din palitan tong theme ko, naging comfortable na din ako dito. sana lang malaman ko bakit ayaw mag display ng mga trackbacks sa blog ko.
have a great weekend papa dom.
JEPROCKS,
anong statement about half truths? sabi ni miriam inimbento nyo daw mga chinese ang corruption. hahaha.
RINO,
hi rino. medyo excited nga din ako dyan sa blog action day kasi ang daming blogs ang nag sign up to participate. kaso wala pa akong maisip na topic. hahaha! anyway sa 20th pa naman sya so i have a lot of time.
have a great weekend.
kickbacks also present in the baranggay level by the thousands…it’s sad but true…they call it SOP
corruption and CIVILIZATION mind you ahahah… yung sabi ni miriam na hindi ibig sabihin na porket hindi sya nag sabi ng totoo means that he’s lying… it could mean that he is telling only the half truth… now its up to the senate how they will sort things out and tell kung sino ang pinakareliable sa mga nagsasabi ng half truths
“Our country isn’t poor, some people are just getting insanely rich through all the wrong reasons one can think of! Damn crooks.”
I totally agree with this!
The senate has mutated into a one-stop NBI office for all the accused. They should just stick to law-making. Its actually a waste of time. for the record wala naman nangyari sa lahat ng mga inimbestigahan nila eh.
and talking about Jamby… hay buhay ng walang alam sa senado… ni hindi man lang pagsalitain yung tinatanong… she really annoys me.
nice countdown by the way. they are all true as far as I’m concerned.
anyhow I also signed up for that Blog event last 2 weeks pa ata. di ko lang maidisplay pa yung banner kasi may banner pa ako sa blog. pero I would definitely join the caravan on the 15th.
di pa ba ayos kapatid trackbacks mo?
if it were me the venom of the poisonous/incurable bug will make them suffer an “x” amount of time. “x” being directly proportional to the suffering of their victims and amount of money (or it’s equivalent) they stole ;P
enjoy the weekend din!
TUTUBI,
sad but true. haayy… paano naman uunlad ang pilipinas nyan. naku tama na nga. weekend ngayon, magsaya tayo!
JEPROCKS,
oo nga naman. may AND CIVILIZATION nga naman ang sabi. haha! of course they cannot disclose the whole truth kasi they are also protecting themselves.
SIDNEY,
i also agree with that. public funds are not fully use to benefit the people because of corruption.
enjoy the weekend sidney.
BLUE,
sa totoo lang nahihiya ako for jamby. sayang lang talaga oras ng senado sa mga investigation na yan kasi wala namng concrete and affecting conclusion gaya na lng yang hello garci na yan.
i did some tinkering sa cpanel ko though di ko pa sure if makakapag display na sya ng trackbacks. i guess di theme ang problem kasi ginamit ko tong theme na to sa websights and the trackbacks were still showing.
ZERO,
well if there is no such bug, an X degree of heat in hell will do just fine for me. hahaha!
and like a circus, one gets to see many “performing animals” during hearings like these — not only in the senate but also in the lower house. Plus, the “performances” are not exclusively done by those being grilled — even the investigators never fail to amuse
(sigh)
TAROOGS,
“performing animals”, how fitting! watching senate investigations are both entertaining and disappointing at the same time.
i hope miriam won’t discover this post or i might be charged with contempt. haha!
oh no! don’t get me started on that “Mad Cow”.. hehehehe