Weird Al Yankovic- I Can't Watch This

Here's a tribute to one of Britain's ultimate media critic, Charlie Brooker to the tune of Weird Al Yankovic's I Can't Watch This.

Do We Have The Right To Question The Supreme Court ?

And thus came happened....

The majority of the nation are much disappointed with the Supreme Court's decision acquitting Hubert Webb and 6 others. Those guys were the suspects of the celebrated Vizconde Massacre and imprisoned for a decade. Outrage spew also on social-networking sites slamming the SC decision. In scope of these things, do we have the right to question their ruling?

If you would read the SC decision, the reason for their acquittal is because of the lack of evidences presented by the prosecution against the suspects. It was too obvious because the defense's evidence and testimonies has more weight than the prosecution's.The SC also slammed the inconsistencies of the testimony of Jessica Alfaro, the "main witness" presented by the NBI, saying that Alfaro was an NBI agent and not an "eyewitness" to the crime.

In this case, I could say that the SC decision was fair enough because it looked upon the weight of the evidences and not upon the public opinion(which influenced the trial in a local court way back in the 90's). Also, the acquittal of the suspect doesn't really mean that they are not the real culprits. Again, the SC came to that decision due to the lack of weight in the evidences and testimonies that the prosecution presented that would easily point out that Webb and others were the real culprits. In other words, there were loopholes and the part of the prosecution.

By that, I could say that I don't have the right to question the SC's decision, but rather, we must question the lack of professionalism at the part of NBI and the police. We must also question on how the media behaved at the span of the case. On the SC's part, they only did what the law says. Period.

I hope the people would realize this because if we don't really know the whole story of this decision, they would end up bullying the highest court in the country. I do understand the outrage of those on Lauro Vizconde's side, but we have to realize that Lauro, Webb's family, and others are also victims of a dysfunctional justice system. If only our NBI and police did their work professionally, they would not end up like this. This is a big shame for them.

For DOJ's reinvestigation, well it's okay but, with doubts. Bakit naman kasi ngayon nyo lang iimbestigahan ng seryoso? Dapat ginawa niyo na yan noon pa para maibsan na ang pasakit ng matanda gayun din ng mga ikinulong na wala naman kinalaman. I hope that it would not end up in "shopping" people and tag them as culprits.

As for the media, nothing's changed. They sensationalized the case from the very start up to the SC decision. The difference is that before, they demonized Hubert and judged him even before the trial. Now that he is free, the media became too fascinated on him. They make him as an instant celebrity. They followed him wherever he goes. Recently, I watched the news about Hubert Webb. It was live, and it's all about Hubert buying pants and eating donuts. Tabon na tabon ng kabubuntot ng media kay Hubert yung iba pang mga importanteng balita. Mas mabuti pang gumawa na lang sila ng reality show kesa naman masalaula yung diwa ng pamamahayag. I have more on how the media behaved on the Vizconde massacre case on my next post.

Aspirational TV: A Commentary By Charlie Brooker

This is a warning to all Pinoy's who watch "THE OC" or event Pinoy telenovelas. You are getting addicted to aspirational tv. Here's Charlie Brooker on his slap-on-your-face commentary about this.

Philippine Football Team : Making Filipinos Shift Into Soccer

While our national basketball team failed to get the gold in the recent Guangzhou Asian Games, our football team are making headlines this past weeks because of their good standing in the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup held in Vietnam. This group of kicker first crushed the host country Vietnam, 2-0. Then, they played against Singapore and Myanmar where they tied at 1-1 and 0-0 respectively, thanks to Neil Etheridge's defense. The team now enters the semi-finals where they will face Indonesia on next Thursday. This is a good omen for our football fans out here that soccer draws more attention than basketball, which is a tall man's game. I hope that our government will put more support on a sport which we have a chance of winning like soccer. By the way, nice work Pinoy Kickers. I'll leave you with a song from New Order which was the theme song of the English Football Team during the 1990 World Cup, "World In Motion".

Pacquiao Wins. SO WHAT ?

Once again, the whole Republic of Pacquiao (este) Philippines rejoiced at the victory of their "hero" ( or very close to say, as the saviour of the nation from racists) Manny Pacquiao. Once again, I will hear that old adage that every Filipinos say every time Manny wins.

"I'm proud to be a Filipino !"

I always wonder why do we try to equate our nationality with Manny Pacquiao, while his victory is only just an individual effort, not a collective one. For me, I'm proud of him because of his sheer determination and discipline, he went to that fame state, but I will not try to associate my nationality becasuse it was his effort only. According to Anti-Pinoy's latest blog post, for one to be proud of being a Filipino, we need to be progressive country through the cooperative effort of its people.

Manny Pacquiao: Not a product of a national sports program.

We need to remember one thing: Pacquiao's training came from a non-Filipino. By that, we should thank Freddie Roach for making him who he is right now. And to associate ourselves with him is foolish thing to do. Discipline- Manny has it; our nation knows no law. Hard work- Manny has it;our nation is in a deep sea of mediocrity. Focus- Manny has it; our nation doesn't know where to go, thanks to our president. Coaching- Manny has it; our nation didn't listen when we educate them to vote intelligently and here's our by-product:national shame. Training- Manny has it; our nation has it but it was only a loose cannon to them. Winning attitude- Manny has it; our nation has this attitude of being a loser and they are contented with it.

The sad thing is our national sports program is very weak. Our government doesn't care about our athletes. Kaya nangungulelat tayo pagdating sa medalya, because some government officials pocket their money that is for them. I couldn't blame other Pinoy athletes playing for other countries tapos kapag nababalitaan na nananalo sila, sasabihin niyong, "Proud to be Pinoy"? Mahiya naman kayo. Kaya naman nananalo sila ay dahil may suporta ang gobyerno nila sa sports. Dito sa atin, wala. Kaya wala kayong karapatang mang-angkin ng tagumpay ng iisang tao lang.

So What If Pacman Wins ?

If Pacman wins, would there any big changes in this nation? I guess no. We are living in a euphoria right now. Off to dreamland again as they say. When this fades, we go back to our mediocre state and we need another Pacman fight to be energized, like opium. One day, we realize that Pacman is just a human person. Someday he will go tired. His body will decrease. He couldn't fight someday. Where are going to lean on to shield us from racist comments and to cover our own national dysfunction?

JUST FACE THE TRUTH AND DO SOMETHING PHILIPPINES !!!

Pinoy Radio Is Changing

NU 107 (Nov. 7 1987-Nov. 8 2010)

The last half of 2010 saw the fast change going on in the world of Pinoy radio. Starting in August when 103.5 FM made its shift from the A-B format(K-LITE, HEART, and MAX) to the "pang-masa" format as WOW FM.

In the AM radio, in September, Philippine Daily Inquirer ventured into radio with the launch of DZIQ Radyo Inquirer 990. DZRJ made its shift from the normal Tagalog delivery of the news to English. DZRJ, known as the "Voice of the Philippines", also partnered with The Philippine Star. This signals the return of the radio-newspaper partnerships which started in the late 50's.

Back to FM, NU 107, the Home of New Rock, bade its farewell at midnight of November 8 after two decades of existence and changed the course the FM radio. With the death of NU comes the birth of the first All News/Talk station on FM. 92.3 NEWS FM started its first official broadcast at early morning of the same date with Martin Andanar as the first presenter.

As they always say, change is constant. As with radio, it keeps on changing as they are trying to meet the demands of their listeners. I do welcome all of these changes except for one. Please don't overbombard the airwaves with too much trash.

Mai Mislang's Insenstive Tweet: Proof of Filipino's Misguided Pride And Arrogance

It's been a week since the controversial "tweet" of PNOY's speechwriter Mai Mislang spread around the social media like wildfire, many Filipinos can't get enough of it. They even founded a hate page for her and they comment harsh words like rotten tomatoes stoned at your face. Too bad at her.

This situation proves 3 simple notions:

1) The continuing lack of competence and ethics of PNOY's advisers and cabinet secretaries ( do I really repeat it all over again).

2) The misguided pride and arrogance of our nationality as Anti-Pinoy.com quoted it.

3) The over-reactive attitude of Filipinos.

And if we don't put these attitudes straight down the bin, we will never create a better Philippines and mature democracy for our next generation.

"The nation sucks. Please restore sanity before it's too late!"