Psych Test: It Should Apply to All

Psychiatric Test for Candidates Pushed

The Philippine Star, April 15, 2010

MANILA, Philippines – A Filipino migrant workers' group today joined the call of the Nacionalista Party for Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to undergo a psychiatric evaluation in light of an alleged report that the presidential bet had suffered from depression.

John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East regional coordinator, also urged all candidates for national positions to undergo psychiatric test to assure that voters will be electing mentally sound and capable leaders.

He said that if the government requires overseas Filipino workers to undergo such test, the same examination must be given to those who want to govern.

"The same should apply to those who are running for an elective national position to ensure that they are mentally capable to discharge their duties as elected officials," Monterona said.

With this, he called on presidential and senatorial candidates to submit themselves to the psychiatric examination.

"The electorate has the right to know candidates’ mental state and it could only be done if the candidates themselves would make their psych examination results open to the public," Monterona said.

Aquino has refused to undergo the psychiatric test but challenged NP presidential bet Sen. Manny Villar to subject himself to a lie detector test.

I agree with what this OFW group is trying to push for. Psychiatric testing should be mandatory, and it should be no problem for the candidates if they claim to be sane or normal. However, when a candidate refuses to take the test, suspicions arise as to why he or she wouldn't take the test. Is the candidate hiding something? Is he covering up for something?

The presidential seat is the top post in the country, and arguably the most difficult job in the world. It requires being able to think logically and straight, despite under pressure. It is important that a country is run by a person who is mentally stable, sane, and wise, at the very least.

Noynoy Aquino has to take the test, so that everyone else may follow. If he has nothing to hide, he should be alright.

But with the looks of it, I think we should brace ourselves from a big bad revelation coming from NOY.

"Hindi ako-zzzzzzzz--magnanakaw"

Talk about charisma.

Noynoy struts upon the stage and pauses in front of the micro phone. He then adjusts the mic and says the first two words: "hindi ako..." Suddenly an epileptic seizure runs throughout his whole body for a few seconds. He sounded really funny, but in a very awful and pityful way. The crowd draws murmurs and the people near begin to feel shocked and anxious. Then he continues: "-magnanakaw."

What was that again noy? "Hindi ako--zzzzzz-grrr-tttt--magnanakaw?" Hahahaha. You're just too weird, Noy. You can't run this country on pills and a pack of cigarettes. And even if you weren't an autty, is that the best you can say? No optimisim? Sheesh.

Seriously, this is the best you can say?

I wonder what the country would think once they learn about your true state of health. How many pills do you take each day? Any withdrawal symptoms?

Hmmm. Well, you gotta come clean, boy.

Hah.



COME CLEAN, NP DARES NOYNOY

by Bernadette E. Tamayo

Sunday, 25 April 2010 19:22

DAVAO City — Nacionalista Party presidential candidate Sen. Manuel Villar, Jr. challenged Sen. Noynoy Aquino to bare his true state of health following reports that the Liberal Party presidential bet had an epileptic attack while campaigning in Isabela province.

Villar said it would be best if Aquino issued a statement about his real health condition to dispel public doubt. The report said Aquino was rushed to an undisclosed hospital. “Hindi ko natatanggap ‘yang text na ‘yan bagamat may mga nagsasabi sa akin,” Villar said.

”Siguro para maliwanagan na lang ay wala namang problema (kung) i-deny na lang personally o sabihin talaga ang katotohanan,” he added. “Kagaya ng sinabi ko nuong nakaraang panahon ito’y napakahalaga sa pagiging pangulo ng Pilipinas. Napakahalaga na walang ganitong mga alinlangan sa aming lahat na mga kandidato.”

NP senatorial candidate Gilbert Remulla said Aquino should be honest about his health condition. “Pinag-uusapan natin dito ang kalusugan ng isang presidential candidate na posible maging pangulo ng ating bansa.”

“We have very good sources to say na talagang nagkaroon ng ganitong epileptic attack (si Noynoy). Kaya nga gusto namin sana si Noynoy mismo ang lumabas at sabihin talaga ang nangyari. In fact, nakakaawa at talagang dapat tulungan pa nga ang isang epileptic,” Remulla said. “He has to come clean if he is patriotic enough. Kung talagang mahal niya ang bansa ay kailangang sabihin niya ang katotohanan ukol sa kanyang kalusugan,” he stressed. “Paano ‘yan kung dahil sa stress ng trabaho bilang isang pangulo ay biglang nagkaroon siya ng isang epileptic attack ay baka magkaroon pa ‘yan ng fatal consequences for the country.”

”His health has to be disclosed kung ano talaga ang status. Lumalabas na ang pruweba na talagang may problema sa kalusugan kaya kailangan talaga malaman natin,” he added.

The Murderer's Blessing

Above, Right to Left: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghoul

The man reportedly behind the worst political massacre in the country's history, and the largest murder case since the World War Two crime trials, recently endorsed LP Standard-bearer Noynoy Aquino.

Excuse me, are you letting this man get away?

The Ampatuan clan is one of the most dreaded political clans in Mindanao, known for their brutal and sadistic means of implementing their own law. In late November last year, members of the clan specifically Andal Jr., reportedly shot and mutilated the bodies of over fifty people, mostly consisting of high-profile media men and family members of the rival Mangudadatu clan in southern Mindanao.

And now, he gives his blessing to Noynoy.

This is indeed a murderer's blessing. Noynoy must be getting desperate to win the 2010 Elections and that is why he's grabbing local politicians here and there for their support. Evil sides with evil. Quoting from Manila Standard (April 21, 2010), "Looking fresh and relaxed in a yellow shirt and arm band, Ampatuan endorsed Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr., the opposition candidate who is leading in the polls ahead of the May 10 presidential elections."

When you vote for Noy, you affiliate yourself with a murderer, the worst criminal known to man. I suggest you start thinking of voting someone else.

Major Depressive Disorder

Recently, a person who claimed to be Noynoy Aquino's classmate back in the Ateneo wrote an open letter to him. I do not know if this letter addressed to Aquino is entirely true and fool-proof, but the letter as of now seems to be spotless and without cracks. By this I mean that the person who wrote the letter definitely had some long-term connections with the powerful elite of the Ateneo, and that a story like this couldn't be drafted overnight. The names dropped in the letter weren't fictional, and anyone from the Ateneo would attest to that. I myself, spent some time in the Ateneo, and his letter actually seems familiar.

There's just too many details, too much proof loaded in the letter by Tomcat. His writing seems to be so specific and thoroughly thought of.

He talked about how Noy was temperamental, mentally unfit and unpredictable, and a pothead. So for those of you who are defending him, think again.




You probably are voting for the wrong person.


Below is the letter addressed to Noynoy Aquino, by "Tomcat"":

Readers of this column know that I rarely surrender my space to others in the form of extensive passages quoted verbatim. But today I willingly cede my allotted quota of words, editing only for style considerations, to someone who calls himself “Tomcat,” who recently wrote the following open letter (via Facebook) to leading presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino:

Dear Noynoy:

We were classmates at the Ateneo and I have no doubt that you would remember me even if we were not close. Hint: I was one of those who ribbed you about the low grade that Father Kreutz gave you in math because you could never seem to get your fractions right. Remember going ballistic over that ribbing? [Reverend Wiliam “Bill” Kreutz, SJ, is a long-time Ateneo teacher from New York who founded the Jesuit Volunteers of the Philippines—JR. All subsequent bracketed phrases are mine.]

Anyway, reading the psychological report that was posted on the Internet a few days ago certainly made me remember you. I heard you say on the news that the report was fake but you did admit that there were some things in it that were true. “Part truths” I think were your exact words. It fascinated me enough to want to read the report carefully to check out which were those things that were true.

Obvious things first, those facts that any of our classmates can confirm if asked. One of these is, as the report says, you have a labile disorder. This is whole truth. Even Father Gorospe would be distracted by your drooling during our oral exams. [The late Reverend Vitaliano Gorospe, SJ, was connected for a long time with the Ateneo Theology Department.] Father Ferriols, who made a point of showing he didn’t like you, would make side comments about it that led your classmates to give you the nickname “Cooper,” a reference to Cupertino school where we would teach Catechism to retarded children. I, however, never called you Cooper. [Reverend Roque Ferriols, SJ, taught Filipino Philosophy at Ateneo.]

The report says that you have a “major depressive disorder.” Well, I honestly don’t know if that is true. What I do know is that in school you were very temperamental and had sudden mood swings. Isang minuto, nakikikain ka kay Brudda Francis, maya’t maya nagagalit ka na. Many of our classmates can attest to witnessing scenes like this.

The report said that you used to go with your mom to see Dr. Manuel Escudero. That is a whole truth. I remember seeing you at Tito Maning’s high-rise apartment on Roxas Boulevard when we were still kids. Tito Maning was a consultant with the WHO here in Manila but he was also a psychiatrist who treated only the high society people in Manila. Even Imelda Marcos was his patient. Unfortunately, so was my mom who suffered from insecurities due to my dad’s numerous infidelities.

Tito Maning’s wife, Tita Jo, was a very good artist who had a couple of exhibits of her work before they left Manila for good a few years after martial law was declared. They lived in Topeka, Kansas. After they left, I kept a correspondence for a while with their very cute daughter Nina who I am sure you remember. I had such a crush on her. Maybe you did too. She used to talk to us “little folk” in the sala of their apartment while the “big folk” would lock themselves in the room and discuss “big folk” matters. She wanted to go to ballet school or some dance school which she did, I think, and I eventually lost track of her.

About your smoking marijuana, I also can’t say if that is wholly true. What I do know is that you would try to tag along with a group of students that would hang out with Ma’am Gloria Arroyo. [Yes, President Arroyo herself.] Mga students niya sa Economics. She was always surrounded by bright and handsome students kaya hindi ka pinapansin. Pati si Ma’am Placer, she never gave you the time of day kasi people said you were “medyo weird” and your grades were mababa per her standards.

Pero, you still tried to hang out with those guys. Trying hard to belong ba. I know those guys would drink na kasama pa si Miss Rosales na pag lasing na, kumakanta ng Spanish songs in Spanish. They would drink dozens of bottles of beer at Shakey’s Katipunan because Mrs. Ramos (our Spanish teacher in case you don’t remember) owned the restaurant. This group was also known to also smoke joints in the college auditorium, up in the closed space where the spotlights were. So, if you were hanging out with them then, you were probably also smoking marijuana too.

The report said you had a flight attendant girlfriend. This is another whole truth. I will not mention her name here to protect her but she was a PAL stewardess. I found out about this because I was on a flight with Father Samson [probably Ateneo de Davao president Reverend Antonio S. Samson] once and she was the one who seated us. When she found out we were from Ateneo, she introduced herself and said she was the girl friend of an Atenean and mentioned your name. Father Samson then asked jokingly if you were a good boyfriend to her. She shrugged and said you were “okay” but she was bothered because you were “too conservative.” You didn’t even like to kiss her daw because you were saving her for the wedding night. And you insisted that she dress very conservatively. Jealous boyfriend ka daw. No wonder that relationship ended. Maybe that’s why you got so depressed over it.

About the report. I know that [Ateneo-based Jesuit psychologist Reverend] Tito Caluag is one of your best friends. His group of “friends” are some of the richest and most influential people in the country today. I know that you used to frequently visit his home. He hosts get-togethers where things that are too esoteric for me are the subjects of discussion. At one time, this group of yours even discussed the ousting of [Ateneo president] Father [Bienvenido] Nebres because Tito Caluag had his own ideas on how Ateneo should be run. Maybe your closeness to him is why he was the one you went to when you were depressed and why he was the one who handled your case and signed your psychological report. To keep things quiet.

But I confess I actually don’t know. I do know that Tito Caluag was at one time your sister Kris’ father confessor. He may not be a very trustworthy father confessor, though, because many have heard him say aloud that “walang ginawa si Kris Aquino dito sa Ateneo kundi habulin si Alvin Patrimonio at mag-emote sa quadrangle”.

Anyway, yun muna. Good luck on your presidential run. If you become president of the Philippines, that would be really something, huh? From “Cooper” to “Mr. President” when brighter and more scheming Ateneans like Mar Roxas and Dick Gordon have not been able to make it is an achievement that Ripley should feature.

Your old friend,

Tomcat

Yo Noy! Just take the damn test and get over with it!

At some point, the truth has to come out.

Noynoy Aquino is not fit for the presidency--physically, mentally, spiritually--and realistically. Recently, there was controversy regarding the psychiatric help he seeked fourteen years ago. The results could prove that indeed he something close to a high-functioning autistic person (and no offense to the austic). If this all is in not true, then there is no reason to hide right?



Villar is challenging Aquino to take the "test" together but the latter seems to avoid it. Yeah some people might say the whole issue would be "mababaw" (shallow), but all we really want is for the truth to come out. So sorry it had to be near the elections. All it takes is one test, or a series of tests to prove that Noynoy can be indeed normal and fit OR autistic and unfit to for the highest position in the country.

What we want is transparency. If some doctor is still hiding the former tests, I say bring it all out and let us reexamine the documents. If they prove to be negative, then we can opt to let Villar and Aquino to take tests together.

So just take the damn test, Noy.

Before we can all get over it.

The CRO-NoYS are back!

According to the dictionary,

Cronyism is partiality to long-standing friends, especially by appointing them to positions of authority, regardless of their qualifications.

Cronyism has always been present in our country's political history. It is imbibed in our culture where we owe favors to others and vice versa. We encourage "utang ng loob," where we do favors for others, and we expect something in return.

Cronyism was most rampant during the time of Ferdinand Marcos, where he appointed many of his friends and relatives to various positions of power. Fabian Ver, his personal driver, eventually became one of his highest-ranked officials and became a four star general. He was just one of many others.

Many years after that, democracy was supposedly restored under the Cory Aquino administration. In some aspects, this could be true since Cory was a very peaceful person, and the whole spirit of the EDSA Revolution which she led was also a symbol of peace and truth.

However, she was weak in terms of governing and disciplining her subjects. Her relatives took advantage of her by doing 'things' under her nose, and getting away without accountability. Oh yes, they enjoyed their stay. They enjoyed their stay at the Filipino people's expense for a long time.

Two glorious generations of cronyism.

The Aquino administration was an incompetent and mediocre administration. The Philippine second-rate economy today, despite the global financial crisis, is no different from that of the Cory Aquino administration.

Tita Cory

According to Wikipedia, the Aquino administration in fact, lacked economic and political stability.

"By the time of the People Power revolution, the economy had declined, falling severely below the growth of other nations in Southeast Asia. A severe recession in 1984-85 saw the economy shrink by more than 10%, and perceptions of political instability during the Aquino administration further damped economic activity."


And now, Noynoy Aquino is running for president. Do we allow history to repeat itself? Yes, he has a glorious lineage tracing back to his father. But this does not justify the fact that he has relatives (and possibly himself) stealing from our tiny treasure chest.

This will happen again if we do not make sure that we don't vote for another Aquino.

See below, for just plain bullsh*t.

Aquino: No need to be a crony for business to prosper
By Daxim Lucas, Abigail L. Ho
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:49:00 01/22/2010

MANILA, Philippines—You don’t need to be a crony for your business to prosper under an Aquino administration.

This was the message that Sen. Benigno Aquino III, the frontrunner in candidate preference surveys ahead of next May’s elections, brought to local business leaders in his first address before the influential Makati Business Club since he declared his candidacy last September.

Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd, Aquino laid out a pro-business and pro-market agenda while distancing himself from the methods of the Arroyo administration.

“One not need be a crony to succeed in the field of business,” he said to warm applause.

No competition

He said a government under him “will not compete with business... nor use its regulatory powers to extort, intimidate and harass.”

Aside from promising a crony-free administration, Aquino also said he would not impose new taxes or increase tax rates, if elected.

His 18-minute talk was interrupted by applause at least seven times, at the end of which, MBC members—the overwhelming majority of whom have voiced support for his candidacy—gave Aquino a standing ovation.

Aquino, 50, a first-term senator and graduate of economics, told the businessmen there remains widespread perception that “success in the business milieu can almost be directly correlated to your closeness to the powers-that-be.”

In such a situation, businessmen are forced to focus their activities on maintaining relationships “in order to retain the favors that they receive in exchange for cultivating that relationship.”

“This has fostered the wrong kind of competitiveness. While it may work locally, for now, it has not enabled these players to become competitive in the world market, where the rules of the game do not take special relationships into consideration,” he said.

No new taxes

Despite facing a burgeoning budget deficit, Aquino said he would refrain from imposing new taxes or increasing tax rates.

To achieve this, his economic team will initially focus on plugging revenue leaks caused by smuggling and tax evasion, and on the rationalization of fiscal incentives.

“I strongly believe that we can collect more taxes at the [Bureau of Internal Revenue] and higher duties at the [Bureau of] Customs if we become more serious in curbing and punishing tax evasion and smuggling,” he said.

“My vision is to transform our country into one where we have lower tax rates enjoyed by all, rather than have some enjoy absolute tax exemptions while we burden the rest of the economy with very high tax rates,” he said.

He promised to cut down on questionable tax breaks granted to individual firms and to spread the tax burden more equitably in order to be able to lower the overall tax rate for all corporate and individual taxpayers.

Aquino sidestepped questions about the composition of his economic team, saying he did not want his advisers and their business interests to be subjected to “harassment” from his rivals or the administration.

Chief economic adviser

However, he pointed to his running mate, Sen. Manuel Roxas II, as one of his chief economic advisers who will guarantee policy stability and continuity in an Aquino administration.

Aquino received strong applause for his tax policies. But asked if these commitments were feasible, Wallace Business Forum president Peter Wallace said it was unwise for Aquino to commit not to implement any new taxes or increase current tax rates.

“I don’t think it’s wise. For example, the tax on liquor and cigarettes—there’s no question that needs to be amended,” Wallace said.

“On catching the tax evaders, he has to set an example by catching the big crooks and not just going after small fry,” he said.

NoyMar: A Toothless Tandem

I've always been an EDSA fan and a Ninoy fan, but Noynoy Aquino is one of the most passive politicians I know. Sad to say, he neither inherited his father's good looks and charisma when speaking in public, nor his mother's intuition, innocence, faith and religious depth. He was caught sleeping the senate a couple of times. This will never translate into any legislation, right?



What he probably inherited were traits such as ambition. This is 'ambition' not in the sense that it is the desire to choose the best in the wisest way possible, but rather it is the desire for personal achievement even if it means rolling and stepping over other people and being a "balimbing" to his relatives for attainment, superiority and power.

He is indeed passive on certain issues of national importance such as the Hacienda Luisita massacre. We all know what happened and it is undeniable that the Aquino and Cojuanco families were behind such atrocities. How does 12 dead people in a bloody farm slip under the nose of its owner?

Up to now, he has not yet made a firm stand about taking responsibility on the issue and how we can go about it as a nation and as a people. He wants to please his family by denying allegations and keeping quiet whereas what he should be really doing is focusing on how they could improve the lives of the farmers in Luisita whose salaries hover around P9.50 per day.



Noynoy Aquino is a puppet with strings. With each pull of the puppeteer, the puppet raises his hand or says something he has no idea what it means. There are people beyond him who control his every major public and political move. You tell him to do something, he'll do it. But probably after he's decided that it's not too hard for him to do. Mar Roxas is well, Mar Roxas. He's just also another name with a long history, with a lot of family interests.