Perhaps, I was one of those girls who thinks Jason Ivler is a real hottie, but then his killer smile (literally) just scares the crap out of me. Now that he is trying to recover at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center after sustaining gunshot wounds to the right shoulder and left upper abdomen, he will be facing tw0 criminal cases, one  in 2004 which accused him of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and on November 18, 2009, Renato Victor Ebarle Jr., the 27-year-old son of an undersecretary for the Office of the Presidential Chief of Staff, was shot dead inside his sports utility vehicle (SUV) on Santolan Road, Quezon City.

Infancy’s the tender fountain,

Power may with beauty flow,

Mother’s first to guide the streamlets,

From them souls unresting grow—

Grow on for the good or evil,

Sunshine streamed or evil hurled;

For the hand that rocks the cradle

Is the hand that rules the world.

—- William Ross Wallace

Now all eyes are on Jason Ivler’s mother, Marlene Aguilar, who is now being charged of obstruction of justice and giving false statements to the police investigators who have been searching for her son for a long time now.  I am not in a position to judge her, it is just normal for a mother to love his son no matter what he has become but she must also realize that her tolerance to her son’s wrong deeds will only bring him more harm than good. The hand that rocks the cradle is the one that should teach her young the right way. My mom once told me that not all mothers are the same and all have different style on raising their children. What Jason Ivler has become was a decision made by Jason Ivler himself but how I wish Marlene Aguilar would have guided his son properly too.

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update: Marlene Aguilar met Andal Ampatuan and she said he is a good man and he should not be judged. Sino pa nga ba ang magkakampihan? Diba sila sila lang naman talaga?

I can’t help but be disgusted with the face of Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr.  It is  scary to see that all of the members of their family are somehow look-a-likes, so disturbing. This afternoon when he appeared with his lawyer Atty. Sigfrid Fortun, at the preliminary investigation at the Department of Justice (DOJ) to answer the charges of multiple murder filed against him, he was even giving everybody a devilish smile, it is like he is mocking all of the media men who went there to protest the Maguindanao Massacre where 57 people died including 18 media men. If I were there, I’d probably throw him bricks on his face just to stop him from desperately looking like a tamed puppy but instead he came out looking like Satan in shackles and bullet proof vest.

Last year, when Albay Governor Joey Salceda called President Gloria Arroyo (GMA) a “lucky bitch”, I never thought she’d bring her luck to the higher level. She is so lucky that despite her unending political woes, events beyond her control have conspired in the economic and other areas to keep her in power. And to top it all, her recent announcement that she is running for Congress on 2010 at her hometown in Pampanga just gave everybody in the public office the biggest surprise (disgust more likely) of their lives. I can’t stop laughing when I saw this on the news… she is really a Queen B. Do we really think that this tiny girl will let the future President (except Gibo) ruin her retirement and spend the rest of her days inside the jail?! I don’t think so. The lucky bitch will probably freak out hehehe!

Move over Blair Waldorf!

GMA has done it again. Just when we all thought that her regime is soon to end, she will soon be reaping the grain that she sowed in the Congress. So now we all know why the House of the Representatives has always been the pampered ones … she has invested the country’s money very wisely.

The joke is on us! Check mate!!!

Many Americans believe that the Obama government’s move to pursue the trial in New York of the 9-11 terrorists attack suspects will be putting the whole country in great danger and anxiety. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and five other suspects detained in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba will be facing the federal court instead of a military tribunal. Some believed that this decision to have an open court trial could put NYC in threat of another terrorist act and will give platform for these terrorists to present their Jihad beliefs to recruit more members.

I strongly believe that this is one the best decisions of the Obama government. Everything will be out in the open, public opinion and scrutiny will be welcomed, and information that were not ever publicized will be available for everyone. Americans have put terrorists to federal court repeatedly so this should not be new to them, and this trial will give bittersweet justice to the 3000 people killed in the 9-11 attack . A full view of the trial is the best way to go.

A military tribunal is a kind of military court designed to try members of enemy forces during wartime, operating outside the scope of conventional criminal and civil proceedings. The judges are military officersand fulfill the role of jurors. Military tribunals are distinct from courts-martial. It is an inquisitorial system based on charges brought by a military authority, prosecuted by a military authority, judged by military officers, and sentenced by military officers against a member of an adversarial force. — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_tribunal

Senator Loren Legarda has announced her candidacy for the Vice President post but would not reveal her running mate, she obviously does not know where to go. Lakas-Kampi denied rumors that they are wooing her to run as Defense Secretary Teodoro’s VP on 2010 and stories going around that National Peoples Coalition (NPC), Senator Legarda’s own party is not happy with her acting “primadonna” for she has not committed herself to Senator Chiz Escudero who, is the NPC’s probable standard bearer. Was she insulted when former President Joseph Estrada did not choose her as his running mate? Her devotion to the former President did not get her anywhere, even if she proudly announced a few months back that she will run as VP only to Estrada.

The problem with Legarda is that she changes political position as soon she feels the public shows dismay to whoever she is supporting. Her principle doesn’t stand on solid ground and all she cares about is public opinion. I am not saying that public opinion doesn’t matter but, it is not only the market vendors, beggars, squatters whom she should please,  there are also students,  OFWs, farmers, and other taxpayers who are so sick and tired being pushed around and unheard just because they have the means to survive. Legarda panics as soon as she realizes that her chocolate-coated-statements, more often than not are vague and redundant, does not appeal to the masses. She is a classic example of a politician who would put ambition first before her real purpose as a public servant. If Legarda really wants to please the public, the best way to do it … give way to Mar Roxas.