Did we really did not see it coming? Most probably, not what we have expected. The sudden backing out of Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) for the automation of poll for the 2010 Philippine National Election totally left us all dumbfounded. According to Makati Congressman Teddy Boy Locsin TIM had asked for 500 million pesos from their Netherland-based partner Smartmatic. Smartmatic is a research and development group, known to provide a fully-automated, electronic voting system that is completely secure, reliable and auditable. Although TIM CEO Jose Marie Antunez had totally denied this allegation, still some believed that both Smatmatic and TIM is being pressured by those who have opposed the poll automation ever since the bidding has started. Comelec right away jumped in to the scene by declaring that they would be more than willing to take TIM’s place as Smartmatic’s local partner. Well, now that’s a big joke, right? If ever that happens, expect some real monkey business to take place.
It really got me thinking. Could it be that TIM is just a front of Comelec? and that all of these is orchestrated from day one? It is possible that the administration has been pursuing the automation as a facade. They made all of us believe that they like to improve the voting system and prevent cheating then, hired TIM to be a a front as the local partner of Smartmatic. Then if they succeed in the bidding, TIM will pull out and then here comes Comelec as the administration’s ally to the rescue. Then enters the whole new way of cheating… “the automated style” hehehe. Hmmm … we didnt see this coming, right? Just my speculation.
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streak, having teammate Rubens Barichello on the 2nd spot, is unstoppable and very much expected by many. Jenson has been enjoying his turns in standing on the very top of the podium after his very first win on 2006 and winning for the 5th time, is still as sweet as his first. One of the racers that I am also rooting for is Felipe Massa of Ferrari, finishing 4th. The previous failure of KERS to help him get to the top somehow frustrates him because it was supposed to help him have an advantage over other racers but it has been nothing but disappointment. A KERS boost button is a contraption which uses regenerative energy to increase the power delivery to the rear wheels. This delivers a significant increase in horsepower, for up to seven second per lap, and is particularly effective at standing starts. I am hoping that next season, the Ferrari team will be able to master the KERS, but of course, I still want my baby, Jenson Button to win
question the anger of the people. I was not upset that he called the Philippines “a nation of servants” because it is true and Filipinos must learn to accept that fact. Isn’t it that most of us prefer to work for another country because of high paying jobs? We go there to serve and not to put up a business, because if that is the case then why leave the Philippines? I think the reason why most of us are upset is because it came from somebody’s else’s mouth, from a foreigner, a Chinese guy, of all races hahaha trust me we are being punked here! Another thing, the Spratly Island claim should end. I was looking at the map and I myself, don’t believe it belongs to us (sorry guys). Now, what really upset me is that after the article was posted and taken out, HK magazine and Chip Tsao (To Kit in real life) claimed that it was all “Satire” meaning 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc., 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. Ok, here is the thing, Filipinos are not stupid, do you really believe that using the “satire” excuse made us calm or made us think that “oh wow he is a genius writer!”, it just made matters worst. The Philippines’ second language is English, we speak and write English very well so don’t you dare tell us that maybe we have misunderstood what you wrote. And maybe, most of our mothers and Filipino women work for Chinese families as housemaids/nannies but atleast, we are not responsible for the proliferation of lead and melamine that caused death to many children and adults all over the world. I will never be ashamed that I belong to a nation of servants, because these servants you, Chip Tsao, are insulting, are the people who brought up great Filipino nurses, doctors, teachers, engineers, and seamen working around the globe.
