The world is up in arms at the controversial win of Bradley over Pacquiao. Legions of Pinoy Pacquiao fans, of course, are glad to oblige in this indignation. After all, when the scorecards and compuboxes – the results didn’t add up and were totally off when compared to the boxing judges decisions.
If the Pinoys are to be believed, in this instance, the evidence was clear – the statistics are there for everyone to review – that Manny landed the most punches. Corollary to this is the lack of substantiated evidence to back up the conclusion that Bradley won – the numbers weren’t there. The world was aghast with this upset.
In another instance, not too long ago was another “fight”. One that involved former Chief Justice Renato Corona and the entire government machinery deployed by Aquino and his band of merry men. The prosecution averred evidence which upon greater scrutiny turned out to be non-existent.
Not only that, the mainstream media – namely Inquirer, Philstar, and ABS-CBN even lent credence to the farcical evidence. Bloated claims of real estate, bloated claims of dollar account balances. For short, the prosecution was doing a Bradley while Corona was doing a Pacquiao. Corona rebutted the allegations point by point and exposed the moral bankruptcy of the prosecution.
And just like Pacquiao, Corona was robbed of his victory.
And just like Pacquiao, Corona was magnanimous in defeat.
And just like the boxing referee judges, the impeachment court blinded by the glitter of the pork barrel – were just like Bob Arum’s blind mice. If you think the Nevada Mafia is bad – you ain’t seen nothin yet – the Philippine mafia knocks em out on the get go.
That’s where the similarities end because when it came down to the Pinoy fans – the outcomes were different.
Where the whole world was aghast at Corona’s treatment – the yellow Pinoys were very much willing to cheat and present farcical evidence – and worse, accept a flawed impeachment process.
Moving forward, this “outrage” about being robbed should make Filipinos think really hard. Why? At least Manny was robbed in one night. Pinoys, on the other hand, are being robbed day in and day out.
Pinoys are indignant about the thievery that hit Manny – but remain tight lipped, resigned about the daily robbery being committed by the Philippine government and the oligarch mafia of Ayala, Lopez, Cojuangco, Tan, and Pangilinan. It is a robbery of monumental proportions. One that is enshrined in the 1987 Philippine constitution – one that keeps jobs out, keeps prices high, breaks families apart, and turns Filipinas into prostitutes and drug mules.
Malacañang’s lap dogs were broadcasting about how Aquino’s visit to the UK generated $1B in investments and that it was a good return on the P87 million spent on the trip. Frankly, if the Philippines removed the 60/40 economic restrictions in the constitution – Philippine presidents need not spend taxpayers hard earned money to grovel before investors to go into a joint venture with Aboitiz et al.
In a country where the poor and the rich are equally capable cheaters – the only difference being one of magnitude – misplaced priorities, cognitive dissonance, hypocrisy, and cheating… RULES.
It’s just another day in Aquino’s yellow hell hole.
BongV has written 381 stories on this site.
BongV is the webmaster of Antipinoy.com.
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