Getting high blood along the roads

I hate driving along the provincial roads in Iloilo. And I hate to think that I am not alone on this diabolical scheme of things. Ga-high blood dayon ako. But to calm down, I have to remind myself that Gloria Arroyo will never give a hoot to whatever serious that happens to me on the road. So there. Daw kalmado na ako.

The object of my derision is the so many billboards along the hi-way showing the faces of Gloria Arroyo and her mole and her minions announcing the good things they have done to the road that I am using and possibly the air that I breathe. Parang may passage sa bible saying that 'If you really wanted to do good, don't annouce anymore the goodness of your deeds. Just do the good quietly and without others knowing it.' (Tama ba, Aling Ruth?)

There is a move in the Senate to investigate the informercials on TV and on the radio, which are to me, really political campaigns. But why are the billboards not included? Because these were mostly featuring the mole of Gloria Arroyo? Don't we not suspect Arroyo of engineering her running again for whatever position in the 2010 elections and therefore her mole billboards are also considered premature campaigning?

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, head of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, summoned to a senate hearing several cabinet and other government officials to investigate the rationale and propriety of the airing of infomercials of the same government officials at the time when the election season is fast approaching. The senator suspects that the airing of informercials, passed on as advocacy campaigns, is part of premature campaigning using public funds. She therefore threatens to recommend the filing of graft and corruption charges against the said government officials, who have signified their raging intention to run in the 2010 election.

Summoned to the hearing were Vice-President Noli de Castro, Secretaries Margarito Teves of Finance, Gilbert Teodoro Jr. of Defense, Ronaldo Puno of the Interior and Local Government; Francisco Duque III of Health; Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. of Public Works and Highways; Jesli Lapus of Education; and Nasser Pangandaman of Agrarian Reform; and, Metro Manila Development Authority Chair Bayani Fernando. Other officials in the Executive branch who have infomercials invited to the Senate hearing were Philippine Amusements and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) chairman Ephraim Genuino and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) chairman Augusto Syjuco. Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, who has earlier declared his presidential bid, was also invited in the Senate hearing to explain his own infomercial.

Duda kang raku, ginpatawag ni Miriam ang dya nga hearing para ma-imbistigahan ang ana 'kaaway' nga si DILG Sec. Ronaldo Puno, nga may ana man nga infomercial parte sa nahimuan kuno kang DILG, kag ang ana hitsura ang ginpakita sa infomercial. Sa madumduman, ginapatihan ni Miriam nga si Puno ang instrumento para mapiyerdi tana ni Ramos sa 1992 Presidential election.

Kuwarta bala ni Gloria ang gingamit para magka-kuryente ang Iloilo? Kunsabagay, sarangan gani niya magpakaon sa bili nga PhP 1,000,000.00 sa New York. Pasensiya ang mga taga-Iloilo nga waay kasunod. Magsanlag na lang kamo baringon kag magkihad kamatis.
Pero insa infomercial lang sa TV kag radyo ang ginpaimbistigahan. Insa waay ginpaimbistigahan ang mga billboard nga nag-urusbong sa baid ka mga karsada? Indi ayhan premature nga pangumpanya man dya?

Halin sa Iloilo City paagto sa Iloilo Airport, hitsura nanday Gloria Arroyo ang makita. Kag kon basahon mo ang mga billboard, sin-o ang maghambal nga indi personal nga kuwarta nanday Gloria Arroyo ang anda gingastos sa mga proyekto nga ginawaragwag nanda sa baid ka dalan?

Nagdugang pa gid ang mga hitsura ni Gloria sa baid dalan kang mag-agto tana sa Iloilo para maglantaw kang ana mga proyekto.

The public would like the government officials to account for the people's money entrusted to them. Ano, magpagusto lang sanda waldas kang kuwarto ka publiko?

Ang picture sa ibabaw kuha pagtakas sa Talanghauan MIWD Reservoir. Halin sa lugar nga dya ginguba ang karsada nga hasta tulad waay pa matapos ma-konkreta. Kon mainit, sobra kayab-ok. Kon ga-uran, sobra kalaputyak. Silot gid sa mga sarakyan kag mga sumalakay.

Drive carefully kuno. Pero naisip man ayhan nanda kon traffic hazard ang anda ginahimo? Kay naga-init ang ulo ka mga motorista kon makita ang anda hitsura?
Sa Amerang Bridge, sa duha ka approaches ginpaskilan gid ka hitsura ni Gloria kag Edbane.

Siguro nami man dya nga technique. Kon waay imo mabutang ang ngaran, patindugan mo lang ngaran mo sa tupad ka ngaran ka proyekto. And presto! Daw ikaw man gihapon ang tag-iya.

Sa approach dya kang Tabucan bridge. Tanan-tanan may karatula. Waay gid patawad.
Waay man ayhan ti naaksidente kon makita ang hitsura ni Gloria Arroyo?
Pero sa bahin kang Pavia, daw waay gid ti hitsura politiko sa baid dalan. Ginpabutangan abi ni Mayor Gorriceta ti mga 'Do not Lie. Do not steal.' billboards. Gani waay ti maisog magbutang ka anda hitsura kay man-an man kon sin-o ang mga butigon. May iba pa nga bersyon ang billboard sa ibabaw. Ang 'Do not lie to the people and to your wife.' Maan kon sin-o ang ginapatup-an nanda ka dya. @