- Senator Soto is so beside himself that he is giving whining speech after whining speech, blaming bloggers for his misery. It is rumored that political party UNA will demand he sit down and shut up because he is killing their chances for election. If not their's, their son's. Like the son of Enrile who may be political history just a few days after filing for candidacy. Compliments of Sotto the Thug.
- Senator Pia has called Top Blogger Raissa Robles "unprofessional" and "unethical" because she didn't like being erroneously associated with writing of the Cybercrime Bill. Nevermind that she belongs to a body whose ethical standard is to stand silent whilst one of their own plagiarizes, yells at whistle blowers and otherwise displays the odorous values of a warm steaming pile of karabao leavings. More on Senator Pia in a moment.
- The President of this fine country keeps getting his mitt in a wringer for stubbornly refusing to budge, bend or grant respect to anyone who wants something other than what he wants. As if he were baby Aquino isolated from sense by too much coddling.
- Senators Enrile and Trillanes have had a serious crackup on the Senate floor, passing disgrace around on a silver platter.
These are quality performances. They need to be globally recognized. And to properly give credit where credit is due, JoeAm will establish a new award called:
- The Golden Bluto Award
It is rather a cross
between gold stars and Oscars. It is scaled according to the quality of the
performance where the quality we aspire to recognize is thuggery.
You may recall that
Bluto is Popeye's arch-rival for Olive Oyl. He was recognized in a prior
blog by Mr. America about China's thuggish behavior in the West Philippine
Sea.
- Indeed, China is hereby declared an obvious recipient of the Golden Bluto Award, receiving Five Golden Blutos in the category of "Nation Building" for the fine performance "If We Want It, We'll Take It!"
I expect our most
popular category will be "Overweening Pride
in a Political Setting".
(Thanks to "springwoodman" for the fine characterization
"overweening pride" in a
remark on Top Blogger Raissa's blog.)
In the interest of
not wasting any time, we'll declare some fairly obvious winners right here,
right now.
- Five Golden Blutos go to Senator Sotto for his fine performance on the RH Bill entitled "Hear No Ethics, See No Ethics, Do No Ethics". His thuggery involved stealing original work from a blogger, denying the theft, criticizing the whistle-blowers who got on his case as "cyber-bullies", admitting he copied the words, showing no remorse, and hinting he would use the libel provision of the Cybercrime Bill to get even with critics.
Senator Sotto sets
the bar high. It is difficult to be more thuggish than that. Tricking the
public with a speech and threatening the good folks who demand ethics on the
floor of the Senate. What an overweening weenie.
Ahahahaha, the award
shall be titled "The Overweening Weenie
Prize" for overseas distribution in the event other countries
enforce copyright laws regarding the use of the Bluto name. In the Philippines,
of course, we don't worry much about little nuances like copyrights or trade
marks.
- Two Golden Blutos are awarded to both Senator Enrile and Senator Trillanes for their classic performances in "Arguments about China and Treason on the Senate Floor".
Need we explain that
award? Never before have so many senators sat with mouths agape watching two of
their own behave like a pair of alley cats in heat, slandering government
officials and each other and revealing State secrets in the name of Ego.
And let's also grant
the President of the Philippines his due:
- One Golden Bluto to President Aquino for his butchering of the finer notions of freedom of expression during his recent sterling performance "In Defense of the Signing of the Cybercrime Bill". He displayed all the sensitivity of a stone regarding citizen rights. This was after a dozen attorneys and another dozen bloggers and even Father Bernas cited the "chilling effect" of the legislation.
And getting now to
today's honoree, the esteemed Pia Cayetano, a noted dynasterian who sits with
her brother in the Senate.
- One Golden Bluto to Senator Cayetano for her lovely rendition of a huffy superior human in a performance entitled "Insufferable Snottiness by a Senator in Dealing with a Blogger". Rather than expressing appreciation for Raissa Roble's detailed revelations about how the Cybercrime Act came to be, she went in overweening fashion to name calling, claiming Raissa is "unprofessional" and "unethical", failing to acknowledge that the Senate Journal from which Raissa worked is a mess, and failing to acknowledge the important work that bloggers do to strive for transparency in a political world that takes hiding as its modus operandi.
You know, these
people just don't get it.
They don't get that
they now work in the front room of public inspection, not the back room where
their cigar smoke is as choking as their values.
Bloggers deal in an
environment where they learn to take it, learn to dish it. This is no
subservient sector of the public, groveling before their betters.
These officious
thugs who pretend they represent the public, these overweening weenies, will
get it soon.
Humility may come
hard. But it will eventually arrive.
Thugs on the run.
GOLDEN BLUTO AWARDS REGISTER
CATEGORY: "Overweening Pride in a Political Setting"
Awards
|
Year
|
Person
|
Performance
|
Basis
|
 |
2012
|
Sen. Sotto
|
"Hear
No Ethics, See No Ethics, Do No Ethics"
|
Plagiarism;
blaming & threatening bloggers; advocating online libel
|
 |
2012
|
Sen. Enrile
|
"Arguments
about China and Treason on the Senate Floor"
|
Behavior
unbecoming a senator
|
|
2012
|
Sen.Trillanes
|
"Arguments
about China and Treason on the Senate Floor"
|
Behavior
unbecoming a senator
|
 |
2012
|
Pres.
Aquino
|
"In
Defense of the Signing of the Cybercrime Bill"
|
Tin ear regarding
freedom of expression as a human right
|
|
2012
|
Sen.
Cayetano
|
"Insufferable
Snottiness by a Senator in Dealing with a Blogger"
|
Holier than thou
attitude toward a person working hard for the benefit of public well being
|
CATEGORY: "Nation Building"
Awards
|
Year
|
Nation
|
Performance
|
Basis
|
|
2012
|
China
|
"If
We Want It, We'll Take It!"
|
Claiming all of the West Philippine Sea; using fleets to intimidate small nations
|
