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Shameless Social Climbing Skills
I was reviewing as usual when I heard this issue yesterday over the Radio. I guess I’m a sucker for satire because I won’t miss the world for this. And Yes I promised not to spoil your Christmas, so let me saturate you with my corny humor about this European trip by our “leaders” to our colonizers’ homeland. And surprise, I made a leap today in my deficient mathematical skills.
Now who among us Filipinos would not want this flight plummet to the Atlantic ocean when the cost of this trip can already feed 36.7 million malnourished Filipino children? I do!
Can you imagine the amount that Malacanang have to spend for the Spain-France-UK trip? It?s like sending a gamut of Athletes in an Olympic Event. Okay let?s do the math. I hate math, but I love it when I try to disclose the numbers of corruption.
Each flight (Philippines to Spain) is $500 (Take note it?s business class ha!)
There would be 4 flights all in all
1. Phil to Spain
2. Spain to France
3. France to UK
4. and UK back to the Philippines.
If they would be flying business class then roughly, one delegate would spend at least $2000 dollars. Of course not all of them would fit into the business class. But heck, would you really believe that a PAL chartered plane containing the Mamoth Philippine delegation to Europe would still bother to classify the foods to be served on a business class and the economy class? I beg (Please) to disagree.
So according to PDI reporters, they have unearthed from PAL a copy of the flight?s manifest listing a total of 192 people en route to Europe. So again let?s calculate with Reyna Elena?s Abacus:
$2000 x 192 = $384,000
Of course where in Europe would they stay? I doubt it if GMA and his hubby would stay in an inn. If Trillanes can afford to put up a station in a five star hotel, so does Madame and his Party of 191. So a single night in a European Five Star hotel costs about $500.
$500 x 192 = $96,000
But of course it wouldn?t be a one night stand. They would stay in Europe for 7 days of ?Official Business?, but some of them might want to stay a little longer for some window shopping so let us make it an 8 day trip (7 nights)
$96,000 x 7 = $672,000
And heck, would you go to Europe without an allowance for food and shopping? You would not want to look poor would you? So the Philippine Delegation was given a $3000 allowance for the 8 day trip. According to a ?bumblebee?, the allowance is for the Solons and Cabinet members? but do we really know ?who?s who? in that plane? They all seemed so alike to me, because they are all cheapskate who devour public funds just to get a freebie. So let us again do an estimate:
$3000 x 192 = $576,000
Now Sasha told me once that I should ask her for help in my accounting needs. I told her, I will. But this time I think I can do it alone. You know me. I get ?too? intelligent when Politics is the topic. So let?s do a basic accounting skill which I learned in High School:
CREDIT (They are all credit! They are our money! at ang iba dyan baka utang pa sa World Bank)
$ 384,000 – Fare via business class of PAL Chartered flight
672,000 – Hotel Accommodations
576,000 – Per diem (Allowance)
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$1,632,000 ? Estimated cost of the 8 day European trip
x 42.759 ? Dollar exchange rate in peso as of December 3, 2007
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69,782,688 Philippine peso-pesoses!
Whoa! That?s a lot of money. Even bigger than a Super Lotto prize for this week. No wonder Trillanes couldn?t wait to grab from the President her cherished position. By the way in case you asked, these came from our TAX money.
And behold, according to the Inquirer.net?s official list of ?Representatives and Senators who tagged along with Madame?, the Faces of our 37 Solons who joined the European Junket:
3 Senators
34 Representatives
Profiles courtesy of the House of Representatives
Special Mention to the following who sat in ?sitting pretty? mode in the business class with Madame:
The standard protocol in a diplomatic trip should be no more than 15 delegates per trip. George Bush when he visited the Philippines had no more that 30 people including securities with him in his trip. So what?s the fuzz in all of these nonsense that I talked about?
- It is the people?s money they are spending
- They are cocking about the World Bank’s denial of a loan by our country for a certain road project, yet they have the “face” to spend for this extravagant trip.
- Reyna Elena has more class and decency when it comes to social climbing skills
- It doesn?t matter if I my accounting and math is incorrect, the bottom line is they are spending the money of the people.
To ask what they are doing there is none of our business as ordinary citizens. But to ask ?who? would pay the money is I think an obligation of all Tax-paying citizens. Reyna Elena taught so many things about social climbing skills that would benefit each Filipinos working hard for their moneys? worth, but I say, the ones I mentioned above, aren?t one of them. I can?t believe that an ordinary OFW like Reyna Elena has a transcendental logic compared to these cheapskates! No wonder I am always hooked up on her blog! Our Leader’s “Social Climbing Skills” are shameless, utterly shameless!
Sasha, is my accounting bad or what?
Related blog entries on the Extravagant European Trip:
- Lawmakers on Junket with GMA
- GMA, 40 Politiko sa Europe Trip, Junket at Bayad Utang
- Happy People Again
- Militants Blast Arroyo’s European Junket trip
- Europe Pinoys slam Arroyo trip to Spain, France, UK
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in piernos, type ko si Zubiri! single and available pa ba sya? i’ll just pay for his business class!!! hahaha! bigyan ko also sya nang celfon!
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mahal na reyna, taken na yang si zubiri. married na sya with kid/s(?).
anyway, sabi ng malacanang di naman hindi naman daw libre ng presidente ang tour. kanya kanyang gastos daw ang mga nag tag along.
tanong: saan sila kumuha ng panggastos? sa kaniniyang bulsa? o sa kanikaniyang pork barrel? kasi if the latter, then pera pa din yun ng bayan. damn it!
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sows ano kamo? kanya kanyang bayad? lokohin nila ang lelang nilang panot!
grrrr sobrang naha-highblood ako d2!!!! sana mag-crash un plane na sinasakyan nila!
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ay okay yang idea na yan. imagine, we are less by 192 corrupt officials agad. kaya lang kawawa yung crew.
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asus! purbida man jud!
kaya nga ba gs2 kong kumandidato dahil sa mga freebies na ganyan eh
ansaya saya nila noh?
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hehehe may asawa na yan.. di ko sure kung si Vina Morales..
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asus pare. Nabula lang mga yan. San pa naman nila kukunin yung pera eh mismong sweldo at pork barrel nila galing sa atin. kung galing sa sweldo nila wala na tayo paki dun kasi pinaghirapan nila yun eh. pero kung galing sa pork barrel eh aba teka muna. para sa project yan ng mamamayan.
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P69 M ++ is not a biro ah… grabe na talaga itong kurapsyon sa gobyerno… kaya nga dapat natuloy na yang take over na yan… alam ko u are against dun pero kung ganito ba naman ang dahilan ng pagtatake-over ni trillanes… why not di ba? kapal talaga ng mukha…
ive been working for four years na and ibig sabihin non… 4 years na din akong nagbabayad ng tax… kung dito lang naman sa paglalamyerda ng mga kongresista at ni gloria napupunta ang tax ko… aba e mahiya-hiya naman sya no!!!
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hahaha wag naman, may kasamang mga tsikiting na malilinggit. isinama ngmga lelang nila por proteksyon form evil. lam kasi nila na pag may bata mahal ng Dyos eh. swete nila may kasama silang mga bata at hindi sila kikibuin ng anghel ng hustisya haha
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hahah nice mathemathical skils kapatid. gumagaling tayong dalawa sa math pag ganito topic hahaha
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(noh ibig sabihin sinabi mo?) hahaha
kumandidato ka kasi ng kagawad next time. mananalo ka kasi ngayon lang sila makakaita ng kandidatang may dugo sa ilong hahaha
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That’s true bro. sabi nga ni malen kahit maglakad tayo from manila to spain di tayo makakapulot ng isang daang piso, eh ito pang 69 Million.
Ah okay lang bro, galit lang talaga ako dun sa ginawa ni Trillanes. Actually gusto kjo rin naman matanggal si madame pero nakakasawa na yung take over take over eh. palagi na lang ganun. Pero if there is another way beside that, like impeachment perhaps, call ako dun kasi mas legal yun. di nababastos constitution at di ma-aapektuhan economy. pero sabi nga wla ng way.
i always believe sa karma and patience. In history, lahat ng mga naging abusado sa kapangyarihan ay bumagsak ng daig pa ang bulalakaw mula sa kalangitan.
they will have their time. they may have their day today pero pasa-saan ba at darating din ang oras nila. di ngayon. pero darating din yan. Look at the face of Gloria.. it is obviously swellling. Parang gumagamit ng steroids. I don’t know if she is sick. if she is, this is one form of a reminder to her that her time is up.
I understand your side, nagtrabaho din ako dati at malaki talaga tax grabe. nakakainsulto lang na ginagamit nila pera natin sa ganitong mga karangyaan na pwede naman sila magtravel ng 10 katao lang sila.
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kala ko ako lang ang nakapansin ng paglobo ng mukha ni gloria… may point ka… i agree… karma will do the rest for the people…
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tax ba kamo? &%@@8#$#$#8@ nila… kundi dahil jan aba nakabili na ko ng kotse!!!!
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yah.. ako din siguro… hahahhah
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Totoo yan pusa. Noon tuwang tuwa ako ng tumaas ang sweldo ko. pero nung makuha ko na pay slip, NAK NG! wala din. lalo tumaas tax ko. Para bang naglimos lang ang gobyerno ng sukli mula sa tax mo.
sabi nga ng nanay ko, okay lang na di nila kami taasan ng sweldo, ibaba lang ang tax at bilihin, which is true.
Sa ibang bansa kasi kahit mataas ang tax, tingnan mo naman, ang isang daan dolyar hindi mo haos maubos sa pagkain sa loob ng isang linggo. e dito ang isang daanng piso ay saglit lang. sa McDo 98PhP na ang Big Mak. Kaya bumibili na lang ako ng CDO, then pitas ng lettuce sa bakuran taz dalawang pisong monay sa panederya. O may bigmak ka na, lutong bahay pa.
Anank ng tipaklong yan OO.
HOY MADAME GLORIA< dami sinalanta sa Isabella ni Mina. ayun nasa balita halos magutom na samantalang nagpapasarap kayo dyan mga tinamaan kayo ng kidlat!
Kesehodang pera nyo yan, unahin nyo muna kapakanan ng byan mga kapalmuks kayo! kakagalit hahaha
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tama! kung ginamit na lng sana sa infrastructure ung perang gagamitin nila e di masaya pa ang mga nasalanta ng bagyo!!!
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hehe magkano lang halaga pare ng bahay sa bahay kalinga, 50k. if yung 69 M ginamit sa bahay nung mga squatter e di sana kakaunti na ngayon ang naiskwat o di kaya dike sa mga flood prone areas.
alam ko mahalaga yung trip coz it’s a diplomatic trip and we will all benefit from that. Pero sana naman wag buong baranggay ang kasama. aanhin mo pa ang mga secretary kasi talagang kasama sila dapat dun.
Pero ang mga apo at anak ni madame at mga congressman at senador pati mga kulasisi nila? ano ang gagawin nila dun? san sila por dios por santo kumuha ngpera. Isang congresswoman dun sa taas eh sa party list pa ng Buhay. ang alam ko sa partylist ay dapat tinataguyod nyan kapakanan ng mamamayan… pero it seems tama yung bulong bulungan na yung BUHAY party list ay pakawala ng malacanang.. shameless!
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Sayang, hindi sila dadaan dito. Hindi ko na sana papauwiin si mole of asia eh! Malamang hero ako diyan sa atin pag nagawa ko yun! Hehe!
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at bakit walang tugtog dito? in fairness panjeet.. galit ako sa mga blogs na may tugtog.. pero in your case, galit ako sa tugtog na walang blog.. hahaha, naloko na ko.
naimagine ko ang tugtog na para dito ay rico mambo, christmas remix
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tsk! tsk! tsk!
paano ba sila nakakatulog sa gabi? hindi ba sila mababangungot niyan… habang ang lahat ng tao sa Pinas ay nag hihirap, sila naman ay may junket sa europe. dapat isama din nila tayong lahat
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taken na si Zubiri?! prssst! hu! hu! hu! hahabol ako! baka pwedeng concubine akoooo!!!
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mas bagay si Zubiri saken! heheh!
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eeek!!! sandali! padadalhan ko nang parachute si Zubiri!!! pag wala, lobo na lang!!!
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sukat kase eh! i wanted to be a Senatress walang tumulong saken! ehhhhh!!!
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hayop talagaaaaaa!!!!
samantalang andaming nakahambalang na mga pinoy sa kalsadang walang makain at walang mga bahay at andun sila sa yoropa!
tsaka!
ba’t bibit boung pamilya?! ano ang drama nang mga yon?? Family Outing???
PEDE NA BA AKONG MAG-MURA SA BLOG NA TOOO??
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hay.. buti na lng at wala ang congressman namin dito sa mga kuyog at kumag na bitbit ng magaling na pangulo ng pilipinas… kundi.. uupakan talaga siya ng mga constituents nya…
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tama.. ilang bahay din un… i heard the news last night from tv patrol regarding the room rates sa spain… like $1200 per night ba? im not sure… pero malaki din un and take note in dollars kaya… at parang four nights pa daw sila dun sa spain… tsk tsk tsk… and then they are saying na sariling gastos nila un… sinong ginawa nilang stupid? o_O
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Alam mo kapatid, I don’t pay that much attention to political news. Hina-hi blood kasi ako! Baka matigok ako kung lagi kong papansinin yang mga balita sa impaktitang lider ng kawawang bansa natin! Pero nung mapanood ko sa balita yang EU junket na yan (o kung anumang tawag dyan), uminit na naman ang ulo ko! Susmeeee!!!!!!!! Ang bayan namin as Pangasinan ni hindi mapagawa ang daan… ang daming naglipanang mga pulubi sa paligid… yung mga tinanggalan nila ng bahay sa mga squatter’s area nilipat na naman sa walang kakwenta-kwentang San Jose, Bulacan kung saan walang halos makain at trabaho… dito na lang sa barangay namin sandamakmak ang mga walang trabaho… di magawan ng paraan ang mga nasasagasaan sa may Libis kasi wala pang pampagawa ng footbridge… teka 190/190 na yata ang dugo ko kapatid!!!
P.S. Tama ang accounting! I’m giving you 99%! Mali kasi ang footing, dapat sa dulo ng computations lagi naka-double rule! Hahahaha
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excellent post BPJ! talaga naman, walang konsensya itong mga pulitiko natin. habang ang mga international aid organizations ay nagkakandahirap mag-assist sa mga mahihirap nating kababayan, eto ang mga sarili nating pulitiko ay naglalakwatsa dito sa europa! kung business trip yan, kelangan ba ganyan kadami sila?
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ewan ko ba sa mga pulitiko na yan, kung kelang naghihikahos na ng sobra ang bansa natin, hayan inatupag pang gumala galaw. sino bang maniniwala na kanya kanya yan, mga haliparot! hehe. sana naman makonsensia sila sa mga pinag gagawa nila. ewan ko ba, parang gusto ko tuloy sa sumama sa magdalo group! mabuhay ka trillanes! lols
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talaga naman!!!! josko, papaano ka naman gaganahan sa mga aksyon ng mga yan. hindi ba talaga nila naiisip kung ano ang katumbas ng gastos na yan? sila yung mga naturingang matatalino pero 1+1 sa kanila, hindi mabigyan ng resolusyon.
nako bluep – talagang hanga ako sa yo kung mag-post ka. grabe, talagang detalye. sana naman, may mga politikong nagbabasa nitong blog mo at sana, may makinig. siguro, kung i-tag mo ng boybastos itong blog mo, eh baka bisitahin ka ni legarda.. hmmm nukaya?
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