23 Responses to “Why Sen. Manny Villar Does Not Get My Vote”

1. Ed on January 9th, 2010 10:05 am

   Too many commercials, too many self-build-up, too many bullshit. What else are we looking for a next president?

   Drawing na lang nga ako…ng hubad na babae…pero dadamitan ko ng superhero costume. Hehehe!

2. roy v. aragon on January 9th, 2010 10:23 am

   money villar’s anti-obscenity bill is obscene itself, regardless of the motive. villar being in malacanang is scary, if he’ll pursue the bill and get it enacted into law and implement it, it will be worse than martial law especially for writers/artists.

3. Ryan Parreno on January 9th, 2010 10:47 am

   Thanks for posting this! If they can’t be relied upon on their statements now, at least we can take position on the actions they have taken in the past. BTW, do you know of any aspiring political candidate, running in any position, who has taken action, or at least spoken of support of the lokal komiks industry? (And by that, of course, we mean not just an individual komiks person?)

4. Gerry Alanguilan on January 9th, 2010 12:16 pm

   Ryan, ironically, Villar himself has proposed bills that specifically benefits Philippine komiks. The best features of the bill are to make around 20 to 30% of all teaching material in schools to be in komiks form, and to give komiks publishers tax breaks. However, the thrust of the bill seems to be superficial at best because it concentrates only on the spread of komiks as a tool for education, rather than a legitimate form in which art can be explored. Together with the anti-obscenity bill, you can tell what place he feels komiks, literature and art as a whole should belong.

5. Lico on January 9th, 2010 12:19 pm

   That’s exactly the reason why I’m not voting for him! D:<

6. monty on January 9th, 2010 1:10 pm

   Aquino???? wla din gagawin yan tulad ng mother nya.

7. monty on January 9th, 2010 1:12 pm

   GO….
   Manny Villar for President……

8. Jun Pamintuan on January 9th, 2010 3:15 pm

   Baka hindi nya alam na hindi pa pinapanganak lolo ng lolo nya eh ubod ng dami na ng artists sa iba’t ibang dako ng mundo ang gumuguhit ng hubad at kung ano ano pa na tinatawag nyang obscene. And yep, isipin na lang natin kung ano ano pang mga censorship ang pwedeng mangyari pag nakaupo na yan. Mag-commercial na lang sya kesa tumakbo sya. Dun sya magaling. Daig pa nya si Pacquaio sa dami ng commercials nya parang halos linggo linggo bagong commercial pa. May sing-along pa na isa. HAHAHA.

9. Gilbert Monsanto on January 9th, 2010 3:34 pm

   Sabi sa kanta, Si Manny Villar ang tunay na mahirap… Toinks! Talaga? Di ba siya ang isa sa pinakamayaman ngayon? Saka naging mahirap man siya noon. I don’t think na ang thinking ng isang mahirap dati ay ang payamanin ang mahihirap din di ba?

   Siyempre, magsumikap dapat lahat.

10. Mark on January 9th, 2010 4:25 pm

    Just another reason why he doesn’t get my vote either.

11. hazel chua on January 9th, 2010 4:49 pm

    manny villar – isa kang magnanakaw… alam na yan ng mga taga Laspinas… anong akala mo? kuha mo mga boto namin? plastikan lang yun.. si Cynthia yung asawa mo naninira pa kay Noynoy aquino during your campaign… ang sama niyo… di namin kelangan ng matalino na magnanakaw ok? talo ka na villar… sa laspinas pa lang.

12. Ferres on January 9th, 2010 9:29 pm

    Closed minded people never make good leaders. They often do more harm than good. They are incapable of innovative though and will more likely bring you down with them.

    Hopefully, these people will finally die off this decade so that the next decade will be far more peaceful for everyone.

13. Gio Paredes on January 9th, 2010 9:42 pm

    Si Hazel ang init ng ulo.. hehehe.
    Konting lamig lang sister. :-)

    Pero yeah, I definitely agree with you. Up to now, hindi nya pa rin mapaliwanag yung road project nya na mag be-benefit ang MGA properties nya. :-(

14. Borgy on January 10th, 2010 8:22 am

    Villar is a traditional politician, no question about that. He panders to the masses but doesn’t really give a second whiff of the big picture. The mere fact that he’s perforating TV with a barrage of his 30 second commercials is proof of that; the simple question is: ” how is he going to recoup the money used for the campaign”? That is a serious load of moolah he’s dishing out. “Paid for by the friends of Manny Villar” shheeeeyeah right.

    But focusing more on the issue of the “Anti-obscenity” bill, Mr. Villar realllllly should take loooooooong look at the ramifications of such. It is a suppression of something we like to call ‘freedom of expression’, one of the basic building blocks of a democracy right up there with freedom of speech. The only authority I’ve heard of who can legitimately suppress this goes by the name of God and even He changed his mind about that (if we look at the Old and New Testaments alone, but I digress). So, no, Mr. Villar, until you get a divine halo without the benefits of a special effects budget, shove that bill where the sun don’t shine (OOps, was that an obscene image to imply?) :p

15. Ryan Parreno on January 10th, 2010 11:00 am

    So he’ll support komiks, as long as they meet his conditions of what komiks are supposed to be? It’s a nice, nudging form of censorship then.

    This gives me similar feelings as when GMA just pronounced arnis as our national martial art. Sana ginawa dati ni FVR, given he was our exercising president. Bakit itong bruha pa gumawa. No feelings of indebtedness there.

    I’d like to see a copy of that bill, though.

16. Neil on January 10th, 2010 1:14 pm

    I don’t think transforming komiks into only a medium of instruction will aid its growth in the artistic sense. The whole industry may become homogenous and flavorless in the long run as individuality and freedom of the creators are thrown out the window. It will become too ordinary, and eventually, people may loose their appreciation of it. I am however in favor of tax breaks for comic creators. hehe.

    The reason why I’m not voting for him too though, is that he fosters the idea that the government will solve everybody’s problems; especially those of the poor, when some of the ‘poor’ continuously indoctrinate their children into forever holding out their hands for alms and hand out envelopes in public utility vehicles.

17. Gerry Alanguilan on January 10th, 2010 1:19 pm

    Ryan, you can download a copy from the first link.

18. Vinci on January 11th, 2010 4:27 am

    Villar is pandering the conservative vote for his shot at the presidency. Even if this bill passed, which I doubt it will, how can you stop the basic instinct of people to “reproduce” & enjoy it in one expression or another? Art is but one means, and if ever got passed, Villar, being the success story he is, won’t be able to enjoy the “fruits” of his achievements. These politico-bastards are all the same in satisfying their basic urges & they’ll achieve it through relentless hypocrisy & sweet fast talking.

    People in this country, despite their outward shell of “respectability” are genetically horny bastards & bitches. Let’s face it! We wouldn’t be here without sex & it has influenced human civilization in one way or another.

    In this country, the mentality is still nudity = sex = arousal = immorality. In the States & other developed countries, which our country tries to emulate, they managed to remove the “immorality” from this equation, because they realize that it is ridiculous to include & borders on religious fundamentalism. Mature civilizations learn to live with the expression of sex & they get better at it with technological progress directly proportional to the changing zeitgeist.

    I do not think you can remove freedom of expression without removing pornography out of it. You may be for “artistic expression” and not for “pornography” at the same time, but that is going to be a tough thing to sell, especially in a legal argument. Pornography is legal in the United States & in other developed countries based on the tenet of freedom of expression and should be the same in our country. Pornography is STILL a form of expression. Sure you may go for the exclusion of the nudes of Michelangelo, Botticelli & etc., but who is to say that there are people out there who are aroused by them & masturbate to their images. Isn’t that what pornography does to?

    You may also say, “but pornography shows sex & nudes are artistic”. It does not follow! Pornography also has won the right to be called a form of expression the same as “art”. In a way, pornography can be classified as a form of art. Images of the naked or partially naked human body, no matter what, will stir a reaction. And it is that reaction which should be quelled by not passing this stupid bill. Instead, law makers should protect the most important thing all people have – THEIR FREEDOM!

    Remember, stupid bills like these are attempts by those in power to get more power. The check to curb this is the will of the people. And if the people are swayed by ignorance, obsolete religious dogma & false pretenses, then we’re a sorry lot indeed. If you sacrifice your freedom for more stability or security in your morality or life, you will receive neither.

19. Jose Mari Lee on January 11th, 2010 10:51 am

    Yeah. Pornography is worth billions of dollars per anum:

    1 South Korea 25.73 US$Billion
    2 Japan 19.98 156.75
    3 Finland Finland 0.60 114.70
    4 Australia Australia 2.00 98.70
    5 Brazil Brazil 0.10 53.17
    6 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0.46 44.94
    7 United States United States 13.33 44.67
    8 Republic of China Taiwan 1.00 43.41
    9 United Kingdom United Kingdom 1.97 31.84
    10 Canada Canada 1.00 30.21
    11 People’s Republic of China China 27.40 27.41
    12 Italy Italy 1.40 24.08
    13 Netherlands Netherlands 0.20 12.13
    14 Philippines Philippines 1.00 11.18
    15 Germany Germany 0.64 7.77
    16 Russia Russia 0.25 1.76
    17 Other 212 Unavailable

20. Pinoy Comics USA on January 11th, 2010 11:10 am

    Gerry,
    Let me commend you on your stand against this bill. I am curious though what laws are presently in place regarding art and nudity, if there are any?
    And BTW, a belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and family as you kinda disappeared around that time.
    Rod

21. Margarita M.Baltazar on February 8th, 2010 7:28 pm

    Mr.Manny Villar alam namin na mayaman ka.kita naman sa mga ads mo mga bigatin nge willie revillame.dolphy,si bitoy magkano naman kaya ang binayad mo sa kanila house and lot. at kanino mo babawiin lahat ang mga ginastos mo sa kanila simpre sa bayan.di ka na hiya.

22. miks on February 15th, 2010 5:05 pm

    hi folks,

    kung nagawa ni villar na lukohin tayo sa C5 road project na siya ay isa pa lang senador ano pa kaya kung presidente na siya, gising na tayo mga folks

23. albern on February 25th, 2010 10:04 pm

    Para sa akin ang kandidato na nagmamayabang na kayang tapusin ang kahirapan gaya ni Villar ay di dapat tapusin. Nagawa nga nyang nakawa tayo sa C5 lalo na pag naging presidente sya.

    Ang pang mayaman nya na subdivision nya dito sa Gensan ay sinirado ang public road para sa subdivision nya dumaan. Wala pa ngang permit to build sa City andami ng building na natayo…

    Sa Anti-Obscenity Bill naman, dapat ang mukha ni Villar ang tinakpan bawat commercial nya kasi balang araw pag naging presidente sya masusubukan nating maligo sa dagat ng basura.