I am reposting this article by Toto Causing of Dyaryo Magdalo!  Read, ponder, but more important, take action to prevent such a scenario!

WE ARE IN CLEAR-AND-PRESENT DANGER

By TOTO CAUSING
Dyaryo Magdalo

Okay guys and gals, THE SITUATION HAS BECOME SO SCARY!

The military is held by Gloria Arroyo's mistahs. The Supreme Court is held by her appointees. She caused a mad scramble for the Chief Justice post by starting the vetting after the Highest Court ruled beyond reason to put upside down the half-a-century doctrine against midnight appointment. This she does to lure incumbent justices to bid for her graces if only to be appointed as CJ.

She also has already issued about a hundred clearly eleventh-hour appointments to executive posts disguised by means of antedating technique although those to be replaced were not informed of their recall or removal on the dates the appointments of the replacements were signed.

With still three months Gloria on the loose with her powers, many things can happen, including those that will question the appointments that the SC decisions will be fast-tracked to her favor. That is although one issue to be raised here is: When can an appointment be deemed completed? Is it on the day of signing by the President or on the day the appointees received the appointment notice and swore to office? That is, although it is pretty obvious that these appointments were actually signed when the midnight period has already begun but that the appointments were only made to appear to have been signed before March 11, the day the midnight period began.

An example is 87-year-old Alfonso Yuchengco, who was appointed ambassador to Germany with his appointment showing it to have been signed before March 11. But the incumbent ambassador, Delia Albert, did not know until the Yuchengco appointment was announced after March 11. She did not even receive any memo or notice that she was already replaced.

THE SITUATION HAS INDEED BECOME TOO DANGEROUS, THE DANGER TOO CLEAR AND TOO PRESENT.

Let us all be serious now and give heroism a chance by giving up your choice candidates in favor of one anti-Gloria presidential candidate to save our country.

First, my fear is a FAILURE OF ELECTION in at least 10% of the voting areas in the country. If we have 49 million voters now as the Comelec said, that means 10% is 4.9 million votes that cannot be counted on Election Day. This will suspend the proclamation of the new President and the new Vice President if the closeness of the contest will show a difference of only 2 million votes. If the difference between the No. 1 leading senatorial bet and the No. 13 senatorial candidate is less than 4 million, no new senator can be elected.

THIS SCENARIO IS TOO DREADFUL: A COMPLETE POWER VACUUM.

And this scenario is very much possible. It is easy for Gloria-held military to make dramas to destroy or burn or delay the delivery of ballots in Muslim and remote areas. It is easy for warlords to seize by the power of guns those PCOS machines before the results can be transmitted to the canvassing computers. Adding to this, it is also very easy to file all kinds of concocted petitions and cases to delay the holding of new elections. With the Supreme Court peopled by Gloria appointees, you can expect many judicial doctrines turned around: like the midnight appointment prohibition and the no-automatic-resignation of appointed officials running for political posts (although this was reversed later by the SC).

Complete power vacuum occurs this way. Our constitution says that if no new president is proclaimed because of the closeness of the contest and the failure of elections in at least 10% of the voting areas, the proclaimed vice president shall take over. But if there is also no proclamation in the vice-presidential contest owing to the same reasons, the Senate President takes over. And if there is no Senate President because Enrile's term ends on June 30 and no new senator is proclaimed for the same reasons, then the Speaker of the House shall act as President.


Now, if Gloria wins the congressional race in Pampanga, it is easy for her to become Speaker because she can easily bribe the congressmen to elect her Speaker. And if she is the Speaker, the constitution says she continues to be the president in acting capacity.

Not only this, Gloria still has an OPTION. Because there would be no new senator, GLORIA MACAPAGAL will argue that the 12 remaining senators who still have 3 years more in their terms cannot elect a Senate President because the majority in the Senate must be at least 13 votes for the Senate is made up of 24 senators. So that she can argue that she should stay as President under the Holdover Doctrine that her Supreme Court would agree. Remember that the current Senate President is Enrile whose term ends on June 30.

Now, the ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS POWER VACUUM SCENARIO IS FOR US TO POUR ALL OUR VOTES ON ONE NON-GLORIA CANDIDATE. This is to ensure that there would be a “very wide margin” between the No. 1 leading presidential candidate and the runner-up, and in effect ensuring that even if 10% of the votes are not counted we can still proclaim a new president because the number of uncounted votes is mathematically impossible to overturn the margin of lead.

I PROPOSE that we pour all our anti-Gloria votes on Noynoy for he is only the one who is in the best chance to achieve the very-wide-margin objective.

Be a hero by giving up your choice and pour it on Noynoy.

Please think about it, guys and gals.

Can the country count on you?

Working Smarter, Not Harder With BillQuick 2010 - It's Finally Out!

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of BillQuick. All opinions are 100% mine.

Finally, the much awaited, most powerful, and user-friendly time billing and project management software by California based BQE Software, Inc. has been released!


The highly popular and widely anticipated BillQuick 2010 is the latest version of this award winning software that has been helping businesses worldwide to efficiently manage their time tracking and project management activities - from charting billable hours to managing multiple fee schedules.

Since the release of its first version in 1996, BQE has been sensitive to their clients' needs. It has always given much importance and attention to client feed backs and suggestions. Based on these, the company has constantly improved on the various features of the software - adapting it to every specific need required by its wide array of clients who are engaged in various fields of endeavor from accounting, to engineering, law, IT consulting, business consulting, and other professional fields.
BillQuick 2010 offers true flexibility! Its unique interface capabilities now allow its users to exchange data via email, hand-held computers and cell phones from the field. The software delivers time tracking, project management and real time billing while supporting staff working from a remote PC, on a network and via the web. It also features add-on modules which allow users to choose and customize features to suit their company's needs as well as meet their clients' specific requirements.
Bill Quick 2010 is the 11th and latest upgrade in the last 15 years of this popular software. It includes new additions and improvements wished for and suggested by its users worldwide.


One of these newest innovations of Bill Quick 2010 is its intelligent billing feature called the "Memorize Invoice". With this new feature, the client is able to schedule manual and retainer invoices for automatic processing and create work flow shortcuts for recurring invoices, billing schedules, and billing frequency reminders. With the new Memorize Invoice feature, users are able to record and 'memorize' a manual or retainer invoice and then schedule it for automatic processing later on. (Double click on the image on the left to have a better view of how this feature works.)

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With this, managers are now able to plan and schedule the workforce smoothly and without worries! They will always know they have the right person available at the right time while employees will be automatically notified whether their requests for time off have been approved or not! No hassles! No worries!
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In summary, here are some of the more important new features and additions to BillQuick 2010.

• Memorized Invoices
• Personal Time Off Management
• Enhanced File Linking
• Filter Reports Using Groups
• Background Report Generation
• Enhanced Allocate Hours
• Dynamic Groups
• Submit and Approval Workflow for Invoices
• Submit and Approval Workflow for Vendor Bills
• Submit and Approval Workflow for Purchase Orders
• Smarter Timers
• Late Fee Invoices
• Create Auto Complete Shorthand Codes On The Fly
• Enhanced Project Journals
• Enhanced Purchase Orders and Vendors Bills
• Enhanced QuickBooks Integration
• Enhanced MYOB Integration
• Enhanced Peachtree Integration

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Not only is the 2010 version feature rich, it is also smarter, intuitive and simpler to use...(the Outlook-style layout makes the application familiar even to first-time users).

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Frozen Pizza Anyone?

 This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Tony's Pizza. All opinions are 100% mine.

A great treat for this pizza loving nation...

Tony's Pizza has a special treat for you!   Free bowling game coupons on every specially marked box of Tony's Pizza  - a $6.00 value of free game coupons you can use in more than 2,000 Strike Ten Entertainment member bowling centers around the United States... found in every box of specially marked Tony's Pizza which retails for only $2.50 to $3.50 per box! Great deal, ain't it? This is a good enough reason for you to rush to your nearest grocery store now and stack up on all the available toppings of Tony's Pizza because the promo runs till August 31, 2010 only!

Still unconvinced? Well, here are some revealing stats for you to ponder. Did you know that...

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  94% of the population of the U.S. eats pizza. (Source: Parade Magazine.)

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   Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza EACH DAY, or about 350 slices per second.  (http://www.pizzaware.com/facts.htm)

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  Approximately 3 BILLION pizzas are sold in the U.S. each year. (Source: Blumenfeld and Associates.)

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  93% of Americans eat AT LEAST one pizza per month. (Source: Bolla Wines.) 

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  66.66% of Americans order pizza for a casual evening with friends. (Source: Bolla Wines.) 

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  Each man, woman and child in America eats an average of 46 slices, (23 pounds), of pizza per year. (Source: Packaged Facts, New York.) 

So, if you belong to the other 6%  of the population who does not eat pizza, it is time to ponder why the rest of the country drools over pizza and discover what the 94% of the population already knows ( and what drives them to consume a staggering $39.8 billion of fresh and frozen pizza every year)! 

According to Wheatzza Corp., pizzas are normally bought via delivery (35%), take out or frozen pizzas (35%), and dine in (30%). However, recent trends have shown that sales of frozen pizzas have jumped tremendously as the hungry masses warm up to the pizzas' improved quality and variety, not to mention potentially significant savings over those that were once delivered to their homes.You can now see the same (if not better) quality and variety of frozen pizzas you normally see in the restaurant style pizzerias in your local grocery stores - and, at a much lower price!  Today, more and more consumers are turning to the more reasonably priced frozen pizza as the ultimate meal option for families dining at home! Frozen pizzas are proving to be not only the cheaper meal option of choice, they are also much quicker to prepare and tastes just as yummy!  

When you do visit your grocer, you'd be amazed at the many brands and varieties of frozen pizzas on stock. However, for the best quality and taste at the most reasonable price,...

...one of the best frozen pizza brand that Americans have learned to love through the years is Tony's Pizza!
Tony's Pizza was actually started by Dick Barlow as a small pizza company in 1960 and named it after his brother in law Greg "tony" Paglia. However, Tony's Pizza only gained prominence and popularity after it was bought by Marvin Schwan in 1970 where it became known as the first company to deliver pizza straight to the customers' homes using Schwan's small fleet of delivery trucks! Today, more than 35 years after its first frozen pizza was first packaged and sold, Tony's Pizza has grown tremendously and can be found in the frozen food sections of grocery stores all over the country. Tony's was one of the first to provide pizza to schools and one of the first to create a microwabable, single serve pizzas for the freezer case. It's the pizza brand Americans have grown to love. Tony's boasts of a new generation of restaurant-style frozen pizzas that can compare well with fast-food delivery pizza chains. Among the flavors of Tony's Pizza you'll find at your favorite grocers are the Pepperoni, Cheese, Sausage and Pepperoni, Supreme, Hamburger, Four Cheese, and Meat Trio! For the past several years, Tony's Pizza has been in the top ten frozen pizza brands in the country. Last year, it sold 46,939,760 pizzas with a total value of $123, 456,200.
If this is still not good enough for you, then how about the $6 Worth of Free Bowling Game Coupon in every box of Tony's Pizza worth only from $2.50 to $3.50 per box!  This is a sure steal!
Tony's Pizza still has its "Buy Tony's Pizza, Bowl For Free" Promo" which started last April, 2009 and runs till August 31, 2010! Tens of millions of coupons on the packages of TONY’S® pizzas for a free game of bowling, redeemable at more than 2,000 Strike Ten Entertainment member bowling centers around the United States are there for your picking! You practically get your pizzas for free for the value of free weekend bowling games for your family and friends. 
Now you've got more than enough reasons to stack up your freezers with Tony's Pizza!
So, the next time you go to your favorite grocery stores, make sure Tony's Pizza is on your shopping list. Your kids will not only love you for them, they will also surely enjoy the bonding moments when you start teaching them how to cook and prepare Tony's Pizza for dinner! And with the free bowling game coupons, it will always be a totally fun weekend for the whole family !
Next time around, don't get caught entertaining unexpected house guests without a Tony Pizza in your freezers! Stack up on Tony's Pizzas now...the instant meal for your instant guests! You'll surely love it ... and the free bowling games that comes with it!


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HEAVEN OR HELL?

I culled this funny story from an email sent to me by an old facebook buddy. I re-wrote some parts and changed the main character to reflect the current Philippine Setting! Read, enjoy, and contemplate!

Election Na naman!

HEAVEN OR HELL?

While driving down the south superhighway one day, Juan Kunsumido's car was tragically hit on the side by a wayward truck. His car was thrown out of the highway in a mangled mess. Juan died instantly from the accident. It was an unexpected, sudden death! Juan still wanted to see a lot of things happen in his life. He also wanted to vote in the forthcoming May, 2010 elections - although he hadn't yet made a choice who to vote for. He dreamed of changes in his life. He wanted a better life than what he had... But his sudden demiss  robbed him of this chance!

His soul arrived in heaven and was met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see unexpected guests around these parts, you see, so we're not sure yet what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says Juan ... I'm done with the suffering in my country, anyway, and I want a more serene life for a change!

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from the higher ups. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven.

Then you can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says Juan.

"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorted him to the elevator and he went down, down, down to hell.

The doors opened and he found himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance was a clubhouse and standing in front of it were all his friends and other acquaintances who had worked with him in the past.

Everyone was very happy and in evening dresses. They ran to greet him, shook his hand, and reminisced about the good times they had while they were still together on earth.

They played a friendly game of golf and then dined on lobster, caviar and the finest champagne.

Also present was the devil in his orange clad robes! He appeared to be a very friendly guy who was having a good time dancing and telling jokes.

They were all having such a good time that before Juan realized it, it was time to go.

Everyone gave him a hearty farewell and waved while the elevator rose...

The elevator went up, up, up and the door reopened in heaven where St. Peter was waiting for him,

"Now it's time to visit heaven..", he said.

So, 24 hours passed with Juan joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing.

They had such a good time and, before Juan realized it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returned.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."

Juan reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell."

So St. Peter escorted him to the elevator and he went down, down, down to hell..

Now the doors of the elevator opened and he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He saw all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash fell from above.

The devil, clad in his usual orange colored robes came over and placed his arm around his shoulders.

"I don't understand," stammers Juan. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"

The devil smiles at him and says,

 "Yesterday we were campaigning ...

  Today, you voted.." 

  Vote wisely on

 May 10, 2010!  

Avoid the fate of Juan Kunsumido!

Dr. Seuss, Tech Writer

I need to share with you this funny but enjoyable prose by Dr. Seuss, Tech Writer. It is so beautifully written and I felt the irresistible urge to post it and share it with you!

This appears in a section under Jokes of a family friendly newsletter from Arcamax Publishing (http://www.arcamax.com/). I receive this regular publication from them for free via email. The newsletter includes cooking recipes, Bible verses for the day and a lot of trivia and other useful information you can make good use of ! Here now is Dr.Seuss, Tech Writer's funny prose about computers:

Dr. Seuss, Tech Writer

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report...


If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
And your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
Then your situation's hopeless and your system's going to crash!


If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,


And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
'Cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!


When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
Then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM...
Quickly turn off your computer and be sure to tell your mom.

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WOOF Contest Top Picks For March 5, 2010

WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Poetry

Bigdaddyrichard – “The Pretentious Prince and His Evil Maiden” – A poem about the laments of the youngest sibling in a family whose brother left the family in a haste to live with his scheming girlfriend who wanted the boy all for himself.

Dragon Blogger – “Imprisoned” – Random Twitter Poem about insanity and being trapped in your own mind.

Brought to you by PlotDog Press with the Serial Suspense Screenplay "Intervention"

(WOOF participants should re-post all the links above by next Monday. The following links may be excluded as long as you include all the above links.)

Presenting the finest of the writer’s blogs by the bloggers who write them. Highlighting the top posts as chosen by the March 5, 2010 WOOF Contest participants. Want in to join the next WOOF? The next contest ends March 12. Submit a link to your best writing post of the last 3 weeks using the form on this page. Participants, repost the winning link list within a week and you’re all set.

 

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The New Manny Bilyar Political Ad - Ha ha ha!

View and spread this video around... it asks the very same question many of us wish to ask from one of the presidential candidates for the 2010 elections with the same sounding name! This video was done by the UP Samahan ng Magaaral Sa Komunikasyon! Have fun and notice the pun!