How the Beatles would have described the History of Pnoy's administration

At the start of Pnoy's administration, the President urged us to imagine good things. Pnoy says, no more lonely nights for us, that, from that day on, its just like starting over. The people applauded. The beautiful boy of Cory and Ninoy wants to live up with those expectations of him. Pnoy wants a revolution. This is another day in the history of this country, and the people thmselves are willing to leave yesterday's sordid mess.

Let it be, says skeptics as they accuse Pnoy of being the fool on the hill. Believers of Pnoy say they are just jealous guys. "In my life, " says the President, " i have suffered treading the long and winding road, leading to nowhere." For the president, love is the key. " We can always dream of strawberry fields, and they are forever. Yet, it is time to show what we got."

So the people, with expectations high, went on a magical journey with the President. Across the universe, the President's slogan won many accolades. The world was even inspired of his More Fun in the Philippines tourism slant.

Hey jude (referring to ex president Joseph Estrada), it seems that the promise of your administration is being fulfilled in this one. Contrary, this one is a day tripper.

The President's love for his country is really something no other woman is expected to fill. Happiness for this bachelor, is a warm gun. Til there was you.

Many women went on with him and every single one fell from grace. He wants to hold your hand, but he does so with the help of his friends. Maybe he's shy. Or maybe he's just a pretty boy.

Now that his term is nearing its end, the President is practically preparing early, and leaving the governance back to those same old people who caused these mess themselves. Another day, says the scheming and the grafters, and the magical mystery tour is no more. No more strawberry fields. No more lonely nights for us.

Why the absence of the masa in the Pen?

It is not true that the masa was'nt there when it happened. I was there. Hundreds were there. In fact, when the tanks came rolling in, a handful of people remarked that the marines would support Trillianes. A taxi driver whom I spoke with said that at least six bus-loads of people were supposed to join Trillianes but were blocked by the police along the way. Thousands more wanted to join Trillianes but were'nt able to go there. It was not because they don't want to. The Pen incident was spontaneous. A few knew about it. Had it continued until the morrow, it could have generated enough steam to actually entice, encourage hundreds or thousands of people to come join the party at the Pen.

So, I don't agree with most observations that the reason why a coup would fail here is the absence of the masa. That the people, allegedly, are already tired of all these EDSAs. I seriously doubt this observation. This is just part of psywar to discourage groups to launch something against Arroyo.

However, whether Trillianes is an Arroyo spy or not, one fact remained--the Pen incident served its purpose. The incident merited three (3) critical information to would-be plotters in the future:

1. GMA's defenses are illusionary. It is not as strong as before. Whatever people say that the response was sufficient, even "overacting", it is obvious that the government's forces are not that strong nor as many. In case of a shooting war, GMA's forces are sure to be defeated. I know other analysts will see it differently, but I stand with what I write here--in the next outing, GMA's forces will surely lose, even die by the hundreds.

2. GMA's survival in a situation like this is assured if they can neutralize any group within 18 hours. If less than 18 hours, they are sure to lose and this administration is sure to fall. The first 48 hours is the most critical moment. A more determined military group sans any public support can do the job of forcing the ouster of Arroyo. There must, however, be a series of actions directed not at one singular place, but of explosions of actions left and right in different places all at the same time.

3. Foreign governments will support the one who wins after the armed struggle. In the next outing, open fighting is expected. Whoever emerges the winners in this open fighting will definitely be recognized as the legitimate government.

I know many would disagree with what I write here, but given my high batting average (I predicted a coup right? ) in previous blogs, believe me, the one at the Pen is just a sampler, err, just a "testing", so to speak, for a bigger event in the next few weeks. Surely, it would not be long before freedom is attained.