What was Revillame’s beef? Sucaldito questioned in his radio program why Wowowee had to have contestants with average school grades of 75%-79%. It was the last straw for Revillame of a series of negative commentaries by Sucaldito.

Still, Revillame could have complained privately to his network bosses about Sucaldito. To publicly broadcast his anger and to threaten to resign was the height of arrogance. In his tirade the national sleaze even mentioned that his program was making a lot of money for ABS-CBN and that they were not the only channel.

If I were his boss I would have accepted his resignation or fired him on the spot. But I’m not ABS-CBN. I like to think I have more propriety than them.

ABS-CBN has shown time and again that they have no scruples when it comes to money. They could have fired Revillame from Wowowee may times before, but they didn’t and they won’t. He makes millions for them, which is why Revillame has turned into an arrogant monster.

What I predict ABS-CBN will do is try to pacify Revillame and Sucaldito. They won’t fire Sucaldito, because they might look like mindless tyrants. But they’ll definitely keep Revillame.

Ako ang simula ng pagbabago (I am the start of change) is the slogan of ABS-CBN.

It makes them look like the biggest, most blatant hypocrites in the land.

The link to the video of that tirade (listen to all the idiots applauding Revillame’s statements):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IkMeFTpOz0&

There was airhead Kris Aquino teasing fellow airhead Ruffa Gutierrez about leaving "The Buzz," in particular, and ABS-CBN in general, which prompted Ruffa to walk-out of the show.

Kris claimed she had no intention of hurting Ruffa. I believe her. She simply doesn’t have the finesse nor brains not to be tactless. But get the reaction of Ruffa: she called on the Filipinos not to vote for Noynoy Aquino, the brother of Kris, who’s running for President.

What had Noynoy have to do with their quarrel? Nothing. It’s just that Ruffa and Kris have more in common than they know: the lack of brains.

Enter the mother of all airheads, Annabelle Rama, Ruffa’s mother. She gets into the fray by claiming Kris was the reason for Ruffa’s decision to leave ABS-CBN. Then she too called for the Filipinos not to vote for Noynoy.

Noynoy, meanwhile, is wondering how his name got into the quarrel.

Simple. In a meeting of mindlessness, anything can happen.

How about an encore, girls?

The web site is www.shopandshare.ph. What Angel and the other stars are doing is donating their prized stuff and putting these up for auction. And these are not run-of-the-mill items. Many of them are rare and top of the line.

Perhaps you may not be able to afford any of the items, but maybe your foreign friends can. So let’s help along by spreading the word about the website. www.shopandshare.ph

2. During lulls in the Senate, he can have Luningning and her dancers gyrate on the floor. But this won’t be the first time someone gyrates in the Senate. Remember the impeachment hearings of Erap Estrada?

3. He can make a privilege speech and insult anyone and everyone, since he’ll be immune from suit.

4. He can write a bill to make Pau liniment the national balm.

5. He can write a bill to make spousal abuse a non-criminal offense.

6. Hell, he can even write a bill to make women second-class citizens and mere sex toys. Chavit Singson would love him!

7. He can distribute money, not to mention dollars, to the other senators and claim he was doing it for the Senate good, complete with sentimental music in the background.

8. He can cheat his way to become Senate President. He was able to do it in his show; why not the Senate?

9. If the public loses interest in the Senate, he can offer house and lot packages to the public so they can stampede –literally speaking– to the Senate entrance. If anyone gets trampled to death, there’s always Gaby Lopez to defend him.

10. He can be the best example of why we shouldn’t vote idiots as senators.

In one of those videos you can catch in youtube, which I’m featuring below, Revillame had as contestants aspiring comedians. Yet, instead of encouraging or helping them in their careers (doesn’t ABS-CBN like to brandish Revillame as a bleeding heart?), he insults them one by one.

And that’s how Revillame gets his laughter, by insulting his fellow Filipinos. The tragedy is that these contestants will allow themselves to be insulted in the hope that they’ll win huge amounts of moolah. It becomes doubly tragic when they don’t win.

Do the big bosses of ABS-CBN know about this? They would be stupid not to. Do they tolerate it? Of course! Because it earns them huge amounts of moolah as well.

In the aftermath of the infamous Wowowee stampede where over 70 people died, ABS-CBN top brass Charo Concio sought to justify the label that Wowowee was a mendicancy-promoting show by saying that a percentage of Wowowee earnings go to charity. In other words, the ends justify the means. So what if they exploit and insult poor people?

That’s a Machiavellian concept. It also hides the inherent greed of ABS-CBN.

So are they going to get rid of Wowowee and the obnoxious Revillame? Not a chance! It’s easier to ask for the moon.

What ABS-CBN will do is they’ll have Revillame lie low for some time. Then they’ll come up with 30 seconder clips extolling Revillame and/or Wowowee. These will be complete with soft music and highly emotional spiels that are keyed to win the sympathy of their televiewers. ABS-CBN are experts at this.

When all is clear, Revillame will come back. Yet, as sure as the the sun rises everyday, he’ll find himself in trouble again. This is because his arrogance will emerge anew.

Then the cycle will turn again.

(note: I have nothing to do with those who made the video featured below. I feature it to show the extent of how lovingly "Kapamilya" Revillame is.)

Ok so arrogance isn’t a color. Nevertheless it befits Revillame. Last Monday, when the remains of former President Cory Aquino were being brought from La Salle Greenhills to the Manila Cathedral, Revillame complained loudly on live TV why the procession was being televised –albeit in smaller frames– alongside his show. He demanded that the frames be removed which the network did. But that insulted the sensibilities of the Filipinos who were outraged at such disrespect.

Many said that Revillame should have let his program go off the air instead in deference to the most beloved Philippine leader. Still others opined that the least Revillame could have done was complain off air.

But that’s what arrogance does. It makes you speak your mind no matter who’s listening. It makes you think that you’re much higher than anybody else, including the person who was responsible in restoring the very network that hires Revillame.

In his weak apology published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Revillame said that his request to stop the inserted video was really "a sign of love and respect for Tita Cory."

Whaaaattttt????!!!!

Go to youtube.com and search for that video segment, you’ll see that Revillame was always saying, "ako," "ako," "ako." It was not about respect to President Aquino. It was about his being distracted. Personally I suspect that Revillame didn’t like the competition as televiewers would certainly be more interested in watching the events surrounding the death of President Aquino.

Yet, this isn’t just about Revillame’s disrespect for a fallen leader. Revillame has always been arrogant. Look at youtube and see how he insults contestants and guests. Perhaps he feels that he’s a demi-god who can do anything in his show. Search philiblogs.com for "Willie Revillame" and read my blogs about him and the insensitivity of ABS-CBN for the Filipino in continuing to air Wowowee.

Perhaps now ABS-CBN will step out of its character of being greedy and finally put a stop to this mendicancy-promoting program and it’s obnoxious host, Willie Revillame.

Yet, every aspiring Filipino macho quickly memorized that line and it was the talk of the town. That’s the influence of Rudy Fernandez, one of the most debonair actors (and I say, "actor," with respect, because Rudy knew how to act unlike all the other action stars who don’t).

His tough, on-screen image, however, belied a soft interior of a man who was in reality soft-spoken, and who loved his wife and kids with a passion. I guess this is what endeared him most to the movie-going public. We all knew he was a kind, generous man who wouldn’t deliberately hurt anyone.

So it’s sad to see such a man go. But, contrary to reports, he didn’t lose to cancer. Cancer may have ravaged his body, but Rudy Fernandez lives on. He lives on in his family’s hearts. He lives on in the hearts of millions of Filipinos. And, as Tirso Cruz III said, "He’s in a much better place. I’m sure of that!"

I agree. But, as a fan, I’ll miss him.

Paalam, Daboy! When I see you in the afterlife, I’ll finally get to shake your hand. Personalan.

That’s what we’re seeing with the two giant networks of ABS-CBN and GMA. To this we can only call as disgustingly embarrassing.

There’s no better example of irony than what we’re viewing as these two networks publicly go for each other’s throats while calling themselves endearing names such as “Kapamilya” and “Kapuso.”

ABS-CBN is the most hypocritical of the two by stating in its defense that it’s not about ratings, but honesty towards advertisers and viewers.

This is, of course, 100% hi-grade bull. The only way to get advertisers and viewership is to rate high.

But, really, what sort of programs are competing with each other for ratings?

During noontime for instance, you have an ABS-CBN show that features a creep known to be a womanizer, who likes to show-off driving in an allegedly smuggled Ferrari, and tried to cheat his fellow Filipinos in a defunct segment called, “Wilyonaryo.”

GMA, on the other hand, features has-beens surrounded by a slew of young entertainers who are definitively boring. An ex-senator shows up on occasion, but he’s funnier as a senator than as a comedian.

Prime time presents no improvement. Both networks feature shows that are just clones of each other. They both have a few fantasy series productions with special effects that are at best comical and at worst sophomoric. The soaps are the same tearjerkers that offer nothing new in terms of plot.

The Internet offers much better entertainment.

So here’s unsolicited advice for both ABS-CBN and GMA. If you’re going to war in front of the viewing public, pleaaazzze, let it be something worth fighting for.

There is strong evidence that the “Wilyonaryo” segment in the show, Wowowee, of Aug. 20, last year, was rigged.

Check out this video:

So, what else is new from a show that is responsible for the deaths of 70 people in a stampede that Wowowee continues to try to blame on others but themselves?

What’s new from a show that proclaims to the world it is a family-oriented program but continues to feature skimpily-clad women obscenely gyrating on the dance floor? So what, you may ask?

Well, just this: Last Sunday, in the children’s show, “Going Bulilit,” they had a segment that mimicked Wowowee. There was a boy impersonating Willie Revillame. Then there were girls acting as the dancers who were, get this, skimpily clothed! All these children were less than 10 years old!

Welcome to the Kapamilya channel where we teach your daughters to be nightclub dancers!

What else is new from a noontime show that promotes mendicancy and then makes fun of Filipinos who join its contests and have no choice but to be mocked for cash that won’t even be able to feed them for a month?

If Wowowee is found out to have cheated that day, will ABS-CBN shut it down? I doubt it. When money is your god, you don’t know the meaning of shame.

Filipinos are angry; so much so that even councilors in many cities are falling over themselves to author resolutions condemning ABC and ‘Desperate Housewives’ producers for the racial slur.

The quip uttered by the character played by Teri Hatcher: "Before we can go any further, can I check those diplomas? ‘Coz I just want to make sure they’re not from some med school in the Philippines.".

Yes, it is a racial slur. Yet, we brought it upon ourselves, didn’t we?

How? Consider these:
1. Nursing grads cheat in the Nurses’ Board exam.
2. One of our top officials is allegedly bribed by a Chinese conglomerate.
3. Our president has a secret conversation with a Comelec official during elections.
4. Fake diplomas are sold on a street named after one of our greatest senators.
5. We heartily laugh when noontime hosts ridicule fellow Filipinos in their idiotic shows.
6. We elect a morally corrupt politican (who admitted he was immoral) into the Presidency and then stage a "People Power" uprising to oust him for … guess what … being immoral.

Should I go on?

Indeed, let’s get angry! But let’s get angry first at ourselves.

Let’s get angry enough to give notice to our politians that their days in office are numbered if they continue to pursue their own interests. Let’s get angry enough to elect public officials with unquestionable integrity and political courage.

Let’s get angry enough to let boxers, actors, comedians and media personalities know that they can serve the people where they are (and be highly effective) and that they need not run for public office to do so. Let’s get angry enough to let government agencies quake in their boots if they’re not doing their utmost to serve the public.

Let’s get angry enough to let advertisers know we will not patronize their products if they continue to sponsor TV shows that have no socially-redeeming values. Let’s get angry enough to pursue until the end criminal cases filed against those responsible for incidents such as a disco fire, a day-care center collapse, a stampede, where scores die needlessly.

Let’s get angry enough to be diligent against government corruption and see to the imprisonment of the guilty.

After we’ve cleaned up our national act, then and only then can we have the moral ascendancy to get angry at other nations’ racial slur against us!