Pacquiao linked to ambush of mayor, denies charges

And the millions of Filipinos who wanted Pacquiao to stay out of politics so he could stay unblemished shudder…

From what I’ve read elsewhere, this type of thing isn’t all that uncommon over there, including that some politicians will try to frame other politicans for scandals.

Manny’s wife runs a truck rental business, so it’s perfectly reasonable that trucks could have been used that are registered to Jinkee, and that they could have been rented. Manny’s not the brightest guy in the world, but with all of the advisors he has and as much money as he has, I doubt he’s stupid enough to try to commit a crime using cars registered to his wife.

Freak show continues

Reminds me a little of a story I read in the post this morning about another brawl that broke out in the Ukraine parliament. This time Dr. Ironfist wasn’t on hand for the festivities, but apparently they were throwing lots of smoke bombs, eggs and right hooks. Italy also has a pug-friendly government from what I’ve seen over the years, with regular brawls. Sometimes I wish the New York State Senate would catch on and start putting each other in traction. A few dozen special elections might right the ship.

The man went from a boxer to drug user to gangster.

And yes, this is very common in Philippine politics… If their President can be accused of organizing hits on political opponents, so can Manny apparently… Next thing you know, they’ll be accusing God for chrissakes…

Politics over here aren’t much different. Frame someone, kill someone, make shit up, smear campaigns. Seems to be part of the business. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are trying to force him out of politics to keep him fighting.

It’s funny they choose to interview Mayweather Sr. all the time as if he’s an intellectual who has wisdom to share. He doesn’t even usually sound smart about boxing when they interview him because he spins everything and there’s always some ulterior motive or just straight bragging. He can’t understand how someone would want to pass up money and give back to his community. Big shocker there. And Pacquiao “doesn’t want to fight my son”…. after he started the whole steroid rumor and said Floyd shouldn’t fight him. Definitely one of the great minds of our time. It’s the same shit as the steroids…“It just don’t seem right.”

Notice how in news articles they always pit the falling apart of the deal on the drug test, not the pay split, the location, etc.? Who knows, maybe they wanted Floyd to be tested for drugs legal in Vegas which would happen outside of Vegas where they wanted to fight.

It still puzzles me when people of celebrity are erroneously accused with no evidence, the media and average person’s way of rationalizing it is, “Well, why won’t he just do what they ask and prove them wrong?” Why should he? I thought it was innocent until proven guilty in this country? They never see it as ridiculous because there’s no factual reason he should be taking a different test in the first place. Winning is not proof. At least testing Shane makes sense to a degree.

I’d love to see a movement to test for the legal drugs boxers use, even where they are legal, and see how keen Floyd is on cleaning up the sport then. I think seeing Manny with an armalite rifle and a .45 would also be equally interesting, but only if he was in a church at the time.

I’d love to see a boxing league where the guys can use any drug they want. Steroids, cocaine, pain killers, viagra, whatever it takes. You’d not only see some interesting fights between boxers with interesting anatomy, but probably a few heart attacks and guys vomiting on each other during heated exchanges as well. INstead of winning title belts they would win drug supplies and a kilo of their choice.

Manny is overthrowing governments now?

If that doesn’t make you the P4P king, I don’t know what will.