the lady in red.

It's that time of the political season na naman. At syempre i couldn't help myself, i watched the SONA of that little lady from Malacanang, lalo na walang akong class. Every time there is a SONA, i try to watch or at least listen to it. Last year may klase ako so i just read the speech and watched bits and pieces from the news. I can't help but wonder why some people aren't interested in watching or even listening. I know she's probably BS-ing us, nagpapaganda, nagbubuhat ng sariling bangko, and all that crap, pero really, what do you expect? A normal person would of course show and tell her achievements and not her failures. Common sense people! The whole world is watching and you're going to admit to all your kapalpakans? Haler! Only a fool or a really, really noble and humble person would do that -- and where can we find such a person in the world, much less in the PI It's not a waste of time for me, it's a way of gauging how far from reality politicians really are Ok i'm generalizing, sorry haha, peace dun sa mga brods at sis kong may hawak na govt position.

I know there are some who really try to do their job. But the system eats you up. Politics is dirty; it's supposed to be that way. I've never heard of anyone saying that politics is clean-cut. And people are always saying wala nang ginawa kungdi mag-debate ang mga politiko. It's about time you realize that the political arena is just that, full of debates and compromising and grandstanding and all that crap, lalo na we follow a democratic system of government. Yes we have to admit that the political system we have is quite dismal. But look on the bright side. At least we're not known for having wrestling matches sa Congress, unlike an asian country i saw on the news na naman kanina. Nagbabatuhan ng silya, pati mga babae Nakakapanglumo. Pero let's not give up. I always believe that while we become more cynical as we grow older, we should also have a little bit of idealism left in us. Kung lahat tayo ay may mindset na wag maniwala, wag sumunod, wag makinig, wag makialam, saan pupulutin ang bansa natin?

I can't help but wonder lang, yung mga nagbabatikos sa presidente, have they tried working with her? Yung tipong supportahan muna yung mga programs and reforms nya before nilang batikusin? The way i see it kasi, bago pa man makita yung effect ng programs and reforms ng kung sinong politiko eh kinokontra naman agad ng kaaway nya, without giving it a chance to work. Di ba better kung batikusin mo pag talagang nag-fail? At least may basis ang pang-ngangakngak mo diba, hindi yung puro speculations. Ang this goes for all politicians. Ah well, this brings to mind a quote from John Stuart Mill which goes, "Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption."

And so i leave this blog with another quote this time from Robert Stanfield, a former conservative leader and premier of Nova Scotia:


"These are the people we elected
and if we are not satisfied
we should get new candidates.

It is in our hands.
It is our country.

It is a very simplistic view
that politicians are to blame
for everything."

Jul 23, 2007
11:02pm