I don’t see why we should all get excited over this year’s SONA. If it’s all going to be lies and nothing else, why bother?
A report about the nation; that’s what this should be about: not propaganda, not white washing and certainly not weaving illusions. This country has had enough and we deserve to hear it straight without PGMA’s made up fantasies of how she’s doing such an excellent job in manning this country to greatness. If there’s anything she’s good at, its making this country sink even lower than it is.
Most corrupt in Asia – that says it all. This country, I believe, has always been a consistent runner up in that ‘most corrupt’ list since perhaps Erap’s time. But thanks to PGMA, she’s elevated this country’s image to new heights. What, with those unresolved murders of journalists and activists and with that cheating fiasco back in 2004? And let’s not forget about those corruption charges made against her and her better half, the countless impeachment cases against her and oh, her illegitimacy. Such awesomeness, don’t you think?
Poverty: still not solved nor relieved. Despite the Palace’s constant barrage of figures, which I doubt came from reliable sources, poverty is going up. Unemployment is also going up. Prices of basic commodities are also going up. Gas and fuel and tuition fee too. The only things going down are wages, the Sulpicio Lines and overall moral of this country.
If there’s anything amazing about PGMA, it’s her ability to make herself believe that she is moral. And we wonder why this country is screwed.
It makes me sad to write about my country in such a depressed tone. But we have to face it; we have to acknowledge the fact that our country is in deep shit. And that it needs us. If corruption has seeped into the very core of our political system, then let us not pin our entire hopes to the politicians. Instead, let’s start with ourselves and do good things for this country even in our small ways. I still have hope that our country will become better and rise above the excessive debris that the past and present administrations have buried it with. It is this hope that fuels my obsessive and incessant loyalty to my country.
Even if I know that the SONA on Monday will be 99% lies and 1% half-truths, I will still listen and examine it to the bone. I have to. I want to. Or else I’ll have nothing to rant about in this blog. It is this cyclic ranting and raving in the blogosphere that Pinoys connect, churn and critique this country’s state. Now that’s a start.
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July 25, 2008 at 4:41 pm
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July 26, 2008 at 12:35 am
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i can see that you are very political.
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July 26, 2008 at 6:27 am
rimewire:
whats with that hakhak laugh? is that your own version for hekhek? la lang.
July 27, 2008 at 1:23 pm
sort of contradicting isn’t it…
i admire the lady president because we’re both women. i like her sweat storm every july of each year. it’s really a ball! and she’s the mostest naked of them all!!!
July 27, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Gloria needs to take a truth serum (beer?) before she plucks herself out and into the plenary hall, and regale us yet again with heaps of gibberish. And I don’t see anything substantial with the coming SONA, too. We want to know the true state of the nation, it only takes one to be a Filipino living in this country to know.
July 28, 2008 at 2:07 am
Wow. Nakakabilib. Galing magsulat.
July 28, 2008 at 8:37 pm
I’ve listened to half of the address so far via the Phil. Daily Inquirer website. It’s like someone is in denial about the real state of the nation. It doesn’t need to take someone who lives in The Philippines to know the true state of the nation from the streets. It’s quite a while before 2010 but it already seems like a lameduck administration.
Anyway, as for music (according to your request at the tagboard), I’d highly recommend Swissy’s She Smiles and Paramita’s self titled album. I feel slightly jealous that being in Manila, you could easily get to see them either at Saguijo or at Route 196. It’s also cool that both acts are with the same record label that Updharma Down’s are released: Terno Recordings. Swissy is pretty much singer/songwriter music, very heavily influenced by The Sundays and early Everything But The Girl. You’ve heard Paramita before, no doubt. Their new record has heavier guitars though. Fantastic music there.
If you’re looking for non-Pinoy stuff, I’d recommend Rilo Kiley’s Under The Black Light. I remember going to Fully Booked at High Street last February and saw that CD under their New Releases section. I may as well also come clean–I found Chris Daughtry’s album a guilty pleasure lately. Death Cab also released a new record, so you should also go looking for that one too. I’ve been meaning to listen to Adele’s album entitled 19 for a while now. I just hadn’t gotten the time to do so. I did hear good remarks about it. If you want something dancier, look for Santogold’s self-titled record.
I think that should set you up for some pretty good music thus far.
August 5, 2008 at 2:43 am
For all man and women present in the hall, they are all slaves…