AHEM...
There. I'll say it again and I'll say it loud and clear. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ain't so bad.
Actually, I'm having great fun being a staunch supporter of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It has been making me so unpopular with my peers that for once I actually know what it truly feels like to be cutting edge. My decision to ignore the anti-Gloria movement and let the tiny tempest that is Gloriagate stew in my mental teapot of irrelevance are moves that have been called "elitist" and "immoral" by more than a few. Descriptions that I really don't mind. Morality has never been a strong point of mine and middle class sentiments (or lower) are things I have always detested in principle. And if I remember correctly, the surrealists were also called the same in their time. And at the end of the day, I'd rather keep company with them than with Cory Aquino.
Really. I wonder what it says about a society when supporting the status quo has become an avant garde activity?
Picture above: The pathetically sparse anti-GMA rally that blocked Makati traffic for hours last September 21,2005.
And although somewhere inside I'm secretly saying "Go ahead and throw their asses in jail, Tita Glo!" I know as a fact, martial law can never happen again.
Communication systems are far more superior in the civil sector than in the government one, the military is far too fragmented to implement it properly, and at the formerly fearsome military facility Fort Bonifacio, the only iron-fisted despot to be found is Aslie Aslanian, the doorbitch/dress code enforcer of Embassy Super Club. Ironically, shutting up in this country is by choice now. Such is the state of a country that often mistakes sedition for democracy.
posted by carlosceldran @ 12:11 PM
14 Comments:
you are not alone carlos. the gloria bashers do nothing everyday but bla bla bla bla...have you heard about the theory of the hundred monkeys? maybe by doing talk talk talk talk they thought they could gather many apes to follow and believe them. well? they failed big time because they all forgot to work!
I thought the theory was that a hundred monkeys harnessed to typewriters would, by the sheer laws of probability, produce a good book, even though they would be typing randomly
Carlos, you say it well. Personally i feel gma has done a lot and hasnt been given much credit. It seems our so called political class has all but forgotten erap et al. However,more importantly, you view the present situation with optimism rather than helping tow the line of our so called thinking class who dream of a perfect Philippines. If GMA won by cheating, its because my prayers were answered. Keep it up and say it like it is. By Mordmiera
"... Really. I wonder what it says about a society when supporting the status quo has become an avant garde activity?
Picture above: The pathetically sparse anti-GMA rally that blocked Makati traffic for hours last September 21,2005..."
Seems like there are more avante garde people around than you'd think, thank God! Can't find too much of them in the blogosphere, though. Probably too busy earning an honest living to waste time dreaming of a "perfect Philippines". I'd be perfectly happy with a Philippines that works, never mind the warts. If Ate Glue has to cheat to that end, I don't have to like it, but so be it. If she can kick this dead horse of an economy of ours and actually make it go forward, then bully for her and all is forgiven. I deeply resent all these self-righteous idealist types who are sleeping with that gang of usual suspects and political opportunists trying to bring the government down because their actions, by hurting the economy, are taking my hard-earned money staight out of my pocket. The depreciation of the peso, bonuses deferred or cancelled because of economic uncertainty, jobs lost because of investors pulling out, or better-paying work that never materializes because would-be investors get spooked by the political chaos -- all these represent the money of honest, hard-working citizens that THESE people are making evaporate into thin air! Hay nako, I wouldn't be surprised if the likes of Suplico, Pimentel, Cory, etc. had invested in dollars early on and are fanning the political flames now to make a killing. I can't believe I've reached the point of thinking it, but THESE people are the best arguments for martial law.
Thank goodness for your blog and Newsboy's. They're antidotes to despair in an otherwise homogenized groupthinking blogocracy. Keep it up!
Hey footvoter, amen to that. Guys like you should be on ANC or the Inquirer giving a side that seems to be so blatantly misrepresented. Watching the news nowadays is up there with a root canal.I myself shudder at the thought of martial law but the thought of Pimentel in Bilibid is just way too appealing. More Power Footvoter! by Mordmiera
as an unabashed capitalist pig- BECAUSE PROGRESS IS DRIVEN BY CAPITALISM, NOT DEAD LEFT-LEANING IDEOLOGIES, it is embarassing that this country is being held ransom by a few really angry men and women who thinks utopia is gained by living in a damn hippie commune and everyone will be given a sickle to work the land, as it is the only work that is glorious. stupid sh!ts. hey, we people here would like this country to go to somewhere thailand, singapore, malaysia, and taiwan is, okay! not cuba, north korea, iran and URANUS.
carlos, youve tapped into the veins of the silent majority.
my thought is that if gma has the balls to stay in power, then she should.
these noisy minority out to search for "truth" - their version of truth, as well as the truth being peddled by the agitators and financiers with selfish agendas prove only one thing- there are too many people here with too much time on their hands. they are above working and toiling, so they leave that to the people they try to stir with their anger and pointless drivels.
Hey lets look like we got a good thing going here. Speak up ye silent majority.!
i think the reason people mistake sedition for democracy is they want to relive the pre-Edsa 1 days. really dumb, kinda reminds me of bb. pilipinas wannabes memorizing past pageant's winning answers. "i wanna be superwoman! i thank you!" - boarder in a pinoy household that actually pays to have tfc, which i only watch for the uaap season of course. (ps your blog is a breath of fresh air!)
Carlos, I totally agree with you! We're actually the silent majority.
As they say, the emptiest whatever usually is the noisiest whatnot...
a bit off the subject...
Aslie Aslanian --- needs to get over herself. So she works the door - not great - hey but if this makes her feel better about herself then go ahead --- open that door and give yourself a pat on the back. She looks like she stinks more than TOE JAM!
Oh dear. Were you rejected at the door?
Well, Aslie will only feed on this hatred. Thanks for making her day.
Part of her job is to be despised. And you just have proven that she does it well, dude.
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