Today is the EDSA anniversary and songs have been written in aide of showing how democracy in the country ravishes through our blood. Hence I can see it all as just a facade of the truth that lies beneath it. Our nation is in crisis, yet, there are those who manage to have a good night sleep. Sometimes, I ask my boyfriend (who is very liberal with the subject on politics--you can check his blog to confirm that) in a casual conversation, "do we need a new president?" (just visit is page for his answer). Then I realized that we somehow share the same stance on the subject. I came to a point where I can no longer swallow the words I hear from political hypocrites and quasi-dictators ruling our nation.
It appears to me that the country is no longer the promise land that I used to reside in. The explicitness of lies by political icons, military leaders and the moral ascendancy of (used-to-be) modern day heroes are disregarded by those whom I would like to call alter ego descendants of the elite few. It's like, they could lie and talk and turn every person's head without having constitutional consequences. It seems like they don't even care if the whole world is watching and has heard them. "What's to lose anyway?"--is that it?
What has to be done to help save the country? What kind of future is at stake for these kids whose parents are earning less than a dollar a day? I remember a documentation by Jay Taruc which stressed NSO expressing the fact that "a Filipino may survive with 36 pesos a day." (oh come on, where's reality here?) That's not even enough for one meal (personally speaking). This leads me to the issue that boggles the society today. There are alleged millions++ of kickbacks and commissions that some politicians get from government projects. Wooohh... How about lifting the P36 a day budget per person? Share it to them instead. Err.. Goodness.
It appears to me that the country is no longer the promise land that I used to reside in. The explicitness of lies by political icons, military leaders and the moral ascendancy of (used-to-be) modern day heroes are disregarded by those whom I would like to call alter ego descendants of the elite few. It's like, they could lie and talk and turn every person's head without having constitutional consequences. It seems like they don't even care if the whole world is watching and has heard them. "What's to lose anyway?"--is that it?
What has to be done to help save the country? What kind of future is at stake for these kids whose parents are earning less than a dollar a day? I remember a documentation by Jay Taruc which stressed NSO expressing the fact that "a Filipino may survive with 36 pesos a day." (oh come on, where's reality here?) That's not even enough for one meal (personally speaking). This leads me to the issue that boggles the society today. There are alleged millions++ of kickbacks and commissions that some politicians get from government projects. Wooohh... How about lifting the P36 a day budget per person? Share it to them instead. Err.. Goodness.
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