{"id":357,"date":"2005-09-09T11:51:24","date_gmt":"2005-09-09T03:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2005\/09\/2005_09_09_1151.php"},"modified":"2005-09-09T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2005-09-09T03:51:24","slug":"politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/09\/09\/politics","title":{"rendered":"Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can someone fill me in if Gloria has done anything stupid recently? I mean I know about the whole Garci thing, but I’m confused as why there are still<\/em> so many rallies popping up? Did I miss something? Because if it’s still about that<\/em> issue, then the way our society is handling it is pretty embarrassing.<\/p>\n

I admit it’s a very complicated situation, how the public trust was betrayed – but this is speaking from an idealist perspective. This isn’t counting the whole reality of things.<\/p>\n

I asked my Mom just now “Has Gloria done anything stupid recently” – and I mean something with the same gravity of that whole Garci charade. She said not to her knowledge. So if anyone reading this can enlighten me, please tell me what all the ruckus is all about.<\/p>\n

Having said that, I will assume that indeed nothing else has happened and will discuss stuff with that assumption.<\/p>\n\n

Just to get it out of the way, I too don’t like Gloria Arroyo for a leader simply on the basis of integrity. So don’t go saying that I support the bitch ok? What she did was wrong and it undermined everything our nation holds dear (if there is such a thing)<\/p>\n

I would gladly prefer another person to be in office in place of her, but the big question is who else<\/em> is capable? As it is, I honestly don’t see anyone else. Roco is dead, and I don’t think the other “decent” people in authority are qualified. It’s easy to find a “decent” person… the question is if that person is up to the task of leading the nation in times of crisis. Some people, no matter how good they are more suited as followers (or support characters) than leaders – sad as it may be, it’s the truth. What use is putting a “decent person” up there if they can’t handle pressure, they’d just be as useless as any other Tom, Dick and Harry.<\/p>\n

Now going back, I already mention that given the state of our country and economy, while certainly being a damned-if-you-do,-damned-if-you-don’t<\/em> take on the matter, I honestly think that Gloria staying in power was the right decision.<\/p>\n

And it’s not like she’s holding the government hostage. When things get as complicated as this, if undermining the constitution was a real issue, then obviously we should address it constitutionally just to prove the point right? And I believe that’s exactly what the government did. They decided not to go through with the impeachment trial though protocol (correct me if I’m wrong since I really lost interest in this issue at this point)?<\/p>\n

It’s simply like going to a court. You have your two sides, and both are claiming opposite views with no chance of reconciliation. So what do you do, who will be accepted as right? Leave it to the courts to decide – and I believe that’s exactly what has been done. They decided not<\/em> to go through with it – simple as that. Wether that’s unfortunate or not is irrelevant at this point.<\/p>\n

So what’s up with these fucking rallies?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For one thing, do you honestly think these rallies have a decent platform to address our issues if<\/em> they win? I mean lets assume<\/em> that kicking Gloria out needs to be done… and was in fact carried out. Then what? Have any of these groups presented legitimate solutions other<\/em> than simply kicking her out?<\/p>\n

A simple dialog usually springs to mind that I think encapsulates all those people who love to rally:<\/p>\n

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PEOPLE:<\/strong> I\/We don’t like it… get rid of it! (this applies to anything we don’t want)\nQUESTION:<\/strong> Ok, so how do you propose to solve it once you do get rid of it?\nPEOPLE:<\/strong> I\/We don’t know, and we don’t care, just get rid of it. We’re better of without it either way.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s so stupid! It reminds me of the naivety of our nation when we demanded the Americans to leave… now look at us. Are we truly better off? Sure we got rid of them, but it was just for the sake of being free. Those nationalistic pricks never thought about how to actually care for the nation<\/em> once they were “freed.”<\/p>\n

That’s one<\/em> reason why I think these rallies are pointless.<\/p>\n

Second is that they’re becoming too easy to do. The solution to anything nowadays is to rally. Rally here, rally there. The power of the “Rally” has lost it’s effectiveness, it has become too trivial a thing.<\/p>\n

Before, rallying was a big thing. When there was a rally, you knew<\/em> something big was up… something that really needed attention. Now it has become too common to take seriously. Instead of making me think “Hey somethings up, there’s a rally”<\/em> I now think “Oh, another<\/strong> rally? What is it this<\/strong> time?”<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s another<\/em> reason why I think these rallies are pointless.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the whole “intention.” I must admit this only really hit me when my cousin mentioned it to me. He’s in the Army, and he’s a pretty idealistic person, but even he was appalled by Susan Roces’ party. He thinks that everything that party stands for is an embarrassment because they aren’t thinking of the people but themselves. They’ve made this a personal vendetta against GMA and are bent to bring her down for their own gain.<\/p>\n

Plus the whole wierdness of it all. Cory Aquino is said to be part of it? And who will she be with? The Marcoses! What the hell is this world coming to!?<\/p>\n

My cousin explained that if you’re as powerful as the people involved those parties, and you were truly<\/em> and genuinely<\/em> concerned about the people, you’d just quit whining and help the people regardless<\/em> of the person in power.<\/p>\n

I’m under the impression that they’re saying something like “Kick GMA out, and put us<\/strong> (or our people) in power so we can help you.”<\/em> What the fuck right? Being as rich as you are, you’re telling me that you can’t<\/em> help people unless you’re in power? If your heart was so pure, then you’d do what you can if you can do it. For me, their efforts and money are totally misdirected. If they had used their money and influence to actually help<\/em> people, instead of paying<\/em> them to add more chaos to our political system, then maybe<\/em> there would be more meaning to what they’re doing.<\/p>\n

And considering that the whole Garci thing should’ve been finished a long time ago, don’t these people think it would be better to move on and start doing something useful to help the people instead of slowing down the government by all this shit?<\/p>\n

Bottom line is that there is a time to rant, but there’s also a time to move on, because the more you drag this on, you start becoming the problem yourself… more than the original issue to boot. How long has the Garci issue been? All has already been said and done, GMA apologized, people already rallied, the government took the time to go through the process of deciding to impeach or not – everything that could be done has already been done, and all this whining is just noise at this point.<\/p>\n

I’ve always believed that dwelling on a problem for too long is pointless: you’ll end up getting angrier as time goes by, and will have nothing productive to show for at the end of the day. This applied to the government… moreso the President, is detremental for progress for the obvious reason that rather than having GMA atone for her mistake by doing some good for the country, you’re distracting her and the whole political system (which she needs full support from to make things happen) with your whining.<\/p>\n

That’s yet another<\/em> reason why I think these rallies are pointless.<\/p>\n

Lastly, is that I’ve always thought that GMA getting caught was a blessing in disguise. Because let’s face it – corruption is everywhere. I dare say that Ninoy, and Roco (God bless their souls) were probably corrupt to some extent. You simply can’t be “pure” in the government because you’ll end up being crucified like Jesus.<\/p>\n

Having said that, it’s good that she was caught in one of her bad deeds (I’m sure there were\/are\/will be more). If that were me, getting caught like that would definitely motivate me to prove myself to the public especially<\/em> if I was stubborn enough to not<\/em> resign. I mean honestly, you already know that the people don’t trust you – in fact they’ve explicitly<\/em> made that clear. So why even bother staying in power right? As a corrupt politician, what is there to gain when everyone doesn’t trust you anymore?<\/p>\n

The motivation I can come up with to still go on is to redeem yourself, and with everyone watching you closer than ever now, I sure that you’re be less inclined to pull another one of your illegal stunts right? A criminal on parole usually<\/em> doesn’t fuck around.<\/p>\n

So GMA of today should be better than ever (I hope that’s the case) – because all that she’s doing now has<\/strong> to be more than satisfactory if she want’s to gain the public’s trust back.<\/p>\n

If there are other questionable things popping up, just try to think if you honestly believe that GMA is trying to pull another fast one on us? I think it’s unlikely.<\/p>\n

That whole motorsport ban thing (is this true BTW?), if it’s true, it would truly be a disappointment, but I hope the people don’t immediately assume GMA’s incapacity to lead because of trivial things like that – they also have to realize that the reason they’re bummed out is purely for recreational reasons. The motorsport ban is a very lame<\/em> thing to take against our leader if you’re thinking about the greater good of the country.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can someone fill me in if Gloria has done anything stupid recently? I mean I know about the whole Garci thing, but I’m confused as why there are still so many rallies popping up? Did I miss something? Because if it’s still about that issue, then the way our society is handling it is pretty …

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