Over the past few weeks, we were all bombarded with non-stop scandals that involve no less than the President herself. While these sad news did not really lift a single strand of hair out me, I still cried out of frustration when I read and heard about the "money in bags" that those elected governors/congressmen received in last week's breakfast meeting at Malacanang.
They said those were gifts - early Christmas gifts. But from whom? No one can tell. Too many lies and denies. My wild guess, hard-earned money of those who faithfully pay their taxes. A lot of people in this land cannot afford to eat a decent meal everyday, a lot of good and talented Filipinos already left the country and counting, there are soldiers who are being sent away to fight the terrors in Mindanao without their combat shoes on - and Malacanang is giving out money to those public officials amounting from Php 200,000 to Php 500,000 just like that?! The effing nerve!
Are they thinking that we're some nitwits who cannot decipher this and pretend that its nothing? Come on. We can do better than that.
My Lolo said that this regime is becoming like that of Marcos'. While I wasn't in my right mindset yet when Marcos reigned (I was born in 1983) and I am not good in History but with what's happening lately, things are becoming really scary.
I vented out such thoughts to my beau last night and we saw things differently. He reminded me about the stories in the book of Romans, where Christians were instructed to "submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God." While we all submit to these authorities, I believe its not right to just sit and do absolutely nothing.
Rebellion may not be the answer but I hope in our own little way, we do something good for this country. That is our revenge.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
They said those were gifts - early Christmas gifts. But from whom? No one can tell. Too many lies and denies. My wild guess, hard-earned money of those who faithfully pay their taxes. A lot of people in this land cannot afford to eat a decent meal everyday, a lot of good and talented Filipinos already left the country and counting, there are soldiers who are being sent away to fight the terrors in Mindanao without their combat shoes on - and Malacanang is giving out money to those public officials amounting from Php 200,000 to Php 500,000 just like that?! The effing nerve!
Are they thinking that we're some nitwits who cannot decipher this and pretend that its nothing? Come on. We can do better than that.
My Lolo said that this regime is becoming like that of Marcos'. While I wasn't in my right mindset yet when Marcos reigned (I was born in 1983) and I am not good in History but with what's happening lately, things are becoming really scary.
I vented out such thoughts to my beau last night and we saw things differently. He reminded me about the stories in the book of Romans, where Christians were instructed to "submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God." While we all submit to these authorities, I believe its not right to just sit and do absolutely nothing.
Rebellion may not be the answer but I hope in our own little way, we do something good for this country. That is our revenge.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
