migblog

miguel on his soapbox. (ie, being a pundit and actually blogging like blogging was intended to be)

rant number one: how the politics of the philippines really is just movie stars and corrupt politicians. the country's not going anywhere fast, considering the political gene pool consists of retired artists or, worse, artists who think that running a country is the same as making a movie. i don't think it's quite the same when your shooting schedule is three months. running a country takes considerably longer.

if you're not familiar with philippine politics, here's a quick primer: the presidency is a six-year term, and the vice president is freely elected independent of party lines from the president. there's a bicameral legislative body, run by senators from every region in the country as well as representatives. there are approximately eighty people running for the presidency this coming march, and it's rucking fidiculous that a nice chunk of those are actors who feel that it's nigh time for a switch in their career track.

it all started with city mayorships, when a few actors in their provinces ran to lead their city. (god knows they didn't do such a bang-up job then, but with flashy smiles and a reputation known in all corners of the islands, they were, in the public eye, doing a great job. especially when they saw the city or some mention of it in their mayor's latest project.) and it turned into a side poroject: act now, govern later. only the principle's been changed somewhat into act now, govern now. two words for those folks: not feasible.

when you're running on a ticket and your only reason for running is due to your popularity, it's not commendable. public service was called public service for a reason: to serve the interests of the public, not to appease your constituents. greedy governmental theories. oh yeah. they know lots about those. most of the people running for office there are extremely corrupt. and if they're not, they're lying.

the only rememdy i can see is if they stick with their president now, gloria macapagal-arroyo, daughter of the mid-twentieth century revolutionary and prominent national figure, diosdado macapagal. her cabinet's holding well and her leadership garnered her the presidency when there was an expose of joseph estrada's corruption. she's a great leader, a visionary, someone fighting for a cause, for the betterment of the country.

it's sad that in the years i've been here, i've seen little, if any, progress from my homeland. sad to think that things probably aren't any better. and in thirty years or so, the country will have about a third of the population of the united states. and it's only the size of like, new york state.

i hope their situation gets better, so i can actually smile when i say i'm from the philippines. right now i just nod.

rant number two: when the fuck did everybody get on the atkins diet? none of you are fat fucks! get over it! enjoy your life, you only have one!

rant number three: the o.c. is not an accurate representation of orange county. nor was the movie orange county an accurate representation of orange county. the only thing that came close to depicting boring southern california orange curtain life was better luck tomorrow, but then again, all the asians are either at uci or berkeley. go figure.

miguel gets off his soapbox.

in the words of outkast's andre, "i'm just being honest."

posted by Open Source Food @ 9:47 PM