Thursday, November 27, 2003
oookay.
my dad frequently submits his opinions to local dailies (cuz he can't help it, he needs his say)- he actually kept a scrapbook of his 'appearances' for the first year or so, then gave up after my mom retired, which had cut off our supply of at least 5 newspapers (and a tabloid or two of red and black ink on newsprint) a day (side note: it just occurred to me how long ago this was because local tabloids have long progressed from red and black on newsprint). ANYWAY, he often has me type the prints to be submitted to the newspapers, and yesterday he handed me his draft just hours after a/an (insert adjective here) announcement that will definitely affect the country's political situation in the upcoming months. the gist of what he wrote: we're in big trouble.
i for one, count FPJ's decision to run as mildly disappointing. i'm afraid he's just not the one, period. he has no notion whatsoever of the complicated machinery and system dynamics behind the operation of a government. it did not even occur to him that when he announced his intention alone, the peso dropped to a 30-day period low and has not improved since. (for all who click the link, the magic date was October 22) i do agree, however with former senator Raul Roco when he said that this will (somehow) dilute the votes between him and another opposition candidate, who i believe might also not just be the right man for the job. however, Roco himself has failed to see (intentionally?) that he is doing the same political tug-o-war with the incumbent. if he's such the concerned political analyst, i wonder why this has not occurred to him yet. heck, a yahoo like me figured that one out. oops, silly me. it already has occurred to him. what he does about it is another matter.
speaking of the incumbent, i was thinking of casting my vote her way during the coming polls, but now i'm having serious reconsiderations. i do believe that we are better off with her, rather than her predecessor, simply because she knows the aforementioned intricacies of a government. however, the opposition has been throwing 'spanners in the works', especially within the last half-year, and, sad to say, it has worked (largely due to the ignorance of the masses by using the tactic of 'sympathizing with the oppressed'- more on that next time.) it tells me that she does not have complete control of the situation, and, unfortunately, she never will, especially given the announcement of FPJ (y'all know why.)
so what now? who do we vote for? that's not even the question. the question is who can we vote for? i feel sorry for us, because, yet again, we are faced with the 'lesser evil' decision.
so what's left for us to do? the closing line of my dad's latest letter to the editor seems, to me, the only logical thing for us to do now.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you...
my dad frequently submits his opinions to local dailies (cuz he can't help it, he needs his say)- he actually kept a scrapbook of his 'appearances' for the first year or so, then gave up after my mom retired, which had cut off our supply of at least 5 newspapers (and a tabloid or two of red and black ink on newsprint) a day (side note: it just occurred to me how long ago this was because local tabloids have long progressed from red and black on newsprint). ANYWAY, he often has me type the prints to be submitted to the newspapers, and yesterday he handed me his draft just hours after a/an (insert adjective here) announcement that will definitely affect the country's political situation in the upcoming months. the gist of what he wrote: we're in big trouble.
i for one, count FPJ's decision to run as mildly disappointing. i'm afraid he's just not the one, period. he has no notion whatsoever of the complicated machinery and system dynamics behind the operation of a government. it did not even occur to him that when he announced his intention alone, the peso dropped to a 30-day period low and has not improved since. (for all who click the link, the magic date was October 22) i do agree, however with former senator Raul Roco when he said that this will (somehow) dilute the votes between him and another opposition candidate, who i believe might also not just be the right man for the job. however, Roco himself has failed to see (intentionally?) that he is doing the same political tug-o-war with the incumbent. if he's such the concerned political analyst, i wonder why this has not occurred to him yet. heck, a yahoo like me figured that one out. oops, silly me. it already has occurred to him. what he does about it is another matter.
speaking of the incumbent, i was thinking of casting my vote her way during the coming polls, but now i'm having serious reconsiderations. i do believe that we are better off with her, rather than her predecessor, simply because she knows the aforementioned intricacies of a government. however, the opposition has been throwing 'spanners in the works', especially within the last half-year, and, sad to say, it has worked (largely due to the ignorance of the masses by using the tactic of 'sympathizing with the oppressed'- more on that next time.) it tells me that she does not have complete control of the situation, and, unfortunately, she never will, especially given the announcement of FPJ (y'all know why.)
so what now? who do we vote for? that's not even the question. the question is who can we vote for? i feel sorry for us, because, yet again, we are faced with the 'lesser evil' decision.
so what's left for us to do? the closing line of my dad's latest letter to the editor seems, to me, the only logical thing for us to do now.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you...
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