Soul Highway

It's not the president, dummy!

It never gets boring in the Philippines as far as politics go. What's the latest, you ask? President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's critics are calling for a snap election to "re-establish democracy." In one word - bullshit. This best exemplifies why our country is going nowhere. All that we have mastered over the years is up our game on dirty politics, elect the wrong people to office, and then spark revolutions here and there in the name of democracy.

It is rather ludicrous for our politicians to think that all we need are band-aid fixes. Arroyo is not one of my favorite people and I'm quite convinced that she cheated in the last election. However, Arroyo did not ruin democracy for us. We did. We have allowed ourselves to sink into ignominy. We have set ourselves up for a slow and steady self-destruction. We have become accepting of corruption as a culture, dishonest politicians, and substandard public service. This is a nightmare of our own making.

Kicking the president and vice president out of office will not make the cancer in our society go away. And with Arroyo gone, then what? I found it rather arrogant for those petitioning the snap election to say that they were doing it to "awaken the people." Oh please, enough with this save-the-masses crap. If we need any saving from, it is this motley crue of power hungry, self-righteous fools.

Conrado, what are you doing with this group? You disappoint me. And Serge, you will go down in my memory as that one senator with nice feet.