Letting out some political steam

Disclaimer: I wrote this entry because I spent an entire weekend writing a paper on the wire-tapping scandal (Hello Garci tapes) involving our president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Who in their right mind would be in a cheerful and optimistic state of mind after analyzing the situation instead of, say, going to the movies? I would like to make it very clear that my purpose for writing this entry is not to convince people to agree with me; I am simply ranting. I disabled the comments option because I do not wish to discuss nor debate my political views with anyone else, and I would appreciate it very much if you do not send me an e-mail about what you think. That will just get me all riled up again, thus defeating the purpose of having a blog to let out steam. Thank you.

After 19 years of apathy and indifference, I am now up to my ass in politics and people calling for President Arroyo’s resignation and I am incredibly pissed at how stupid the people of this country are.

All week I would tell anyone who would listen that what this country needs is a dictatorship. I mean, look at us. We’re a bunch of undisciplined fuckers who can’t even drive without giving somebody else a heart attack. What we need is a vision of what this country should be, and maybe some secret police to make us realize this and whip us all back into shape. But then I realized that ever since the People Power Revolution of 1986, people take to the streets at the smallest sign of corruption and injustice, as though a collective demonstration would solve all of these problems. Come to think of it, we’re not really a democracy–we’re an ochlocracy (government by mob or a disorganized mass of people). But going back to dictatorship, there isn’t anyone I trust to assume complete rule of the country. Name somebody in the government who won’t do what Marcos did. So there goes the whole dictatorship idea. And short of genocide, I can’t really think of any drastic action or form of government that can make things right for this country.

What really irritates me about the whole thing is that I can’t believe how these so-called defenders of democracy are so pissed off over a fucking tape. Don’t they realize that they’re contradicting themselves by clamoring for GMA’s resignation? The Constitution states that everyone, including the President, is entitled to due process of the law. There hasn’t even been an investigation of the tapes and now they want her gone with Noli de fucking Castro as president. Because it’s the “right thing to do”. Let’s see if you’re all still happy about doing the right thing when prices skyrocket because of this incompetent fucker.

I guess what I’m trying to say, besides WE’RE ALL DOOMED, is at least have more than an illegally-obtained tape recording before screaming for blood.