Friday, February 24, 2006
Ngek.
Arroyo declares state of emergency - INQ7.net
Yet another example of useless politics and thuggery at the highest levels of government and the military. Yet again I'm ashamed of being Filipino. I fervently wish that these fuckwits got buried in the landslides. The administration, the generals - the whole lot, really.
Sorry for the outburst. Sometimes it makes you want to cry.
EDIT: This from the Times:
"In a nutshell, today is more theatre than threat," said Erin Prelypchan, a political analyst at Pacific Strategies Assessment.
..."The level of cynicism is pretty deep," she explained. "Twenty years after the first 'people power', what has changed? People in the Philippines see the same traditional oligarchy in power, the same few families, and they say: what on earth would another people power protest bring? At the same time, they doubt an election would bring any change."
"The truth is that there is no obvious alternative to Arroyo, there isn't anything coming round the bend. So a lot of people are just staying at home today, turning off their televisions."
Fuck 'em all anyway.Labels: news, philippines
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