The present government must be either wise or foolish, clever or dumb, audacious or simply brazen. Since its incumbency in 2001, it already began its ingrained trouble-making tendency with its unforgettable nationwide “I am sorry” spectacle – as if such a shameful admission with properly staged teary eyes, altogether cancelled its surreptitious tenure of office, definitely cancelled the obscene cheating behind its alleged election. The litany of its self-initiated one uncouth trouble after another is too long and nauseous to mention still. In effect, the government appears to be certified masochist if not suffering from a seriously disordered constitution.
Such is precisely the underlying reason why exactly the same infamous government is now practically zero in credibility and pursuant trust before the general public. In due time and for purposes of some kind of historical record for both the young to know with disgust and the old to remember with misery, it is a certainty that some authors will write about such rude and crude government circus of trouble by having its hands in many cookie jars – irreversibly emptying these of public funds and infallibly expecting the millions of tax-paying people to continue filling them up.
For the meantime, it would be enough to point out the Lozada trouble. As expected, his manifest harassment is ultimately laid at the doorstep of Malacanang for its known strong aversion to truth, and stands as but another big trouble created by the government. Except for its well paid minions and much favored allies, the loud outcry and big dissent of the general public appear to be impressive – specially those mounted by people from the Common Sense Department. And they have elementary reasons for their united outcry against the self-debasing government in favor of the helpless and persecuted Lozada who has captured public admiration for his revelation in great disfavor to certain notorious characters in or affined with the administration.
Questions: Why is it that Lozada was accused of perjury when testifying against a little guy on account of a little amount? Does that mean that he in fact told the truth when his other testimonies were directed against the proverbial big fishes engaged in big corruption in government? Why is it that not a single criminal and/or civil cases is/are filed against anyone of those formally accused by Lozada for their respective despicable betrayal of public trust? It is but another demonstration of the proverbial thesis that before this government, the high and the mighty are immune to the rule law and above the postulates of justice and truth – yet subservient to the reign of lies and the domain of deceit? Even if only for the sake of argument, if Malacanang will see to it that Lozada is eventually convicted for whatever cause, it is still the present devious government that will merit more ire and bigger condemnation from the public in general. There is the settled public perception that this long ruling government is incapacitated for doing anything right!
+OVCruz, DD
May 6, 2009
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Monday, May 04, 2009
christian country with an unchristian government
Say it is a strange phenomenon. Call it a marked contradiction. Brand it as a falsity and hypocrisy of the first class. Whatever it is, the perplexing if not downright disgusting truth is that the Philippines is the only Christian Country in Asia that is however woefully under the rule of a most corrupt government in the same continent as a whole -- with the correct and proper note that the national leadership with its intimate cohorts and favored allies are mostly Christians, or openly claims to be so. So, how on earth could Christianity bring about such odious governing characters and vicious ruling individuals!? What exactly are the fatal sins of the Christian Filipinos to deserve such an definitely unchristian government !? What great wrong has Christian Philippines brought to the Country to have so grossly corrupt, deceitful and unjust political leaders from Malacanang down to the Provinces, Cities and Municipalities!?
This is not to mention the more perplexing fact and compounding thought that the top government leader of the Filipinos and of their Country even claims to have personal and direct communication with God! Truth to say, such a miraculous privilege belongs only to the very righteous, virtuous and saintly individuals. There must be something very salacious or ridiculous -- or both -- if someone claiming such a distinct prerogative before heaven is precisely so far, the most distrusted, depreciated and suspected personality in the land. This is contradiction incarnate. This is duplicity in the flesh. This is either dangerous consummate madness or fearful downright witchcraft.
Speak of graft and corruption, talk of conceit and deceit, think of flagrant cheating and gross lying, consider unconscionable dissipation and malversation of public funds, look at the commandeered justice system and the captured legislature. and behold the poverty and misery of the people whose land is rich in natural resources and who all pay inevitable indirect taxes from birth to death. For all these socio-moral and political maladies, who comes to mind if not a newly self-proclaimed Czar in Malacanang -- with the latter's usual filial entourage of very deferential and admirably submissive people from the right and the left.
The over-all question from all the above real and living contradictions is that something must be very wrong somewhere as far as local Christianity and the national community are concerned. After no less than some 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines with practically 85% of the Filipinos considered Christians, and with a big majority of their key political leaders claiming to be Christians as well, why is the Philippine government so unchristian, so devoid of moral principles and ethical standard? Is it because the Christian Churches in the Country -- specially the Catholic Church -- miserably failed in their so many and so long evangelizing work among the big majority of the Filipinos. Or is it because a great number of Filipinos, the equally big number of their political leaders have not really learned what is Christianity and how it is lived? Either or both of the two possibilities say the same thing: Yes. Somewhere is very wrong somewhere, somehow.
+OVCruz, DD
4 May 2009
This is not to mention the more perplexing fact and compounding thought that the top government leader of the Filipinos and of their Country even claims to have personal and direct communication with God! Truth to say, such a miraculous privilege belongs only to the very righteous, virtuous and saintly individuals. There must be something very salacious or ridiculous -- or both -- if someone claiming such a distinct prerogative before heaven is precisely so far, the most distrusted, depreciated and suspected personality in the land. This is contradiction incarnate. This is duplicity in the flesh. This is either dangerous consummate madness or fearful downright witchcraft.
Speak of graft and corruption, talk of conceit and deceit, think of flagrant cheating and gross lying, consider unconscionable dissipation and malversation of public funds, look at the commandeered justice system and the captured legislature. and behold the poverty and misery of the people whose land is rich in natural resources and who all pay inevitable indirect taxes from birth to death. For all these socio-moral and political maladies, who comes to mind if not a newly self-proclaimed Czar in Malacanang -- with the latter's usual filial entourage of very deferential and admirably submissive people from the right and the left.
The over-all question from all the above real and living contradictions is that something must be very wrong somewhere as far as local Christianity and the national community are concerned. After no less than some 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines with practically 85% of the Filipinos considered Christians, and with a big majority of their key political leaders claiming to be Christians as well, why is the Philippine government so unchristian, so devoid of moral principles and ethical standard? Is it because the Christian Churches in the Country -- specially the Catholic Church -- miserably failed in their so many and so long evangelizing work among the big majority of the Filipinos. Or is it because a great number of Filipinos, the equally big number of their political leaders have not really learned what is Christianity and how it is lived? Either or both of the two possibilities say the same thing: Yes. Somewhere is very wrong somewhere, somehow.
+OVCruz, DD
4 May 2009
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