What is the difference between a politico and a stained shirt?
Stained shirts would sell for more in a garage sale.
With our nation currently mired in 'Gloriagate', 'Juetengate, Part Deux' and 'Useless Houses of Congress, The Stupidity Continues', I am challenged to find optimism for our present national situation. And to make things worse, I come across this statement online.
"I don't see how you can draw a comparison between not paying taxes and the President holding her silence, at least for the time being," said Gabriel Claudio, the President's adviser on political affairs.
"Not paying taxes is simply against the law," he said. "Politics is one thing, economic sabotage and blackmail is another."
That final phrase encapsulates the mentality of the people entrenched in our government, 'Politics is one thing'. It is as if all people in government are absolved from wrongdoing because it is 'only politics'. In this statement Mr. Claudio absolves the Arroyo administration from being detrimental to the economy simply because they are implementing their political strategy. Bullshit.
I am impressed at how thick-skinned and clueless our government leaders are. Is it too great a matter for them to get their brains around that the decisions they make directly impact the state of our country? Is it so difficult for them to realize that the point of the positions they hold is to embody the very spirit of our nation? Politics is not 'one thing', politics is the only thing.
It is impossible to separate the actions of a person in government from the repercussions on the nation. If a government official is caught cavorting with interns, the example has been set for the public. If a person at the Bureau of Internal Revenue chooses to skim a peso or two off the tax returns, then that is a peso or two less to spend on the welfare of the general populace. If a president chooses to remain silent on matters of corruption and unscrupulous behavior, then the Office she represents loses its moral high ground; and the Nation that is represented by that Office is likewise tainted in the eyes of the world at large.
And no one wants to do business with shady characters (save similarly loathsome parties).
Politics different from economic sabotage? What do you call PHP55.8 to USD1?
Woe to you who sit atop your thrones without pity and remorse. Woe to you who prioritize personal gain despite being 'a servant of the people'. The time is nigh to change the order of society, or to leave quickly as the buzzards feast upon the carcass of a once proud nation.
With our nation currently mired in 'Gloriagate', 'Juetengate, Part Deux' and 'Useless Houses of Congress, The Stupidity Continues', I am challenged to find optimism for our present national situation. And to make things worse, I come across this statement online.
"I don't see how you can draw a comparison between not paying taxes and the President holding her silence, at least for the time being," said Gabriel Claudio, the President's adviser on political affairs.
"Not paying taxes is simply against the law," he said. "Politics is one thing, economic sabotage and blackmail is another."
That final phrase encapsulates the mentality of the people entrenched in our government, 'Politics is one thing'. It is as if all people in government are absolved from wrongdoing because it is 'only politics'. In this statement Mr. Claudio absolves the Arroyo administration from being detrimental to the economy simply because they are implementing their political strategy. Bullshit.
I am impressed at how thick-skinned and clueless our government leaders are. Is it too great a matter for them to get their brains around that the decisions they make directly impact the state of our country? Is it so difficult for them to realize that the point of the positions they hold is to embody the very spirit of our nation? Politics is not 'one thing', politics is the only thing.
It is impossible to separate the actions of a person in government from the repercussions on the nation. If a government official is caught cavorting with interns, the example has been set for the public. If a person at the Bureau of Internal Revenue chooses to skim a peso or two off the tax returns, then that is a peso or two less to spend on the welfare of the general populace. If a president chooses to remain silent on matters of corruption and unscrupulous behavior, then the Office she represents loses its moral high ground; and the Nation that is represented by that Office is likewise tainted in the eyes of the world at large.
And no one wants to do business with shady characters (save similarly loathsome parties).
Politics different from economic sabotage? What do you call PHP55.8 to USD1?
Woe to you who sit atop your thrones without pity and remorse. Woe to you who prioritize personal gain despite being 'a servant of the people'. The time is nigh to change the order of society, or to leave quickly as the buzzards feast upon the carcass of a once proud nation.
posted by Man About the House at 4:20 AM
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