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So yeah, for that one person who follows my blog religiously (that's me being optimistic), I'm sorry to have pulled the plug on Pinoy Everyman. The reality is that Everyman costs money to maintain, so I just let it go, especially since I hadn't written for quite some time, so I wasn't making good use of that expense.
Luckily for said person, I'm back! Well, to the detriment of the rest of my friends' Facebook walls, because now they have to see my crap again. Huzzah!
Anyway, not really here to just make a bland announcement. As is the norm for the old blog, it's RANTING TIME! As an aside, I had wanted to get the subdomain "alwaysangry.blogspot.com", but someone beat me to it. Gah.
Because there's a plethora of good stuff to rant about in the news today, I'm going for the quick-fire rant mode, wherein I try to keep it short. Good luck with that, I've never been one for brevity when I blog, but I'll try.
Party-List System A Joke - Well, duh. That was plain obvious in the 2010 elections, where almost every group attempted to rename their dubious organizations so that their acronyms begin with A or a number just so they can get their names on top of the list instead of doing some real legwork to get voters engaged on the cause they're fighting for - if ever they did have a cause to begin with. I seriously hope Brillantes and company cleans the list up - 2010's was a cruel joke. Perhaps they can add a requirement that the potential congressman from the group should be a part of those marginalized groups for a minimum of three years. So, for example, Mikey Arroyo would be ineligible because he never was a security guard to begin with.
If I were desperate enough to win a seat in congress without deserving it, though, I'd submit a party-list name of "01011001 - Ang Galing-galing ng Facebook". It works on a number of levels. For one, it will definitely show up first on the list (take that, 1-UTAK!). Two, it leverages a buzzword that's increasingly popular amongst the masses (the gossips and bragging I hear on jeepneys now involves Facebook mentions), so like how celebs ride their popularity into politics, I will do the same, albeit with Facebook. Name and face politics is strong here, regardless of actual achievements. Three, I can pass it off that Facebook users need representation in congress, that no one is looking out for their well-being (or some similar crap). Heck, if security guards need representation that bad, why not Facebook users?
Some Bishops See Pro-RH Foes Behind Cebu Priest's Case - If you want to see the depths of stupidity some prelates go to turn the tables around on the morality of the RH Bill, this is it. Totally unrelated issue, and they still link it back to the RH Bill. Because they're unable to debate properly or to handle issues separately, they just put it in a lump sum that there is this sinister group that's out to get them. There is no smear campaign, just douchebags trying in vain to paint a picture of fake persecution that is ludicrous at best, and devious at worst. Bishops, do you really think yourselves martyrs? Because you're too dense to even understand, let me get that for you. NO.
As an aside, aren't they liable for libel if they're making tenuous assertions that the government is running a smear campaign on them without presenting incontrovertible proof?
Clark Too Far For International Airport - Listen to the man. The DOTC is deluding itself in thinking Clark is the answer, especially that the country is keen on getting foreign investors here. If you're a foreign investor, would you really subject yourself to shuttling yourself back and forth from Manila to Clark?
Of course, no Inquirer article is complete without the requisite spate of inane comments. Some dolts there see themselves as more of an expert than IATA's CEO just by being tourists. As if their visit once in a blue moon credentials are enough to unseat someone who has been to more airports than they can name and is his business to know airports intimately. Sheer arrrogance. They're dumb enough to state that Changi, KLIA, Incheon, and HKIA (to name a few) are as far from city hubs as Clark is to Manila without actually substantiating their facts. Because I'm nice enough to check with Google Maps for that lazy lot, some distances:
Changi to Marina Bay (assumed city center) - 28.8 km
Incheon to Seoul - ~28 km (no directions for car travel, so going by the old ruler method)
KLIA to Kuala Lumpur - 73.3 km
HKIA to Tsim Tsa Tsui (assumed center) - 23.2 km
Suvarnabhumi to Bangkok - 35.6 km
Soekarno-Hatta to Jakarta - 32.4 km
Clark to Manila - 96.2 km
Clark to Makati (where I suspect most foreigners will do business in) - 106 km
Dumb plan, unless we want to set some regional record for the wrong reason. Wait, did you say RECORD? We're suckers for those things, so yeah, let's throw all rational reason and move everything to Clark!
DOH Is Better-Prepared For Infectious Diseases - This is a good thing, but the bigger problem lies in the gross ways of Filipinos. If you're deluded enough to think that Filipinos are a clean society in that we wash daily and all that, well, you're conveniently overlooking all the spitting and littering that goes around (not to mention utter refusal to cover one's mouth when coughing). The DOH may be prepared to deal with someone with SARS, but not before said person risked complete strangers with his/her lack of etiquette and decency.
