December 5, 2007
posted by Nk. at 5:14 PM
Because I am still in the process of discovering myself (late bloomers much?LULZ) I took this nifty little test I found in one of my favorite blogger's posts. It's called the Political CompassTM test and here are my results:My political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.62
Yep, that's me rolling there with Nelson Mandela and The Dalai Lama. And because I'm naturally stupid with anything that involves numbers (I flunked in Statistics and can somebody explain further whymydotistherekthnxbai) and that my "political views" of late thrive on the LOLable, for a more serious look at this topic do check out cvj's blog. There's a cool "scatterplot" there of how other bloggers fared and what it could mean for the local bloggerscene. Quite interesting stuff.
Labels: Nelson Mandela, political compass, politics, statistics, test, The Dalai Lama
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November 29, 2007
posted by Nk. at 8:50 PM
So what the fuck was that all about?I was at the office , nursing a cold (currently now a fever) and busy
Apparently The Senator Elect and his party of hotel-loving officers walked out of their own trial this morning, went for a "symbolic" little walk in the streets of Makati and holed themselves up cozy in the Peninsula Manila -- all for the ouster of The Small But Terrible President of the Republic, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
While walking the strangely deserted streets of Makati Trillanes called on the people to join them in "the only opportunity for change". The media of course, followed him like mad dogs (only to be teargassed later). Some people waved gleefully at him and the cameras, the rest of us, well, went on with our daily lives.
After six hours and a wrecked Manila Penn lobby later, Trillanes and his gang surrenders.
"We're going out for the sake of the safety of everybody, for your sake because we cannot live with our conscience if some of you get hurt or get killed in the crossfire," said Trillanes, addressing the media.
Award?
Your dear heart bleeds for concern for the people yet you went straight to a hotel in the country's busy business capital? With armed guards?
What a punk, this Trillanes guy is.
*cues Tina Turner's We Don't Need Another Hero*
Because it's cheesy like that.
Labels: coup, Manila Peninsula, politics, punks, Trillanes
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November 8, 2007
posted by Nk. at 8:59 AM
Can I just say that Rom smokes it best?When it comes to politics in the Philippines I can only think of about four words, three of them invectives. But if you're going to ask me if I want another impeachment today, the answer is no. Why? Because of what is waiting in the wings, as what Rom so clearheadedly and bestestly (inventing words much? lolz) talks about in her post today.
The other day I saw Jinggoy Estrada being interviewed in ANC (which seem to harbor a secret fanity for anything related to Erap these days). Erap's mini-me was cheekily answering reporters' questions about the possibility of him running for president in 2010, likening himself to his daddy ("nag-artista sya, nag-artista din ako; nagMayor sya, nagMayor din ako; nagpakulong sya, nagpakulong din ako; malaki tiyan nya, malaki din tiyan ko...")
Now that - is scary.
Labels: fangirl posts, politics
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January 19, 2007
posted by Nk. at 10:21 AM
this morning i was able to catch a portion of Mayor Jejomar Binay and DILG Secretary Ronaldo Puno in Magandang Umaga Pilipinas -- debating on the issue of the police overkill during the what was supposed to be the forced eviction of Iloilo Governor Neil Tupas from the Iloilo Provincial Capitol a couple of days ago. though personally i thought the attack on the Iloilo Capitol was highly OA, listening to these two guys argue on who's evil and who's not in government just makes me want to plug the DVD and watch Titanic instead. i just know that all those with political ambitions will be jumping in on this issue and we will be flooded again with politicians and politician-wannabes doing what they do best - grandstanding and pulling ridiculous political stunts as if our lives did not depended on it. our lives, not theirs.and then what little hope you have for this country will soon be crushed with the certainty that people like richard gomez thinking he is good enough for public office. kit writes a nice one on that, and i fully agree that there is no patriotism here - only greed and illusions of greatness.
that is why i think that entering public service should be like entering priesthood. those who want to be public servants should enter a seminary, live a monk-like life, shun the comfortable life and get this, get frigging high grades on all aspects of public service. please lang, bawal ang bobo.
now to make things even harder and the risks higher, have cameras and lapel mics every freaking where they go, ala Big Brother (but without the prize money). whether they grandstand or not, we be the judge of that.
that should make elections more interesting.
Labels: politics
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