Edsa 20/20: Imelda Marcos

At this point, I give up. I can’t blame Imelda and the like anymore. We Filipinos are idiots, gullible, passive and cowards. The majority don’t care and the minority are too powerful–entrenched corruption that will not even budge. If you can’t beat them, join them.

If you happen to be a non-elite without access to food, education and jobs, then that’s just too bad–you’re out of luck in the Philippines. You deserve to starve! You deserve to be dull! And you deserve to wander the streets begging for hand-me-downs.

Mabuhay si Imelda at ang kanyang mga angkan! Imelda is innocent! She is a saint! Imee for President!

A scene in Mel Brooks’ movie History of the World depicted the Roman Senate in session debating whether to resort to more noble causes or to enrich themselves. The Senate all stood and said, “F#CK THE POOR!”

Filipinos wake up! To forgive is NOT TO FORGET the lessons learned from past mistakes, from past bad experience, from the horrendous journey that everyone went through. The cyclical mistakes we make as a people is akin to an idiot who keeps banging his head against the wall in the hope of ridding the migraine.

Short memory we blame for a people who elect back criminals to congress… it is sheer stupidity, plain and simple. Harsh words we shrink from, but we have to face our demons if we are to improve as a people.

Forever in limbo we will be if this country does not overhaul everything — cultural, mental, values.

History will certainly be kind to the Marcos’ when all is said and done. Although there was a time of martial law, the economy was strong and the GNP was stronger. Family values were high, and there was a great national pride. Now, 20 years after EDSA, the same people who forced the Marcos’ to leave their duly-elected office are once again stirring up trouble for the current president.
Cory Aquino, the ever-mourning widow/former president will organize a rally for the chance of being in front of the camera once again. Fidel Ramos, responsible for most of the siphoning of PI treasury funds and government corruption, is standing with her. All the while, still manipulating her and the media puppets. Joseph Estrada, who left the office in total disgrace and the government in shambles, can also be found spitting in his former comrade’s face.
It’s easy to look back 25 years, pre-computer, pre-internet, pre-cellphone, etc. and conclude that the marcos regime was terrible, but the facts state the opposite. At present, thanks to the coup attempt, the exchange rate has shot back up to P58/$1. During the Marcos era, it hit a high of P32, but averaged at P24. Yes, history will certainly reveal who the real villians of EDSA were.

What I personally don’t like among us Filipinos if the attitude of pointing fingers to people who we think are the reasons why we are now in political chaos… why can’t we just discern and weigh things out if we really did benefit from the post EDSA Revolution in which all of us are so proud of. How many EDSA revolution do we have to come up with in order for us to find the ideal democracy that we have been praying when the Marcoses were outstead from the malacanang? Have we not learned from the history that politics in the Philippines are manipulated all the time by people who have all the means to picture things bad even if they are not that bad… Too much politicking will make us kill each other, not unite us into what Dr. Jose Rizal and our heroes have died for…. what happened after EDSA??? nothing!!!! turuan pa rin tayo ng turuan… di na tayo natuto…Pag aralan ninyo ang klase ng buhay ng mga taong nagmotivate sa inyo para kondinahin ang mga Marcoses… may makikita ba kayong matitino sa kanila??? I can only name a few… iyong iba dyan sumasakay lang…

The reason behind the ever presence of Imelda Marcos and her clans (they are still having political mandates, imagine!) is that we Filipinos had the very, very short memories. These people we once called “the public enemy number one” been accepted back to the country after several years in exile, kept their stolen money and now, elected to office as our administrators! This is a national dismay! Why corrupt politicians continue to flood our government because we are idiots enough to forgive and forget. Indeed, there is no bright future for the morons like us. We don’t deserve better, because we just settle for the rubish!

I LOVE HER!!!