Achieving Happiness

Hindi na talaga ako nasanay. Nagigimbal pa rin ako.

Oo, hindi naman ako talaga nagtaka na gagawin ng bulok, magnanakaw at berdugong gobyerno ni Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang lahat mamamatay lang ang impeachment complaint na isinampa laban kay Arroyo.

Pero hindi ko talaga maunawaan kung bakit may mga ganyang klaseng nilalang. Parang demonyong nagkatawang-tao. (Mga diktador, pasista, mga ganid na kapitalista, mga despotikong panginoong may-lupa. Mga kampon ng kadiliman na dapat ilantad sa liwanag at puksain!)

Beyond politics, I mean beyond being president, what sort of person is this woman?! Holy crap. The entire nation is in an uproar over her various crimes against the people (ranging from serious to downright atrocious. The human rights violations alone constitute crimes against humanity; and the daily grinding poverty of Filipinos because of the devastating impact of the privatization, deregulation and liberalization policies on their livelihood and general welfare is unforgivable, equal to blood debts!) yet freaking hell, this woman still has the gall to say that she is a leader worthy of a second chance.

That she is doing her best for this country and that the instability of the economy is because of the protests. That none of the accusations and charges levelled against her are true.

Hindi tutoo ang napalaking bilang — 400, bilangin isa-isa!– ng mga pinaslang na manggagawa, magsasaka, akibistang masa, human rights worker, progresibong abogado, kaparian? Hindi tutoo na kuba na sa kahirapan ang mamamayan sa pagpasan ng bigat ng nagtataasang presyo ng bilihin at iba’-ibang buwis (VAT, road user’s tax) na hindi naman napupunta sa mga batayang serbisyong panlipunan? Hindi tutoo na sa bawat araw ay nadadagdagan ang unemployment rate, na lumalaki ang bilang ng kabataang nagda-drop-out mula sa eskwela, na milyon-milyon ang walang sariling bahay at mga squatter sa sariling bayan, na  hindi mapigilan ang paglaganap ng kamatayan dala ng mga sakit na kung tuuusin ay napakadaling gamutin (tuberkulosis, pneumonia, tigdas)?

Wala pa man ang impeachment complaint, hindi pa man sumambulat ang isyu ng "Hello, Garci?" tapes ay matining na ang panawagan ng taumbayan para sa kanyang pagpapatalsik mula sa poder. Hindi pa man nalalantad ang kawalanghiyaan niya sa pandaraya noong halalan ng Mayo 2004, matibay na ang batayan ng mamamayan para isigaw na bumaba na sya mula sa Malacanang!

She allowed the return of US troops and their illegal participation in counter-insurgency operations wherein the real victims were innocent civilians, non-combatants, Muslim Filipinos unjustly branded as terrorists.

She made unpricipled compromises with Danding Cojuangco, the Marcoses regarding the settlement of the coco-levy and the ill-gotten wealth accumulaed by the Marcos dictatorship — billions of pesos that rightfully belong to the coconut farmers and their families; the survivors of martial law and the heirs of the victims of torture, forced disappearance and summary execution.

She signed into law almost 500 executive orders that rendered thousands of government employees jobless; cut the budgets of agencies that directly facilitated the delivery of public services; transferred control and ownership of utilities to the private sector. These are all serious acts of abuse of authority; not to mention acts of destruction against the welfare of millions of Filipinos.

In the face of all this, the woman tosses her head and says "I’m not guilty."

Ang kapal talaga ng mukha! Garapalan kung magsinungaling! Wala ba syang dangal?! I am reminded of a line from one of Gary Granada’s songs- "Kung ayaw mo na sa akin, ayaw ko na rin sa iyo."

Utang na loob, Gloria — ayaw na namin sa ‘yo!

This afternoon at the rally commemorating the 109th anniversary of the Sigaw sa Pugadlawin which signalled the start of the 1896 Revolution led by the great proletarian leader Andres Bonifacio, people kept asking me if I were pregnant yet.

I guess it’s normal for Filipinos (hum, as if I weren’ tFilipino myself. I am, but I guess my values are more European. Liberal almost to the point of well, geting into arguments regarding, say, couples living together without going through marriage ceremonies etc. I think ‘live-in’ arrangements should not be villified. wala lang. that’s a different blog altogether) to ask that sort of question.

As if after one get’s married, it’s immediately expected that one (the woman) will start having children.

Anyways, I kep saying no no no. Not yet . Jeez. We still have a presidency to overthrow and a new transition council to put up. I don’t want my baby to be born during these turbulent times…

Kaso nga, extending the explanation would mean that I, my husband and I, would never have kids.

Ang sakit kasing isipin na magluluwal ka ng bagong buhay sa isang napaka-bulok na lipunan. Really. I mean holy gee, I panic over my dogs getting sick. What more if it were my baby?  I am such a neurotic and a paranoiac. Am so lucky that the man I married is nothing near being like that.

Anyways. I have nothing but disgust and loathing for this government and the system it represents. Killer  of dreams, destroyer  of futures. While 1-2 percent of this nation’s population party at night and shop, wine, dine and travel in luxury during the day, the rest of the people are forced to suffer dehumanizing poverty and grievous want.

Bukas, pagpasok na naman sa opisina, pagbukas ng dyaryo, tatambad na naman sa akin ang mga pinakabagong ulat ng iba’-ibang anyo ng karahasan at pagsasamantala laban sa masa; ang walang puknat na pagnanakaw ng mga dayuhang korporasyon at mga lokal nilang kasosyong malalaking negosyante; ang patuloy na pagkatuta ng rehimeng Arroyo sa Estados Unidos at mga dikta nito.

Si Gloria pa rin ang presidente. Boses pa rin nya ang maririnig sa radyo at mukha pa rin nya ang makikita sa mga ulat sa telebisyon. Patatagalin pa ba siya hanggang 2010?!!!

Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to how low this government will sink and how vicious it can be when it comes to violating the economic and political rights of the Filipino people.

Hindi nga ako nagugulat, pero lagi at lagi, masusuklam at magagalit; maiiyak at maghihinagpis. Walang paraan upang masanay sa ganitong kalakaran.   

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