Poor Kris
What can I say? I am so into the Kris-James break-up-because-of-another-woman-daw story. It’s an issue my mom and I can bond over. Lately she’s been reading murder and lawyer mysteries, and I’m not into those (I prefer spy thrillers); she likes Josh Groban (I’m not a fan), so lately on the cultural front we don’t have much to talk about.
Until the Kris-James issue exploded.
When my dad was still alive, he would moan and groan and smirk and be snide whenever Mama would flip channels and watch ‘The Buzz.’ She’s always followed Kris Aquino’s career (but she never watched her movies, thank goodness for small favors), and now her marriage.
She feels bad for Kris. Last Sunday over a late lunch she kept saying "Kawawa naman ang batang iyan!’ and tsk-tsk-tsking, she said we (Kim and I) should watch the Buzz later on that afternoon and Korina Sanchez’ show in the early evening with her. It actually felt like we discussing the affairs of one of the members of the family and that we should all pitch in to help them during a very difficult time in their lives.
Kris is such a public figure, every single move she makes and every little thing that happens to her is media fodder — the stuff of newsstories, necessitating spools of audio, camera, and video tape to be reeled off and developed. She’s the country’s number one endorser (it’s like everywhere I turn there’s a billboard featuring her, what she’s wearing, eating, using, etc), and she has tv programs that run daily. She used to get on my nerves, but now, being married myself (haha!), I feel a twinge of sympathy for her.
Whenever Kim and I quarrel (over unwashed dishes, which DVD to watch, dirty laundry, wrong bread, rotting fruit in the fridge), it’s always a terrible thing for me because I really don’t like conflict. It makes both Kim and I cringe to think that the neighbors could hear us bicker and argue.
Now here’s Kris and her two-year old marriage is being dissected by everyone (including myself) on the planet and they’re laying down their own judgments and comments. It must feel so horrible and no wonder she’s gone back to her mom. She should quit reading the papers and stop watching tv.
GMA7 is trying to justify airing the Hope interview as simply giving the public what it wanted; that the public deserved to know.
Jeez, the story isn’t exactly life and death like finding the cure for a sudden outbreak of SARS or the H5N1 virus. It’s not a matter affecting national security and no one will be the worse off if they didn’t know about it.
The impact on Kris and James, though, has been devastating. Kris could have had a miscarriage from all the upset and stress. Now they’re on the verge of a break-up or an annulment.
Is the breakup of a marriage (kahit pa celebrity) worth the telecast of a cheesy interview with a woman who wants her own 15 minutes of fame/notoriety? Love or hate Kris Aquino, she didn’t deserve that. She could have been, she should have been spared from that.
Gad, I used up about 50 brain cells just to write all this…
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So I was right! Jovito Palparan does want to run for congress! Holy heck!
If Palparan ran for a
position in hell, he’d win and take over; but if he’s hell-bent on running for
public office, then everyone – and I mean everyone who doesn’t want their civil
and human rights violated and who believes that cold-blooded criminals must pay
– must all do their best to make sure
he doesn’t win.
In any case, Palparan’s bid for elective office should be
nipped in the bud. A serial killer and mastermind of massacres should not be
allowed to run even for barangay chairman. He belongs behind bars, not in
congress. To be honest, though, Palparan’s black brand of politics and twisted
understanding of what it means to defend democracy makes him an ideal candidate
of the Arroyo administration.
Nearly choked with outrage over Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief
of staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon’s rah-rah-rah cheer for Palpatan. He’s practically putting up a fan club I
Heart Palparan Forever.
Which group will Palparan represent? ANAD? Or national
security adviser Norberto Gonzales’ Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas
(PDSP)? Palparan is a cold-blooded killer, and what other platform can he carry
but that of death? Esperon’s endorsement of Palparan is an endorsement of the
continuing spate of extrajudicial killings and the general deterioration of the
human rights situation in the country.
Esperon has the gall to recommend
Palparan to run for public office even in the midst of the outrage over the
extrajudicial killings. He only affirms the AFP’s full support for the killings
and the continuing attacks against the members and leaders of the progressive
party-lists, human rights advocates and members of militant people’s
organizations. Esperon is a hypocrite and a liar by saying that he and the AFP
are non-partisan – here he is, practically the president of the Jovito Palparan
fan club and goading the killer to run.
In the meantime, Norberto Gonzales’ also has plans to also run for a congressional seat
in Bataan. This guy has made a name and reputation for himself as
a war mongerer and an advocate of state repression of civil and democratic
rights. The residents of Bataan would do good
to think a hundred times over before they even consider putting his name on the
ballot. May all pens, pencils and all other writing implements lose their ink
and lead if users even begin to think of writing Gonzales’ name in the ballot.
Gumana na lang ulit if it’s the names of the GO candidates that will be written
(as well as the names of the progressive party-lists, syempre).
If there are dream tandems, then Gonzales and Palparan are a
nightmare team. The team from hell.
