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Greg B. Macabenta
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Here is an attempt to simplify the complicated socio-political and economic situation in this country, the better for the filipino child to grasp it. just imagine reading this in a coloring book.
This is Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. she was #2 in the philippines. they called her vice president. #1 was joseph estrada. they called him president. they asked him to leave because of his vices. now gloria is president. now she has all the vices.
This is juan miguel arroyo. he is the husband of the president. he is also called philippine's 1st gentleman. that makes him the 1st vice of the philippines. they also call him Big Mike. that makes him the
biggest vice of all.
The filipino people are a happy people. they love to tell jokes. one joke is that the name of gloria is arrovo. another joke is that she is the
Panggulo ng Pilipinas. the filipino people laugh at these jokes. they laugh so hard, they forget that they are hungry and are supposed to be sad. in the end, it is gloria who has the last laugh.
this is the justice secretary. these are the officials of the military and the police. these are the members of congress. they are the basketball team of gloria. they play ball with gloria.
these are the 3 little pigs. they speak for gma. they say, "oink oink." thats pig language for, "gloria is the best."
In the basketball team, their job is to pass on the
bola to the media and the people. this is noli de castro. he is vice president and is #2 in the philippines. he is supposed to be a member of the basketball team of gloria, but they make him sit on the bench. he doesnt know what to do and he likes it that way.
These are the filipino people. they are supposed to pay taxes. taxes are supposed to be used to build roads, bridges, airports, markets, schools, hospitals, and services that the people need. taxes are the money of the people.
Some filipinos pay taxes. many others do not pay. this is why money is not enough to pay for projects and services. the people blame the government. but the people are also to blame.
The politicians steal most of what little money there is. that leaves nothing for the projects and services. because of this, the government borrows money from other countries and which the politicians have been stealing.
In order to raise more money, the government has added more taxes for the people to pay. they call it VAT. in baseball, a bat is a club that you use to hit the ball. in the government, the VAT is a club used to hit the people. the VAT is supposed to bring more money to the government for the projects and services, and to pay for the foreign debts.
the politicians steal most of that money, too.That will leave only a little for projects and services, and only a little for the foreign debts.
So the filipino children will have to pay even more debts when they grow up.
These are the members of the political opposition. Gloria thinks they are like the Big Bad Wolf, always threatening, "we will huff and will puff and will blow your house." but the 3 little pigs think that all the huffing and puffing is hot air.
This is Frank Drillon. he is the president of the senate. gloria does not like him because he is very frank. gloria thinks he also wants to blow her house down. the 3 little pigs are assigned to take care of frank by making
bola to the people.
Frank and the members of the senate are asking why the money of the people is being stolen by members of gloria's basketbal team. but the members of the team are good at defense and at passing the ball.
The members of the senate want to know what happened to the money that was supposed to be used for fertilizers to help the filipino farmers plant more crops in their farms. it is said that most of the money was stolen by gloria's basketball team.
The senate also wants to know about money that was supposed to be used for the North Rail project. again, it is said that it has been stolen.
then, there is the money that former president Marcos stole. that stolen money has also been stolen.The newspaper say all that stolen money was used to steal the election that made gloria president.
This is garci. garci was with the commission on elections. garci and gloria are phonepals. garci denies it. gloria admits it. people think garci helped gloria steal the elections.
The philippine commission on election is very efficient.
in India, the results of an election are known after 2 days.
in Taiwan, the results are known after 2 hours.
in the Philippines, the results are known 2 months before the elections.This is a joke being told by the filipino people. they think it is very funny. they laugh and laugh. they laugh so hard, they forget that the joke is at their expense.
The senate also wants to investigate garci along with the other members of gloria's basketball team.
Gloria has given orders for them not to face frank and the senate. the order is called Four Six Four. gloria is afraid that the senators are only trying to blow her house down. it is a poor excuse and a sick one. that's why the order is also called Poor Sick Poor.
This is the supreme court. the members are the #1 judges in the country. they have been asked to decide on Poor Sick Poor. is it legal or not? but the supreme court has been slow to act. in basketball, it is called freezing the ball. for this reason, the political opposition thinks the supreme court is also part of gloria's basketball team.
The filipino people will make a joke about that, too. yes, filipinos are very funny and happy people. they love to laugh. they can laugh on an empty stomach.
