more cynicism... and some wishes

is it just me, or is the united states bent on making countries more, well, dysfunctional? its ultimately coming down to, this third world country needs our help, so lets do our very best to screw them..

the iraq war is one thing; the latest on philippine news is another. some weeks before, some US people stepped in and verified the controversial election-Arroyo tapes as genuine (hello, chaos). now, they've gone and arrested 2 people for espionage. no doubt this is related to arroyo's path of revenge towards people who tried to take part in her downfall.

of course, i may be too narrow-minded by generalizing this situation, pinpointing the US as a whole when it is only its few citizens that have taken part. i also may be too overcritical for these US people who are just merely doing their jobs (ie the one who verifies the tapes' authenticity, the one that has to arrest suspected criminals). but for the most part, somehow, i just want US to back off. put their hands up in the air and say, i will have none of this. this is your problem, solve it.

and why is it that the little folks that bear much of the trouble? i'm not only referring to the small fish who end up getting to be the scapegoats for the bigger fishes (read:Lacson); there are also the middle working class who are really the ones working their ass off to pay for the country's taxes!

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i never thought i'd see a more silent, but impactful scene than that of the Two Widows (cory aquino and susan roces). watching them both together, in their grief not only for lost husbands but for the sad state of the country, held together only by the comfort of each other's prescence -- it was like, a despairing sight.

i wish the country could be evoked to move under this image, perhaps similar to the late president ramon magsaysay (then a senator) holding the limp body of moises padilla (to my shame, i didn't know anything about til i looked it up). forget the argument that they may be 'scripted' photos. what matters is the despair, and the need to rise above our pathetic condition. of course, one need not look further for a more powerful image than the cross itself, wherein there is Christ's face, filled with suffering yet with love.

politicians, you ugly popmpous baffoons! mahiya na nga kayo sa sarili nyo!!!