Philippines Named ‘Most Stupid Country to Elect a 20-Year OJT as a Senator’ by Time Magazine

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The people were never been stupid,
they are just misinformed.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

sa tinood lang kasagaran sa mga Pinoy kanang mga Class D to Z mga amaw na sila ( dili tanan ) .. mga walay pakialam ...

What is the requirement to be a citizen na CLASS A to C and unsay category ngano mahimong CLASS D to Z ang uban ?

[amingb]

What is the requirement to be a citizen na CLASS A to C and unsay category ngano mahimong CLASS D to Z ang uban ?

According sa Comelec ang Class D is the Lower Middle Class ( poor gihapon ) and Class E is the Poor ... Poor sab ug mga utok ... 65% to 70% sa voting population

Class AB is the Upper Class, C is the Middle Class ... D is Poor and E is Poorer

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

According sa Comelec ang Class D is the Lower Middle Class ( poor gihapon ) and Class E is the Poor ... Poor sab ug mga utok ... 65% to 70% sa voting population

Class AB is the Upper Class, C is the Middle Class ... D is Poor and E is Poorer

Naa kay link ana na statements ?

Dakong lalisonon kaayo na siya na statement baya lol .

[Mr.DIY]

Give her a chance just like what you did to Lito Lapid at asawa ni Erap. may nagawa ba sila? Silent minority leader.

[amingb]

Naa kay link ana na statements ?

Dakong lalisonon kaayo na siya na statement baya lol .

Naa koy pabasa nimo bro nga well define class ... parihas ra sa statement nga nabasa nko .... http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/Schaffer%...0Reactions.pdf

Asa man dapita diha sir ang lalisonon ?

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Most politicians thus work hard to cultivate the poor vote, often by sponsoring community “projects”
such as school building, street lighting, well digging, and drainage cleaning. They also provide more direct
payoffs to voters by supplying potential supporters with food, money, free medical care, scholarships,
discounted funerals, and the like. To protect this pool of votes, politicians also take measures to prevent the
relocation of poor voters to areas outside of their bailiwicks. In Quezon City, for instance, a congressional
representative tried to postpone the completion of a major roadway until after the election so that “his”
squatters would not be resettled elsewhere. For similar reasons, when President Estrada ordered the
relocation of poor communities along creeks and rivers prone to flooding, the Quezon City Council passed
6 Neil H. Cruz, “Mayor abuses constituents in Multinational Village,” Philippine Daily Inquirer
6/22/00. Still, when selling or developing urban public lands stand to bring local governments a windfall
profit, local politicians do choose to evict squatters and demolish their houses (Karaos 1993; Berner 1997,
184).
7 Rene Espina, “Minding Other People’s Business,” Manila Bulletin 5/20/01.
8 EDSA is the main thoroughfare that runs though Metro Manila. It was the site of the mass
demonstrations that culminated in the ouster of Marcos in 1986, an event commonly referred to as “EDSA
1.” It was also the focal point for the disproportionately middle and upper class “EDSA 2” protests that led
to the ouster of Estrada in January 2001 (a Pulse Asia survey found that 65% of the adults who rallied at
EDSA 2 came from the ABC classes; if class D rallyists with some college education or middle class
occupations are included, then the total middle and upper class representation jumps to 74% [Bautista 2001,
8]). The gathering of the poor at EDSA in April 2001 has been dubbed by some as “EDSA 3.”
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a resolution requesting a deferment of that order for people living along two dangerous waterways in the
city.

I could say that the marginal portion of the people
has been fooled, well what interests them is the daily need
of the food to eat, and the demons of politics really do exploit.
But I could not see the stupidity only the need to survive
and the want for the requisites to survive. I could say they have
been vicitimized.Erap and the rest of his kind are really a devils in the worst form.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

Naa koy pabasa nimo bro nga well define class ... parihas ra sa statement nga nabasa nko .... http://web.mit.edu/cis/pdf/Schaffer%...0Reactions.pdf

Asa man dapita diha sir ang lalisonon ?

Classes in the society defines the their STATUS in life reflecting their livelihood . If you can justify that CLASS A to B are the upper class , they are also INTELLIGENT because of their status as ELITE and the CLASS C as somewhere in the middle and poor old BOTTOM of the BARREL D and beyond are the POOR being a lower caste automatically follows that they are DUMB .

Then wala nay lalis . JUSTIFY that , bring on the links . But then again .... I am sure you cant because you said " ACCORDING to COMELEC " which I am sure , they never said that .

[epoy73]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=...type=2&theater

VERY INFORMATIVE

[monroy]

Classes in the society defines the their STATUS in life reflecting their livelihood . If you can justify that CLASS A to B are the upper class , they are also INTELLIGENT because of their status as ELITE and the CLASS C as somewhere in the middle and poor old BOTTOM of the BARREL D and beyond are the POOR being a lower caste automatically follows that they are DUMB .

Then wala nay lalis . JUSTIFY that , bring on the links . But then again .... I am sure you cant because you said " ACCORDING to COMELEC " which I am sure , they never said that .

Sakto ka sir, it doesn't necessarily mean nga kung class A, bright kung class D, E bogo. Daghan man class A nga tapulan, di mo tuon ug tarong mao na bogo.. daghan sad class D, E nga na-scholar sa gobyerno, maong ni-asenso.. Pero kung huna-hunaon sad nimo, kanang class D, E nga kugihan mahimo ra pud ni sila ug class A inig kadugay..

But I think exception ni sila sa rule.. Even in the states there's a phenomenon known as wealth gap that keeps getting worse with each generation. The wealthier families have more loose change that they can spend on expensive schools, tutors, etc while the poorer families might not even have enough to buy books. If you equate educated = bright, uneducated = bogo then in this sense, there is definitely a big difference between Class A and D families. And this translate directly into wealth generating capability of the next generation, perpetuating cycles of wealth and poverty. It is well-documented and researched esp. in the states and i think many of the objects of the study apply here too.

That's why I really admire people who start with nothing and still have achievements. It's not easy and it's like working against the tide. As to how this relates to elections, I believe people whether educated or not, don't want to vote for people they believe will destroy their country. The difference between the educated and uneducated is the ability to know beforehand which candidate is more likely to be which... In any case, the word bogo is a loaded term, I personally believe most people are of normal intelligence and the main difference is access to quality education.