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

[supermarionism]

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hala ataya bitaw ani .. n botar raba gud ko ana niya kay.. wala naman gud koy lain na ilhan.. nasud sa akong otok iyang name kay na sikat n xa sa fb ... n botar ko respitar bah atleast mo saka iyang votes.. ahak n daog man noon top 5 pa..

Ahw nagpa-ila sad gyud diay ka nga BO**-ON pagka botara..

[vahnhelsing]

kinsa man sad namotor aning bayhana uy...
makabad trip jud ang resulta sa election. labi na sa senatorial.

[gcc4426]

pwede ang pabutaron sunod ang mga nagbayad sa tax? kundi ifilter nila kung kinsay pwede mobutar? hasula aning ubang sagbot, mayng sugnoron ug buhi

[darknin']

im so disappointed with the results, labi na sa senatorial, i was hoping nga more voters are getting smarter after the crisis we've been through, sus ko tawn ug nganung ing ani man ang nigawas A*TA?! with no background, no solid platform but still more id*ots voted for such resume.

we just hope that she could make a difference. tsktsk

[epoy73]

i am sure in 2016 mr. jejomar BINAY will run for the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION .. ALAS!!!


we will have the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT in the philippines ..... nice one!!

[MaInEvEnT]

I'm not surprised at all... With action stars like Lito Lapid, Erap Estrada, Bong Revilla, comedians like Tito Sotto and Herbert Bautista just to name a few, as either senators, mayors and even as a president. This article/title (Tho I know is a fake) should've been published years ago. Just sayin'

[high_heels]

I got this on facebook, a worthy read for those whose eyes are spot on Binay:


Dearest Senator Binay,

By the time this letter is done, you would have probably become elected Senator of my beloved country. I will not say that you were elected because the majority of our electorate are illiterates who cast their ballots simply on name recognition. I will assume the best in that they see in you, someone who can do her best in the legislative body of our land.

I would like to review with you though what you said was your greatest qualification to hold public office: that you had 20 years on-the-job training with your parents. I will not question how important this may have been, but I question whether it is truly enough.

As a physician born into a family of physicians, I too had over 20 years on-the-job training before I entered medical school. I requested for a medical toy set early in my years to learn to examine inanimate objects in the house masquerading as human replicas. In my elementary years, I would sit in my mother’s clinic, writing prescriptions for her many patients. In my high school years, my grandmother became frail, requiring my parents to provide more medical care to which I was witness to. By the time I applied for medical school, I had probably seen more patients than some fourth year medical students in their lifetime.

I always had a question whether I should pursue my dream in a school where my parents were better known as it was a double-edged sword. If you did well, they would say your parents and your name helped you out. If you did poorly, they would ask how it was possible that you could be so stupid when you had brilliant parents. So believe me when I say, I can understand your predicament.

Our pathways diverge however, as I had to apply for my position. You might say that being elected is also a form of application but I had to defend myself. My interviewer for my application asked me this question, which still rings in my ears today, even after twenty-two years: “Do you think that you deserve to be admitted to this medical school just because of your family name?” I could have taken offense but I understood where this was coming from. There were numerous applicants for such limited slots, some probably definitely more deserving but my name was calling out to feel more deserved. If you removed your surname, would you still feel you have enough qualifications for the office you applied for? I rattled off my achievements, never once quoting my association with my surname. I felt I deserved it. What we truly feel however, will be left to us and our conscience.

I was accepted into medical school and I went through classroom activities, where I was held responsible by my professors. I went through clerkship and internship where I was held responsible by my residents and mentors. I went though residency where I was held responsible by my attendings and my hospital. Someone held me to my actions at every point in my desire to be a doctor. I know you have held a position as a personal assistant to your parents. Unfortunately, I do not know how much our parents will hold us responsible for our actions. To my mother, I was the most intelligent and handsome son anyone could have. My superiors and mentors made me realize that I was not. I am sure that to your parents, you are the most able and beautiful daughter anyone could have. That is how parents should treat us, but that is not the way a boss or superior would.

I have been a physician now for nineteen years. I am always held responsible by my patients. I have been held responsible, by someone else aside from my family for over twenty-two years. I have been responsible for the lives of a few thousands of our countrymen. Your OJT is actually Opening Just Today. You will be held responsible for the lives of almost a hundred million Filipinos. They will not be as kind as your parents, as I am sure you have had a taste of. You have said that this was a calling. I hope you have prepared well for it as I certainly prepared for mine.

You might say that your voice in the Senate is only one of twenty-four. If that voice remains silent in crucial moments, it may spell the difference for our country. If that voice cannot defend the legislation it aims to pass, you might as well leave the lawmaking to someone else. If that voice will only serve as the speaker from which emanates the voice of another, then the voice at the microphone should have been the one to get the electorate’s votes.

I did not vote for you as I believed and I believe you do not deserve my vote. But the beauty of democracy is that I should learn to abide by the voice of the majority, no matter how uninformed I feel it may be. My choices have not always won elections. If they do, I pray that their path follows the way my conscience and my mind convinced me to vote for them. When people like you win, I only have one prayer: to be proven wrong.

Mine is a voice that you may never hear but I have never stifled it with the fear of creating waves in the calm waters. The ripples I make will hopefully make you gather your oars and work your way back to shore. You are not perfect and neither am I. I sincerely hope though that you work towards it and I will happily see how much more imperfect I am.

A citizen of the republic.

Patrick Moral, MD

[gcc4426]

speaking of illiterates/common people, it reminds me of a conversation sa usa ka salida where an idealistic princess planned to change the society ug gi question siya sa usa ka senior official who has been in politics for quite a long time.

"You will rule with truth, hope and trust? To common people, truth is unnerving. Hope is a burden. Truth is too much bother. They don't know what to do with freedom

People are fickle and stupid. Like unruly children. That's what makes them frightening and hard to manage. And YOU want to give a whining baby some rice and firewood... and teach it how to cook it's own food?

(laughs condescendingly)

...discipline must be swift and cruel. rewards must be slow and sparing. That's how to rule the people."

nakaingon kog tinuod gyud ning linyaha, sa panghitabo karon ug sa nilabayng eleksyon... LOL. kasakit sa realidad

[neckbreaker]

It was my first time to vote.. so disappointed with what happened .. ;< maka discourage ang mga ppol .. so sad .. most were talking about " vote buying ", etc, instead of voting for someone who truly deserves the position, I don't think that was the mind set of the majority of the voters.. some ppol are even complaining ky naa na shade ilang na received na paper daan.. (my gani ni complain pud) ,, I didn't vote for nancy binay bec. for me kulang gyud iya credentials.. HAHAY nalang akong ma say.. lets hope for the best nalang that she can make a difference..

[footlose]

Stupid pinoy .... Mga buesit .... Mag rock and roll nalang tayo ....

OT
mao ra gihapon bai , ang rock n roll dinhi sa pinas wala gihapon ayo , kay soon soon ra ta sa mga foreigner nawala na ang kultura

hehehe peace.....