Sunday, March 02, 2008
Week Past 02/25-03/02/08 (Corruption)
"Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body" printed at the back of the shirt worn by a guy working out in the gym. It goes with "No Pain, No Gain". Mantras to push your body to the limit...or injury...
This week Fri 02/29 is the end of February. A leap year. Woe to those born this day. Their birthdays will neither be here nor there except once every four years. I guess women will like it as they grow old. They will not be "lying" about their age...technically.
This week Fri 02/29 is the end of February. A leap year. Woe to those born this day. Their birthdays will neither be here nor there except once every four years. I guess women will like it as they grow old. They will not be "lying" about their age...technically.
I haven't had much time to read the news in Manila. It's sad last time I checked corruption again reared its ugly head...lines. Powers that be...why are they so greedy. It's been accepted, a given...their greediness. Why else would a Director General advise a technical consultant working in a project that cost millions of dollars to "Moderate their greed". Who are "they"? "Moderate their greed", meaning they are "entitled" to a kickback or commission (sounds less derogatory) but moderate it. Not $130M which is 50% of the project's cost...maybe $65M so it won't be obvious. Denials, denials. There is no such thing. Their noses so long you can hang your clothes. Poverty is everywhere that "they" refuse to see. The people are hungry and sick and "they" feed them with rethoric. The poor sell their bodies...they sell their children. Food they can only imagine and garbage their source of living. It is sad. The Philippines. Proud to be identified as the only pre-dominantly Christian nation in the Southeast. But the leaders, if they can ce called as such, practice it only in public like the Pharisees. They show their devotion especially when they are being photographed while praying. Eyes closed, lips quivering...the whole nine yards...mea culpa.
Jesus said you cannot serve two masters. It is obvious who or what they worship deep in their being. Have they no fear?
