Wake Up Philippines!

Here we go again, another year celebrating our Independence Day for the nth time! There are many things that we can be thankful for in the Philippines!  Yes, we in the Philippines know how to smile in the midst of adversities and misfortunes. We are used to it!  We get back up each time we get clobbered by typhoons and floods and move on! We have grown resilient to these natural disasters! And of course, with our political termites all over eating away at our national coffers, we continue to breathe easy! WHAT?!! Hold on!  Yesireee!!!! We in the Philippines continue to breathe easy even if we know of corrupt government officials in our neighborhood stealing right under our noses! We have grown accustomed to these man-made disasters....graft and corruption.

This, my dear countrymen, is the single biggest reason why our nation continues to be in this mediocre state! We as people and nation have NOT LEARNED how to make our elected officials accountable! And when any community or nation ALLOWS its leaders to do as they please, that community and nation is going to remain in that same mediocre state forever!

1. Our 'men' in Congress continue to do many things other than what would FEED THE NATION. They would rather plant stupid trees than rice or corn to help feed the nation!

2. Our men in Congress spend more time wrangling over where to bury a KNOWN DICTATOR than what would BRING EMPLOYMENT  to the nation. Two thirds of these 'men' in Congress signed a petition to bury a DICTATOR in a place where heroes are normally buried!  

3. Our men in Congress spend more time trying to impeach or sue each other than focus on what would bring FOREIGN INVESTMENT into the nation.  The Chinese grew to be the number two richest nation on earth in just a little over 30 years! And that is from foreign investors pouring in investment money into their economy.  Name me a few of our 'men' in Congress who are focused on this challenge! 

Above are just a few of what our leaders are wasting your tax money on! They continue to get busy on NON-RELEVANT ISSUES.  And we continue to leave them alone. Come elections we re-elect the SAME OLD LOSERS because we are INDEBTED TO THEM, THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS, NINONG, NINANG, RELATIVES. They are great boxers, singers , actors , actesses. Or we simply took their bribe money during elections. Daming 'utang na loob'!

And....we do not care about past performances. Neither do we care about perceived or potential performance .  And the result? Same old, same old.... So, Independence Day , here we come.... Independence from what? Give me a break! 

To arrive at successful results, do not repeat the same old  practices that lead to failure. Easier said than done? Yes, that is why we remain as mediocre as we are as a nation. 

Wake up Philippines!!!!!

Joe Joson

USA