Gloria

If I don't blog much on Philippino politics, it's because it's the same old same old...
Erap was corrupt, so he was impeached and the "second people power" revolt threw him out...except that comparing Marcos' attempt to steal the election to a popular albeit corrupt pres being thrown out for corruption is like comparing a mouse to a lion...after all, Erap wasn't about to shoot the demonstrators, and he had no need to steal the election, since he was popular with the people...

But Erap stole too much to get away with it, so was removed...

Alas, what goes around comes around, so Gloria is facing charges that some of her relatives took bribes etc...the opposition phone tapped her private telephone (Newt Gingrich, take note) and there are all sorts of appeals to patriotism not to "destablize" the government...

Ho hum...same old same old...

One of these days I'll ask my relatives who are involved in politics what's going on...but for the rest of us who live up country, the main question is if we can go to Manila on what days (Prosperity has caused so many people to be able to buy autos that traffic is restricted on certain days according to your license plate)...in the good old days, this would not have stopped us from driving, since if we were stopped a simple bribe would have allowed us to go on...now we hestitate to drive on the "wrong" day...

I don't know if this means things are better or things are worse...

So the govt' is fighting illegal gambling and passes strict laws against corruption...ah, but does anyone actually enforce the laws?

Don't ask me...