Let’s see.. The dear Lord was merciful in the news that the elder Velarde is withdrawing from the presidential run. But it doesn’t really cancel the fact that Erap is running again. Shouldn’t there be a law against people running for president if they had been forcibly kicked out of the position previously? And then there’s F. Ramos, who is 80-plus-plus, running if Erap does indeed decide to go for the “honoured” spot. Not to reitirate what His Royally Impeached Ass has said about FVR being “amoy lupa”*, but Ramos might be a tad too old, despite his “good intentions”. Not everyone can be as agile in old age as Dumbledore, who still ended up dead (spoiler? not).
Newsflash though, Mr. Pera: You’re not too springy yourself, though your talahib-ness is quite notable.
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So many people are running for president, and not a single one of them is a clean bet, especially if they already had an infomercial air on TV. A lot of cash shelled out for their campaign also means a lot of cash to siphon back from the country’s already emaciated vault (or so we think). So unless they were already quite wealthy to begin with, maybe they should cut the campaign tricks and focus on their plans to help the country, and how these plans may be carried out whether they are elected to office or not.
Try an online campaign if they must have it. Cheap and proliferating. Of course, the best testimony would be word-of-mouth, so if they just do a good job in whatever position they are in now, then it would be enough. It SHOULD be enough.
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In other news, this 53-year-old pre-need company boss man named Miguel Vazquez died yesterday while participating in an Iron Man Triathlon (which impresses me, really. I am a sucker for active elderly men). He kicked the bucket with a heart-attack in the middle of the swimming leg D:. While he does sport several bruises on his body, there is no reason to believe that there was any murderous intent from any of the people in the meet, participating or otherwise.
What’s sad is that while this man is now a rotting corpse in a morgue somewhere, people did not think so much of his death as they did of the money they invested on his companies pre-need plans. Yes, I know you invested, and pre-need companies such as his are really in the swirly right now, but give the man and his family a few days of mourning before you blame him of conviniently dying to avoid his debts.
*Philippine STAR article, Aug 24 2009: No common candidate for opposition in 2010
