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Burning Down The House

December 7th, 2006 by epoyz

well obviously, the fucking system has broken down. a loooong time ago, in fact, nakakatawa na nga lang ang bango ng pagka-obvious paggising ko kaninang umaga.

i heard the news today, oh boy..ang mga put*ngin*ng house  of representatives  majority, dumale na naman. pero nakita ko na naman yan nung  wednesday ng madaling araw, nadaanan ko sandali yang "debate" nila tungkol sa con-ass. right there i already knew where this was headed, silly me, i don’t know why i’m still feigning surprise and outrage at an outcome that i already knew was coming.

but still.. ang kakapal na talaga, di ba? kainich.

frankly, i thought that when the supreme court junks something, that’s the end of it. yun e sa pagkakaintindi ko lang naman, ha? kaya nga nagkatiwala ako sa supreme court based on their decisions ruling against CPR and PP 1017 and the Cha-Cha train (more on this later). apparently, kung di talaga madadala sa magandang usapan, pupuwersahing dalhin sa pilitan hanggang sa dumugo (hwow, talagang pinilit yun, a…).

well, if there are indeed changes that desperately need to be made, sobrang tama itong si Neal Cruz: ibasura na yang kongreso. nyetta.

what the fuckers in congress exhibited is a brazen display of reminding us, sort of putting us in place, that we can’t do anything about something once they’ve set their sights on it. remember how they "killed the cadaver" that was the impeachment bid?

 

they have the power because they have the numbers, everything else is just futile theatrics. fuck everybody else that’s on their way. they’re going to find something to get around anything, you must be out of your mind to believe otherwise. given, they’re obviously desperate, yes, but they’re bringing out the big guns now, all the while showing us that we don’t have shit. without a leg to stand on in anything that they’ve passed on so far, sila pa din ang nananalo ultimately if you think about it hard enough. ang lugar natin sa lahat ng yan e, magkukumayaw at mag-umangal, show our utmost distaste at the whole thing as if they’ve just thrown feces at our faces and some of it found their way to our mouths (eww, but true). we’ll shout our most vehement protests to high heavens, bellow that this shit (we’re tasting) has to stop, write about it, talk about it in forums and debates, stir the public into revolt and decide that we’ll give the fucking administration something to cry about.

then do absolutely nothing. or, more accurately, achieve absolutely nothing.

now, about the supreme court… ok, ok, so tingin natin, although trampled by numbers in the congress, this shit definitely won’t fly because the senate already united in denouncing this con-ass (how so appropriately termed, by the way..) bago pa man na-resolve kaninang madaling araw. siyempre kontra senate jan, etsa-pwera sila eh. but still, great move, guys. kinda like when i was watching the "debate" on wednesday, iniisip ko na nga na mananalo na naman ang majority, so i had scenarios already playing in my head. i was able to go to sleep kasi, kahit ano mangyari, anjan pa naman ang supreme court.

then naalimpungatan ako. oongapala, tapos na ang term ni Justice Panganiban. crap.

kakatawa ko nung nagpupumilit kumandidatong chief justice si miriam santiago a.k.a. brenda, nakalimutan ko na kahapon na pala yun. shet.

kasi, based on what i’ve seen the past few months, i learned to trust the supreme court, albeit cautiously, because of Panganiban and company’s record so far. so, i was looking at the Supreme Court as truly "the court of last resort". (ow, haaaaaaaa?)

e ayan, nagpalit na nga ng chief justice. patay tayo jan.


so what do we make of new chief reynato puno? you tell me. ang ganang akin, isang mali lang niyan, sa mga panahong itich, tapos tayo.

so now, if all else fails, and should the Supreme Court finally betray democracy and the filipino people, what are our alternatives?

foreign intervention of some kind? pero malabo din yun, di ba?

so it comes down to revolution. na naman. hinihintay nga sana natin yung 2007 elections to make the change e (although pini-predict ko din na kung magkaroon man ng elections sa may, it will chase records in being the bloodiest elections ever..), pero kung matutuloy ang con-ass, walang elections. so yun na, magkakagulo na mga tao nyan. rebolusyon!!

kaso mo, if there’s going to be a revolution, we’re gonna have to face, nay, accept this possibility (english accent): it’s going to be bloody uh, err– bloody.

sadly (and please answer this truthfully, now..), knowing what you know, and seeing what you’ve seen the past few years, is getting killed in a revolution really worth it? for this country?

yun ngang mga journalist na naglalapgpakan na parang langaw na inispreyan ng baygon e, di natin ginugunita nang tama yung ultimate sacrifice nila, wala tayong pakialam, e paano ka gaganahan magpakabayani pag niratrat na nila ng bala ang edsa? OA ako, kanyo, di aabot sa ganun pag naglabasan tayo sa kalsada? talaga?

kasi, if you study it carefully, you know these fuckers will not relinquish power that easily. si guingona nga na ang tanda-tanda na, sinampolan nila ng water cannon, e, pampagana pa lang yun. alam kasi nila, being students of history, kung saan nagkamali si marcos nung ‘86: he got soft for a moment and that moment of weakness pounced on him. so ngayon, ika nga ng cypress hill, when the shit goes down, you better be ready. di simple mag-isip yang mga nasa pwesto, no? hanggang plan C meron yang mga yan. dapat ready ka din sa lahat ng possibilities.

so, knowing the peril, will you go?

nung panahon ni ninoy, siguro pa, kaya nga tumayo sa harap ng tangke yung mga tao sa edsa, e. idealistic pa mga pinoy nun.

nung panahon ni rizal, ni goyo del pilar, sige. giving up your life so that your country can be free of foreign occupancy, yan, ok yan. call ako jan.

pero ngayon, na kapwa pilipino mo ang kalaban mo, na pagtingin mo sa katabi mo e di ka sigurado na pare-pareho ang adhikain nyo–mabubuo pa ba loob mo magpakamatay kung sakaling dadating sa point na yun? o pag nakita mo yung mga pulis mambabato ka sabay tatakbo ka rin gaya nung feb. 24, 2006?

kaya nga: what will inspire a filipino to put his life on the line so that this country may be free again? specially when the poor already gets it: sila lang ang andun, kasi sila lang ang desperado na makaahon sa kinalulugmukan nila. at least nung people power ‘86, may nakita kang mga prominenteng tao SA KALSADA, hindi counted yung nasa stage lang, ha (richard gomez and company, whattup?).

di naman talaga united ang mga pinoy e. may mga mayayaman, who stand to benefit from all of this, who, win or lose (barring a cataclysmic event that will strip them of their riches and power), will still be rich. then there’s the rest of us who, win or lose, will go back to the reality that life in the Philippines is so damn hard. and then there’s the poorest of the poor who, win or lose, will still get overlooked and regarded as byproducts of a system you’re trying desperately to prop up.

sa panahon natin ngayon, na warak na ang prinsipyo ng pagkakapatiran ng mga pilipino, kahit si jim paredes ang tanungin mo, sasabihin niya sa ‘yo: puta, mamumundok na lang ako (or magma-migrate in his case..). i won’t die for you fools, i have kids to feed. and i don’t feel any resentment towards him and everybody who feels the same way. hell, i’m contemplating on pulling the same move myself. i haven’t given up on the filipino yet, pero sobrang dismayado na ko. puta, sa kalsada nga lang nagkukupalan na tayong lahat, e.

so, i guess it’s up to the people on top to stir the hearts of their countrymen. pag nakita mo na si kris aquino na nagpapakamatay para sa kalayaan ng bansang pilipinas, aba’y baka mag-alsa din ang mga fans niya. o kaya si willie revillame, magbilad sa edsa, aba’y wowowee, we may have a ballgame, boys. sina henry sy, sila danding, sina gokongwei at lopez…putsa kahit si manny pacquiao (tumiwalag ka na kay gloria, meng, bad career move yan..)— maki-martsa kayo kasama ng mga maliliit na tao kung dadating man ang rebolusyon, baka mapukaw pa ang diwa ng pagkakaisa  sa ating lahat.

but then again, i’m the king of wishful thinking.

o, anong masasabi mo, mr. justice secretary?

Gonzalez

exactly.

————

I’ll never know
I’ll never care
I’ll never bug you my people
I’ll tell you what I say
I’ll never lie
I’ll never try
I’ll never cry for you people
I’ll push you
Push you away

As you lonely people
Keep on runnin’ ’round my door
Yes, you lonely people
Keep on begging
Beg for more

And I’ll cry for you
Yes I’ll die for you
Pain in my heart it is real
And I’ll tell you now how I feel inside
Feel in my heart it’s for you

It’s for you
Only you
It’s for you

I’ll never try
I’ll never die
I’ll never push for you people
I’ll tell you how I feel
I’ll never lie
I’ll never cry
I’ll never try for you people
I’ll tell you, yes it’s real
And you lonely people
Keep on passing time away
Yes you lonely people keep on passing,
Pass away

And I’ll cry for you
Yes, I’ll die for you
Pain in my heart it is real
And I’ll tell you now how I feel inside
Feel in my heart it’s for you
And I’ll take everything
As it comes my way
Pushin’ your pain ’round my door
And i’ll die for you, yes I’ll die for you
Is this blood on my hands all for you?

You shiver
And shudder
Recovers your mother
You feel it take control
All alone
Feel alive
In your soul

Come around town
Steal another dime
Take another line
Won’t you feel it
Blanket your soul
Out of mind

Come around town
Steal another dime
Do another crime
Won’t you get it higher and higher
Roll through time

Come around town
Steal another dime
Don’t you push your drugs in my face
Yes, I’m feeling
Feeling fine
Don’t you push your drugs in my face
Or I’m gonna put you in your place
Fuck you
I don’t want it no more
And it’s mine
Said this pain in my heart is all mine
Yes, it’s mine all alone

I don’t want it no more
I don’t want it no more
I don’t want it no more
I don’t want it no more

And it’s mine on my own
Yes, it’s mine all alone
As I cry for you
Yes, I’ll die for you
Pain in my heart, it is real
And I’ll take
Everything as it comes my way
Feel in my heart it’s for you
And I’ll lie for you as I die for you
Pain in my heart it is real
And I’ll tell you now
How I feel inside

Fuck you
It’s for you.

              -"You", Candlebox from Candlebox

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