Tuesday, January 22, 2008

The Seven-Year Itch

It has been seven years and two days since the massive slap in democracy's face called EDSA Dos happened, and the truth is slowly coming out that it is indeed nothing but a naked power grab by an ambitious cabal of politicians from a legitimately elected president. Recent newspaper reports have revealed that the late Jaime Cardinal Sin has disobeyed Vatican orders to stay away from politics. The Vatican might have known through direct or hidden channels that the Cardinal is part of a political plot, so they directed him to back off, but the late cardinal proceeded. Too bad he did not live long enough to see first hand what he had wrought upon this country.

Despite of these, there are still people in deep denial that they were just used by the current ruling cabal to destroy democracy. I cannot blame them, for it is human nature to deny that they have been duped. As long as this persists, there will be no closure for this sorry chapter in our nation's history.

The first step to achieve closure for our country is for all those who took part in that sham exercise to apologize to the Filipino people for disregarding their voice and bringing our country to where it is now, and to the President they deprived of his position for doing such act. After the contrition must come the cleansing. Everybody must unite to set things right once more.

The "seven-year itch" pretending to be the President should be scratched at the soonest possible time, so that the healing can begin for our land.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Launch

This is my first entry in my own blog...I created this blog for my opinions about the different things that are happening around us. I would have opted to write it in my Friendster blog, but some of it might be a little inappropriate for that setting.

Why is this blog titled "The Noodle Bowl Boils Over"? It is a reference to my long-time Net "handle" or screen name, mami_noodles. For a long time, I have opted to merely observe what is happening around me, all the madness and depravity included. If I were to comment, I would just keep it to myself or to a circle of trusted friends. But recently, I have decided that I have to include my voice, no matter how small it is, if I were to hope that things change for the better.

What made the "noodle bowl" boil, so to speak? The "boiling point" came last November 29, during the Manila Pen incident. That event made me realize that it is time to add my voice to those like me, those who are disgusted with the way an unelected ruler is running this country to the ground. It is time to speak, before they take the freedom to do it away.

I timed this blog's first entry seven years to the time where it all started (to the eyes of many Filipinos). This will also be the start of my own journey of dissecting opinions that might be taboo to the eyes of many, yet deserves to be put out.