On Protestors...

Filipinos got a protest for everything. I do believe there are professional protesters that do it for money not for cause.

I remember not so long ago when that truck driver was taken hostage, Angelo de la Cruz. There was an incredible outcry for his release. Protesters appeared from all over the Philippines calling for the removal of some 70 troops so that he could be released. Bowing under the pressure, the Philippine government did what it took to get de la Cruz released. Because of the threat to "internationals" in Iraq the Philippine government also banned Overseas Contract Workers (OCWs) from going to Iraq for work.

Well, that action forced people to the streets again to protest. They need to open up entry into Iraq because people need to work, they said.

As an outsider looking in, it's like you're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't. The pull people and bar entry into that country to keep their people safe, but they want the ports open so they can send people back to work...and back in harms way. GRRRR!

You turn on the Philippine news and there are people protesting one thing or another. For the government, against the government...you can't make ANYBODY happy. It just seems like Filipinos can't be satisfied with the status quo.

I bet you somebody would protest if Buddha farted!

You can't please everybody all the time, but it seems like NOBODY is pleased there. Everyone marches and everyone has a complaint...but nobody wants to do anything about it. I guess you can't blame them, as corrupt as the government is there nothing ever seems to get done unless a profit is involved.

Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like had the country succumbed and because a US state...I wonder how different the place would have been...a governor instead of a president...a valid and actual economy that worked...better checks and balances...would the people be happy? Would things be better? I don't know. But things aren't working right.

Maybe I'll protest!

Ain't it funny?