‘Greatest achievement’
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| Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz |
During his one year of progressively lower and lower approval ratings, the Malacañang occupant said: “Before, there was resignation and apathy” among the Filipinos. Furthermore, according to the same declaimer, there was “numbness” and “blasé” among the people about “scandals” in the country. Consequently, the said speaker claimed that these days the “Hope for a better life replaces apathy.” In addition it was said with a straight face that people’s “lives are changing for the better.” Finally, the same orator remarked that such a change in the national psyche of the people was his “greatest achievement.”
Wow! Where on earth did that thinking and allegation come from? What brought about such a Cloud 9 perception and conclusion?! Who is the bogus genius or windy genie who thought of putting such words in the mouth of the highest ranking public official in the country? And for heaven’s sake, what made the speech reader own such an off-the-ground speech?!.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110717com6.html
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