Plumbing the depths of mediocrity BLURBAL THRUSTS Louie Logarta 04/10/2011

Plumbing the depths of mediocrity

BLURBAL THRUSTS

Louie Logarta

04/10/2011
In a country hungry for heroes, such as ours, it is quite easy to see why millions of Filipinos immediately took a fancy for whistle-blower Heidi Mendoza, the frail wisp of a woman who is said to have risked everything to come out of the woodwork and expose the ghouls in the military establishment.

Leeches, they are, who for the longest time have been illegally enriching themselves while inside their cushy air conditioned offices in Camp Aguinaldo, at the expense of thousands of ordinary soldiers who have been risking their lives in the battlefield in defense of the country, as well as ordinary taxpayers such as you and me.

For those romantics among us, Heidi Mendoza is a modern-day Joan of Arc (it’s just too bad we don’t have a local equivalent). Remember Joan of Arc, the ordinary peasant girl from the city of Orleans who is considered a national heroine after leading the French army to several victories against the English aggressors during the Hundred Years’ War which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII?.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110410com4.html