Feeling entitled

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1. Frozen had his own Sana, er, Sona (State of the Nation Address).

More appropriately called as his kontra-Sona, he again used his most favorite words for the administration: manhid, palpak. Well, no matter how long PNoy’sSona was, there are Pinoys who would rather focus on the negative side. And of course Mr. Frozen is that kind of Pinoy for now since he’s not the administration’s presidential candidate and he’s running against that candidate.

It’s a good thing that PNoy has been able to survive through the negative comments and focus on what he has planned to do for the country. He can’t do everything, though. He needs the support of the madlangpehpohl to make this country great again. But with barely a year to make that happen, he has chosen Mar Roxas to continue that dream.

There are presidents who would rather sit in one corner and chill while watching his constituents do their own thing, bahalanasi Batman. And there are presidents who would want to have many projects to keep the madlangpehpohl busy and focused on achieving the administration’s goals. The president himself has to choose the kind of term he wants because he has only those six years to lead the country. Walang forever sa presidency unless a corrupt president finds a way to make it forever pa more.

Or he manages to convince the madlangpehpohl to vote for his wife, son, or daughter as his replacement. Which may not be possible anymore once the anti-dynasty law is approved. But even that law may have its own definition if one of our beloved Cagayan de Oro congressmen would file a bill against political dynasties, er, families whose politically inclined members are serving the same constituents. He said it’s OK for a family to have many members occupying several thrones in the government as long as they’re not serving the same group of madlangpehpohl. I guess that means it’s OK to be president of Pinas if the other family member is the president of the U.S.A.

What he did mean was, it’s OK to be president if your spouse, son, or daughter is, say, governor, mayor, or any of the positions in the provincial and local governments since they won’t be serving the same constituents–the presidency is national, while the political position of the spouse or child is, well, provincial or local. But if one is president and the other is senator, then that’s a political dynasty since they’re both occupying thrones in the national level.

Does that mean that if you’re the country’s president, your constituency doesn’t include the residents of a province, city, municipality, barangay, sitio? So, who voted for the president then? And who will vote for him once the CDO congressman’s proposed anti-dynasty law is the one that’s approved? Should he look for prospective constituents outside of the country? Because for me, a country is composed of the provinces, cities, barangays, sitios, puroks, zones, and the people living there are the ones who vote not only for the future president but also for their choices for senators, congressman, governor, mayor, etc.

Therefore, the constituents of, say, the mayor are also the constituents of the president, and if the husband is the president and the wife is the mayor, the wife may not be serving all of her husband’s constituents, but the husband is definitely also serving the constituents of his wife. Am I right or am I wrong? If wrong, my most sincere apologies for my minute brain.

And then, there’s that justification from Mr. Frozen’s daughter-senator and also from a provincial politician that it’s OK to have many family members in elective positions but not in appointed positions. Let’s hear it from the senator-daughter: “Para kasisaamin, mas important is the will of the people, di ba? We subject ourselves to an election process. So ang number one din nakailangan is to ensure a clean and honest election.”Hay naku.So confusing.Waaaaa!

But we now see how the brains of our politicians work. OK pa sa alright.

They should practice KISS. Keep it simple, stup… Er, keep it simple and sweet. Only one family member occupying any throne in the government, whether elected or appointed. That’s it. Otherwise one family will be serving constituents as their vice president, senator, congressman, and mayor. Talk of your worst fear. Wait, that’s not an impossible nightmare anymore. It’s already happening right here, right now. O my gas.

If there’s one thing politicians have to learn fast, it’s to kiss a** so they can fool many more prospective constituents with their promises.

There was this Hollywood teleserye called “Dynasty” way back in the ’80s when the present generation of the young and restless were not even born yet. “The Young and the Restless” is one more teleserye made in the U.S. and it has been going on and on for 25 years now. Which proves that a dynasty may not last but the young and the restless will always be here to stay.

And then, there’s this hotel in CDO called Dynasty whose resto hopefully still serves some of the yummiest Chinese dishes in the city. Haven’t been there lately, though.

When it comes to other professions, nothing wrong with having a dynasty. There are show biz families whose younger generations have also joined the industry. And some of them have also jumped into the political arena where they continue to be popular from generation to generation.

There’s the family of doctors, or lawyers, or engineers. Let’s listen again to the senator-daughter: “Why limit yung choices ngmgabotante just because we share the same last name. Unang-una, di ba may pamilyangdoktor, may pamilyang lawyers, in fact, paulit-ulitkongangsinasabi din na, at least, ikaw kung gusto mongmagingdoktorkatuladngmagulangmo, all you have to do is take a course, and then pass the board or bar, pwedekanangmagpracticeng profession, whether doctor or lawyer.”

“All you have to do…”? Wow. It’s that easy pala to become a doctor or lawyer? Is it because these professions don’t have to spend millions in campaign funds in order to be elected? And all the senator-daughter had to do was to run for the Senate by using her father’s surname, and sure na. Feeling entitled pa more.