Filipino starlet Angelica Panganiban reportedly went into a less-than-angelic tililing rampage when a customs officer slapped a tax on two Hermès bags she was attempting to hand-carry through a Manila airport. The author of the report wrote that Panganiban “should be thankful that the customs duty collector was kind enough to put up with her outburst. She could have been arrested for disrespecting a public official. The customs people were just doing their job.”
Doesn’t this quaint situation sound eerily familiar?
We are all fixated on the unfolding of a national disgrace as President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III rampages through the halls of power in a monumental tantric fit over what he perceives to be a Supreme Court (SC) conspiracy to undermine his efforts at “reforming” (as if) the nation. Coming face-to-face with the hold-your-horses appeal to sobriety of a man of the Law, SC Chief Justice Renato Corona in light of Noynoy’s bulldozing his way through due process to jail his made-up bogeyman former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Noynoy lashes out with brute force. It is a brute force composed of 188 “representatives” from the House bowing to the presidential rage.
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The Philippines’ esteemed “Congressmen” could learn some lessons from the humble Customs officer who stopped Panganiban at the airport. People with star complexes (whether they are real celebrities or wannabes) are notorious for a lack of mental stability and, as such, are quick to launch into temper tantrums at the slightest poke on their fragile egos. Thus our national “representatives” should ask themselves:
Were they bullied into signing up to a project they actually know very little about?
Perhaps we should go easy on these popularly-elected bozos. After all, they merely reflect the society that they represent.
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Look who’s laughing all the way to the bank…
benign0 is the Webmaster of GetRealPhilippines.com.
I totally agree.
People in the entertainment industry such as Miss Panganiban and Lovi Poe are taught to be role models for us to exemplify. As if they are more qualified for the Congress positions rather than Macbeth.
these are the nouveau riche with no style or class –
and limited education.
one thing the country lacks is satire/political humour which not only conveys messages to the masses in a popoular manner but pricks the ego of delusional ‘celebrities/politicians’ who start to believe their own pr/lies and their erroneous sense of importance
There is little to no point in doing satire. Majority of the Filipino populace are either pikon, uto-uto or both. They won’t get the humor. Proof of that are the online reactions to the bogus “Anti Angry Birds Bill”.
all the more reason to do it. step by step.
professionalheckler is an oasis in the wilderness
In the case of Angelica Panganibay and Abnoy Aquino… IGONORANCE OF THE LAW IS AN EXCUSE. Amen.
Kaya nga starlet e kasi limited ang education.
ang hirap sa mga artista ay ang yayabang bilihan ng bilihan ng mahal na bag gaya ng hermes tapos ipinagyayabang pa sa tv gaya ni sharon cuneta na 2 miilion pesos daw ang halaga ..bakit kailangan pang sabihin ang presyo ng bag kung hindi nagyayabang dapat talagang singilin ng tax ang mga taong may dalang mamahaling mga gamit dahil may limit lang ang halaga ng tax free na puwedent ilabas sa custom ..mayaman namam sila kung kaya nilang bumili ng mamahaling bag kaya rin nila na magbayad ng tax ito ang maging lesson sa mga mayayabang na artista…