Tag: oligarchy

Much of Philippine history was motivated by Filipinos’ kneejerk butthurt reactions

March 24, 2014March 24, 2014 benign0 24 Comments

I’ve come to realise that much of Philippine history was really all about a monumental effort to counter centuries of butthurt. The Philippine “revolution” of 1898 was an epic reaction to 400 years of butthurt in the hands of Spain. The arbitrary re-defining of the 4th of July, 1946 from “Philippine Independence Day” to “Philippine-American…

Culture, Development, Politics, Society

How the media management regime of the Aquino Government mirrors that of Nazi Germany

September 2, 2012January 16, 2019 benign0 91 Comments

Go figure. Certain media outlets like Rappler.com, and its cadre of “online journalists”, for example, seem to have first crack at “reporting” stories about administration “achievements”. The biggest media conglomerate in the country, biggest broadsheet and online news site, and the most popular mass entertainers all seem to exhibit a palpable bias towards the Yellow…

Government, Media, Politics

A monument to Pinoy stupidity: the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

April 8, 2012August 12, 2013 FallenAngel 180 Comments

Now that the Mindanao power situation is on the verge of becoming a nationwide crisis, it looks like the issue of what to do with the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) will again be thrust into the spotlight. Your usual protesting militant and activist groups will say that health concerns, the unsafe technical and geographical…

Culture, Development, Economy, Environment, Government, Politics, Science, Society, Technology

Is the 1986 EDSA revolution still relevant today?

February 24, 2012August 2, 2013 Ilda 136 Comments

It’s hard to imagine why there are Filipinos who still feel the need to celebrate the anniversary of the first EDSA or People Power revolution held in 1986. As I keep saying every year, not much has changed since former President Ferdinand Marcos left the building. I was not there and I am glad I…

Development, Economy, Media, Society

Facts Filipinos never wanted to know about the Aquinos and Cojuangcos

November 7, 2011July 11, 2013 benign0 79 Comments

Those who went out and did point-by-point “rebuttals” of the now famous gone-viral YouTube video AQUINO COJUANGCO: FACTS THEY DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW HD miss the point. The point, in my opinion, is that there is a whole swath of information and history that is not routinely highlighted by mainstream media. Yet, blogger Marck…

Media, Politics, Society