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On whose lap should the blame fall for the hundreds killed from landslides in Quezon province?

Who else but the lying President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo!

She has done nothing against rampant illegal logging, which erodes our mountains and lays bare the low lands to landslides, especially during the rainy season. Then here comes her wimpy Secretary of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources claiming before national TV that they had been monitoring illegal logging for several years now.

And what has been done about it? Absolutely nothing! Mike Defensor should have lied like his boss instead of sounding stupid. Maybe some of that brain damage from that other incredulous Defensor has rubbed off on him.

Santa Santita Anunsyo de Sta. Barbara! Apparently this government also believes that every Filipino is stupid. It will start looking busy by making it seem it is running after illegal loggers by arresting small fry. It will make all sorts of sound bytes and go on photo ops. Then it will simmer down because Filipinos quickly forget. Media will also tire of it as it is interested only in what it can sensationalize.

The illegal loggers will just hunker down until the controversy blows over and then they’ll be back with a vengeance. Everything returns to status quo until the next landslide or flash flood.

Don’t expect our congressmen and senators to do anything either. Many of them cuddle illeal loggers or are themselves illegal loggers. And every Filipino and his askal knows that our lawmakers won’t go against each other. It’s their brand of omerta.

Until Filipinos will become more intelligent in their vote and more bold in their decry of inept government officials, GMA will continue to backslide and we’ll have more landslides.

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