A clone of the past

Richard James Mendoza

June 29, 2010

On June 30, 2010, a new president would be sworn; a president whose mandate is doubtful, whose mental capacity is questionable and a president who is surrounded by the old “Kamag-Anak Inc.”. The incoming regime will be nothing but a clone of the yellowish past; past administrations that have been nothing but subservient slaves to imperialist powers.

We can’t expect anything new from the incoming administration. BSA III will just continue the cycle of globalization and liberalization that the yellows have started since EDSA I that caused the continuous downfall of our country.

Those who voted for him didn’t get one but four presidents. A new installment of the “Kamag-Anak Inc.” will be soon in effect. That means the president won’t have the final verdict but the influential people around him. As early as now, one of the “Tres Marias” was reported to be interfering in the Senate Presidency affair.

I don’t think that there is an incoming change. If change indeed comes, then it will not be for the better but it will be for the worse. The incoming regime will be nothing but a ghost from the past. There is a saying by George Santayana that goes around like this: “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” And it has indeed happened; history has repeated itself.

And then there’s the media which is owned by Big Business. They have essentially served as propagandists for BSA III during the campaign and probably in the next six years as well. They sang praises for their yellow dummy but almost did mudslinging at the other candidates. They epitomized the definition of “Yellow journalism”, pun somewhat intended.

What we need today is a total revolution to turn things around. But until then, the media has continued to distract the people from the real issues through their diversionary tactics in the form of mindless entertainment.