Imeldific

Noooooo!

Imelda Marcos may run for mayor of Manila in 2007

Are you kidding me??? Are you friggin kidding me? Hasn’t she ruined the Philippines enough? So what’s she planning, start small then work her way up, getting more and more money along the way?

“My mother has a solid vote in the depressed areas of Manila,” said Imee Marcos, a congresswoman representing her late father’s northern province of Ilocos Norte, adding her mother was “seriously contemplating” running as mayor of Manila in 2007.

Imee said her mother would formally announce her decision whether to return to politics in the coming months because she may want to consult local leaders in Manila.

The current mayor, Jose “Lito” Atienza, a staunch ally of President
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is no longer eligible to run after serving as mayor for three straight terms.

Some of Arroyo’s political enemies in the upper house of Congress, Senators Panfilo Lacson and Alfredo Lim, have announced their intention to enter the mayoral race.

“If all of them would vie for mayor, my mother obviously has the advantage,” Imee told reporters, adding the former first lady was former governor of Metropolitan Manila in the 1980s and was the city’s beauty queen in the 1960s.

For Manila’s sake, I sure hope she doesn’t. In the same vein though, there are so many politicians that you just hope don’t run for anything at all. If all of these hope-you-don’t-run politicians actually don’t, I’m guessing you can pretty much count the remaining in one hand..maybe two.

Don’t you wish there was a magic potion that you can give our local politicians so that they’d end up just doing what’s really best for their constituents? One that would make them forgo dipping into their pork barrels for personal use and actually using this money for worthwhile projects. One that would let them make legislation that wouldn’t pursue their own agenda, but is actually for the common good?

Wishes.

Croc Hunter

I can’t believe that Croc Hunter Steve Irwin is dead.

It just seems so unlikely that this seemingly bigger-than-life Australian with such a passion and enthusiasm for crocs and all sorts of wildlife is no longer around. He was killed while filming a segment for a series called Ocean’s Deadliest, and well…it’s so sad that he had to prove the title right.

At least he died doing what he loved best. But it’s sad that he was taken at the prime of his life. Crikey.

It’s The End of Pluto As We Know It

I was reading the newspaper the other day and was shocked to read that Pluto is no longer considered a planet. It’s so strange to think that something you’ve long regarded as solid fact is now considered, well, not true at all!

I can still remember the mnemonic that my Science teacher in grade school taught us to remember the order of the planets: My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Papayas (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto). Now My Very Eager Mother (can) Just Serve Us Nine. Boo!

Men, beware

Ooohh..this is funny! Men everywhere beware!

A warning by the National Drug & Alcohol Regulatory Agencies has been issued to all male party-goers and unsuspecting pub regulars to keep alert and stay cautious when offered a drink from any woman.

Talk about turning the tables! And also, yeah right! Hee.