Elections...

before anything else, http://biliranisland.com/forum/showthread.php?t=793

;) pls vote for me, Maryam Fatima Chawdhury. they misspelled my family name though. :D

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The elections are coming up and it is going to be my first time to participate in the national elections, but the question is, do i really want to participate?

I want to learn what the electoral candidates can do for the country but all that is available are stupid jingles that dont do much for the eardrums. I want to find out if they're any good in congress but all I'm shown is how good they look on TV. Pffft.

This nations' elections is in such bad shape that even local boxing champions think they can sit in the senate and rise our country from poverty. Paet.The voters on the other hand, know that a representative in the government is vital if they want their grievances heard over at the top. Unfortunately, they've ommitted the fact that these representatives shouldnt only be sensitive towards their issues but must also know the basics of governance. We have entertainers in the senate, who use their meetings to get extra sleepy time that they may have been deprived of because of long hours in the set(prolly making themselves more visible in time for the next elections). A senatorial or congressional position has become the best place to be if you want to get paid for sleeping in air-conditioned rooms.

And then there's the president. That position seems jinxed. Anyone who sits is offered the devil's deal: "I will give you fame and fortune, as long as you use this to make yourself happy in every possible way and preserve what i have given you."

Our society is like a dusty slab of cement. And revolution is a drop of water. With time, the slab gets dry, the dust comes back again, and it will take another revolution to clean the slab again.