Post Update: From the Intellectual Free Market
We have bad comedy in the Philippines, no thanks to Trillanes.
The current events surrounding Philippine politics currently has left me largely foot-in-mouth. The long-running joke about how you don't have high-profile crimes, much less genuine organized crimes in the country that would require laser sharp intuition on the part of our crime fighters (think CSI) because Filipinos just don't seem to have/want to use appropriate brain wattage-- well, the most recent outburst (it's barely a coup d'etat, really) from much sensationalized Mr. Trillanes and his cohorts seem to be a vivid example of that. (more...)
The current events surrounding Philippine politics currently has left me largely foot-in-mouth. The long-running joke about how you don't have high-profile crimes, much less genuine organized crimes in the country that would require laser sharp intuition on the part of our crime fighters (think CSI) because Filipinos just don't seem to have/want to use appropriate brain wattage-- well, the most recent outburst (it's barely a coup d'etat, really) from much sensationalized Mr. Trillanes and his cohorts seem to be a vivid example of that. (more...)