reason is the reason

Another day, another video post.

I know what you’re thinking. “Dude, haven’t you got anything else to write about? What about the Subic Rape Case? What about the Short President who you allegedly idolize? What about hunger in Africa?”

At this time - mind you, I don’t mean for the foreseeable future - politics bores me. The greed and shortsightedness evident in government these days don’t approach the levels we’ve seen during the impeachment proceedings, although they’re still there, and they’re still worth deploring. But a lot of people with a lot more insight and passion are doing a much better job at it than I am.

There’s nothing funny about politics for now. I was tempted to say something when the Marcos camp set out feelers for a Borgy Manotoc mayoralty bid (how funny is that?) but for some reason, the bloggy part of my brain went “meh”.

For a current look at my state of mind, the only thing that got me out of a blue funk these days was the video you see below.

This made me laugh. Hard.

From HufPo’s RJ Eskow via gekokujo.

Another reminder that our heroes tend to have clay feet – a beer-soaked conversation with a buddy in the know reveals that a certain sports hero (na itatago natin sa pangalang Danny Macquiao) seems to have taken certain perquisites for granted.

He’s been a no-show on several scheduled beer commercial shoots. He’s gone so far as to demand that the entire studio crew move the shoot to his hometown in Mindanao - and didn’t show up anyway. He’s demanded the use of company private jets as personal taxis. He’s behaved as one might ungenerously expect of a Juan de la Cruz who comes upon wealth but not the wisdom to use it – like he owes nothin’ to nobody, and he’s quickly fraying the patience of those who really have put him where he is now.

Nope, it’s not the public; in my mind he owes us nothing. He did his job, and he got paid for it with big bucks and our adulation.

However, he’s run up a huge bill with a certain beer company and a certain broadcasting company, both of whom have kept him in the spotlight far longer than was Godly proper. It was a Devil’s trade, but it was fair. Macquiao humanized these companies for the general public, in exchange for cash.

Only problem is, the reputation these companies are banking on are starting to wear thin. Read more…

Start ‘em young.

Thanks to blue[]ce.