Isn't it atrocious, how people can get away with certain things? And what's even more fantastic is that we let them.

A good example is stated in Benjamin Pimentel's article on the recent White House dinner conversation between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and George W. Bush.

I've read some comments in previous blogs about this but there's one that really struck a chord.

An excerpt from Ninotchka Rosca's entry, Bushwacking Gloria:

Because the Philippine government refuses to recognize and rely on the indomitable character of the people it purportedly governs and represents, because the Philippine government continues to be led by suck-ups, all who are of Philippine ancestry become vulnerable to ethnic stereotyping, public humiliation and the disgrace of being perpetual beggars even as the Philippines gives away all of its resources -- from human to natural. Sad, just too sad.

Here's the entire post.