Misleading Claims

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

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Last week the Arroyo administration began placing full-page and double-spread colored advertisements touting its achievements in the economy, social development, infrastructure, jobs, agriculture, energy and digital infrastructure.


The big ads must be costing taxpayers a considerable amount of money. (A colored double spread costs about P660,000.) Not content with this, Conrado Limcaoco, head of the Philippine Information Agency, urged other government offices to bear part of the burden of placing ads highlighting the “legacy” of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.


It is curious that the Arroyo administration is now advertising its claimed achievements in its “last two minutes.” It looks like it is a propaganda effort for Ms Arroyo who is running for representative of the second district of Pampanga, and for the administration’s presidential candidate, Gilberto Teodoro. There is no attempt to conceal the not-so-subliminal ploy to highlight Teodoro’s initials GT in the heads—“Ganito Tayo Noon-Ganito Tayo Ngayon.”
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Why the hell do these politicians always feel the need to advertise what they do? Like putting up a bus shed or basketball court and saying it was the project of the mayor or congressman? What the hell is up with that? It's not their project. It's not their money. It's the people's money. My name should be up there for cripes sake.

Stupid politicians, stop wasting our money!