Ghostly and Ghastly

It is All Souls' Day - can you blame us if we talk about GHOST STORIES ... not necessarily the paranormal or the supernatural kind ... but with the corruption being given a 24/7 coverage ... the kind of money wasted and the lives ruined and squandered gives unsuspecting Pinoys a reaction like they HAVE SEEN A GHOST?

With the insatiable thirst of our politicians and people working in the government for money and more dough ... their righteous indignation (that leads one prominent politician to say, "Kadiri kayo." You're disgusting! Pero hindi niya nakita ang sarili niya kasama na pala siya sa akusado) ... elected officials who can look at you in the eye, invoking religion and Supreme Power na siya ay kapitag-pitagan, walang kasing linis at hindi makabasag pinggan. Tapos akusahan ninyo lang na corrupt?

Marami sa kanila walang delicadeza. may  mga nag-planta ng whistle-blowers and false witnesses ,.. may mga nag-doctor ng kanilang mga SALN making them the poorest elected officials in town pero galante kung magbigay ng regalo ... may mga nagtatalak at regular ang mga commentaries about corruption ... pero sino ka ... sila ang poster model ng pagnanakaw ... may amnesia ba sila?

Hindi kaya ayaw magpaawat si Mother Nature na magpadala ng sunod-sunod na bagyo, ulan, baha, landslides, earthquakes at mga  nagaalburotong mga bulkan dahil hindi na siya makatiis at naabot na niya ang pisi ng kanyang pasensiya?

The last time we saw her, she was as PALE AS A GHOST sa sobrang galit. Her Sphymomanometric reading had reached an all-time high. Not even a powerful tandem of Hydrochlorothiazide and Amlopidine can appease her nanggagalaiting bllod pressure.

Kaya tuloy ang mga ecological disasters and natural disasters kahit nagmistulang GHOST TOWN na ang apektadong mga lugar at nagmistulang na itong dagat-dagatan at malapit na rin angkinin ng mga Tsekwa. 

Tuloy ang Divine Intervention ... kasi kahit nahuhuli na ang mga salarin patuloy pa rin ang kanilang denial at rebuttal.  Can you imagine nandito sila para magsilbi sa taong bayan ... teka nga pagsisilbi ba yong pinagnanakawan mo sila?

Other GHOST PHRASES and terms na nagiging viral lately:

1. GHOST  PROJECT: A form of corruption where the government project is declared finished and paid for, even though it is incomplete or non-existent.

2. GHOST OMBUDSMAN: Isang kaibigan defined it as an ombudsman na napakatahimik ang kanyang watch - walang anomalies, puno ng acquittal at walang conviction. Some others define them as a non-working government official.

3. GHOST EMPLOYEE/GHOST SOLDIER/GHOST STUDENT - Non-existent individuals who are on the official payroll ... often a part of a fraudulent scheme to siphon funds.

4. GHOST FROM THE PAST - Someone or skeletons in their closet that have just risen from the grave. It can be something dreadful or someone unwanted that is haunting the person in his sleep ... now they are exhumed to make their final return.

5. GHOST TOWN - A town or province wrecked by floods or typhoons. They have a substantial population, but with the advent of rains and floods, it is giving us the impression that the place will soon be deserted.