The blabberings of GMA's apologists

Gary Olivar, the purported "expert in economic affairs" of Mrs. Gloria Arroyo's press team, just gave Senator Noynoy Aquino an "unsolicited advice". He said that Noynoy should be a "man" and that "he should stand by his own two feet" and not bask in the legacy (or glory?) of his parents.

Olivar also lambasted people, especially Noynoy, for saying that this is a fight between "good" and "evil". Not quite, says Olivar. For neither is Gloria good nor evil. She just does her work.

Quite uncalled for, I dare say. For Gary is not the best person to say all those things, what after abandoning the struggle for the masses and deciding to work for someone who is neither a man nor a woman, but the demon personified.

Come to think of it, it's really for economic reasons that Olivar tried that cheap shot. Hey, if his boss loses the game, Olivar could find himself jobless and shirtless and maybe even the prospect of jail. When we're all finished with Gloria, Olivar, along with her apologists, will just have to spend their remaining lives either in jail or esconced in Babuyan Islands.

And Gary, for those who know him, is also neither a man nor a woman. Nothing extremely bad about it. But if you choose a gender but you don't act like one, then, you're nothing but a pitiful sissy.

Gary is just one of many who once struggled for the people but is now a paid apologist of this devil enfant. If you remember, Gary is a former anti-Marcos student leader. He used to regale many by his wit and his rantings. Now, he rants no more. He just counts his money.

When a former activist abandons his sandals, and puts on his expensive shoes and dresses like a businessman, there's not one iota of doubt that he's already worse than those people he once criticized. The worst abusers are the ones who once shouted against tyranny.

Same goes to revisionist Alex Magno, who thinks of himself as an "Marxist" emperor. When Alex was given some 10 million pesos by a former Arroyo ally to be his consultant, Alex went all out and sold his soul. Magno always credits himself with sparking twin revolts, which, for all intents and purposes, were bogus ones.

Magno has abandoned the proletarian ways and comforts himself with the luxuries of intellectual bargain hunting. Can't really blame him. The glitter of those stolen billions are much more valuable than the praises of a few intellectuals. There's no value in those praises, except maybe getting immortalized in academic circles.

It's the fault of UP because they give their professors pitiful salaries, leading some of them to go the way of the devil instead of keeping the flame alive. Like Rizal used to say, some moths just can't stop themselves from going to the fire.

Good that Bobi Tiglao, Gloria's cabalen, is now enjoying the time of his life abroad. Unlike Alex, Bobi decided that it's just time for him to go the route of a diplomat instead of crossing swords with former comrades. I doubt if Tiglao would ever dare question those Le Cirque dinners or Mikey's US$ 1.3 million house in the states. Being used to the good life these past few years have made hard-core anti-Marcos activists like him, Gary and Alex, the foremost promoters of immorality, brutality, tyranny and even anarchy. They became worse than Marcos. And if they think that they'll not get punished by the people for their ass-licking ways, think twice.

The people never forget their enemies.