Tuesday, 24 August 2004

The Gweilo Plan

Conrad is busily planning a takeover of the Philippines. As someone who’s taken a mild interest in Philippine politics over the years, I can authoritatively say he’s probably got a better plan to solve the country’s problems than the extant administration.

Having said that, I’m less willing to blame the voters than some commentators—Philippine politics somehow manages to combine the worst traits of Huey Long, Richard Daley, and E.H. Crump without producing any of the benefits one typically finds in a machine-politics regime, and until that is sorted out I’m not sure the voters will make that much difference.

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I can authoritatively say he’s probably got a better plan to solve the country’s problems than the extant administration.

I get the feeling that any plan to solve the problem would be better than the present administration’s.

Having lived in the Philippines for a couple years during my Naval service, though, I’m not sure that Conrad’s plans would result in any significant improvement, however. But it’s been a while since I’ve paid any real attention to the politics or the economy over there, so I’ll defer to people who actually know something about it.

 
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