It absolutely and utterly offends me that the general response to the proliferation of list upon list of government officials involved in the pork barrel scam has been one of dismissal.
I take offense because to shrug their shoulders, or to put into question a list because it includes their names, or to just go on nationwide television all smug about the credibility that the Senate and Congress and Malacañang continue to have, is really premised on our government officials’ sense of power. As far as they are concerned, all it takes is for them to deny something, all it takes for them is to tell us to not believe something, and that will be enough.
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