What's the big deal Mrs. President?

This morning, I had a glimpse of this TVC flaunting the accomplishments of the outgoing Philippine President on infrastructure.  What irritated me was this line, "PGMA BUILT MORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAN THE PAST 3 PRESIDENTS COMBINED!".  What the heck!?! Of course, with today's technology, more roads, bridges and airports can be built, it only takes 2 months to build a house, and with the budget that's been pouring in these projects?!  This President is taking advantage of how little people know about MOORE'S LAW (Moore's law describes a long-term trend in the history of computing hardware, in which the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has doubled approximately every two years).  I, as an ENGINEER, am not falling for this crap.

Take for example, the ever useful cellular phone.  In 1998, my dad got me a subscription to a paging company, so I had a beeper/pager.  But in 1999, most of my classmates in college were already using cellular phones.  All of which had monotones and black and white displays but can send text messages.  Come year 2000, some mobile phones were already using polyphonic tones, still with black and white displays. In 2002, the cost of a Nokia 6600 (color display, VGA camera, MP3 player, polyphonic and WAV ringtones) was Php27000 in April, but went down to Php 24000 in May. The following year, a parade of mobile phones with a whole new set of features was launched and it never stopped.  Today, we are in the midst of 4th generation wireless technology.  Who would have thought (back in 1986, when we fought for our freedom with a bloodless revolution) that this poor country of ours will be this technologically advanced and was once hailed as the text capital of the world?! 

And so Mrs. President, what's the big deal?  You have the luxury of technology.  You have the luxury that the past 3 presidents didn't have. In the first place, it is your job to provide us with these infrastructure. Some of which were overpriced.  And guess what, the money you paid for these projects, did not come from your wallet, it came from every law-abiding, hard-working, tax-paying Filipinos.  So what's the big deal Mrs. President?! Waiting for a pat on the back?

 

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(I posted this image because I want to see if my comment will be deleted.  It seems that the comments on this page are all positive.  Maybe he is a PGMA supporter.)