
Originally Posted by
em_b
read again. i was saying some cebuanos, is that the same as cebuanos in general? SOME, i used some, because I dont want to generalize. you were the one whos making hasty generalisations on Tagalogs, that you said tend to hate or look down on others. whats wrong with calling bisaya jokes bisaya jokes? isn't that bisaya afterall? whats wrong with calling them inday jokes? whats wrong with calling us probinsyano? all of us belong to a certain province anyway. i wont mind. because whatever that conotes, i knew its not true.
house speaker is from Manila, senate from Manila, almost all cabinet members are from manila. have you heard of probabilities? they won because they have the numbers. they have more congressman than coming from visayas, and coming from mindanao. its not their fault that geographically they are big and comprises of more regions than visayas and mindanao. and it is not their fault that our representatives from visayas and mindanao can't win in the election, or nominated in the first place. In the case of Cabinet Members. Almost all of the government agencies, the head office is in Manila. The likelihood that senior officials of a given agency is currently working and or residing in Manila because of their job is very high.
development in infrastrature manila vs. the rest of the country. there are infrastratures that are just too impractical to be built here, and to the rest of the country. lrt for one. we dont need it as much as they do. skyways. we dont have the same traffic situation as they have. they are the center for business. it goes with being them as the capital city of our country that investors would like to put up their offices there. and because of that, it necesitates the provision of infrastructure proportionate to their needs. in any part in mindanao I dont think they will be needing it, and base on present highways and roads there, it would not be feasible since they dont have wide roads as in Manila.
In fact Cebu is way better than most of the cities in Luzon.
Progressive cities in Luzon like Manila, Quezon City and Makati to name a few, generate big income thus given huge sum of IRA in return.
You were the one making the point about people hating others who speak differently. You sound like an apologetic Cebuano content with mediocrity. But that's just you I guess. And your taking lightly the inferior impression that Tagalogs have on Bisayas is something different and new to at least to most I know. This is just my opinion by the way you. You accept insults and negative impressions lightly because you are sorry for being a Cebuano.

I bet you would have liked it had a dictionary entry for maid was made synonymous with Filipina. Imagine what you would have said then.
Well you did say some so fair enough it wasn't a generalization. And no, house speakers have been consistently chosen based primarily on the blessings of Malacanang. Lol it has never been on the amount of support a Rep can muster. And no, a cabinet appointment is a presidential prerogative so talking about the higher chances of getting appointed based on residency is bull.
The biggest infra projects are not made or initiated by LGU's but by the national government. The biggest roads, the biggest bridges, the best ports are all dependent on the President and his cabinet. No way a small town can afford to build a road if IRA contribution is all they can hope for. For an LGU as far away as the south or as distant as the North, having to crawl his way to get heard amidst the endless trail of red tape, it just gets harder.
Imperial Manila is Imperial Manila and this is true. Politicians and people alike have been complaining about one proof being Lito Osmena winning in a non Bisaya province because he ran on the platform of helping the provinces first. Almost every cebuano politician has at one time complained about imperial manila and these complaints are very valid being they are the ones in the front lines begging for projects. They know how hard it is for someone from the provinces to build a bridge.
Hey let's not build schools in Mindanao because they can manage studying under trees. Let's put the bulk of enlisted personnel and build the best military camps in Metro Manila because the people in Mindanao have been accustomed to war anyway... they can die all they want. Lets build more in Manila because the ROI is higher there. LOL last time I checked government was not a business.
Not to be pro Arroyo or anything but during her time the RDC was very productive because she listened to the needs of the province. During Cory's time Cebu was left to fend for itself after Ruping. I am not making a Noynoy vs Arroyo argument because it is too early to tell and I for one want Noynoy to be better than all presidents combined because how he sucks or achieves will affect us first and foremost.