{"id":19809,"date":"2025-09-05T06:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=19809"},"modified":"2025-09-05T10:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:50:25","slug":"sarcasm-honorable-public-servants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/?p=19809","title":{"rendered":"SARCASM: \u201cHonorable Public Servants\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wow. It&#8217;s truly inspiring, these so-called Honorable Public Servants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable, because they put themselves first. Public servants, because the only public they serve is their own wallets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look around: roads that fall apart after the first rain, bridges that lead to nowhere, classrooms that exist only in shiny banners and \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d ceremonies. But the ribbon-cutting? Always done on time. It&#8217;s a world-class show of pretending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we, the taxpayers, should really be grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for showing us that cement disappears faster than trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for teaching us how billions can turn into potholes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for reminding us over and over not to expect too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every ghost project, every poorly-made road, every structure that crumbles too soon; these aren&#8217;t accidents. They are monuments, not to progress, but to greed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so we pray:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May every bite of food your family eats remind you of the blood, sweat, and hunger of those you took from.<br><br>May you wonder, with every mouthful, how you can swallow so easily while millions have nothing on their plates.<br><br>May your expensive watches remind you of the time you\u2019ve wasted on this country&#8217;s future.<br><br>May your luxury cars carry the weight of every child who walks barefoot to school.<br><br>May your self-serving selfies, flashy branded clothes, and lavish lifestyles always reveal the truth: that all of it came from people\u2019s stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mga limbarok nga inatay nga yawa, mga kanahan nga baga ug nawong \u2014 may your conscience, if you still have one, haunt you louder than our cries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amen \u2014 if your conscience still works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By: Abu  Bakr Tasio Espiritu<br>for PATNUBAY &#8211; HAGIT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HONORABLE-PUBLIC-SERVANTS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HONORABLE-PUBLIC-SERVANTS-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HONORABLE-PUBLIC-SERVANTS-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HONORABLE-PUBLIC-SERVANTS-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HONORABLE-PUBLIC-SERVANTS-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/patnubay.org\/dokumento\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HONORABLE-PUBLIC-SERVANTS.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow. It&#8217;s truly inspiring, these so-called Honorable Public Servants. Honorable, because they put themselves first. Public servants, because the only public they serve is their own wallets. Look around: roads that fall apart after the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":19810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19809"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19819,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19809\/revisions\/19819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patnubay.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}