Philippine news in the last day or so has been consumed by a supposed furor over a supposed "scandalous" sex video, containing intimate moments between Katrina Halili and Hayden Kho, a popular sex starlet and a plastic surgeon respectively.

Read that last sentence again.  Now ask yourself these two questions.

• Is this news worthy?
• Does it concern the nation?

Filipinos are known for being humorous.  We can find light-hearted solace in the most depressing of situations.  It's how most of our brethren, the impoverished and down-trodden, get by to survive life's daily travails.  Despite this, we are also the most thin-skinned when anything remotely Filipino related is made fun of or criticized.

The latest incredulous example is the Alec Baldwin's supposed "slur" on our nation.  According to this report, he has, "joined the ranks of internationally recognized celebrities who have maligned Filipinos."

Baldwin said in an interview on the "Late Show with David Letterman" last May 12 how he thought of getting, or buying, himself a Filipina bride.

"I think about getting a Filipino mail-order bride at this point or a Russian one, I don't care, I'm 51," Baldwin told host David Letterman.

Oh, the outrage!  Wait 'til the Russian consulate sends its complaints over the slurring of their people as well!

The Philippine Inquirer's Conrado Banal III confirmed in his column two days ago what most Pinoys in-the-know have known all along: Napocor has been swindling Philippine consumers.  It's been speculated that the government's crusade against Meralco is all about going after their owners, the Lopezes, who happen to own ABS-CBN, the media conglomerate instrumental in televising much of the ZTE scandal, one of the latest in many scandals that has put President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in a bad light (to say the least).

Incredulous.  Pinoys know her as a ranting lunatic; a knee-jerk implusive blowhard; a shameless act-first think-later opportunist; the very archetype of the word "pikon".  Yet this is who our administration is pushing to join what is probably the most prestigious law body in the world.  How can our government keep on finding endless ways of embarrassing itself?

Now before I begin, I just want to make clear that I despise Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidency just like any level headed Filipino who knows the score.  But what follows is breathtakingly hilarious in it's stupidity.

The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) has accused the Arroyo Administration for Representative Crispin Beltran's poor health, which may have led to his death.  "There is no forgiveness for what Arroyo has done to Ka Bel," said KMU spokesman Elmer "Ka Bong" Labog.

FOR CHRIST SAKE!  THE MAN WAS 75 YEARS OLD AND FELL OFF A ROOF!

This is like accusing a butterfly for causing a hurricane to develop on the other side of the planet.  To quote geekdom, this is an EPIC FAIL.