Racist victim? No, just retarded.

BUREAU of Immigration Commissioner Alipio Fernandez Jr. gave the immigration officer who berated Evangeline Lourdes "Luli" Arroyo 72 hours to explain why he should not be charged administratively.

Edgar Padlan apparently reprimanded President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s daughter after she questioned the immigration officer why he allowed a foreigner to jump the line of passengers waiting to be checked in at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Wednesday afternoon.

Source: INQ7

That was in the news yesterday. Basically the presidential daughter was in line and she got linejumped by a foreigner. That's it. And now people are going nachos about it.

First, people are praising that Luli (the daughter) did not use her influence as first daughter to get what she wants. HELLO? She's in the VIP lane, for VIPs.

"Immigration officers should refrain from facilitating the VIP processing of passengers unless they are government dignitaries, members of the diplomatic corps, senators and congressmen, cabinet members, members of the Judiciary and handicapped," Fernandez said.

Source: INQ7

She's not a diplomatic envoy, a senator, a congresswoman, a cabinet member, or a judicator. Hmmm. Is she handicapped? I won't even go there. Not using her influence? Well kiss my ass and call me first daughter, if that's not using influence.

Next, over the radio today, I heard calls of racism from the DJs. Racism? Howz about learn more about how the system works before we start shouting foul?

My work and lifestyle allows me to travel a lot. This past year alone, I've exited the country at least eight times. I at least have an idea how the immigration section of the airport works. If there's a long line and in that line there are passengers that being waited for by a plane that's about to depart, they get sent to a "priority queue", a special line least used by officers to process passengers in a hurry. So happens that that priority queue is the same lane as the VIP lane (because hey, we're not expecting VIPs all the time right?)

So here's what happened: Foreigner gets late for his flight, he gets sent to the front of the priority lane. The amazingly indignated Luli Arroyo gets riled up because she's there first, without even bothering to think for herself why that's the case. Anybody would get pissed over people asking about your job (and it's been reported she's already incensed at his point). The foreigner isn't in the wrong place. SHE's in the wrong place. So she gets the reply that she deserves and then gets all Osama about it. Talk about preemptive bitching.

Luli could cry about being late for her flight. I say let her cry all she wants. If she's really not that special, then she should have at least arrived 2.5 HOURS before her flight like all normal people using international airways.

Now where's racism there?

I used to think Luli Arroyo actually behaves better than her first daughter counterparts (Kris Aquino still has the throne, and probably forever will until she becomes President and her retarded kid becomes first son/daughter). My hope for this world has once again been junked.

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Dammit! I tried to not make this blog as political as possible. But politicians are just too retarded to stay out of the freaking way. Because when it comes to the land of the stupid, they're all over the place.