Bicycle diaries by David Byrne

Author:David Byrne
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: , Cycling, Description And Travel, Diaries, Electronic books, Byrne, Travel, Essays & Travelogues, Sports & Recreation, General, 1952-, David - Travel, Cycling - General, Bicycle touring, David
ISBN: 9780670021147
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2009-09-17T07:00:00+00:00

Of course, beginning with Marcos’s 1969 reelection campaign and then when martial law was declared in 1972 the scales began to tip, and the chicanery, censorship, human-rights abuses, murder, corruption, and lies eventually outweighed the love and good works. Here lies love indeed—love was bulldozed under or sent to a Swiss bank account. At first, when their power seemed more secure just after a sweeping election victory or after martial law was declared, it must have been irresistibly tempting to put that entitlement to use—as politicians tend to do. They wouldn’t need to do all that nasty, inconvenient, and time-wasting politicking anymore. One could argue that power and entitlement made things more efficient. But it seemed to me that soon enough the need to hold on to that power took precedence over almost everything else—as it usually does. The palace in the end became a miasma of schemes, intrigues, paranoia, and backstabbing.

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