I do quite agree that the definition that should be properly ascribed to the term or word politician is as follows - an individual with a selfish motive or a person with selfish interest.

Truth is, politics as we know it here are game to selfish or vested interests by individuals or groups out to suck everything from the government coffers.

It is impossible to find one well-meaning politician in a class of 1,000. Rather, you will 1 in a class of million, so that is how rare it is. They all lie, cheat, and steal.

If you can get away with stealing millions and millions, won't you do it too? Tut tut, you can never know because you have never faced what all these politicians have faced. It's only human nature to keep wanting more of something that makes our lives better - in the material sense of things. just my opinion... Not that I'd cheat, because at this stage and time I'm adamant that if ever I would become a politician, that I would not get corrupted, but then again, I've never experienced the like, so I would never really know.

Reply to Moiraine:

You are wrong Moiraine. No one can force anyone to accept a million cash. It is incorrect to state that it is part of human nature to willingly accept a bribe.

Did you say accepting a million peso bribe will make life better?

There are still people whom you cannot corrupt with a few million pesos.
And don't despair on this fact. Try to be one of them.

Soon you will have sons and daughters who will follow you as their model. Be the good one than the bad one. Guilt will kill you when you are 80, if you ever reach that age.

What's wrong with you?? Why are you so convinced to see the worst in me??

Again, you misunderstand. I never stated anything about accepting a bribe. Kapoy oi.

Our politicians claim to be godly yet they are corrupt. I flatly admit I am not sure if God exists but I can choose not to be corrupt. Really it has nothing to do with a god or religion. On the contrary the world may be better off without those two.
Corruption is more a question of ethics or morality. Or better yet, it is a question of empathy which I feel the politicians don't have. How can they stomach the fact that many people around them get hungry because of their greed. Instead of being the source of empowerment they are the direct source of people's suffering.
One problem is that we have the habit of condoning high public officials that do us wrong. For exmple we just made Marcos went on vacation in Hawaii. Or we just allowed Estrada live at his mansion in Tanay. Where do we plan to retire Arroyo if ever she will?
Did we create reasons for them to fear. They should have been punished for their attrocities. If we did that then it would be a delight asking Arroyo if she is afraid.
Never the less it is interesting to ask her that question. Are you not afraid Mrs. Arroyo?

The congress is a house of idiots. They don't know an iota about the real problems that plague our country, much less the world. They dont know about the environment, much less care for it. Perhaps they don't even know about energy and how important is its role in our society and they do not understand the significance of being able to obtain alternative sources of it. And even worst perhaps is that they don't comprehend the connection between energy, economy and environment.

And we cannot expect these congressmen to understand animal rights. To them it is a remote idea. To them its nothing.

They cannot grapple the idea of the importance of family as the unit of society and how important it is not becoming disfunctional by forcing Filipinos or rather encouraging them to go abroad. To them all of it are far fetched.

All they understand well is their pork barrel, their padding or bukol and their payola. It's all they can comprehend. But basically they are all idiots not worhty of our respect.