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I am thinking maybe we start sharing information about our knowledge and take on the presidentiables. Is there a philosopher-king among them? Or have we lost any hope in the leadership of our country? Should we rather stay on our private world and each advocacy than care about haivng good leaders? Simply, hisgot-hisgot ta kinsay maayo botaran pagkapresidente sa sunod election. kinsa may atong manok? – dani
Saksto ka, Dan, angayan nga hisgutan nato ang presidentiables. Magpaambitay kita sa atong mga pagsabot ug panglantaw mahitungod niini. Bisag magkabangga, magkasumpaki ug magsungag ang atong mga hunahuna..payts lang gyapon..Kay sa ila unyang pagbangga, pagsinumpaki ug panagsungag, basin diayg dunay mahimong “sparks of insight and learnings which, cumulatively through time, might fuel the blazing flame of enlightenment and understanding for all of us.”
Two of the unworthy (based on my bias) senators I mentioned earlier were col. honasan and capt. trillanes..both of whom, like lacson, are overt and impatient advocates of military (more accurately, martial) solutions to non-military, socio-economic problems purportedly for the sake of national interest… They are reportedly among those who are hell-bent on replacing PGMA asap! ..of course, with the support of their all-too-powerful, oftentimes low-profile handlers, both local and, especially, foreign..it is not impossible for any one of them to grab anytime the top political power.
Which stirs up disturbing questions: Who or what is a professional soldier? Is it one who keeps out of politics, or one who directly participates in it? Is it one who blindly obeys all orders from the superiors, or one who questions the propriety, legitimacy, even the morality of such orders?
Prof. Edward Finer wrote: “The purported care for the national interest, as defined by the military mind, is a major reason why military officials intervene in politics..” They believe they can do better than their civilian political masters can in running the government. Most probably, this is what was and still is in the minds of the authors of the failed (thank God) coup-d-etats and mutinies in our country..believing they did what they did (and will do what they will) because they were and still are “professional soldiers”..accordin g to them.
But history is replete with state leaders (especifically, power grabbers from the military or those with narrow, military mindsets) who either would not or could not distinguish personal interests from national interests..equating their personal safety with national security..believing since they personify the state, they conclude that an attack against their person is an attack against the state. And often, on the pretext of protecting the national interest, many such leaders ruthlessly decimated, through the use of military power at their command (human rights being non-existent in their vocabularies) those they perceived as actual, suspected or even merely potential political foes.
But then, throughout history, the violent rise and inevitable tragic fall of such leaders can only attest to an ancient political adage I have freely paraphrased: “Subjugating the will of the people through brutal military power is like riding a hungry tiger. So long as you’re astride the beast, so long are you safe. But once you fall down from its back, it will ruthlessly devour you!”
Indeed, power is too seductive to resist..the greed for it is just too overwhelming to withstand… thus, there will always be risk-takers who are as ambitious as they are vicious and malicious..mao kana sila ang di gyud nato sangonan sa gahom sa pagdumala sa atong nasud..gahum nga magamit sa mga katuyoan nga maayo..o dautan -rom
Estrada revs up his “JEEP” anew for the upcoming elections. Ernie Maceda and Gina de Venecia sit on the front seat while Boy Morales at the tail end, waving for passengers. Accordingly, if the opposition cannot rally behind a single candidate, he would be compelled to run for president again as his lawyers promised to do anything they could to lift the bar for his qualification for presidency. Estrada remains the darling of the masses and surely, they would again rout for him out of frustration on the present administration. This is the tragedy of Philippines politics, we cannot walk briskly forward. We are always saddled by the past, the analogy of a drunk who walks one step forward and two steps backward. When the post-EDSA leaders commit a blunder in governance, we can always hear people long for martial law years to return. Now, it seems we cannot free ourselves from the magnet of Estrada. Estrada banks on the psychological need of the masses but his feeble-mindedness is a weakness for the “bright ones to exploit.
I agree with Romy, we strike out Trillanes, Honassan and Lacson on the list. If we could also include Estrada, I would be glad.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090516-205328/Estrada-relaunches-JEEP-ni-Erap
thanks for passing this inspiring message off your email
Mga migs;
FYI
http://www.nicanorperlas.com
The meeting with Nick Perlas is on.
When: Saturday August 22
Time: 2-5 PM
Where: Consuelos Steak House, Corrales St.
Please email Paula Aberasturi paula.aberasturi@me.com if you are planning to attend this very important meeting
Dearest volunteers, friends and supporters of Nicky Perlas,
I am writing to (hopefully) inspire you to work harder and make the seemingly “impossible” emerge. Since Nick’s announcement, there have been a few brave souls who have found in Nick the face of the new politics we have all envisioned but thought impossible to attain. However, and as Nick has aptly stated:
The new politics is not content with merely forging a new vision and reform agenda for the country and finding the best-qualified individuals to be the faces of visionary and transformative politics. The new politics also necessitates the passion and commitment to make sure that truly qualified candidates of the new politics get all the support they need.
It is with these words that I am urging you to passionately and with full commitment, work for his candidacy and subsequently, our triumph. We know that WE are the only ones who can make this a reality. If we do not start moving, our vision of an small effort snowballing into a strong national campaign will not happen. The spark will die out, and with it, our hopes for a better Philippines.
We already have the essentials in place. We have the leader, the vision, the program, and we ourselves have awakened and want to be true bearers of change. But we need to transform this awakening and intention to ACTION. We need to urge more people to take up our cause. We need to encourage others to support or vote for Nick. We need more donations to pour in. We need endorsements. We need the press. We need to be truly involved in this effort. We need to support our leader because it will only be through our support that we will achieve the impossible.
Now for the specifics.
1. Members of the core team will be sending you an email or text message, and will specifically ask you for help. You can then coordinate with this core group member for all your efforts.
2. We will have downloadable versions of the logo, core messages, sample posters and flyers, and pictures of Nick available at the website. Use these materials. Create your own campaigns, posters, flyers, stickers, shirts, etc…
3. Continue to write blogs in sites, or short statements in Friendster, Facebook, Twitter, or other social networking sites.
4. There are a number of non partisan sites online, specifically created as a forum for the 2010 elections. Use the keywords 2010 Philippine Elections. When appropriate, write about Nicky there or reply to questions on candidates.
5. Remember we have a candidate like no other. Inspire others, in the same way that you have been inspired to work for this campaign. Tell them we have finally found the one true leader and that we have a positive, attainable vision of the future. Use your own personal and professional networks. Let the circle of influence expand, from one friend to another, from one network to the next.
6. Create your own events, whether it be to get more volunteers or to raise funds. Ideas are great but what we urgently need now is action. We are running out of time. Remember we only have 285 days, maybe less.
I know it is quite frustrating. We only know how to run a campaign with resources, reputation, and machinery as a precondition. We will always be deemed as impractical, idealistic, even crazy. They will always say you cannot win without the guns, goons and gold, AND especially, No One Knows Nick. And, we are always faced with the same dilemma. People will ask us: “why will I vote for him if he will not win?” Precisely! He will only win if people, and that includes the one asking the paradoxical question, vote for him. No one knows Nick if we do not make him known. It will only be through our work that Nick’s candidacy will become visible. In this campaign, we are starting with nothing but on the faith in the inner dynamism of the campaign, on the mind, passion, talents and resources of volunteers. Once people will see that there are passionate and committed volunteers working for him, his reputation will increase. And from there, we will get unsolicited support from all kinds of people longing for change, from people who begin to recognize that they now have before them a true bearer of change.
If you remember what Nick once said, “massive volunteerism is the antidote to the guns, gold, and goons of traditional politicians. .” If we all together (TAYONG LAHAT!) act together as inspired and motivated volunteers or supporters, we can create our new reality from almost nothing.
So I urge you again, starting today, begin to birth the new Philippines. Because you have awakened. Because you have faith in the future of the country. Because you have finally found the leader and the vision. And because you know that YOU have the power to bring about this reality. We have 285 days.
Best,
Paula
I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big
success, and I am for those tiny, invisible molecular moral forces that
work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of
the world like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water,
yet which if you give them time, will rend the hardest monuments of man’s pride.
— William James