if you were in their shoes?
Faithful reader Abbygail asks a provocative question:
… if you will be tapped by the govt. to serve in teves’ shoes, what will you do to change the rut we’re in? help the people w/ your ideas. we cannot be blaming each other forever and just sit still. what will you do if given that chance to serve?
I personally do not think that an interactive forum like ours requires its participants to offer specific alternatives (in contrast, for example, to a newspaper editorial). It’s more than enough to express ourselves and discuss issues with others. But I do share Abbygail’s concern about moving forward (note, please, that I did not use that old plea to “move on” — euphemism for forgiving and forgetting).
If we were in a high official’s place, what, specifically, would we do? No need to limit ourselves to Finance Secretary Gary Teves; how about we choose one department (say, DND) or agency (say, Pagcor), and then offer our proposed (specific) solutions?
Should be interesting. But, please, keep it specific. As they say, God (or the devil) is in the details.
December 19th, 2007 at 12:54 am
very nice topic.
read the postings and you wll understand why we are not ‘first world’. and in fact, read newspaper columns, read blogs, listen to radio commentaries, watch tv, or just try to interview anyone you know, and you will find that nobody has any good ideas. just shallow opinions, pretentious pontifications, pipe dreams, wishful thinking.
forget a national government post, just try purok president. you’ll see that your classic are everyone’s chestnut.
me, i dont have any good ideas either. but at least i’m not frustrated. be happy.we have a huge cyberspace barbershop.
December 18th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
jun lakay
Gloria Lavandera
What would I do if I got catch robbing the government coffer? I’ll do the same thing what Gloria Arroyo, Doing! Ika nga Protect myself from the power grabber Senator Trillanes, & Co. Are you kidding me, Money is so good while squatting in Malacanyang Palace you can do whatever you want to do and get away with it. Ang dapat sa kanya bitayin na! Oras mismo.
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Gloria Lavanders, it seems that youre also SALINA! am i right? kasi sa style ng mga pinagsasabi mo pare parehas ang tema. Puro mga hinagpis… he he he.. peace be with you!!! please dont be mad at me…
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Kabayan, I agree sa lahat ng mga sinabi mo kahit limited lang ang kakayanan ng utak ko medyo naiintindihan ko. Pag ganon ang nangyari, Im sure maraming pamilya lalo na mga OFW’s na tulad ko ang magdiwang. Im sure pag natangal ang corruption sa gobyerno gaganda ang buhay ng bawat maralitang filipino. Magkakaroon o maibabalik ulit ang dangal bilang isang tunay na filipino.
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Jun: Haay, Naku! oo talaga! Yes, Of course its Salina/Gloria Lavandera is the same. He He He….I can’t tell a lie just like Mrs. Pidal. Baka karmahin ako. If you know what I meant. Sige mg coffee muna tayo!
December 18th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Wow, this is a very good idea. Now to all Arroyo bashers. This is your best chance to express what alternatives you have in mind if given a chance to serve your country.
Remember what John F. Kennedy did say “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country”.
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all.
December 18th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Gloria Lavandera
What would I do if I got catch robbing the government coffer? I’ll do the same thing what Gloria Arroyo, Doing! Ika nga Protect myself from the power grabber Senator Trillanes, & Co. Are you kidding me, Money is so good while squatting in Malacanyang Palace you can do whatever you want to do and get away with it. Ang dapat sa kanya bitayin na! Oras mismo.
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Gloria Lavanders, it seems that youre also SALINA! am i right? kasi sa style ng mga pinagsasabi mo pare parehas ang tema. Puro mga hinagpis… he he he.. peace be with you!!! please dont be mad at me…
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Kabayan, I agree sa lahat ng mga sinabi mo kahit limited lang ang kakayanan ng utak ko medyo naiintindihan ko. Pag ganon ang nangyari, Im sure maraming pamilya lalo na mga OFW’s na tulad ko ang magdiwang. Im sure pag natangal ang corruption sa gobyerno gaganda ang buhay ng bawat maralitang filipino. Magkakaroon o maibabalik ulit ang dangal bilang isang tunay na filipino.
December 18th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Simple, for starters …
First STOP CORRUPTION,
Second STOP being PART of CORRUPTION,
Third STOP PROTECTING THE CORRUPT,
Fourth IMPLEMENT a SYSTEM that PREVENTS CORRUPTION starting from the HIGHEST POSITION IN THE LAND,
If by some miraculous chance this will be honestly adopted as a major government policy, here is the likely scenario…
From there, efficient use of funds will start and trust will start to grow. Moral bankruptcy will be reduced and the decent Filipino citizens will start to vigorously help the government for by then it will be a government which they TRUST.
Balikbayans and OFWs will also start trusting governance and will start to invest their hard earned money in the country. Foreign investors too will likely follow in droves. There will be a general optimism in the air as the CORRUPT and the EVIL will be harried from their lairs.
Government will start to become a place of good governance who genuinely help the majority of the citizens, NOT like the current system where you would prosper only if you are CORRUPT yourself and know to lick the a** of powerful superiors even if he or she is the one propagating anomalies or allowing these abuses to happen.
If government would be able to follow the basic policies which I posted above, better policies will follow since a PROPER FOUNDATION IS ALREADY LAID.
As for the details, these people in government should be the one doing it but if they are really mentally as well as morally bankrupt, I would suggest that they could start by…
1. Removing E.O. 464
2. Reopen covered up questionable transactions and properly have them investigated
3. Stop protecting allies if they did wrong (Jocjoc Bolante for one)
4. Stop persecuting those who wish to tell the truth
5. Pursue the real criminals out there or suspects must be properly investigated (Garci and Bedol)…
So on an so forth… and these are only the beginning.
The crux of the problem however is this; to many of the anomalies out there, either Gloria herself is highly suspected to be involved (or at least condones these), or her husband, her political allies, her Secretaries, her Generals, her or her husband’s associates, or her lackeys.
So the real question here is, is she willing to sacrifice those around her so as proper investigation and TRUE justice may prosper? Or will she continue to protect them while the corrupt around her continue on their merry ways assured by the fact that they will be protected by Gloria?
She wants political peace yet would not lay a finger to the REAL things that should be done, ergo CLEAN UP GOVERNANCE.
Those are the hard and fast facts.
I leave these to others to ponder for themselves.