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 20th, 2007 at 7:42 am
Hi Ms Lavandera,
No offense, but I’ve never met anyone with such a colorful last name but I guess Ms Gloria Romero’s movie was based from your family.
What is a jueteng Lord anyway? And how does it tie to corruption?
My proposal was quite simple, the jueteng bankers know the financial ins and outs of the business (yes it is a game but the underlying fundamentals are the same with any business).
We need their expertise to make the endeavor a success.
I wanted to legalize gambling for the sole reason of preventing any irregularities aka Corruption.
Hope I stated my point clearly now.
December 20th, 2007 at 3:19 am
artificially planted daw ang corruption sa isip natin, planted daw ng media at ng opposition, sabi ni Tarsier. totoo ba iyon, Tarsier, ‘o nagbibiro ka lang. ibig mong sabihin planted ng opposition si neri para sabihin niyang sinusuhulan siya ni abalos tungkol sa corruption sa nbn, at planted din si Ate Glo ng opposition para aprub nya ang nbn? dius mi, clipmaster, grabe na talaga mga opposition na iyan, dapat sa kanila kalbohin talaga.
December 20th, 2007 at 1:33 am
Bert
Now I’m getting serious. The drift of Political Jaywalker is that to get the right solution to the problems of the country is to see it in a dream. While padang wants to be president instead of a cabinet. Now I’m going into a dream, and in my dream I don’t want to be a cabinet. Like padang, I want to be president. While I am president it is very clear in my mind what I will not do and will do for the sake of my country and of my people. All those things I wanna do are very basics, not very complicated as stated by padang and Kabayan. Here are some of them, not necessarily in that order: I will think only of what are good, for me and for all my people and my country. Not only for me. I will not cheat so I won’t be forced to lie, I will not kill or allow my minnions to kill, I will not tolerate corruption in my palace or outside my palace so my wife or husband (if I’m a girl president) and my minnions would not do it, bribery will not be allowed inside my palace, or outside, I will be clean so my people would love me instead of thinking I am the most corrupt, I will be clean so I won’t get negative approval and popularity ratings. That’s all. Under my governance, having a clean personal record, the rest will take take of itself. Very basic indeed. And basic stuffs can be easily done in real life. Not only in a dream.
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HE HE HE HE,….BERT: If you want to have a nice dream. You better take a shower first your dream would be clean as you promise. And of course you have the point that I agree with you 100%
December 20th, 2007 at 1:29 am
Tarsier
What would I do?
Just do my job. First of all, I got in because I wanted it or I did not refuse the offer. So what if I am in despite all the negative perceptions towards the administration?
Yet, how come that many of the cabinet members are doing well, much more than all the good men in past administrations have done combined.
It’s only during GMA’s time that the budget deficits are being seriously addressed and solved, from 300b during Erap’s to 60b this year and zero next year.
If the GMA administration is corrupt, how come the economy is improving; how come our foreign and domestic debts are going down; how come tourism is doing well; how come majority of big corporations are making big profits?
All these happen because the atmosphere is totally different from what the GMA critics and oppositors want the people to believe. The truth is, the corruption perception is artificially planted in the minds of the poor Filipinos by the corrupt media and the crab opposition. Even the prestigious survey firms are also joining the campaign to bring down the present dispension.
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Yes, Out of topic! But okay lang. I’m doing the same thing just to get all my frustration out. But I do not agree with what you said about the booming economy you’re talking about. The so call booming economy Gloria Arroyo, Bragging nothing but false hope to the filipino poeple. If its true that the economy is rosy as she claim why is it there is more and more filipino going to sleep hungry! Truth of the matter is her so call booming economy is PAD JUST LIKE SHE PAD HER VOTES IN MAY 10, 2004. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO INSURE HER WINNING SO THAT SHE CAN CONTINUE SQUATTING IN MALACANYANG PALACE.
If is not for the OFW money remittance the Philippines economy surely going down under. And we all know that. If its true that the philippines economy is booming than she should tell all OFW to come home. Truth of the matter is there is no work available in the Philippines for everybody. The job Gloria Arroyo, Promise to the filipino people is selling them to the highest bidder. So that they can send their money remittance back home just like what they’re doing right now. How can anybody even believe her when she already proven herself to be the number one LIAR!!!
December 19th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Now I’m getting serious. The drift of Political Jaywalker is that to get the right solution to the problems of the country is to see it in a dream. While padang wants to be president instead of a cabinet. Now I’m going into a dream, and in my dream I don’t want to be a cabinet. Like padang, I want to be president. While I am president it is very clear in my mind what I will not do and will do for the sake of my country and of my people. All those things I wanna do are very basics, not very complicated as stated by padang and Kabayan. Here are some of them, not necessarily in that order: I will think only of what are good, for me and for all my people and my country. Not only for me. I will not cheat so I won’t be forced to lie, I will not kill or allow my minnions to kill, I will not tolerate corruption in my palace or outside my palace so my wife or husband (if I’m a girl president) and my minnions would not do it, bribery will not be allowed inside my palace, or outside, I will be clean so my people would love me instead of thinking I am the most corrupt, I will be clean so I won’t get negative approval and popularity ratings. That’s all. Under my governance, having a clean personal record, the rest will take take of itself. Very basic indeed. And basic stuffs can be easily done in real life. Not only in a dream.