Reflect!

kahit hindi pa natin nakikita ang final na cast ng boto ng bayan, tapos na ang
election. kaya oras na para umamin like ladies and gentlemen ang mga natalo at
huwag lumaki ang ulo ng mga nanalo. isipin na lang ninyo na nanalo kayo dahil s
awa na ang tao sa lokohan at oras na para naman sa seryosong trabaho para sa ma
sang hirap na at gusto namang makatikim ng ginhawa. tigilan na ang pamumulitika
at pagbawi sa ginastos ninyo at ang Pilipino naman ang pabawiin ninyo. gamitin
na ninyong mga nanalo ang talino ninyo sa pag aayos ng ating bansa.. ng comele
c.. ng PNP.. ng education.. ng kahirapan.. ng environment.. at ng sarili ninyo.
wala nang sisihan at gantihan. kahit meron sa inyong bumili ng boto, be patrio
tic and nationalistic naman for a change.. and you will change the lives of you
r fellow country men naman. yung mga ginamit ninyong guns and power para manalo
sa eleksyong ito (kung kayo ito), itago nyo na lang para ipanglaban sa mga abu
sayaf at teroristang ayaw umasenso ang ating bayan at huwag na lang sa kalaban
ninyo sa eleksyon.. dahil tapos na ang eleksyong ito. kami namang mamamayan an
g inyong pagbigyan para gumaang naman ang inyong loob at kunsyensya.. at mapata
wad kayo sa mga kasalanang nagawa ninyo sa nakalipas. kalimutan na ang kahapon
lalo na kung ito ay madumi at isipin ang kinabukasan ng masa. sa mga nagkasala
sa eleksyong ito, magbigay tiwala sa ating hustisya at hayaang maparusahan ang
dapat parusahan. God bless us!

i'll give you one concrete example mate!
just visit any one provincial assessor's office, bir office, or registry of dee
ds.
see if you can find a single photocopy machine in any one of them. that is how
useless our government is. they can spend millions for cheating but they can't
afford to buy a 15000 pesos photocopy machine.

In theory, I agree with your suggestion. The problem, however, is that the inst
itutions you mentioned are politicized, too. Each of them has some vested inter
ested in who wins. So, I am not surprised that nothing will come out of your su
ggestion. The only way for real change to happen is to have one of the prominen
t members of the Philippine society do something so drastic, as dramatic as Gan
dhi's decision to go on a hunger strike. It's so sad that Cory, the wife of a t
rue hero, or Noynoy, the son of the true hero, has not really taken time to ref
lect - yes, reflect - on what her husband, his father did for the country. He c
ould have stayed in the USA, and lambast Marcos. What he did was just as histor
ic, significant, and drastic as Gandhi's satyagraha. We can come up with as man
y good ideas as to how this country should be stirred as we want. Ninoy could h
ave done that. But, he didn't. He took action: he sacrificed his life. He had p
olitical and moral will to act. No one has the balls to follow suit.

elections over and it's time to reflect!
did we value our elections? oh yes of course! did we exercise our rights? may b
e yes and may be not.
the point is: are the voters intelligent and prudent enough whom to vote or are
we overcome by the more numerous low educated, underprivileged voters who sell
s without second thoughts their votes? exceptions are always noted of course!
if we dreamed of progress, then we must be at the right track, working positive
ly side by side leaving our selfish ambitions behind and putting ourselves into
a new person whose goal is to create a positive atmosphere of sincerity, trust
and cooperation.
what more can be added?