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September 30th, 2007 at 4:28 am
TO ALL
I know this to be out of place. Please bear with me. I just want to create awareness by choosing the busy forum or the latest.
Do consider Dr. Martin Bautista for the next elections obviously (a senatorial candidate of ‘Ang Kapatiran’ together with Adrian Sison and Zosimo Paredes). He’s a 45-year-old gastroenterologist in the US who came home after 17 years. You can see from his background that he truly means service. For those who find him to be a hypocrite for working abroad, do understand he’s a family man who needs to sustain his family, that he will be able to keep his independence by not relying on public funds to support his family. He helps his countrymen in his capacity but it’s just not enough for there are millions of Filipinos. It’s a good start in Philippine Politics to have him and his party around.
I urge you to forward/text/inform all your contacts about them. I believe they only lack exposure that’s why I’m doing this. But I can’t do it alone so I’m appealing to everyone’s help. If all will inform their contacts about them and urge them as well to forward, we might hit a million.
We cannot afford to be indifferent now if we want meaningful change. Otherwise we only have ourselves to blame. BUT TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BTW, I’ve posted this on the different topics just to be sure.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Nonoy Aquino, how dare you soil your dad’s name by joining GO in the last elections.
Don’t you remember that Erap was the one who escorted those evil Marcoses to the chopper when they left Malacanang?
You say you are for good governance, did Erap run the government the way it should have been managed? NO!!!!!!!
You should have run as an independent.
A lot of us were very disappointed when you joined Erap’s team.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Kiko Pangilinan, you think by running as an independent you are above evrybody else? You are only looking after yourself.
If you really do not like to be alligned with any group then do the sacriice and resign!!!
Akala mo kung sina kang malinis.
August 27th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Lacson et al should stop these investigations and instead work for the country’s progress.
I do not believe anything that comes out of Lacson’s mouth anymore. Did he not say the he would be a one term senator? Did he not say that he would not accept the top PNP post after Gen. Lastimosa was fired? All of these are in preperation for his presidential bid in 2010.
Our country is in need of laws and programs that will bring it up to par economically with our neighbors. I am not surprised that this is happening again this early, all these politicians are the same. I honestly believe that the country may need to go through a revolution like what the US, France, China etc. had to go through.
Please ask yourself, do you like a country that is being governed by a president who is doing her job and is successful at it inspite of what her critics try to do? Than someone who does not know how to run a country like what Erap did to our country, like what Marcos did for 20 years? By the way, Lacson’s idol is Marcos, really nice!!!
For GMA, do not enter into an agreement with those Marcoses. The few who still support you and are against the Eraps, Lacsons, Enriles etc. will leave you too, Watch out!!!
June 30th, 2007 at 10:21 pm
Very correct KAICEE! It is easy to criticize. We never stopped criticizing when marcos was in power. When cory came and the kamaganak came to power we couldnt do anything but complain. When ramos came and his own crownies took over it was the same, and then Erap and GMA. When will it ever end? From one Barangay of Thieves to another Barangay of Thieves. More Jose Velarde’s, Jose Pidal’s. Same scenario over and over and over again. And the complaints will never stop like the thievery. Your right, we can start with ourselves, our families and then our neighbors. We need to begin somwhere. One small step. But above all lets all campaign for ACCOUNTABILITY for all govt officials and lets set up courts to persecute them. And when found guilty, lets just exterminate them and use the waste from the decaying bodies to fertilize our land.