GREETINGS! Politics in our country is one of the dirtiest marks
we have.
Like the indelible ink used during the election, so is politics. Why? For one honest reason, some politicians want to gratify
themselves with positions because along with that position comes money that could make them rich (though some don’t have experience and knowledge to run the government wisely).
Some have resorted to killings and mudslinging to preserve the political agenda and group. Why do we need to suffer like this
every time we have election? It is obvious that politics in our country is very weak… morally weak.
Why do people kill for the sake of the position? We are not enemies. We are one race and blood. We are Filipinos! If we don’t stop doing this we can never go far. Why? Think of a person who injure himself and slaps himself, [resulting in] a lot of bruises… he can never go far. For the crisis we have in our nation, guns are not the answer! To kill our fellow man for the sake of the position we are aiming at will not do us any good. It will only incapacitate us, it will disable and will result in a more pitiable condition
where [we will become a] laughingstock.
It’s not solely the politician who suffers, anyway, but the whole Filipino. The peace we are aiming at can be achieved not by military force, not by war but by us individual persons. Peace can be achieved if we make a decision to become a peacemaker and peacekeeper ourselves.
Where there is peace in your heart, that will influence your family, then, your community, down to the provincial and regional, [level] finally to your country. Though I am not living in the Philippines anymore, I am still thinking of me having to spend
my life there when I retire.
I am looking forward to a better Philippines with peace and prosperity. God bless the Philippines!
– Vhee Cabanting, Torrance, California (via e-mail)
June 1st, 2007 at 7:44 am
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May 23rd, 2007 at 10:09 pm
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May 21st, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Election is the centerpiece of democracy,we cannot call our country democratic without it!Rumors and allegations of cheating must not dampen our hope for our country.They must be substanciated and not mearly “tsismis”.I remember when Mirriam Santiago complained that she was cheated by Fidel Ramos through “dagdag bawas”,she being one of the most brilliant lawyer in the Philippines can not even prove her own allegations.Lets separate the facts from fiction,”dont jump the gun” as they say.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:12 am
If you did not vote then you have no right to complain, plain and simple, so shut up and be quiet.
At least we exercised the only thing we have. Kahit na sabihin nyong nde manalo yong binoto nyo, its the principle that matters.
Most folks don’t even have that anymore and have the nerve to moan about how life sucks in the Philippines get real.
May 14th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
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