Maangas na paalala ni PNoy sa mga mahilig magpapaputok sa Bagong Taon

(larawan kinuha sa internet)

Mga kababayan, aking mga Boss, makinig kayo sa sasabihin sa inyo ng inyong Pangulo.

Nalalapit na naman po ang pagtatapos ng isang taon at tayo ngayon ay naghahanda sa pagsalubong sa isa na namang darating na puno ng pag-asa.

Muli, ako po ay nananawagan na sana ay salubungin ninyo ang darating na taon na ito sa mas ligtas at mas responsableng paraaan.

Sa mga alipin ng tradisyon at superstisyon na naniniwala na ang pagpapaputok ang nagtataboy sa kamalasan, paalala lang po na huwag kayong gumamit ng mga ipinagbabawal na paputok at baka kayo ang malasin. Kung maari nga ay humanap na lang kayo ng ibang paraan upang mag-ingay at magsaya.

Nariyan naman po ang torotot, tambol, kalembang at kung anu-ano pang paraan ng pag-iingay kasama na ang karumal dumal na karaoke. Huwag n’yo lang po kalimutan na maligo dahil hindi naman po maganda kung kayo mismo ang may putok sa Bagong Taon.

Binabalaan ko rin po ang sinumang nagbabalak salubungin ang bagong taon sa pamamagitan ng pagpapaputok ng baril. Mga pinaputukan kayo ng tilapya!@@#$#!! Kapag ginawa ninyo ito, makaaasa kayo na tutugisin ko kayo sa buo ng aking makakaya. Hindi ako nagbibiro. Kung presidente nga naipakulong ko, e kayo pang mga kriminal na duwag at adik sa kayabangan.

Sabi po ng aking mga kalaban sa politika, ako daw ay may pagkadiktador. Hindi po totoo yan dahil kung ako lang sana ang masusunod, ang mga mahuhuling gumagamit ng bawal na paputok o baril ay hindi ko lang basta basta ipakukulong. Sa halip ay ipadadala ko sila sa Cebu Provincial Jail para doon sila ay piliting magsayaw ng walang tigil sa tugtog ng 'Fireworks' ni Katy Perry . Tingnan lang natin kung hindi nila isumpa kahit ang magsindi lamang ng posporo pag naranasan nila ito.

Hindi ko po maintindihan kung bakit hindi maintindihan ng marami sa ating mga mamamayan na ang nakagawiang pagsalubong sa Bagong Taon sa pamamagitan ng paputok ay hindi na angkop sa panahon ngayon at dapat nang baguhin.

Mahirap bang unawain na ang perwisyo ng paputok ay idinadamay ang lahat, maging ang hindi gumagamit nito?

Kitang kita naman natin kung paano nababalot ng nakasusulasok na usok ang kapaligiran tuwing sasapit ang bagong taon., Paano na ang mga may sakit na nahihirapang huminga? Paano na ang mga alagang hayop na walang panlaban sa matinding ingay na gawa ng paputok? Naisip ba ninyo kung ano ang epekto ng usok na inyong pinakawalan sa pag-init ng mundo at pagbabago ng klima? Kung wala kayong paki-alam dito, huwag ninyo kalilimutan sa susunod na matinding bagyo, habang kayo ay paanod anod sa malalim na baha na ‘you deserve it!’.

Mahirap makakawala sa mga nakaugaliang paraan. Ngunit kung para naman ito sa ating kapakanan, hindi po ba dapat lamang ay gawin natin ito. Kung makahingi pa naman kayo ng pagbabago sa pamahalaan ay parang KAYO na ang kampeon sa pagbabago. Ngayon, meron kayong pagkakataon na ipakita ito sa pagbabago ng paraan ng pagsalubong ninyo sa bagong taon.

Kung magagawa ninyo ito, anong hamon na kinakailangan ng pagbabago ang hindi ninyo makakayang harapin? Umaasa ako na magagawa ninyo ito pagkat sa totoo lang, mababago lang natin ang ating bansa sa pagbabago ng ating sarili.

Hanggang dito na lang po at maraming salamat.

Happy New Year!

Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all

WIP

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Ano ba ang maganda sa Pinoy

Habang inaantay ko na tumigil ang ulan sa kainan sa Fort Bonifacio Mountain Trail, nabaling ang pansin ko sa Christmas decor sa isang lugar na pinagpapahingahan ng mga sundalo at bikers.


Naisip ko kung ano kaya ang ganda na nakita ng mga gumawa ng dekorasyong ito kesa sa pinanatili na lang nilang malinis ang lugar na iyon.

Ano nga ba ang maganda sa paningin ng mga Pinoy? Ganito ba?

Para sa akin sapat na sana ang mga puno at halaman para maging maayos at maganda ang isang lugar. Hirap akong unawain kung paano kaya sa tingin ng iba ay maganda ang magsabit ng mga kung anu-anong palawit, masabi lang na yon ang gayak para sa pasko. Paano kaya naging maganda ito?

Sa mga larawan at sa ilang mga pagkakataon ay nakakakita tayo ng mga lugar na sinasabi nating tunay na kay ganda. Maaaring hindi natin magagaya ito pero gaya nga ng narinig ko sa isang matalinong tao, Kalinisan ang simula ng Kagandahan.

Paano kaya maipapaunawa sa mga tao ito?

Removing our "Corona" of Thorns

I hail the members of Congress who voted to impeach Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. Their action does not signify an unmerited attack on a co-equal branch of government as the Chief Justice claims. Rather, their action represents a people’s desire to restore the credibility of the Supreme Court and straighten out the judiciary.

With the looming trial of former president Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for electoral sabotage, there is a need to ensure that the justices who will ultimately decide her fate be above suspicion of partiality. The ideal situation would have been for the justices who were appointed by Mrs. Arroyo to have enough decency and delicadeza to voluntary inhibit themselves from continuing with their function or even to quit their post. However, in the evident lack of these virtues from these justices, the people have the right, through their elected representatives to take the proper action to protect their institution and interest.

Chief Justice Corona misleads the people by encouraging the fallacious idea that at stake is the integrity and independence of the judiciary which is being attacked by the executive and legislative branches of government for purely political reason. In effect, he wants a domain wherein he reigns supreme and unchallenged whatever his comportment and decisions may be. Towards this end, he rallies Supreme Court employees to stand behind him in his fight.

But Supreme Court empoloyees are Filipinos too. Their ultimate duty is not to the Chief Justice but to their country. They have no obligation to listen to him if they are not so inclined.

It is an arduous and uphill struggle versus the forces of selfishishness and unpatriotism to strive for a clean and honest government. At this point in our struggle, if we are to succeed, we must get rid of our “Corona” of thorns.

Fidelisms

Where there are bad roads...

(Napindan, Brgy. Cinco Road, Taguig City)
There are bad leaders.


Where there is grim poverty.

(photo downloaded from internet)

There are poor leaders.

No to GMA treatment abroad until...

It is incredible how our government can seemingly allow itself to be bullied and thrown into a quandary over the request of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to travel abroad ostensibly to seek treatment for her claimed illness.

Under the principle of the Rule of Law and equality for all, the government should simply state – in a forceful and clear manner - that justice for the Filipinos has primacy over the personal. One can not simply do as one pleases just because he or she is in power and then simply go away when the time of reckoning comes.

Subordinating national justice to the personal health interest of Mrs Arroyo (or anyone) will be a step back in the strenthening of the Rule of Law in our country. It will not only show that politicians and the rich are a breed apart from ordinary citizens. It will also signal to every aspiring despot and tyrant that they too can break the law and ultimately get away with it.

While there is a potential case against her for which she can escape from when she is allowed to leave the country, Mrs. Arroyo has no choice but to seek local treatment until she would have faced all the issues concerning her. Her situation is of her own making. She would not have this problem now if only she had faced her issues before.

This is not to say however that mercy and charity should not be extended Mrs. Arroyo. As a human being, she is entitled to them except that this should not be under her terms. What should be rejected though is her use of the “health wang wang” to clear the way for her to evade the law.

Pakiki alam sa buhay ng may buhay

Kung may kaibigan ka na nakikita mong medyo nalululong sa isang bisyo, dapat ka bang maki-alam o mas maigi pang pabayaan mo na lang dahil tutal, buhay naman nya yon?

May kaibigan kasi akong nasa ganitong sitwasyon. Pero hindi naman talaga sya adik dahil hindi naman siya sa mga ipinagbabawal na droga nalululong.

Mahilig lang siyang kumain at sa ngayon, pagkalaki laki na niya. Dahil dito, minsan, parang hirap na siyang lumakad.

Bagamat hindi ako doktor, alam ko mailalagay ang kaibigan kong ito sa kategoryang morbidly obese.

Gusto ko siya tulungan. Pero ano ang magagawa ko kung siya mismo ay parang hindi masyadong binibigyang halaga ang kanyang kondisyon. Ang ina-alala ko, baka magalit pa siya sa akin kung pilitin ko siyang harapin ang isang bagay na parang hindi niya masyadong binibigyan ng pansin.

Mabait ang kaibigan kong ito at sa tuwid na landas siya ni Noynoy kung lumakad. Marami siyang kaibigan na alam ko ay may malasakit sa kanya. Sana kahit paano, maka impluwensya ang mga kaibigan niya na mapalakad siya sa landas ng pagpapayat tungo sa kalusugan.

(eto lang muna ang maisusulat ko matapos ako mawala ng pagkatagal tagal)

A Fight for Life- But Whose?

Proponents of the Reproductive Health Bill claim that their objective is to give the people the power to determine the size of their families and provide them assistance in order for them to attain their objectives.

On the other hand, opponents of the bill, mainly the Catholic clergy claim that it is anti-Life and immoral. Thus, by their opposition to it they claim to be pro-life.

Personally, I think the debate about the RH Bill with the Church on one side and some progressive thinking people on the other is a fight for life. However this life they fight about is not that of the unborn but of the Church itself.

Every moral decision that is left in the hands of the people is an erosion of Church influence and power over the people. This explains the violent opposition of the Church to the RH Bill.

But why should government bend over backwards for the Church when government has a job to do and should have its own moral reference to guide it in the performance of its job?

Let Government do what it must do and so too the Church to its flock of believers. But let not the Church interfere with the affairs of the State.

No to Hero's Burial for Marcos

When Ferdinand Marcos was ousted by People Power in 1986, Filipinos rendered a supreme and final judgment on him.

- Marcos was a dictator who ruled ruthlessly. He was responsible for the deaths and suffering of thousands of people.

- Marcos was a kleptocrat who stole from the people and left a legacy of indebtedness, poverty and corrupted institutions.

- Marcos was a fake war hero whose shame should be confined only to him and those who embrace him.

With this verdict, there is no way for the people to allow Marcos to be buried with honor anywhere in the Philippines. To do so would not only be to accede to the vanity of the Marcoses in disregard and contempt of the pain of those who suffered under him. It would also contravene the validity and correctness of the 1986 People Power Uprising which no single person or arm of government has a right to do.

Giving Marcos even a muted military honor will also signal to other aspiring autocrats and despots not to fear history as people can get to be forgetful and history can be tweaked and twisted. Marcos turned the military against the people and used it as his main instrument for his iron hand rule. To allow the military to honor him despite this is to concede that the people have not completely gotten their military back .

In this light, the “win-win” proposal by Vice President Jejomar Binay to allow the burial of Marcos in his hometown with military honors should be flatly rejected. It may be a win-win for the Marcoses and the Vice President. But the Filipino People will clearly be the losers.

The Marcoses have really no option but to simply give their man a solemn private burial if they want to give him a decent burial at all. (If they want, they can even invite Vice President Binay as their special guest). They should be made to understand however that there is no point in time they can wait for when self respecting Filipinos who value truth, fairness and justice will relent to give in to their illogical and unacceptable demand.

On the other hand, the government’s response to the Marcoses after saying no should be to intensify and speed up all legal processes in pursuit of getting justice for all the Marcos victims.

It is not the burial of Marcos that will heal our nation but justice for our people he oppressed.