If Gloria Arroyo and her minions think they have crushed the passion for truth and justice of those who were at the Manila Peninsula on Nov. 29, they are very wrong.
The civilians arrested at the Manila Peninsula hotel at the end of the November 29 Makati standoff have formed a new “movement” after a court dismissed the rebellion charges filed against them.
Former University of the Philippines president Francisco Nemenzo told reporters at Camp Crame Thursday evening that they had named their new group the November 29 Movement or N29M.
Nemenzo was at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters to meet 10 of the civilian detainees who were released from the Camp Crame Custodial Center at around 9:30 p.m.
Nemenzo, along with former vice president Teofisto Guingona Jr., Infanta bishop emeritus Julio Labayen and artist Bibeth Orteza had been released earlier on humanitarian grounds.
Four more civilians — activist priest Robert, lawyers JV Bautista and Argee Guevarra, and Julian Advincula — have chosen to remain another night in the detention facility.
One of the released civilians, Francisco Bosi, was however, fetched by a truckload of soldiers and taken into the custody of the Armed Forces Provost Marhsall.
In all, 18 civilians were arrested after authorities stormed the Manila Peninsula to end the six-hour occupation of the hotel by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and a group of rebellious military officers who sought to drum up support for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Senior Superintendent Rodrigo de Gracias, deputy chief of the headquarters support service, said Bosi is still on the Armed Forces roster as an enlisted man. Although Bosi claimed to have filed his resignation, De Gracias said the Armed Forces has yet to acknowledge this.
The first to walk out of detention were Myrna Buendia, Francisco Peñaflor and Romeo Solis.
Buendia said she was mulling charges against the PNP for detaining her.
Peñaflor, on the other hand, said he would lead a rally in Manila Friday afternoon.
Nemenzo said the concept of their new movement cropped up during their detention.
“Nagkasama-sama kami so na-brought up ang idea [We were together, so the idea was brought up]. I don’t think it’s a coup plot,” he said.
Nemenzo described themselves as a “smooth” movement with “no leaders and no headquarters.”
He said they would work they way they did when they campaigned for Senator Antonio Trillanes IV in the May elections.
For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is afraid of its people. — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Gloria is afraid of the people!
Sige, file charges against PNP for illegal detention. Make them pay for their offensive acts. Akala nila ay palagi silang katatakutan ng tao. Sa halip na sila ang mangalaga sa karapatan ng mga mamamayan ay sila ang naghahasik ng lagim!
The Pinas police force has turned into Gloria’s Horror and Torture Squad!
Gloria can stiffle one, perhaps two, maybe three or even a thousand people at one time or the other but she can’t always stiffle dissent in people who can judge the truth and are against falsehood.
It’s like beating her head against a brick wall. She might as well declare Martial Law but even that won’t stop the brave from dissenting.
What Gloria fails to understand or refuses to accept is that as Thomas Jefferson said, “All authority belongs to the people.”
She and her police, and the members of cabinet are merely the executors of that authority but ultimate authority belongs to the people. Until she accepts that, she will commit mistakes after mistakes. And her mistakes will forment dissent.
She is NOT the State!
“All authority belongs to the people.” I think GMA only thinks of power, not authority. Power is derived, or conferred, but authority is inherent in a position, or in the giver of that position.
Did you know that one of the factors that hastened the French Revolution was the stiffling of dissent?
The police during the time of Louis the XVI spied and spied and spied on the population… they intimidated and intimidated, brutalised writers and teachers — result, they lost their heads under the guillotine.
Voltaire was forced to go on exile because of this so what happened? He was influenced by John Locke and the latter’s treatise on government which Voltaire wrote about prolifically — this helped set the stage for the French Revolution.
So much for intimidating writers, intellectuals and stiffling dissent!
HG,
This quote by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn best describes the situation in which Trillanes and the incarcerated officers are in:
“You can have power over people as long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power.”
Do they have a website that i can link to?
That’s beautiful, Anna.
Is that quote found in AS’s Gulag? Very moving indeed! Sounds like “you can have power over my body, but you can’t destroy my spirit” (forgot the source).
Ellen,
Gloria has robbed those men of everything except of their dignity — and even that, this government with all its might is trying to rob them still of their dignity by humiliating them.
That cannot go on — something is bound to break. That’s human nature. Even a frightened dog bites back when cornered.
The more Gloria, Puno, Esperon, Razon, Ermita, and all those humbugs humiliate Trillanes and the military officers, the less power they have on them.
HG,
I think he said it during one of his lectures delivered after he won the Nobel Prize.
(delivered on his behalf)
This government under Gloria wants others to observe limits (on freedom of the press, assembly, etc.). Yet, it arrogantly exceeds every known limit.
Abuse of power and authority has a multiplier effect. Yesterday, the B & W movement, now the N29M. Good luck, Prof. Nemenzo. May your tribe increase!
“Abuse of power and authority has a multiplier effect.”
Absolutely HG!
However, Gloria is counting on Filipino nonchalance and general love for low level intensity democracy to get her through.
Just look at the blogs — event those who were anti-Gloria have become pigeon-head and have forgotten that the enemy is Gloria!
Esperionic egotistic policies threatens Fress Freedoms, De Venecia’s gang of legislatures and courts are also often the most ineffective avenues for defending and expanding there rights and liberties. But it would be naive to ignore the fact that Goranian governments can sometimes step over the line and pass laws that do violate fress basic rights and civil liberties. Consider the political witch-hunts of the Marcos New Society in the 1970s, the Enrile’s thugs of hippie police harassment of civil rights leaders and fress freedom and the Ramos rambutan boys spying on the movement of activist and Macoy’s enemies list run numerically after Ninoy’s name. Thousands of people were secretly detained for months without any charges against them. They were denied lawyers and the right to a trial. Some suspects were herded in unknown location so they could be tortured. Some were asked to dig their own grave and sarhento pierced their skulls with a bullet.
Now, it is the trend of Doble’s wiretapping and other forms of surveillance of citizens – often without any evidence of any wrongdoing on their part. But consider this: Who comes to the rescue when our government violates our rights in these ways? To whom do we turn to revoke or remedy these actions and to make sure that they don’t happen again? Filipinos made these long mistake of seeing their rights and civil liberties as merely the absence of some kind of governmental action. Filipinos believe that they have free speech or freedom when the government does nothing to impede those freedoms. But in reality, Their rights depend heavily on either the adamant heart of Gloria or her pusong mamon. Rights do not exist until Gloria and Esperon said SO!
The only core of opposition to Gloria is the church of Rosales kung walang manila envelope, The El Shaddai of Villarde at Ang dalawang Daang Buhay na parang life.Church has supported the demands for the restoration of civil rights, an ironic somersault considering its past money collection record.Some sections of the Church have allied with leftist groups in a common effort to resist the regime katulad ni Padir na sumama kay Trillanes and Among na ayaw tumangap ng paper bag.The Catholics, on the other hand, are predominantly against the regime on the basis of restriction of civil rights, and have been silent on the issue of supporting Trillanes and the Cha-Cha rally that turned out to be a Mass of Gloria’s Unity blessed with padded envelope.
Asus! mali ang spiling ko ng press.Naging fress
Si FM mayroong PP – Presidential Proclamation
Si GMA naman PP – Pusong Pinoy
Front Page based idea of Filipinism inda Pilipins
“Asus! mali ang spiling ko ng press. Naging fress” Pare Cocoy, Kala ko nahawa ka na sa taga Famfanga, o kaya naging kaliwete ka (nasa kaliwa kasi ang “f”). 2x kasi ung Fress. Joc onli! hehehehe.
Hi Guys,
Some quotes from Henry David Thoreau (Civil Disobedience)
Please visit this website and try to go through part 1 to 3.
http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0503e.asp
“You only have power over people so long as you don’t take everything away from them. But when you’ve robbed a man of everything, he’s no longer in your power – he’s free again.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn
http://www.quotationspage.com/search.php3?Author=Alexander+Solzhenitsyn&file=other
I remember a column from De Quiros who described Marcos as a braggart who suddenly lost an audience. Many people thought Marcos was impregnable and invincible. His more than 20 year reign rendered everyone in awe on the immense power over the people.
Yet in 1986, it only took 4 days and unarmed civilians to make him and his family scamper to safety to Honolulu. We thought he was as strong as a trojan wall yet marshmallow lang pala.
I can speak of the same thing on this present pretender. Mukhang malakas pero mamon lang pala. Take out the military and she is a goner.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) profoundly influenced such political giants as Mohandas Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Pareng H.G.
Marami akong kilalang kaliweti na tiga Famfanga noong nasa Gapo pa ako gatasan ng mga sigang oxo sa kanto,mahilig silang magpalitada ng mukha at mga inglish instraktok sila ng mga bagong saltang promdi kaya lang ang hirap sa kanila, pinaghahalo yung pag-i-Ingles sa pagiging kafangfangan, palibhasa marunong daw silang mag-Ingles at tawid bakod lang sa Clark, kahit na pa wurz-wurz pa ang tunog na
lumalabas sa bibig nila,wala namang laman ang sinasabi kundi “I went with my kustomer last night to make-tusok-tusok the saging barbeque.” Sosyalitang kafanfangan at low-IQ talaga! Hehehehe!
Again!
Pinoy AGAINST Pinoy! Saan tayo patutungo nito?
Walang katapusang bangayan, ang lahat gustong maging Pangulo. Di ata pwede yon, dapat isa lang at mayroong gutz, God-fearing & Nationalist Pinoy.
Ibalik ang 2-party system para walang balimbingan, since 1986 ng palitan ito ng multi-party system eh gusto lahat eh may kanya-kanyang grupo.
Yan ang ipekto ng kanya-kanyang partido di magkaisa at pag nakatampuhan eh kakalas na either magtayo ng sariling partido eh lilipat o palipat-lipat kung saan makikinabang.
Dapat ituwid natin ang MALI at ipatupad ang TAMA.
Every time na lang na pag mayproblema ang Bayan, hayon mayroon muling uusbong na bagong grupo eh paano na yong existing, eh grabe na sa dami nito at pagka minsan sila-sila mismo ang nagbabanatan.
Mamulat na tayo at magpakatotoo!
“Former University of the Philippines president Francisco Nemenzo told reporters at Camp Crame Thursday evening that they had named their new group the November 29 Movement or N29M.” Another new group is not going to make any different among the already list of groups. Perhaps, I’m not the one better qualified to name all the groups that’re now existed and political parties, they’re dime a dozen, just too many of them for me to name, but you can just imagine. All it takes, in my humble opinion, is just one united group, “One Million Citizens”, most willing to save the country from further destruction, with a leader or leaders most determine to go all the way to the finish line, no matter what the cost, as long as the final objective is to rid of illegal scumbags inside the whore-house (formerly Malacanang Palace). The opposition are so fragmented with all different set of ideas that come in spurt like a typhoon, once it releashes its might, then it goes away, never heard from anymmore. On the other hand, without going through details, whore Gloria Arroyo and her scumbags have a mission, to bring down anyone that gets in whore Gloria’s ambitions. It doesn’t take a scientist to realize what’s now happening, even the congress is immaterial, they pretend they’ve the power with reprimand (tap on the wrist), just to make noise to let the people know that they’re not sleeping on the job. But, we all know better. How about the judicial institution, are they still around? I don’t believe, Trillanes and Lim are such individuals to lead the country.
Toney Cuevas Says:
December 14th, 2007 at 8:40 pm
The opposition are so fragmented with all different set of ideas that come in spurt like a typhoon, once it releashes its might, then it goes away, never heard from anymmore.
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It’s true, it’s true!
It proved me right to write only the name of Trillanes in my ballot!
Unlike many of the oppositionists, AT4 is consistent in his defiance and fight against the excesses of Gloria Orinola and cabals of corrupts, plunderers and torturers.
Hi T.C.,
Ang problema sa mga Kababayan natin eh walang submission sa isa’t isa. Gusto lahat eh maging leader ng kani-kanilang grupo?
Eh bakit di pag-isahin na lamang, as you said, “One Million Citizens”. Di ba ito ang motto ng isang tangyag na Jewisth Christian Evangelist na si Moriz Cerullo, ONE BILLION SOULs”.
Sayang ang lahing Pinoy, sa dinami-dami ng matatalino at may mataas na pinag-aralan eh puro naman mga boba. Simple arithmitic lang eh bokya na ang gusto kasi eh drawing lang palagi.
Puro kahihiyan ang pinaggagagawa sa Bayan.
Kaya dapat magising na ang taong-Bayan na pinaglololoko lamang tayo ng mga iyan.
Over seven years of whore Gloria Arroyo in the people’s house is quite a long time, a power grabber that will live infamy (if I may borrow from FDR). It was a mistake then, it’s a mistake now to let the usurper whore Gloria to stay a minute longer, whore Gloria must be deposed. Not a question of why, but how, sooner the better for everybody and the country as a whole. Whore Gloria Arroyo must go!
A bad contagious disease that must be rid of. Whore Gloria is “Number One Enemy” of the people. Her picture must be posted all over the country, on all govt facilities, buildings, post offices especially, and wherever, as the Number One Enemy. A beginning of an all out war to rid of the whore Gloria. A war that must be won!
Whore Gloria Arroyo, “Number One Enemy”, got all the govt resources at her very disposal, no doubt, it has been proven time and time again. What she doesn’t have is the “One Million Citizens” most willing to do battle with whore Gloria has failed. It’s now stand to reason, “One Million Citizens” is necessary ingredient to make it work, to kick the hell out of whore Gloria out of the people’s house. She has been there too doggone long enough, and her welcome has been exhausted. Prostitution in the whore house and the constitution must now end. Brown bags in the house of the people, must cease. And, if I’ve my way I’ll burn Malacanang Palace (now a whore house) to the ground. The whore house is nothing but bad memories, house of the thieves at the expense of the people’s tax payers. Totally disgusting!
Sorry, I’m totally pissed. I’m utterly disgusted hearing and reading whore Gloria Arroyo’s criminal acts and her family of thieves. We do nothing, technically, while they all smiling all the way to their bank accounts, at the very our own eyes. Quite incredible! I’m beginning to wonder if we Pilipinos really deserve to have a sovereign nation when we can’t even dispose of I considered a tiny (what is it 4’6″?) problem.
If GMA is the Number One Enemy of our people? Therefore, Mr. Tabako was the ringleader of EDSA II and protector of illegitimate president of our country.
Dapat WANTED din silang lahat with 1M each bounty for their arrest, copycat from the military hierchy pronouncement about Capt. Faeldon and co. now still at-large.
We need the help of LASTIKMAN, YAKS joke joke joke…..
I totally agree with you Tony. In fact, the “Resign Gloria” is already a joke and yet the politicians and civil society group are still harping this tune, as if they’re giving this unano a good chance of perpetuating her 4’6 height into power forever and ever. Ang babaeng hudas na ‘yan, aalis ng kusa sa nakaw na pwesto by 2010?! She’s still enjoying it very much, if they haven’t notice!
They are being played by Gloria and they are buying it! Waiting for Godot!
I notice that the the Gloria name calling has mellowed. Just a few months ago she got cussed every few lines. The cussing is still there, but in a calmer tone. I also miss that “I love everything Japanese” japayuki with her super long comments, often out of topic, critical of pinoy values and always hard selling Japanese virtue.
Anyway, many say that this standoff was not thought through, hastily done and all that. Well, yes! It sure looks that way, BUT, heres the big but:
It keeps the pressure on Gloria. It keeps the hope alive. It shows that there are still people who put action to words. People who are not afraid to sacrifice themselves. People who are not afraid of overwhelming brute force to fight for their beliefs. That there are still people who are prepared to pay full price to put Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to justice.
It’s reported that Fr. Robert Reyes, lawyers Jose Virgilio Bautista and Argee Guevarra and Julian Advincula held a press conference at the PNP custodial center before they left the premises, which sparked tension among their supporters and police elements deployed in the premises.
The supporters of the Reyes group surprised police authorities when they pulled out banners and streamers denouncing the Arroyo administration of involvement in graft and corruption, prompting PNP security teams to drive them out of the custodial center.
“We are proud, honored. We were at the Manila Peninsula to question the legitimacy of a government and the day after we were arrested was followed by the day that President Arroyo and more than 40 congressmen went to Europe using people’s money,” Bautista said.
“A few days thereafter she (Mrs. Arroyo) was declared as the most corrupt president, even more than Erap and Marcos (showing) unprecedented abuse of power,” he added.
more on http://www.tribune.com
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Kahit na anong gawin ng PNP, maiisahan at maiisahan pa rin sila!
Tony Cuevas: Tama ka. Ang dami daming mga opposition groups pero hindi nagkakaisa. We need a leader..this N29M was born when Sen. Trillanes and Gen. Lim & Co. brought to our attention once again that the Philippines #1 enemy is the corrupt Pangulo named Gloria. It may not be Gloria alone but all those who advises her, works for her but under the command responsibility theory (of which she does not seem to understand or have another definition) she has failed totally. Can we not re-group and be one under this new leadership of Gen Lim, Sen. Trillanes etc. They were there and experienced the “brutality” of the PNP. Sana mag kaisa na..at magtulugan..some cynics say that Filipinos can not be united.. I beg to disagree because we definitely can be one..Isang Puso, Isang Diwa, Isang Bayan..I know this was Imelda’s cry but despite of what we say she did..let us all put it behind us and together be one. We can do it!
How can we, who are now geographically separated join to be one with the group? Financially…kahit $1 lang with the more than a million of us abroad… we can be of help..wala bang CPA firm to do this voluntarily. Sa galing, galing ng mga CPAs sa atin, wala ba ni isa? Mas maganda sana kung mayroong taga “civil society” na magumpisa at magbigay ng seed money…to start…we need to spread the good news that we are here to “rebuild” the nation..flyers..ads…word of mouth..etc. yong mga hi tech hindi puede sa mga lugar na walang electricidad…so pulong pulong at magkaisa..kaya lang baka bawal (wala na atang “freedom of speech”..We can do it…
Hi Rose,
I agree with you na dapat magka-isa na ang sambayanang Pinoy, pero suntok ito sa buwan kasi po yan ang ugat ng problema,”ang ating mga kababayan eh watak-watak ang kaisipan at walang pagkakaisa”.
Ang silent majority na tinutukoy ng grupong civil society eh taga-suporta ni GMA, ito ang tunay katotohanan.
Sila ang mga nagsiboto at naghalal sa mga Tongresman natin na nakaluluk sa Lower House. Di ba ang mga Tongresman ang siyang pundasyon ni GMA kaya di masipa sa Malacanang.
Ito ang back-bone ni GMA ang Congress. Majority of them ibinoto ng bawat kaprobinsiya so sino ngayon ang sisisihin eh di yong mga kababayan natin na naloko ng mga tongresman na ito.
Bawi na lang tayo sa 2010.
balweg: tama ka rin..this is not a particular religious group..we are all brothers..all children of God..Muslims (Allah is God), Christians, those who believe in the Divinity of Jesus Christ..Jehovah’s Witnesses..El Shaddai, Iglesia ni Cristo…we all believe in God…we can all work together…for one cause…”rebuild” the Philippines…We
can do it! Huwag natin ibenta ang ating kaluluwa sa tindahan ni Aling Gloria..at huwag bumili ng sabon sa tindahan ni Aling Gloria Labandera..let us sell a new Tide that would clean and wash the dirt. Let us clean the people’s palace called Malacanang..and remove the filth..
Balweg: ang bilis ng response mo. I agree with you we are all to blame..but can we not put it all behind us and let us work together…as One (hindi as wan at baka ang dating ay aswangs..sa Kabisayaan lang yon kaya tingnan mo may siraulo, may Brenda Starr..tiriring..may mga alibang-bang galupad lupad sa tunga dalan..We know what happened in the past..but that is history..we are in the present..we know where we are now..and what will be the future..where do we want to go? that is up to each of us..how can we build a better tomorrow?..tomorrow is another day..tomorrow, tomorrow, it is just a day away…2010 ang tagal..
“Bawi na lang tayo sa 2010”
thats the spirit!
Balweg at rose;
Kayang-kaya ng mga pinoy ang laban na ito.Habang may life, may pag-asa.
Sa salitang Hapon, “ishi ga areba, michi ga aru.” In English, if there’s a will,
there’s a way.Kaya lang karamihan sa mga pinoy ay umaawit lamang ng “My Way”.Habang kumakanta at nangangarap si Pedro at si Maria na patuloy na umaasa sa pagkaahong idudulot ng kanilang minamahal na sundalong tagapagligtas, abala naman ang kanilang kontra bida sa higit pang pagpapayaman. Kaya naman kahit sa barya-baryang itinataya sa jueting at lotto ng masa, nakakulimbat ng kanilang idolo ng milyun-milyong piso. At kahit mahirap paniwalaan, sa mala-himalang mga pangyayari ay umuusad ang hustisya sa bansa ni Goyang, at tumuntong sa bilangguan ang bidang napagkamalang mandarambong na si Asiong Salonga, lumuluha, nagwawala, nag-aalsa ang sa itim at sa pula.Sa udyok ng matalino’t mapagmataas na senadorang Sisa napapabalitang may sira ang ulo,sa inglisan ay pulido kahit slang bisaya ang tuno pero takot namang tumalon sa eroplano lalong mag-iinit ang galit ng masa dahil sa kinasapitan ng kanilang senyora.Magtitipon sila sa isang makasaysayang lugar at mababastos ang alaala ng tunay na paghihimagsik para sa pagbabago,pero hindi dumating ang pulutong na inaasahan ni magdalo,nagmunimuni si Magdalena ng naka saya.Binasa ni Heneral ang nakasulat na pagbabalik ng bagong pilipinas na ayon sa kanila’y “tunay na gobyerno ng sambayanang Pilipino”. Aaliwin, uutuin, pasasayawin sila ng mga komedyanteng sinungaling na nagbabanbuhay ng ilusyong pagkaahon.Ayun! Nateargas si Ellen at nakaeskapo naman ang naka- wig,tuluyan ng naging heneral si Martit.Nabigo na silang minsan, ngunit patuloy silang kumakapit. Paano sila masasagip mula sa tuluyang pagkalunod sa mundo ng ilusyon at kasinungalingan?Kung sila ay nakaipit sa karsel na walang durwangan. Kung si Yuko lang ang masusunod para sa mga katulad niyang feeling elitista sa buhay at bilang translador ng inglish sa wikang hapon nais niyang bigyan kayo ng mala-sopresang pamamaraan na di na kailangan pang sumunod sa dikta ninuman na ang slogan-PATALSIKIN,NOW NA! Kung isalin mo sa wikang hapon mi no intiendi at WAKARANAI TOMADACHI!
Rose/ASIII/Co2y,
Nagpahangin muna ako sa Ellenvine garden at sumagap ng sariwang hangin kasi ang lamig ng simoy ng hangin sa aking paligid.
Well, we need to continue our fight… kung maitatanong nýo eh 22 years na ang nakakalipas eh yan ang isinisigaw sa kalye ng nakararami nating kababayan at nagtagumpay nga, pero nalingat lang ng sandali eh mas naging WORST ang sitwasyon.
Nilalansi lang tayo ng tropang Arroyo, ang kanilang inaalagaan eh yong nasa ibaba ang mga taga Local government down to Barangay level.
Ito ang dapat basagin, dito kumukuha ng lakas si GMA, kasi po eh protektado ng mga local na dynastia ang kani-kanilang balwarte.
Maraming oposisyong lugar sa ating bansa pero ang kanilang ibinoto na tongresman, governors at mayors eh kaalyado ni GMA at Tabako.
So, wa epek ang senado kasi naririyan ng congress na siyang lakas ni GMA.
Dapat kalampagin ng bawat mamamayan ang kani-kanilang tongresman na mag withdraw ng support kay GMA or wala na silang aasahang boto sa 2010.
“Bawi na lang tayo sa 2010”- cocoy
Can’t wait for 2010? Then opposition should mobilize peoples initiative by getting 3% of each voting district to petition shortening the presidential term to 4 yrs effectively ending Gloria’s presidency in 2008. 10 of 12 justices already ruled that RA6735 is sufficient to ammend certain provision in the constitution (but not revisions). This has been advocated by atty36252.
“Nilalansi lang tayo ng tropang Arroyo, ang kanilang inaalagaan eh yong nasa ibaba ang mga taga Local government down to Barangay level.Ito ang dapat basagin, dito kumukuha ng lakas si GMA, kasi po eh protektado ng mga local na dynastia ang kani-kanilang balwarte.” -balweg.
This should have been the fight (local government-congress being at the top) because this is the insurance that any corrupt president who might succeed Gloria Arroyo can be removed through impeachment.
Well d0d0ng i agree with you.
thru Impeachment? 90% of our Tongresman/woman saved GMA from three consecutive impeachments endorsed by different personality, but in reality they were GMA’s protege’.
GMA already paid these tongresman (pork barrel P70M) and LGU’s (P500T/1M), so as these people still alive, for sure we can not see the progress of our country and peaceful co-existing of our loving Kababayan. Since, GMA still in Malacanang.
Hoping this coming 2008, ANG MALAYANG PILIPINAS eh masaksihan na ng Sambayanang Masang Pilipino!
dOdOng;
“Bawi na lang tayo sa 2010″ Ganoon na nga siguro ang manyayari mga ka TUMA-DACHI.Si Gloria pa!kahit na nga tinubuan siya ng pawis sa kili-kili ng muntik ng mag dive ang eroplano galing ng spanya dahil sa bigat ng karga na sinapying ng mga tulonggis niya ay tuloy tuloy talaga ang arya.Kahit na nga pandak iyan ay feeling Jabar siya,maluluma si Taciong Tangkad.Hindi naman talaga pandak iyan si Poyang,mahaba lang kasi ang katawan at maiksi lang ang dalawang paa at dalawang kamay, ipinaglihi siguro sa kokak.
Thats the force to contend with. They just never fade away yet.
There are groups and there are groups. While some see this as disunity, these small unions are better prepared than individuals on the final day of reckoning. It is important, therefore, that the leaders are chosen carefully by a set of values they stand for. It will be much easier to negotiate with a leader than individual souls.
There have been many attempts at gathering a mass of people to remove this tyrant but unless leaders show themselves at the forefront, no one will heed the calls.
We miss the likes of Dioknos, Tañadas, Roceses, Cervantezes who will not be cowed by fully-armed soldiers and hold their ground against truckloads of water jets. Our present crop of leaders prefer to watch TV and prepare for their grand entrance if and when the “rebels” win.
Intercon, Makati Shang and Mandarin did not only serve as hosts to transferees from Manila Pen that day. They had guests who made sure they will be the first ones to make it onstage at the first sign of victory.
Well, ilang org na ba ang mga binuo para lang matanggal si Glueria. Watak watak talaga ang mga pinoy. Kung hindi maging leader ng isang grupo, magtatayo ng kanyang sariling grupo, maging leader lamang. Kahit anong panlalait, pintas at name calling kay Glueria, walang mangyayari, dahil siya ay maykapangyarihan at kwarta, at diyan naglalaway ang mga gustong magpatalsik sa kanya. Iyang pera na iyan na nabibili ang lahat, pati ang mga konyaring mga taga opposition. Gusto kong mapatalsik si Glueria, pero wala akong maisip sa hanay ng mga opposition na pwede, except perhaps Lacson.
We can do a better way than the Gloria Way, can we not? Atty. suggested a constitutional way..a revision of the constitution. Atty., please correct me if you suggested for a revision or an amendment..a revision would change the entire constitution while an amendment is a change of some parts and not the whole..In either case, however, it would need 2/3 votes of Congress and then the people. Or am I talking of the 1939 constitution? Atty. how can we do this effectively? Do the people have to vote for a referendum? This would however, mean a vote through the ballot. Can this be done without the Comelec? I would rather they don’t get involve..How can we do this effectively before 2010..would six months be enough time? Sorry, if I ask too many questions..it has been a while since I was in school..and I hate to admit it, I didn’t pay much attention then. I couldn’t vote yet at the time but we did have good lawmakers, governors, mayors, judges…good public servants…Where have all these good men gone? Long time passing..long time ago…
Toney Cuevas said:
“What she doesn’t have is the “One Million Citizens” most willing to do battle with whore Gloria has failed. It’s now stand to reason, “One Million Citizens” is necessary ingredient to make it work, to kick the hell out of whore Gloria out of the people’s house. She has been there too doggone long enough, and her welcome has been exhausted.”
I remember Toney Cuevas making this comment more than a year ago on this very blog, and he’s right.
If you want this friggin woman out of office you will need to roll up your sleeves and kick her ass out – the sooner the better.
One Million Warm Bodies, the PNP wouldn’t have enough plastic cable ties, neither have the guts. (smile)
Filipino culture has always thrived in diversity. Consider the number of cultural communities ang languages (not just dialects) we have. It is just our way.
When Marcos was ousted, there were myriad groups too. ATOM, JAJA, NAM, etc. were all there. We dont need just one group. What we need is one goal, and we have that already. We all agree that GMA cannot and should not stay in office. Lets not let the number of groups trouble us, but we should rejoice at the number of people and the diversity of those who join the cause.
TC and WWNL,
One million warm bodies to march towards Gloria, shoot!
We should do this after tying a red ribbon made of abaca around Gaudencio Rosales and taping his mouth with a strong duck tape to prevent him from offering a thanksgiving mass for his president’s survival!
I fully agree with balweg and dodong. We need to know the strength of GMA and it is here, all these movements though a step in the right direction are actually doing GMA a favor by splintering the opposition.
Klingon,
“Lets not let the number of groups trouble us, but we should rejoice at the number of people and the diversity of those who join the cause.”
Yes, the thing that we should be aware of is the authenticity of the groups claiming to be with us in our cause.
Ako, kahit hindi alam ng Magdalo ay pinamiembro ko na ang sarili ko, heheh!
Tony/tongue: if the one million citizens needed have to be physically present in the Phil. it just cannot be for us. while we want to, it is not just possible…so I guess, while my heart is in the Phil..physically I cannot..oh well, what can we do?
As I’ve said before, I read every, and I mean every comment posted here at Ellensville and as much as I can understand where the likes of our lawyer commentators are coming from the problem I see is that this evil woman has corrupted enough lawyers and judiciary to feel comfortable in fighting a legal battle.
The one place she is not comfortable with is when she is confronted by “the people” in large groups. People divided into small groups she can handle but this evil woman is afraid of large gatherings of people, hence the reason she bringing out the container vans to surround the Palace and red alerts etc. etc.
One Million warm bodies standing silently outside her whore house would be enough to threaten her to step down and no doubt mr arseperon would find himself another trip abroad!
I like my coffee instand, dont you?
instant – even – smile
WWNL is right “The one place she is not comfortable with is when she is confronted by “the people” in large groups. People divided into small groups she can handle but this evil woman is afraid of large gatherings of people,”
She IS afraid of the people… If she weren’t evil, she wouldn’t be afraid of the people. If her conscience were clear, she would face the people; if she weren’t corrupt, she woudn’t have to come up with an odious invention that she doesn’t tolerate human rights abuse or that she is for the rule of law… it would have been a given.
The woman is morally corrupt and she knows it.
Mga Ka Tumadatsi,kahit gawin pa ninyong 2 million iyang warm bodies ay baka hindi maka porma kay Razon at Esperon iyan.Una,pag nagipit na ang mga patolang iyan ay ititext nila si Kenny,pag sinayawan na ni kenny ng papaya ang amo niya sa bahay na puti ay finish na ang buto-buto.Hindi lang iyan, nandyan si CIAno.Pag nag dial na ng telepono si Siano kay Burswak darating na si Tapgan.Viva patron San Miguel! ang kalalabasan.Asus!swithart ata ni Burswak iyang si Poyang kahit maiiksi lang ang kanyang dalawang binti,si Burswak pa!mahilig ata sa chiwawa iyang tatay ni esmit.Maniwala pa ako kung si hilari ang mangangasira sa bahay na puti,talsik iyang si Poyang at lewinski.pinagselosan niya iyang si poyang sa drudstawn sa kakakainin ni poyang ng hamburgir kasama ang kanyang bil kilitinton.Kaya lang baka maburat si hilari kay barak.Pero I am sure na si hilari ang pambato ng demokrat.
ellen
I know dodong nemenzo. had watch him closely in thoughts
and action. he could be the cleanest among the unclean. that’s him if you are looking for statesman leader. Frail in health but the strongest in political will. He strikes me as the Asian Nelson Mandela. He is not beholden to the fake opposition and surely, and that’s 100 per cent, even the UP graduate crooks will support him.
Let DODONG NEMENZO and his idealism take this
country out of its hell hole. The people needs a
leader. that’s DODONG.
Who listens to me anyway? Everybody wants
to stay in the doldrum of helplessness.
Let DODONG be the paramount chief.
And Trillanes IV be his paramount warrior
who will go after all the criminals who
plundered the country.
Rather than impose our idea on unfolding events, why don’t we let things take its natural course. If a new group is born, instead of criticizing and condemning it, why don’t you take a look and observe. You don’t have to join but don’t judge it negatively right away.
Klingon’s is right:
Unless we bloggers unite and forget that we are better than anyone, unless we sacrifice our ego for our country
and unite on a chosen leader, …..so that there will be an election to elect another corrupt
president.
Think about it, many diverse groups making up One Million warm bodies have the benefit of being spread over Metro Manila therefore escaping the roadblocks that would be in place as usual – surprise would be the main element and a chilling effect but worn on the other foot, hers.
right on ellen
let not the rust among us destroy the metal
let’s get on with a leader. and that’s Dodong
and we will have the Cebuanos. If the Cebuanos
reject Dodong, then all of us deserve Gloria.
Jay, I have to delete a phrase in your comment (7:54 am). I will not countenance committing a crime.
that one million warm bodies will materialize
if we have the leader, not a thief of a politician
but an ideologue of the common good. and that’s
Dodong. What are waiting for? Who are waiting for?
Trillanes and the other heroes will be free
to do their thing under Dodong. They are
not incarcerated for nothing.
rose:
I was, am pala, proposing an amendment. Isang maliit na pagbabago lang. Shorten the term, and have elections in 2008.
Yes you are right, a revision is a big change – may be the whole Constitution, or may be a major change, like changing to parliamentary from presidential.
You are right, the participation of Congress is needed. But the 1987 Constitution provided for a new way to amend, which is by way of a proposal from the people themselves.
And yes, it will require a referendum.
True, the Comelec has been bought. But Macoy had the Comelec too, in 86. Can we not muster the support of the people this time? Glo has the numbers with the Congressmen. We keep saying we have the numbers with the people, so why not give it a shot? Mas madali namang mangolekta ng signature kaysa tumawag ng mag-peo-people power.
I prefer to recommend this amendment, because mukhang may people power fatigue na. Hindi rin puwede ang coup, dahil maraming ayaw ng violence. Besides, the muscle needed to mount a coup may have been bought already.
Erap will not move, because ayaw nang mapasok sa selda ulit. But a grassroots campaign for signatures, I’m sure sasali siya. Sasali din si Cory and the civil society, dahil walang violence.
This is the only viable alternative I see. Pati tayong nasa overseas, can add to the numbers, because, now, mayroon nang absentee balloting from overseas. We can campaign to get out the vote – whether sa Tate, Saudi, Europe, etc. Marami naman ang nasa labas.
Puro tayo tuloy ang laban. Pero papaano? I have made a proposal. Kung hindi okay, mag-propose tayo ng iba. Puro tayo vent ng galit sa keyboard. Meantime, naghihirap ang mga kababayan.
Gumunita ka ng kakilala in the US, tiyak na nagpapaaral ng pamangkin, apo, or some other relative. My mother died three months ago, at 81, nag-aalaga pa ng 84 year old, para lang may maipadala sa apo sa kuya ko. All her social security went to the Philippines, and more.
We can all wallow in our comfort here in the First World. But you and I were not brought up that way. Lumilingon pa rin tayo sa naiwanan.
How much longer ang paghihintay? Tanging Diyos lamang ang nakakaalam, as that kundiman tune says.
ellen
these presidentiables are fools and mental
retardates thinking that they will have
an election under the old constitution.
As long as Gloria is alive, even under
a life support system, her minions
will see to it, she will still be Philippines
number one owner.
thanks for the deletion ellen. I thought I was
writing the truth. not an enticement to commit a crime. What are we waiting for but Dodong. Who are we waiting for but Dodong Nemenzo. You could have observed him
as young UP instructor. Like Nelson Mandela
he can’t and won’t die. Ask Erap why appointed
Dodong as UP President. and Dodong is still
strong and alive. Like Nelson Mandela.
Ano quiet kayo? Bakit hindi ninyo banatan
si Dodong? mga meron hidden agenda?
Yes there needs to be a Leader, anyone would do so long as they would do the right thing towards “the people’ in a transparent and honest and lawful way.
There are many to choose from if only a serious observation is made, but to have a Leader is a must.
jay cynikho I would willing second your choice of Dodong Nemenzo, he’s what we need at this moment and time and that’s someone who has No Fear.
Ellen,
I intended to disagree with you and klingon regarding your views on diversity of movements mostly due to the apparent futility of all these oust GMA movements that have been at it for years already, and the impact on the people of these failures psychologically is a “learned helplessness” or what we commonly call “apathy.” Its basically a desired response to a stimulus that is continously denied positive reinforcement, so it dies (in psychological parlance becomes an extinct behaviour). If we allow things to go their natural course we will see so many flashes in the pan – at least thats what I fear. But I may be wrong…So I tried to look for historical parallels and I found some in Thoreau. I apologize for posting the whole article, here it is…Klingon is right – we have to find a common goal…
There’s more…
A DUTY TO RESIST –
http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0505f.asp
It is my sincere hope and wish for the success of the Nov 29 movement not only to deter any hidden agenda of gloria and her minions, but for her to be kicked out from the stolen throne which she continues to prostitute.
Those who put forward the idea of taking the fight out of the realm of legality and into the political arena are right. All this legal talk is useless and a waste of time at this point as the administration has vast army of overpaid hacks, professional legal wrestlers…
I’m convince, it’s all about numbers” and whore Gloria Arroyo know how to play it well. The only reason Marcos vacated the office is because of the “Numbers” of people on the street most determined to kick his butt out and Imelda…Erap cowardly vacated the office of the Presidency after the people gave him the mandate to govern, yet whore Gloria saw to it differently when she was his Vice President. Whore Gloria Arroyo couldn’t wait another five years, and she couldn’t care about the constitution nor the rule of law.
So, whore Gloria planned and plotted along with others to overthrow Erap. As we all know, whore Gloria made sure she got enough “Numbers” of people to march on the street to do her dirty job. Needless to say, you all know the rest of the story, it was the “Numbers” of people on the street that did it for whore Gloria. We are now paying for the mistake of the past, the “Numbers” of people who took part on the illegal took over of the govt. We can also thanks Erap for surrendering Malacanang quite easily. And, whore Gloria didn’t have to work hard for her ambition, “Numbers” of people provided it to her.
For the past years, whore Gloria has been playing Numbers, buying off the Congressmen, Generals and many others to remain in the whore house. Most recently, once again, whore Gloria played the “Numbers Game”. How can we forget, brown bags breakfast party inside the whore house, where whore Gloria used her dogs to buy off enough “Numbers” of congressmen so she will not be impeached. How about that one million dagdag/bawas in 2004 national election, won’t you all agree it was Number One Million that gave Fernando Poe Jr the heart attacked. There is no doubt, the only way to get rid of whore Gloria is the “Numbers” of people on the street. Amen!
Rule of Law went out the window in 2001 when whore Gloria Arroyo decided she’s above the law. We can forget getting any support or assistance from the Judicial Branch nor the Congress, both has a poor records of defending or enforcing the law. Look at those Senators couldn’t even get anybody to show up in Congress to give testimony, and those witnesses are making a mockery of them. And, what the Congress has done, absolutely nothing. Oooops little tap on the wrist, perhaps. Trillanes, Lim and others has the right idea, but they don’t have the “Numbers”, they should have waited and coordinated to those willing, but they just wants to march in the middle of Makati streets instead. On the hand, whore Gloria got more than “Numbers” of soldiers and PNP to overwhelmed a measley 50 hopeless people, I believe. Next time, anybody wants to do battle with whore Gloria, I hope, at least, they have enough “Numbers.” Also, since whore Gloria no longer play with the rule of law, why should the people.
Tony Cuevas,
I hope I will still be posted here when that time comes, if not I will be joining the other OFWs in whatever actions they take. Btw, strangely enough, there are some members of the military who believe FPJ’s heart attack was chemically induced, I could’ve shrugged it off as mere heresay if I didn’t hear it from a sector extrememely proximal to the palace…eventually the truth will come out though…
Anyway, I have to go now, need to spend time with my family. Anyone in the powerplant mall area? I’m here in UCC, I’ll buy you coffee and breakfast if you can drop by, look for somebody with a noisy 1 year old.
Jug, ang cute mo naman, doing your father role.
Hello again,
I try to spend my weekends as much as possible with the family nowadays. Children grow so fast, I realized that if you’re not careful you’ll be facing a stranger all of a sudden.
Just had a talk with a friend regarding all these “Trillanes bashers” and I was advised not to get all riled up about them. Fact of the matter is, the more people castigate Trillanes, the more the “kabaro” sympathy grows, even those who were originally unsympathetic to the cause will align with it not bacause of they believe but because a part of them is being hurt. These people are all that matters not those perennial “critics.”
Sen. Trillanes, Gen. Lim and Mr. Nemenzo were right, don’t wait for the majority -act as a majority of one. Those UP alumni showing disrespect for Nemenzo should be ashamed of themselves, the man knows more than we give him credit for. Even if we look at Steven Covey’s teachings, we are responsible for our OWN actions, if we want to, we can INDIVIDUALLY decide to act, the numbers will come later…
http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0504e.asp
atty: thanks for the info: it is feasible and it is possible and we can do it..shorten her term until 2008. 2007 will end in two weeks time. Do you think we can get signatures or we can vote on this soonest? We can do it if each one will make the commitment “to rebuild” the nation..And collectively we will win..let’s do it. But we have to be citizens..right? In the States we can have dual citizenship..so let’s do it. Again, thanks.
jay: I don’t know Mr. Nemenzo, but he is a good choice. He will be a good leader..he is not a politician; he has been a president of a very prestigious school (not like the University of Alcala); he is not “military” and at this time we need one like him..he is not young like Trillanes..And all of those detained and the media will work with him..they were a good group..military, priest, lawyers, civilians, columnist. a group brought together by and with one purpose…”rebuild the nation” Though I am not from UP, during my college days..the UP president then was angara gara daw..hindi naman pala..
juggernaut: Years back, there was a movie “the majority of one” and there was one line I keep in mind..”when you know you are right, you have a majority of one.”
THE LAWYERS’ INABILITY TO ACCEPT THE TRUTH
The truth according to legality is based on the law, the constitution, this is a myopic view of reality and not the way to truth. Our forefathers, being of humble beginnings were not pompous and arrogant lawyers who believed that what they established was PERFECT already thats why they made a way for changes, for amendments. It will take generations upon generations of amendments to even begin to touch perfection. Sadly enough, though well versed in argument and legalese, lawyers are limited in this way…
on klingon’s lines as quoted by ellen and rose’s as repeated by atty36252, am for it.
why not start here where the idea was concieved?
dito nagmula, ‘andito na tayo, bakit hindi tayo dito magsimula?
lumilikwad ang mga araw na parang nagkukumahog sa kabilisan, baka tayo maiwan at bigla na lamang tayong magulat sa pagkatantong HULI NA PALA ANG LAHAT!
“CONCEIVED”, sori, nagkapalit.
rose:
Kailangan ng lightning moves. If we can get the signatures by end of January, puwede nang mag-petition by then. Comelec is required to conduct the referendum in 60 to 90 days, so that will be end of March. One month to count, so that is April. If the amendment wins, that gives the candidates 45 days to campaign before second Monday of May.
Kung hindi naman, move the month to June. Mabuting i-present as is, then let the people in the Philippines refine it, assuming we get the ball rolling.
We can start, as MRivera says, here outside. May moral force din yan, dahil tayo ang nagpapadala ng pera sa mga kamag-anak. Let us print the amendment, pass it around, then send it to our consulates.
Do it this season, habang maraming kakilalang na-me-meet, habang nag-li-line dancing sa walang kamatayang Todo Todo. Anak ng kuwago. Inangkin na ng Noy-pi yang tugtuging yan. Hindi alam ng mga kilala kong Latino yan.
atty,
ngayon ang tamang oras, while the wound being inflicted by gloria is still fresh and continuously bleeding. baka matuyuan na tayong mga nangibang bayan na ang ipinadadala sa atin ay katumbas na lamang noong hindi pa presidente si tabako.
mahirap nang sa pag-aatubili natin ay mawalan tayo ng pagkakataon upang maisalba ang mabilis na lumulubog nating bangka.
maraming artikuladong utak ditong sayang naman kung sa tenga lamang aapaw at walang makikinabang kundi ang bulak na ipampapahid. at saka nandiyan ka, isang patnubay sa mga legal na aspeto ng adhikaing hindi naman para sa atin kundi para sa ating mga anak at apong tuwirang magdurusa kung hindi tayo kikilos ngayon.
sila ang kawawa kung hahayaan nating lumubog ang araw na hindi na muling sisikat kinabukasan.
WWNL
Thanks for seconding me on Dodong Nemenzo. Having no fear is tempered by intellectual humility. That’s what I saw in Dodong from a distance. That’s why the world respects Nelson Mandela. Give Dodong the chance to climb the world stage, and let the world audience be the judge.
You talk of NO FEAR, blogbrod? WWNL, what about braggarts and cowards or Supots as Mrivera likes to call them. There was one, not yet formally offered by fools to lead the country and he turned it down as will be expected of Gloria’s honourable men. Thanks God for that. Will you disagree bloggers if I say that our government has sunk so low that NO ONE who rides cars with plate No. 1 to No 12 is likely to do the country any good? From Marcos, Cory, Ramos, Ejercito, and Arroyo. That’s a big net with fine mesh.
In these times, the Supreme Court could be likened to hospital operating rooms: always cleaned and sterilized of the values of decency, courage and patriotism. What remain are the skills to make a fast million bucks and the surgical instruments of greed and deception. Marcos started this cleaning and sterilizing business. Now Gloria had (yes, past tense) done it to all government departments in the three co-equal branches. Just Read the honor roll of the TOP TEN OFFICES which are FREE OF CORRUPTION and I am the biggest liar in Ellenville.
Rose,
thanks for the good word about my workplace. And about
Dodong too. When there were socials, and other occasions attended by the UP President, and Angara was there. I never approached him, I avoided talking to him. And there were many of us. He should not have been a head worker there. Jose Abueva too. While Angara is a polished (nikelado) opportunist, Abueva is political sayangtist.
Many of my co-workers have no need for these kind of guys. Many are not swayed by promotions or scholarships abroad. Nor do they like poodles (tutas) shitting like peacocks in the workplace. Not anymore. Our tribe is getting fewer by the day. Many NOBODYs had already retired.
Count me in with the November 29 Movement.
If Dodong Nemenzo is willing and able to lead our country with the help of other Filipino men and women with integrity then so be it.
The big question is:
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THE SAKE OF OUR BELOVED PHILIPPINES?
“Faith without action is dead.”
Me too, count me in the November 29 Movement. What do I need to do? Do they have a website or a phone number?
I’m doing it not just because I hate Gloria but people’s lives are st stake!
atty: Would it be possible for you or someone to have a resolution in a more legalistic words..like we the undersigned to hereby ask etc..one resolution that we can say we really are united.. hindi seguro papayag si Ellen na dito i post sa blog but how do we get and make copies of the resolution..Ellen has my email address..or does she have your email address…just as Mrivera said we have to do it now…let’s strike when the iron is hot..Raku gid nga salamat…
atty: I have the luxury of time and will have time to go around..and ask for signatures..we can send to as many families as we can..just keep me posted…so I can be of help..
atty: thanks…
Guys,
Baka mayroon isa sa inyo na nakasama ko sa 9th National Congress of College Students sa Baguio City on Dec. 18-23 at Teachers camp.
Please identify yourself para join uli tayo sa labang ito.
ilang tulog na lang, pasko na!
Kung meron mang dahilan upang ipagdiwang natin ang Pasko nang hindi man masagana ay may hatid pag-asang tayo bilang mga magulang ay narito pa upang ipagpatuloy ang pangangalaga sa ating mga supling at pagsasanggalang sa kanilang karapatang pinipilit agawin at alisin ng isang pamunuang manhid sa ating mga karaingan. Isang pamunuang kinakasangkapan ang lahat upang pilit maikubli ang kawing ng katiwaliang kahit ano’ng pagtatago ang kanilang gawin ay kusang gumagawa ng sariling landas upang sumingaw at malantad sa sambayanan at buong mundo ang nakakasukang kabulukan.
Ang sino mang magbitiw ng pagpuna ay itinuturing na mapanligalig at kaaway ng batas gayung silang mga dapat na mangalaga sa ating kapakanan ang unang lumalabag sa batas na nilikha upang sa matuwid ipatupad. Lubog na ang ating buong katawan sa pagkalublob sa kumunoy ng kaapihan at sa bawat munting galaw ng pagwawalang bahala ay nangangahulugan ng kamatayan ng ating pag-asang tayo na rin ang kumikitil.
Kahit araw araw ay umiigting ang mga salitang nagpapadama ng ngalit at silakbo ng kaloobang humahanap ng katarungan ay hindi ito sapat upang mahadlangan ang patuloy na pananalasa ng mga nagpapanggap na lingkod bayan. Mga ganid na walang binabantayan kundi ang balong ng salapi sa kabang bayang ang pinagkukunan ay utang at padala mula sa ibayong dagat ng mga manggagawang ang ipinupuhunan ay dugo upang huwag magutom ang kanilang mga minamahal.
Habang naghihikahos ang karamihan bunga ng kawalan ng pagkakakitaan ay walang habas ang pagwawaldas ng mga kawatan sa pagpapasarap na ang ginugugol ay salapi ng bayan.
Sana, sa pagpasok ng bagong taon ay masumpungan natin ang pagkakaisa upang mas lalong maging matatag at may lakas ang pagsalunga sa unos na nagbabantang tuluyang wasakin ang natitira nating karangalan hindi lang bilang indibiduwal na mamamayan kundi bilang isang lahing ang yumuyurak ay hindi dayuhan kundi isang nilalang na alipin ng kasibaan at hayok sa kapangyarihan.
Naumpisahan na ang siklab, tayo na ang magpatuloy upang ang alab ay huwag mamatay, bagkus ay ating ikalat, para sa kinabukasan ng ating mga anak!
Mabuhay ang bagong Pilipinas!
Mabuhay tayong lahat!
Mrivera,
Nasabi mo na lahat at wala na akong masasabi pa.
Just thinking: It has been said by many (and certainly not all) that the Philippines is morally bankrupt..even our kagalang galang na mga pari, bishops (aywan ko lang si Bishop Villegas ay kasama dito) cardinals (aywan ko kung kasali din si Cardinal Rosales) said so. Can we call for a Unity in Prayers Week..can they start and designate a week say mid January? Hindi yong papuntahin ang mga tao sa Luneta (kasi puede nilang iharang…kailangan ang permit..) but a week when we individually can go to our respective churches to say an extra prayer or services each day ..Muslims, Christians (Catholics, Protestants..etc) Halimbawa, sa mga Catolico kung sa pagsimba sa Baclaran on Wednesday include a prayer for the removal of the root of evil..removal of the root of corruption; the conversion and change of hearts of the Executive powers, Legislative (both houses), Judiciary (from the lowest court to the Supreme Court), military, businessmen, who are involved in the corruption in our gov’t..Ipagdasal natin na maalis ang lahat ng mga sagabal sa Katarungan, Kayapaan, at Kaunlaran ng ating bayan..kung nagsisimba ka kay St. Jude ganoon din..and in churches like Sn. Miguel Cathedral, San Beda, San Beda, Quiapo, San SEbastian expose the Blessed Sacrament..because we do believe in the presence of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament..and let’s do nationally, sa lahat ng barrios, in all the countries where there are many Filipinos..seguro kung lahat tayo ay gumawa dito sa Manila hindi mahaharang ng PNB…hindi naman rally eh..nagsisimba sa mga simbahan..lalo na sa malapit sa Palasyo..hindi rally ito against Gloria at hindi niya puedeng ibawal..ang ipagdasal naman ay tungkol sa pagalis ng root of corruption..conversion and change of heart for those who are greedy and hungry for power…puera na lang kung sa akala niya siya yon..Let us pray for the cleaning up of corruption, greed, etc. Anong say ninyo? Bishop Labayen, Fr. Reyes, puede ba ito..prayers for the removal of evil that tribes in our country…
sorry I don’t know how to chop my thoughts…and we can also get signatures needed for atty.’s proposal…sabi niya by the end of January we have to get the signatures…we can ask those who come to pray if they want to sign for the amendment of the term of office…The primary intention of the prayers..Remove the Root of All Corruption and Evil in the Country particularly in the Government.
Wala na ang Snow storm watch…makalabas na ako ng bahay bukas! pero tgrrr grrr manong pa!
rose,
we can do ask for guidance of the Highest on our own and not through the invitation of those calling themselves pious but had sold their souls to the devil.
there is no more need to ask for middlemen when we can talk to God directly.
baka ipagkanulo pa tayo at ang ating mga dasal ay kay gloria nila iparating.
Hi Rose pahabol ha,
Maligayang Pasko!
RE: JUST THINKING!
I have only ONE word sa mga binanggit mo, CHRISTLESS society!
Ito ang tunay na mukha ng ating lipunan, naghahari ang kawalang direksyon ng buhay espirituwal ng ating mga Kababayan.
Masalimoot ang nilalandas ng tunay at pagiging isa Kristiano ng mga Pilipino. Salu-salungat ang kaisipan sa paggawad ng katarungan at walang bait sa sarili para sa kaniyang kapwa-tao.
Sang-ayon sa Banal na Kasulatan, Äng isang Bansa na nagbabalik loob sa Kanyang Kapangyarihan ay Kaniyang pagpapalain.”
Kabaligtaran ang mga nangyayari sa ating Bayan, sapagka’t patuloy ang pagsuway at pagsalangsang sa Kataastaasang Diyos na Lumikha.
Di pa huli ang lahat, WAKE up brethren in Christ…magsisi tayo ng ating mga kasalanan at magbalik loob tayo sa Kanyang pagkalinga.