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DO SOMETHING and DO IT NOW Butuanons and Agusanons!
May 22nd, 2007 by kurt-jumpman23
Copied from Armelo Beluan:
I’ll just reword or rephrase what I’ve
been rambling about all along, ma sa
friendster or sa inuman. I’ll make it
this time clear as crystal. (Pero
please react naman dito sa friendster
because mahirap makipagtunggali sa
texting.)
What were my observations so far:
1. A true democracy is based on a
strong middle class — strong in the
sense that it is the majority.
2. A democracy based on the poor
majority is mob rule. Do I have to
explain this? They have a tendency to
sell out their votes. And if one is
hungry, one cannot really participate
in any debate, much less in a
discussion about nationalism.
3. Ok, the impoverished may sense a
iota of nationalism in them but it’s
the I’m-really-a-nationalist-and-
Pimentel-is-really-a-good-lawyer-but-I-
want-some-free-beer kind of
nationalism.
4. By selling out their votes, they
really make a statement. A strong one,
at that. And it’s for us to figure
out. I’ve been trying to figure that
out for years. Ha, it turned out to be
commonsensical: Gutom e. You vote with
your stomach.
5. Some of the middle class, in
collusion with the high class, are
part of the political/ruling class.
Man, this has implications. It means
that the minority middle class is
doing something hardcore and obscene
to the impoverished majority to
preserve the whole setup or crap. The
middle class keeps itself minor and at
once, also maintains the impoverished
majority.
5. I have a gut sense it is useless
for the middle class to influence the
elections by voting. The only purpose
of voting on the part of the middle
class is symbolic — that is, to make
a statement and to be a model of
participation. But statistically, in
our setup, it is useless. Hence, it
opted to influence the vote in some
other ways, legit or not legit.
6. Examples: vote-buying, block-
voting, special-interest lobbying,
assasinations, bomb threats, etc.
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read more of his thoughts in :
http://meloinks.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/
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my own message to the readers:
I know that the local election is over. But If you readers want a positive change in our Philippine politics, then do something for a better change.
We should not wait for the ELECTION-FEVER-INFECTED MONTHS that usually start months/weeks before the elections ( just like what happened recently) to act, express, complain and voice out our opinions on the government( national/local), on social and political issues.
It is not fair to just complain over and over and over again to our government officials . It is unfair to just complain only to the alleged output of the elections and alleged corruptions yet not doing anything to help government officials and most especially citizens themselves. You only “COMPLAIN”. Nothing more, nothing less and it stops there.
On my personal observation, it is not the politicians alone that should be blamed on the flows of our electoral system. And it is really unfair to blame them alone. The electorate, the voters should also blamed.
BEFORE, the politicians buy votes from the voters.
NOW, the voters sell their votes to the politicians.
There is no statistical data to support this claim, but I believe that the votes of vote-selling voters clearly outnumbers the votes of educated voters.
If you are/will be an EDUCATED VOTER, like YOU,like ME, like THEM, let US transform VOTE-SELLING VOTERS to be like us.
Our helplessness, let-them-do-it-all, Bahala-na-sila kind of thinking will only feed the the pockets and wallets of our power hungry politicians.
DO SOMETHING and DO IT NOW.
Posted in politics | tagged butuanon, elections | | 2 Comments
GMA: 75% of the Voting Population Voted, A display of Democracy in our COuntry
May 15th, 2007 by kurt-jumpman23
Read that on the Philippine Star, May 15, 2007!
MAo ba? PAGCHUR OI! tambling ko ron!.
Democracy in our country is just a thought.
The best way for people to test the powers of democracy is through conduction of elections.
But in this country, people are crying about change. But do these people really represent the Filipino population, statistically speaking? Just how much of Filipinos want change ?
Vote buying has become a sacred tradition of Filipinos( as what the great Armelo Beluan noted) .
POVERTY! CORRUPTION! hahay… social evils… spare us FILIPINOS!
Posted in politics, rants | tagged corruption | | 0 Comments
Dirty Dirty Dirty DIRTY Politics
May 14th, 2007 by kurt-jumpman23
Fucking politics.
This is my first election that I could vote. This was also the election that my brother ran for City councilor.
The Philippine Electoral SYSTEM is SO DAMN ROTTEN!!!!!!!!!!!
There were no attempts to improve and change this system.
If the main problems of previous elections were cheating and vote-buying, there is something worse than that.
Voters living in urbanized Baranggays, are actually selling their Votes. Mag Vote Straight kay BOYDAKU nga 200 ang hatag, mag vote straight pud kay ANGEL nga 500 ang hatag. Pascual? haha… ambot lang… zero zerohan man gani sa counting! 
Much much much worse, these voters are presumed to be intelligent than those in the rural areas.
I was so upbeat that idealism, intelligence, and good platform of government of candidates are the qualities that make voters vote for them.
MONEY is the biggest factor. If you have big bucks, plus the mentioned factors above, then the probability of winning is big.
Reeducationg, reinforcing, empowering our voters, the electoral system is a virtual impossibility.
CHARTER CHANGE doesn’t make sense. There will be a balance of power among national politicians. But on the local scene, it is still dominated by political dynasties.
Being a UP Student, as I have been taught to be as a catalyst of change in society, the task is too much, especially when the society you want to make change is the avenue of politics. Philippine politics have so many errors in the past, which is continuing upto the present time. The results are pretty much irreversible.
To win, you must play dirty. I don’t think that’s consistent with my beliefs.
Posted in politics, rants | tagged corruption, election | | 4 Comments
THe ELite Filipino Youth and Politics
May 3rd, 2007 by kurt-jumpman23
This portion of Filipino youth should be involved in Philippine politics.
‘Involvement’ does not necessarily mean to support any particular candidate and vote him/her. Involvement could mean of being aware of what is happening politically, socially and atleast try to give a damn about it.
Most importantly, exercise your right of suffrage.Now if the youth of today will not give a damn and fuck about it,especially this portion of socioeconomic class of Filipino youth, I hope they will not blabber and complain when they reach adulthood and blame the politicians because of the failing political Philippine system.
Blame yourself for not doing anything, for not being involved.
The power for change is not always dependent on the politicians and candidates alone, but on the voters as well.
And before I forgot, if you are a ‘youth’ that belongs to top tier class of socioeconomic level of the society , then your involvement is pretty much powerful.
Posted in nationalism, politics, rants | tagged elections | | 2 Comments
year 2007: the year of the pig or dragon?
May 1st, 2007 by kurt-jumpman23
maybe chinese astrology is right
During the chinese new year, every time these experts predict that it would be a good year for those who born in those ‘ years of the dragon’, my experience on those years were, like what they say, lucky and happy.
Now it’s 2007, last January, these chinese people predicted that it will not be a good year for dragon people. I was born on a dragon year, perhaps that prediction is true.
I’ve been struggling this year, in many aspects of my life, almost all of it.
Now it’s election time and my brother’s gonna run for BUtuan City Councilor. ( Butuanons, please vote for him, view his profiles on my profile …please 
FROI MONTERO, choy sa konseho! )
But how I really really really wish these election tarpolins and handbills will be transformed into food.
Enough of the details and drama.
It’s really not my year, from January until May. Hope this jinx would end by this month or until june. December is still too far. Hope 2008 will be kinder to me.
Like the old Beattles song: “ I should get back where I once belonged.“
Posted in rants | | | 2 Comments
