It seems Noynoy Aquino is the latest “winnable” presidential candidate to come out of the woodwork. That is if we are to subscribe to the easy “logic” of the Inquirer.net…
If elections were held today, who can beat him? With the Cory magic materializing with the alacrity of a genie summoned, the presidency is the least of what the Aquino family can get. The explosion of love and gratitude that accompanied Cory to her final resting place was more than a Pacquiao victory, Christmas and the prospective ousting of a hated figure combined. The natural political beneficiary of that avalanche of goodwill is Noynoy.
Indeed, that “Cory magic” lies in her being a powerful symbol of whatever “fight” Filipinos imagine to be unfinished to this day.
Symbols are a great communication tool. With a single icon, gesture, ritual, or colour so much human emotion could be stirred and so much human drama incited. The sentiments behind the most powerful and history-altering movements human civilisation has seen could be invoked by the simplest of symbols — a swastika, a crucifix, a hammer and sickle, a blindfolded lady bearing a balance. On the vastly smaller scales of the Philippine setting, we have the red flag, the “KKK” logo, and, yes, the “L” sign and the colour yellow.
Over tens of millions of years, the human mind has evolved a vast and profound capacity for rapidly summarising and encapsulating ideas into shortcut nuggets — much the same way as vastly complex applications are represented as colourful little icons dotting the “desktop” screens of our computing devices. As such, the impulse to latch on to and summarily give meaning to “symbollic” images, gestures, and sounds is virtually instinctive — an impulse that traces its roots to the very bowels of our specie’s minds’ reptilian complex.
- See sabre toothed tiger = [Chewed out neck] = Run for your life.
- Smell rotting flesh = [Potential bacterial infection] = Gagging reflex.
- Spy voluptuous female form = [Fertility] = Follow your dick.
Summarised in this way, we have no need to bother with understanding the inner workings of the ideas that underpin certain symbols. Our minds can pretty much bypass the nature of the potential result enclosed in brackets above and head straight for direct action. The sound of a snarling animal sends that familiar adrenaline-fuelled chill up our spine. A gagging reflex does not take you through that stepped processes of considering the life-threatening consequences of an abscessed injury. Men are not in the general habit of thinking of female fertility when admiring the female form from a distance.
Thus;
Response to a symbol does not necessarily translate to rational behaviour.
While these primal impulses served our hunter-gatherer ancestors well, today things have changed a bit, and therefore;
This human condition is what underpins the immense power of influence wielded by those who make engineering and manipulation of symbollic devices a professional undertaking.
Consider then that the Reptilian Complex evolved over tens of millions of years while rational thought is a human ability that is all of a few tens of thousands of years old. And so it is quite easy to imagine which between the two dominates our minds; low-thinking-applied beholdenness to symbollism or thinking-intensive careful consideration of one’s next action.
Consider Noynoy Aquino = [place platform here] = Personal endorsement
The above equation is structurally identical to the first three examples I cited. The only difference is that modern-day uniquely Filipino parameters were plugged in.
If you plan to endorse Noynoy Aquino or whoever else bozo politician that next comes out of the woodwork and proclaims their “winnability” in the 2010 Presidential Elections, consider the missing variable in the brackets above and do our collective intelligence a bit of justice for a change.
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That’s human nature Benigs! But I would rather have Kris get the benefits of The Symbol!
If he so decides, Noynoy is a viable presidential material.
My dream candidate for the post is Randy David, a social scientist whom Benigz might include in his list of the “enlightened ones”.
SIDE-TOPIC: MISSING BLOGTHREAD : Perpetual People Power.
Cocoy’s entire blogthread — his original post and all comments — disappeared.
Two of the possible explanations are:
(1) Technical glitz. One of the servers died went kaput and restart-and-restore processes failed.
(2) FilipinoVoices Thought-Police-”big-kahuna”-site-owner did his thing. Desaparecido.
Oh, yeah, another possibility is:
(3) Malacanang/Camp Crame long-reach. Government Censors saw and acted.
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And another possibility is :
(4) The blog-author (cocoy) deleted the entire thread.
UP n,
Yes what happened with that? I spent three hours (plus or minus two hours and 55 minutes) penning great wisdom, but when I went to post it, I was redirected to cyberspace.
Joe
(5) another possibility : a hacker.
to JoeAmerica: Just like to the question of “… who paid the Le Cirque bill?”, somebody out there (but not me) some one knows what happened to cocoy’s blogpost.
Hi, UP n, I’m not sure of a blog “Perpetual People Power”.. I haven’t deleted any such article. I’ll ask Cocoy if it was deleted by mistake..
Thanks for tracking this one down, Nick. Cocoy may have used “everlasting” or “perpetual” or whatever, but I do know “people power” was part of the title.
was this a recent article? I’ve emailed Cocoy, so we’ll see what happened.. I can’t seem to find it through our backend database here..
Nick: cocoy’s referback to smoke has time/date-stamp:
The Permanent Revolution of People Power | Filipino Voices
August 9, 2009 at 11:46 pm
[...] Romany of the House of Smoke aptly douses cold reality: Well, what did I really expect? That politicians would keep their grubby, self-serving, paws off of the public upwelling of love for Cory Aquino? HAH! Pipe-dream! [...]
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Thanks, nick! I see cocoy’s “Perpetual People Power” blog submission is posted.
Once again why bother with assumptions that may seem to be definitive.
The predicate is still an assumption… Tama na bO walang laman na naman.
Enough of this kwentong kutchero/barbero
Sure, Mr. J_ag. Still an assumption (considering you are focusing on the specific bozo I use as a mere case-in-point).
BUT the sort of thinking applied to evaluating the the implications of said assumption are so characteristically familiar in terms of the kind of moronic national “debate” that Filipinos are renowned for.
Just like in 2001, cory and a million others assumed that anyone would be better than Erap. The thinking behind that of 2001 has HARDLY CHANGED. Today, the thinking is THE SAME:
Anyone but Gloria.
Patalsikin na. Now na.
Since we are in the business of NOT CHANGING then we may as well keep reciting this as well; all together now:
Kahol ng Bayan
Marahil nga na nakakabagot
Ang mga suliranin ng ‘sang Lipunang
Sa kabiguan lamang nauuwi
Mula munting pakitang-taong ambag
Hangga’t sa mula pusong alay na palag.
Makabuluhang resulta’y di inaasam
Sa mga kilusang kinakamkam
Bagama’t punto ng pag-alsa
Kahit pinuno’y di alam
Basta’t “sugod” ang kanyang damdam.
Ngunit saysay ng sigaw di malaan
Pagka’t kailan ma’y walang nakamit
Na pag-unawa sa pinagmulang prinsipyong
Makabuluhan kung mayroon man.
Sa mga susunod na kabanata
Ng kasaysayan ng bansa
Ang paglitis ng madla
Di magtutugma sa iba
Kundi sa malinaw na pangamba:
Pinoy nga naman talaga,
Parang aso umasta
Matangkad lang kapag naka-upo
Sa tawag ng amo lang tatayo.
[Dedicated to the Filipino "Revolutionary"
by benign0, Lyricist Extraordinaire]
Enough of armchair revolutionaries. Get engaged. Join movements and engage. Enough of talk… Engage in the political process maski na tulisan ka. That would be your belief system… OK lang yun.
You have to hand it to guys like Chavit… If government cannot be loved they have to switch to using fear to govern. If they cannot use fear and cannot be loved that would mean walang gobierno.
The guys who game the system to gain an advantage is what politics is all about. Kung hindi kayo marunong of hindi ninyo kaya makisawsaw saw sa politika di maging contestant na lang kayo sa Wowwoweeeee.
Maski alam nang lahat na si Mar ay mababaw, alam niya na may pagasa siya rin sa politika nang mababaw.
Based on the historical context of our societal development Binay would be the ideal candidate. Poor boy who made good by gaming the system to become a political leader. His distributive justice in Makati is unequal but is unique and can only be done in Makati due to the high rate of business and realty taxes.
President Aquino laid down a defense of the democratic space and nothing more. The task of economic democracy is more complicated.
I do not expect that Binay understands the complexity of a community larger than Makati but we need politicos in politics. The system at the present time calls for politicians making a career of politics. It is the part of the commoditization process of an evolving feudal system.
Even advocacies require a material base to work from. Ask anyone to contribute to a cause for transparency in all aspects of governance. That would include sticking down aspects of the bank secrecy law.
A country wherein those with the most are reluctant to share it with the state for a lack of faith and trust in state institutions would be the first to holler.
Look at the leftist groups. Even they had to join the formal political process. Never minds that Dinky Soliman is gunning for another public job. Pero nagtratrabaho siya para makamtan yung layunin niya.
We all without exception work for our self interest first whatever it may be. You want it to be for free then that becomes your gift for a larger cause. President Aquino was a wealthy woman. Unlike Imelda lumaban siya not expecting to increase her material possessions.
This post from someone who has been in organizing communities for more than a generation. We have been offered political positions countless times but refuse to join since we believe we are the government. We have been most effective outside of government.
In the dialectical process there will be a time when the process leading to synthesis could turn violent. Ninoy Aquino and the hundreds who died at the hands of the dictator is proof of it…
Government can only work if it becomes a symbol of restorative and retributive justice.
Edsa I was an incomplete revolution because of it. We are paying the price dearly for it today.
Advice to bO.. If you want to remain anonymous in the online community do not let it prevent you from actually engaging in politics apart from commenting on it from your armchair.
In other words get real about it. Talk is cheap….
Yeah, Cory just kept Hacienda Luisita.
What makes you think B0 is not part of a movement?
What makes you think B0 is not engaged?
What makes you think B0 is not engaged in agit-prob in a movement that asks Pinoys to get real.
The political process is but one path to a desired destination – empowerment and prosperity.
There are other paths, take people’s focus from politics for an instant. For instance this group – http://www.minland.ph has help poor communities take control of their lives without having to engage in the political process.
Rather the community engaged in the cultural and economic process. The community identified attitudes and practices that were not working for them. Identified new attitudes and practices that worked. Then, they brushed up on their entrepreneurial skills, acquired the skill set that allowed them to do basic cost accounting, bookkeeping, and production forecasting.The community changed its culture, inspite of the “developmental stage”, and consciously decided to move forward knowing that the decision meant changing their worldview – and so, they did.
Then they reached out to Fil-ams in North Florida, who in turn assisted them in identifying opportunities for trading their communities’ products. Thus far, they have signed an agreement to supply specialty civet coffee – and kape barako. Their program directors were invited by the Phil-ams, who undertook a round of fund-raisers, had the directors trained and ceritifed as baristas, technology to be transferred to the community.
With their economics taken cared of, said communities will no longer be selling their votes. With their new found enterprise, and having to muster critical thinking in order to sustain viability – I don’t see “victims of society” – I see people who are willing to step up to their responsibility in kaing this world a better place to live in – one person at a time.
Oh I do agree with you, Mr. J_ag.
Talk indeed is cheap. But then so is action. That’s because any moron can talk and, hey, in case you haven’t noticed, tapeworms do nothing but perform actions.
What sets the men from the boys apart is talking and acting with world-class thinking that underpins both.
Landing on the moon for example is an ACT that is underpinned by centuries of world-class thinking.
Compare that singular achievement to that of the Philippines. It is a society that is the result of lots of actions underpinned by very sparse thinking.
Wanna see evidence? It’s all here, dude. A sad portrait of lots of action underpinned by an intellectual wasteland.
Read it and weep. :-D
So the guy who designed the rockets to take men into outer space designed it in the same way the first hominids designed an arrow with a flint tip to bring down game ad his enemies.
So did Von Braun design his rockets to destroy the enemy.
So what is new. JFK decided to make a call for going to the moon to gain the strategic advantage over the Soviets. After that Vietnam and it has been downhill ever since. Today the world is at a crossroads. The Americans can no longer continue on their merry way.
Now back to bO… From chipping stones to make tools and weapons to automatic weapons. Where do you figure the Philippines stage of developmental skill set is in?
For today-and-now Pinas, a very pervasive operational model is
” Don’t bother me with the facts. I already know the truth!”
J-ag:
You can be an apologist for the lack of development – or you can strike at the heart of the matter – you can be like a rudderless wind subject to the whims of the wind, or you can create the future by working on it today.
Pinas and pinoy society is a rudderless boat, an amoeba that responds to stimuli -without thinking.
Not in the flight of thought but in the act alone is there freedom. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Which can be paraphrased for the 21st century wired world as
Not in the blog of thought from Down Under but in the act alone is there freedom!
Stephen Hawking, because of his neuro muscular dystrophy, cannot perform much action but is a world renowned theoretical physicist. He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity, especially in the context of black holes. He has also achieved success with works of popular science in which he discusses his own theories and cosmology in general; these include the runaway best seller A Brief History of Time.
I guess you can say that Mr Hawking is sitting in his armchair while inspiring other people in a position to do action. That is pretty much what Benign0 and the likes of him are doing. Maybe when the Filipinos take the time to understand what he is saying, they can finally find their way out of the black hole.
Ilda stop stroking yourself and for sure stroking bO. He is a scientist who continues to work at his calling. It is the content of his remarkable brain that is still working to benefit humans.
Handicapped people are very capable of working. Armchair revolutionaries cannot claim the same.
You become successful if your message resonates and echoes with people and the message is accepted by many in an organizing effort. Kung walang message what is the point. He has no thesis to begin with.
Ad hominem is : He has no thesis to begin with.
And then there is : I don’t get it. What exactly is benign0′s thesis?
“Handicapped people are very capable of working. Armchair revolutionaries cannot claim the same”.
J_ag, how can you be so sure that Benign0 is not handicapped? And can you explain why armchair revolutionaries cannot claim the same?
I think that his message doesn’t resonate only to people who are driven by hate like you. You just come across as someone who is so angry. Try a different approach.
Mike H,
Dramatic, isn’t it, the change in tone that occurs when one accepts responsibility for misunderstandings?
Joe
The democratic space and process is, for Benigno, a bane.
He wanted to be the philosopher king – more talk, limited action.
His vision is government by autocratic fiat.
On the contrary, B0 recognizes that the democratic space is a boon.
The bane is how Pinoys screw up the democratic space, by tightening the landlord classes’ noose around Pinoy necks in the form of the 1987 constitution’s protectionist provisions.
The bane is how Pinoys screw up the democratic space, by selling their votes.
The bane is how Pinoys screw up the democratic space, by voting for bozos like Erap.
Not very likely. He hastily removed his authoritarian manifesto from his own website when i mentioned about it here. I don’t know why he did. Maybe he is changing gears. Maybe he realized the manifesto is too offensive for Pinoy sensibilities. Maybe he just wanted to hide, for now, his true colors. But just so we avoid second guessing Benigno’s political orientation, let the brilliant man himself declare in this forum whether he is standing by the democratic process or not. That should clear the stream flow of further discussions once and for all.
BTW, Benigno’s disciple, BenK, favors and is arguing for, a Singaporean model of authoritarian rule.
What “authoritarian manifestation” are you talking about, dude? I have never removed anything from my website, and I never will.
Tranquil,
I don’t know if you are referring to this.
http://www.getrealphilippines.com/rant/rant00007.html
I have no idea if it disappeared for a while due to some tech glitches or whatever reason.
So I respectfully take ben’s word for it.
I also tried to search for the one that Upn was referring to but the last time i checked whic was a few minutes ago, it can be googled but it lead me to the FV homepage………
(no cached copy yet)
wala lang.
for the record, it is back UPN
YUP! I see it, thanks! [And I know it wasn't #2 nor #3 -- "thought-police" -- that caused the the disappearance. ]
YUP! I see it, thanks! [And it wasn't #2 nor #3 -- "thought-police" -- that caused the disappearance. ]
No karl, that is not the one.
Oh I see, tranquil.
I don’t think it was a pitch for authoritarianism. What was pointed out is that – even the Philippine version of authoritarianism is so kulelat.
Where the Malaysian and Singaporean authoritarian figures succeeded in shaping up their respective societies, Philippine authoritarianism just winds up raiding the tax coffers – a lot more in common with Latin banana republics than the Asian tigers.
Your word and my word then Benigz. Between you and me, you are a big fat liar.
Anyways, to put that behind us would you be able to declare here your political orientation? i.e., strenghtening of democracy or erection of authoritarian rule?
Who knows, by being honest about it and if you could make a good case for your agenda, maybe you’d be able to gain some recruits in this forum.
Hokayyyy Mr. tranquil. Let me see…
You ask a question, I answer you, and then you don’t believe my answer.
What kind of moronism is that?
Dude, if you think I am a liar, then I propose that we end this conversation right now.
You’re not in the habit of talking to people you’ve decided are liars, are you?
The onus is on you Benigno because on top of your list in your so-called “solution framework” in your brilliant website you have there the need to establish an environment of trust.
Does it sound familiar Benigz or have you totally forgotten?
Between the need to establish an environment of trust and all the lying and the cheating going around is a big wide gulf of INCOHERENCE.
Yes Benigz, from now on here on FV i will dismiss you as nothing more than a very pretentious charlatan.
Suit yourself. Have a nice life.
Alice! Get me my rifle, quick!
There’s another talkative counterproductive troll!
trust is established based on consistency and adherence to the facts – not a hinugot sa langit proposition dahil alaskado :)
Benigno’s passionate loathing of the ignorant corruptible masses is borne out of his upper crust mindset.
Somehow it escapes his rigid ponderings that the masses’ ignorance and poverty are but products of our unfortunate history as well as that of the current social dynamics of deliberate effort by the ruling class to keep them poor and ignorant.
On the contrary, the thrust is for:
1 – Increase awareness of dysfunctional habits in the masses – considering they account for 93% of the voting population – unless you get another 44% to your side – and if their votes aren’t split up – you have no chance of getting a sane competent candidate to win.
2 – If you relegate the masses to being incapable of transcending the daily issues and looking at them as mere victims – “products of our unfortunate history as well as that of the current social dynamics of deliberate effort by the ruling class to keep them poor and ignorant.” – then doesn’t show your contempt for the masses? The mass movements have shown otherwise – when the masses political awareness is raised, when they are organized, and mobilized – the masses will sweep away dictators – heck, Cory Aquino’s handlers can even piggyback on the masses movement – and claim it as Cory’s ( which is disgusting).
Well and good. Evolution is inevitable. But please note that there is a formidable segement in our society who is playing the zero-sum games.
They are victims BongV. But that doesn’t mean they are incapable of transcending daily issues or overturning their fate as victims. The system being consistently devised to betray their aspirations they have, at one time or another, shown that they are capable of grander, nobler existence.
I consider the Catholic church and other obtuse religious wingnuts the biggest enemy of the masses.
at the end of the day, look back at the 24 hours – how could you have used the time better?
blaming the government?
or directly addressing the needs and gaps needed by the community?
will blaming the government immediately allow a destitute child to have a meal this very instant? will it put a writing pad and pen in a child’s school bag?
why not:
1 – address the immediate need (triage)
2 – explain the issues after meeting the needs (you now have their attention)
3 – build a consensus based on SWOT analysis
4 – provide the skills and knowledge that closes the gap
5 – formulate a strategic plan and update it regularly as the tactical assessment developes
6 – elect a board
7 – incorporate
8 – steer towards prosperity (with or without government)
Noynoy just dont have the “it” to be a leader, common! And neither do Kris. Of course Ninoy had it. But even Cory doesn’t have it at all!
rego:
this episode is like a chinese kung fu movie where “noynoy” is being cast as a challenger to arroyo’s anointee – and then deliver a dialog like
“you killed my my master 20 years ago. i will avenge his death with snake in the eagle’s shadow style”
to which the anointee says “huh, you can’t beat my yin technique which I learned on SpikeTV”
then the jologs go to Noynoy… “oh master you have to beat the bad Arroyo annointee, it is your destiny”…
then Noynoy draws a light saber.
and Arroyo’s anointee draws a double light saber – aha.. it was count Doku after all…
then… a TV ad by Kris Fermin, Boy Abunda, Kris Aquino – with product endorsement by ellensville… ayos very happy ang jolog audience…
That s entertainment Bong!Oh well piny na pinoy talga!
Noynoy Aquino = [honorable] = Move Priest Down a Notch
Joe
what should come first? action or thought?
ready… fire… aim?
fire… aim… ready?
World class thinking… where did you go to school? bO you should study the personal history of James Watt (steam engine) and the removal of Thomas Edison by J.P. Morgan from General Electric. You should also study how the U.S. took over Marconi Radio (wireless radio) and divided it between G.E. and Westinghouse. There was no thought of being world class. They had a problem of survival to solve they and found a solution. But only after so so so many failures.
You should also study how the U.S. forced the British to give up their patents on atomic power, jet propulsion and pharmaceuticals in lieu of some of their war time debts.
Yeah but they got there, didn’t they? Whereas Pinoys can be just as thievin’ or as greedy as any schmoe all over the world, the question remains:
Where are the results?
I even wrote way back, that even at thievin’, Pinoys are third rate.
Of course there was no conscious thought of being world-class among those who achieve, dude — because because being world-class is second nature to them. They take pride in doing things properly. Being world-class was not a conscious effort. The effort just happened to be world-class.
No one has a monopoly on knowledge, dude. It’s there all over the place and right under our noses. In fact nowadays there is just simply no excuse to be ignorant. And yet, it seems Pinoys simply cannot and will not learn.
Even the Japanese stole and borrowed ideas from the West. But here’s the difference between world-class achievers and chronic basketcases like our society. Achievers make something out of what they acquire — whatever way they acquire it.
Guess again Mr. J_ag. My thesis is articulated right here in all its brilliant glory [note that we are in the process of migration out of Geocities and that page will be available here in the future].
And for the attention-span-challenged folk, check out also this brilliant slide show where the groundbreaking take of “getrealism” on the world-class dysfunction of Pinoy society is presented in 19 colourful easy-readin’ slides.
Read it and weep. :-D
BenignO,
Yes, quotability abounds in your slide show,
love those little bean guys running about.’
Regarding your slides 15 and 16, I had penned the following this afternoon before reading your bit:
To change is to LET GO of what you have now. It can’t be, “I’ll stay the same, and all those other people have to change”. Likewise, it can’t be “I’ll change, but no one else can because we want to preserve that unique Philippine culture.”
Think about how hard that is, to accept a Philippines that is not what it is today. To LET GO of the security, of all that you find so familiar and therefore comforting.
Personally, I hope that what gets lost are the rationalizations, the hyper-sensitivity that suppresses objectivity, the blaming, and the fear of doing right. When all the excuses are lost, people will start doing good, and taking care of their fellow citizens a lot better.
The Philippines will change dramatically, physically and culturally.
Joe
“Symbols are a great communication tool.”
But of course, benigs. In the Philippine context, Noynoy is the perfect symbol of Ninoy’s fight. Just look at his name. Double niNOY = NOYNOY!!! He is his father’s son! Ano ka ba?
The same effect of BongBong for Marcos, JocJoc, AiAi, ayay! :)
RELATED ERAP JOKE: A foreigner asked former president Joseph Estrada why the Filipino language (based on the Tagalog dialect) keep repeating words to form adverbs/adjectives e.g. bihi-bihira, kaibig-ibig, kagalang-galang, etc.
After pondering about it, Erap replied: “well even your English language has a similar quirk. For example, cleanliness: clean na, linis pa!”
NOYNOY FOR PRESIDENT….
Hooray. And Boy Abunda for senator.
Pwede po before winnability e plataporma muna?
Susmaryosep.
The message is quite clear – shape up, be responsible for your success, hold your leaders accountable, do the right thing.
This message will not resonate with an audience that wants stuff to be served on a silver platter.
Tough luck kid, there is always a price for success – if you don’t pay, you don’t play. Can’t have the cake and eat it, too. So there, third world pa ren – at para di nakakahiya developing country na lang ang tawag. Sheesh, utot by any other name stinks just the same.
hear ye!
I dont believe that because the mother was a good leader. The son
or the daughter are like the mother. Individual differences exist
on all person. If the father is a genius. The son or daughter can
turn up as dumb as we are.
Look for leaders who have really the good qualifications. They are there. They only need to be discovered.
I don’t believe the mother was a good leader either.
She was a rallying point for Filipinos. Good Leadership
on Filipino QUALITY of Leadership. Compared to the
world’s great. The Machos were all afraid; exiled or in
cahoots with the Dictator. I think she fell short also.
Comapring her to Churchill of Britain, Lincoln and
Franklin Roosevelt of the U.S. She did not measure up.
if noynoy was a candidate and the other opposition aspirants gave way (which in itself is unthinkable), and the elections were held today, he would have a good shot at winning, considering the intellectual vacuity of the dominant “majority” – the same group that elected erap. i’m sure a straw poll in this blog will have it for noynoy, hands down.
wala pang plataporma yan, face value lang, ayos na.
ang pinoy talaga :)
too right!
Between the need to establish an environment of trust and all the lying and the cheating going around is a big wide gulf of incoherence.
Benigno,
New Deal, New Frontier
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the Democratic Presidential nomination, he pledged America a “New Deal” to embody his economic programs to address the “great Depression” which was already 3 years running.
Yet even on election day, his “New Deal” remained ambiguous. One writer commented as much that his speeches were more to win votes than to specify what his plans truly were.
His “Brain Trust” team probably hasn’t agreed on what to do. And with Richard Moley exiting and later criticizing FDR’s plans; the original team probably never did.
When John F. Kennedy won the Democratic Presidential nomination, he in turn spoke of a “New Frontier”.
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Announcement+of+Candidacy+for+President.htm
Yet when he announced his candidacy for the American Presidency, there was hardly any idea on his announcement of what his programs are except for what issues his programs will be.
“STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY January 2, 1960 Washington, D. C.
I am announcing today my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. …
In the past 40 months, I have toured every state in the Union and I have talked to Democrats in all walks of life. My candidacy is therefore based on the conviction that I can win both the nomination and the election.
I believe that any Democratic aspirant to this important nomination should be willing to submit to the voters his views, record and competence in a series of primary contests. I am therefore now announcing my intention of filing in the New Hampshire primary and I shall announce my plans with respect to the other primaries as their filing dates approach. …”
I can’t remember what ex-Pres. Estrada’s campaign platform was but he was at least brave enough to face a debate on live TV to show his thoughts on what he intended to do. Even FPJ was able to cough one up which included the issue of “Altanghap”. And I didn’t vote for both of them.
Candidates to our presidency are sooner or later going to come up with a platform or whatever they promise to do.
I’m not attention span challenged but I checked your slide show anyway; slide 5 reminded me of the “frugality” issue- http://filipinovoices.com/the-poignancy-of-filipino-aspirations/comment-page-1#comment-76300
And just in case you have a problem with my use of “…” to replace part of your statement; this is as good as any to raise your concern.
of all the presidentiables flashing their ugly faces on tv screen wasting hundreds of millions of pesos, i will vote for noynoy instead, that is, if he make up his mind.