Listen to “One Day More.”
Itaguyod ang Katotohanan.
It is time to be COUNTED!
Join us at the Friday Inter-Faith Prayer Rally
Ayala cor. Paseo de Roxas — 4:00 to 8:00 PM
Where former President Cory Aquino and Jun Lozada will join us as we make the call for Truth and Accountability.
Black and White Movement, together with Hyatt 10/La Salle 60, MBC, MAP, Manindigan,
and other professional and church groups will assemble at the
AIM (Paseo de Roxas) Parking lot at 3:00 PM.
Please join us.
Sa Totoo Tayo. Now Na!
Today there will be people from all walks of life and different generations and varying political and non-political persuasions, coming together to make a stand.
It’s unfortunate that the focus on Makati will obscure the efforts being made elsewhere in the country. Whether a rally in Cebu City, or elsewhere, the only divide I see is between urban and rural Filipinos: though the majority, for some time now, of Filipinos are urban dwellers. I strongly believe the sentiments among urban Filipinos are converging while rural opinion won’t be far behind.
Returning to today’s rally, the authorities are pulling out all the stops: PNP renews warning about communists, terrorists at rally. They’re spooked.Yesterday, something remarkable happened at PUP, see: PUP bomb threat fails to stop Lozada. And something else happened, see: Dirty Tricks in Uniffors.
But two bloggers say it best.
Market Manila declares he will be there:
Because we live in a democracy by choice. Because not speaking up when you know something is wrong makes you an accomplice to the wrong. Because I think everyone must be held accountable for their actions, particularly where their actions impact the welfare of millions. Because of the increasingly brazen disregard for the laws and even basic ethics that should apply to educated individuals. Because in many ways, I am embarrassed to be in the same gene pool as those who are perpetrating and then possibly getting away with such outrageous actions. Because of dozens of other reasons I will keep to myself as I know you get the point.
A reply he gives to a commenter is zeroes in on the issues even more:
mapster, I agree that we have to do everything we can everyday. I pay my taxes and a LOT of them. I have never ever slipped a policeman lunch money. I have voted with a conscience and watched at the polls. I have volunteered services for politicians or candidates which I thought rose above the rest, and I have never accepted any gifts, compensation or positions for the effort. So yes, I think we have to do our daily bit. But I also used to believe that we had a high corruption rate because we were poor… and that somehow the petty corruption of the streets and licenses, etc. were a function of poverty. But that is simply not true. The folks who are implicated in multi-billion scandals are well to do, and as someone above says, how much money do they need to live a decent and comfortable life? And the Hello garci scandal was offensive precisely because it suggests that the elections themselves are rigged, hence the votes of the people are ignored. At the very least, we have to indicate a great deal of displeasure and let everyone know they can’t get away with these kinds of behaviors.
As for being in the company of crooks and wannabees as some intimate above, I think in all democracies people from all walks of life will band together for similar causes, though they all may not look, sound, or be the same. While some of the folks who will be there at the rally this afternoon are opportunists and perhaps not folks I would normally look up to, many others could or should be every day folks who simply want to say, TAMA NA! And while I am not the biggest of Cory fans, I think she IS someone to look up to and her presence is only one of the minor reasons I would show up this afternoon.
I agree with other sentiments about changing the system et al. But I would agree more that we need to change the people on a massive scale with folks that really want to do the BEST for their country, a noble and difficult scenario, I concur.
As for others, you are definitely entitled to your opinion and free to choose what you will, can or want to do. With Marcos it took 20 years to reach the “boiling point.” In subsequent administrations the flare ups occurred with less time required. But at some point, when we all are personally so incensed or affected directly, you too will feel the need to do something.
If you re-read the post above, I would like to point out that I only said that I WOULD BE GOING. Not that I thought all of you should as well, that is obviously your choice.
Touched By An Angel says,
Though not a popular choice by our Catholic Bishops, I believe, GMA has to go. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has to go.
I truly believe that The President and her people have engaged in so much lying that they can no longer recognize the truth even if it stared them in the face. (PDI) As to the next step to take, I will take one step, one day at a time. I do not have the answers yet but in time, I will discern it. Our Filipinos will discern it. I will be there at the The Interfaith rally…
Among young people, there will be those, like on a red day who will be there, as will Tristan’s Mental Assylum ristan’s Mental Assylum and Jamel Ignes who is attending a rally for the first time! (for the religious, see melo touch). Other young people share their views, and efforts at discernment: a slice of wine.. and a shot of cake.. points out the dividing line and respects those who have decided to speak up against the President. There are others who are still uncertain, yet watchful, like Prudence and Mandess, and such as student Timmyland or who remain ambivalent, who will not go but who will be keeping those gathered in their thoughts, see OFW jihAn.zillA. Sh, and Yeweifang’s blog .
Among more senior bloggers, Red’s Herring puts everything in perspective:
If the events that have led to People Power I (EDSA Revolution of 1986 or EDSA I) are any guide, revolutionary uprisings go through certain levels (of consciousness): First, the underlying belief by a sizeable segment of society that the rulers and certain institutional arrangements have lost legitimacy; second, certain intense participants or change agents have gotten around their sense of powerlessness and come to realize they have the power or capacity to effect the needed changes; third, the disaffected members of society have more or less formed a consensus as to the nature and or scope of the changes they desire to occur in lieu of the illegitimated rulers or arrangements, whether be it about a total systemic overhaul, a “regime change,” an extra-constitutional overthrowing of a corrupt or immoral government, etc.
My sense is that People Power III has already reached the first and second levels of consciousness described above. However, before the Great Beast “could take care of itself” today it has yet to hurdle the third level of consciousness.
For one, I have noted even the reformists in the military and the progressives in the civil society are still tentative about the scope and the nature of the changes to be sought (note should also be taken for instance that the mere suggestion during the Manila Peninsula “uprising” that a military junta was being contemplated has not sit well with potential supporters), while other veteran people power practitioners are apprehensive the next exercise “could again end up repeating a vicious cycle of simply ‘moving on’ in circle, and not leaping onward or to a higher ground” or a “new qualitative state.”…
…Now, the question once again: Why is People Power III taking its time?
My own take is: There is yet no general consensus among potential people power participants and activists, as has been in EDSA I or EDSA II, as to what change to aspire for and institute.
Arguably, proposals for reforms or transformations, at odds with each other for the most part, still abound. To cite a few: some who believe the two EDSAs were both a failure aim this time to act against a failed system and plan to overhaul it either according to some rigid ideologies or based merely on the “best practices” of ongoing successful experiments; other groups are just angry and frustrated because of “relative deprivation” (middle class weighed upon with a looming downgrade to the next class complain how come only their counterparts in other regions are having all the fun); still others are focused only on struggling for control of the state apparatuses and effecting “regime change” while keeping both the political and economic structure intact; and specifically, accused coup leader and now detained senator Sonny Trillanes is eager to transform the nation “without reinventing the wheel” or whereas Bishop Francisco Claver can only entertain the belief that “our problem comes down to this: how to correct the aberration that is the present administration without destroying the stabilizing structure that is our democratic system of government.”
…As a result, reactionary moves from old and once reliable alliances, the CBCP in particular, are silently taking place in the form of tokenism (a plea to President Arroyo to take lead in the fight against corruption) and diversion (a call for a new brand of People Power through “communal action”).
Mon Casiple on the part of the political pundits, observes,
The nature and circumstances of this political crisis is such that it can only have one resolution: the end of the Arroyo regime within the context of the existing electoral democracy. From there, it may result in the affirmation of this electoral democracy and thus the integrity of the 2010 elections. Or, more remote, it may lead to the ending of the electoral democracy itself. At any rate, these are the days of reckoning.
The people’s consciousness and readiness to action are developing by leaps and bounds. The usual tactics by the GMA administration are not working anymore and proved to be ironically pushing faster the momentum for change. From the JDV triumphal ouster to its present travails, the Arroyo administration has rapidly traversed a half-circle towards a downward spiral.
What’s Casiple referring to? I can only guess, but think of this. Did you notice the article, 52 governors troop to Palace to show support for Arroyo ? A friend encountered one of these governors on a plane bound for Manila, and the governor prattled on about how he was going to Manila on business -only for my friend to see the governor on TV lurking near the edge of the gathered governors. Said my friend: you see, they’ve begun to get embarrassed over their support for the President (the governor knew my friend’s an oppositionist; but a mere month ago, the governor would needle my friend and crow about the President every chance he got). And the news leaves an even bigger question hanging: what of the other 29 governors?
Recall that one of the officials proclaimed a convenor of the Loyalist rally in Manila on Feb. 25 pointedly told the media, “oh, I’m in Manila doing shopping.”
While Amando Doronila notices that:
Speaking to a joint meeting of the Makati Business Club, Management Association of the Philippines and PinoyME Foundation last Feb. 26, Aquino did not make a pitch for another People Power uprising, to the disappointment of many people. She merely called on President Arroyo to step down, saying it was the least disruptive way out of the “severe moral crisis” facing the country. She said, “She must give way to a credible government that could lead by example. Given our concern to protect the moral pillars of democracy, the extra-constitutional removal of the President is not an ideal we would want to aspire for.”
Aquino’s call for restraint was echoed by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, which in a pastoral statement on Feb. 26, called on the President to allow her officials to tell the truth about the slew of allegations of corruption related to several government transactions, but fell short of demanding her resignation. Instead, the bishops urged the President to be “part of the effort” to seek the truth.
The coyness of Aquino and the disappointing position of the bishops restraining people power highlighted the departure from the dynamics of 1986, when Aquino rode the crest of a forceful people power movement driven by the activist archbishop of Manila, Jaime Cardinal Sin, and the mass civilian participation in street protests in support of the military mutiny led by Marcos’ Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Constabulary chief, Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos.
Today’s configuration has lost the fervor for mass action of 1986. It tells us that today’s movement is not based on mass action to bring pressure on the key support institutions of government to defect, such as the military and the bureaucracy. Today’s movement has changed emphasis. It has shifted its cutting edge from confrontation in the streets to bringing moral pressure on government. The shift is not exerting a powerful pressure on government officials to step down. It emboldens them to stonewall.
Though as the Inquirer editorial today points out,
We realize that, in itself, the language of the recommendation (“Urge the President and all the branches of government to take the lead in combating corruption wherever it is found”) seems to be neutral. But in the present context, it actually disregards a fundamental reality. In the scandal over the National Broadband Network, the President and her men have been less than forthright in telling the truth. That, in fact, is one of the reasons we have a crisis in the first place.
Apropos of the bishops, read An Open Letter to the CBCP at Brown SEO.
(courtesy of pedestrianobserver)
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (which is on tonight!) gets more people than that and its more fun!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/politics-and-partying-on-sydneys-gayest-day/2008/02/29/1204226997048.html
i measured it in google earth, and i used to work at an office in manilabank building, so im familiar with the place. definitely 30×30.
cory shouting against corruption beside a convicted plunerer? makes me want to puke
and seeing dinky girl again..puke some more
so I’ll put it even at 50,000 gullible people in imperial manila…can the number give us truth? it seemed like truth is now relative..
but the truth that I know is the undisputable truth that armin’s Lozada is filthy as can be…more puke
cory shouting against corruption beside an convicted plunderer makes me want to puke
seeing dinky girl again …more puke
so I’ll put it close to 50,000 gullible people in imperial manila, will that give us the truth? seemed like truth is relative to some
the indisputable truth that I know is that armin’s hero lozada is fithy as he can be.. puke some more
erap was complaining that he “understayed”. yeah, he did understay…in jail! pardoning the perp was the biggest mistake pgma could have done -that and appointing the “hyatt 10” trojan horses in her cabinet.
lozada and jdvenesia3 continue to bask in their infamy. with those kind of “heroes”, who needs villains?
Honestly, who are these leisure time bloggers kidding? These guys cannot do anything of consequence, they defend Gloria but are not even doing anything to help her – JUST MORE CHEAP WORDS (from obviously cheap people).
Have fun reading your own comments pro-GMAs, its all you’re good for anyway…PSYCHOLOGICAL QUADRIPLEGICS!
bumaliktad na ata ang Mundo..Ang admininstration at manga opisyales ang suspetsado sa manga anomaliya, ngayon yon manga testigos pa ang dinadali. kung ganyan ang systema, di pa-ano masolbar and Corruption sa Bayan Natin?
Dapat sana dito, ang Gobyerno manguna magkompanya laban sa anomaliya, dito baligtad na naman tayo, Gobyerno ang kontra Bida. Sila ang nagtatago, dapat lantaran ang laro..
abs-cbn news hardly has any other “news” than the anti-arroyo rally. moronic speeches by lozada, devenesia,erap & cory & some non-sequitors are covered to the hilt with gushing reports by korina, failon, etc. guests from the hate-gloria crowd dominate talk-shows, mouthing the same diatribes, dire predictions, and self-righteous prejudgment about gma’s “corruption”. fair and balance? my foot!
Hawaiianguy,
I’ve watched Sakal, Sakali, Saklolo a few days after it was started to be shown last December and that particular scene did not happen as it was described.
Sen. Pimentel must have been gravely misinformed.
And if you believe that ethnic prejudice is hard to defend; then I suggest that you don’t try.
Coldking seems very capable of defending himself by going very low. If he wants to accompany you is one thing but I don’t think you need to accompany him. You might hurt your back.
Bencard,
Camarines Sur is one of those affected by landslides.
Dato Arroyo is a congressman from Camarines Sur.
Where was Dato Arroyo yesterday?
justice league,
Don’t waste time with useless people, not even Gloria will have anything to do with these kind. They can’t do anything really except post empty words.
For those of us who are actively involved in business here in the Philippines, while some won’t have anything to do with rallies – are hoping that these events will trigger much needed revamps and reforms in our goevernment most especially in evening the playing field. Corruption can only exist if it is hidden, lexpose it and lets do something about it. We can actually achieve a lot more if we remove this obstacle as opposed to inspite of it.
If they don’t like Lozada et al, who cares? They can go with Chavit Singson, nobody will miss them at all as they are not contributing any good to the Philippine situation anyway – ZERO! Just a lot of hot air! Its sickening really…
Ramrod,
Thanks for your concern.
jl, i assume he was in libmanan where he resides unless he was in batasan. sorry, can’t possibly have personal knowledge since i’m about 30,000 miles away.
20 years ago (or so), we had this officer who made it his personal mission to capture Fr. Balweg, who at that time gained notoriority being with the NPAs – people that we were trained to hate and condemn as traitors to the country. We were surprised to hear one day that he was able to capture Fr. Balweg finally but released him, it was probably the end of his career… What did he learn after talking to Balweg? That as a priest serving the people he could not stand idle while rich people were using the government forces to grab their lands from them, terrorizing them, to the point of massacres…Truth has a strange way of showing itself – only to those who really listen, only to those who get out of their asses and actually talk to actual people, as opposed to watching news on tv in between favorite soap operas.
As all this proves is that we have COUCH POTATOES pretending to be real people.
btw, jl, i suppose that self-anointed “corruption fighter” has any use at all just because he is some hot-shot “businessman”. hot air? i say his is a lot of foul air, aka utot!
Justice League,
Thanks. I’ve not watched the film myself, just got it from Pimentel who made the case, and suggested that the objectionable lines be taken out. But I’ll take your word against someone who may have secondary info.
I just read coldking’s apology in another thread, so for me that’s enough. I don’t know for BrianB, who has taken the initial offense.
Bencard,
Very well but I don’t think he was in Libmanan, but definitely he was in Malacanang by afternoon till night.
Bencard,
Your last reply is taken under advisement.
Hawaiianguy,
Ok.
justice league, yesterday the palace summoned mayors and governors to the palace for a loyalty check. quite a few were told to fly to manila to do that. dato led a mass at the palace for what was announced was 100 congressmen and he spoke after the mass.
however the effect was spoiled because the president wasn’t at the palace as she was lurking in camp crame instead.
Speaking of disasters and officials, the double whammy that struck the typhoon belt two years ago brings to mind an example.
Did people ever took stock of what’s happening, while Bicol and adjacent areas were devastated by two supertyphoons (Reming and Milenyo) in Sept-Nov 2006? While 700 lives reportedly perished, and the estimated damage was over $250 million, excluding revenue losses to businesses and lost opportunities?
Our congressmen and other officials were doing something else more important. Instead of attending to the poor flood victims and damaged infrastructures, Villafuerte, Lagman, Salceda and others were busily “railroading” the constitution to suit the needs of Gloria and their own. The Lower House focused on cha-cha, as if people’s lives wholly depended on it, forgetting those who badly needed help to keep their heads above water.
Pathetic!
bencard, who’s stopping you from stopping to watch? go subcribe to ptv4.
who cares about numbers?!? she only needs to prick her conscience.
barf.
barf.
barf.
Manolo,
Prez holing (not hiding) up inside Crame is the tell you’re looking for.
I’m giving her a few months. Hopefully her cabinet will see the light as I do not feel she has eyes anymore.
Torn,
Yeah, a football fan should know crowd estimates. I’m sticking to my 2k (at 6:30 onward). A few people actually trickled in around 8pm, presumably just after having dinner.
Gloria sought refuge,literally and figuratively,in the military camp during the height of the rally.It shows her state of mind.
Manolo,
Yeah. Watched part of it in the news. But I just can’t tell Dato’s exact whereabouts the whole day.
But it definitely seems he wasn’t in Bicol to personally oversee any rescue efforts.
Of course its really the local executives main domain along with help with the National Disaster Coordinating Council. (But last time I heard; the NDCC heads were in a meeting in Camp Crame also yesterday although the calamity in Bicol, Visayas, and Mindanao have been several days old)
But its still not wise for a congressman to appear to have other priorities other than their constituents in their constituents’ moment of great crisis.
And wouldn’t it be just grand, not to mention JUST, if she wold be ousted by lesser numbers compared to the one that ousted Erap? You can spin it that way.
Another thought: couldn’t we hasten things up by someone declaring that we do not need the CBCP? Bishops can stay in their moral ivory tower. Won’t take much getting rid of this mad madame.
brian yuour 2k boggles my mind. we must have been in alternate unverses at that time.
You were stuck on your vantage point, correct? I was going around. At the center, the intersection, itself, there wasn’t more than 300 people and I did an unsystematic actual head count.
Anyway, the effect of a crowd is not in mathemathical numbers but more like its gestalt.
Guys, smething’s wrong with Ellen Tordesillas’ blog. You cannot comment.
Saw this from GMA News site: “De Castro: I’m always ready to assume presidency” clarifying the earlier abs-cbn report of “I’m ready to become president.”
mlq3 – if VP Noli indeed sent feelers to the enlightened side. He could (1) promise to lead only until 2010. (2) amend the Constitution. (3) Becomes a patriot. But how do we hold him to such promise?
Reminded me of favorite passage (the Prince):
“The cause is just; we have before us unexampled proofs of Divine favour. Everything has concurred to promote your greatness. What remains to be done must be done by you, for God will not do everything Himself.”
densely packed, the ayala-paseo intersection can contain less than 5000 people. so up to where is the crowd in ayala? did it reach herrera and makati av?
if we cant get this simple arithmetic right, i doubt if we’ll know the truth in this zte deal, even if it stares us in the face
This stupid practice of commandeering containers to blockade the palace everytime there are incidents like these is causing a shortage in containers leading to delayed shipments. I thought this administration’s priority is the economy? Can’t they use their rusting, overpriced APCs and tanks instead? Really?
mindanaoan,
Are you really from Mindanao? Asa didto? Pangutan-a bisag kinsa didto kung suportado ba nila si Gloria wala kay makit-an. Ngano makakuha sila ug 1M votes siguro mga dili ingunato to?
The earth’s circumference is less than 25,000 miles, so if you’re ‘30,000 miles away’, that must mean you’re not on this planet. (But we already knew that.)
jakcast, i can only think of two ways.
1. commit to providing a reform constituency that will support him and serve as a buffer on other pressure groups, provided he commits to a reform agenda. these have been percolating since 2005 and have pretty much been firmed up on broad points across various groups, anyway.
2. outside of that, committing to guarding the process every step of the way and raising hell if he starts engaging in monkey business.
what people overlook with regards to the vp is that he has two things the president lacks: a base of support among the people, a significant reservoir of good will; and an unquestionable electoral mandate that has survived legal scrutiny.
“erap was complaining that he “understayedâ€Â. yeah, he did understay…in jail!”
Ha, ha — nice one Bencard.
OH OKAY, IF IT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER, I APOLOGIZE TO ALL BISAYANS FOR PUTTING YOU DOWN AND OUT FOR GENERALLY NOT BEING QUITE UP TO PAR WITH LUZON, IT’S NOT JUST YOUR FAULT, ALL FILIPINOES HAVE TO SHARE THE BLAME FOR THAT :-p
AND I REALLY DO NOT PERSONALLY WHICH REGION WHERE ANY OF MY ASCENDANTS CAME FROM ORIGINALLY, ALL I KNOW IS I AM METRO MANILA BORN AND BRED, GODS BLESS THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL! 🙂
All this hulabaloo about “truth” is getting to be nonsense already. We have allowed everybody to say their peace to the public – to the people, and let them be the judge right? We have the people’s answer already, overwhelmingly, so what are these nay sayers going to do next, destroy the credibility of the people? The nerve! If you really are serious about your stand, will you put your money where your mouths are? Are you willing to bet on Gloria winning an honest election if we had one right now? Let the people speak and listen!
What needs to be done is to finally find leaders that the Filipino people will be responsible for, that true representation has been established, no “hello garci, 1million votes, etc. manipulations.” If these guys still don’t see what manipulation of “electoral returns” means its downright stupidity! If we speak of dagdag-bawas in ballots that is done by precinct level (everybody’s ballgame) but if its “election returns” it can only be done by people who have access to it – the COMELEC. How do you account for filled up election returns and no ballots? Magic? Of course, the culprits won’t sign documents that they did this, or sign affidavits, or sign vouchers after being paid for it. There is no paper trail but logic dictates that we see the clear picture even in the absence of so called legal evidence.
coldking,
No harm done. You can’t possibly put down the bisayas from down there. 🙂
And for MLQ3, kabayan, and others who went to Ayala yesterday, I’m proud of you. My heart was with all of you all the time I was having meetings in EDSA Shang, btw, I saw Prospero Pichay there.
ramrod : unsay 1M votes? sa 2004 elections? daug man si gloria diri zambosur. i cant say for the rest of mindanao, but as far as i can see, there’s not much of anti-gma moves here. there was even a pro=gloria rally yesterday in pagadian. btw, im not pro-gma but i dont like rallies
mindanaoan,
Rallies are an expression of our sentiments, where our outrage can really be shown and being in one to actually experience is REAL. It is the hallmark of democracy, we should be grateful we can still have them as not all countries do. Also, it is constitutional, “Peaceful redress of grievances.” My parents are in Gen. Santos, I was born there but raised in Mactan, I am a red blooded Bisdak but I don’t believe in this Imperial Manila bullshit, no such thing.
“carlos, i’ve been to the araneta colisseum plenty of times. it certainy would have been filled to the rafters.
but anyway, on sunday why don’t you go to the araneta colliseum where admu vs dlsu will play an exhibition match to raise funds for the whistleblower fund? with ust as cheerleaders.
please, go. and cheer for the president.
you should have gone to the welcome rotonda and saved us taxpayers 200 pesos.”
Manolo. What a silly childish reply. So unlike you, dude. You could have come up with something wittier than that. I don’t get the 200 peso joke.
But if it’s money lost. How much did we lose in productivity from that exercise in futility last night? Do everyone in Makati a favor and hold rallies in Quirino Grandstand the old fashioned way. The Makati venue is not only disruptive, it’s just cliche na.
AND why is it that if we aren’t on your side, IT MUST IMMEDIATELY mean we are pro Glo or loove her to death? Things aren’t BLACK and WHITE like that in real life, dude. You are smarter than that.
Don’t get pikon just because yesterdays numbers were sad, OK? You are bigger than that.
And on SUNDAY I WORK. And I think that all of you should do the same too. I’m sorry but yesterday’s crowd was same old same old and a wake up call that your issues DO NOT RESONATE with the people. It’s obvious that the anti glo crusade guys haven’t tapped fresh markets or developed a new audience so to speak.
And just like a TV show that has outlived it’s relevance, this attempts at People Power and grandstanding all needs cancellation and you guys need to find a new game plan. This old one isn’t working and you are alienating more people than appealing to them.
OR you could Just wait two fricking years and save your effort and energy. And I’m not saying this because I love Glo. I’m saying this because it’s the truth.
Sorry for speaking my mind. I apologize in advance because I know you guys hate hearing opposing opinions from your own in this echo chamber of a blog.
Forwarded from hKofw
My comment is awaithing moderation again.
carlos,
Why can’t you see life as black or white, right or wrong? If you’ve compromised your life its not the fault of the people, and you’re not “our” target market. This movement needs people who can “act” on issues not daydream about impossibilities (like your use of “dude” etc., to mimic Americans, stop it, you’re Asian, don’t humiliate yourself). Unlike you, most of us can act on what we believe in…
ramrod said: “We have the people’s answer already, overwhelmingly…”
Apparently, the repeatedly clear answer from the general population is — We are not with you people in the Makati rallies and masses; this is not what we want…not like this.
Unfortunately, you seemingly confuse this message with a pro-GMA one.
carlos,
Life is black or white, right or wrong, not pink, fuchsia, and avocado like the way you see it. 🙂
…says the elitist.
ramrod: rallies to express sentiment, by all means; rallies to try to oust a president, no.