“Si Gordon pala ang kailangan ng Pilipinas”

anabellec25, a blogger, has something to say about her former and present candidate of choice. Excerpts below:

i had a conversation with my dad. maka-Gordon din sya. tinanong ko sya kung bakit… at eto yung lagi ko naalala.

“kapag may nangyayari, kapag may baha, o kaya may barko lumubog, basta madami pangayayri ng sakuna, andoon si Gordon. Nasanay na nga ako na lagi sya nasa TV pag may nangyayari”

She also shares her view on the difference of Gordon to another candidate, her first choice. She compared both candidate’s online galleries and realized that Gordon has indeed more experience and track record.

i have to claim, hindi sya trash talk, totoo sinabi nya.
hindi paninira. kasi totoo.
hindi gawa-gawa kasi natatwa tayo dahil totoo

minulat nya ako.
minulat nya ako hindi sya war freak, gusto nya magkaroon ng disiplina sa bawat Pilipino tulad ng ginawa nya sa bayan nya at higit sa lahat GUSTO NYA TAYO MAGISING SA KATOTOHANAN.

Read the full post here: http://anabellec25.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/kay-gibo-ako-noon/

Photo credit: http://richard-gordon.politicalarena.com/richard-gordon/photos/

Manila to Olongapo Motorcade

TENTATIVE Schedule: May 8, Saturday

• 12:01PM Assemble at UP Diliman Palma Hall Parking lot
• 1:00PM Roll out for short loop in Metro Manila
• 3:00PM Enter NLEX, drive to San Fernando Exit, take national roads to Olongapo
• 6:00PM Arrive Olongapo
• 7:00PM Miting de Avance

FOR VOLUNTEERS PLANNING TO JOIN MOTORCADE UP TO OLONGAPO AND STAYING OVERNIGHT: Txt Alfred 0916-6970633 Name, Car Plate Number, and Number of Passengers. This will be for head count for sardine accommodations in several rented homes. Bring sleeping bags and snacks to share. IF YOU'RE NOT BRINGING A CAR: Txt Alfred your Name and Number of People coming with you.

Dasmarinas Cavite Volunteers!

ATTENTION TO ALL INTERESTED CAVITEÑO VOLUNTEERS! Lets invade Dasma! Come and be a volunteer! :) Please wear red and feel free to bring your family and friends :) I hope to see you soon!

When: May 6, Thursday at 3:00 PM
Where: 7-11 Dasma near Municipal Hall
Contact: Karla - 09157249288

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“Philippine Elections 2010” by Maui Manalo

Maui, a licensed registered nurse and freelance makeup artist, has something to say about the 2010 Elections and her tandem of choice on her blog. Some excepts below:

Why am I pro GORDON- BAYANI?

I am voting for Gordon and Bayani because I want leaders who have results to show for. They both have done outstanding jobs in improving Subic and Marikina and I can just imagine what they can do to improve our country. They are both no nonsense politicians who are not afraid of losing votes because they actually do what needs to be done and says what needs to be said. IMO, what Sen. Gordon said is true "you dont need a (president) na mabait, you need a leader..a leader with integrity". I dont want to base my votes on who looks mabait or isnt corrupt, because they all claim to be that. How would I know if they actually are, so I looked at their platforms and records and true enough, Gordon-Bayani is the only vote I can easily defend.

Read the full post here: http://suushh.blogspot.com/2010/05/i-know-this-is-beauty-blog-but-excuse.html

No Voice is Too Faint

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”- Henry Ford

I believe that no voice is too faint if we put our voices together. In whatever you do, if you put your heart in it, fulfillment is the greatest reward that you'd ever receive.

I admire and salute the people whom in their own ways - big or small, did something to defend the vote that meant progress for the entire nation. I am proud of every Filipino who's not afraid to take a stand and make their voices be heard regardless of what the survey says. I am blessed to have team mates who share the same vision and who wouldn't just throw away their principle to give in to pressure. I am glad that there are still people who wouldn't stop believing. After all, it's what you believe in and what you do about it that matters. In the end, win or lose it's not going to be our loss because we knew we just stood up for what we believed in. If you believe that you will be heard then you will be heard. If you believe that your voice is too faint, then you succumb to the pressure from the society that believes in popularity voting.

The easy and conventional, may not necessarily mean that it's the best choice.

BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING AND TOGETHER WE CAN ACHIEVE VICTORY.

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. - Scott Alexander

MABUHAY SI DICK GORDON! MABUHAY ANG LAHAT NG VOLUNTEERS!

Hindi sino, kundi kanino ang iboboto mo?

This was taken from the notes of Bob Ong on Facebook.

Meron kang dalawang uri ng boto: Ang una ay ang "boto ng konsensya". Ito ay para sa pinunong kinilatis mo, pinag-aralang maigi, pinaniniwalaan, at inaasahang may magagawa para sa bayan. Ang ikalawang uri ay ang "boto ng diskarte". Ito ay para sa kandidatong iboboto mo na lang para hindi manalo ang ayaw mo.

Para sa akin, mas matatanggap kong pamunuan ni Kiko Matsing ang bansa ko nang nagampanan ko nang tama ang tungkulin ko sa bayan bilang botante, kumpara sa makapagluklok ako ng ibang pinuno na resulta ng pagtalikod ko sa obligasyong bumoto nang tama. Dahil sa sandaling talikuran ko ang tama--sa ngalan ng diskarte--ay binibigyan ko na rin ng lisensya ang mga pinuno ng bayan ko na kumilos base sa diskarte, kapalit ng tama.

Ang boto ng konsensya ay base sa pag-asa. Ang boto ng diskarte ay base sa takot.

Ang bayan ng mga botante ng diskarte ay walang maaasahang pamunuan ng konsensya. Ang mga mamamayang kuntento na sa "pangalawang tama" ay mapagkakalooban ng pinunong ganoon din ang pamamalakad. Ang bansang hindi natututo, habambuhay na lang bibigyan ng leksyon.

Ini-endorso ko ang pagboto nang tama. Pwedeng matalo ang kandidato mo, pwedeng mangulelat. Pero mararamdaman mo lang ang kalayaan mo bilang tao at kapangyarihan mo bilang mamamayan sa Ika-sampu ng Mayo pagnasabi mo sa sarili mong "Napagkalooban ako ng karapatang pumili ng pinuno ng bayan ko, at nakaboto ako base sa sarili kong desisyon at ayon sa konsensya ko."

Kalapastanganan sa sariling dangal ang pagboto sa taong iba sa tunay mong pinaniniwalaan--dahil man ito sa may tumutok ng baril sa ulo mo, may bumili ng iyong boto, o mag-isa pong piniling iboto na lang kung sinuman ang tingin mong mananalo.

Hindi nasasayang ang boto sa mga talunang kandidato. Nasasayang ito sa mga talunang botante.

Kung iboboto mo ang boto na ayon sa desisyon ng iba, sino pa ang boboto ng ayon sa desisyon mo?

No to Mediocrity

"Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds." - Albert Einstein

People would ask me why my vote goes to Gordon and my answer is simple - I simply couldn't settle for anything less. I have looked at their biographies, experiences, track record and watched them in their guestings and interviews. To me, only one person stood out. While all the rest were so busy with their black propagandas, Dick was focused on his platforms. He's a man who didn't necessarily have the money and the popularity yet there's substance in what he's saying. When I was still little my Dad would often bring me to Olongapo City during summer vacations and as young as I am back then I have learned to appreciate discipline. I would often see something that says: "Aim High Olongapo City and Bawal ang Tamad Dito." Policemen were courteous to street vendors. Out of respect they follow their orders and would clear the sidewalks. Inside the market, there's no littering. I remember having thrown a small piece of trash in the floor and one of the "tinderas" picked it up politely and informed me that littering is not allowed. It was also easy for us to find our way from one place to the other because the jeepneys were color coded. There's just so much that inspired me even as a kid. When I grew up, I've seen Subic, WOW Philippines and how he has helped out in Red Cross. So those were my reasons why...

My principle isn't too complex as well, I believe that surveys couldn't dictate principled people who to vote for. We do not need to limit ourselves to choose from just two only because people instill in our minds that in the end there will only be two who would closely be vying for the Presidential post and that those people would be the top two candidates in the surveys. If everyone would think this way, I'm not sure where it would lead us in the end. Why can't we do what we need to? Why can't we choose? It's not true that we do not have a choice. We all have a choice. If you opt not to make a choice, then you make yourself contented to whatever was presented in front of you. Would that be sufficient? Anything less than the best is mediocre. Those who are open to change are ready to get this country to the next level.

Let's not settle for anything less than the best... Mediocrity isn't supposed to be our destiny. Do not be swayed, do not let anybody take that right from you. It's time to make the best choice, the choice that you truly believe can make a difference. It's time to take a stand...

Bawal ang TAMAD, Bawal ang TANGA

Kapag binasa mo ang titulo nito, maaaring masindak ka, mainis siguro. Aakalain na isang insulto, di po ba? Ang mahirap kasi sa ating mga Pinoy, "allergic" tayo sa salitang BAWAL. Ang gusto natin ay lubos lubos ligaya na walang kahig mula sa atin.

Ito marahil ang dahilan kung bakit hanggang ngayon ay marami pa ring mga tao ang nagdadalawang isip piliin ang tambalang GORDON-BAYANI. Takot silang mapalo sa puwet ni BF kapag hindi nila ginagawa nang tama ang kanilang mga tungkulin o kung lalabag sila sa batas. Hindi rin nila siguro matanggap na kapag si DICK GORDON ang pangulo, sisiguruhin niyang magtatrabaho ang lahat at mag-aaral ang bawat kabataan, kaya tapos na ang maliligayang araw ng mga mahihilig tumoma mula umaga hanggang gabi at mga batang walang inatupag kundi mag-bilyar o mag-"counterstrike" buong araw.

Hindi ba kapansin-pansin na karamihan ng mga Pilipino ay ganito - imahe ni Juan Tamad(kung bakit siya ang napiling karakter na kumakatawan sa Pinoy ay di ko maintindihan at matanggap), naghihintay na lang na pumatak ang grasya sa harapan niya.  Kaya nga ba marami ang nalilinlang ng ibang mga kandidato, kasi yan ang nais nila - na bumuntot ang mga tao sa kanila dahil hawak nila ang kinabukasan ng mga ito. MALING-MALI!!! Hindi nakasalalay sa ibang tao ang kinabukasan mo, Pinoy. Ito'y nasa iyong mga kamay.  Kaya nga ba ang pakiusap nila RJG at BF ay pag-isipan nang mabuti at pagnilayan nang lubos ang mga iboboto ngayong Mayo 10. Nasa isip at palad ng bawat mamamayang Pilipino ang kinabukasan ng bayang Pilipinas. Pumili nang wasto, bumoto nang nararapat.

Sa tambalang GORDON-BAYANI, makasisiguro tayong kasama nila tayo sa pag-angat muli ng bansang Pilipinas. Kasama tayo sa hirap, kaya't siguradong kabahagi tayo sa ginhawa. Di ba't ang pinakamasarap na tagumpay ay yaong higit mong pinaghirapan at pinagbuhusan ng lakas at panahon? Ito ang sa tingin ko'y higit nang nalilimutan nating mga Pilipino - ang bumakas sa responsibilidad na pagtibayin ang ating bansa. Sa mundong pinagagalaw na ngayon ng "instant" at "automatic", ang nais natin ay yung madaliang asenso at mabilisang kita. Di ba't yan ang dahilan kung bakit talamak ang kurapsyon sa pamahalaan at dayaan tuwing eleksyon?

Narito ang tambalang subok na ng panahon...tambalang sisiguro na lahat tayo ay magtatrabaho...gagawin ang sari-sarili nating mga obligasyon para sa kaunlaran ng bansa. Kaya sila ang aking napili...dahil may malasakit ako sa bayang ito, nais kong makibahagi sa muling pagbangon ng Pilipinas at makaranas ng isang Bagumbayan!

(Ang mga larawan ay hindi ko pag-aari at hiram lamang mula kina Roman Po at A.A. Almonte...maraming salamat po sa kanila)

“The Gordon Effect” by Nicole Anne Olequino Revita

Volunteer Nicole Anne Olequino Revita shares her own campaign story.

I can’t simply tell myself, “I want a better country” and do nothing. So I told myself, “I want a better country and I will elect the right leader. No shame, no fear.”

My clock reads 5:18 am, I am officially home from postering in San Andres, Pasig Line, Divisoria and Tondo. It was quite strenuous; this is my first time to be up this late working my butt off for elections. While heading the underpass awhile ago feeling a little tension on my feet and simultaneously resisting the temptation to walk asleep, I asked myself, “Is my country worth this trouble?” I thought I might personally ask Pao. I am dead tired and I want an answer. So I said aloud, “Is our country worth this trouble?” Then he replied, “Our children deserve this.” I smiled.

Yes, that’s what I needed to hear…

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“The Day Words Spoke Louder than Actions” by Justin Posadas

Featuring a well-written post made by Justin Posadas on Facebook.

I’ve just read Patricia Evangelista’s article on Dick Gordon here, and this is what I have to say about that.

In that article, she did not fail to include that Dick Gordon “has an impressive resumé.” Well, it’s true, and I’m glad she said that. But it’s easy to use an all-encompassing phrase such as that to bag all of Sen. Gordon’s countless number of unselfish deeds done for our country, and then at a flick of a switch, nitpick on his character based on half-baked knowledge about him. By the way, I thank her for admitting that she “never met Gordon before the election season.” If what is in question is Dick Gordon’s character as a leader for this country, he has already proven it through his track record. In an imperfect world such as this, actions still speak louder than words….

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