Sherwin Tan
Tue, 08 May 2007 19:53:13 -0700
HI Orlina... May I know if you are connected to Mr. Ramon Orlina??Thanks... Sherwin ----- Original Message ---- From: JL Orlina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Pinoy Meets World <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; melody make a wish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; vanessa make a wish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; toni jugo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; toni jugo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Aces True <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; talentsinc@yahoogroups.com; Miru <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; janella orlina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; aj salvilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; jo-ann lardizabal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; marie ann saballegue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Concon Sinel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Angelica Marucut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; alden benosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Perez, Cheryl Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Jarlego, Janna C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2007 7:35:21 PM Subject: [talentsinC] Keeping your options open this May 14: Martin Bautista Allow me to share with you a blog entry from senatorial candidate Martin Bautista. No, I'm not here to force this candidate down your throat (even if it may seem so!), but to give you a chance to make a choice. To those who will receive this more than once, sorry for cross-posting. We may not share the same political views, but to anyone looking for an alternative among the seemingly limited options we have in the coming elections, I urge you to read on. And if even for a moment you actually believe that there is hope for change, please pass this on. ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _______ Sunday, May 6, 2007 Woes of the Poor Seems like the harder we try, the less we get noticed. When you are after 43.8 million voters, there is just no way you can make serious inroads without mass media. And these guys know it. Two staff reporters from two different major newspapers admitted to me that their stories about Ang Kapatiran, written after lengthy interviews were killed by their editors. Explains why during the last three months, front page fodder would consist of the most inane thoughts and activities of the well-funded candidates. Big media will not give us idealistic greenhorns even a small opening. They are squarely on the side of "business as usual". Voters are hungry for issues and platforms and yet, look at the top 10 candidates considered shoo-ins: Four refuse to debate at all. They cynically stick to the proven "gold-standard" of collecting votes. We have to scrounge for those precious minutes of free airtime and we have been allowed only a few seconds every week. In this game, you don't pay, you don't play. I take all these obstacles as character-building exercises. Nobody can ever accuse us of getting a free pass. --taken from: http://mbautistamd. blogspot. com/ ************ ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ********* ******* Greetings! I am Martin D. Bautista and I am running for the Philippine Senate. I graduated with an undergraduate degree in Zoology from the University of the Philippines - Diliman in 1984 and went on to the UP College of Medicine , finishing in 1989. I completed my Internship, Residency in Internal Medicine, Fellowship in Gastroenterology at the State University of New York, in Brooklyn from 1990-1996. I certified in the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1994. >From 1996 to 2006, my wife (who is a pulmonologist) and I practiced in rural Oklahoma. We have 4 daughters. The odds are indeed long and the political situation in our country appears to be irredeemably corrupted. For too long however, well-meaning citizens who lead comfortable, secure and private lives have been scared off by the immorality, filth and danger of a system that has always zealously protected the interests of our traditional politicians, meaning those dynasties that treat politics as a family livelihood project and see politics as a way to make a comfortable living. This would be fine if we lived in say, the US, where corruption likewise exists but where there is general access to toilets and potable water (28% of Filipinos do not); there is access to anti-hypertensives and diabetes medicines; access to food (yes many, many Filipinos still go hungry involuntarily) ...you are well aware of the terrible realities but when confronted with the idea that people continue to die every single day because of this poisoned political situation you will be moved to do something. For too long, we have defaulted on our political responsibilities to family dynasties. We have allowed them to speak for us and we have allowed them to shape public policies that have resulted in the conditions we now face today. Small wonder then if you realize that the family agenda takes precedence over the common good, but this is part of human nature. I do not claim to be more moral than anybody nor do I claim to be without sin, all that I am claiming is that I am prepared to offer whatever talents I may have in order to promote the common good. Leadership is mostly about problem solving. An ordinary citizen in the Philippines does not have access to pertinent information and data that are necessary to arrive at enlightened decisions. This is one reason why I am running for the Senate. Leadership is about inspiring other people to unite towards common goals. Not having come from a prominent and wealthy family, I had to leave our country in order to become financially independent. During the course of 17 years in the US , I learned many lessons, took care of my family and I prepared for my return. I am convinced that the best education will not be found in Harvard but rather in having to live alone in a foreign land and being left to sink or swim on your own wits. I want our countrymen to appreciate and to gain inspiration from the countless sacrifices that millions of law-abiding, diligent, honest, hard working and patriotic Filipinos all over the world do every single day to keep our country afloat (2007 budget: PhP 1.1 trillion; 2006 Remittances through banks PhP 650 billion). I know that each one of us strives to help our country and we all continually look for other ways with which to help out. I just feel that politics, notwithstanding all the lethal corruption, remains the most effective path to promote the common good. If you look at the choices for the May elections, you will not see any difference between those who present themselves as "administration" or "opposition" . Same names, same historical self-serving agendas Where have all these names and experiences brought us? We were the second best in Asia 50 years ago, now we are the second to the last. I joined Ang Kapatiran because I agree with its priorities: ü moral principles over political expediency ü preferential option for the poor and vulnerable ü common good over the demands of special interests ü culture of life and peace over death and violence Permanent reform will require a profound moral change in our national character. I invite all of you to join me. I am personally willing to bet everything material that I possess that if we ordinary citizens were to become aware that the power to change our country lies in each of us, then we can all work together in redeeming our Philippines . All the political dynasties with their innumerable guns, armies of goons, unlimited gold, COMELEC will not stop an idea whose time has come. Martin D. Bautista www.angkapatiran. org Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com