May 3, 2008 at 3:46 am (Obama Corner, Uncategorized)
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Like Obama, we want to make “politics cool again.” “Cool”, in this context, translates to meaningful, hopeful, and inspiring. Watch this video and tell me, if you could vote in the U.S. elections, that you would not vote for this guy.
- Atty. Adel Tamano
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Jowana Bueser said,
May 4, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Nang magsimula ang primaries mas lamang sa akin si Hillary Clinton. Bilang babae, nais kong makita ang “first woman president” kaysa “first African American president” sa US. Kaya lang nang mapanood ko ang documentary ni Michael Moore na “Sicko” kung saan ipinakita ang pagtanggap niya ng contributions sa health care companies gayong kinalaban niya ang mga ito sa simula, biglang nawala ang paghanga ko sa kanya. Sabi ko, sayang mas matalino pa naman siya kay Bill.
Unang beses ko naman nakita (sa TV lang) si Obama sa Democrat Convention 2004. Isa-isang pinapasalita ang mga rising stars and superstars ng Democrat Party bago itanghal si John Kerry na official candidate. Simula pa lang ng pananalita ni Obama, nakakahanga na ang galing niya. Nang banggitin niya na “There’s no red state or blue state. There is only the United States,” nasabi ko sa sarili ko may future ang taong ito. Pero nang ihirit na niya ang “the audacity of hope,” nasabi ko na sana tumakbo siyang presidente. (Napaiyak na rin ako sa galing husay niyang magsalita.)
Cool si Obama. Maraming sumusuporta sa kanyang kabataan. Ito ang nagdadala sa kanya. Sabi nga sa Time magazine, hindi lang dahil sa nangangako siya ng pagbabago at pag-asa kaya naniniwala ang kabataan kay Obama. Kapag siya nagsasalita, nararamdaman ng mga tao na mag darating na pagbabago at pag-asa. At bihirang maramdaman iyan mula sa isang pulitiko.
enzo from PLM said,
May 5, 2008 at 2:53 am
it is a sad fact that today, people would rather look at the entertainment section in newspapers or tune in to variety shows instead of those that are related to politics or even anything that has something to do with the government. hard to admit but we have lost interest in politics. maybe because we are just tired that everything that happens is just the same as before. now i feel like i’m standing at the edge of the cliff, with nothing else to do but to wait for a new hope to arrive. that this country is undergoing so much problems and no one seems to be able to just even fix one of them. where are the modern day bonifacios or rizals that can make the people once again see a reason to be involved? to make them feel that there are people backing them up. a role model that we can look up to. being able to notice, or better yet to include in his platform, obama may be someone that if in the philippines would serve as our hope that this country still has a chance.
avocadolife said,
May 5, 2008 at 10:46 am
Dito tayo nagkakaiba ng pananaw. I’m not totally sold kay Obama. Yes, as a politician he must surely have good intentions as a lot do. But a speech doesn’t prove anything other than magaling siyang orator. At kahit sa puntong ito, may pagaalinlangan pa rin ako sa kanya. His style of speaking is copied, as in carbon-copied, from Martin Luther King, Jr. Notice the inflection and nasalized accent, and he’s from the midwest and not even the south. This is not his normal speech in interviews. In this case, affected ang speech niya. His rhetorics just struck a chord with the American youth. Sino nga bang may gusto sa mga trapo dito man sa atin o sa mga kabataan ng America? And since Hillary is perceived as connected to the Beltway (Washington DC establishment), he has capitalized well on his perceived “outsider” position. But latest polls indicate Obama (46%) and Clinton (45%) as head-to-head if general elections were held today. In fact, Obama is slightly losing ground. Ang sa akin lang, sino man ang manalo bilang presidente hindi mawawala ang posisyon ng pagpoprotekta ng interes ng Amerika bago pa man ang iba. This is a fair enough policy as long as it doesn’t step on other nations. With a strong China, global problems of poverty, terrorism, the environment and the like, the reality is that the US is still needed as a superpower to counterbalance geopolitics. So, as in any kind of power, it bears great responsibility. I hope the new US president will be ever more mindful and respectful of the interdependent nature of the whole global community.
avocadolife said,
May 5, 2008 at 4:12 pm
I’ve now made up my mind. If I’d be able to vote in the US elections, I wouldn’t vote for Obama. I happened to catch Clinton and Obama on CNN this evening giving their positions on a proposed federal gas tax holiday this summer as prices at the pumps are going higher and demand increases during the season. Hillary Clinton wants to give immediate relief to the end-consumer and proposes making up the lost revenue by imposing a windfall profits tax on oil companies. Obama calls it a “Shell game,” a political gimmick saying that the small amount of the tax when deducted would mean little for hard-pressed consumers. He adds by saying that there are better, long-term solutions like a $1,000 annual tax cut for middle-income families and developing renewable energy sources. As the money raised from the gas taxes goes into a fund that pays for construction of highways and bridges, Obama said a summertime gasoline tax holiday would cost 6,000 construction jobs in Indiana alone.
I do not agree with Obama. What he calls small amount (“pennies”) adds up to substantial savings by the end of summer considering that gasoline (for the car) is a basic living expense in American households. In the US, even Obama cannot go anywhere without his car. A $1,000 annual tax cut and sourcing renewable energy are both good and may be correlated to the issue but, at this very moment, non sequitur. His argument on lost construction jobs is clearly an argumentum ad baculum. And calling the proposal a “Shell game (political gimmickry)” is pure ignoratio elenchi, i.e. arguing against his opponent’s very person. For me, his whole rebuttal is a total waste of brain cells.
To Obama’s campaign advisers, for heavens sake, just give your man a podium, a teleprompter and his set rhetoric. These only shows that great oratorical form may pull on an audience’s heartstrings but does not necessarily a substantial speaker make. No wonder your camp declined any kind of debate with Clinton during this Indiana - NC round of primaries.
jts said,
May 8, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Gusto ko po si Hillary pero magaling din naman po si Obama. Sino man ang mahalal sa kanilang dalawa ay sana maging daan upang maitigil na ang pag-atake sa ibang bansa. LIFE IS PRECIOUS. Masarap ang mamuhay ng matiwasay.
Share ko lang po itong kanta:
Hand in hand
See the fire in the sky
We feel the beating of our hearts together
This is our time to rise above
We know the chance is here to live forever
For all time
Hand in Hand we stand
All across the land
We can make this world
A better place in which to live
Hand in Hand we can
Start to understand
Breaking down the walls
That come between us for all time
Everytime we give it all
We feel the flame eternally inside us
Lift our hands up to the sky
The morning calm helps us to live in harmony
For all time
investment_analyst said,
June 12, 2008 at 8:33 am
vote obama?! come on! he’s a socialist!! hasn’t anyone learned the dangers of this idea!?!!! the dangers of government interventionism?!! look at the CARP law. thats wealth redistribution, thats socialism! the failure of that legislation did not just happen, progress was dead the moment it was signed on into law. wealth redistribution sucks and it is never the cause of progress. we should have had industrialized farms by now if it not for the law! damn it! btw, all i’ve seen here so far are nationalists, feminists and populists. all of these ideologies do not have anything to say about how government is to behave relative to the economy. what?! nobody’s a freakin conservative rightist here!?