The Opposite of Apathy

On the 12th of June, American Presidential candidate Obama sent his warm greetings to Filipinos, joining us in our celebration of independence day. Should Obama win the American Presidential elections, then we will have a U.S. President with deep ties to Asia. His step father was an Indonesian - a Muslim which is something that I, as a Filipino Muslim, find positive - and he spent some years of his childhood in Indonesia. Hopefully, his ties with Asia will mean even better relations with the Philippines.

Here’s a creative way to express idealism and nationalism. Why don’t our artists, which the Philippines is in great supply of, do something similar? Yes, we can!

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