tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post115521713007956816..comments2024-01-26T05:38:57.981+08:00Comments on Iloilo City Boy: The Tragedy of the Pinoy Middle-ClassOliver M. Mendozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06777385741632252224noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155424008876752222006-08-13T07:06:00.000+08:002006-08-13T07:06:00.000+08:00yung iba naman natatakot sumali sa bayan muna dahi...yung iba naman natatakot sumali sa bayan muna dahil pinapatay ang mga coordinators nila sa iba't ibang bahagi ng bansa...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155415539937859792006-08-13T04:45:00.000+08:002006-08-13T04:45:00.000+08:00In order not just for a "middle class", but all su...In order not just for a "middle class", but all subjects to actively participate in Political Life of the country, there is a need to "reform" the Electoral System, starting from defining clearly the Source and Limitation for Electoral financing and also the Limits for Electoral expense. I have lately posted a few subjects on this issue on Postigo Luna pages "Comelec Ako" on how anyone of legal vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713410142846357673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155285082236335722006-08-11T16:31:00.000+08:002006-08-11T16:31:00.000+08:00Thank you for your comments. It is not my intentio...Thank you for your comments. It is not my intention, as you say, to sound "defeatist." Far from it, I wanted people to think hard why we are in this situation wherein the same family names get elected and hold the reins of power.<BR/><BR/>As regards the question of what should be done, I really have no idea honestly. But what is clear to me is that the Filipino middle class must step in and get Oliver M. Mendozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06777385741632252224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155271857562086152006-08-11T12:50:00.000+08:002006-08-11T12:50:00.000+08:00the title should be "THE TRAGEDY OF THE ILONGGO NA...the title should be "THE TRAGEDY OF THE ILONGGO NATION"<BR/><BR/>Ilonggos are fond of interfering the affairs of "Manila Politics" wherein they cannot even police or have their own. <BR/><BR/>Why not ask the "Ilonggo Nation" first of whose nation they belong to,Negros or Panay?<BR/>Negrense or PanayeƱo?<BR/><BR/>I hate to see someday that Palawan also belongs to Ilonggo Nation.<BR/>There must be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155254322898632632006-08-11T07:58:00.000+08:002006-08-11T07:58:00.000+08:00All the stuff that you have presented are already ...All the stuff that you have presented are already well known to most people.Some people would look at it as opportunity for a change.Some people like you would look at it as a hopeless case.The latter one is a defeatist thinking.It will not solve the ills of this country of ours if we think that way.True, we have a patronage politics which is inherent to a democratic state.Any Democratic country Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27450003.post-1155229669963583392006-08-11T01:07:00.000+08:002006-08-11T01:07:00.000+08:00Beautiful blog, Oliver... full of pinpoint insight...Beautiful blog, Oliver... full of pinpoint insight into our terrible predicament. But the most troubling implication is the fading hope among the middle class for opportunities for economic advancement and a better quality of life, leading to widespread indifference and isolation from the political process. However, using the system, warts and all, celebrities and other influential people with noAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com