Ang political will sa Tagalog ay: ang matibay na kapasyahang tanggalin sa puwesto ang mga abusadong opisyal ng gubyerno, kagaya ni Bayani BF Fernando.

Yan muna kasi wala pa akong sariling pic ng kalokohang ito.

So kung gusto nyong maging parang Singapore ang Pilipinas, iboto nyo si BF? Yeah, right.

Para namang kung aayusin lang ang mga kalsada, magiging parang Singapore na ang Pinas?

Kitid ng utak ang pinopromote ng illusyonadong Tserman, kasama ng mga maling assumptions na kung gawin ito, ganito ang mangyayari.

Hindi ganun kadali yun, at hindi rin magagawa ang sinasabi nyang gagawin nya kung hindi malulutas ang numero unong suliranin ng Pilipinas:


Eh paano malulutas ni BF yun kung siya mismo ay isang bahagi nito? 


‘Likuan U’ sign is sick humor – LTO expert
By JC BELLO RUIZ
April 19, 2009, 10:21pm
A traffic safety expert of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) is not amused by the new “gimmick” apparently of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) naming U-turn slots to “LIKUAN U”— read as Lee Kuan Yew, referring to the famous Prime Minister of Singapore.

LTO Traffic Safety Division Chief Daisy Jacobo said the “LIKUAN U” sign for the U-turn slot found underneath the EDSA-Kamuning flyover should be dismantled immediately because it “endangers the lives of motorists” passing through that portion of the highway “LIKUAN” in Filipino means “turning point.”

In the signboard placed on top of the regular MMDA U-turn slot signage, “LIKUAN U” is printed in red and printed in black underneath it is “LEE KUAN YEW”--- the famous leader who transformed Singapore into an economic superpower and with whom the MMDA’s top official, Bayani Fernando, loves to liken himself.
Fernando, who has been very vocal about his desire to run for President in next year’s elections, has been saying that he is the Lee Kuan Yew of the Philippines for “having a political will.”

Jacobo said the “LIKUAN U” sign is a “sick humor” and “should be removed before it can even cause damage and hurt people.” “We should not tinker with the lives of people in the name of wisecrack.

This is sick humor. The joke is meant to be ‘funny sick’ and not ‘funny humorous.” It’s not ‘funny haha’ but ‘funny absurd’,” Jacobo told the Manila Bulletin in an interview.

The affected EDSA portion Jacobo said, is already a “magnet for accidents” for allowing triple traffic counterflows – first from vehicles coming from East Avenue, second from those coming from Timog Avenue, and third from the provincial buses from the unloading zone situated underneath the flyover.

“If you are not into it, you will not get it. It’s not funny. It can hurt people as it could result in confusion on the part of the driver. The driver’s mind should focus on his driving and not on processing what “LIKUAN U’ means,” Jacobo said.

Jacobo said such “poor regulatory sign defies standards or road traffic signs” which is clarity and that it should command respect. “Road traffic signs should have a clear message, easily understood, and regulates, warns, and guides traffic. Not like LIKUAN U, PED XING or whatever,” Jacobo said referring to another road traffic sign which not many know is a shortened “Pedestrian Crossing.”

My son just recently graduated from Olivarez College High School Department. The school seemed to have outdone themselves this time, with a printed program of activities that, for the very first time in four years, did NOT misspell my son's name.

The school also managed to obtain solicitations for medals and awards from various sources, in particular a politician and an insurance broker. The quid pro quo, as you may well expect, was to give them a slot in the commencement exercises program. So other than the Guest Speaker and the College President's address, there were also unexpected speeches from the representative of the insurance broker and the politician.

But the politician went the extra mile in prolonging the ceremonies, by not only declaring to the students that he, Congressman Ed Zialcita, had always dreamed that he would become a politician since he was a little boy, and here he was now, a politician. Ergo the students should never be afraid to dream. And as he ended his speech we realized that it wasn't ending... he was launching into a song, complete with recorded accompaniment and his barong-tagalog'd form cavorting onstage. The Impossible Dream. I had expected backup dancers to appear on cue, from the sides.

I almost walked out. In fact, I did get up from my assigned seat and went to the back of the covered gym which was the venue of this celebration, and along the way looked here and there for material that I could throw at the stupid politician singing on stage. Ed Zialcita was rumored to have handed out music CD's of himself singing as a Christmas gift to his fellow congressmen. I never saw that CD, and I really wish I never saw him on this occasion.

But what could we--the parents and guardians of the graduates--do amidst this obvious politicking by this congressman whose term is ending and is probably running for mayor or some similar position? Nothing much really. Some of the other parents even applauded after the song. I just gave Cong. Zialcita the finger.

We are doomed, yes we are, and so are our graduates. This country is doomed because it caters to people like Ed Zialcita, providing him with the opportunity to further his ambitions at the expense of students and parents who really do not give a hoot about how he had always wanted to become a politician. Politicians by definition are dirty. If Ed Zialcita's boyhood dream was to become a dirty person then so be it. But he had no right to foist himself on the participants of the ceremonies, even if he did contribute a few medals for the awards. I'm sure the medals came out of his CDF anyway.

I would really rather remember this occasion as one of the important milestones in my son's life. But Ed Zialcita's antics has forever soiled this memory, as will all politicians who never fail to insinuate themselves into events that should have highlighted the celebrants, and not their dirty sneaky little campaign shenanigans.