This is awfully short. However, upon reading this article, it would be very much appreciated should the readers find a sense of sportsmanship and acceptance.
No matter which party you are in the elections, it is really expected of each one to accept the results. The controversy of cheating or vote buying is getting overrated. How many times are you going to blame the other party of vote buying just because they won the elections?
Well give your heads a little upside hit, because clearly all who are guilty of this are incorrigible and demented.
Had your party won, and the other party throws rumors of your party’s vote buying, what would you feel?
Your party has lost. Get over it and move on!
Is it not enough that you saw the MAJORITY of the votes went to the other party? Don’t go claiming that the bigger part of the municipality believes in your candidate. Because seriously? The results say it all. Other than the fact that you claim there was vote buying involved, think about it. Thinkers are doers. Therefore, when you are the one dirtying your mind about it, clearly, you are familiar of doing it. So stop all your whiny and irrelevant comments about how the elections turned out. You can’t do anything about it.
You believe in your candidate just as much as each one believes in theirs. The results are out. The winners are awarded. Instead of being bitter and malicious, try accepting the current reality and get out of your way to help the cause. You are still part of that town. Whether you win or lose, the big picture is the welfare of all who resides in that town and not the pride of your candidate and everyone close to them.
Give your candidate the smallest amount of dignity they have left. Because of your negativity and irrational take on the outcome of the elections, you are the one bringing down the morale of your candidate. It is making their loss harder to bear. May you be a friend, a relative or an immediate family member, just show your support to your candidate by being there. For all you know, from their loss they may gain something out of it. If you continue to look at the negative side of the situation and harp on all the apparent differences and the failure of your candidate in winning the hearts of the people, then you’re not comforting them. You are rubbing rock hard sea salt on the wounds and the abrasions seethe in pain making the scars more visible in the end. Help them overcome the loss by moving forward. Because the anger or animosity you feel for the winning party is not going to help you at all.
Do not wait until other people have moved on with their lives before you see the bigger picture. The election is done. And so should your alliance.
After the elections, there are no more competing sides. There is only one side, and that side will be the only side for the next couple of years or so. If you are not going to get over your loss, then you are not a worthy citizen of your town.
Think about that, and stop your pity party. It’s pathetic.
JMAGS 05-15-10
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
What I Think: A Mass Epiphany: Enlightenment of the Doomed Locals
It has been so long since my hometown experienced such a remarkable event. The aftermath of the election is pretty much still wafting in the air, but the rush of adrenaline for the winners and the deflation of the losers are contagious. Obviously, the supporters of both parties feel the same as the one they support. (It would make a little difference had I referred it as “non-winners”, but it’s grammatically wrong, and sugar coating what is apparent is not an option. The opposite of winners are losers, so why hide it with words?). The apparent victory of the winning party is a success of the whole town. Something like this rarely happens, and I’m glad that my hometown gets the elation of being able to do something right for the town they call home.
Let’s have a flashback on the first “What I Think” article, where I specifically wrote about the opportunists in our town; also known as the sorry excuse for politicians. Honestly, this is a big leap from that hell of a government. Now before the newly elected mayor, councilors and honoraries step into office, a string of goodwill and honest service flashes through the minds of the townsmen, they know they made the right decision. It is a no brainer. If this is not the case, then they wouldn’t have won, right? The people of my hometown have spoken. It is with great pride that I claim to be part of that brilliant lot. They have finally seen what is good for them and who would be capable of giving them the satisfaction and feeling of security.
Elections have always been a battle of who exceeds who, who is better at this, who is better at that. It is an ongoing debate. It may not happen always, but have you heard of the common cliché “the good guys always get it”? Well, if you have, congratulations, you are witnessing a perfect example of it right now. The success of the winning party is appropriate and well deserved.
Looking back at the preceding officials, I took a shot at walking down memory lane. I tripped into the memory of a day I would never forget. It was the day before the elections a couple of years back. My aunt and I decided to hit the mall to cool down as the summer heat was really taking its toll. As we window shopped and talk about the most random things we could think about, right there in front of us was the whole family of one of the candidates for mayor. The look on their faces was priceless. It was as if they were a whole bunch of deer at the middle of the interstate caught in headlights. It was hilarious as it was disappointing. It would have been nice if they had stopped for a friendly chat or a nice warm smile. After all they would be doing that for the next couple of years if they’re chicken won. But what we didn’t expect was actually getting a cold shoulder and a quick run to the exit, their whole bunch of shopping bags bouncing as they brisk walked through the mall. If I was to have the little ‘first family’ of my town turn around and avoid me, boy I don’t know what the hell they are thinking running for office and trying to take control of the whole town. Seriously, they would have spared a moment for their townsmen, they had time to shop, haven’t they, and a simple smile or a sincere wave was a tedious thing to do?
But that’s not the point. That was just an icebreaker to what’s about to come forth.
Caucus. Ever been to one? I bet. You should have, if you want to know what these candidates plan to do about your municipality or if you want to get a heads up of what to expect. Black propagandas, direct criticisms and indirect insults are going to be revealed from these things. Even vote buying, if you’re lucky…NOT! A bit pessimistic and subjective, I know. But these caucuses are the most knowledgeable and informative events you could participate in, believe it or not. If you want to know the real score about who’s running for what, and why in the world they want to do that, caucuses is your best bet. Major revelations of negative activities, pre planned personal agendas, and fraudulent data of receipts where the town’s funds are ‘supposedly’ applied to.
It’s sad. People look up to these people because they believe that they can do something right. But what it has done to our poor hometown is increase the amount of criticisms and being stereotyped into this town of idiotic, walking imbeciles who just let these lame ass politicians take advantage of what is rightfully ours, and a chance at being acknowledged as one of the more popular and respected towns around.
Thankfully we don’t have to suffer that anymore. Well,aside from the fact that the poll watchers were paid a few days before election which I don’t really know whose idea it was from. Because it is a perfect epitome of vote buying, the poll watchers could say; “well, I already got paid, why would I spend my day braving the scorching heat and watching people get their thumbs dirtied, if I could just spend the money and treat myself to a wonderful day at a cooler, less crowded place”. Seriously, I don’t know what they are thinking. Paying poll watchers days before the election, huh, one would think if it even has a reason as to why that is so, or is it just to prove that “Hey we got money, you know who to vote, but considering we are in that topic, here’s a little more, would you mind watching the polls as well?” Think about it. It is undoubtedly downright and inexplicably insufferable.
On a lighter note, it is a relief that finally the people of our wonderful hometown are obviously enlightened. They saw what was good for them, they decided on that, and now I believe that this is a start of a magnificent and progressive move for our town. The winning party in the election is a group of men that have seen the goo the former government caused the whole municipality, the unseen and hidden damages they have brought the town into. Finally here is a group of people whom the whole town trusts enough to thrust into those positions. Seeing as the elections revealed a landslide result, I’d say that the winning party has proven themselves worthy of the job.
The effort of the whole party that won is exhilarating. These people have lives, they have personal interests and personal dilemmas in life, yet they go out of their way to cater to the needs of the people. The work they put into their campaign, the time they sacrificed for the benefit of others is humbling. I guess you could say it is all part of the package they have to go through to be able to get to where they are right now. But boy, if you ask me, it is all worth it.
My hometown is a beautiful place. People are nice in their own way. Yeah, gossipmongers here and there, but is there really a town that’s free from those? Personally, I believe that each municipality, each town, each province, city or state has their own identity and distinct characteristics, even flaws. However, if we strive and continue to look at the positive things and the benefits of making the right decision, no flaw or imperfection can stop camaraderie, determination and unity from one’s own free will from succeeding.
Now, after the great epiphany my fellowmen has obviously experienced, I am one of the thousands that believes that this new set of public officials is going to work. It is going to work out, because the townsmen believe in them, I believe in them. And the ultimate, most important thing is, they believe in themselves. It could’ve been worse, they could have dropped out somewhere along the way or they could have chosen not to run in the first place. But they did, and that has made all the difference.
To my fellowmen in that small town, kudos to you for doing the right thing! May this be an inspiration for us to strive harder in assisting these newly elected officials in bringing our town to its best term yet.
JMAGS 05-12-2010
Let’s have a flashback on the first “What I Think” article, where I specifically wrote about the opportunists in our town; also known as the sorry excuse for politicians. Honestly, this is a big leap from that hell of a government. Now before the newly elected mayor, councilors and honoraries step into office, a string of goodwill and honest service flashes through the minds of the townsmen, they know they made the right decision. It is a no brainer. If this is not the case, then they wouldn’t have won, right? The people of my hometown have spoken. It is with great pride that I claim to be part of that brilliant lot. They have finally seen what is good for them and who would be capable of giving them the satisfaction and feeling of security.
Elections have always been a battle of who exceeds who, who is better at this, who is better at that. It is an ongoing debate. It may not happen always, but have you heard of the common cliché “the good guys always get it”? Well, if you have, congratulations, you are witnessing a perfect example of it right now. The success of the winning party is appropriate and well deserved.
Looking back at the preceding officials, I took a shot at walking down memory lane. I tripped into the memory of a day I would never forget. It was the day before the elections a couple of years back. My aunt and I decided to hit the mall to cool down as the summer heat was really taking its toll. As we window shopped and talk about the most random things we could think about, right there in front of us was the whole family of one of the candidates for mayor. The look on their faces was priceless. It was as if they were a whole bunch of deer at the middle of the interstate caught in headlights. It was hilarious as it was disappointing. It would have been nice if they had stopped for a friendly chat or a nice warm smile. After all they would be doing that for the next couple of years if they’re chicken won. But what we didn’t expect was actually getting a cold shoulder and a quick run to the exit, their whole bunch of shopping bags bouncing as they brisk walked through the mall. If I was to have the little ‘first family’ of my town turn around and avoid me, boy I don’t know what the hell they are thinking running for office and trying to take control of the whole town. Seriously, they would have spared a moment for their townsmen, they had time to shop, haven’t they, and a simple smile or a sincere wave was a tedious thing to do?
But that’s not the point. That was just an icebreaker to what’s about to come forth.
Caucus. Ever been to one? I bet. You should have, if you want to know what these candidates plan to do about your municipality or if you want to get a heads up of what to expect. Black propagandas, direct criticisms and indirect insults are going to be revealed from these things. Even vote buying, if you’re lucky…NOT! A bit pessimistic and subjective, I know. But these caucuses are the most knowledgeable and informative events you could participate in, believe it or not. If you want to know the real score about who’s running for what, and why in the world they want to do that, caucuses is your best bet. Major revelations of negative activities, pre planned personal agendas, and fraudulent data of receipts where the town’s funds are ‘supposedly’ applied to.
It’s sad. People look up to these people because they believe that they can do something right. But what it has done to our poor hometown is increase the amount of criticisms and being stereotyped into this town of idiotic, walking imbeciles who just let these lame ass politicians take advantage of what is rightfully ours, and a chance at being acknowledged as one of the more popular and respected towns around.
Thankfully we don’t have to suffer that anymore. Well,aside from the fact that the poll watchers were paid a few days before election which I don’t really know whose idea it was from. Because it is a perfect epitome of vote buying, the poll watchers could say; “well, I already got paid, why would I spend my day braving the scorching heat and watching people get their thumbs dirtied, if I could just spend the money and treat myself to a wonderful day at a cooler, less crowded place”. Seriously, I don’t know what they are thinking. Paying poll watchers days before the election, huh, one would think if it even has a reason as to why that is so, or is it just to prove that “Hey we got money, you know who to vote, but considering we are in that topic, here’s a little more, would you mind watching the polls as well?” Think about it. It is undoubtedly downright and inexplicably insufferable.
On a lighter note, it is a relief that finally the people of our wonderful hometown are obviously enlightened. They saw what was good for them, they decided on that, and now I believe that this is a start of a magnificent and progressive move for our town. The winning party in the election is a group of men that have seen the goo the former government caused the whole municipality, the unseen and hidden damages they have brought the town into. Finally here is a group of people whom the whole town trusts enough to thrust into those positions. Seeing as the elections revealed a landslide result, I’d say that the winning party has proven themselves worthy of the job.
The effort of the whole party that won is exhilarating. These people have lives, they have personal interests and personal dilemmas in life, yet they go out of their way to cater to the needs of the people. The work they put into their campaign, the time they sacrificed for the benefit of others is humbling. I guess you could say it is all part of the package they have to go through to be able to get to where they are right now. But boy, if you ask me, it is all worth it.
My hometown is a beautiful place. People are nice in their own way. Yeah, gossipmongers here and there, but is there really a town that’s free from those? Personally, I believe that each municipality, each town, each province, city or state has their own identity and distinct characteristics, even flaws. However, if we strive and continue to look at the positive things and the benefits of making the right decision, no flaw or imperfection can stop camaraderie, determination and unity from one’s own free will from succeeding.
Now, after the great epiphany my fellowmen has obviously experienced, I am one of the thousands that believes that this new set of public officials is going to work. It is going to work out, because the townsmen believe in them, I believe in them. And the ultimate, most important thing is, they believe in themselves. It could’ve been worse, they could have dropped out somewhere along the way or they could have chosen not to run in the first place. But they did, and that has made all the difference.
To my fellowmen in that small town, kudos to you for doing the right thing! May this be an inspiration for us to strive harder in assisting these newly elected officials in bringing our town to its best term yet.
JMAGS 05-12-2010
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