Sulong Pilipinas! Sulong G1BO!

How can the country ever move forward if we continue to reward and extol mediocrity? 

To perpetuate a brand of politics that was borne out of vengeance, attrition and division? 

Why do we continue to allow people who run because of genetics rather than actual merit? 

Are we going to allow money and popularity buy the Presidency? 

NO. 

IS THIS THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE OR IS THIS THE MERE CONTINUATION OF AN AIMLESS AND CORRUPT POLITICAL TRADITION ?

Let's wake up as a country and put the leaders that we truly deserve. 

The choice is a clear - A vote for G1BO is a vote for the future of our country. POSITIVE CHANGE IS HAPPENING. 

My countrymen and women, we need leaders that inspire us. A leader that can not only point us to the right direction, but help us get there. 

We need leaders that unify us. Leaders that give us hope. Leaders that can truly move the country forward. Like many of you, I am tired with the muckraking and atrocious mudslinging- I am tired with the politics of hate, politics of "them" and "us". 

For once, let us put leaders that fuel our optimism and drive to be a greater nation.

SULONG!

MY PRESIDENT - Gilbert "G1BO" Teodoro

http://www.gibo.ph
The best man to lead the Philippines.

What if the World can vote in the US Presidential Elections?

http://www.economist.com/vote2008/
The world would vote for Barack Obama. With every country allotted a particular electoral vote, the results are astounding - with the exception of Macedonia, Georgia and Cuba - almost all has a strong Obama preference. 24,219 voted for Obama and a minuscule 4,554 voted for John McCain.

Results are updated every three hours and you must register to be able to vote.


How it works
America's electoral college

All democratic systems have their quirks, and America's is no exception. The electoral college is a 200-year-old institution. According to its rules, Americans do not vote directly for their presidents. Instead they cast a ballot to decide who wins their state's electoral-college votes. The number of these votes is fixed by the number of people the state sends to Congress, which in turn is based on its population. All states have a minimum of three votes and there are 538 electoral-college votes up for grabs in total. The presidential candidate who secures the most electoral-college votes ends up in the White House. The loser invariably ends up on day-time television shows.

Critics of the electoral-college system say it can produce a president who has lost the popular vote, as happened in 2000. They also complain that the winner-takes-all system employed by most states leads candidates to focus on a small number of "swing states" and ignore more reliably partisan ones. There have consequently been many attempts to reform the electoral-college system—over 700 so far—though until now nobody has suggested that the entire world be included.

The Global Electoral College

The Economist has redrawn the electoral map to give all 195 of the world's countries (including the United States) a say in the election's outcome. As in America, each country has been allocated a minimum of three electoral-college votes with extra votes allocated in proportion to population size. With over 6.5 billion people enfranchised, the result is a much larger electoral college of 9,875 votes. But rally your countrymen—a nation must have at least ten individual votes in order to have its electoral-college votes counted.

There are few countries whose votes in the Global Electoral College are a foregone conclusion. So the winner is unlikely to be decided by a small number of "swing countries". Rather, they will have to cobble together a coalition of small, medium and large nations. (A campaign stop in Beijing is recommended, as well as a tour of Africa.) Voting in the Global Electoral College will close at midnight London time on November 1st, when the candidate with most electoral-college votes will be declared the winner.

Your NO Counts!

It seems that when it comes to failures, we, as ordinary citizens are quick to place the blame on the government. In fighting corruption, as with other societal undertakings, it takes everyone's cooperation and not just people in power. Equal responsibility, folks, not just equal rights.

A very well made spot by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Corruption. Feel free to download and spread the message. :)

Go Out and Vote!

Start:	May 14, '07 07:00a
End:	May 14, '07 3:00p
Location:	Phillippines

"The dream of an enlightened electorate may just be a phone call away".


Starting May 1, 2007, access to UNBIASED, RELEVANT election related
information is just five numbers away...10-149. The first-ever Gabay Halalan call center
dedicated to helping our voters make enlightened choices will once again serve the Filipino
people this 2007 elections. Callers anywhere from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao can
simply pick up the phone and dial 10-149 from a PLDT landline FOR FREE (not even long
distance charges) to talk to a tele-educator about:
• candidates' profiles and stand on issues
• party-list information
• your precinct
• information for first time voters
• information on how to get involved in the elections
• inquire about election related legal matters
• report election related incidents i.e. prohibited acts
• other election information which we can look up for you
-- except whom to vote for :>


This service is especially helpful for Filipinos who do not have
access to the internet or cannot read since a live person will be the one providing you with
the information you need. Calls will be entertained from May 1 to May 15, 9:00am to
9:00pm.


The Gabay-Halalan 10-149 call center is spearheaded by Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan and Life Academy in cooperation with PLDT.


*Gabay Halalan is still in need of Metro Manila-based volunteers who
would like to be tele-educators. Please call SLB at 426-6101 loc 3440 or 10-149 or text 09263041826 to volunteer for election tele-education work or for other involvements in VforCE: Volunteers for Clean Elections.