It’s not about you GMA

After the recent rash of defection  or should I say defacation of Gloria Arroyo’s stalwarts and supporters, newspaper accounts report her lawyers teling her to shut up and that they don’t have anything on her anyway.

The shutting up part I will agree to. Close your trap (crap???) because it really is causing you more trouble than you’re worth for. Honestly? I would rather you step down from your post as Congressperson (can’t even call you a woman) and just face the music. We are accusing you of a crime, go get your day in court.

At least your predecessor, who might or might not have been better staying where he was before you entered the picture, had the balls to face his music. Oh, forgive me about the balls. You don’t have one. Never did anyways. But your husband should have a set, so where is it.

But the one about not having anything on you, they have tons of evidence against you! Those you tried to destroy or hide during your term. Okay so you were good in math, I mean, by your calculations then, we were making money and your government was in such a good fiscal position.

All else, you screwed. You screwed the civil service, the military, the foreign service, business, hell even the banks.

So now, all these lieutenants of yours coming out of the woodworks are screaming jackals (jackass?) telling tales of woe and misfortune you call liars.

But they were the names that floated during your term were they not. They were the operators, as some of our political friends would say. They did your bidding (or was it yours?) and made themselves rich in the process too. From where, from our money!!! The people’s money!!! Hell if Manny Pacquiao is the People’s Champ for good, they were the people’s champ for rot.

And they all turned into tweety birds.

It was fun with Garcia and his invocation of his right to self incrimination. But you only invoke your right to self incrimination if you may indeed incriminate yourself when you say something, or maybe my logic is flawed. But that is how I see it.

But after Garcia, and seeing that he will go to jail anyway, without honor nor riches, all the others decided to take the safe route and jump ship. All of them tried the formula of success, running for public office, only your family got in. Now where do they go when even your political clout is not strong enough to protect them anymore.

And besides, what the other lame duck in the palace is doing, is trying to pin the blame on you for every wrong thing he does, much as his mother did to Marcos before (of course maybe Cory did have the right, they did shoot Ninoy) so he can have his legacy and eat it too (that did not sound right did it.)

So yes, it’s about getting you, your husband, your sons, your cousins and everyone who got filthy rich wearing branded toenails while you were president. It’s about putting the big fish in the small tank. It’s about leveling the playing field. It’s about all those allegories that we read in the papers every day before we watch the telenovela on TV in either Pasay or Quezon City.

But underneath it all, it’s not about you.

It’s about getting away with it. Stupidity, mediocrity, foolishness, pride, arrogance, and of coure the money. At the end of the day, when you look at all the players sitting on the poker table, they were the same players dealing the cards during your term and Erap’s term, and FVR’s term and Cory’s term and now even Marcoses term.

It is still them at the counting house, counting out the money. And while we poor citizens that need help who voted for them into power struggle day by day, cent by cent, grain by grain and scale by scale, they bandy their callousness on national television pretending to prosecute the guilty for justice.

I have no ending for this piece. The novela is still going on, and now it’s on webcast too. So I have no ending for this except to say it’s really not about you GMA, but you were a huge part of it all.

Ayaw Talaga Paawat!!!!

Hayup!

Ayaw talaga paawat ng mga kumag!

Anak ng teteng. Nadaya daw yung eleksiyon!

At ang witnesses, yung mga sinibak sa Comelec dahil may mga sabit!

Mukhang naniniwala na ako dun sa “conspiracy theory” na ibinulong sa akin ah!

“Helllo Garci?….” ganito ano, ayusin mo yung mga computer, itanong mo sa PCOS machine kung ano gusto nila, ibigay mo lahat ha….basta kailangan manalo lahat ng kalaban ko okeeey??? Salamat Garci!!!”

Walanjo talaga! May death wish yung maliit na tao sa Malacanang ano?

But wait!! There’s more!!! If you call in the next five minutes, you will have another Vice President!!!

Isip-isip mga katoto!!! Hindi kaya ito talaga yung pakana ng mga palaka??

Kasi, dehin puwede dayain para matalo diba? Lola, pag dinaya nila at natalo si Noynoy, laking gulo!!! FIFOL FOWER ang eksena Ate!!!

Eh kung nanalo? Quiet ang mga bading!!! Walang FIFOL FOWER!!! Credible ang eleksiyon!!! Korek??? KOOORREEEKKK!!!!!

WROOOONNGG!!!

Ngayong biliv na ang mga otar na nanalo talaga si Noynoy, tsaka biglang may I come in yung mga operators-chuva. Ano ang talkish nila??

DINAYA NAMIN ANG ELEKSIYON!!!!

Samantala, sa isang madilim na Kastilyo sa Pampanga, madidinig ang ganitong halakhak….”Bwahahahahahaha…na-isahan ko sila!!! Kung hindi kita kaya talunin sa daya Ngoyngoy, mananalo ka sa daya…..bwahahahahahaha!!!!”

Hayup! Ang galing ng nagplano! Parang yung tumira ng 2004 elections!

“Bwahahahaha….ang husay mo talaga alagad na Runi….wala ng katulad mo…..bwahahahaha….” nadidinig sa kastilyo sa Pampanga!!!

At double tap pa po mga Kakulay!!!

Sabit din si Rambotito na nagbigay ng sobrang sakit ng ulo sa kanila dati. Ang Vice President ng mga Jejemon na si JejeMar daw ang bumili ng serbisyo ng mga kawatan sa Comelec.

Hayup sa placing ano? Talagang scripted parang “Tanging Yaman!” Hmmmm, sino pala may-ari ng istasyon nun???

Nilaglag si Mar, kinampihan si Noynoy, di ibinoto ni Erap, siya bumili ng boto, puwede isali ang kahit sinong kandidato, pati presidente!!!!

Wow!!!

Pang-FAMAS yung script Direk!

“And the Best Movie of the Year goes to…..”Eleksiyon, Merong Himala!!!!” (standing ovaration!!!)

Hayup!!!! Kung totoo itong “Conspiracy Theory” ko….na ikinuwento ng isa sa mga batikang political operator sa Pilipinas….ang galing-galing nilang lahat!!! Lahat sila kasali sa conspiracy….pati pagpatay kay Jose Rizal sila ang may alam!!!

AWAT NAAAAAA!!!!!

Parang awa niyo na….AWAT NA!!!!

The again….baka naman totoo pala!!!!

Bwahahahahaha…..mwahahahahaha……nyaaaahahahahahahaha…..(fade into silence and black….)

Weather-weather Lang Talaga

Shoot!

Pasok si Bongbong Marcos sa Senado.

Isipin mo nga naman ano? Apat na Presidente lang ang nakakaraan (o lima ba yun?) Marcos ang nasa Malakanyang at Aquino ang nasa Senado.

Ibang klase talaga maglaro ang tadhana (fate po sa ingles) ano?

Nung nasa kolehiyo ako at sinipa nila si Makoy, buong akala ko wala ng resbak yun. Lusubin ba naman yung palasyo mo at kalkalin ng libo-libong akyat-bahay ang kagamitan mo eh maisipan mo pa bang bumalik?

Nakatakas nga sila sa bara-barangay na sambayanang Pinoy, nung isinakay naman sa helikopter para magtago sa Paoay, dun dinala sa Hawaii. Ayun, naka-isang dekada din nagtago.

So dedbol na yung mga magulang. Wala na si Ninoy at Cory, at natutunaw na yung mala-plastic na bangkay ni Makoy sa Ilocos. Di bale na si Imelda dahil mistulang yumao na rin ito sa sangkatutak na kabulastugang pinag-gaga-gawa. (Teka Congresswojman pala ang linsyak haneh?)

Ngayon ang bakbakan sinalo ng mga anak.

At hayop ang laban, parang PBA finals, may match-up! Si Irene ay isang tunay na socialite tulad ni Ballsy. Si Imee ay public figure tulad ni Kristeta. At siyempre ang labanan ng point guard, si Bongbong at si Noynoy.

Di ko lang talaga maisip kung ano ang problema ng mga Aquino sa palayaw!!! Noynoy? Kristeta?  Ballsy? Hello? Ano kaya si Joshua paglaki? (Shwangit??)

But that is besides the point! (mali yung ingles ano?)

The points is, sabi nga sa kanta, “eto na naman.”

Sa akala ninyo si Noynoy at Gloria ang maglalaban sa loob ng 6 years? Ako eh nagmimiron lang naman ano. Tsaka baka naman guni-guni ko lang talaga ito.

Pero sandali lang bro. Isip-isip lang tayo sandali.

Ang tsismis sa kalye, itong si Bongbong eh dehin tulad ng erpat niyang si Ferdinand. Medyo torpe nga daw!

Pero sa lahat ng torpe, si Bongbong ang naging Vice-Governor, Congressman at three-term Governor sa Ilocos.

Ngayon Senador na ang kolokoy!

Siya rin yung may pakana nung sangkatutak na higanteng electric fan sa Ilocos beach. Ano ba tawag dun, ricemill yata o windmill?

O alam ninyo kung ano ginagawa nun? Naghahakot po yun ng sangkatutak na kuryente galing sa hangin para ilawan ang buong Ilocos. Hindi na yata sila umaasa sa Meralco na pagka-mahal-mahal sumingil!!!!

Tapos, meron din pala silang Pagudpud dun! Yung beach na parang Boracay, pero Ilocano ang salita hindi Bisaya!

Sabi nga ng mga otar sa Ilocos, mahusay daw itong si Bongbong eh!

So medy0 isip-isip tayo ng konti ulit.

Malaki pa rin ang galit ng mga Aquino sa mga Marcos. Aba eh hanggang ngayon nga, may apat na anak na yung kapatid ko (baka malapit ng magka-apo), buhay pa rin yung PCGG (ano ba yun? Presidential Coracot and Gago-Gaguhan?)

Eh halos lahat yata ng crony ni Marcos na-holdap na nyang PCGaGo na yan maliban dun sa kinulimbat daw ni Makoy!!!

So ano ang gusto ko sabihin?

Ang tsismis ko lang po, itong mga darating na araw, maghaharap yang si Noynoy at Bongbong. At pag nangyari yun, aba eh mas malamang sa hindi, baka biglang magsuntukan yang dalawa.

Andun pa naman si Manong Johnny ulet.

Naku! Pag humirit yun kay Bongbong ng “hawakan mo nga sa ilong Balong!” yare ang buto-buto!

So, sa tindi ng “bad blood” (ingles po yun ha!) sa gitna ng dalawang ito, hindi malayo na magkahamunan ng pagkalalaki ang mga yan.

Ngayon pa lang, hinihirit na ng pala-away na si Noynoy na palalakasin niya ulit yung PCGaGo niya eh.

Yung Bongbong naman, magiging bantay daw para sa mamamayan!

So sabi nga ni Mike Buffer, “Lets get ready to rumblllllllleee!!!”

Teka, isang pahabol lang — nung araw na gago daw itong si Bongbong, ipinadala sa Amerika ng tatay niya. Nung bumalik eh bumait, tapos lumabas ang tsismis na hindi siya yung tunay na Bongbong dahil yung tunay na Bongbong namatay daw sa Amerika.

Si Noynoy, nung araw hindi daw pala-imik, tahimik at ayaw ng dabarkads. Tiyope nga sabi nila. Tapos biglang nawala sandali nung mag-retreat. Pagbalik bibo at maingay na. Kung ano-ano na ang pinagsasabi. Hindi kaya……….

My Election Assessment 2

Yung unang sinulat kong election assessment ay sa ingles.

Medyo nakalimutan ko na Pilipino ako eh. Actually, halos lahat ng blog ko ingles, may pagpapanggap kasing sosyal at ilustrado, eh jologs pala at negro. So pasensiya na po. Ito Pilipino na (Tagalog ika nga.)

Tatlong bagay ang napansin ko sa nakaraang 2010 National Elections:

1. Kahit medyo magulo nung una, mabilis bumoto kapag nasa loob ka na ng presinto.

2. Wala ng naganap na gulo dahil sa nakawan ng balota at bilangan ng mga titser. Sa totoo lang, ito ang unang eleksiyon na hindi na-harrass ang mga titser natin.

3. Napakabilis ng pagpapadala ng resulta ng eleksiyon na yung mga may balak mandaya ay nagulat at hindi nakaporma.

Sa unang pagkakataon, ang mga Pilipino ay hindi nag-iingay dahil sa resulta ng eleksiyon. Na nagbigay ng kuro-kuro sa akin (ang lalim ano.) Hindi kaya wala naman talaga dating nagdududa sa resulta ng eleksiyon kaya lang sa sobrang bagal eh maraming nauuto yung mga alam nating talunan.

Sa resulta naman ng mga nanalo ng pangulo eto ang aking haka-haka (ang lalim ulit):

1. May tama at may mali ang survey pero sa kabuuan ay mali. Tama sila sa pagsabing si Noynoy ang nangunguna pero hindi naman ganun kalaki. Mali sila kay Villar dahil si Erap pala ang talagang pangalawa. Tama sila kay Gibo pero hindi kay Gordon.

2. Maaaring nagkaroon talaga ng trending sa survey para palabasin si Noynoy na nananalo. Karamihan sa nakausap ko (konti lang po iyon) ay nagsabing ibinoto nila si Noynoy dahil matatalo naman ang pato nilang si Gordon o Gibo. Yung one third ng boto ni Noynoy ay galing sa mga supporters nila Gibo at Gordon na tumira ng llamadong boto.

3. Mabuti na lang at tumira ng trending ang surveys dahil kung hindi ay si Erap ulit ang pangulo natin. Kahit mahal ko si Erap ay ayaw ko nun. Kung bumoto ang supporters ni Gibo at Gordon ng gusto nila, tatabla ang labanan pero mamamayagpag si Erap.

Sa nakaraang eleksyon, tahimik ang kapaligiran at credible ang resulta kahit pa may mga humihirit ng dayaan.

Wala pa pong dayaan na mangyayari dahil yung mga election and political operators ay hindi pa alam ang style ng automated elections.

Ngayon pa lang ay nadidinig ko na ang ilan na nagsasabing magpapadala sila sa Finland at Korea ng mga bata nila para pag-aralan ang makabagong sistema at alamin kung papaano ito paiikutin.

At wala ng magagawa ang mga madadaya at mahilig gumawa ng gulo tungkol sa eleksiyong ito dahil sa una (at sana ay hindi huli) na pagkakataon ay nadinig ang tunay na boses ng Pilipino.

To People Power or not To People Power!

That is the question. Whether it be for the purpose of correcting a wrong or simply to quench the thirst of a power hungry bloc.

Ever since 1986, a small, manipulative sector of our society has used this threat to keep their hold on power.

In 2001, using the social climbing middle class, this rich-well entrenched sector of society succeeded in kicking out of office a president that was voted in by a true majority.

They could not cheat him of his office, so they waited until they got a chance. They knew he would stumble somewhere. He was not a puppet of the rich, but he was a slave of his vices and vanity. He knew the masses were behind him, so he did not need to play with the rich boys. That was his undoing.

After kicking him out, and the same rich boys seated a woman in Malacanang, another round of People Power happened. This time, it was the real people, the masses who gathered at the EDSA Shrine. Lo and behold, the rich boys called them trash and scum,  not worthy of the title People Power. They were the former president’s lackeys, a swarm of peasants with rights only those the rich ones bestow on them.

Even the Bishops spat on their rights. Told them they had no right to the EDSA Shrine, it was only for the well-dressed, sweet-smelling level of society, not the sweaty, ill-clothed masses of this country.

And the lady president showed her true color. She ordered these citizens to be disbanded, shot even. Nevermind that they were citizens of this land. Nevermind that they were only making themselves heard. Nevermind that they were supporting a legitimate president. Nevermind, they had no say in how this country is run. Only the rich boys had that right.

But the rich boys did not see the writing on the wall. The very person they put in power went after their skin. She cannot be thwarted, what she wants, she gets. Try and go after her, she’ll trample on you.

She will use the police and military to blackmail the rich boys, use the justice department to shut them down, use private armies to hunt them and finally send them to jail, if they don’t leave the country first. And even then, if they have use for those who fled, they got them back here.

How bad was it for the rich boys? One cried foul over a broadband deal, well the whole family is now politically dead. Another called for her ouster, the hacienda got flack. A senator defied her, he still cannot return to the country to this day.

And so they called her evil. Maybe she is. But the bottomline is the rich boys did not have control of her. All her evil deeds do not matter to the rich boys, they would have done the same thing if they had the power. What mattered was that the rich boys do not wield power, and that is an insult they cannot tolerate.

So in this election they pick a loser. One who has enough emotional ties to the Filipino people, but so insignificant in mind, character and achievement that they can tie him up on their pinkie finger. This is so feudal era.

And they believe that because this loser is related to a strong hero, the public will gravitate to him. They use the good vs. evil drama and make the lady president so evil that the whole country hates her.

And the ultimate ace in their hand, the People Power threat. They make it appear that this loser cannot lose. And that if he loses then the election was a fraud, and so there must be people power.

Again, nevermind that only 2500 individuals say the loser is their choice. Nevermind that the basis of their propaganda is a false premise. Nevermind that the Filipino people has yet to make their voice heard.

In the minds of the rich boys, they have another crack at power and they will not let this slip by. So everyone against them is for the lady president. And everyone against their loser is with the lady president. And if anyone else wins, then it was the lady presidents doing. And so the need for people power.

It is flawed logic, i know. But tell that to the people who adore the losers lineage. They are the ones who will suffer, I also know, but they don’t know that. All they see is the color of the sun, shining bright, before it blinds them, and throw them into darkness.

But there is an enlightened majority. The bigger group who are not attracted to the false light. They are the ones who will matter this time. And the rich  boys cannot accept this.

To People Power or not to People Power. It is a question the truly enlightened majority can answer. Do we again fall victim to the propaganda of the rich, and remain enslaved to their interests? Or do we defy their dictates and usher in our own choice.

It does not really matter if our choice is one of their boys again. What matters is that we tell them in no uncertain terms that the choice was ours. This is the first step to freedom from the tyranny of their money. Because, people, we are the majority and they are the minority, and for far too long now, the minority has been our tyrant.

To People Power or NOT To People Power. I vote NOT!!!

The Senate and Live Coverages

Truly the age of information and technology is a boon and a bane.

When we can see in real time how our elected leaders spend their time inside their august halls, it profits us to know if we made the right choices or not. And here the benefits of technology are only too clear.

But when these same leaders begin to act like little children wrestling for control of the schoolyard, we see only a bunch of power-hungry persons trying to play to the emotions of their electorate.

Because, really, all these honorable Senators were doing were grandstanding in an effort to be recognized and hopefully get re-elected in May.

In the old days when it was only necessary to deliver a good speech and hope that your message was brought across successfully to the reporters who were going to write their story, the Senators only needed to give a good pose for the photographers to snap at.

Those were the days when formality and proper decorum were observed inside the halls of congress and profanity and insults were a part of the real world not theirs.

In those days, honorable men would walk up to the lectern and at least pretend that, for a brief period in their lives, they had the honor to represent their constituents and acted in a manner befitting a true representative, with honor and dignity.

But television and live coverages changed all these. When the first congressional hearings went live and the actors, because that is what they have turned into today, found out they garnered more viewers by being dramatic, everything just went haywire.

We see today the Senate and Congress hearing just like we would watch a noontime teleserye or Kris Aquino and her expose’s. And they all contain the same thing, drama without substance, all played out for our entertainment.

Senator Nene Pimentel makes a rude and base aside to Senator Mar Roxas who in turn makes a (bad acting) reaction. Then the whole proceeding explodes into chaos.

Isn’t this something we would see in a tele-novela, when two opposing beings first insult each other and then end up scratching each other up?

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile making an expose’ attacking Manny Villar looks too much like Kris Aquino charging Ayen Austria on SNN.

And mind you, all these examples are on national TV,  espoused and even prayed for by the big networks to milk the ratings. And where do they get the ratings? The same place where the politicos get their votes, from us!

So our lives have fallen to nothing but an act, a big script that needs to be played out, with these politicians as the stars and we are the fans.

I can actually feel for Senator Mirriam Santiago and her decision to just walk out of the proceedings this afternoon if I did not know that she was also playing the audience.

We are now victims of our own technology and the only way out of it is if we can force ourselves from watching these kind of shows and demand for a more substantial content driven programming.

But as it is, we do not direct programming, even if we are the target of these shows. Sad to say we are at the mercy of the programming gurus who decide what we should watch and actually tell’s us so.

And the sadder part is that we enjoy these farce and slapstick. We actually want to see more of these. So here we are, at the receiving end of what should be a wonderful technology but is used as an entertainment tool.

And believe it when we say that that  is all our national leaders are good for. We pay them in the billions of our personal and tax money to entertain us. And they say politics is boring!

Yellow Army on the Offensive

Apparently it is not a good idea to criticize Noynoy Aquino. A few broadcaster friends and some columnists learned this the hard way when their news outfits got bombarded by complaints from supposed Noynoy supporters demanding that all crisiticism of Noynoy be taken out.

These so-called supporters are claiming that any and all negative statements against Noynoy is an affront to the memory of Ninoy and Cory.

Now, while I have yet to establish what Ninoy actually did when alive and what the benefits of the Cory regime were, I really could care less who the parents of a presidential aspirant is.

Even the Kennedy’s could not fall back on the legacy of JFK, and that was a big one.

For Noynoy to use the tactic of eliminating the competition, he is only signing his death warrant. Take off as many critics as you can and you eventually breed more of them. Take the cue from Martial Law.

And this is where being a member of the Yellow Army shows its true color. When I was a kid, being yellow means being a coward. You don’t want to face your enemy so you blast him from behind.

Using your so-called supporters to silence criticism instead of facing it and answering back only shows how scared you are of being exposed.

And then there is the Sister. Now this one is no coward. This one is so brave she will call you out in her program SNN or any other forum that will have her. (Which is mostly on ABS-CBN, a true Aquino crony if there ever was one)

But then again, who fights a woman? Especially one who has so little credibility. Besides, after Robin Padilla, Joey Marquez, that STD thing, a few other husbands and live-ins and finally a jock husband without a job (or maybe there is) why would anyone want to waste their time?

I’m going out of my point. The thing is, don’t hide bro. If you are really as good as you dream you are, hell go for it. Use your talents and abilities, project your accomplishments and show us what you can do.

After all, it is not Cory or Ninoy running for office. It is you. You may be your fathers’ son, but you don’t have the oratorical genius of Ninoy. And you may be your mothers’ son but you are not a housewife up against a dictator.

You are Noynoy Aquino, a congressman who never passed a bill much less a law, a Senator who seemed lost in the august halls of the senate. If you are anything but great, you would actually hand over the reins to Mar Roxas, who, not as great as we would want a candidate to be, do have better credentials than you.

Oh and as for using your Yellow Army, some of whom are from the influential sector of our society, to silence your critics, I suggest rethinking this tact and having your think-tanks do a better strategy.

Work bro. work. And get better people. You are surrounded by imbeciles.

Welcome 2010

PRAYER (1939)
by Francisco Arcellana

Close all open things, Lord
Open all closed things.

All those who have long received, let them give.
All those who have long given, let them receive.
All those too long apart, let them come together.
All those too long together, sunder them.

Let the wise be fools for once, Lord
And let the fools speak their minds.
Affirm the long-denied, Lord
Fulfill the unfulfilled.

I received this Prayer from an old classmate, Allan Refuerzo, in Facebook. Not that I lack for prayers coming from a very devout Roman Catholic family, but this one struck close to my heart. It is a message of change.

I have relinquished the hold of the Roman Catholic Church and converted to a more dynamic church, a Christian church called Victory. It has no denomination, no political affiliation and the Pastors are very alive and dynamic.

Why, some of my more conservative friends ask? And I answer simply this, that we all have to move on in our lives, let go of the past and face the future of possibilities, change what has to change, put on a new raiment and discard the old clothes.

Because some of the old clothes we have  just hold us back from what we truly need to do. Forever? I have always believed that Forever is only as long as my most recent yesterday.

Don’t get me wrong, Victory Christian Fellowship does not veer away from any of the teachings of the Bible or our Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, strange as it may seem to conservatives, this church affirms everything I have learned from every bible school I ever went to since my childhood.

The real difference can be found in the representation of the Lord. Priests are generally self-centered servants of God. No offense but a simple observation. I have yet to see a priest who will willingly relinquish the podium to allow someone else to take centerstage.

Priests also deliver their sermons mainly to themselves. I have probably gone through a whole college of mumbling priests whose words cannot be distinguished all throughout their speech. In fact, I have gone to masses that have foreign priests who can barely speak proper English or Filipino take charge of the mass.

Really, they are supposed to explain the Word of God, and they do it in a manner incomprehensible except to themselves. And finally, I have had my fill of priests using the pulpit to promote their own agenda and political direction.

When the priest from Pampanga decided to “temporarily” discard his robe and run for Governorship and eventually win it, I decided this was too much. In the end of the middle ages, the concept of separation of church and state was developed for good reason, political leaders who can call on the Grace of God for power are very scary people.

My new Pastor is very personal. He does not preach from a pulpit 15 feet high in a cathedral of six thousand persons. He talks to us from a platform a foot high and two feet away. He walks around us and makes sure we understand every word he says. He is a teacher and not a special envoy from God. That role he reserves for Jesus Christ and our faith.

So I go back to the prayer above. Lord close all open things and open all things closed…isn’t it so close to the saying “when the Lord closes a door He opens a new one? But the prayer does not wait, it asks outright.

“All those who have long received, let them give. All those who have long given, let them receive.” An active call for change, for something to be done in our behalf.

“All those too long apart, let them come together. All those too long together, sunder them.” An active call for action, for resolution of a situation.

“Let the wise be fools for once, Lord, And let the fools speak their minds. Affirm the long-denied, Lord, Fulfill the unfulfilled.”

An active call for our lives to move to the better and shake us out of our complacency. This prayer calls for something we always refuse to do, it calls for things to be done, even if it means doing things away from our comfort.

The reason for the prayer? Because when we forget Him, God will always shake us out of our beautiful lives. We ask that the Lord shake us now so we do not forget where all our joy come from. We ask for change now so when change comes we are thankful and not destroyed.

In the New Year to come this is my prayer, for myself and for everyone, that we may actively ask for the change God has planned for us and expect them every day, while continually believing that The Lord will bless us with everything.

A Blessed and Happy New Year to all

Welcome to 2010.