Is There Still Hope for My Motherland?

My answer would be a firm and heart-felt NO. No hope at all. I'm not usually pessimistic but with this issue I see no light at the end of the tunnel. And also I want to say that though this is my answer, I'm not insisting that this is the right answer. I'm expecting others would say that my answer is a negative one but, hey, it's my opinion and nothing will change that. I've been a citizen of our country for 33 years now, and I've seen past generations fade away without seeing the "light" of our country. For me, Noynoy is a great man, but he is a sacrificial lamb that the corrupt would use. And democracy would be their lure for Noynoy. I think the betterment of our country would really depend on us. If we could change the majority of our population then we could see hope for our country, specially if the first to change would start from those that govern us.

Wow, that was long but I enjoyed reading your poetic discussion that is really heart-pounding and direct to the point. With your question, is there hope for your motherland? My answer is there is hope. There is hope as long as there are people like you who are willing to make a difference for the love of their country. People like you who are interested to make difference for the sake of the people. People like you who is not afraid to make a difference in the world of indifference. As long as we can breath, there is hope, but we need to mend our wicked ways and humble ourselves in the sight of the Almighty God. Long live the Philippines!

Honestly, I do not see any good future for our country. With the way we handle things and the way we choose during election, there is no hope at all. I have yet to find someone worthy to lead our country and bring our economy up. I have nothing against Noynoy, but I just do not see anything special about him. In fact of all the people who are running for president in our country... There is no chance or hope at all. I know that some or many might not agree with me on this, but how many times have we placed someone on top hoping that there will be change and improvement? Well, I just hope and pray that one day we will finally find someone that will bring back our country on top.

there is still hope for our country. it's not the government that has a problem, it's the filipino's attitude. the action must come from the subordinates, not the government. filipinos used to blame everything to the government. they never realize that they elected corrupt officials to represent them on the government. the hope lies on our hand, not on the government or alien. the change must come from us -- the filipinos.

Senator Noynoy have still have a long way to go and I think he should listen to the general masses before the people who surrounds him at the moment, some are trust worthy and others are simply trash. He is the better alternatives to the traditional politician"trapos" and I too is getting enough of the artificial charisma of other politician publicity is too much a waste of money. Why do they do their campaign in a simple ways where they should know that many are in poverty, lower class, and under privilege..So far he is the only politician I know whose credibility is not yet tainted. With God grace he would won the 2010 election if cheating will not prevail...He is the hope and the voice of the general masses..

Again, your country, just like every other country, has to fight for Democracy if they want it. My country (the United States) has Democracy, but we are always in fear of losing it.

It does seem that every effort given to improve this country is futile, but I'm still hopeful some person out there could and will definitely make the difference and turn the tables in our favor.

It's just so saddening to know that the minority who are in power could easily manipulate the majority who remain slaves under their soles. In this case of our government and situation of our country, it's like a house owner hiring and paying a maid to actually control him and dictate everything he is to do in his own home instead of the other way around. Very ironic indeed when the idea of public service is defiled and jumbled causing our demise.

Idealism doesn't have any place in the government, specially when you're alone because the system will eat you. The best way to change everything in the government and possibly make this country's situation a lot better is to white wash the government and pitch in new blood.

But hey, there isn't much we could do but to think that everything has a purpose just as these snakes and crocs being up there and us winding up down here. It's all about balance and purposeful events leading one after the other. It may be a struggle but it's probably for the best.

I think there is hope but the country is in need for drastic change. This whole getting noynoy Aquino to run for president is just a political sham. Who do you think will back his campaign and those people have already openly admitted that they are willing to do so. Is this out of good will? Certainly not.

The only reason why they're putting Noynoy into the spotlight is for their own political gain. In the end, he will be the puppet of the evil politicians that plague the Philippines. Think not? Well, one hand washes the other and politics has always been like this.

Being the son of Ninoy and Cory doesnt make him the perfect candidate. It increases his chances, yes, but again, why use the death of his late mother as leverage?

Again, there is hope but a lot has to change. Unfortunately, that "change" is slow because of the people who are trying to control all aspects in the Philippines.

Nice post safrabay. I hear your cry for democracy, and the way I understand it, the Phillipines is very corrupt all the way up.
Even in a so-called democracy like Australia, we are seeing that our government doesn't belong to us.
With the muslims at the ready to take over control of the Phillipines, I don't think the world government would let that happen. So the more loss of faith for the government, the more they will listen I think. The U.S. tries to dictate to the world, but they will see that they are sadly mistaken, even with their "makeup to all pressy".
A change of government and another puppet is growing very very tired.

I think there is still hope though. I know it may seem as if there's none, but who can really say that their government is not corrupt? There will always be some form of corruption regardless where you'd be staying or residing.

Problems could not be fixed at one time, one person cannot fix everyone's problem but if we could just work together (which is highly difficult with our crab mentality and all) they perhaps there could be change.

But my question now is, what are YOU doing to give hope to your motherland?

I for one am doing the following to help motherland:

a. I no longer have interest in the government and politicians because all they are are talk, there will never be action. Therefore, I refuse to listen to the news, refuse to vote and am trying to influence every one else not to vote anymore. Apathy is the greatest enemy of the government. If we choose not to participate anymore and ignore their qualms for power, then their ballots would not be at quorum.

b. I try to earn as much as I can without paying taxes. Hehehee. Well, it's a legal thing anyhow, I'm not doing anything illegal.

c. I don't listen to the media because they obviously aren't there to show you what's real, they're there to show you who pays them.

d. Listening to the negative things about your country will only de-motivate you to do anything. You'd succumb to the negativity thus you'd be stuck worrying about something you can't fix.

Let your country help itself by you not putting more stress or negative things about it. Do your share instead of complaining (that's what we're good of usually, like the opposition, they're there to oppose but they're not doing anything at all to resolve problems of the government or doing something for the people aside from influencing the people that our motherland is hopeless).