Words, words, words

By +Oscar V. Cruz D. D.

If glorious pronouncements and super visions from the national leadership were enough to stop killings, corruption and injustice, this country would be one big heaven on earth. There is no known major national problem it did not address, no infamous socio-political malady it failed to speak about, but sad to say, words are said and there everything ends.

Glowing promises, admirable rhetorics, commendable propositions—all these and other high sounding words abundantly flow from Malacañang. What is sadly wanting, however, is the reality they mean. In the same way, the present administration is certainly in possession of impressive statistics and great figures but as usual since 2001, the contrary is eventually found as the standing truth.
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Eduardo Pontaoe
20 July 2007

 

 

I know Eleanor Porter, Ms. Ric. The resemblance between you and her heroine is very obvious - like peas in a peapod. That molded character on an irrepressible optimism whatever it takes, even how hopeless the belief is, still will pursue it with blind obedience.

Is it efficacious on your part that things will change in Pangasinan as you see it, beyond the boundaries of your comprehension? Just an effluvium that you tried to completely disregard? With all due respect Ms. Ric, you’re centuries late.

On this Pangasinan dialect that you put in question . . . on its survival, you and I been long enough in America to know if such part of our culture is dead on its tracks.

Abayag ac lad dia ed America, Ms. Ric, balet agconi alingoanan so salitan Pangasinan. Agaac met ni binmakil tan malinlineo ni panagsalitac nen say agos na danom ed Calarian. Manisia ac ta sicamet so agni acalingoan ed nanlapoan mo. Anggamanontan ya acalab na toco, nanobongan na camontoc la’y Pangasinan, balbaleg so pandooaroac ya ayan salita tayo et ompatey ya singa mipapayabol ed Mangaldan.

And Espin-off making avoidable mistakes is a given as you mentioned. What have you seen from the rolls of Pangasinan provincial governors? Since when did a governor of Pangasinan,from Duque to the Agbayani, do something exemplary for the province?

I know one of these governors - this is fact - and he’s still alive, always charge the government even the “agamang” worth 25 centavos on his expense account. Greed is what’s driving these politicians not the service they promised not to deliver.

Listen Ms. Ric. Let’s separate the garbage from reality. The avoidable from the unavoidable mistakes. This will determine Espin-off is just a governor in mediocrity.

We had been here before but changed path. You took the road not taken and reappeared like a ghost in the night, to make the going gets rough. Pitiful, Ms. Ric.