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>Stop this propaganda war > >Some people view politics as actually the battlefield >of interests, not of morals. This belief posits that >politics is primarily concerned with resolving >conflicting interests; the morality of how the >conflicts are resolved does not matter. It maintains >that all is fair—as in war, so in politics. > >The moralists among the politicians will undoubtedly >dispute this view, but we submit the congressional >investigations into the Garci tapes and jueteng >payoffs as Exhibit A to show that morals are not the >prime consideration of politics. It will show that the >two congressional inquiries are being conducted not in >aid of legislation but to win public opinion in aid of >furthering conflicting political interests. > >The Congress floor has in fact been turned into a >bloody propaganda battleground, with both the >administration and the opposition using the >investigations into the Garci tapes and the >proliferation of jueteng to strengthen their >positions. The combatants go to the hearings in full >force and in full battle gear, with their tongues as >their main weapon. > >As though in collusion with the two protagonists, the >media, reporting from the war zone, have been giving >thorough coverage to this battle to capture public >sympathy and support. > >Senators are notorious for ignoring committee work, >but the jueteng probe is an exception. They certainly >can’t pass up the opportunity to be in the public eye. >So many of them attend the hearing. The House probe >into the wiretapped tapes has been a virtual circus, >with as many as 80 congressmen seeking a share of >public attention. > >The stand of the congressional investigators is >defined by their own prejudices, and their questions >and comments are molded by their biases. There have >been charges and countercharges of coaching and buying >witnesses. If there is rent a crowd for political >rallies, there also seems to be rent a witness for >congressional inquiries. > >Testimonies are given and recanted, with congressional >probers highlighting the aspects of a testimony that >are pleasing to them or to their principals. >Administration critics do everything in the book to >discredit any witness who tends to favor President >Arroyo and members of her family. Her supporters whale >away at any witness who would testify that the first >family was involved in jueteng and that she had rigged >the 2004 presidential election. > >The vicious propaganda war is keeping the citizens >confused. National interest has played second fiddle >to political interest in the inquiries. The truth must >set us free, but it is lamentably elusive in the >congressional hearings. Or, it could actually be >staring us in the face, but we can’t recognize it, >because it has been coated with half-lies. > >Congress should undertake inquiries to formulate more >effective and more responsive laws, not to widen the >gulf against national unity. It’s high time Congress >stopped using legislative inquiries as battlefields >for propaganda and starts using them for what they >really are—in aid of legislation. > > > >>" Scum, not cream, rises " >>BIG DEAL By DAN MARIANO >> >>Raul Roco was not only the best president the >>Philippines never had. The former congressman, senator >>and education secretary was also the best national >>leader this country could never have had—given present >>circumstances. The existing political system simply >>does not allow anyone like him to succeed. >>> >>;-( >> >>M.I.B. >>http://insidebuzz.tripod.com

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