It seems that Richard Gordon is angling for the 2010 presidential elections.

Have you seen his political advertisement? In case you don’t, he highlights the fact that he authored the Fair Elections Act of 2007, and lambasted Senators Aquilino Pimentel and Serge Osmeña for delaying the passage of the said law.

Sorry, Dick. I won’t vote for you (if you will run in 2010).

Aside from premature campaigning (and that goes the same to you, Mar Roxas), your advertisement leaves a bad taste to the mouth. And it sounds eerily similar to the “Gago ang oposisyon” ad made by Heaven knows who.

Second, the implementation of your pet law does not necessarily mean that cheating will be eliminated. On the contrary, all a determined cheater will do is to look at holes in whatever system that will be implemented, and exploit that hole to his advantage (and we have talent who can do those things).

Third, elections being a system, concentrating on automations per se is wrong. People is part of the system, and it is the weakest link in the system.

You are very much qualified, yes. But this advertisement is below the belt, foul, cheap, and handiwork of a trapo. Sorry. Your ad doesn’t work.

Sometimes, you wanted to write something, yet nothing comes to mind. Someone said that there are ways to get over the block; it is really a challenge to write when you can’t think of something.

As I end this trilogy of posts, I realized that the writer’s block is just a state of mind. You can always think of something to write. All you have to do is to think hard. Look around you. Type/write whatever comes to your mind. Read other’s works. Read stupid comments. Look at your ex’s picture. Remember the most shameful thing that you did in high school. Listen to cheesy love songs.

How do you deal with writer’s block?

Sometimes, exchanging comments can be harrowing. Your intention is to engage people into an intelligent exchange of opinion; instead, you are barraged with unintelligent, blatantly fallacious attacks on your person.

Yet we have to tolerate them, since their fallacious, unintelligent opinions are guaranteed by the Constitution. We just hope that we do not stoop down to their level. It seems ignore mode doesn’t work anymore; it only makes these people more fired up and fire more unintelligent comments. It’s a never ending cycle.

Have you ever engaged in a flame war? What’s the feeling of having your person maligned? How do you deal with them?

Sometimes, we all wish that we can just forget about politics and get on with our life. In fact, it is easy, and some of us just tuned out of politics altogether. I can’t blame them.

This is a dangerous sentiment. This sentiment is actually a disguised form of indolence. Indolence that can lead to apathy. Apathy that is dangerous to democracy.

Alright, Mam Janette is already gawking over my shoulders.

I only have three blogs for consideration as of this moment for the project, so here we go.

FireEyedBoy – While his blog tends to be more on the personal side, Jeff V is also a techie. I consider his blog as influential because (1) he really writes well; (2) knows what he is talking about; and (3) he seems to be an affable man. His previous blog is unfortunately not very reader friendly due to the choice of colors; unfortunately, this blog is really tech-heavy, and I have to press Ctrl-A just to read them comfortably. Anyway he likes his Xbox 360 (while I am stuck at PS2 and GameCube). Recently, he seems to be busy in his other blogging gigs, and this blog is idle for a while.

Be Seen | Be Heard – Michael Gregg is a blogger at New Zealand, and his credentials are solid: former CEO of a telecommunications technology company, and now the director of a large advertising agency; he is an avid bowler, too. He blogs about the life in New Zealand and technology, plus he sponsors blog competitions from time to time. Curious about New Zealand? Go read.

Past Lives – I read Art Ilano’s recollections of his past because (1) it’s very entertaining; (2) a history lesson; (3) the way he uses words; and (4) his style is very simple yet effective. I really wanted to emulate the way he relates his experiences, although it can be unnerving for those he names nonchalantly.

I don’t have a top ten yet. I really need a lot of blogs to read and choose from. (I do read a lot of blogs, but most of them fail the date criteria). Again, you can nominate your blog (or someone else’s), as long as (1) the blog is not in existence prior to August 2006 and (2) you have the iron-clad rep to be considered influential. Number two’s a joke, of course. Leave the URL at the comments.