The straight path C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 08/01/2010

The straight path

C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 08/01/2010 Now that P-Noy has enunciated what we will now call “The Straight Path Movement” (Daang Matuwid as his advisers have come to call it), we mortals should now join this laudable initiative and do whatever it takes in our own little ways to help achieve its basic goal: A society dedicated to the highest possible standards of “ethical conduct, good governance and good citizenship.” A society which puts a premium on excellence and hard work, on doing good deeds and does not have any room for the corrupt and all kinds of corrupting practices. Start at home: That presidential injunction is decidedly embodied and practices by P-Noy himself. He has enjoined his security staff, for example, to stop insinuating “security problems’ in a bid to have him reconsider his no “wang-wang” policy. Well, they better take heed and bite the bullet. P-Noy will not reconsider that policy. Not now. Maybe never. The message is clear : P-Noy will lead by example and will enhance the “Straight Path Movement” by starting at home. Let’s consider for now the Sona pronouncements.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100801com5.html

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