Abolish the Pork Barrel

I came to learn of the movement To Abolish the Pork Barrel from a very credible person today, Sunday, December 7, 2014. The person I am referring to is a parish priest in the Diocese of Novaliches (Most Rev. Antonio R. Tobias, DD is the current bishop).

The parish priest is so convincing, I am inspired to write this post to help in spreading the word about the movement.

The movement is proposing to institute a law entitled "An Act Abolishing the Pork Barrel System" through a People's Initiative as provided by the Constitution and R.A.6735. This overrides the law-making function of Congress.

Reading books

"I believe that we should read only those books that sting us. If a book we are reading does not rouse us with a blow to the head, then why read it? What we need are books that affect us like some really grievous misfortune, like the death of one whom we loved more than ourselves, as if we were banished to distant forests, away from everybody, like a suicide; a book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us." - Franz Kafka