Achieving a peaceful Indonesian election campaign 2009

Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009

Kampanye adalah sebuah tindakan yang bertujuan mendapatkan pencapaian dukungan, usaha kampanye bisa dilakukan oleh peorangan atau sekelompok orang yang terorganisir untuk mengais simpati, atau bisa juga di gunakan untuk menolak suatu hal.

Dalam ranah politik, kampanye biasanya di identikkan dengan hura-hura dan pengerahan massa. Penjabaran visi dan misi hanya menjadi yang nomor ke sekian bagi partai-partai politik. Ekses negatif yang muncul dari bentuk kampanye seperti yang terdapat di Indonesia ini biasanya adalah kerusuhan atau chaos yang biasanya berawal dari gesekan antar grass root pendukung partai politik.

Kampanye umumnya dilakukan dengan slogan, pembicaraan, barang cetakan, penyiaran barang rekaman berbentuk gambar atau suara, simbol-simbol, pada sistim politik otoriter kampanye sering bisa dilakukan kedalam bentuk tindakan intimidasi, propaganda atau dakwah.Bentuk kampanye di Indonesia ini tergolong sebagai bentuk kampanye secara konversional yang hanya lebih mengarah pada Indoktrinasi atau Pencitraan individu atau golongan. Model kampanye konvensional selain rawan gesekan juga terkadang menimbulkan swinging voter di masyarakat.

Untuk meminimalisasi gesekan antar grass root, ada baik nya untuk mengadakan semacam Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 yang nanti nya bisa meminimalisasi chaos-chaos yang mungkin terjadi dalam pemilu nanti.Untuk lebih detil mengenai Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009, akan saya jabarkan di postingan berikut nya.

Dan semoga Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 bisa terwujud di negeri kita tercinta indonesia ini dan semoga masyarakat lebih bisa memilih pemimpin-pemimpin yang berpihak kepada rakyat.

*source: http://kampanyedamaipemiluindonesia2009.bemyfriends.com/kampanye-damai-pemilu-indonesia-2009.html*

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Give yourself a time-out and enjoy our humorous and sentimental tribute to motherhood...


Great Minds Think of Mom
After a long, exhausting day, a friend of mine headed home. On the road, he passed an elderly woman who was standing by a car with a flat tire. His conscience got the better of him; if that were his mother, he thought, he would want someone to help her. With a tired sigh, he turned around and drove back.

Just as he reached the stranded woman, a truck pulled up and a burly farmer got out. "Kinda reminds you of your mom, too?" the man asked as the two of them pitched in together to change the tire.
-- Contributed by Katherine L. Houge

Your Biggest Fan
While waiting in a bookstore for a guest author to sign her latest book, I leafed through some of the Civil War novels she had written. The woman in line behind me commented, "Those are the best books I've ever read. I couldn't put them down."

Before I could reply, the author looked over and said, "Oh, cut it out, Mom!"
-- Contributed by Marilyn Kopp

Head of the Household
My husband, Jeff, and I incurred several problems while assembling our new computer system, so we called the help desk. The man on the phone started to talk to Jeff in computer jargon, which confused us even more.

"Sir," my husband politely said, "please explain what I should do as if I were a four-year-old."

"Okay," the computer technician replied. "Son, could you please put your mommy on the phone?"
-- Contributed by Lena Worth

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In memoriam: Ancillo Dominic

Today i just read a very sad yet inspiring story of a mom, telling about her unborn baby that has been verdict by doctor as Anencephaly. This is a very rare case neural tube defect that occurs when the cephalic / head end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the 23rd and 26th day of pregnancy*) and normally both parents and doctor simply decide to get rid of the fetus, because soon or later the annecephalic babies cannot survive. If its not stillborn, then the baby will usually die moments after birth.

However, what made me surprise and impress... the doctor whose found out about this case through USG (on week 17th) encourage the parents, especially mom, to keep the baby. He refuse to do abortion and let the baby alive until 'it's time for him (it's a boy) to go' He believe that God has His own time. And also doctor said that if the parents willing to keep the baby (means continue the pregnancy) the baby will thank them later and wait for them in heaven. Both mom and dad to be cry but finally they decide to keep the baby. I know it was never be an easy decision for them to made, as i remember when i was still pregnant... every month we go to doctor for check up or USG, both of us feel anxious but worry. We need to make sure that the baby OK, normal and complete but on the other hand we also afraid... what if the baby not OK? what if something bad happen? I don't think (If put in the same situation with Yenny back then) I have the courage to make that brave decision.They named the baby "Ancillo Dominic" and the mom (Yenny) continue to love this infant as much as before, give him nutricion, talk to him and still hope and pray for miracle to happen. When they hear about a preach that can bring death to alive, they almost come to the man but then they didn't go, as the husband said "Only Jesus can bring death to alive, So to Him we must bring ourself closer." The pregnancy went well, the baby seems very happy inside (He gain weight and other than his cephalic abnormality, everything were completely perfect). Ancillo was born naturally on his mom's 41st of pregnancy in a very long process of labor. He was born in upside down position and just when doctor pull his out, baby already gone. :(

To read the complete story, click this link below:

http://ekklesiachurch.wordpress.com/kesaksian/in-memoriam-ancillo-dominic/

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