Less, support at the Art-Culture of the Government Stimulus Minim

Interest and appreciation of arts and culture community is actually quite good. It is precisely the government's support to the development of cultural arts that are deficient, including the lack of arts buildings and the absence of a tax break for the performing arts.


Thus the red thread of letters presented Radhar Panca Dahana (Jakarta), Edy Utama (Padang), and cultural Suryadi (Netherlands), when contacted Kompas, Friday (28 / 8). They respond to the statement the Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik, which mentions low public appreciation of the arts and culture (Kompas, 28 / 8).


Radhar say, lack of government appreciation not only of art, but also of cultural actors. "The appreciation of a good society," he said.
Likewise, Edy Utama independently assess many community activities and continue to maintain cultural traditions. "Despite huge spending, because of his conviction, the public still hold traditional activities," he said.
Suryadi, Indonesia is a cultural researcher and lecturer at Leiden University, Netherlands, said that the government forgot to build the various aspects of culture, including art that comes from our own. "The element of the government related to national cultural development has no clear vision. It has a" blueprint "that its implementation be seen in practice. Maintenance in the form of teaching among students is also not optimal.


Expenses artists
Radhar says, artists have a very heavy burden to show the creativity and his work because they are charged to the artist, without government support.


Radhar example, if used for theatrical performances put on the building did not pay, now for rehearsal only have to pay. Billboards that show too. There is no tax and levies are given to artists when viewing his work. The government did not have a solution for this problem. (NAL)


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Send their children only dream

Prawiro (54), farm laborers trampling rice so that regardless of the stem in Bantul, Yogyakarta. During the harvest season, he became a laborer for wages Rp 20,000 a day.


Deprived of life have united in the life of a laborer. Eat with side patch, even just to eat tiwul (dried cassava), are common. Could send their children to school is just a dream, because there were no funds to pay for school children. Can be up to junior secondary schools alone was a miracle.


Munali (48 years), a farmworker from Pepe Village, Sedati District, Sidoarjo, East Java, to describe how miserable life of a laborer in this country. Deprived of his life. Eat only with side patch, two children dropped out of school because there is no cost to send their children.


"Earnings as a laborer just to eat. The rest of us deprived of life," said Munali, to Swedish, in the middle of rice fields with her employer's verdant, Sumali, Monday (10 / 8).


Two children, Rohman and Ainur Rohim, now have to work as laborers in the area of the cloth lifter Kapasan, Surabaya. They were not able to continue school and junior high school diploma only pocketed, for lack of fees. Munali not afford it.


"Both my children are able to support themselves by working as laborers lifting the cloth. As a laborer, my average can only earn Rp 10,000 a day. The money was only enough to eat, and certainly not enough to pay for my children school, "said Munali, who looks hot to work in the fields that afternoon.


When two children were in school, the money received Rp 300,000 per month, must be taken in part to finance them.


"I used to use them as well as the income derived from a small farm laborers, to buy books and some of their pocket money.


They continue to fund schools to a higher level is not possible with the income only for that, "she said.


Job as a laborer has cultivated Munali since he was able to work.


Without having any other skills, but to work as a laborer making Munali life has not changed despite the country's president has several times changed and now Indonesia has just celebrated the anniversary of the Independence-64, dated August 17, 2009 the last.


In the midst of life that concerns them, Munali still have hopes of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who was elected to lead the country until 2014 to come. "I hope president-elect can help farm workers with cheap credit disbursed in the form of agricultural land. We therefore not only worked as a laborer, but could have done his own land," he added.


Farm laborers, said Munali, buy agricultural land through the government-owned bank or local government. Certificate of ownership is made guarantees, while obliged to pay in farm laborers in the long run, that is not burdensome. Through this way can be expected to manage the farm laborers of his farm, without having to depend on the employer.


Similarly, Mrs. Prawiro (54years) who worked as a laborer since he was young. He only works when there is arable in the fields. Wages received for processing rice is 25 kilograms of rice each harvest season. If the daily work, paid only Rp 20,000 a day.


"The money is at best up to daily family meal," said Mrs. Prawiro, women from Bantul, East Java.


However, women with four children was admitted afford to send one of his children until they graduate STM. "The STM graduate work in yesterday's bike shop. Anyway so his workers, too," he insists his fate hereditary.


"Once stained (grandfather-Red) is a field, but has been divided for children of men, by chance I descended from the mother or daughter, would not miss out. Be our mburuh," he said.
If the work in the field was vacant, Ny Prawiro, slam into the steering wheel cleaners or builders iron in laundry businesses. When planting season arrives, customers always trust the owners. "during the planting season arrives, I usually work non-stop for two weeks. Yes, the pay USD $ 20 thousand a day. But when harvest time comes, each of 2x14 meters of land, I can 25 pounds of rice, depending on how my abilities," he said again.


His skills were also reduced to a female child. Since I was in junior high school age, children are good at growing rice to harvest. So later, baton as a laborer going down to his daughter. That is, there will be no improvement for the child's fate offspring.


Whether to when this generation of workers has declined to their grandchildren. Without government assistance to send their children, this farmworker's life will not be increased. Hereditary they remain a poor farm laborers. Portrait of life and Ny Prawiro Munali been talking about this.


BPS data in 2002 mentions, farm laborers in 1995 was around 5.064 million families, and increased to 7.10 million families in 1999. In 2003 recorded that there were 11.7 million families. Economic difficulties that resulted in very limited employment opportunities and lack of improvement fate, will make a number of farm workers continue to increase. [Mus]


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Traditional values Abandoned, Indigenous Peoples Forced to "Modern"

Indigenous peoples face a tough challenge to stay within the tradition. Now they are forced to "modern" than the general public spectacles with having to leave the ancestral traditions that have cultural values higher.


For the sake of development which is only meant to pursue economic growth, the existence of indigenous communities or isolated tribes are often ignored. In fact, the way and the value of traditional community life is important to maintain the persistence of cultural diversity.


Dodi Rokhdian, one of the movers Sokola Foundation which focuses on education of tribal children, such as the Family Child Within in Jambi, Monday (10 / 8), said that indigenous communities are often viewed as people who are not civilized and wild. Assessment is because modernity as narrowly interpreted by the government and the community as to leave the ways of traditional life. In fact, traditional life is not necessarily worse than the modern life.


"Like the right to education for children isolated tribes, look at all the national education system does not appreciate the peculiarities of local society," says Dodi.


Cultural perspectives
In commemoration of the International Community World Indigenous every August 9, the Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura said that indigenous communities are encouraged to become part of the international community to approach the perspective of cultural development and identity. UNESCO believes that development should be based on cultural diversity.


Development, said Koichiro, do not be understood narrowly, ie just about economic growth. Development also means to achieve intellectual satisfaction, emotional, moral, and spiritual existence, as stated in the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity problem in 2001.


Recognizes the right
UN Declaration of Human Rights over Indigenous Peoples in 2007 recognizes the rights of indigenous communities to develop in accordance with the aspirations, needs, and their interests. At this time it is important to recognize as a reflection of the relationship between culture, development, and identity.


Indigenous communities in the world representing 5 percent of the world. This fact shows their capacity to adapt to change while still continuing the values and way of life unique.


That indigenous communities should be recognized as guardians of cultural diversity and biodiversity. "We must protect and promote the diversity of cultural expressions, whether in traditional forms and contemporary, with special emphasis on indigenous communities," said Koichiro.


Ignoring indigenous communities means killing the expression of cultural diversity. In a few generations, 50persen than 7,000 languages spoken in the world is likely to become extinct. The situation is critical for indigenous communities who have 5000 languages in 70countries on six continents and about 75 percent of them still exist. [MUS]


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Double-edged sword

Every time celebrating Independence Day, August 17, our eyes accustomed to looking Sang Saka Merah Putih flying majestically on top of the flagpole. This time, it's good he used to look at the situation of our beloved country.


It seems everywhere moral decline: a lie to discredit honesty, security suppress noise, crime replaces respect for law, order and chaos control. Here and there there was an increase of hypocrisy and pretense, an increase in the abuse of power, and in the use of power.


What is behind all individual and social anomalies of this? We would not realize that freedom is made possible by the national independence is a gift of a potentially dangerous; that he is a double edged sword, which can kill themselves if we do not ever want to learn how to use it wisely; that we are facing a challenge far more greater than had been resolved by the founding fathers of national independence. Previously, they had to struggle just to regain independence. As for now, we-we should be able to live with independence, with a variety of birth of freedom.


Are we not mistaken in interpreting the meaning of freedom? Does the freedom of choice that we get thanks to struggle past founding fathers, we instead choose the things wrong, not in place?


We are demanding more freedom in handling their own longer a moral issue. We forget that when the moral is made relative, each of the justification of morality becomes very difficult, if not impossible. We are demanding greater freedom in politics, but politics is great as long as he does not become a source of income. We demand berleluasa in forming a political party, but he does not change the man, just open unmasked. We demand complete freedom in a democracy, but the results are not people using the power, but the use kekuasaanlah people. We are demanding regional autonomy for broader distribution of development, but the appearance of new kings of flattened corrupt opportunities. We want to uphold the presidential system of government, but instead the power-driven parliamentary system.


For all that, we change the Constitution '45 casually many times. Negative impact of the implementation of all the demands and changes are considered "normal" as the phenomenon of "transition period" without mention of how long it lasted; without explaining the transition from what to what? And why, not just how to do it!
So, when Sang Saka Merah Putih commemorate the years of independence flying that the 64, let us think more can be caused chaos by freedom of the people who do not use it wisely rather than reflecting freedom from tyranny is championed by former revolutionary generation. If chaos to happen, because we do not care why musababnya, will be performing a kind of tyranny that will snatch it from our freedom. He will establish his own order, because a community can not continue living in disorder, in the "interaction" that would not go up to the point well organized or order.
This is not a groundless concern. To decline and collapse, requiring Babylon 1000 years, Rome 500 years, Majapahit shorter, less than 150 years. We do not have that comfortable margin. Dromokrasi make time and distance shrink. Hours of history moving faster.


Separatist turmoil
Here and there arises a separatist turmoil, which secretly sanctioned by the local residents. Do not underestimate dismal places in our society which is reflected in statistics on crime, unemployment, poverty, hunger, health detereosasi, suicide, drug use, the spread of HIV / AIDS, even among teenagers, and due to sexual freedom. Not to mention the strange happenings in the field of education, agriculture, fisheries, forestry and mining, mental illness, which discussed whispering among bureaucratic apparatus. Then, let us ask ourselves, how far the things that concern comes from the interpretive distorsif of freedom. Is not there a wise saying which concluded that the worst difficulties from someone started when he could do whatever he wants?


If the personal freedom to choose becomes our purpose well and our ideals as a nation, then the first option and the fundamentals of our self is the limit, not to abuse that freedom. If so, for every Indonesian citizen freedom means self-discipline. For those who intend to become "public figure" or "politicians", there diniscayakan additional meaning of "responsible freedom", the responsible freedom. Responsible, among others, and especially, the straightness understanding of the phrase "the people" called up three times in a row in terms of democracy, the government of the people, by the people, and for the people (3). Did all three have identical meanings or different and why identical and different?


The writer is an alumnus Université Pluridisciplinaires


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Honoring Innovation in the Field of Education

Republic of Indonesia (RI) some time ago has been repeated year 54. A perfect moment to measure the success of the Indonesian nation. One moment which is also right for discussing areas that have been the subject of ongoing controversy, namely education.


We've engaged with the debate about the new curriculum, books, teaching and learning quality, the number passing the national exam, infrastructure and the percentage of education budget to the budget revenue and expenditure (APBN). Part of the problem until now has not resolved and apparently will never be finished.


We saw one of the inhibiting factor is the limited budget. This is because the government has more than one generation is required to pay the loan installments, interest, or principal debt. The numbers continue to grow to influence the allocation of funds for the posts in the State Budget.


Debt bondage is so strong that only the SBY-JK government budget allocations for education only reaches 20%. That was probably more due to political will, not because of budget flexibility.


Ironically, the budget allocations that have been fought over the years had not been adequate. This is mainly due to already menggunungnya dilemma in the education sector.


In the midst of various obstacles and complexity of this breakthrough effort has emerged. Breakthrough is needed to overcome the backwardness and the pursuit of progress.


Though surprising breakthroughs are needed because proven able to raise the "strength" hidden among the students. The decision to raise graduation rates for example, is an example of such a breakthrough.


Efforts of certain parties in order to accommodate students who have the intelligence and special talents are also a form of breakthrough. This is a smart move to "draw" out of potential students from the neighborhood ordinary.


This withdrawal will allow the parties concerned to develop their potential to the highest level. In the end the benefit not only students, but also the nation and state.


According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS), in 2006there were nearly 60 million children of school age, while those with special qualifications smart about one million children. What are underserved and developed keistimewaannya it? Probably very little, did not reach one percent.


We should be concerned, that inability to cause other governments have deliberately accommodate them, not only at the college level, but also high school students with various facilities. The adherents of the principle of unlimited state to justify it, but those who have the spirit of nationalism felt heart.


The government did not keep silence, through 20Tahun Law No. 2003 on National Education System, realized the importance of attention to students who have the talent and exceptional intelligence. In Article 5Paragraph 4, for example, stated that citizens have the intelligence and special talents memeroleh eligible special education.


We should be delighted with the recognition of the above, but do not be too happy because the recognition is extended not necessarily identical to the provision of aid as expected. The government, as has been stated, has been remarkably burdened many problems that can not focus on the education sector alone.


Behind the lack of it, all parties including the government and most of the relevant department officials, should continue to support every effort to accommodate the domestic private sector children's intelligence and special talents. Let's racing to get ahead!


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Nationalism is on the border, "Satu Nusa,Satu Bangsa" in the Inland Siberut

Satu nusa,
satu bangsa,
satu bahasa kita,
tanah air,
pasti jaya,
untuk selama-lamanya,
Indonesia pusaka,
Indonesia tercinta,
Nusa bangsa,
dan bahasa,
kita bela bersama


With a vibrant forest 25 school students were singing songs "Satu Nusa,
Satu Bangsa". Satisfaction immediately visible on the faces of students in Sangong, South Siberut, Mentawai Islands regency, West Sumatra, was the successful sing the song by Liberty Manik until finished.


"Just this month they could sing it. As far as can memorize new verses and did not understand its meaning," said Suendi (24), young Hamlet Salappak, South Siberut, which teaches that song.


Suendi using the song Satu Nusa,
Satu Bangsa (One Nusa One Nation) as one of the media to teach Indonesian at the school forest. All students in the school which occupies one room houses on stilts Mentawai it's safe Sabba gathered in one room while they are very diverse age, from seven to a dozen years.


Although from the age of most high school students were already eligible graduate school (SD), they are still difficult to speak Indonesian, as well as writing and arithmetic. Thus, the material should be taught in the language of the Mentawai. Indonesian difficulty making the children are not easy to talk with newcomers or read a book so that knowledge from the outside very little is absorbed.


This condition occurs because the Mentawai language becomes the only language in their environment. While formal education, although only at the primary level, becomes expensive. SD Sangong nearest Saliguma in the village which is about 12 kilometers, or three-hour journey by foot through the woods and hills.


The absence of formal schools create a school which was established forest NGOs Yayasan Citra Mandiri since a year ago was greeted by excited citizens Sangong. So hungry for education, now there are two neighboring communities are scrambling to Sangong forest school held near their area.


Limitations of educational facilities is not the only problem at the corners of Siberut's. Health services are also not in Sangong. Since there is a 2007memang has health centers in South Siberut with 2 doctors, 21nurses, and midwives 5. However, until now none of the medical personnel in Sangong. As a result, knowledge and quality of health of the village is very minimal.


"This is my pregnancy to 11. Actually, I'm tired pregnant. But, how not to get pregnant?" Bai asked Seggeilolo, Sangong citizen, who was eight months pregnant. Child number 10 Bai Seggeilolo about 1 year old, same age as the grandson of the first son of Bai Seggeilolo.
While Jetti Bai, Bai Seggeilolo neighbors, pregnant to-10 time, because the husband was still expecting an additional boy who would become heir to the family fortune Mentawai. Of the nine previous pregnancies, Bai Jetti have two boys, three girls, two died during the toddler, and two miscarriages.


The lack of facilities in line with Sangong difficult to reach the area. Sangong only be achieved by pompong-boat ride made of meranti trees intact and powerful engine driven PK-5along the river about six hours drive from Muara Siberut, the capital of South Siberut district. When chartering pompong, charge around Rp 400.000 one way.


Live weight
Muara Siberut lies 146kilometer from Padang, the capital of West Sumatra Province. Travel to Muara Siberut can be reached by motor boats during the 10-12 hour trip across the Mentawai Strait. The ship sailed only twice a week from Padang to the tariff Rp 65,000-Rp 125,000 per person.


The high cost of making public transport in Siberut, especially in the corners, getting left behind. Any goods prices soar. If in Padang sugar prices ranging between Rp 8,000 per kilogram, in the Mentawai Village 9.000per pounds worth Rp. Meanwhile, if the price premium on the refueling station for public Rp 4500 per liter, in-Madobag village about four hours away by pompong of Muara Siberut-price to Rp 9,000 per liter.


In contrast, crops in the village as Madobag hard to sell in other regions. "If you're harvesting durian, many fruits that we let down and eaten by pigs. For, if taken to Muara Siberut, angkutnya costs can not be closed with a selling price," said Chief Arosokhi SD Madobag Marinus (45).


If the high living costs, the results of community-managed nature tend to be low cost. Patchouli oil prices, for example, fluctuates from USD 260.000hingga Rp 1.2 million per kilogram. Communities in the interior of Siberut patchouli oil should sell this to the gatherer in Muara Siberut. Required to carry expensive because of transportation costs to purchase up to 20 liters of gasoline to go home. With gasoline prices up to Rp 9,000 per liter, high transport costs from the mouth upstream to make the exchange rate low patchouli oil.


Each family brings their own agricultural products which they would sell. The money immediately to buy various needs that can not be produced by nature, such as sugar, tea, kerosene for lighting fuel petromaks, until gasoline.


Economic Siberut asymmetric, ie buying cheap and selling expensive, is still aggravated by the lack of public infrastructure. No electricity. If you want to enjoy the electric light and television broadcasts, citizens must have a diesel. Cell phone signal has not reached all the villages. "If you want a phone, need to take first in the hills or up pompong, dropping to near Muara Siberut," said Marinus.
Similarly, a general access road is still a slippery path and muddy when it rains. Bridges are still many made from tree trunks. Many times the children could not go to school if heavy rain because the road is too muddy and the tree trunk bridge had washed away the water.


These conditions, continued Marinus, makes working in such areas is not easy Madobag. Three of the 11 teachers in elementary Madobag imported from Padang forced separation from family and sleep at home riding Marinus. Workload did not light because educate 226 students.


"However, we should not complain about conditions (heavy) this. As employees, we have been promised to the state, willing to be placed anywhere in Indonesia, including in Siberut," said Marinus.
Burden to be borne by Marinus and Siberut people in general is a risk that they must pay as a citizen of Indonesia.


However, if the presence of government-what is there?-Not improve the welfare of its people, it's time they questioned the meaning of independence and the whole business of the nation was....


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Obama And American Popular Imagination?

America is a friend of all nations. because America will not be able to buck his own large
(Obama inauguration speech, 20/01/09).

What distinguishes Obama with Bush, and what separates Obama with FD Roosevelt? In this case, not many people who argue, that Obama is a president who is very different from the previous seniors, especially Obama are African-Americans, who first became "ruler" America. This is what distinguishes Obama with other American president.
Obama And American Popular Imagination?


Obama and Bush are two very different figures, Obama and Roosevelt was the son of another age, this obvious fact. No wonder with this difference, until the inauguration moment Obama on Tuesday (20/01) many people still worship Obama as "the new leader" for the new United States. This is a pile of hope a majority of Americans and the world at Obama.


However, Obama is the age that a child born when the world was raging, when the United States infected with "plague" the economy, Barack Obama is the hope of the world, and the locomotive for the economic rise of the United States. But is it so?
After Obama's inauguration speech, many people shocked, to give birth "cheers" a boisterous, but whether the meaning of thunder "cheers" are for the devotee of Obama? Maybe not as beautiful as what is heard by Obama, this might mengedapkan the entire length disappointment "cheers", which is wedged between admiration and doubt on an Obama. In fact, what is revealed by Obama just gave birth to "pile" was built in the hope that political verbalitas. Here, with great konseptornya Obama. Obama is very adept at creating verbalitas language, at once soothing, though not permanent impulse. Obama's smart to make the world asking "Where did America really go? Terjawabkah After Obama said the world during his inauguration speech? Day Tuesday (20/01) is the day awaited by the world. For the world is waiting for the American attitude toward" plague "that was infecting the world and the United.


In praxis there are two things that are expected from an Obama world. First, Obama's attitude toward the Islamic world, particularly related to the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. Second, Obama's response to the crisis of values in the anatomy of economic capitalism was years in the United States. In essence, Obama still has not dared to passivity break with the words that burn, not yet able to dare to leave the "image / image" of the old character of power terhujam in the United States. Glimpse of the new America, is still limited to "the imagination of a Obama", but will fall apart when touched reality.


Is that true? At first glance this is so visible on the surface.


And what about the hidden reality of an Obama, what shape the imagination of a new world, new Americans are still settled in minda an Obama?
Obama Economic Walfare imagination.


There are interesting from Obama's speech as a series was inaugurated, the string of the phrase "the American economic revival is not measured by the GDP (Gross Domestic Product), but the economy's ability to create wealth for Americans". Does this mean that America will leave the principle values of capitalism, which is chronic in the American economy or the anatomy is a signifier that the United States with a cold hand Obama will set the U.S. economy based on principles of economic walfare. If this is true then this is meant by "the myth of black messiah" who settled in the dream of people of African-American Obama. Through Obama's America seems to be out of a vicious circle (satanic cycle) that America was the sole ruler of the world. Actual fact, the United States did not sehabat United States that-great not because of the action, but no more for its ability to build a great image (genious image) for the world. In fact, in the robes of his brilliance, America is weak right by its own economy. Therefore, no exaggeration when people say something is wrong in the United States economy.


Therefore, associated with "pestilence" in the U.S. economy, Obama creates unique designs, ranging from the design of economic structures, to the basic philosophy of the American economy. In this case, Obama is planning to menjinakan "American capitalism" to supplement "economic walfare". Ignited a la Obama's economic design, especially related to economic walfare (read; economic welfare) who was an Obama mengelitik mind, encourages "us" again examine the economic policies that will dibengkeli by Obama.


Obama's roots are sensitive to the economic crisis in the United States, then the root issue is the core of Obama's political campaign. Now Americans are experiencing economic inertia, as a result of assuming "the market"; to social and economic inequality undermine the optimism of its citizens against the economic structure of market capitalism (market capitalism) America. Now, said Ahmad Erani Yustika, America was a "sleepy state" in the economic field. In fact, during the United States handed over to the market economy of motion, in this case is driven only by the wild capitalism society, which affect the American economy. This can lead to economic inequality, which then makes the social sector neglected, such as education and health.


Responding to this situation, Obama is designing a unique and different approach to previous approaches - to tame capitalism in the United States, Obama's progressive tax applies (progresive tax). In planning praksisnya, more affluent residents (income above U.S. 250.000dollar) will get a higher tax burden. This is an important core of the "economic walfare" which was designed by Obama. In another form, Obama gave birth to the American economy with fiscal approach. "For the short term, we must focus on stimulating the economy and create 2.5 million jobs. There needs to be reform in Washington, especially in terms of fiscal," said Obama, quoted by Inilah.com (25/11/08). Will sukseskah Obama economic design or merely the imagination of the American economy?
If during this, the U.S. economy is managed by the Berkeley Mafia-style economists, all marketsentris department. Now Obama, trying to turn the turbine to the U.S. economy keynessian style. This can be traced from Obama's goal to apply a progressive tax. In the tradition keynessian, progressive tax would encourage the movement of "This real sector", and encourages the consumption level of this community-associated if the government focused on the micro sector of the economy. Permanent effects of progressive taxation would encourage pengumpalan of total demand (aggregate demand). On the scale of investment, an established group of investment will increase, due to the progressive tax to encourage them save some income. While small community groups, and middle would try to increase the portion of consumption. From this condition, distribution and circulation revenue would move quickly. Wealth does not settle on just one well-established group, but he will move into the pockets of the poor, through the "aksesif" circulating in the capital markets and in the axis of the economic activities of society. In this form, the United States economy inverted pyramid shape, cut trickle down effect. Community established itself, will be encouraged to empower small communities in the U.S. through the financial sector, and then flows on This real sector. This is the imagination of the middle economic walfare intriguing and become the economic design Obama for America. What about Indonesia?.


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New Book Ramadhan

New book published by Reader Fahima. Immediately Have This Book 30 Materi Pilihan Kultum Ramadhan!
Title: 30 Materi Pilihan Kultum Ramadhan


Author: Muhammad Sholihin


Publisher: Library Fahima


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One of the missionary practices in the month of Ramadhan is so familiar with the Indonesian community is Kultum Ramadhan. But sometimes it is not easy to provide interesting material Kultum and inspiring. Necessary preparation of all aspects. One of them is an interesting material.


The book you are holding will help you in order to present material in an interesting Kultum Ramadhan, dense, rich and full of energy with motivation! Presented in an innovative form by dividing Kultum themes according to the three virtues in the month of Ramadhan; grace, maghfirah and kept away from the fire of hell. For starters, this book also has its own virtues with presents these tips are applicable Kultum Ramadhan.


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President Choice and Minority Critical Load Weight

Sapere Aude! Dare to use your head alone!-That's the motto of enlightenment.
- Jurgen Habermas --
Election has been ended at the end of the plaque SBY-Boediono victory. The slogan "go!", Echoed through the universe archipelago. A smile; round of applause burst pounding of hundreds of pairs of supporting arms SBY-Boediono. Now Indonesia mengeliat collapsed and no longer, there SBY-Boediono who would become leaders of this nation's households. Yesterday (07/07) a fly over to SBY, as mengaung-ngaung deliver the news to her victory, exactly the same as a fly over to Barrack Obama the other day. But with different meanings.


Barrack Obama won along with the procession of U.S. political transformation; from political model "smear and fear" ala GW Bush to be "inclusive and transforming" politics. Indonesia under SBY, with the slogan "go!", More felt as a victory under stagnant modeling. Political transformation did not happen. But who is suspected, it turns out people are not quiet charm mengeliat on the model offered by SBY-Boediono. There are several factors that support the victory of SBY-Boediono this.


Charming character of its unique charm SBY into the hearts of the people who knit, especially among mothers. Strengthened in blast in detransformasi policy; a model of linear development of the country that does not offer an ideological change, orientation; to keep the people hooked and fell in the lap of SBY-Boediono. SBY-Boediono victory was a paragraph on the character of the people of Indonesia are still very conservative, did not dare to jump, easily caught with citralitas charm.
Similarly, people are not wrong, in fact people have been trying to make a choice, though just beginning, which is like a toddler just learning to eat rice and is transitional. People have not fully embraced "sepere Aude!". So that SBY-Boediono victory is still far from a choice based on "sepere Aude!" minded, no doubt the victory they contain complex factors and paradoxes.
SBY-Boediono victory is paradoxical, because the choice of it is based on imaging, centrifugal deliberately built on ketokohan SBY. SBY-political model Boediono make people gasp and then select it. Complex factors SBY-Boediono victory contains fragments of human error, ranging from the DPT problem, with the spread of political education in Papua, a triumph of SBY-Boediono still less than ideal if the parameter is measured with democratic political structures in developed countries.
Take Home Minority Critical
SBY-Boediono victory is a heavy burden for a critical minority. And if this is the toughest challenge is the incumbent president, where he built track record than natural factors alone constraint. Not yet built on the strategic policy choices "exspanding and defense"; a political policy, economics, law formulated for shade as well as structural changes to sort these changes based on the principle of good and wealth "or" maslahah ". Clearly SBY-Boediono will continue the policies that he formulated with JK five years earlier. And the future, the combination of these Boediono SBY-awaited gebrakannya center for the nation's economy.
The years after it is field testing and verification, if SBY-Boediono really fascinated with the postulates of political economy liberalitarian or not at all. If proven, it will be five years ahead as the path of exile and keterlemparan SBY from the heart of the people, like Suharto's fall from people's memory for political-economic wisdom severed when Suharto ruled.
SBY-Boediono victory, at least make a critical minority groups more introspective again become the vanguard of democracy and oversee state policies. Because of this group, the real transformation of political democracy digayutkan. Not only the opposition groups. In fact, over half a century of Indonesian people to walk, to build the joints and the gardens of democracy, but it still leaves a gap in the state and nation.
SBY-Boediono victory this time categorized as a gift from the people and the grace of God, as expressed by Anas Ubaningrum (08.07), it contains a bunch of meaning. Legitimate if the people do choose SBY-Boediono, because expectations or perhaps fascinated by the character of SBY and terjanjikan with detransformasi policy offered by SBY-Boediono.
Indonesian nation trip next five years even tougher. For the ideological tendency of the economy did not go far. Model of democratic development is still at half mast and continue to proceed under Javanese politics SBY-Boediono. In this condition the critical minority groups the opportunity not embarrassed and silent move. Because the transformation of democracy, economic transformation is still climb into the sky in gengaman SBY-Boediono, with the political parameters offered detransformasi policy.
The first task of a critical minority after SBY-knit Boediono victory, is whether the SBY-Boediono brave a brave choice to Boediono unpopular choice when determining the formations next cabinet. Surely cabinets are selected based on potential and skills rather than on "sell and order" politics.
SBY-Boediono victory this time back mengguratkan distress when Albert Einstein was German volatile "All I could choose, I only live in a country where political liberty, toleration, and equality of all citizens in the political front; not uncommon." Hopefully, the meaning of SBY-Boediono victory this time had left no curse, but gave birth to hope to be fulfilled by SBY-Boediono.



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Liberal Democracy and Political Immediasi

What is the importance of liberal democracy if only the party oligarchy fruit, spike golput, strengthening of individual charisma, weakening the role of the executive branch.


(Ferran Requejo: 1991)

Court Decisions (Constitutional Court) on the acquisition of a majority vote for legislative candidates in elections in Senayan seems increasingly reinforce the existence of liberal democracy. This fact as well as by extending the wing "Individualism" as the pinnacle of politics we construct today. Speaking in this context, what the real motive of the Constitutional Court widens the political core of the "pre-Individualism" switch to "pure-Individualism"?


Court decisions ignited this motif, at least we forced to dip into the logic of liberal democracy at play in the political construction. According to Ferran Requejo (1991) the basic logic of liberal democracy is rationalism. From this point, then democracy to the plains berdiaspora "liberalism" is more extensive. One of them, the diaspora is the logic of liberal democracy to form a political character marketisme, which tends to ignore the nature of loyalty to his constituents. In this form, the political strength and replaces Individualism political society. At a more advanced stage, liberal democracy would automatically cut the cores communality in politics.


The loss of the tread of communalism in democracy, belief in perbagai assert rationalism in democracy; politicians with rationalism as memunggut natural actions and patterns of patronage politics. Rationalism in democracy will still be not interpreted differently in the interpretation of economic rationalism in the region. Ferran Requejo understanding of rationalism in politics is "the maximization of particular interests of individuals and groups." Towards maximizing desires, political satisfaction; in this case is the power of the spirit of political rationality in the middle of the puddle of liberal democracy. This is the sense in which other forms of rationalism in the political life.


Rationalism in a democracy is not so familiar, and very rarely played linked. Because of all this, the stigma attached to rationalism only an sich economies. But with the market of cultural crush, then went into the territory of rationalism is widely lives, including the area of democracy. This is what makes us have to chop in a democratic liberalism. As the strengthening of democratic rationalism in making We often ask what the ultimate impact of rationalism against democracy.


The outbreak of rationalism in the body of liberal democracy, democratic change causes instantaneous gesture. It is seen from the shift in political orientation in Indonesia today. Politics is no longer meaningful to the audience, especially for the political actors in an effort to encourage the transition of power to the applicative form of populist nationalism and commitment. Opposite happened. Politics is only able to encourage changes in individual quality alone and not in contact at all with the nation.


Political function in the real democracy to encourage democratization. However, when the bang of liberalism broke out in the body politic as a result directly terkooptasinya liberalism democracy by political instantly changed the meaning into individual goals. In this case, politics gave birth to various forms of quasi-political, the political form of imaging, digitization politics, bad political culture became part of the money inevitable.


Each political actor is controlled by a political machine to race into authistik. They construct a reality, totally unrelated to the reality experienced by the community. As a result, the ideological imbalance in the political process terhujam great. End, democracy becomes dull because it is only understood as Fabricated power, nothing more.


Immediasi Politics


Borrow a phrase from Kierkegaard immediasi interpreted as an area where people live by passion and feelings that demand to be filled directly. This is precisely paired with politics. Because now is like, the political reality is constructed only to satisfy the desire to power quickly, instantly, without the need to serve and do for the people first.


Observing the political realities of the developing, warned "we" in a drama Faust German poet, Goethe. In this drama is told that Faust made a pact with the devil in order to obtain pleasure, power, and extensive knowledge, including knowing magic. In this context aesthetic Faust is a character, who always wanted to grow up instantly. What to do this fragment with the political realities of our time?


Nobody menyanggal that political "We" now born from various forms of complex agreements, and involves a lot of networking. In fact, political actors deal with the power to get bailout capital campaign, or even politicians agreement with the mass media / electronic to form a political reality, these agreements are an important part of the current political process. This is an agreement made by political actors with the forces outside of himself. Then these agreements will give birth to various konsekwesi, various regulatory bid to "partner" politics when the actor won the political battle.


Agreement politicians with complex networks, resulting in political estuaries only for spatial power, even a very artificial. No wonder so many regulations written by the political actors only when the ruling could produce a variety of protection for the group. If these regulations can not afford "political debt", then immediately "wild mind" (The Savage Mind) accompany the patterns and behavior in Senayan politicians, so "we" is no more taken aback when many of the People's Council (Parliament) stumble snapper class corruption.


Political Immediasi like a piece of land full of plants that they want to grow. Although, among the plants do not have a better quality than others. So likewise, with our politicians today. The battle became symbolic of the inevitability of this political immediasi. No terbanyangkan how 38 national political parties and six at the local level for the Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam bracnmark battle each other (read; symbol) politics. At the same time, the old parties, especially the five major 2004 election results, biting and fighting each other, dipersengit with the presence of "players" new. This symbolic competition (both symbols of religion or nonagama) strengthen public understanding of the political actors / political machine "just segitukah quality of our politics".


Liberal democracy that gave birth to illegitimate political immediasi will make Indonesia more kupak. In fact, the proliferation of political competition more symbolically dragging primordial symbols, religion, ideology into the field fast pendangkalan meaning. In fact, religion and nationalism have the magic words from pendangkalan political penetration. When the sentences of this sacred experience whether to pendangkalan our mentransedenkan especially this nation. For the religious phrase is no longer a sacred, as well as the sentence of nationalism that is no longer a powerful glue. Thus the liberal democracy grip hurt the nation, and change the country's political spirit. Merenunglah for fathers land?


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