Oh my, it’s incredible: The senators who betrayed Leila De Lima and enabled Duterte EJKs

Posted by JoeAm on November 10, 2025 · 173 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America It’s incredible. The Philippines is stuck in poverty and corruption because patronage, not principle, rules the land. You can’t change by staying the same. You can’t change by letting prominent people escape accountability for their bad decisions and crimes. In September 2016, then Senator Leila de Lima was doing … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Governance, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Poor Filipinos should admit they’ve voted badly

Posted by JoeAm on October 13, 2025 · 46 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The Philippines will remain corrupt, incompetent at caring for citizens, and poor as long as poor Filipinos don’t take it upon themselves to elect honest leaders. They should stop blaming others and look at their own track record. Their 2016 choice now sits in an international jail. Are they … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Governance, Philippine Politics

A Filipino uprising

Posted by JoeAm on October 9, 2025 · 31 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I have a great weather app, Windy.com. It allows me to see and project storms with very high accuracy. It’s well worth the $20 annual fee for premium that has so many measurements from smog to lightning strikes that I can project the camel population in Egypt based on … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Governance, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Messaging: “Rise Philippines!”

Posted by JoeAm on October 2, 2025 · 24 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America The challenge for good governance is this: the bad guys are organized behind DDS while the good guys are divided by people arguing for their favorite personalities. The only way around this is to develop a messaging platform that does not get bogged down in people politics. The call … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Philippine Politics

“DDS are paid liars and abusers of the Philippines”

Posted by JoeAm on September 29, 2025 · 21 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America It seems to me that Filipinos need to grasp why the Philippines struggles to provide jobs and wealth or else the 2028 presidential election will be one more step in the enduring failure. Filipinos vote their feelings, not knowledge, and their feelings are hugely shaped by DDS propagandists. Lets … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Philippine Politics