President Marcos decided to be like Aquino instead of Duterte

Posted by JoeAm on August 21, 2025 · 48 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America President Marcos fooled me, for sure. I thought he’d be another Duterte, blatantly corrupt and tending toward dogmatic rule. Nope. President Marcos is running a steady ship. Rational policies. Build-up of alliances. On the hunt for foreign investments. Steady economy, one of the fastest growing in Asia. Working to … Continue reading →

Category China, Crime/Corruption, Culture and Arts, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

President Marcos has the Philippines on the way up

Posted by JoeAm on June 12, 2025 · 114 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Democracy is an engine, a force, a living organism. It is not tin soldiers following orders, it is millions of people energized by hope, opportunity, and a system of organized chaos. Leaders are chosen by citizens but their term is shaped by accidents, the strange behavior of history, and … Continue reading →

Category China, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics, USA/Americans

Leni Robredo is a model, not a goddess

Posted by JoeAm on June 2, 2025 · 84 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Here’s the best way forward. Detach your ego from personalities and attach your brain to concepts. Let me explain. Pinks are good people at about the 98% level. Thoughtful, patriotic, compassionate, constructive. Engaged. A very small share are arrogant, obnoxious, or stupid. But a large share is attached to … Continue reading →

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

Imagining the feudal Philippines with an AI architecture

Posted by JoeAm on May 29, 2025 · 68 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America AI is not coming, it’s here, a satanic wind blown in from the east, giving the dumb intelligence, the confused order, and the profitable even more profits. Who needs college when AI can fake your resumé and help you fake skills. Just call me Doctor America who knows as … Continue reading →

Category China, Economy, Education, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

Dear Philippines, you are doing fine. Joe

Posted by JoeAm on May 22, 2025 · 171 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America I posted a note on social media the other day in which I observed: The math is actually very encouraging. It suggests there is no totalitarian mainstream bunch of nutcases as in America’s dominant and sick MAGA movement that promotes lies, cruelty, and dumb decisions. The Philippines is a … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Economy, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics