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JoeAmBelieving in the Philippines
What do YOU want for the Philippines? I read a lot of commentary hereabouts, blogs and comment threads, investigative articles, opinion columns, and news reports shaded with a point of view. There is a strong current of anger to a lot of it, of cynical mistrust of Philippine leaders, of exasperation with Philippine society, and … Continue reading
The Philippine Luddite Mentality
I was roaming the Rappler conversation threads the other day and another visitor whipped a “pfft” on some people who are protesting the Philippine research work into genetically modified rice. He referred to them as “Luddites”. That sent me scurrying to my search button on the term “Luddite”, and this is what I got from … Continue reading
Of Mines and Hyenas
I’ve killed a blog. It is pragmatism, though, not murder. This is its replacement, a two-fer dealing with two very different subjects. The King-king Mine I had started enthusiastically researching the King-king mining project outside of Davao, a huge, $2 billion dollar project to move mountains for copper, gold and silver. Rappler ran an article … Continue reading
Setting Goals: National Purpose #4
“What is a nation for?” We have a hierarchy: Family. Clan. City. Province. Region. Nation. If you think about it, a nation is nothing more than a very large family, usually living within a defined compound with walls called a boundary which are defended by armies instead of dogs. These are all communities that work … Continue reading
WANTED: A New Breed of Corporate Owner
Reader’s lead me to a lot of good discussion topics. In this case, David Webb did the favor. In response to my suggestion that the Philippines could start its own military ship-building industry, he wondered if new manufacturing enterprises in the Philippines would fall into the hands of the trapos. I whipped out this top-of-mind … Continue reading
