The tweet I did not publish

Posted by JoeAm on June 14, 2019 · 85 Comments 

By JoeAm I admire political cartoonists. They do their eloquent drawings with exaggerated features and sharp-tongued captions and people know it is an intellectual message wrapped in satire or humor. Not a personal slur. The cartoonists seldom get sued for libel. But in the Philippines, big shots are not used to being pilloried. They are … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Humor/Satire, Philippine Government

The need for an anti-discrimination law in the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on June 7, 2019 · 46 Comments 

By JoeAm Filipinos generally treat other races with polite consideration. They are courteous to whites, Chinese, Japanese, and everyone else except perhaps blacks, as far as I can judge. Dark-skinned Filipinos are often ridiculed or otherwise treated badly. Women are not discriminated against in the job market, but everyday language is often discriminatory (the President’s … Continue reading →

Category China, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Trash wars and other Philippine nonsense

Posted by JoeAm on June 3, 2019 · 74 Comments 

By JoeAm The Philippines almost went to war over trash from Canada, imported by Filipinos, and blamed on Canada. The 69 containers of nasty trash evidently sat in Customs stinking up the docks for six years and no one did anything about it. There was no reason, no money to be made in doing something, … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Humor/Satire, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Were the two matrices hatched in China?

Posted by JoeAm on May 9, 2019 · 55 Comments 

By JoeAm Two “collusion” matrices recently prepared by the Duterte government generated a lot of incredulous disbelief and amusement across the educated nation. The idea of a grand scheme to oust Duterte, a conspiracy of journalists, lawyers, Liberal Party principals, and opposition senators, simply did not make sense. The journalists are writers, not political players. … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, China, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

China Rules . . . an essential guide for Filipinos

Posted by JoeAm on May 6, 2019 · 70 Comments 

By JoeAm It’s the dawning of a new day in the Philippines. The sun rises from the west, which may confuse a lot of people, so let me do my best to clarify the new China Rules, which is the way things work when a nation agrees to be subordinate to China. First of all, … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government