Has the US lost her way, and lost the Philippines?

Posted by JoeAm on May 1, 2019 · 88 Comments 

By JoeAm The United States was founded on the best principles from very bright minds who imagined a nation of citizens who could find personal enrichment and self-satisfaction by charting their own destiny. It worked fairly well for about 250 years, the energy of the nation’s young idealism fueling deep patriotic sacrifice and empowering a … Continue reading →

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

The Philippines under China’s authority

Posted by JoeAm on April 29, 2019 · 73 Comments 

By JoeAm The past is dead. Those good old Western-inspired ideals featuring freedom and fairness, truth, compassion and honor have been supplanted by Chinese-inspired ideals featuring control and favor, lies, brutality and utility. This is not speculation. This is the real world in the Philippines, today. Press freedom? Dead. Freedom of speech? Dead. Fairness under … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

Almost no one will read this article because it is long and contains the word ‘paucity’

Posted by JoeAm on April 4, 2019 · 245 Comments 

By JoeAm In the old days, when we received letters and picked up the ringing phone which had a wire attached, and read the newspaper or caught the news on the TV, we lived with simple understandings. One of them was that this is real. The letter is truly from Cousin Sylvia, the phone call … Continue reading →

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

Joe America called out for issuing black propaganda!!!

Posted by JoeAm on March 7, 2019 · 200 Comments 

Or how Chinese and Russian ‘influencers’ are at work in the Philippines By JoeAm This is perhaps the most meaningful blog I’ve done here in the Philippines over 10 years and 1,500 articles penned. It places us at the cutting edge of the new political, social, and moral landscape that will determine how we and … Continue reading →

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

Will the ‘economy of need’ cost the Philippines her autonomy?

Posted by JoeAm on March 6, 2019 · 37 Comments 

By JoeAm Please give me a little time to work up my argument here. I’m taking you along the thought process that I trekked through to get to a little piece of insight. The Philippine economy is best characterized as one of need, not production. This can best be seen in outlying provinces where much … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government