Regarding China: “Okay, so now what?

Posted by JoeAm on July 21, 2016 · 225 Comments 

Review We’ve had two excellent discussions touching on China recently. One was fueled by Lance Corporal X putting matters in a context of global warming which will see the Spratley Rocks (the arbitration panel said none of the ‘islands’ are life-sustaining; therefore, they are just rocks) submerged beneath the rising oceans. We are faced with a reshaping … Continue reading →

Category China, Ecology/Global Warming, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

President Duterte: It’s all about Mindanao

Posted by JoeAm on July 13, 2016 · 323 Comments 

This report is speculation and nothing but speculation. If you want the truth and nothing but the truth, you have to crank it out of someone other than me. Lots of luck with that. JA ______________ I’ve been trying to piece things together, doing the deductions, adding the numbers, calculating the odds. I even spied … Continue reading →

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

Two Filipino diplomats and patriots, men of law, and peace, and determination. Let history so record.

Image · Posted by JoeAm on July 12, 2016 · 97 Comments 

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

Managing NIMBY: the good the bad, and the TBD

Posted by JoeAm on June 22, 2016 · 90 Comments 

Understanding President Duterte #6 TBD means “to be determined”. As in the good, the bad, and the to be determined. I suspect most of us fall into the common trap of what I will term “the intellectual NIMBY”. NIMBY means “not in my back yard”. Take electrical power plants. People want them for the everlasting … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government

Time and circumstance, and how the office makes the man

Posted by JoeAm on May 19, 2016 · 214 Comments 

We see the lingering dust of battle as a few straggling Duterte fans ride the social nets to mock the losers. Meanwhile, the dedicated straight-pathers, who poured their hearts into a loss, wield the heavy club of righteous values and watchful eye. Those who parried the arrows of the past six years aimed at President Aquino are now … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, USA/Americans