Ahahaha, I love the Inquirer’s comical headlines!!!

Posted by JoeAm on July 18, 2015 · 57 Comments 

I cracked up today in reading one of the tabloid Inquirer’s typically editorialized headlines: x US entry feared when Subic is military base x Here’s a link to the article: Really Funny Headline I thought for sure I would read about leftist protests and see a tight-in photo of 50 people in Subic or on … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, USA/Americans

Philippine global leadership: re-defining sovereignty

Posted by JoeAm on June 18, 2015 · 124 Comments 

Without question, one of the most provocative thinkers among the Society’s well-stocked shelves of bright people is josephivo. And he does it in peace. He challenges us to be better . . . to think better . . . without calling us idiots for thinking in . . . well, our normal provincial terms. His last … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Ecology/Global Warming, Economy, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, USA/Americans

“Managing America” to assure Philippine sovereignty

Posted by JoeAm on June 14, 2015 · 95 Comments 

It appears, subject to all the normal court challenges and few more whacko leftist marches down Roxas Boulevard, that the United States will operate on eight bases in the Philippines. The bases will house or anchor US military equipment, including warships at Subic and aircraft at Clark and elsewhere. They will also house intelligence assets … Continue reading →

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

Would the Senate kindly stop interfering with Executive and write some needed laws?

Posted by JoeAm on June 13, 2015 · 54 Comments 

The Senate reminds me of a nagging mother-in-law, always feeling a need to insert herself into other people’s affairs. She justifies this nosy interference by citing the phrase “in aid of legislation” or various inane legalisms, and then proceeds to interfere. Here’s the deal. Executive leads by providing government services and defending the nation. Legislative writes the laws and … Continue reading →

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

The Philippines: rising to leadership in Asia

Posted by JoeAm on May 31, 2015 · 136 Comments 

Most of Asia is free. China is not free. North Korea is not free. Other nations have more citizen participation in their affairs. Viet Nam is socialist. Malaysia is a high control republic, Indonesia a high-control federation. Japan and South Korea are self-contained, disciplined democratic societies. The Philippines is different. The democratic nation is loud and … Continue reading →

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