The President’s State of the World Address (SOWA)

Posted by JoeAm on February 10, 2014 · 24 Comments 

Good evening distinguished guests and senators. My name is Joe America, and I’m a straight-shooting blogger in the best Filipino tradition. President Aquino had a date tonight and so he has asked me to stand in for him to present what will become an annual gala event, the “State of the World Address”. His instruction … Continue reading →

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

2016 Dream Team: Aquino and Aquino

Posted by JoeAm on January 31, 2014 · 39 Comments 

We need a new approach. One of the things I wrestle with in my cross-cultural discovery trek is the apparent fact that an American style government overlaid on the Filipino hierarchical culture creates a lot of odd results. Like local mayors become dynastic warlords and the Congress gets packed with dynastic power-mongers, boxers, crybabies, plagiarists … Continue reading →

Category China, Entertainment, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Humor/Satire, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Estop’s Fables: The Creatures and the Dinner Bell

Posted by JoeAm on January 1, 2014 · 147 Comments 

Once upon a time, two bands of creatures arrived on an island. One band was known by scientists as Americano Erectus Whitus, the other Filipino Cheatus Amalgamatus. In modern terms, the first word of the scientific designation indicates the origin of the species by country, that is, America or Philippines. The second word is what … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Education, Humor/Satire, USA/Americans

Of Nuts and Bolts

Posted by JoeAm on August 14, 2013 · 34 Comments 

I must say the blogging scene in the Philippines is getting dry and dull. Politics is at an ebb because Congress is not into a production mode and all the President’s men and women are so busy we can’t keep pace. Top Blogger Raissa Robles seems to have slowed to a crawl, perhaps because of … Continue reading →

Category Humor/Satire

The Philippine Emo, an Indigenous Creature

Posted by JoeAm on July 5, 2013 · 41 Comments 

No, not the emu. That would be in Australia, the great nation upside down and chock full of creatures found nowhere else, including a Buddhist enumerator of Skotch descent and an enlightened and literally gifted Filipina resourceful as to the application of humanoids in the shirkplace. The Philippines is mostly right-side up, being slightly on … Continue reading →

Category Culture and Arts, Humor/Satire