A Corporate Model of Governance

Posted by JoeAm on February 25, 2014 · 73 Comments 

This blog is strictly an intellectual exercise. I would not want anyone to think JoeAm is preaching revolution, thus inviting reactionaries to ship him back to the States for violating the terms of his visa. Let’s just think about things, eh? We watch senators engaging one another as if each member had it in for … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

“Calling Harry Roque . . . Is Harry Roque in the Building?”

Posted by JoeAm on February 21, 2014 · 60 Comments 

I didn’t quite know where I was going with this article until Society follower brianitus offered up the following profound quote: “When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

The Filipino Dream: Waking from the Colonial Nightmare into A Genuine Reality

Posted by JoeAm on February 17, 2014 · 75 Comments 

by Dee Meyer “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there.” ~ Yogi Berra, American Athlete Most Filipinos know the words to the song, “Impossible Dream.”  It is heard at graduation, wedding, birthday, baptism, and confirmation parties.  Often belted out by ladies and gentlemen at … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Culture and Arts, Laws and Ethics

Of Hong Kong and Dignity

Posted by JoeAm on February 3, 2014 · 34 Comments 

Hong Kong is starting a program of sanctions to punish the Philippines for declining to apologize, state-to-state, for the botched bus massacre in 2010. The Philippines has expressed its regrets and condolences to the family members, which is a step short of admitting state culpability in the massacre. Hong Kong wants the Philippines to accept … Continue reading →

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

How the Rule of Law Limits Freedom in the Philippines

Posted by JoeAm on January 29, 2014 · 31 Comments 

Freedom House undertakes to survey 185 nations around the world once a year to see how they are doing in terms of freedom, where freedom is broken into two categories, Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Advocacy groups and businessmen use the information, the former to raise a voice of complaint to instigate social change, the latter … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government