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JoeAm“I not be understandin’ President Duterte”
Forgive the lingo. It’s street talk, aimed at making me more legitimate as a commentator to an administration that seems to dislike intelligentsia and favor the earthy. Rather like the crows in Disney’s “Dumbo” singing “I be done seen everything when I seen an elephant fly”, which was a bit of a spin on black … Continue reading
Cause without a rebel
This blog recounts some thinking I’ve been doing lately, about the blog. As I explained in a previous article, my official position is to support President Elect Duterte. This position is not much different than that of the outgoing administration or that expressed by Vice President Elect Leni Robredo when she said: “For my part, … Continue reading
Understanding President Duterte #1: Trial by NPA
The purpose of this writing is to think through a recent statement attributed to President Elect Duterte and to decide how to deal with a president who believes change requires a ruthless set of actions. In the end, I will ask readers to give their view on this rather complex matter. In referring to a … Continue reading
The battle for decency and dignity in the Philippines
We are seeing in the Philippines a trend that is universal, the movement of large groups of people toward extremism. This appears to be akin to what we see on on social media where easy, uninformed opinions are spouted as if they were clarion calls of virtue and defended to the point of insult or verbal violence. This … Continue reading
How can we find unity if we are not disciplined ‘all the way’?
I want to come back to a subject I wrote about before because I think we are seeing a general failure to communicate between the Administration Elect and a lot of Filipinos who hold specific values about how to treat one another. Their values seem to conflict with those of the new order. The now disenfranchised class are represented … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 