A Philippine Defense Plan

Posted by JoeAm on February 27, 2025 · 71 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America One of my son’s passions is fighting. Well, not fisticuffs, he’s too intelligent for that. But making war. During breakfast, he pulls up this military campaign or that on You Tube. We watch and comment. We’ve followed Hannibal through Italy, pure genius, and Napoleon through Europe, his ego getting … Continue reading →

Category China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet, USA/Americans

Philippine medical BPO hub, round 2

Posted by JoeAm on February 21, 2025 · 71 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Let me slip this article in between our regularly scheduled articles as it is a follow-up matter. I recently offered a proposal to establish a BPO program orchestrating medical services, housing, and visas for Americans in the Philippines. It got mixed reviews with the negatives being the long travel … Continue reading →

Category Economy, Philippine Government, Technology/Internet

I’m an American and I don’t trust the US

Posted by JoeAm on February 20, 2025 · 66 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Donald Trump betrayed Ukraine, Europe, and Americans by serving as Putin’s stooge, blaming Ukraine for Russia’s invasion, and declaring President Zelensky unpopular. How can the Philippines trust the US? I don’t, right now. Can the Philippines gain from its alliance with America? Yes, absolutely, but AFP would be foolish … Continue reading →

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

Can Risa Hontiveros build a peoples’ coalition?

Posted by JoeAm on February 13, 2025 · 120 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Senator Hontiveros will be leaving the Senate this year at the end of her second term. She is impeccably and uniquely qualified to build a unified peoples’ coalition. She is respected by the left, the right, and everybody but criminals, dynasts, and China’s spies. She almost single-handedly revealed the … Continue reading →

Category Blogging/Journalism, China, Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Economy, Education, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics, USA/Americans

“Hey, I’m opposition, where’s my leader?”

Posted by JoeAm on February 10, 2025 · 61 Comments 

Analysis and Opinion By Joe America Well, there’s even a more basic question. If you have no leader, do you really have an opposition? The Philippines is so tribal. Can’t we all just get along? And find a leader? Here are the leaders as best as I can discern: In other words, there is no … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics