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JoeAmA Corporate Model of Governance
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
Empathy in the Philippines
Empathy (noun) the intellectual identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another. Empathy exists in the Philippines. When a grandmother decides to turn state’s evidence because she does not want a stigma of shame attached to her grandkids, you know she has a heart for those grandkids. Empathy does not … Continue reading
“Calling Harry Roque . . . Is Harry Roque in the Building?”
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
The Life of Reyes
Ruby Tuason’s decision to tell all has turned the pork scandal on its ear. Three people, in particular, are in a fine state of apoplexy at the moment: Gigi Reyes, former assistant to Senator Enrile, the old man himself, and Janet Napoles, who was on the road to freedom until Ruby popped back into the … Continue reading
Senator Angara and His “Nationalize American Jocks” Legislation
If I seem short of patience, it is because of an overdose of despicable creatures from China to the Senate chambers to the Department of Immigration. I have dropped Senator Angara from my list of presidential contenders. He comes up short of the essential standard that the Philippines be run by people who are intensely … Continue reading
