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JoeAm“President Duterte is the symptom, he is not the cause.”
By JoeAm This idea was expressed by the always eloquent Barak Obama in the US as he talked about the Trump presidency and the way thinking and politics in the US has deteriorated into bitter, hostile, and divisive argument. Politics has degraded into win/lose battles and mistrust of people who look different and think differently … Continue reading
Why yellows are losers
By JoeAm Let me first say that I will be talking about Filipino culture. It’s nothing personal. The concepts apply to other cultures as well. However, they risk being particularly damaging to the Philippines given that there is an election coming up. It may be wise for the advocates of democracy, civility, and human rights … Continue reading
Did President Duterte inadvertently give people the idea of “President Trillanes”?
By JoeAm By any measure, Senator Trillanes’ amnesty case has further eroded President Duterte’s reputation of total, complete authority. The beating the President and his men have been taking is worse than that by the Arroyo coup of the House leadership which sat the President aside in the waiting room for an hour, like a … Continue reading
Senator Trillanes, Day 4. DID AFP officers over-reach?
By JoeAm Dateline Philippines, September 7, 2018 I don’t know about you, but I was on edge all morning, running now and then to the television to see if the AFP had descended on the Senate to arrest Senator Trillanes. But nothing. At around 10:00, the Senator appeared for his daily press conference, exhausted from … Continue reading
Impunity, Solicitor General Calida, and Senator Trillanes
By JoeAm We normally think of impunity as a bad thing, something powerful government officials have. They operate with an overbearing sense of entitlement as they wang wang their way through town or set themselves up for commissions on another construction project or, in President Duterte’s case, do illegal acts such as inspire killings outside … Continue reading
