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JoeAmBring in the Clowns
With Apology to Joni Mitchell, my mind often free associates wild and sometimes unkind images with reality, rather like viewing the Bible through a drunken kaleidoscope, overlaying it’s Godly blunt trauma wisdom with a visually imperfect tower of Babel. Especially if it is 1:30 in the morning as I just awoke from a dream in … Continue reading
The Advantage of the Anti-Anything
My newfound understanding of the Filipino psyche is instructional, not just in giving me a framework for understanding Philippine culture, but in understanding Greek protestors, American “occupiers”, and a lot of other strange beings. The psyche is essentially this: “I am raised up if I tear you down.” Therefore, every personal interaction is a psychic … Continue reading
Louis Jenkins and Other Intellectuals
I was shocked when a blog commenter a while back claimed Joe America was an “intellectual”. I hold that intellectuals can speak several languages, French foremost among them, cite Greek mythology and quote Shakespeare. I can’t do that. I can’t even speak pig Latin. My daughter is an intellectual. Indeed, she can write Shakespearian sonnets … Continue reading
Joe Am’s Philippines
I wrote a couple of articles ago that the Philippines is like amoebae in a Petri dish, lots of activity bouncing about going nowhere. Let me expound on this a bit more to explain what I think COULD be a very different situation. The Current Conditions The Philippines can’t be compared to the United States. … Continue reading
We the People . . . Need to Grow a Pair
I am always reminded after a Pacquiao fight on GMA how passive Filipinos are. How subservient they are to those who hold themselves up as betters. The factual representation of their impotence is measured in advertising minutes per hour, where GMA bludgeons its captive audience with 45 minutes of advertising supporting 15 minutes of boxing. … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 