Why China is a Real Threat
Chinese mob attacks Japanese car At the end of 2012, JoeAm identified four institutions that are interested in undermining the development of a modern Philippines. Here is a status report: The Anti Blog Sites are best ignored as they dissolve in the acids of their bitter view of the Philippines and Filipinos. The positive developments … Continue reading
Zen and the Art of Filipino Character Maintenance
It has been observed that Filipinos seem to live in the now, a wholly admirably quality of you have read “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle or are into Zen Buddhism. But it does make for a rather chaotic and reactive style. Face it, planning ahead is not commonly or skillfully done here. In … Continue reading
The Mettle of the Metal: First Class Mining in the Philippines
“FIRST CLASS” DESIGNATION SUSPENDED: See comment thread for pertinent information. 01/20/2013 The First Class Philippines is not a place of rabid glow-eyed priests and ever-spinning drooling politicians or skinny, unhealthy kids crawling in the dirt. It is place of compassionate and reflective priests and leaders who put their jobs and the Philippines first and freshly … Continue reading
The Strength Within
Stick with me if you can. This one’s a ride. Ideas grow where you plant them and propagate in an organized random way.Doing this blogging bit is a little like stuffing a plant into the fine red Philippine soil. You plant one idea and before you know it, you’ve got another plant poking up over … Continue reading
Post WWII: Shabby US Treatment of Philippines?
I’d like to thank Top Blogger Raissa Robles for provoking this blog with her comment: “Philippines was treated quite shabbily by the US after WW 2” This pertained to a complaint by another commenter about how the US favored Japan and did not do much for the Philippines. I asked Raissa “Do you know why?”but … Continue reading