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JoeAmElitism, Mars and JoeAm’s House
If you were fighting the rain last week, perhaps you missed the video from the U.S. about “Seven Minutes of Terror“, the Curiosity expedition to Mars. “Curiosity” is a nuclear powered robotic rover that will help earthbound creatures decide if there is a different place that can sustain human life. Gadzooks, but NASA marketed this … Continue reading
Hit and Run Dads and Other Scurrilous Dogs
You know, much of Philippine culture differs from Western norms. I can deal with it fine. I may crab or write blogs, after all, I have to write about something. But I deal with it because it is my choice to be here. Smoke, rudeness, slanderous neighbors, killer chickens, tuba drunks, cheating, religious hypocrisy, pollution, … Continue reading
"American government is a deviant subculture."
Let us suppose that I am back at my home on a mountain top in California, USA, never having traveled to the Philippines, and ran across a blog by a Filipino criticizing US government, social institutions and culture. Say he lived down in the valley below, a permanent resident of the US. What would I … Continue reading
HDPR: The Enormous Challenge, Poverty
Poverty is the big challenge. How does the Aquino administration orchestrate the poverty fight? This blog continues JoeAm’s discovery of how the Philippines works. Where it is first class, and where it is not. It is striking how small the Philippines is in terms of who is managing things. When MLQIII takes time to drop … Continue reading
Kissing and Telling
The Philippines is a mass of inconsistencies and the most inconsistent place of all is romance. “Romance” according to the Humpty Dumpty New World Dictionary is a noun meaning the process by which people exchange affection. It can also be an adjective. A romance novel, for instance, is about love gained and lost and gained … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 