Dear Senator Poe. Why your time is now.

Dear Senator Poe, Please allow me to be direct. I believe it is a quality you very likely appreciate. You are an intelligent and respectful woman. You have what many in politics miss or what is driven out of them after a few years of believing their own political puffery. You have humility. It is a refreshing … Continue reading →

Filed under Citizenship/Patriotism, Family/Parenting/Children, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Putting some order to the pork mess

Chaos theory is a a formal field of study in mathematics. It supports the idea that if you throw a grain of sand into the ocean, the entire course of the universe changes. The effects are unpredictable. The grain of sand nudges a clam from it’s hole. A seagull dives to eat the clam. A … Continue reading →

Filed under Blogging/Journalism, Crime/Corruption, Philippine Government

Regulatory Incest in the Philippines

This blog develops one of JoeAm’s new principles aimed at figuring out how to invigorate the Philippine economy and enhance the well-being of the nation’s peoples. Principle 7: Regulations must be for the nation, not for the good old boys. The term “good old boy” is an American idiomatic expression. As google tells it: good old boy (noun): a … Continue reading →

Filed under Economy, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Antonio Trillanes IV for President

We have been looking at some of the possible candidates for president for 2016, figuring that Jejomar Binay is one, but everyone knows him. Or at least has strong ideas about him. What other characters may be deemed worthy? So far we have looked at: Senator Cayetano Senator Osmeña Perhaps it is time to give Senator … Continue reading →

Filed under Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

How to deal with Global Goons, subtitled “Sticking it to China”

We can identify some very distinct “Global Goons”, eh? The U.S. is one given its rampaging tendency toward spying on everyone. Russia is another, embarking on a thuggish adventurism in the Ukraine. China for sure is one, claiming seas that belong distinctly and fairly to other nations. Those are the major goons, I suppose. Maybe we … Continue reading →

Filed under China, Foreign Affairs and Defense