About Americans

Guest Article By Coco Villa American Cowboy Talking about Americans and American culture one can talk about different layers. A visible outer layer with things such as clothing, language, food, and housing. A middle level consisting of norms and values and beliefs in what is right and what is wrong. Deep inside is the core … Continue reading

Classmates and Achievement

Johnny Lin made a remark in a recent thread that focused on President Aquino’s membership in an Ateneo group called the “Fab Five”. The comment pertained to an Inquirer article that revealed that President Aquino appears to rely upon the counsel of his schoolmates working at the Palace over the counsel of his cabinet members.That … Continue reading

"That High Steppin’ Philippines!"

Did you ever see a drum major high steppin’ it? It is an authoritative prance, you know, walkin’ the showy walk of the star, the guy everyone watches for the twirlin’ and whistle blowing pomp and circumstance. Did you ever see films of those goose-steppin Nazis or the lock-unison stompin’ of North Korean armies, pounding … Continue reading

Why Y’all Uncomfortable with Americans?

Shape shifters and borgs. Shape-shifters are Star Trek aliens who possess the magnificent ability to change composition and morph into different shapes and looks and beings. A lizard-man one day, a human the next. The borg is a big cubic alien world/structure that unites the brains of thousands of humanoids in one machine-like creature that … Continue reading

"Let Them Eat Dirt!"

You know, sometimes I want to simply give up and go off and enjoy life. The gross denial or ignorance that characterizes the human condition is simply too much. It’s everywhere, absolutely everywhere. Conservative blowhards in the U.S. don’t mind telling lies, no matter their supposed Christian values and patriotic verve, as they follow Rush … Continue reading