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JoeAmAmerican Twits
When I first started offering up blog comments on Filipino Voices a couple of years ago, a number of people would get upset that an outsider would have the temerity (audacity, “balls”, hubris, arrogance) to “instruct” Filipinos on how to live their lives. In my mind, their minds had a short circuit, viewing criticism as … Continue reading
When Life is Mostly Lies
I observe the deceits in our surroundings and I know for sure why humankind cannot find peace in the world. The angers, the absence of trust, the different perspectives of what is moral. The sound bite manipulations, the relentless advertisements “with no therapeutically verified proof”. The cheating and bribing; a maladjusted scale for weighing fish, … Continue reading
The Cock Fight Crowd
It is fiesta time here. My hillside barangay joins the celebration in proper fashion, arranging for baptisms at the small church, putting up banners and decorations, fattening up on feast day, and dedicating four days to cock fights, from 2 to 5 in the afternoon. Sufficient time to kill a decent number of chickens. Now … Continue reading
Is Barak Obama Delusional?
I enjoy the collective brainpower of blog-writers and those who offer comments to the posts. In the economic arena, the writings of Doy Santos (“The Cusp”) on Pro-Pinoy and J_ag always provide interesting perspectives. J_ag offered up a comment the other day that made me laugh. It was something on the order of “Barak Obama … Continue reading
Giant Crocodiles and Office Buildings
You have no doubt read of the giant saltwater crocodile captured in the Southern Philippines. Something like 26 feet long and thick, rather like Uncle Bob after 40 years of beer drinking, only with a belly several meters long. That sucker is big, and mean, and suspected of dining on Filipinos. Tourist Trap Animal rights … Continue reading
The Society of Honor by Joe America 