Oh My Dios! Senator Miriam is Quoting Latin Again!
The original headline for this article was going to be “Grow Up Philippines!”, but this is the new, positive JoeAm doing the writing. I would like to commend Senator Santiago for her use of Latin in describing the legalities surrounding the dumping of trash into coastal waters. It provides Filipino school kids with a sterling … Continue reading
End of Month Ramble
I like to ease up on the last day of the month. Take my rest. So kindly allow me a little gossip here. I understand the bumble bees are after newly appointed Chief Justice Sereno, digging digging into history and some of her problems. Well, we can always condemn people, after all there is not … Continue reading
Is China Stupid? Subtitled "America, the Spinach"
Okay, just off of my latest Ken Follett novel, “Code to Zero”, I’m in the mood for a little international skullduggery, spies and intrigue. Those big games of “Who Do You Trust?”. China is a masterwork of controlled public reactions. Homebound Chinese seem to be emotional people, the Italians of Asia, I guess, easily stoked … 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
The US of A
The U.S. is on the minds of many Filipinos these days. Not like in the hostile days of Nicole when it was figured that all Americans are sex mad rapists. Not like when the American military unnecessarily blasted Manila to rubble in WW II to drive out the rats and Japanese, at significant loss of … Continue reading