Posted on 10/08/2015 1:18:15 PM PDT by Raymond Pamintuan
Just want to say hi to everyone here. I just joined the forum and looking forward to having many wonderful discussions with fellow Christians and conservatives.
Give this jamoke the ZOT!
Mabuhay/welcome! As a matter of fact, my wife is from Mindanao.
Exactly what I’ve been told!
Sorry, I don’t get it. Your hovercraft is full of eels?
Thanks to all for the warm welcome.
The Philippines is screwed. Thanks to government corruption and outright stupidity of our political leaders, we kicked out the Americans and the elite grabbed the assets they left behind to become even more wealthy. China then exploited the vacuum and seized the Spratley and Paracel Islands and is now taking advantage of American unwillingness to honor its commitments by building military facilities on those islands and taking control of the entire South China Sea. From those forward bases, China can easily seize control of the Philippines, which is the closest and weakest country in the area. When it does this, it will be able to completely blockade Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.
We used to be confident that the US will keep its promise to protect us, but we no longer believe you can be trusted because your president has repeatedly proven you have no “palabra de honor” - you stab your friends like the UK, Poland, and Israel in the back and kiss the asses of those who hate you.
Unfortunately, the Philippines has too many problems to resist China. We have the highest taxes, greatest corruption, utterly stupid and fractured political parties, and political rulers who’s only qualification is that they are well-known by the masses because they are boxers, singers, movie stars, or basketball players.
Oh, let’s not forget endemic poverty, the best and brightest leave the country in a massive brain drain, majority of the wealth concentrated in the hands of a handful of families, environmental illiteracy, and inefficient transportation network.
Many of us can see what’s coming and we’ve migrated far away to give our children a chance to grow up in safety. My family migrated to Canada - I’m now living in Calgary, working and paying taxes. I’m fearful for my cousins and their children back home.
We Filipinos are known for being hard-working, but we also have a tendency to take any job, no matter how overqualified we are, just so that we’re working instead of sitting on our butts relying on the government (the “basta may trabaho kahit na ano” or “as long as I have a job, no matter what it is” mindset). This is why most adult Filipinos you’ll see who are working in fast food restaurants or as janitors will have college degrees, and even post graduate degrees. Go ahead and ask them, you’ll be surprised.
Many Americans may not care now, but after China takes over and strangles East Asia; you’ll find out very quickly that you too need East Asia for your own well-being and quality of life.
Don’t tell any Pinoys, but I was actually rooting for Mayweather!
Perhaps I just enjoy not following the masses. I was just annoyed at how desperate my countrymen were to have a hero they can be proud of. Sure Mayweather is a jerk and Pacquiao is a much nicer guy, but Manny tries to be too many things at the same time and as a result is really bad at everything not related to boxing.
He became a congressman just because people thought name recognition is all that’s needed to run a country and had the worst attendance of all congressmen. He now wants to become a senator! And he’ll probably win again - damn it!
As for a rematch, they’ll be stupid not to do it - with the incredible amount of cash thrown their way.
I’m a Pacquiao fan as a fighter. But he was awful in the first fight. I would like to see them do it again with Pacquiao healthy.
As for his politics, he seems a bit too liberal for me. But he seems to be a good Christian and family man which is tough to be when you’re swimming in money.
Welcome to the Obama watch list.
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Well Raymond you came to the right place!!
I’ve been with the FR for 5 years or longer~~~great place!! Welcome!!
So true about the brain drain. My wife's immediate family left Manila in the early eighties, and they're now working on convincing extended family to emigrate.
I do think it was a mistake to ask the US to pull out and close our bases back in the day. Doing so makes it easy for our scared politicians to procrastinate on dealing the messy China business. If our bases where still there and active, then this Spratley nonsense won't be happening. Hopefully future leaders from both countries will rethink that mistake.
3 and half stars...
What about the Muslim extremist in your country?
Welcome to the best forum on the internet. Beware, that for the first 5 years you’re here, you’ll be called a nOOb a LOT!
Take the plunge...but the people here are sharp and opinionated, so be ready for the ride of your life! :)
Welcome!
Um, I hope you have a thick skin, and a good pair of asbestos underwear. Not that you should need it, but passions can run high around here.
Freedom is sometimes a, &!tch.
Seriously though, welcome!
“Welcome to the Jungle... we got fun ‘n games...!!!”
:^)
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