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What's Wrong with the Philippines?
The Pioneer ^ | Monday, May 16, 2022 | Gwynne Dyer

Posted on 05/16/2022 3:01:36 PM PDT by Jyotishi

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1 posted on 05/16/2022 3:01:36 PM PDT by Jyotishi
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Beyond corrupt. Always has been. Promise the very poor and uneducated...they will follow.


2 posted on 05/16/2022 3:04:17 PM PDT by fuente (Liberty resides in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box--Fredrick Douglas)
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To: Jyotishi

Two well known strongman families. A very poor third world country.
And I’m getting the impression the human rights advocate opponent was concerned too much about the Muslim and communist guerrillas fighting in the South.


3 posted on 05/16/2022 3:05:52 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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4 posted on 05/16/2022 3:07:27 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again, bring back ASA.)
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To: Jyotishi

I’m more concerned with his position on relations with the USA and his views on China. I’ve made several trips to this country due to a wife from over there. The locals just sort of accept corruption like the residents of big cities in the usa. We can’t really project our values onto them. One third of that country is stunted - Which means they were malnourished and never grew to what their full height should have been. They have different values than we do, obviously.

Again, since this is FR, what is his position on the usa and china? TBH I didn’t follow this election and when my wife was, it was on on tagalog tv.


5 posted on 05/16/2022 3:09:36 PM PDT by BJ1
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To: Jyotishi
China will determine what happens in the Philippines from here on.Money,corrupt officials and the Chinese navy.
6 posted on 05/16/2022 3:10:02 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Jyotishi
It's gotta be the shoes! |


7 posted on 05/16/2022 3:15:50 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: fuente

That’s exactly what happened. People voted to rob more well off people. In other words, socialism.


8 posted on 05/16/2022 3:16:35 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I did not shoot the burglar. I pointed a laser dot on his head and let the cats do the rest. )
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BJ1

Yes, that’s what we need to assess.

We don’t need China getting another nation to sign on.


9 posted on 05/16/2022 3:19:14 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Jyotishi

Indonesia is an Islamic craphole.


10 posted on 05/16/2022 3:20:19 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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Hadn’t heard from the risible Gwynn Dyer for years. Didn’t know the old lefty lickspittle was still alive.

In any case I always enjoy watching “the people” give the finger to all the einsteins who claim to know better than they do, and would tell them who they should vote for.


11 posted on 05/16/2022 3:22:03 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the s, your children and grandchildren won’t believe what is happening today. Theynarrative.)
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To: Jyotishi

> Moreover, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, to give him his real name, has virtually no accomplishments other than that name. <

Sounds a little bit like Bush II (yeah, I know he was a governor). Anyway, will Ferdinand Jr. be starting any unnecessary wars like Bush II did?


12 posted on 05/16/2022 3:23:20 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Williams

Filipino men. When they get old they start living in a dream world. Their voters are like battered women-they keep coming back for more. One ex-girlfriend(filipina) said that life under Marcos was very boring. I took it to mean it was safe. When the US & the P.I. couldn’t get together on a financial arrangement for the 2 military bases Marcos threatened to kick us out and make a deal with the Soviet Union-go figure. The next time Mt. Pinitubo blew and we had to leave with no agreement. The P.I. really lost out on that one-or did they? The people like us but the leaders are out for themselves. They resent being a little brother(Dutarte’s words) but with the neighborhood they live in it’s to be expected.

Let’s not forget the elder Bush(VP) visiting there. “We admire your adherence to democratic principals”.


13 posted on 05/16/2022 3:26:25 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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OH BTW-Reagan should have turned on Bush the way Trump would have. Mostly domestic stuff. Kinder and Gentler than WHAT?


14 posted on 05/16/2022 3:29:29 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Mark17

In case you’re not on this ping list.


15 posted on 05/16/2022 3:31:07 PM PDT by laplata (")
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To: kaktuskid

Indonesia is a craphole, because it’s Islamic.


16 posted on 05/16/2022 3:33:37 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make American Intelligence Great Again, bring back ASA.)
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To: Jyotishi

In the land of dopey dreams
Lovely peaceful Philippines
Where the bolo man is hiking night and day
Where Tagalos steal and lie
And Americanos die
There you hear the soldiers sing this evening lay

Damn, damn, damn the Filipinos
Cross-eyed kakiack ladrones
Underneath our starry flag
Civilize ‘em with a Krag
And return us to our own beloved homes


17 posted on 05/16/2022 3:34:24 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Love's redeeming work is done)
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Certainly not as shocking as the corruption related to the stolen 2020 election...

Corruption among the elite is acceptable...

Only the corruption among the poor, uneducated, down-trodden, or patriotic is bad...


18 posted on 05/16/2022 3:45:43 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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I’ve been to the Philippines and worked many years with and for them.
Great people. Anybody that can eat Balut
has some “Grit”.
But their culture lacks the concept
of personal freedom and responsibility
for your failure when you exercise
those freedoms.
They don’t like to stand out from
the “Tribe”.


19 posted on 05/16/2022 3:51:57 PM PDT by rellic
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To: fuente

I think it was the other way around. The leading opponent of this Marcos dude was Leni Robredo. She’s been described to me by someone who knows the political scene over there very well as a dingbat and an empty suit — basically the Filipina version of Kamala Harris.


20 posted on 05/16/2022 3:57:18 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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