It Took A Revolution for Our First Lady President to Emerge (& Another for the Next One) PLUS Other Lessons from An Unlikely Source of Some Unique Insights (the Philippine Elections)

The Flaws, Weakenesses and Strenghts in the Underlying Rationale in the Design of the Platform of the Campaign of the Presidentiables Villar, Aquino, Estrada and Cojuangco-Teodoro in 2010: Lessons from the Philippines That Might Be of Relevance

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To Prof Chomsky: Only Top Cop US Can & Should Impose Fair Play

Also: What the Latest in Science Tells Us or Yet Suggests (Other Than Confuse Us) About the Quality or Direction of Decisions of Individuals in High-Stakes and Frantic Situations When A Deluge of Information Overwhelm Even The Most Brilliant and Experienced Ones?


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The Giant & Only Dragon in the South China Sea to Other Claimants: Complain All You Can, As I Make More Artificial Islands & Super Structures in My Frontyard


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Insurgency, Crimes and the Most Brutal Inequality in SEAsia (One of the Worst in the World)

When Lives Are At Stake: Crucial Judgments & Decisions in Handling Crisis Situations (What's Lacking Among Some Philippine Disaster Response Managers)

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The Dragon in the South China Sea to Others: Complain All You Can, As I Make More Artificial Islands & Super Structures in My Frontyard

Combined, the market size of the fast-growing economies of the rising Southeast Asian nations is not nothing, as their combined budget for Defense is. 

But will China's buildup & behavior in the disputed areas of the South China Sea create a regional atmosphere beyond anxiety? 

Already, the level of insecurity that it created among some members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is high, and this in turn can make the leaders of each country rethink their country's long-term political and economic relationships with China. In the coming years, it can (or should) translate to an accelerated increase in the percentage of the national budget allocated for defense in each of the member states of the ASEAN. And closer military cooperation between some countries and the western powers plus Japan and South Korea (perhaps). 

China is perhaps inadvertently creating a situation counter to its long-term desire: lose it's overwhelming military superiority over individual countries in the region around the Sea. Why & how? Question of rational and irrational fears. 
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When Survival of One Group of Human Beings Is Feared As Unwelcome Burden or Even Existential Threat by Others
  
Philippine Big Banks Accepted & Protect Billion$ of Dirty Money?

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China: Drawing legitimacy for claims based on some ancient maps?

The fast-growing region of ASEAN, home to emerging tiger economies (and tiger Singapore), would not want national insecurity to accompany it's rise to middle-income status (2nd World economic status of member Malaysia now within reach). 

The situation already is awakening the sense of nationalism even among the rather simple masses in the Philippines (supposedly those who don't care much about issues beyond what impact their daily struggles to survive or improve their economic lot in this country with the most grotesque inequality among the ASEAN member states).

Will this ignite a new sense of patriotism among even the young gen of Filipinos?



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To Professor Chomsky: Only Top Cop US Can & Should Impose Order & Fair Play

Anywhere in the world, there's no serious challenge to the United States' naval power, still. But in the near future, in the South China Sea at least, China can impose a new order. Does it intend to? Why not? What do you think?

When Survival of One Group of Human Beings Is Feared As Unwelcome Burden or Even Existential Threat by Others

Justified fears & concerns or simply widespread and deep-seated Islamophobia among millions in Myanmar?

The earlier blog post from Rian Igos  
Philippine Big Banks Accepted & Protect Billion$ of Dirty Money?

Imagine a country like the Philippines, with a thousand more sea-going vessels than Myanmar, falling into some anarchy, civil war or total breakdown in law & order: Hundreds of all types of boats sailing to all parts of the world, & so many getting stranded. Far-fetched, at least for now. We hope it remains so...

When attitudes and behavior are shaped by deep-seated beliefs (fears, intolerance, etc.) the problem requires "surgical procedures" to remedy, if "long-term therapy" can spell phyrric victory to remedy, that President Aquino & his peace advisers and negotiators labored to make possible.

Philippine Big Banks Accepted & Protect Billion$ of Dirty Money?

While money launderers are entertained with VIP treatments and protection by the big banks in the Philippines, the indigents and the poor are sometimes treated not only shabbily but with contempt and sometimes even harassed

PH 15th biggest source of illicit capital in 2012

http://business.inquirer.net/183655/ph-15th-biggest-source-of-illicit-capital-in-2012-global-financial-integrity-report

$1 trillion lost to corruption in 2012 — study | Inquirer News

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/657439/1-trillion-lost-to-corruption-in-2012-study

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When Survival of One Group of Human Beings Is Feared As Unwelcome Burden or Even Existential Threat by Others

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To Professor Chomsky: The Top Cop US Shoud Impose Order & Fair Play

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We're simply advocating non-discriminatory or improved services for the simple and poor people availing of the services of the banks, routine or so. There are instances when the rude staff of some banks cause some of their customers, like old frail ones who travel long distances or in who commute in challenging situations, to feel ill.

Humility & Remorse Can Repair What Anything Else Can't...

One of the important lessons I learned from the WWII: President Obama is right, to take minimalist and not maximalist positions, when stakes are high should negotiations fail. When France remained firm on demands what to Germany, itself reeling from devastations caused by WWI, were near astronomical amounts of war reparations, Hitler was able to rally the Germans they're being unreasonably pressured allowing him to build up a war machinery (and use that) that later changed the course of the history of Europe. Germany later conquered France (France actually surrendered).

More recently, when the Shiite government in Iraq excluded or at least not labored to share power with the Sunni or Kurd minorities - the mayhem of epic proportion in that country ensued and only now that it is abating (and also that ISIS is losing ground, literally and all) after war-level damages and losses to the entire country of Iraq (that saw Iran & the US discretely working to help save the day for the country and in a bigger region).

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The Dragon in the South China Sea to Other Claimants: 
Complain All You Can, As I Make More Artificial Islands & Super Structures in My Frontyard

Mandela did not organized a body to hunt, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of crimes against humanity during the apartheid era in South Africa. Among the practical benefits: an entire class of scientists and highly educated professionals not deserting the country affording it conitunued economic development with its already most advanced and prosperous economy in Africa with advanced capabilities in science and technology (It's nuclear weapons development program that the White government dismantled roughly 2 decades ago was more advanced than in present day North Korea).

There Are Instances When Past Deeds or Track Records Aren't Predictive of the Kind of Leader Someone Becomes Upon Assumption to Power

Of course, Secretary Mar Roxas can win, just like Vice President Binay, Senator Poe, former Senator Lacson and the rest. But the late Fernando Poe Jr., the Aquinos (President Aquino and celebrity sister Kris plus sisters) and President-Mayor Joseph Estrada decide who wins in 2016.

A post maybe of interest to our future top leaders
The Giant Dragon in South China Sea Heats the Security Situation In The Region

When Lives Are At Stake: Crucial Judgments & Decisions in Handling Crisis Situations (What's Lacking Among Some Philippine Disaster Response Managers)

Crisis managers get all the support, trainings and equipment to prepare them to handle emergency situations, like in the case of disaster response and rescue operations. Many become like what members of Police-SWAT Teams are: highly skilled with all kinds of credentials to deal with special situations.

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Insurgency, Crimes and the Most Brutal Inequality in SEAsia 
(One of the Worst in the World)

What the .005% of super wealthy & the super powerful individuals (& their families) controlling the fate of the Philippines can do to help the country achieve long-term social stability & prosperity at the same time secure their long-term self-interests?

To come...
What Valuable Insights the US 2016 Presidential Candidates Can Gain from Philippine Elections?
(Madam Clinton: It Took an Assasination & A Revolution for Our First Lady President to Emerge and Another Revolution for Another to Rise to Power)

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But then all sorts of mistakes (not a few can be stupid ones) and all kinds of failures, even tragedies (worse than what an operation intended to remedy for example) can result from some special operations carried out by these high-trained managers & operatives. Why?

Insurgency, Crimes and the Most Brutal Inequality in SEAsia (One of the Worst in the World)

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