MERGED: Do You Want U.S. Statehood For the Philippines?

[Jerry Michael]

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if you think the philippines is corrupt, wait till you read more about US history.

Now with the use of the brainwash and propaganda machines, they just make corruption look legitimate. haha

More than 70 yrs. of Hollywood & commercial TV would do that. Couple that w/ Sports, soap operas, & reality shows programming then U have an uneducated captured obesed & ignorant citizentry.

[joshua259]

More than 70 yrs. of Hollywood & commercial TV would do that. Couple that w/ Sports, soap operas, & reality shows programming then U have an uneducated captured obesed & ignorant citizentry.

yeah... it's true BUT you didn't not think of the BENEFITS the US government could give us. even though they have corrupt government officials the people and the state are not affected by one or more corrupt officials.

[chuck_scofield]

One distinct quality that separates the Philippines from other progressive Asian nations like Singapore and Japan is their genuine love for their motherland. I totally disagree with the idea of the Philippines becoming a state of the USA.

Colonial Mentality is one of the most prevalent and difficult problems our country has faced ever since. It is like a tumor, unnoticed at first, but when it has fully grown it can't be easily be eradicated. This form of mental sickness, if not cured, will surely kill our nation.

Filipino culture, heritage and tradition is incomparable to other nations, even the United States of America. Let's be proud of our race, instead of pinning it down in exchange of something, what me must do is to enrich, promulgate and develop it.

[Vince Russo]

More than 70 yrs. of Hollywood & commercial TV would do that. Couple that w/ Sports, soap operas, & reality shows programming then U have an uneducated captured obesed & ignorant citizentry.

Harsh comments, Jerry. In the future, it would probably be a good idea to double check your grammar and spelling BEFORE accusing a "citizentry" of being uneducated, "obesed" and ignorant.

[sgrnim]

One distinct quality that separates the Philippines from other progressive Asian nations like Singapore and Japan is their genuine love for their motherland. I totally disagree with the idea of the Philippines becoming a state of the USA.

Colonial Mentality is one of the most prevalent and difficult problems our country has faced ever since. It is like a tumor, unnoticed at first, but when it has fully grown it can't be easily be eradicated. This form of mental sickness, if not cured, will surely kill our nation.

Filipino culture, heritage and tradition is incomparable to other nations, even the United States of America. Let's be proud of our race, instead of pinning it down in exchange of something, what me must do is to enrich, promulgate and develop it.

yes...naa kay puto amigo..mo na karon kana mga naka lingkud sa ato mga pang goberno are not real filipino..mga crossbrd na cla...ila simpatiya wala jud naka focus sa hinigugma tang nasud kung di naka focus na sila sa ilang individual nga interst...mura mga ita nalng sa ifugao ang real filipino ngri nahabilin cguro sa pilipinsa..

[randzg]

kung selfless lang ang officials nato unya love pa gyud nila ang country.. i kept thinking nga maau cguro unta nga atong mga high ranking officials cannot own a property outside our country and they cannot go to foreign countries to get medical attention.. that way they are forced to improve our country's medical quality and other standards..something like that..

[rage963]

Philippines could have been the 51st state of the U.S.A.

[ratilaboto]

Kaning mga Tagalog nagpatugatuga man gud ug handle sa tibook nga isla aning nasura. Lahi man unta ta nga yuta? nganong giapil man ta nila og dominate? Mga hilas ra ba kaayo ning mga Pakalog(mao ni akong tawag sa mga tagalog kay polos pakalog ra jud nahi-baw-an labi na sa mga pasundayag sa TV, polos ra guyd pakalog )

Labi katong hambogero nga manuel quezon, pastilan! loslos! Asa na man tong mga imvestigasyon sa kurakot (bolante, etc, etc, etc,)? namingaw na sab? Mamusil man unya ko ug tagalog kung dili na nako mapogngan!

[vern]

if you think the philippines is corrupt, wait till you read more about US history.

Now with the use of the brainwash and propaganda machines, they just make corruption look legitimate. haha

There are bad apples ... the problem with the Philippines is there are far more bad apples in the batch. Honest Filipino politicians is the exception, not the rule. What little the Philippines has is for the most part in the hands of these bad apples. The US is so big, power so spread out, that there is no chance for the powerful few to sway all.

[Malic]

NO kita kita lang kaya ra ni nato.