tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post8333685234576899163..comments2023-06-03T21:23:56.934+08:00Comments on Placeholder: American Protectoratecvjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00327799000000108953noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-83600851251325191042007-09-08T02:36:00.000+08:002007-09-08T02:36:00.000+08:00Anonymous: As ChessMaster Fisher had found out, h...Anonymous: As ChessMaster Fisher had found out, huffing and puffing and swearing off allegiance to US citizenship is not enough. Needed is formality. An American citizen is an American citizen is an American citizen unless that person has reported to the nearest US Embassy and filled up some paperwork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-81203524659946102412007-09-06T16:50:00.000+08:002007-09-06T16:50:00.000+08:00Definitely, cvj, definitely!Definitely, cvj, definitely!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-79338233654566193742007-09-05T22:36:00.000+08:002007-09-05T22:36:00.000+08:00I suppose that means that in a crunch, you would c...I suppose that means that in a crunch, you would choose your Filipino passport over and above your American one, which to me is what matters. I'm not sure other Fil-Ams could say the same thing.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing the information about reported American activities in the South since 1998.cvjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327799000000108953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-6079927774456172772007-09-05T18:22:00.000+08:002007-09-05T18:22:00.000+08:00I describe myself as Filipino because I hold that ...I describe myself as Filipino because I hold that passport and don't consider myself American even if I have a US passport so does that enable me to belong to the group that denounces boldly and loudly America's shenanigans in Pinas?<BR/><BR/>If so, let me say that the establishment of a US base, military or whatever (a foreign base as such need not be openly military) has been in the works since 1998 when a planeload of Americans (747) was spotted in Cebu bringing in airstrip making paraphernalia for Gen San City.<BR/><BR/>The PAF at the time couldn't do anything when the jumbo jet landed in Cebu. Twas Benjie Defensor, who was then PAF western command chief himself who reported this to Max Soliven. <BR/><BR/>One of the reasons why French biggies withdrew from Manila immediately after Erap was toppled because they knew that the Americans meant business. The so-called US base in the South has been at the forefront of circulated French embassy reports since 1997.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-60868370927258484862007-09-05T13:09:00.000+08:002007-09-05T13:09:00.000+08:00Then that makes you Filipino as long as the '-Chin...Then that makes you Filipino as long as the '-Chinese' part refers to ethnicity, not to national allegiance. That's unlike Fil-ams, Fil-canucks or similar combinations where conflict of national interests is always possible. In the way that you use it, everyone is Filipino-[something] with the hyphen being extraneous. Apologies for not being clear. BTW, Manolo's entry for today is a timely one concerning Filipinos of Chinese origin.cvjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327799000000108953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-79849283293025108882007-09-05T12:08:00.000+08:002007-09-05T12:08:00.000+08:00No. But I am Filipino-Chinese.No. But I am Filipino-Chinese.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-17138563819638254722007-09-05T09:02:00.000+08:002007-09-05T09:02:00.000+08:00Arbet, you're a dual citizen?Arbet, you're a dual citizen?cvjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327799000000108953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18212611.post-26724274004016831792007-09-05T08:58:00.000+08:002007-09-05T08:58:00.000+08:00Amen.(Wait. I am an hyphenated Filipino. Ugh.)Amen.<BR/><BR/>(Wait. I am an hyphenated Filipino. Ugh.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com