{"id":6313,"date":"2015-02-10T01:10:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T17:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=6313"},"modified":"2015-02-10T01:10:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T17:10:45","slug":"why-i-respect-president-aquino-the-society-of-honor-by-joe-america-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/10\/why-i-respect-president-aquino-the-society-of-honor-by-joe-america-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Respect President Aquino &#124; The Society of Honor by Joe America"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A Few Cases<br \/>\nBus Massacre: The rescue was botched. Follow-up was handled well. I recently blogged on that: \u201cWhy Mayor Estrada Is Wrong On Hong Kong\u201d<br \/>\nGloria Arroyo: He jailed her immediately. No pardon. But let\u2019s criticize the glacial pace of justice.<br \/>\nAppointing Chief Justice Sereno: He had the courage to extract Chief Justice Corona from position then defy convention by selecting a junior justice who will seal the Court to integrity for many years.<br \/>\nAmpatuan Massacre: He immediately confronted and jailed a powerful warlord. Another ding for glacial justice.\u00a0 Arroyo, my bad. JoeAm<br \/>\nThe Sultan\u2019s Foray into Malaysia: He was firm. He controlled the outcome without derailing the Mindanao Agreement.<br \/>\nAmerican Ship Reefed in Tabataha: He was calm and firm about restitution.<br \/>\nTaiwan Fisherman\u2019s Shooting: He kept his perspective in the face of the Taiwan President\u2019s undiplomatic rant, and subdued a potentially volatile incident.<br \/>\nChina In Philippine Territory: He has taken the high road, one of laws, and has not been provoked by China\u2019s relentless taunts.<br \/>\nPuno and Other Loyalists: He was loyal back. He did not wilt under the pressure of the media sensationalist glare.<br \/>\nReluctance to Back FOI: I\u2019m not understanding why he does not enthusiastically see FOI as hand-in-hand with good governance. FOI should not have to swim upriver. Ding on the issue.<br \/>\nZamboanga: He was on scene, firm on not negotiating, and handled VP Binay\u2019s out-of-line stab at a peace agreement quietly.<br \/>\nNegotiations with America on Basing: He insists on staying firmly within Philippine laws.<br \/>\nTyphoon Yolanda and a Confrontational Mayor: He did not accede to the Mayor\u2019s game-playing and refuses to back incompetence.<br \/>\nTake any one of these issues and put yourself at the helm.<br \/>\nWow. Any one is a potential back-breaker. In the limelight. Dealing with powerful people. Dealing with explosive issues. Every decision, to speak or not to speak, to decide or not to decide, comes under the spotlight of crooks and others who carry about their personal bitterness or agendas. This is not tiddly-winks folks.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/joeam.com\/2014\/01\/20\/why-i-respect-president-aquino\/\">Why I Respect President Aquino | The Society of Honor by Joe America<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Few Cases Bus Massacre: The rescue was botched. Follow-up was handled well. I recently blogged on that: \u201cWhy Mayor Estrada Is Wrong On Hong Kong\u201d Gloria Arroyo: He jailed her immediately. No pardon. But let\u2019s criticize the glacial pace of justice. Appointing Chief Justice Sereno: He had the courage to extract Chief Justice Corona &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/10\/why-i-respect-president-aquino-the-society-of-honor-by-joe-america-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why I Respect President Aquino &#124; The Society of Honor by Joe America&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,65,66,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-angol","category-philippines","category-politics","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}