“A lot of times, People don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”
– Steve Jobs co-founder, Apple Inc., May 25, 1998 -BusinessWeek
So here goes: In 1898, under the Treaty of Paris, the Philippines, along with Puerto Rico and Guam was ceded to the U.S. by Spain for $20 million ending the Spanish-American War of 1898. To this day, Puerto Rico and Guam are still U.S. territories.
Owner occupied lands are better cared for than rental properties. Non-paying occupants always trash other people’s lands. Now think of the Philippine economy, the annual disasters, maritime accidents, the ongoing economic depression and continued environmental degradation in the Philippines that started in 1946.
Finally, compare the environment of and standard of living in the Philippines on one hand and that of Puerto Rico and Guam on the other.
There are so many educators, historians and writers who do not distinguish between a purchase and an annexation. To my knowledge, the U.S. made only ONE annexation ever that is the Hawaiian Islands in 1898.
Here’s the list of Selected U.S. Purchase and One Annexation from 1803 to 1899 . It is from the WAIS post entitled Turkey and the EU; Mexico and the US (Bienvenido Macario, Philippines) 02-09-07 . Is there another archipelago on this planet called Philippines?
Additional link: http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/1898/treaty.html
Notice: The Philippines, my ancestral land, is an abandoned U.S. Territory. I hereby claim the Philippines. Finders keepers.
Bienvenido Macario Feb. 19, 2013
