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	Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Comments on recent wave of reports on GloriaGate  (mycebu)   There has been a recent spate of articles in almost all newspapers critical of Philippine president, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, whom everybody thinks committed impropriety in talking to the Commission of Election Officials during the elections, and would therefore be probably guilty of election fraud during last years may 2004 elections.   I think everybody is joining the bandwagon without too much thinking, and i wrote this comment in one of the journal sites in order to remind everybody to analyze the situation, and always make decisions carefully.   I am not a political expert, and I don't plan to be one.  I don't usually watch the TV news, nor read the front page news.  However, maybe because of that, I can keep my objectivity longer rather than be swayed with what is the flavor of the media for the day....     -----   Hi,   As a manager, when my people bring me  a problem, I ask them what we should do to make things better.  when they don't have, I told them that their job is to find solutions, not to highlight and join the others in chorus in just telling me there is a problem, or what is the problem.   Of course, there is a problem, and there will always be problems.  maybe the brainpower of the media for that matter should  be concentrated not to keep harping on the problem, but maybe can give us what exactly is the road that we should do in order for us to make things better.  I am concerned because we are hurling ourselves into a pit with nothing but righteous indignation ( or maybe just indignation) , and we might just end up doing more harm than good.   I have written a business and technology column for 11 years ( as well as this blog for the last 1 year), and I have never  touch or wrote on politics -- because I know I am not an expert of it.  The problem with the people of the Philippines is everybody is an political expert ( politics is the national pastime, is it?) , and they use their feelings, rather than their objective mind.  Everything is about how we feel, instead of what we carefully thought about or researched about  ( does it make sense that in order for us to make an informed judgment, we study the situation very carefully?) .   best regards,   2:47:38 PM     comment []   trackback []