I don't buy it

here we have a journalist [yawn!] complaning the lateness of pres. arroyo's reaction on the issue of mixing detained child-offenders with adults in jails.

our brave journalist here seems to suggest to her readers that a presidency is an easy job and that the president is somehow an omniscient fellow who can can easily solve issues with a snap of a finger. she seems to assume that a president could never be busy, never! nor that the president could have other concerns that might preoccupy her time and attention. all issues of course have equal weights, no matter how small they might appear, right?

i must point out that i do find the mixing of children and adults in jail unacceptable. but our brave journalist should not disparage the president simply on the basis of her late reaction. after all, there are people down the hierarchy who are and ought to be directly involved in such matters.

i don't buy it.

has our brave journalist never had a busy moment where all the clutter of work, home and others simply make her forget some stuff or defer them or ignore them all together? but of course, it's always easier to blame the president on everything, isn't it?