What I Want To Accomplish With Bloopers Patrol

Simply put, my vision is to propagate Bloopers Patrol as a strong vehicle for real "right advocacies" across many fronts.

In The Beginning
It started as an auditor's daydream one day when I thought - what would it be if auditors would really be as good as they ought to be, and that they can sincerely talk about what they see or find in their audits.

Another dream went by. What would it be if accountants would really cooperate and trust the auditors instead of withholding informations for fear and self-presevation.

As I began to figure out the implications of affirmative answers to the above questions, I can only think of two things: nightmare and inspiration.

Nightmare in terms of the magnitude of corporate and organizational malpractices that can be exposed, and inspiration, thinking that there is something great that we can do, and that it is possible. ( I will further elaborate on these two things in subsequent posting)

Moving Along
Through the years that I'd been doing audits and travels from less developed to highly developed countries in the world, it was not unusual for me to experience or witness things that are happening in so much different way than what can be reasonably expected in a noble society. In the end, the consequences lie heavily on the hapless victims --the ordinary consumers, ordinary employees, or ordinary people.

To add insult to injury, it is ironical that in highly developed or so called advanced countries where rights advocacy is supposed to be strong and working well, loopholes are smartly plugged so much so that what may have been unfair, unreasonable or unjust in the first place, had already been backed up by regulations or laws thereby making them legalized. ( I will highlight my experiences one by one as well as those of others that I have witnessed ).

For the time being, I can share with you that these experiences are in the areas of : insurance, medical, banking and financing, employment , regulatory fees and fines, taxation, and commerce and trade, to name a few.

My Resolve
It would be a horenduous task to even attempt to fight and influence a change in practices specially when it has already gained wide acceptance like a gospel truth or that it has already the backing of laws and regulations borne out of well-entrenched lobbying and politics. I however believe in people's empowerment, and it is just a matter of how well we mobilize and use this Power of the People to assert their basic rights.

In my dream, I was hoping Bloopers Patrol could provide one vehicle for asserting peoples rights at the very place where abuse or transgression take place-In the mall, in the bank, in corporate offices or while on a phone call with insurance representatives.

What would it be like when you're confronted with unfair treatment or unreasonable transactions, and you have a Bloopers Patrol Membership ID to show.

What would it be like if Bloopers Patrol would gain worldwide recognition close to the level of Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals- afterall, we're talking about humans.

In my dream, it was possible. Can it be real ? I believe so.

It is thus far my resolve that, with the advent in information technology, particularly the internet, cause-oriented programs such as mine have closer chance to be real than it was decades ago, and therefore it is possible.

Hope you could join me in sharing your wealth of experiences .