Heads will ROLL!

Is it only me or our Prime Minister is scrambling out governance in a fashion that is eerily close to nonsensical. I have went on record sometime ago by 'bigging up' his manner of speaking. Lately, the wrath of the the prime ministerial daily vicissitudes seem to have gotten the best of him. At the house sitting of June 18, 2009 he was trying to convince himself that what he was saying was at least sane.

It seems that the habits of opposing everything did get so deeply ingrained that PROPOSING is a veritable challenge, for the entire governing side. English seems to be a pain even for the one on the government side that is charged with teaching it in a large scale.

I will concede that health or the service to it will never be a smooth running engine. The better it gets someone will still blame it when their loved one dies. Health is therefore is always last in the pageants of the most sucessful ministries. It does not help either when the Prime Minister did not have much to choose from.

The PM was in a self-imposed precarious position. He had a blend of being spiteful and trying not to spite himself. A careful look is that all he did with the ministries was to mirror what the previous admin had. That defintely happened in Natural Resources, and Health and now we can see the fiasco these two are brewing.

The other morning I was listening to the minister of health on a talk show. It was sad. I do not even know if I can call him a politician. I am sure he did not know what he was getting into. Something else that I am sure of is that the Belizean peeps do not deserve him at the helm of that monster ministry. I respect him as a human but after that...hmmm. If he cannot do the job then he should say so. His CEO, I am sure feels for him. One can easily notice it.

Class went right out the window when the PM said "heads will roll" in talking about the over-pricing at the KHMH. He speaks too rabidly to be a PM and as I said... lately he is incoherent.

On a slightly different note: RAISE your hand if you were not educated by the church-state system at any time of your life.

Our PM's mini-general wannabe is kicking sand into his own face. He is chewing into the poison homegrown by his party. He is as rogue as rogue can get nowadays. He is making appearances in places in an effort to show that he is the de facto leader. WRONG! I do believe his MED is in danger of being repealed. Leadership does not arise from showing power; Leadership is an intangible that oozes out naturally without the utter of "but I am the MOE."

The pitter-patter of his steps have been heard as his triumvirate is trying to impose a host of changes to the education system of this country. Dare I say that the dictatorial efforts were nowhere taught in the classes bestowed unto him.

All this is brewing the ire of the church who sees their mission in jeopardy. The opposing mission seems to be one that wishes to strip Belize of quality education it deserves and to impose the 'quality' of education that is seen in their government-run system.

It is so sad to see the dinosaur leader of a union providing his opinion as if it were the opinion of thousands. I always wondered how, in this day and age, he is still allowed to call himself a union. There are so many ways to collect the opinion of his teachers so when he goes to consultations he could STOP using his opinions and use those of the latest poll of his teachers.

For example, in a very unscientific but SO USEFUL way there is a petition going on the internet that seeks to digitize the opinions of as many Belizeans as possible. Of course, I would hope that with the passage of time there is a more traditional petition. My point is that if I am paying to be part of a union, I could have a password and vote for given Union stances.

Anyway peeps, hope u did read the above rant. See I am a believer of God and not so much of spite. I do believe that our government should stop governing out of spite and govern for the greater good.

I suggest that LARGE heads roll!

UNTIL!

Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 08:24:45 UTC

Did you feel it? U mih get fryten? Gial me nayly sh.... mih pants. Me noh feel nuthin.

The myth that Belize was not in the earthquake "belt" was shattered that Thursday when when most Belizeans felt a shake that had none of their favorite flavor. So unaccustomed to seismic events many felt deep within that Armageddon was finally setting in. And what makes that so frightening is that maybe we were not ready for that final "last day." It was not supposed to happen May 28; what is so special about that day?

We were supposed to be told ONE more time that we ought to be GOOD.

We were supposed to be given the millionth chance to repent.

Why did not one tell us an earthquake was coming? We needed to buy our bottles of water and potted meat.

This phenomenon raised many questions on our preparation for the next day. It shone light on the reality that all our worldly preparations for degrees and beauty and riches will all be meaningless without that last call to the creator.

Many of us are still reeling after the event. Stop reeling and let's prepare ourselves for the real one.

My apologies for the huge break in the blogs... needed it.

See ya next time

Mid-May Mooring

The swine flu....ooops... the Influenza A, H1N1 virus is hopefully now on the end of its course, for this year. Belize has been spared, or so it seems, thanks to the good Lord and the efforts of each one of us to basically be clean. The people at Health and Agriculture are strumming the strings of triumph since now they can say "see, we did not over-react, thanks to our being proactive we are flu-free." There might not be any scientific way of claiming that to be true; so in that light, they do deserve some commendation. So when will the same happen for the Human Immuno Virus I and II?

Yesterday the USA claimed championship on having the most Swine flu cases in terms of single countries. But of course they do. While the Cat 5 level by WHO made us close concerts and fairs and AGM's and conventions, all we need to do is to turn on the TV set and you would see the NBA playoffs in FULL swing with thousands of people gathered even in Dallas and Los Angeles that are "close to the border." A determined and careful look did not reveal any surgical masks. The common opinion is that 'they can afford it.'

Mid-May in Belize and we hear that the Kendall Causeway flooding...hmmm have you heard that before. We are getting sprinkles already. At about this time, students are thinking of the summer or of graduation or/and jobs or/and next school year. Summer tends to be the time of the year when we have to buckle down and live our lives...just as during the rest of the year. Easter is a memory. Christmas is not close nor far away. For three months there will be no real holiday only vacations. Oh! There is a difference!

I the author here at Insight will try to do what I can to give you a lill slumber or a GIANT spark with words. I will post them as they develop and as fast as the fingers can deliver.

Later...

Dynamic Gravitas...

If you were to look at an influenza virus through a microscope, it would look like a sphere with many spikes and mushroom shaped objects on its surface.

Hello OW... my last blog was titled Swine Flue... a lesson learned. I wanted you all to get the impression that we were not necessarily in harms way ESPECIALLY if we were extra careful as a town and country. We are doing great up to now. But the buzzer has not sounded we need to keep our guard up.

We watch television and see how the USA is still having mass gatherings. Folks... we do not have that luxury. WE do not have Tamiflu stockpiled by the millions. We are, nevertheless, Swine Flu free.

Or is it H1N1 Free? So what is that?... I did a little research. The Spanish Flu of 1918 killed about 21 million in the USA. There are so many reasons that would not happen today. Maybe the biggest reason is that we are INFORMED.

By the way, that virus was also an H1N1.

The H1N1 refers to the Hemagglutinin type (H1) and Neuraminidase type (N1) there are about 14 H types and 9 N types, and Influenza can have any combination of those. The H and N are molecules that are on the outer virus coat and can be detected by antibodies. Genetic testing of the virus can determine what kinds of flu viruses recombined to make the given virus. There are many flu virus combinations but most occur in birds, but some in swine and some in human. Flu recombines and mutates very rapidly. Pigs, some birds and humans can get flu viruses, sometimes several at a time. Those differenty strains can recombine to make new strains. That is why they have to make a new flu vaccine every year.

The influenza virus changes every season so humans need to be on the tip of their scientific toes.
This season will pass, but like for hurricane seasons, we need to be aware that another might be here next year.

As this pandemic travels over time the gravitas changes but it is always there. This dynamic gravitas should be observed by us all. This is all serious in terms of our basic survival. Health is important if we want to have a longer time of FUN here on earth.