Congratulations Belize and of course a special congratulations to all Orange Walkeños for another PEACEFUL elections...and a full double elections at that. The satisfaction on the process on the part of the people was evident as the people showed discontent with the Barrow administration by ousting out eight of the present rulers. The message is officially clear: Dissatisfaction with the government and please get rid of the status quo; and People's United Party, you are almost there...clear the remains of 2008 and you are surely in the next time.
Getting rid of incumbents here is like beating the Bulls during their second three-peat with Michael Jordan during the record season at Chicago with Illinois-born referees. Frig....
A feature of our fledgling democracy that needs to change is the idea of campaign financing. The OAS team beat me to the punch when they stated that at their press conference. I will go further to state that it nauseates me that the government of the day will use my(taxpayer) money to campaign for itself. Other than it seeming unethical, and being unfair; "it really stinks" as illegal and disguised theft. Campaign financing needs regulation for our democracy to leap forward into this century.
Parties seem to feel they are walking the plank as they become increasingly transparent and accountable. I suggest that it is not a plank but a bridge across a divide to the promised land of participatory democracy where people would really have an intelligent say.
THE POLLS: Can I suggest that the early polls that showed that about thirty percent of Belizeans are undecided were correct? If thirty percent of the registered people do not come out to vote then would it be correct to say that they are disenchanted with the entire process anyway. Well, yes! a small percent of them are not in country or able but in large part I think it would be a fair assessment.
BELIZE CITY: Our local gerrymandering has reached the end of its time. Belize City constituencies NEED to be re-aligned so the the POWER is distributed really and legally around the country. They have too many constituencies for the amount of people there. Cayo needs more constituencies and maybe Orange Walk. The City had two COWARDS that swayed an entire election. That should NOT be possible.
SHAKRON: The disqualification of Mrs. Shakron from running to me was less important for it being against a woman than the notion that the UDP seemed to realize that Lake Independence was precious. After throwing away a MILLION bets, they were hell-bent to make sure that they did not have this bet thrown away into a waste bin. It was an obvious ploy.
OAS: On election night I told a friend, I would like to see an election in Belize when BANNERS, FLYERS on POSTS, most BILLBOARDS, PARTY COLORS, and most Political Ads would be minimal. AND additionally, that these would disappear on ELECTION day. I want to hear about credible plans and structured solutions. DO NOT attempt to appeal to my sense of entertainment with balloons. When SILLY propaganda is issued, you as a party are insulting my intelligence and the reasoning ability of the Belizean people. Again, the OAS pointed at that. A previous OWInsight post of mine had stated that electioneering is as Belizean as Belizean-time BUT both need to be rendered extinct before Belize can move on.
An OLD IDEA OF MINE: Our Ballot should have the person's picture, name and general qualification and a box beside. Why do I need to have on it which party he or she belongs to or the color? If the pre-election presentation of PLANS were done to the body politic then I would know who to vote for. Some argue that we cannot discriminate from people that will not remember names. I beg to differ on this one. If I cannot remember a person's name and face and his/her plan, then either I do not qualify to have an opinion for this election or the person might not have presented a good plan.
When the election results are final then a group(party) can report to the governor-general as a team.
As to the town council elections, the names of the candidates should be placed in random order. I as the elector will come in and chose the 7 persons who will lead my town for the next 3 years. By the way, make the town council and general synchronous ALWAYS...we will save money and it will make sense. Oh...and then the person with the highest total votes would have the first option in being the mayor. So again, have a list of 14 persons in random order(not even alphabetically). If one party manages to get ALL their seven candidates AFTER this method they would surely have had the better plan in the people's opinion...or at least from those who vote.
BARROW: At his post election conference, he extended a very feeble hand to the opposition and the civil society then ADDED "but don't test us." Drat...he is Barrow after all. He continues being "BEDEVILLED"...tsk tsk tsk. Why does he like devil-rooted words? But it was A LOT for him to say. I would have wanted to hear that he felt that he lost the election. If you are at home and people that lived with you suddenly left, would you feel that you must have been doing things right or that should you change your ways. Barrow voiced the opposite...it sounded like...He must have been doing things right to have some and enough people to stay.
Oh, by the way, Barrow thought it was non-sensible that the OAS would suggest that there was excessive campaigning on election day. He revealed(in my opinion) that he is classless in that regard. He rathers winning a manipulable election than one where a feasible and clear plan is placed before the electorate to judge by the time election day came.
ELECTIONEERING: I have posted enough on voters being bought or at least paid to vote. For the record, I think paying for transportation to the election site, for now, is understandable. I say for now since the government could pay for ALL its registered electors to come out if they cannot under their own physical or economical volition. But this is the future based on NEED. NOW I can repeat, if you got MONEY for your vote and the candidate won, he(no she's) will want his money back and he will take it. This is the old...we get a government that is a sample of our society.
COURTS: If the PUP has credible and sufficient evidence of electoral wrong doing, they should go as far as they can without disrupting growth of our jewel. I DO want to see that complete situation unfurl. In the USA, Al Gore withdrew his suit against George Bush in 2000 for the sake of the nation. He may have had a winning case but he had a gang of Republican-minded judges awaiting.
Belizeans, we now await the reason why the elections were called early. I pray that I, like many others, am wrong and that Dean Barrow really wanted to save money. I though think that there is some hard decision that has to be made and he will surprise us now. This decision would be one that would have caused a definite loss at the polls had he waited for 2013. Now, he will make that decision and sit on it for five years. Hopefully we pay for those two companies that in essence are stolen. Even Robin Hood was a thief.
I do wish us Belize the best; I do wish our government the best!!
Lets get to work!!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Sunday, March 4, 2012
The Independents...who r they
Over the past few weeks several polls were published showing that there was a large number of undecided Belizean registered voters. Additionally, there are some people running as "independents." The former, as do all Belizeans, have the right to be secretive to the grave about their vote on the ballot(s). But the latter is a muddled group of different parties with a candidate here and there feigning at desiring the best for Belize,
The independent candidates presently are analogous to a tree with no leaves yet it is expected to be admired and to yield fruit.
My apologies to the good people that make up a part of the independents. Let me throw out these pointers:
--You all need ONE front not a myriad.
--Town Board and General Elections...all with candidates
--$$$ needs to be sufficient and creatively gathered...it is possible
--Find your way into the UDP or PUP...while the third party might be an idea...it is still a question if it is an efficient argument for Belize...and our 300 thousand.
Belizeans...little by little we need to inch ourselves towards political maturity. Remember this this maturity is tied in to the level of work we do to improve our society. Every hour that you pump into some honest job is an hour into the development of your/our country. This then is really the foundation of a politically mature society. You then have an opinion and a stake.
We should all be independent and innovatively minded people. If we are largely innovatively minded people(independent)then the winning team of 31 will be a reflection and also be innovatively minded.
The Belizean Society will then be a singular intelligentsia....WOW...I can't wait.
The independent candidates presently are analogous to a tree with no leaves yet it is expected to be admired and to yield fruit.
My apologies to the good people that make up a part of the independents. Let me throw out these pointers:
--You all need ONE front not a myriad.
--Town Board and General Elections...all with candidates
--$$$ needs to be sufficient and creatively gathered...it is possible
--Find your way into the UDP or PUP...while the third party might be an idea...it is still a question if it is an efficient argument for Belize...and our 300 thousand.
Belizeans...little by little we need to inch ourselves towards political maturity. Remember this this maturity is tied in to the level of work we do to improve our society. Every hour that you pump into some honest job is an hour into the development of your/our country. This then is really the foundation of a politically mature society. You then have an opinion and a stake.
We should all be independent and innovatively minded people. If we are largely innovatively minded people(independent)then the winning team of 31 will be a reflection and also be innovatively minded.
The Belizean Society will then be a singular intelligentsia....WOW...I can't wait.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Imagining more possibilites
The UDP used a slogan last 2008 elections that is as unfortunate as the name of the Category 5 hurricane that devastated the Mahuahual area in 2007. My.... it really been a thorn on their side not to mention a mountain of expectation from our Belizeans people. These expectations have been so unfulfilled to the level that the 2008 slogan was thrown into the waste basket of history.
In 2008 the UDP was going to be voted in regardless. The PUP had unravelled and was out there as political carrion. There was no need for the extravagant UDP imaginations(lower everything) which essentially turned into flagrant lies. The other promises that were akin to them were the last minute Free Education fiasco that as history will remember was coupled with the British mass pullout from Belize 1n 1993.
In 2008 the PUP was castigated by even their own PUP by a massive show of disenchantment. History will now show if that political whipping will have taught Belize some lesson.
I NEVER do believe the political chant by opposing politicians that incumbents have done NOTHING. That is always non-sensible. The worse of governments, in Belize, have done good for the jewel. They most likely had the jewel at heart too. The problem is that they have not been able to keep temptation at bay AND likewise have not been able to stymie the desire of TOO many of us Belizeans that crave the freebies.
When the last Musa Administration knew it was in financial trouble it then opened up the budget to debate before it was read the first time to the House. Oh my!! WE are not ready for that.... NO budget would ever satisfy us. And at this point we would be suspicious of any government's budget. We want openness without the mental fortitude to deal with it. Ala Jack Nicholson we 'can't handle the truth.'
We want democracy. We want to vote for a government to lead us...but don't tell us what to do. "You need to ask us before you tell us what to do"....seems to be the prevailing desire. My what impasse would Belize be mired in. Nothing would get done.
March 7, 2012 our NEW electorate will evaluate this UDP administration. It is my hope that it will also vote in the best 31 candidates.
Gone should be the politics of ire.
Gone should be the politics of dismay.
Gone should be the politics of fear.
Gone should be the politics of victimization.
Welcome should be the politics of the people. We the people though should know that that means WORK WORK WORK.
Let the government rule. They reflect us.
If the majority of us take money to vote....then our winning majority will take our money back.
Hmmmmmm....... piensen.
In 2008 the UDP was going to be voted in regardless. The PUP had unravelled and was out there as political carrion. There was no need for the extravagant UDP imaginations(lower everything) which essentially turned into flagrant lies. The other promises that were akin to them were the last minute Free Education fiasco that as history will remember was coupled with the British mass pullout from Belize 1n 1993.
In 2008 the PUP was castigated by even their own PUP by a massive show of disenchantment. History will now show if that political whipping will have taught Belize some lesson.
I NEVER do believe the political chant by opposing politicians that incumbents have done NOTHING. That is always non-sensible. The worse of governments, in Belize, have done good for the jewel. They most likely had the jewel at heart too. The problem is that they have not been able to keep temptation at bay AND likewise have not been able to stymie the desire of TOO many of us Belizeans that crave the freebies.
When the last Musa Administration knew it was in financial trouble it then opened up the budget to debate before it was read the first time to the House. Oh my!! WE are not ready for that.... NO budget would ever satisfy us. And at this point we would be suspicious of any government's budget. We want openness without the mental fortitude to deal with it. Ala Jack Nicholson we 'can't handle the truth.'
We want democracy. We want to vote for a government to lead us...but don't tell us what to do. "You need to ask us before you tell us what to do"....seems to be the prevailing desire. My what impasse would Belize be mired in. Nothing would get done.
March 7, 2012 our NEW electorate will evaluate this UDP administration. It is my hope that it will also vote in the best 31 candidates.
Gone should be the politics of ire.
Gone should be the politics of dismay.
Gone should be the politics of fear.
Gone should be the politics of victimization.
Welcome should be the politics of the people. We the people though should know that that means WORK WORK WORK.
Let the government rule. They reflect us.
If the majority of us take money to vote....then our winning majority will take our money back.
Hmmmmmm....... piensen.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
"PUP has no come back fih come back"
Today is the start of my 2012 input into this new charge that ends in the making of Belizean history. March 7, 2012 will be nothing short of the beginning of a new chapter for our Belize. If you love Belize you will care for this day and make sure to participate. You will decide if the title of this blog published is true or simply a simple attempt by a government that has gone afoul of ideas.
IMHO the yellow dude that has been launched again unto the Belizean people to try to convince us to vote for the government and the UDP is repulsive both in message and in his being passé.
My logic tells me if the PUP has 'no come back fih come back' then there is no need for the Christmas giveaways, the sudden giving away of citizenship and voting eligibility, the sudden paving of some streets, the barring of Shakron, the ads paid for with our tax dollars, the parades, t-shirts etc. etc. All these seem like desperate moves from a political contender that is mind-boggled at an impending loss at the election polls.
If you go back to previous posts you will see that I have went on record to state categorically that governing from a position of arrogance and being annoyed with life was/is not good for Belize. I really thought that Mr. Barrow would become a Prime Minister once we had the name. He though never did gain the soothing airs of one that has good in his heart. Maybe he said a little too many times that he will "campaign like the devil."
The Belizean body politic now is busy preparing the only report card that matters...our vote. The current lame duck administration might be at odds not to be the latest of outgoing ruling parties that has NO COMEBACK FIH COME BACK....Not in 2012.
Hey Belize...no super majority please... we are not ready for that. Just a majority of GOOD Belizeans is needed....
In my humble opinion...
IMHO the yellow dude that has been launched again unto the Belizean people to try to convince us to vote for the government and the UDP is repulsive both in message and in his being passé.
My logic tells me if the PUP has 'no come back fih come back' then there is no need for the Christmas giveaways, the sudden giving away of citizenship and voting eligibility, the sudden paving of some streets, the barring of Shakron, the ads paid for with our tax dollars, the parades, t-shirts etc. etc. All these seem like desperate moves from a political contender that is mind-boggled at an impending loss at the election polls.
If you go back to previous posts you will see that I have went on record to state categorically that governing from a position of arrogance and being annoyed with life was/is not good for Belize. I really thought that Mr. Barrow would become a Prime Minister once we had the name. He though never did gain the soothing airs of one that has good in his heart. Maybe he said a little too many times that he will "campaign like the devil."
The Belizean body politic now is busy preparing the only report card that matters...our vote. The current lame duck administration might be at odds not to be the latest of outgoing ruling parties that has NO COMEBACK FIH COME BACK....Not in 2012.
Hey Belize...no super majority please... we are not ready for that. Just a majority of GOOD Belizeans is needed....
In my humble opinion...
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Mission Accomplished: By the Barrow Administration...or is it?
Hey... I am still imagining the possibilities. They may be never-ending.
To be fair, no government can fulfill all promises that are set-out in their manifesto. No government of humans had and will be able to do that.
What is troubling nevertheless is the main promise of being the antithesis of the musa-administration. The promise of being transparent as the air. The promise and still over-used mantra of being for the people--the poor especially--keeps re-echoing in the air.
The character of the UDP(08-12) was set out from day-one after the election when PM Barrow said, "But they are just celebrating." He was referring to the broken glass, destroyed property, and riot styled celebrating of the UDP aficionados.
I deliberately want to be concise with the post so let me go directly to the end of the administration or else I will have to mention a certain bridge, a certain undone road, a contrabanding maniac, hurricane "victims", fired opposition aficionados, BTL(robbed), BEL(hijacked), untinted vehicles, BTL phone giveaways, land, SSB fathom write-offs...ooops there I go. Sorry I really meant to go to the end.
The last promise that all Belizeans will be imagining forever will be that of completing their term. On gaining office, Belizean governments promise to lead us and do good for 5 years not four and not three.
Does that mean failure? For me yes...The body politic will cast judgement on March 7, 2012.
To be fair, no government can fulfill all promises that are set-out in their manifesto. No government of humans had and will be able to do that.
What is troubling nevertheless is the main promise of being the antithesis of the musa-administration. The promise of being transparent as the air. The promise and still over-used mantra of being for the people--the poor especially--keeps re-echoing in the air.
The character of the UDP(08-12) was set out from day-one after the election when PM Barrow said, "But they are just celebrating." He was referring to the broken glass, destroyed property, and riot styled celebrating of the UDP aficionados.
I deliberately want to be concise with the post so let me go directly to the end of the administration or else I will have to mention a certain bridge, a certain undone road, a contrabanding maniac, hurricane "victims", fired opposition aficionados, BTL(robbed), BEL(hijacked), untinted vehicles, BTL phone giveaways, land, SSB fathom write-offs...ooops there I go. Sorry I really meant to go to the end.
The last promise that all Belizeans will be imagining forever will be that of completing their term. On gaining office, Belizean governments promise to lead us and do good for 5 years not four and not three.
Does that mean failure? For me yes...The body politic will cast judgement on March 7, 2012.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Fonseca or Barrow...PUP or UDP etc
In a little more than a month our precious jewel will be lead by a new slate of people. These will come from our very own and will thus be a microcosm of our society. Questionable polls have poised the elections as being too close to call. The history of 1998 and 2008 is that there was no need for a poll...except for the main one giving credibility to the suspicion that the incumbent government would be voted out.
Nevertheless, for those that are floating out there and that are indecisive the decision is there to be made now...or in 30 plus days.
Will Dean Barrow get your support or Francis Fonseca?
I can tell you a few things that I would like to know.
I would like to see the list of people that do not have to pay back money to Social Security. It may have been fluttered at the National Assembly but I would like it to be newspapered. If it is SO SO much of goodness and good news for the nation then let us see it....please.
I would like to know WHO owns Health Care Partners. This little institution helped the last government to be voted in. Yet, the owners are illusive. The same can be said for Heritage bank...can hardly remember the last name...Alliance.
I believe that I am not asking for much. PM Barrow has lead on that he is a man that deals with transparency so it would be an easy deal to offer.
"Bombastic use of terminological inexactitudes"....this is a quote once used by Barrow about Musa and it resounds in my mind. In my last blog post I spoke about Dean Barrow misleading the people and offering lies so many times. The difference is that he never did say that he lied. Also, no journalist had the intestinal fortitude to ask him like Musa was asked once in Dangriga.(do you lie?..easy)
Let's get this straight.... Administrations canNOT tell us EVERYTHING. It would not be in the interest of us all. Even if they want to tell us everything it is impossible.
With that set out.... It does not give any administration the right to mislead, take, and become corrupt. The PUP dabbled into that realm and paid dearly for it at the polls. The UDP has also soiled themselves with becoming corrupt albeit in a short 4 years.
Let us MOVE forward....
Let us NOT vote in the PUP because of what the UDP did. Let us stop the cycle now.
Let us listen intelligently to what is being said. Let us not take any money for a promise of a vote(take 'help' and done). Then decide on who you want to vote for because of the content of their character. Belize needs that. Any landslide decision means that a party along with lousy candidates would have been voted in.
Sorry Barrow....you are the incumbent and that does put the onus on you to promise beyond what you already have had the chance to DO and did NOT do. A Barrow miscalculation is that the usual PUP voters that swung to the UDP to castigate the PUP in 2008 are not happy with being ignored. Barrow helped himself and his UDP people well but what about all those that helped elect him...what about other Belizeans.
Fonseca, you need to distance yourself deliberately from the doings of Said and Ralph. You do have the upper hand in that the people of Freetown voted you in as their representative at the last elections when the PUP was being swept out. The new PUP plan needs to be devoid of unbelievable promises but yet FULL OF HOPE.
In the end of it all, do we trust Barrow with another "five" years and will all the PUP voters that voted UDP in the last elections vote PUP once again? Let the floating end!
Nevertheless, for those that are floating out there and that are indecisive the decision is there to be made now...or in 30 plus days.
Will Dean Barrow get your support or Francis Fonseca?
I can tell you a few things that I would like to know.
I would like to see the list of people that do not have to pay back money to Social Security. It may have been fluttered at the National Assembly but I would like it to be newspapered. If it is SO SO much of goodness and good news for the nation then let us see it....please.
I would like to know WHO owns Health Care Partners. This little institution helped the last government to be voted in. Yet, the owners are illusive. The same can be said for Heritage bank...can hardly remember the last name...Alliance.
I believe that I am not asking for much. PM Barrow has lead on that he is a man that deals with transparency so it would be an easy deal to offer.
"Bombastic use of terminological inexactitudes"....this is a quote once used by Barrow about Musa and it resounds in my mind. In my last blog post I spoke about Dean Barrow misleading the people and offering lies so many times. The difference is that he never did say that he lied. Also, no journalist had the intestinal fortitude to ask him like Musa was asked once in Dangriga.(do you lie?..easy)
Let's get this straight.... Administrations canNOT tell us EVERYTHING. It would not be in the interest of us all. Even if they want to tell us everything it is impossible.
With that set out.... It does not give any administration the right to mislead, take, and become corrupt. The PUP dabbled into that realm and paid dearly for it at the polls. The UDP has also soiled themselves with becoming corrupt albeit in a short 4 years.
Let us MOVE forward....
Let us NOT vote in the PUP because of what the UDP did. Let us stop the cycle now.
Let us listen intelligently to what is being said. Let us not take any money for a promise of a vote(take 'help' and done). Then decide on who you want to vote for because of the content of their character. Belize needs that. Any landslide decision means that a party along with lousy candidates would have been voted in.
Sorry Barrow....you are the incumbent and that does put the onus on you to promise beyond what you already have had the chance to DO and did NOT do. A Barrow miscalculation is that the usual PUP voters that swung to the UDP to castigate the PUP in 2008 are not happy with being ignored. Barrow helped himself and his UDP people well but what about all those that helped elect him...what about other Belizeans.
Fonseca, you need to distance yourself deliberately from the doings of Said and Ralph. You do have the upper hand in that the people of Freetown voted you in as their representative at the last elections when the PUP was being swept out. The new PUP plan needs to be devoid of unbelievable promises but yet FULL OF HOPE.
In the end of it all, do we trust Barrow with another "five" years and will all the PUP voters that voted UDP in the last elections vote PUP once again? Let the floating end!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
OH MY!!! Electioneering....
PUP or UDP...UDP or PUP...oh then there is the VIP!!!!!!!!
Four years ago in the midst of pre-election rhetoric then candidate now Prime Minister of Belize quoted to the effect.....the people of Belize have no choice other than vote for the UDP and that obviously they will not vote for the PUP. After two terms the PUP, vis-a-vis it's leaders, had shot themselves on the foot...cut off their own noses to spite their faces...etc. In February of 2008 the people of Belize castigated the PUP where it hurts in the most decisive way...the General election polls. I have gone on record to state how that irks my soul.
This style of results brandishes our the electorates collective ire versus a party and not the individuals running. Ah...so so sad. It also exposes the very weakness of democracy. The majority is not always right. Nevertheless we all have the greatest of human rights--that of the right to be wrong.
What is probably not pardonable is the wanton abuse of our electorate by politicians who DO know better.
The giving of a little 'blue-buay' for a vote: Insults the value of a voter's right to decide using their own free will...Not to mention its being illegal.
The giving of a little 'blue-buay' for a vote: Shows that the politician is corrupt even before he has been elected. This throws corrupts absolutely out the window. ;)
The giving of a little 'blue-buay' for a vote: Tempts the voter to be dishonest also...and many accede into this dishonesty.
The giving of a little 'blue-buay' for a vote: The dishonesty stretches into "I will take their money and STILL vote them out. Yes that is dishonest...since you to lie to a fellow human.
Today there is another display of unfair play with the registration list that is being padded with newly nationalized Belizeans. That these people went through the correct process to become Belizeans is one main issue. In my opinion, if someone wants to become a Belizean that is something that makes me proud. Wow....
Another SAD issue is that this patriotic act of nationalization is then desecrated by holding it to ransom.
'Since I helped you to become a Belizean you should then vote for me.' DAMN.....the nerve. No one has that power...no one. People become a Belizean because of their qualifying via due process after their collective will and fate brought them to that decision.
'This is nothing new, the PUP did it before'........STUPID remark. Whilst telling us to Imagine the Possibilities the UDP stood on a rostrum of 'we will not be like the PUP.' Hey.....UDPers...the PUP lost big time after they, according to you, 'did the same thing.' Just maybe it was a part of their undoing. Why would you want to repeat strategy that was folly? Again this shows me the lack of intellect and desire to do the right thing.
Lastly...Said Musa was touted as being a liad person...that untruths were his order of the day. Can we say that Dean Barrow has been any different? At least Said said that 'I have to lie sometimes'...and that is true of us all.
Step forth if you have never lied. Go ahead. I know ONE person who would like to step forward. Do you need hints?
Four years ago in the midst of pre-election rhetoric then candidate now Prime Minister of Belize quoted to the effect.....the people of Belize have no choice other than vote for the UDP and that obviously they will not vote for the PUP. After two terms the PUP, vis-a-vis it's leaders, had shot themselves on the foot...cut off their own noses to spite their faces...etc. In February of 2008 the people of Belize castigated the PUP where it hurts in the most decisive way...the General election polls. I have gone on record to state how that irks my soul.
This style of results brandishes our the electorates collective ire versus a party and not the individuals running. Ah...so so sad. It also exposes the very weakness of democracy. The majority is not always right. Nevertheless we all have the greatest of human rights--that of the right to be wrong.
What is probably not pardonable is the wanton abuse of our electorate by politicians who DO know better.
The giving of a little 'blue-buay' for a vote: Insults the value of a voter's right to decide using their own free will...Not to mention its being illegal.
The giving of a little 'blue-buay' for a vote: Shows that the politician is corrupt even before he has been elected. This throws corrupts absolutely out the window. ;)
The giving of a little 'blue-buay' for a vote: Tempts the voter to be dishonest also...and many accede into this dishonesty.
The giving of a little 'blue-buay' for a vote: The dishonesty stretches into "I will take their money and STILL vote them out. Yes that is dishonest...since you to lie to a fellow human.
Today there is another display of unfair play with the registration list that is being padded with newly nationalized Belizeans. That these people went through the correct process to become Belizeans is one main issue. In my opinion, if someone wants to become a Belizean that is something that makes me proud. Wow....
Another SAD issue is that this patriotic act of nationalization is then desecrated by holding it to ransom.
'Since I helped you to become a Belizean you should then vote for me.' DAMN.....the nerve. No one has that power...no one. People become a Belizean because of their qualifying via due process after their collective will and fate brought them to that decision.
'This is nothing new, the PUP did it before'........STUPID remark. Whilst telling us to Imagine the Possibilities the UDP stood on a rostrum of 'we will not be like the PUP.' Hey.....UDPers...the PUP lost big time after they, according to you, 'did the same thing.' Just maybe it was a part of their undoing. Why would you want to repeat strategy that was folly? Again this shows me the lack of intellect and desire to do the right thing.
Lastly...Said Musa was touted as being a liad person...that untruths were his order of the day. Can we say that Dean Barrow has been any different? At least Said said that 'I have to lie sometimes'...and that is true of us all.
Step forth if you have never lied. Go ahead. I know ONE person who would like to step forward. Do you need hints?
Thursday, October 20, 2011
9th to the house.......My final opinion
Democracy is an oft debated term that is just as often paraded up and about just alongside 'freedom.' Let us not get into a long drawn out discussion on these since it will be affectingly monotonous...go figure.
Let me attempt to hit this proverbial head........Any possible attack to the freedom that I am used to as a citizen of Belize cannot be good and a definite invasion of privacy, political harassment and in no uncertain terms malicious.
Who asked him? At election time this was not tabled. And I agree, governments don't have to carry out only tabled issues/promises. But when it is something that will affect us dearly and have the possibility of being misused, then YES...........You did NOT ask the Belizean electorate.
The few people that went to the 'consultations' make not even make the majority of our body politic.
Belizeans this is my little 'one' cent..... This ninth ammendment to our Belizean constitution sows more possible harm than it does promise fruits. My conscience cannot endorse it.
Let me attempt to hit this proverbial head........Any possible attack to the freedom that I am used to as a citizen of Belize cannot be good and a definite invasion of privacy, political harassment and in no uncertain terms malicious.
Who asked him? At election time this was not tabled. And I agree, governments don't have to carry out only tabled issues/promises. But when it is something that will affect us dearly and have the possibility of being misused, then YES...........You did NOT ask the Belizean electorate.
The few people that went to the 'consultations' make not even make the majority of our body politic.
Belizeans this is my little 'one' cent..... This ninth ammendment to our Belizean constitution sows more possible harm than it does promise fruits. My conscience cannot endorse it.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Recrudescence
After the majestic sending off of the Father of the Nation, our country has been mellowed into a feeling of 'what now?' Was the country really united at the state funeral? Were the parties really united? I would like a transcript of what was discussed at Cabinet or the halls of UDP 'powerdom' as to their decision to go big with Mr. Price's funeral. Was there anyone who voiced a negative?
It would be interesting to get the answer to that question. Hopefully history will answer it. It will definitely complete the story of the state funeral and make it even more precise than the ceremonies actually were.
For me it is not cynicism... it is desire to know.....curiosity to know my country.
It is rather easy self-convincing that the government determined that NOT lionizing George Price was too great a political price to pay. I will give them their due congratulations in doing that. Belize deserved no less; Belize deserved George Price and his legacy. Mr. Price is the 'avatar' to Belize like George Washington is for the USA.
It therefore cannot be lost that there was a subtle political aura to all of this. The PM's speech was all him. It was as great a speech as he has made before. Too bad it flew over the heads of many.
That the PUP would not have another leader like George Price was like a 'durrr' statement. But shrewdly he rebounded from that lame statement to that 'Belize would not have another Prime Minister like George Price'. All these were political jabs.
The leader of the opposition had a drum roll type of speech. There was not too much of a bang but it was timely. His most partisan political jab was 'our constitution is under attack.'
The time has come for the parties to enter the middle of the rounds of this match. This is where the 'blood' starts to ooze as the uppercuts and hooks come into play.
The period of recrudescence probably was never here but.......if it was...... the campaigning time is here want it or not. Don't say it is "JUST" the town board. This is it! Who wins in 2012..........MOST LIKELY wins in 2013 and rules/governs until 2018.
May God be with our leaders.
It would be interesting to get the answer to that question. Hopefully history will answer it. It will definitely complete the story of the state funeral and make it even more precise than the ceremonies actually were.
For me it is not cynicism... it is desire to know.....curiosity to know my country.
It is rather easy self-convincing that the government determined that NOT lionizing George Price was too great a political price to pay. I will give them their due congratulations in doing that. Belize deserved no less; Belize deserved George Price and his legacy. Mr. Price is the 'avatar' to Belize like George Washington is for the USA.
It therefore cannot be lost that there was a subtle political aura to all of this. The PM's speech was all him. It was as great a speech as he has made before. Too bad it flew over the heads of many.
That the PUP would not have another leader like George Price was like a 'durrr' statement. But shrewdly he rebounded from that lame statement to that 'Belize would not have another Prime Minister like George Price'. All these were political jabs.
The leader of the opposition had a drum roll type of speech. There was not too much of a bang but it was timely. His most partisan political jab was 'our constitution is under attack.'
The time has come for the parties to enter the middle of the rounds of this match. This is where the 'blood' starts to ooze as the uppercuts and hooks come into play.
The period of recrudescence probably was never here but.......if it was...... the campaigning time is here want it or not. Don't say it is "JUST" the town board. This is it! Who wins in 2012..........MOST LIKELY wins in 2013 and rules/governs until 2018.
May God be with our leaders.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Unfurled: THE COLOSSUS OF THE JEWEL
Our haven of democracy turns thirty in just a few minutes.... if I just blink that is as fast as the entire 30 years seemed to have gone by. As a child I was out there in front of the Orange Walk Town Hall where the Belizean Flag was to be hoisted and unfurled into the wind for the first time. This was all in synchronicity with the ceremonies all across the jewel.
I can especially remember a SPECIAL pyrotechnic structure that was placed right in front to the town hall. Everyone was so expectant to see what these gifts from Mexico were to display. Well, lo and behold... the one I can most remember is a glistening firework display of the unmistakable silhouette of George Cadle Price. Mein....in today's day and e-age it would be all over Facebook.
Even though at that time he was the reigning leader of our country, his grandeur was undeniable and in no way pre-maturely lionized. This is one time that they did not wait for the man to be dead to tell him that he was good. He was and is the Colossus of Belize...papa Price.
With his passing to permanent life, George Price will now be able to hover over Belize. If I were hurricanes, crime, and Satan himself I would be wary; Belize now has a celestial guard.
Folks.........be happy, be jovial, be expectant. Hon. Price(or Saint) expects us to continue to live and learn. There is plenty of work to do in what he so timelessly described as a peaceful and constructive revolution. He still wants us to BUILD BELIZE!
Once after shaking his hand......I felt......"I won't wash my hands ever again"......... LOL
NOW I KNOW; His handshake to us ALL can NEVER be erased by mere water. His spirit has been forever imbued into the fabric of us Belizeans.
George Price's docile spirit will always demand peace and reconstruction as it perpetually unfurls into our milieu.
Papa Price we love you! Always have!
Happy Independence Day 2011!!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Prime Ministers Forum: A BIG deal!
The Father of the Nation was ill and recovering from a fall at his home and subsequent surgery. Yet, the show had to go on. After being eloquently introduced, the Belizeans who have held the title of Prime Minister of our country couched beside each other. They were now poised to make a historic joint appearance.
Without the luxury of Nielson ratings we can only guess how many Belizeans tuned in to this majestic moment. I can tell you... it was not discussed ad nauseum on my 'normal' fb page--Pacquiao fights and Barcelona games get lots more commentary. At work, mum was the word on the forum. There was more a worry as to why people were late to work.
It is so revealing that such a summit of a conversation did not give rise to many mini-ones in the immediacy. Maybe time will tell.
Delving into the presentations: these politicians revealed their humanities to us and their Belizeanism--hope I can say this. They did keep though a thin film of their party colors; I don't blame them for that. Two of these men were still in the very very heart of today's politics. The other, in my humble opinion, had lost touch with the Belizean people. He seemed to be a reluctant participant and seemed a lil bitter at best.
But hey, let me not hit these men that have been at the helm of our country's history for the last 30 years. It is no easy job. With Belizeans who are generally illogically insatiable. The mass number of us make Democracy look like a lousy system but I would have it no other way. It is the task of each Belizean that can read and understand to teach those that cannot read and understand. If we would make that thought prevail, our democracy would blossom since we have a great set of roots firmly into the ground.
All in all, the words of the Prime Ministers resounded in love for our nation. I must say though that this forum should best have been held when they were not practicing politicians. The responses might have been lots more poignant with feelings from their hearts.
Hey! Kudos to them for appearing and speaking to the nation...even as the latter might have not been listening as avidly as we should have.
Get well Papa Price!!!!!!!
Until!!!!!
Without the luxury of Nielson ratings we can only guess how many Belizeans tuned in to this majestic moment. I can tell you... it was not discussed ad nauseum on my 'normal' fb page--Pacquiao fights and Barcelona games get lots more commentary. At work, mum was the word on the forum. There was more a worry as to why people were late to work.
It is so revealing that such a summit of a conversation did not give rise to many mini-ones in the immediacy. Maybe time will tell.
Delving into the presentations: these politicians revealed their humanities to us and their Belizeanism--hope I can say this. They did keep though a thin film of their party colors; I don't blame them for that. Two of these men were still in the very very heart of today's politics. The other, in my humble opinion, had lost touch with the Belizean people. He seemed to be a reluctant participant and seemed a lil bitter at best.
But hey, let me not hit these men that have been at the helm of our country's history for the last 30 years. It is no easy job. With Belizeans who are generally illogically insatiable. The mass number of us make Democracy look like a lousy system but I would have it no other way. It is the task of each Belizean that can read and understand to teach those that cannot read and understand. If we would make that thought prevail, our democracy would blossom since we have a great set of roots firmly into the ground.
All in all, the words of the Prime Ministers resounded in love for our nation. I must say though that this forum should best have been held when they were not practicing politicians. The responses might have been lots more poignant with feelings from their hearts.
Hey! Kudos to them for appearing and speaking to the nation...even as the latter might have not been listening as avidly as we should have.
Get well Papa Price!!!!!!!
Until!!!!!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
The Majority!
The shyster that leads our nation does so with a bombastic array of 'terminological inexactitudes.' Churchill said it so best in describing the parliament figures that were misleading their nation.
Oh my!
The Dangriga 'consultation' was just another insult to our collective Belizean intelligence. People how can 175 people that go up to a microphone be called the majority? They are not! If you think they are, you are giving in to the gang mentality....to the mob....or saying that rioting is the sane way. It seems that the our government is glad to have civil disobedience. Being unruly is tantamount to bliss so why be wise...seems to be their modus operandi of choice.
My Belizeans... we all need to know debate rules. Our minister of education, you should lead the way in promoting etiquette and thus real democracy. You should 'suspend' the entire proceedings. Then, go to the cabinet vis-a-vis the Prime Minister and tell him that you cannot reign over pandemonium. Also, tell him that you KNOW that the majority of people are not attending the consultations. Tell him that definitely our Belizean intelligentsia is NOT being represented.
Advise him to go to an election called a referendum. And if he cares for the nation's bottomline to call a real election on this ginormous issue. Also, while you are at trust-rebuilding...to institute the 13th senator.
Question: Am I paying for the ads that show persons saying only YES to the ninth amendment? If these are government ads, they should reflect both sides. How can we trust you? The PUP is in opposition so they only put the NO opinions but the government has PLEDGED to be impartial..."without fear or favour so help me GOD."
Happy 10th Celebrations everyone! Leave some of that energy for the 30th!
Oh my!
The Dangriga 'consultation' was just another insult to our collective Belizean intelligence. People how can 175 people that go up to a microphone be called the majority? They are not! If you think they are, you are giving in to the gang mentality....to the mob....or saying that rioting is the sane way. It seems that the our government is glad to have civil disobedience. Being unruly is tantamount to bliss so why be wise...seems to be their modus operandi of choice.
My Belizeans... we all need to know debate rules. Our minister of education, you should lead the way in promoting etiquette and thus real democracy. You should 'suspend' the entire proceedings. Then, go to the cabinet vis-a-vis the Prime Minister and tell him that you cannot reign over pandemonium. Also, tell him that you KNOW that the majority of people are not attending the consultations. Tell him that definitely our Belizean intelligentsia is NOT being represented.
Advise him to go to an election called a referendum. And if he cares for the nation's bottomline to call a real election on this ginormous issue. Also, while you are at trust-rebuilding...to institute the 13th senator.
Question: Am I paying for the ads that show persons saying only YES to the ninth amendment? If these are government ads, they should reflect both sides. How can we trust you? The PUP is in opposition so they only put the NO opinions but the government has PLEDGED to be impartial..."without fear or favour so help me GOD."
Happy 10th Celebrations everyone! Leave some of that energy for the 30th!
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Pageantry and Photography: An inkling
Folks...Ms. Orange Walk 2011-12 is no other than Ms. Negril Crawford. Congratulations! The same level of congratulations go out also to Grisel, Stephanie, Amanda, Angeli and Daudling. You all have the world in front of you. I am sure that you will take your fair bite and use the energy to do good. All this is in addition to your God given talents.
A thought here, just maybe, men cannot do two things: give birth and look sweet as a pageant contestant.
As I browse through the Ms. Orange Walk Facebook page I was awestruck and doused by the reality of a few simpletons that still exist out there in our lil Belize and Orange Walk. I like to say: "Obama is president already give it a rest." But hey, the majority of the audience cheered at the announcement of the winner. I was there! It was a beautiful and sweet ring of approval. The cheers had it mein....the jeers were swallowed....whole.
There was a book published some time ago called Heavenly Belize. I will use their premise to allege that this past Saturday September 3, 2011 we did have that: Heavenly Belize at the Orange Walk Multipurpose Complex. Our girls displayed controlled extravagance and splendour so beyond their years. In our lands abroad this would have been teen pageant but our contestants were so up to the moment.
Gallantry in battle for men is definitely opaqued by pageantry. Give me peace any day. I so love the amity that is seen at these pageants where the girls get to compete yet dance with each other some hours later to the wee of the morning. Our men are often involved in 'machoistic' fights and arguments at the end of many a football game, just to name one sport.
A pageant nonetheless is competition par excellence. The girls want to 'beat' the others yet know and show with the sweetest of smiles that at the finale only one will wear the crown. The candidate that struts the stage with majesty, dresses impeccably, speaks with clarity, and oozes confidence will invariably sway the crowd and, often, this, also means, influencing the scores of the judges.
I like to look at it this way. It would have been great if Ms. Orange Walk would be a microcosm of Orange Walk girls...like a person representative of them all. But I may be going against the grain. Many times at a pageant the most photogenic, most congenial, friendliest, or most articulate gives way to most confident and the best showgirl. Mind you... the best showgirl will also have a little of the other traits yet she is not necessarily the most amicable. How can I say this? I don't. I just saw, for example, Miss Amity not placing in the top three at this pageant.
Photographers are truly in heaven at these pageants. I have been one to ask the question, "Who took that picture?" For me it is not enough to view the rolling hills, the white snow, the scintillating sunrise, the majestic ocean, or the gorgeous women. The photographer that glues their eyes to the eyepiece to get that 'best shot ever' is an artist in his/her own right. At the pageant they were drooling.... I saw it. Well maybe not exactly. ;)
Orange Walkeños to cap off my emotions here let me end with exposing the heart in this. The Orange Walk Cancer Support Group will be benefiting from this event as they already have with the time volunteered by the contestants. People suffering from this scourge to humankind will benefit somehow from any funds obtained. EVERYONE join this fight. It is an honorable one. We know it is. Just stop procrastinating and help! The time to do so is NOW!
Thanks to Michael R. Vasquez and AALAWI Productions
Friday, September 2, 2011
She Vies!
Tonight some Orange Walk beauties will raze the stage at the Multipurpose Complex in an honorable stance to entertain a crowd. At the same time they are giving their all from deep within-- the love for themselves. The latter is so important and is often forgotten by a multitude that goes to see the the cocacola bottle exemplified and the highest cheeks.
I will be there to see a bit of it all. I want to have a first hand opinion ;).
This here is one where you don't want to read about it.........let the pictures speak for themselves.
I will be there to see a bit of it all. I want to have a first hand opinion ;).
This here is one where you don't want to read about it.........let the pictures speak for themselves.
C U THERE AS SHE VIES!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
You call THAT a consultation?
As I watch the television blitz of advertisements that WE the taxpayers are paying for, I am appalled at what happened at Corozal's version of the "Ninth Amendment to Belize's Constitution consultation". These "consultations" remind me of when I see someone that goes on tv and says "we will organize a BIG weekend...we will have lime and spoon, tug-a-war and sports." These consultations are a farce and do no less than insult thinking Belizeans.
When I go on a consultation with a doctor, I wish to ask him questions, tell him how I feel and expect him to listen to me explain clearly what I have/feel in order for him to offer a diagnosis. I won't LIE to him. He won't give me pre-prepared questions for me to ask him. He won't hurry me if he does not like the disease that I am feeling. He is supposed to offer a way for my pain to be done away with and to remove anything that caused it in the first place.
How can I say this? The people that I saw line-up were nothing short of non-sensical. They were a group of people that didn't understand what the ninth amendment was all about. I think it was a shame for them to be placed there to go to the microphones and then added shame for the government to use their pictures in partisan political advertisements.
I have heard government leaders say on the face of huge throngs of protesters, "Oh these TEN Thousand people are not the majority." The people that were placed before the microphones in Corozal are not the majority and the only respect I give them is that they are Belizeans and entitled to their opinion. I do not respect their letting themselves to be tricked into speaking of an issue that the vast majority of them were obviously clueless about. Those that sent them into the political jaws are nothing short of cowards.
Students don't let yourself be polarized at this age. The young that were sent there were equally taken advantage of in Corozal. The young have a lot of sprite but there is lots to be desired of those that presented. If you sound too RED or too BLUE you are already on the wrong side. Be intelligent!
I will err on the side of FREEDOM.
ANYTHING that seeks to curtail freedom will be WRONG no questions asked.
The minority of people wreaking havoc on our nation cannot hold the peace lovers--the majority-- to ransom. PM this is not as simple as removing the tint from our vehicle's windows. Why do you think that you will succeed with the ninth when you have not succeeded in untinting the tint from our vehicles' windows?
I suggest you recall the ninth!
When I go on a consultation with a doctor, I wish to ask him questions, tell him how I feel and expect him to listen to me explain clearly what I have/feel in order for him to offer a diagnosis. I won't LIE to him. He won't give me pre-prepared questions for me to ask him. He won't hurry me if he does not like the disease that I am feeling. He is supposed to offer a way for my pain to be done away with and to remove anything that caused it in the first place.
How can I say this? The people that I saw line-up were nothing short of non-sensical. They were a group of people that didn't understand what the ninth amendment was all about. I think it was a shame for them to be placed there to go to the microphones and then added shame for the government to use their pictures in partisan political advertisements.
I have heard government leaders say on the face of huge throngs of protesters, "Oh these TEN Thousand people are not the majority." The people that were placed before the microphones in Corozal are not the majority and the only respect I give them is that they are Belizeans and entitled to their opinion. I do not respect their letting themselves to be tricked into speaking of an issue that the vast majority of them were obviously clueless about. Those that sent them into the political jaws are nothing short of cowards.
Students don't let yourself be polarized at this age. The young that were sent there were equally taken advantage of in Corozal. The young have a lot of sprite but there is lots to be desired of those that presented. If you sound too RED or too BLUE you are already on the wrong side. Be intelligent!
I will err on the side of FREEDOM.
ANYTHING that seeks to curtail freedom will be WRONG no questions asked.
The minority of people wreaking havoc on our nation cannot hold the peace lovers--the majority-- to ransom. PM this is not as simple as removing the tint from our vehicle's windows. Why do you think that you will succeed with the ninth when you have not succeeded in untinting the tint from our vehicles' windows?
I suggest you recall the ninth!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Theme for your 30th & the 9th
"Honoring our histories, celebrating our cultures, uniting in peace."
I am so not a stickler for themes. For me as soon as it is churned out and presented to us it is already ad nauseum. This year it is no different.
I must say that the graphic as usual is smart. I will assume that it is the same person working n them since they do show continuity year to year. The placement of the Supreme Court building, National Assembly and St. John's Cathedral is nice. I must confess that I do not recognize that section beside the church building...is it the drums?
Each of the three issues alluded to in the themes are gargantuan to be observed much less given credit to at a single September celebration. All in all the populace does not really care.
The populace will celebrate and will love Belize regardless. I love that.
As we inch closer to the September celebrations the debate on the proposed 9th amendment to our dear constitution will collide head on with our celebrating spirit. My... how dare someone say that there is someone born in Belize that is anti-Belizean...the nerve.
For me what is chilling about Nationalization is that the government is teaching our young ones that it is OK to steal. It cannot be refuted that our water, light and telephone infrastructure was built with foreign money. We can argue all day that we in Belize could have done it BUT the fact remains that we did not. Just 10 years ago, water was rationed in the city. Blackouts were a mainstay. Telephone & the 'information superhighway' were growing as fast as the technology allowed it to.
Now as these are established and professional companies.... our government swoops in and GIMME THIS! Well this has happened with BTL and BEL. No payment given for it. However one looks at it, the essence remains a high-level jacking. It was a government-level mugging. Expropriation.... that is a joke. The companies have been stolen.
Then to add insult to injury... the government is attempting to place this high-handed action as part of our country's value system. It is almost like placing a sin in the Ten Commandments just to make it right.
Oh my... then in a divide and conquer type a action. The government calls the Council of Churches led by someone the PM has called a "FOOL" to fool the nation. I don't know why but I keep thinking of these movements as fascist.
Time will tell as to what is really happening here. I pray and wish the best for our country Belize.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
New, Old, Blue & Barrowed...the 9th amendment!
“(9) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the provisions of this section are all-inclusive and exhaustive and there is no other limitation, whether substantive or procedural, on the power of the National Assembly to alter this Constitution; and a law passed by the National Assembly to alter any of the provisions of this Constitution which is passed in conformity with this section shall not be open to challenge in any court of law on any ground whatsoever.”
Oh mein.... I didn't imagine this!
The "United" "Democratic" Party did not lie to us as they partook in the Feb 2008 General Elections. They set out their manifesto and then they DID say, imagine the rest even if only as possibilities. What was the possibility that Hon. Barrow would attempt to usurp ALL the power unto himself? With an ego the size of anything larger than colossal, something had got to give.
Many of his ministers and him, the PM, made it clear that they had been out in the dry for 10 years. Now they would have the chance to reap the benefits of their newly found administration. Was that in their manifesto or we had to imagine it?
The 13th senator which was passed by them as contitutional law but put the power in the PM's hands as to when he/she should implement it. We have to imagine it!
The government has 'officially' withdrawn the Preventative Detention bill from the proverbial table. They did not say if unofficially it has been removed from the PM's mind. We can only imagine if he is still imagining it. ;)
The Barrow administration 'removed' the Preventative Detention bill from the table for the second time since the people seemed not to like the idea. Instead he is bringing in the 9th amendment that seeks to place beyond our grasp the possibility of us imagining a disagreement with him. With the ouster of our 'big brother', the courts, then we would truly need God as our supreme creator and protector. Prayer is huge people but is the eyes of calamity suffering is bound to instill. Imagine that!
Right now the marriage between the people of Belize and the Barrow-lead government is in crisis. It is doomed not to be rosy all the way to the promised till elections do us part. The new government of 2008, brought in their old bitter philosophy and the barrowed doctrine. The hope for Belize now lies in the blue that the UDP would have wanted to legislate out if they would be given the chance.
Imagine adding a clause to the constitution that says there ought to be only ONE political party.
Raise your hand if you can't wait for Feb. 2013? (ooops that is if they don't legislate that out)
Oh mein.... I didn't imagine this!
The "United" "Democratic" Party did not lie to us as they partook in the Feb 2008 General Elections. They set out their manifesto and then they DID say, imagine the rest even if only as possibilities. What was the possibility that Hon. Barrow would attempt to usurp ALL the power unto himself? With an ego the size of anything larger than colossal, something had got to give.
Many of his ministers and him, the PM, made it clear that they had been out in the dry for 10 years. Now they would have the chance to reap the benefits of their newly found administration. Was that in their manifesto or we had to imagine it?
The 13th senator which was passed by them as contitutional law but put the power in the PM's hands as to when he/she should implement it. We have to imagine it!
The government has 'officially' withdrawn the Preventative Detention bill from the proverbial table. They did not say if unofficially it has been removed from the PM's mind. We can only imagine if he is still imagining it. ;)
The Barrow administration 'removed' the Preventative Detention bill from the table for the second time since the people seemed not to like the idea. Instead he is bringing in the 9th amendment that seeks to place beyond our grasp the possibility of us imagining a disagreement with him. With the ouster of our 'big brother', the courts, then we would truly need God as our supreme creator and protector. Prayer is huge people but is the eyes of calamity suffering is bound to instill. Imagine that!
Right now the marriage between the people of Belize and the Barrow-lead government is in crisis. It is doomed not to be rosy all the way to the promised till elections do us part. The new government of 2008, brought in their old bitter philosophy and the barrowed doctrine. The hope for Belize now lies in the blue that the UDP would have wanted to legislate out if they would be given the chance.
Imagine adding a clause to the constitution that says there ought to be only ONE political party.
Raise your hand if you can't wait for Feb. 2013? (ooops that is if they don't legislate that out)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Bonus!!!!!!!!!!
Orange Walkeños were 'blessed' with a second payment of the cane that was delivered by them to the sugar factory. Is it their third payment?...and their second bonus.
Well all in all money is flowing now in the UDP-dubbed sugga city. For me, it will and always is Orange Walk. But not to be a spoil-sport, it is sweet now for many cañeros. I have gone on record to say that our cañeros need to be more savvy in this industry or else they will go the way of the dodos--extinct. They are already in the list of endangered species.
Credit though goes to the Corozal and Orange Walk citizens--namely the cañeros for a job well-done. In the face of factory breakdowns they still over-achieved. It reminds me of people that finally lose weight when the doctor states "if you don't lose weight u will get sick."
It seems that an Honduras-based bank will be buying some considerable shares of BSI or maybe 51percent. If you ask me, let them. I am glad they are not afraid of our prime minister.
On another note, August is around the corner and that means teachers and students are back on the move to school. With this also, Belize becomes more alive in terms of electoral politics and the economy in general.
Brace up Belize......the next 18 months will be pretty interesting. Historic!
Well all in all money is flowing now in the UDP-dubbed sugga city. For me, it will and always is Orange Walk. But not to be a spoil-sport, it is sweet now for many cañeros. I have gone on record to say that our cañeros need to be more savvy in this industry or else they will go the way of the dodos--extinct. They are already in the list of endangered species.
Credit though goes to the Corozal and Orange Walk citizens--namely the cañeros for a job well-done. In the face of factory breakdowns they still over-achieved. It reminds me of people that finally lose weight when the doctor states "if you don't lose weight u will get sick."
It seems that an Honduras-based bank will be buying some considerable shares of BSI or maybe 51percent. If you ask me, let them. I am glad they are not afraid of our prime minister.
On another note, August is around the corner and that means teachers and students are back on the move to school. With this also, Belize becomes more alive in terms of electoral politics and the economy in general.
Brace up Belize......the next 18 months will be pretty interesting. Historic!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Don't call it a comeback!!
HELLLLOOOOOO there!!!!!
My... it has been quite some time... since October 19th of last year. Why my break? I don't have a reason other than not really being inspired to write. Orange Walk Insight is surely not forgotten by me.
I want to set out a bit the premise of this blog. I bring forth my point of view, an Orange Walkeño to death. My frame of reference comes directly from my Belizean heart and thus I am looking out for the interest of all full-blooded Belizeans. And...mind you... we Belizeans have a wide world view since the great majority have genes from all over the world. Also, I do not really write news...I write down inspirations derived from our society. Just wanting to set the stage again since I intend to write every two weeks once more.
Oh wait... now Belize Electricity Limited has been added to the fray, BTL is still a controversy and our government in the person of Dean O. Barrow is still trying to tamper with the constitution. He is tweaking with the constitution to give his 3/4 majority in the house absolute power. The problem with this is that all the changes are merely to satisfy his ego and I daresay his id.
In one fell swoop he intends to muster enough power to do away with the judiciary that is too much of a balancing act. He is afraid that the judiciary can sometimes rule AGAINST him. How dare they? So... he will place into the constitution that they can't rule against amendments that are placed in the constitution. It is like a insert paralyzing the constitution. So he can put into the constitution ANYTHING that the bully in his heart desires.
Mr. Barrow knows that crime is a problem. He knows that attacking crime directly is a ephemeral band-aid. He knows that improving of economic sustainability is key to improving our social woes. But, there is lack of political will and skill from him and those that surround him to do any better. It is a sad state for Belize.
Instead of rearing rabid pitbulls, he should be rearing docile hardworking collies.
Hon. Barrow is an intelligent man gone astray. He is doomed by something as simple as character and personal choices.
In 19 months our majority will wield our veto/endorsement.
My... it has been quite some time... since October 19th of last year. Why my break? I don't have a reason other than not really being inspired to write. Orange Walk Insight is surely not forgotten by me.
I want to set out a bit the premise of this blog. I bring forth my point of view, an Orange Walkeño to death. My frame of reference comes directly from my Belizean heart and thus I am looking out for the interest of all full-blooded Belizeans. And...mind you... we Belizeans have a wide world view since the great majority have genes from all over the world. Also, I do not really write news...I write down inspirations derived from our society. Just wanting to set the stage again since I intend to write every two weeks once more.
- The last time I wrote, duets was winding down and Orange Walk's hopefuls were outvoted. Now a new season has started and again we have a couple of Orange Walk hopefuls...albeit in KTV duets.
- Also, the last time I wrote...Belize was mired in controversy with BTL and our government was looking to tamper with our constitution.
Oh wait... now Belize Electricity Limited has been added to the fray, BTL is still a controversy and our government in the person of Dean O. Barrow is still trying to tamper with the constitution. He is tweaking with the constitution to give his 3/4 majority in the house absolute power. The problem with this is that all the changes are merely to satisfy his ego and I daresay his id.
In one fell swoop he intends to muster enough power to do away with the judiciary that is too much of a balancing act. He is afraid that the judiciary can sometimes rule AGAINST him. How dare they? So... he will place into the constitution that they can't rule against amendments that are placed in the constitution. It is like a insert paralyzing the constitution. So he can put into the constitution ANYTHING that the bully in his heart desires.
Mr. Barrow knows that crime is a problem. He knows that attacking crime directly is a ephemeral band-aid. He knows that improving of economic sustainability is key to improving our social woes. But, there is lack of political will and skill from him and those that surround him to do any better. It is a sad state for Belize.
Instead of rearing rabid pitbulls, he should be rearing docile hardworking collies.
Hon. Barrow is an intelligent man gone astray. He is doomed by something as simple as character and personal choices.
In 19 months our majority will wield our veto/endorsement.
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