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Ceres





Tonight it is cold in the valley. It feels like 20C. There is a slim outline of the moon low over in the western sky, my Google moon phase says it is 4% illumination tonight. We do not have a moon for this Christmas so maybe we will have a dry Christmas Day, which would work well for me. I remember heading to Gran Couva on Christmas Day and flood waters over the then Princess Margaret Highway.
There is now a new generation handling the activities for Christmas Day, the previous party organisers have all gone to the great beyond but the tradition continues. It is a wonderful day, endless family, cousins, siblings, aunts, uncles, insiders and outsiders, a truly great day. I look forward to Christmas Day.

The politics on the Rock has suddenly taken a dip that is not good at all for a country whose economy is in a very precarious position. The PMOTT has basically said that what he brought to the Parliament with reference to what is known as 'emailgate' was probably not what it was supposed to be. This statement coming after the Commissioner of Police says that there was nothing of substance. I remember sitting in the Parliament and hearing the then LOTO go on about the different accusations of premeditated murder and conspiracy to engage in all kinds of devious plots against journalists and others. He spoke with such conviction, engaging the general public as to how dangerous the then PMOTT and her co-conspirators were, imagine a sitting government plotting to murder people in order to remain in power. It was something out of a 'Bourne' movie. The 'most worst' part is when the PMOTT say's ' I am not sorry'.  The recklessness shown by the now PMOTT is nothing short of remarkable, after this nonsensical charade, where lies helped to bring down a government, but now how is anybody ever going to believe a word this man, this PMOTT, says ever in life again? And to add insult to injury the PMOTT's sidekick (not shit kicking), the AG is supporting his boss by saying that maybe something may come up, so it's not over. Are these people for real, do they really believe that the man in the street will just hold their noses and support them blindly, this after being laid off and catching their royal?
It is public knowledge that I do not support the current LOTO. However, in fairness to her when PMOTT, she did not hesitate to fire persons she thought were posing a serious threat to her government. Some were deemed to be unfair but some were justified. Luck of the draw if you were one of them.
The current going's on with a Junior Minister in the Office of, none other, than the PMOTT is surely grounds for immediate dismissal. If he is not fired then the general impression that the PMOTT has given the electorate is true, he is not a supporter of women's rights and real family values.

Again I want to say that I support a person's sexual preferences. If it is that your life preferences can compromise your decision making in the government then we have a problem. This goes from captain to cook, President to the ordinary man in the street.

What has happened to the Government, has it exploded and we are simply waiting on the impact? There is not a single State institution that is not in serious trouble. The PMOTT leads the pack with him somehow being totally removed from reality, his Ministers are worse. The statements coming out of the Ministries would be laughable if things were not so serious. The country is on auto pilot. Auto pilot works fine, in fact it can operate an aircraft better than a human, once all the inputs are accurate. If a pilot sees something wrong he must disengage the auto pilot and take control. Failing to do this manoeuvre may result in the aircraft crashing. At the rate we are going we don't have to worry about the asteroid 'Ceres' hitting us. After this lot is finished with us there won't be much left.

Sad indeed! The Rock is a place that many of us call home, our only home, and we have as much of a right as anyone else to protect it. The situation is reaching scary proportions and a move will have to be made very soon to rid ourselves of the politics of 1962. It can and will be done!

People of the Rock, believe in the change that is coming, it is inevitable!

Good night and good luck!

Comments

  1. Unknown21 December 2017 at 06:47

    Unfortunately, the "man in the street" WILL hold their noses and support the PNM, even after he has been kicked and molested! You think that Laventille or Beetham Gardens will vote otherwise, despite what the PNM has done to the people there? Think again, Stephen. The politics of keeping people beholden to the government
    has worked and will continue to work........

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