Congratulations from the BU team to David Thompson and the Democratic Labour Party on their victory. May God inspire your government to chart a path to our continued prosperity for Barbados — both on the economic and social fronts.
David – BU
Note: The results captured below are the official results.
Political Leaders Of Barbados |
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Welcome to Election Coverage 2008. Join us here at Barbados Underground as we count the votes and discuss the issues which have emerged in the lead-up to Elections 2008 and other related issues. We invite you to discuss your expectations of the new government and hear what others, including local broadcasters, have to say.
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BLP
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DLP
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IND
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TOTAL
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2008 |
10 | 20 |
0
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30 |
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2003 |
23
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7
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0
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30
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1999 |
26
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2
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0
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28
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Constituency |
Candidates |
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Votes |
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City of |
Jeffrey Bostic |
1,817 |
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Patrick Todd |
2,239 |
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St. Michael |
Noel Lynch |
1,625 |
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Freundel Stuart |
2,435 |
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St. Michael |
Trevor Prescod |
2,060 |
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Kenneth Best |
2,639 |
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St. Michael |
David Gill |
1,865 |
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Richard Sealy |
2,168 |
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St. Michael |
Mr. Rudy Grant |
1,880 |
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Steve Blackett |
2,289 |
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David Commissiong |
69 |
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St. Michael |
Hamilton Lashley |
2,426 |
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Undene Whittaker |
2,271 |
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St. Michael |
Mia Mottley |
3,320 |
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Patricia Inniss |
1,605 |
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St. Michael |
Ronald Toppin |
2,994 |
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Francis Depeiza |
2,373 |
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Mark Adamson |
38 |
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St. Michael |
Clyde Mascoll |
1,990 |
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Christ Sinkler |
2,330 |
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Akil Umi |
6 |
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St. Michael |
Joseph Atherley |
1,989 |
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Michael Carrington |
2,305 |
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Rosita Broome |
63 |
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St. Michael |
Rommell Marshall |
2,142 |
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James Paul |
2,167 |
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Robert Clarke |
86 |
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Christ Church |
William Duguid |
2,510 |
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Mr. Taan Abed |
1,859 |
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Christ Church |
Joseph Edgill |
2,097 |
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Stephen Lashley |
3,085 |
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Christ Church |
Jerome Walcott |
2,130 |
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John Boyce |
2,591 |
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Christ Church |
Dalton T. Lovell |
2,233 |
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Ronald Jones |
3,182 |
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Christ Church |
Reginald Farley |
2,184 |
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Denis Lowe |
3,135 |
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Rodney Nurse |
7 |
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St. Philip |
Mr. George Griffith |
1,756 |
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Michael Lashley |
3,720 |
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St. Philip |
Anthony Wood |
2,890 |
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Adriel Brathwaite |
3,175 |
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Douglas Trotman |
75 |
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St. Philip |
Lynette Eastmond |
2,255 |
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David Estwick |
2,648 |
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St. George |
Gline Clarke |
3,309 |
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Colin Spencer |
2,564 |
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St. George |
Ian Gill |
2,509 |
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Esther Byer Suckoo |
3,446 |
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St. John |
Tyrone O. Power |
829 |
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David Thompson |
4,300 |
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St. Joseph |
Dale Marshall |
1,879 |
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Randal Rouse |
1,838 |
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St. Thomas |
Cynthia Forde |
3,490 |
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Haldene Dottin |
1,998 |
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St. James |
Rawle Eastmond |
2,177 |
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Austin Husbands |
1,954 |
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St. James |
Elizabeth Thompson |
2,570 | |
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Donville Inniss |
2,881 |
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St. James |
Kerrie Symmonds |
2150 |
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George Hutson |
2,378 |
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St. Peter |
Owen Arthur |
3,309 |
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Haynesley Benn |
1,754 |
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St. Andrew |
George Payne |
2,639 |
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Irene Sandiford-Garner |
2,590 |
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St. Lucy |
Peter Phillips |
2,073 |
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Denis Kellman |
3,484 |
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Relevant Scriptures to what we just witnessed
Proverbs 28:15-24 “A wicked ruler is as dangerous to the poor as a lion or bear attacking them. Only a stupid prince will oppress his people, but a king will have a long reign if he hates dishonesty and bribes. A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don’t protect him! The honest will be rescued from harm, but those who are crooked will be destroyed. Hard workers have plenty of food; playing around brings poverty. The trustworthy will get a rich reward. But the person who wants to get rich quick will only get into trouble. Showing partiality is never good, yet some will do wrong for something as small as a piece of bread. A greedy person tries to get rich quick, but it only leads to poverty. In the end, people appreciate frankness more than flattery. Robbing your parents and then saying, “What’s wrong with that?” is as serious as committing murder. Greed causes fighting; trusting the LORD leads to prosperity. Trusting oneself is foolish, but those who walk in wisdom are safe. Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing. But a curse will come upon those who close their eyes to poverty.”
Georgie Porgie,
You and that biblical crap again. Were you quoting the same thing after the results of the 2003 elections?
You are nothing but an old fool and (like many self-proclaimed Christians) a hypocrite.
We will be cackling with glee within months, maybe even weeks, and possibly even days, when these same praise-singing DLP yardfowls of today start to sing a different tune as events of the future unfold. One of our people saw something on another blog posted by a DLP supporter who was lambasting David Thompson and the new government already over the holiday on Friday. Of course, when it comes to ungratefulness and backstabbing, that is a well-known Bajan trait in anything involving money and power. Just wait till weekend when the ministers are announced and the in-fighting starts…. you will see just how dirty the D in DLP stands for.
B F P E
Georgie Porgie,
You and that biblical crap again. Were you quoting the same thing after the results of the 2003 elections?
You are nothing but an old fool and (like many self-proclaimed Christians) a hypocrite.
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The Bible is not crap at all.
I am not old, and I do not have a mask on or two faces.
I am neither D or B, but I do rejoice that the Word is true and I delight in yesterday’s whipping of the BLP and the fall of so many of their arrogant members.
I am sure that there are those in the DLP , who like you , and I are tainted with sin. I am sure too that such will soon reveal thier true colors. I am sure too that the Bajan populace will deal with them in short order too, as they have done in the past in 1976 and 1994.
If the current DLP administration is lacking, they will soon be exposed for all to see. And they will be dealt with, perhaps more firmly than before, because of the presence of these blogs performing the job as watch dog. watco
Georgie Porgie,
blogs crap.
I am often in Bridgetown, as well as up and down Barbados nearly every day, and I don’t hear a damn body in Barbados talking about Bajan blogs.
Ordinary word-of-mouth “news” (gossip) in Barbados, face -to-face or over-the-phone, has more traffic than any Bajan blog.
Blogs are no watchdogs in Bajan society. For exiles like you who are stranded in faraway foreign lands, they may be an excellent source of information and mis-information about life in Barbados that you are shut out from.
B F P E
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B F P E // January 16, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Are you targeting GUYANESE in particular, or are you also including the BRITISH who constitute the largest foreign nationals with voting power in Barbados?
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I am referencing the provision in the representation of the people’s act of Barbados that gives rights to commonwealth citizens. Do you think this act refers to Guyanese only????? and would you have preferred that i was so stupid to have refer to them alone???? You should be aware that the provision only applys to Commonwealth citizens resident in Barbados and that are not nauteralize citizens. Adrian Loverage is a citizen of Barbados and there requires no special provision or act to vote.
One thing that I am very displeased with the BLP about is their failure to make Barbados a republic.
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I too wish for the republican status but not in the manner the BLP proposed it. I would wish for a more meaningfull and impactfull change to our contitution to include significant changes to our system government as may have been recommended in the constitutional reform recommendations. Certainly it would have had to been more deep than changing the name of the Head of Barbados from govenor general to president. But becoming a republic would not have by it self remove the provision in the representation of the poeople’s act that gave the right to vote to commonwealth citizens.
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The right to vote in Barbadian elections should be a special right reserved ONLY to citizens of this country, and I would not even include the naturalised ones in that. A citizen of Barbados must be Bajan by birth, not by documentation. Anyone with at least one Bajan parent, and (grudgingly and with lots of conditions) anyone born in Barbados to foreign parents.
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Why stop at your punitive requirements? why not go further and make decisions as to whom of the natural born population are fit to vote.
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Has anyone heard about the recount for Sandiford-Garner ? I was reading the posts, especially the idiocy from BFPE, and reckon that BFPE have got to be teenagers. Look at the juvenile language, the boasting, the threats. Classic hormonal pre-pubescent activity. Perhaps when they get home from school today (if mummy allows them to use the computer) they can start by doing their homework instead of harassing innocent commentators with threats they and their pimply friends cannot follow up.
Dear PM Thompson,
Were you able to consider my request above for a position in your new Cabinet ?
I can explain the true position about GEMS.
Waiting on your response.
Your friend,
Clyde Mascoll
Dear PM Thompson,
Are you going to include me in your Cabinet ?
I will struggle to live on my pension and besides I am not 50 years old as yet . Therefore, I would not recive it as yet.
See what you can do for me as the HARDWOOD Inc. perks would not be flowing anymore.
Your friend,
Clyde Mascoll
Clyde you need not worry about your income as where you will be residing you do not need to earn anything to reside there, it is a lovely new hotel called DODDS and it was built by you and your set of fraudsters remember it started out at a price of US $ 60 million and ended up costing US $ 145 million with your partners like Hallam Nicholls, Glyne Bannister, and Owing SEE THRU Arthur raping us the taxpayers.
We have a lovely selfcontained unit complete with bed and toilet awaiting your arrival , hope you enjoy your stay, bearing in mind you will have your long lost friends for company like Lynch, Clarke, Owing, Marshall and mottley.
Antonio Arthur (Barbados) wrote
at 8:58am on January 17th, 2008
The failure of the Barbados Labour Party to recognise the impact of blogs and forums on the electorate has cost them dearly. BarbadosFreePress and other blogs attacked the government constantly without any VISIBLE response from the BLP. This played a huge roll in swaying the 18-35 demographic, which is known to make up a large percentage of the undecided voters (I don’t think I need to remind anyone of the importance of this group). Never underestimate the power of the Internet.That said, we must all be grateful to the party for their 15 years of stellar service to the country and be thankful to the members, especially the outgoing PM, for the huge contribution they have made towards the development of Barbados.
I want Owen Auther for PRIME MINSTER forever
I glad fuh de guv’munt but I so sorry fuh wuh de people over in-a-way, dat duh had to be subjected to summuch shite, unduh de guise o’ Rihanna . Leh muh tel yuh, from start to done I got complaints..
Leh muh start off wid dis. Caw dese is de tings dat did good.
De set did nice!
De lights did nice!
De soun’ did nice!
De ban’ did rockin!!!!
De cake did nice..looking!
De back up did good too! (marissa did lil loud at firs’ but den duh tone she down! Cause gurl dah din you momunt..yuh hear…ef yuh backin’ up! Yuh backing’ up! But I kno’ and unduhstan’ yuh pashun fuh music.
*De mc (kb) did stink!
He en kno’ nuffin bout protocol – imagine he callin’ we Prime Minister David..de arrogant ‘bleep bleep’ idiot! I en k ef he went to school wid he or not…he is Prime Minister or Mr. Thompson. He en got nuh resepck! Dah uh wuh!
Den he embarrass de sweet gurl and de lil boy dat did dey..he does wuk fuh de enquirer?
Den why he bring on he chile..dah did a tent? Causen Edwin bring he chile.?.but she did singin’!
Den he wunt leh de hurricane talk a‘tall
He wunt leh de guesses an’ dem sing duh songs in peace jumpin’ bout like some damn frog in heat.
Evah time duh had a opportunity to tek de PM fotuh or sweet gurl wun he igrunt face up in duh grill. Chupidness!
And who de hell dress he?
But de stations in dis country wid de call in shows mek he hoot today…wuh he did
tinkin’? or he did tinkin’ a’tall? An talkin’ talkin’ all de time…like he mout had de runs!
Not anudduh show fuh he! Not bout hay ef it important!
Well all I got to she is “A black man had a bunch o’ keys!”
Who organize dah doh. And doan tell me dat it do in a hurry causen I know guvment did ackkin’ wid short notice fuh bout a munt so dah en nuh excuse..causen to my min’ de ministers o’ culchuh and to-risum shoulda gone to de big ting wid a’ ontorahge!!
A lil poor girl get lil help and went long! I saloot she doh! She is a lil powuh house yuh see she dey! Ingrid sumting or de udduh! She is uh ambassaduh fuh real! – she cud teach the las’ wun a ting or two….numbuh one, is dat it en all bout afrika!
‘an knowin’ duh had summuch o’ tings fuh she ..why nuhbawdee din dey to tek dum from ‘ she? and de Prime Minister had to tek dum, pass dem to Mr. Mininster (who did backing de ordeunce all de time) shameful!
An’ de ministuh o’ culture, yeah I pon he agen..he got to start readin he scrips befo’ he come pon stage, causen he en behind nuh radio microfone now…he in de publick eye. Get a course in readin’ and realtin’ to yuh peepull dem. Dressin’ up en all Mistuh Ministuh! I watchin’ yuh!
Now to de res’, dis is wuh shoulda happen! (I gine nuse de peepull duh had but I din like nuff o’ dem I t’ought de choices was real igrunt. It din versatile enuff..but who is me…heh heh heh heh.
1. I woulda put bout t’ree or four screens all roun’ de inviruns and from 6 tur-tee to sevun – rihanna videe-ers – intuview de teachers, she family, she friends an’ some o’ she fans and loop dah! Aftuh all it did ‘bout she. Wuh yuh seh?
2. 6-forty-five – start to open de bridge fuh de chile to come tru’. Wuh is de pint in she coming after de people sing? Some way bout 9:40..bare igrunce!
3. at 7 – start wid de gospel – (dah had it challenges but de people could sing – ALL O’Dum!
4. den dah man dat seh he win de grammy…whichin it did steel pulse – ef not Buhbadus woulda mek a big ting o’ he evah sence den. But yuh tink he she he from buhbadus?? I doubt dah. I ent lyin’
5. Den de monurcks. Dah way yuh woulda see dat Lil Rick din gine get back! Wuhlaw! Dah lef a sour tase in muh mout faif! By de way …who dress dale? Doan min’ it did pon de warf..it did special! Duh jes’ doan kno’ where and when…
6. den shite…oh lordy..uh mean site..talkin’ bout he..wuh de ‘s*ite’ he sing dah pig tail song dey fuh? An’ wuh he intuhfear wid gabby fuh. He en hear to leh sleeping dogs lie…well I know he open a’ ants nes’ now! An’ leh muh tell yuh..evahting dat happen to he in the cropovuh season he gine deserve! Mark my word!
7. den Richard – he did look too sweet doh! Yuh can tes’ he when um come to garmunts! But he went on too long doh, an’ he change up he song and run outta tings to say! Cuddear!
8. den duh shoulda have a lil dance usin’ one o she songs
9. den duh shoulda ha’ mo’ o’ she songs wid peepull dat cud sing an’ not Shantell she shunta sing nuh reggae even ef um is she song…causen she ent neiduh singuh! She did off key all de time…I did shame shame shame yuh! She shoulda call Natlee who mek she….and sing ‘proud to be a bajan’ and change up dah fuh we sweet gurl…yuh laffin? But I serious as a heart attack bout dah. I did inbaris yuh! Doan min’ Natlee de troof out now…
10. de franc girl sing good but she shoulda check she unduh garments befo’ she come pon stage…causen de camra man was at she back nuff!
11. Artooruh play some real wrong notes..wuh did wrong wid he? In de birfday song too….
12. I did like Edwin and he lil chile doh! She jes’ got to keep up she gait dah is all but she comin’ nice. I hope sumbody from outside tek she and fix she up.. cause ef she stan bout hey not a ting fuh she! Anyway we got a risin’ star! Good for you Yearwood!
13. In hey I woulda call we sweet gurl an’ , leh one o’ de chil’ren from one o’ she schools write a poem and say it to we sweet gurl while she pon stage den gih she de tings and den put she back to sit down.
14. den de res’ o’ de entuhtaimunt. En’in’ up wid evahbody ‘pon de show singin’ a song togedduh. (ef yuh had enuff sinuhs) ha ha ha ha ha
15. I miss anybody?? Hhmmmmm Oh yeah Buggy lamp and de John gurl…she shoulda gone to de toilet befo she come pon stage…wuh did wrong wid she? She did singin’ awrite when she firs’ come out in de competition dat admiral did responsibull fuh she getting’ anudduh chance….and ef she did do de song in she voice and stop tryin to be like we sweetgurl we woulda apcep dah cause de franc gurl sing de song she way and ‘handle it good.
A lil nnote to de Franc gurl:- I like she singing but she attitude suks…an’ she en reach yet!…well yuh can ha’ evahting uh guess..but I warnin’ yuh de ‘tood ain’t gine las’. Snoot doan have no root! But yuh could sing..yuh did one p de best ef not de bes’ dah night!
Now to de cbc – somebody got to tell cassie dat we tired o’ de word ‘CERTAINLY’.
She like she did loss mos’ o’ de night…she en had nuh range nor cord pon she mic? Wid all o dem t’ousans o’ peete yuh cunt fin’ nuhbody to intuhview?/ an keep de ting intressting? An’ anuduuh ting duh en got mo peepull at de cbc dat cud talk or dat look good! Tek a res’ tummuch o’ you now!
Well dah is all fuh now from
“EYEBAWLIN”
BACK TO SITE
YOU KNOW WHY SOME POWERS ARE SCEPTICAL ABOUT EMPLOYING YOU AND YOU HAVE TO ‘GO A BEG-GIN’?
NO? IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE STUNT YOU PULLED AT THE BELIEVE CONCERT….
NOW YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO PULL SONGS OUT OF A HAT
MEANINGFUL AND PATRIOTIC SONGS- WHY DIDN’T YOU NOT HAVE IT READY FOR PRINCESS RIH RIH?
SO WHEN YOU SING THE PIG TAIL SONG (AN ITEM THAT IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED, PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING ARRESTED FOR, MIND YOU) WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR CROP OVER?
THIS TIME WHEN THE CULTURAL AMBASSADOR FOR THE PLACE IN ST. JAMES AND MOTHER AFRICA, START TO REPLY TO YOU I HOPE YOU CAN TAKE IT AND YOUR FAMILY DON’T WASTE OVERSEAS CALLS TO ASK FOR AN APOLOGY..LET THEM KNOW EARLY (IF THEY ARE STILL WITH YOU-SINCE YOU DID NOT WIN IN 2007) THAT YOU HAVE REARED YOUR UGLY HEAD AGAIN!
WELL BOYCE YOU COULD SEND THIS TO HIM BY EMAIL, TEXT OR POST OFFICE. IT WILL GO ON UNDERGROUND AND FREE PRESS TOO….HE WILL GET IT…
NEXT ITEM:
SOMEONE ASKED IF SOME POWER COULD NOT HAVE PUT A STOP TO MR. KLEEN WITH THE SWEATY FACE, JUST BE WORKING WITH OR AROUND A SHOW THAT HE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH – THE ALMIGHTY FATHER IS THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN STOP HIM..HIS TOTAL ARROGANCE TAKES COMPLETE CONTROL..HE IS LIKE A PERSON POSSESSED.
NUFF REVEALED!
WAPAT!
This should be preserved for years to come LOL.