fat auntie lizzie getting problems upon problems? Could dear! Could dear!

I honestly think that her comments were airy fairy, the Senator that I believe that she is referring to is no one other than Sen Trotman who we all know to be a Senator appointed by the GG, my records indicate that there is a regular attendence of ALL GOVERNMENT SENATORS ALL OF THEM MAKE IT THEIR POINT TO ATTEND TO DO THE PEOPLE’S WORK FOR THE PEOPLE’s BENEFIT.

My simple comment would be if she is so involved in her own endeavours and finds it to be annoying to visit the Senate, move or ask to replaced but do not just draw a salary and do no work for it.

As George Payne has said many times before she is bombastic and uncouth and the laziest Minister ever to sit in cabinet, easy boy was more productive that the Cantankerous one Liz Thompson, even her Senate mate must be annoyed with her as he is doing all talking for he and her.

We Bajans do have short memories. What’s all the fuss about Liz. When the late E.W Barrow was in opposition he refused the position of Leader Of the Oposition because he could not sit in opposition….1976 Mr Frederick Smith filled the position. Mr Barrow as he was then used to absent himself from the parliament of Barbados and by extension doing the people’s business to recharge his batteries in Miami for months. It was reported he was lecturing at Universities overseas. In more recent times Mr Thompson when he was leader of the opposition found it difficult to accept that role and passed it on to Mr Mascoll. He did not have a perfect attendence record . The DLP opposition spent a lot of their time walking out of the house. Remember those days . Deal with the cost of living and stop padding and posing. Do something to STOP job losses . Address the cost of living issues. Only we the poor will be affected. Don’t get tied up.

@Anonymous

We are reporting what Senator Thompson said so we have not way of verifying. Hopefully the BLP surrogates on BU will shed some light 🙂

I have to agree with Bright Clearmind submission. It is the truth, and probably underscores the Government’s inability to contain the current LOTO. Mia’s activity todate in the constitutionaly provisioned office of the Leader of the opposition is by far, a best practice not equal by any other holder of that office.

Uh still can’t stand de woman, but she is performing the role as is intended, and she is, by so doing, ensuring a government that we all can be proud off and may very well re-elect in 2012. A catch 22 that she may not have thought about, but that she could have come too realize, if she had asked herself why all those previous LOTOS, were not to keen on doing the job? lol!

Parliament’s job is to provide good government during it’s life, and the LOTO plays a key role in ensuring that. The sad thing is I have never seen the LOTO and their party awarded for keeping the government honest and good.

In other words, no one is rewarded for excellence or seeking to do thier jobs.

We prefer mediocrity or/and preserving the staus quo.

Let me Jump in hey // March 27, 2009 at 9:50 am

In other words, no one is rewarded for excellence or seeking to do thier jobs.

We prefer mediocrity or/and preserving the staus quo.
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Please do not blame the people for this. This is all the doing of the westminster system. You cannot expect to have a mixed government, so designed to concentrate power, while making it extremely difficult to identify the responsible and the not so responsible, and then fault the people for NOT recognizing and awarding those who by their individual efforts led to good governance. The people do not elect or select a Prime Minister, a LOTO, or any Minister of government as such. Attended to this, is the election process where candidates are paraded to the electors, not as individuals per se but for the most part under and subservient to the politcal party.

The people in part or whole did not give the LOTO the job, her parliamentary collegues did. I hope. lol!

Electors in their varoius constituencies are ask to elect a person to represent them in parliament. How does becoming the PM, LOTO, or a Minister furthers this understanding?

With failing vision, substantial memory lost, compounded by a serious attack of diabetes that cause him to be uncontrollable and erratic – Brandford Mayhew Taitt of St. Joseph Hospital fames, who is now a shadow of himself – seriously erred in the Senate Chamber again, while presiding over the Appropriations Bill on Friday, March 27, 2009.

Getting personally involved in the debate (something which decent Presiding Officers have avoided from time immemorial – Taitt allowed a wounded Maxine McClean to introduce new issues into the debate, as a desperate, damage control ploy and with the clear intention to give a weak DLP – an unfair advantage.

Despite the pleading of Senator Dean Crichlow – Taitt who is above the law – would not recognise his serious error of ethics and judgment (it must have been a sudden drop of his sugar level).

But the entire Senate Chamber and old man Taitt – was no match for the alert the bright and dynamic, Senator Kerrie Symmonds, who certainly makes Harrison College; the legal profession and the Barbados Labour Party, proud.

Maxine McClean was at the time speaking about: “good governance” but saw nothing wrong with trying to be the Government and the Opposition at the same time, while introducing new issues, knowing full well that neither the Opposition nor Independent Senators – could have responded.

Brandford “St. Joseph Hospital” Taitt permitted Leader of Government Business – Senator Maxine McClean to set a new low in the Senate, which since January 15, 2008 – has become like a rum shop.

It is the trough that is luring the DLP to the dark side. Taitt is merely holding the door open.

What a sad day it was in the Senate!!!

You may say: “Estimates to Remember.”

I do not disagree!!!

Brandford Mayhew “St. Joseph Hospital” Taitt was at his worst.

That is abig stinking lie everyone represented themselves well …….

@At Darknight: after reading your submission i left with your opinion of certain events as they occured in the Senate. What those events are remains a mystery to me.

….So Branford have diabetes and suffers from out of balance blood sugar levels much the same as Rawle “diabolical forces” Eastmond? Well we should listen to Brandford more often, as it seems, during these episodes a whole lottuh truth does come out. lol!

You, Dark SH…TE, are a despicable character to gloat over someone’s illness, but what else can one expect from a BLP slimeball. And by the way, he is DOCTOR Branford Mayhew Taitt and you are not fit to spit upon the ground he walks on.

Jude // March 27, 2009 at 4:07 pm

You, Dark SH…TE, are a despicable character to gloat over someone’s illness, but what else can one expect from a BLP slimeball. And by the way, he is DOCTOR Branford Mayhew Taitt and you are not fit to spit upon the ground he walks on.
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This aint Jude the Dude Eastmond, Rawle’s brother nuh?
I saw Brandford in 2004 walking the beach down by the flour mill, and more recently i watched and listened to his interview with Stedson Babb, on vobtv. For a man his age and with his alledged ailment he sounded and looked well to me. To those of us who are 43-44 years old, and has been overweight all of there adult life and are known chain smokers, and like to serve and eat burgers, the challenge for you, is to reach Brandford’s age, let alone his health at his current age.

So Adrian Hinds tell the BU family from where and when did Branford EARN his doctorate?

So true carson,so true.

This country barbados will never be the country that it was.

Now that corrupt bajan officials allowed these low class guyanese to get permanent residence thorough fraud, the effect of their behaviour will soon be seen in this society in a couple of years.

Those slimy,oily hair indians are the most corrupt and no principled ones.

We will soon lose that wonderful image we developed over the years.

Guyana’s fourth Executive President, Mrs. Janet Jagan, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Saturday at 00:35 hrs, she was 88.

It appears to me that based on the Nation report today that Liz Thompson’s days are indeed numbered in the Senate.

One of the leaders must have spoken up and said enough is enough and out goes you Cantankerous Liz Thompson.

I know that Wishing in Vain is not Hartley Henry dont ask me how I know I just know ………

In more recent times Mr Thompson when he was leader of the opposition found it difficult to accept that role and passed it on to Mr Mascoll – by Clear Brightmind
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Rubbish. The only post David Thompson gave up was Parth Leader. He could not give up Opposition Leader to Mascoll because Mascoll only became a Member of the Houue in 2003. The DLP team in 2003 voted him as LOTO and then got rid of him for lack of performamce.

You were neither clear not bright on this matter!

This is my first time on a blog. Interesting comments.

I have to agree with Anonymous. Mia is trying to whip up the BLP support and affect the non-political . But it is too early for that kind of politics to reap any sensible success. I have tuned out and most of my friends many of who are Bees have also tuned out.

There is enough bad news all over the world!

The BLP needs a new leader with fresh ideas and a new team to champion them. The last five years of the BLP truly made me reflect on where barbados was going.

Right now, despite the critics, David Thompson has proven to be an accessible, likeable, competent and admirable Prime Minister. A political elixir.

He has a good team and a supportive private sector and civil society. In fact, I have found him to be more my cup of tea now that when he was Opposition Leader and I suspect from my soundings that most Barbadians agree.
He brings people closer to him both by performance and by character.

On the other hand, Mia has challenges which she must surmount. The biggest is a moral challenge and matters of this sort are coming to the fore politically worldwide. We don’t like to speak openly about these things. But behind Mia’s back I suspect that she will do worse than when she was Deputy under Arthur. She also appears abrasive and in a hurry.

In other words, Deputy yes. Leader no.

The David Thompson/Obama style and substance is so attractive and balanced. They live our dreams with a wives who have poise and brilliance, a family that we like to see. They are not perfect but we could do a lot worse at this time.

To me, David Thompson doesn’t pretend. After many years of public scrutiny and crticism, he passes the tests public opinion and the Bajan society have set and I strongly believe that a Divine Hand put him there for us.

TTH,
You were spot on in your writings, Mia has more questions that answers about her morally and capabilities as a leader she is very, very poor.
As someone mentioned the other day, have you ever looked at a written manuscript of a speech delivered by Mottley and really examined it in full?
Emptyiness at its very best, emptyiness.

TTH // March 29, 2009 at 4:49 pm

This is my first time on a blog. Interesting comments.

I have to agree with Anonymous. Mia is trying to whip up the BLP support and affect the non-political . But it is too early for that kind of politics to reap any sensible success. I have tuned out and most of my friends many of who are Bees have also tuned out.
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Imagine such an outlandish concoction of tropical hogwash and froth. Further, a week after an Estimate debate and the DLP is struggling.

Day after day the DLP get a little closer to prooving Peter Wickham right: “one term government.”

I agree with Wickham, the DLP does not know what it is doing. That is why Barbadians started to tune-out within 100 day of voting for the DLP.

Yes!

The 800 plus who have gone home for Four Season, the 45 from Sagicor, the 35 for the Nations, the dozens the DLP fired and those who are on the list to be fired, the dozens who Ralph taylor sent home from Almond – are also tuning out from the DLP?

So too, those who are struggling with the high cost of living the DLP promised to reduce.

Also, policemen; teachers and nurses who did not get that increase pay of duty free cars and those who have no access to the 2000 houses the DLP promised to build every year, but did not build last year.

Yes!

Barbadians are disappointed because the DLP does not know what it is doing.

And yes! Day after day the list of those who are tuning out continues to get longer. In Opposition the DLP used its 90 and 100 day gimmick to win the election.

Now in government, it is using housing – “not through the UDC and RDC but through the NHC.”

But in order to get a house through NHC, you have to be working. But – with no job creation or job lost prevention plan, the DLP is placing Barbadians on the breadline daily.

Sinckler promised high paying jobs where no one would work in Barbados under a DLP government for less than $200 per week.

The DLP has a new job creation plan for Barbadians: $0.50 per pound for African Snails.

Anonymous // March 30, 2009 at 1:41 pm

Maybe that is why Arthur had to correct her every statement with another lie
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You want to hear lie? Then consider this:

On page 10 of the Barbados Business Authority of Monday, March 30, 2009 Prime Minister Thompson said that Constituency Councils are an important aspect of his government’s response to the global economic crisis.

What utter nonsense!!!

On page 48 of its 2008 Manifesto, which was released prior to the January 15, 2008 general elections – the DLP promised state-funded Constituency Councils.

The truth

The global financial crisis, which was caused by a massive failure of regulations, greed and poor risk analysis – in New York and Europe – become known in September/October 2008 when large amounts of taxpayers dollars had to be spent to prop-up banks like: AIG; Fortis, Northern Rock RBS and Citigroup.

If Thompson and the DLP were concerned about the impact of the global crisis on Barbadians, surely he would not have made a bad situation worst by:

(a) imposing a silly 77% diesel price increase,
(b) introducing an inflationary budget,
(c) imposing $180 million in new taxes on Barbadians;
(d) failing to adjust the land tax rates and bands, and
(e) refusing to introduce a sensible and timely Stimulus Package.

Therefore, having made a bad situation worst, David Thompson cut the amount allocated to the Welfare Department by some $7 million, and refuses to outline a job creation strategy for Barbados – other than offer to pay fifty cents per pound for African snails, collected and establishing constituency councils as part of the promised DLP fatted calf.

The most intelligent people in Barbados are already aware that Constituency Councils are no substitute for Stabilization Programme. Thompson and the DLP are not.

Noone in the history of politics in Barbados have ever told or will ever tell as much lies as Thompson.

The longer David Thompson speaks, the more lies he tells. Sinckler and hartley henry says that Thompson tell a new lie every twenty seconds.

Wishing In Vain // March 30, 2009 at 8:39 pm

Dark Knight / +royalmummble/ aka Slyvan Greenidge aka PARO IN A SUIT,
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Tell me! What do all of these have in common:

Paula, David, brick back Mountain, “Liberachy” DD and hartley “in a dress, ask Skerrit” henry.