New green shoots tend to grow when there is not only a suitable climate for such growth, but when they are nurtured.

I believe there has been a recent change in Barbados for the better. There is now a better atmosphere and the “fear” which lurked behind silent shadows has “almost” been removed. The greed which sometimes bedevil “some” of us will no doubt take a little longer…but come it will.

To be a citizen of Barbados should mean something and that must not be surrendered lightly. When you become such a citizen you should be proud of what you are, that should not always be seen in riches, but in what you are a part , then when we leave this space we will leave a rich societal legacy for our children.

How do we see ourselves? ‘We’ see ourselves as living up to this idea of global inclusion, as meeting the standards of Eurocentric dominant world bodies ..i.e. the UN, IMF, UNICEF, World Bank……’We’ see ourselves as good humble, obedient, christian, servants doing ‘God’s’ will while looking down our nose at those who need a hand up. ‘We’ see ourselves caring more about what others think of us instead of caring about others. ‘We’ see the mote in ‘our’ brother’s eye, while being blinded by the beam that’s in ‘ours.’ ‘We’ see ourselves as being 98% literate enough to be mere slaves on a ‘free’ plantation while not being able read the writing on the wall.
We, the ‘Firm craftsmen of our fate!

According to the UN Human Development Index, Barbados has the third best standard of living in the entire western hemisphere and out of 177 countries world wide, it comes in 31st. All of this we were able to accomplish without having to travel around the world ‘killing’ others to take what they have. This is an unimaginable feat for such a small oceanic island. ‘Craftsmen of Our Fate!!!’

Yardbroom stated it right, ‘To be a citizen of Barbados should mean something’ this definitely brings us to that burning question asked above “How DO we see ourselves?” I find it very hard to agree with Hopi because it is too SAD a commentary on us. But there were some seeds planted back then. If we attribute where we are now with the efforts of the DLP and the late Honourable Errol Barrow then one of those were planted back then, when, even though Mr. Barrow was fighting against white Europeans for an independent Barbados, he form a collation with the US, Gerald Bull (HARP) and others to circumvent the UN Arms embargo against South Africa whose white government was engaged in the brutal extermination of black south Africans at the same time. Hopefully, ‘We don’t see ourselves as good humble, obedient, Christian servants doing ‘God’s’ will while looking down our nose at those who need a hand up’ and we’re willing to help others while preserving our heritage.

However, as of late, it seems as though quite a few decisions made at the upper level of our leadership only serve the benefit of a few. Maybe we should try less hard at adopting the bad ways of others and get back to delivering ‘on the dreams of our founding fathers.’ Over the past twenty years the issue of immigration has only gotten worst, I would the drafting of new relevant policy would be a good place to start.

Here are some of the things that a future People’s Democratic Congress Government shall do in this country:

1) Abolish the evil scourge of ALL TAXATION;

2) Abolish dreaded Interest Rates;

3) Abolish Motor Vehicle Insurance;

4) Remove ALL Exchange Rates Parities with the Barbados Dollar;

5) Make ALL Institutional Loans for Productive Purposes Non-Repayable;

6) Make Imports of Goods and Services into this country Zero-“priced” at ALL points of entry;

7) Make Exports of Goods and Services, once destined for the external market, paid for in local currency/ “prices”;

8) Bring about a system whereby the ONLY multi-member corporate business entities that shall exist in Barbados are PARTNERSHIPS, whereby present day workers in present day enterprises in Barbados shall NO LONGER BE WORKERS but shall REALLY become PART-OWNERS of those Partnership enterprises, shall truly be remunerated in dividends, shall definitely be entitled, as of legal constitutional right, to take part in all major decision making processes of these enterprises, and shall be entitled, as of legal constitutional right, to ALL critical information affecting the functioning of these enterprises;

9) Seriously institute a regime whereby NONE of our lands in Barbados shall be “sold” to foreigners; a regime whereby the renting of land shall be abolished and whereby there shall be caps placed on the maximum number of acres of lands a Barbadian citizen, business, entity can so-called own in this country;

10) The establishment of a regime of rent control for all types of rented building accommodations in Barbados;

11) The institution of a national legislative system whereby CONSTITUENTS SHALL debate and pass the laws of this country – thus the emergence of the concept and practice of sovereignty lying in the hands of the people of this country, and NOT in the hands of the Queen, the Governor General, the Parliament or the CCJ;

12) The Abolition of the first past the post electoral system and in its place a variant of the proportional representational system; and

13) The removal of the Queen as Head of State of Barbados and in her place the installation of a nationally elected Executive Head of State and Cabinet – which itself shall be nationally elected;

Surely, these are the types of serious political and other changes that are needed to further develop our country at this time of national political economic crisis.

PDC

What are these idiots really doing?

So they are turning around Nelson around again.

Having spent $995,000 last time they “ruled” Barbados to stop Nelson from looking down Broad Steet, these jokers will spend more of our tax dollars to change his direction again.

what about the cost of living?

Do something that makes sense or resign!!!

We need to see truth as truth and practice it. No deception, no corruption, honesty and fair play ,respect for self and the rights of others all ingredients necessary which help to define a society.

What a poor excuse by that minister for not removing that criminal Nelson …’100 yrs from now someone might call for the removal of Barrow or Walcott.’ Instead, we will keep him there while we remove our heroes to another location that’s a secret right now. OMG! But we have to keep Nelson there so that when the tourist come they can see what good and loyal british subjects we are! Boo Boo!Aren’t we? But we gotta hide the faces of these Black Heroes, can’t let the tourist see them. No wonder Bajans don’t know who they are. I say to take Nelson down and put him on BA and send him back to ?uckingham Palace.

@Simple Enough……How you doing? Still waiting for those pancakes. This New World Order has been around for the about the last 2000k years. It came with the advent of Christianity. The Bible said all this would happen not because someone got a vision from “God” but because those that are in “power” have been planning this from the get-go. This has nothing to do with prophecy, this is all about their big master plan. And they put it right in that Bible that was sanctioned by the Vatican. And YES we can change it, if we would put down that Bible and take up the with REAL KNOWLEDGE.

@General Lee, your comment is well articulated, the most disconcerting thing about this is the creeping IGNORANCE of Bajans. As The Scout did (your reflection is an inspiration), I would hope that more of us are willing to ask ourselves the question. For those who like to use “the Bible” to justify everything, therein lies the origin of this ignorance.

Look at the Big assemblies in barbados now-a-days PENTACOSTAL and Living room so called Churches! Dem practicing VOODO just like De Catholics… carismatic movement Indeed !! Speaking in Tongues (babbling and cussing the living god ) What utter Ignorance and YEs I can justify my comment BIBLICALLY !!!