I think the DLP is on the right track, a weakened DLP best method of defence is to attack and the best person to attack is Owen himself; put him on the backfoot. Maybe Pilgrim is also looking at highlighting himself as the candidate for the DLP in St.John but in my books he follow down the line, I have Mara Thompson first ( only because it is alleged that this is a death bed request from David himself), Dr Leroy Mcclean, that young man from ST>John, Virla Depeiza and maybe then Pilgrim

Owen Arthur’s tribute was a total disgrace, I swore he was drunk, this shows the difference between he and Mia, she would have delivered that with class, his was the worst tribute paid.His choice of Kerrie Simmons over Liz Thompson shows a total lack of good common sense a woman who has made it to as far as the United Nations, where she would have some influence representing Barbados and maybe getting things down. His flippant action in getting rid of Mia got some people thinking, lots of people have now switched to DLP,plus since the death of Mr.David Thompson, got some looking at values and other issues,Owen Arthur is not the type of person I respect as a leader, I am one of them if I was in Mia’s constituency I would have remained but she is not, I am now DLP

@The Scout

How the BLP manages its business inhouse has implications for how they do so when in government.

The column in today’s paper which was written by: “the Owen Arthur power-hungry faction of the BLP, confirms the deliberate disrespect shown to the late Prime Minister Thompson in the tribute in the House on Tuesday.

Today, Barbadians are seeing “the Owen Arthur power-hungry faction of the divided BLP” spouting more of the same.

That is to say, the politics of spite, tribalism and division and the politics of politics. Such ugliness as a result of Arthur’s desperation for relevance and lust for power.

That column can be described as “disrespectful,” dishonest and “dictatorial.”

(LISTEN TO THIS TONE – NOTE THE DISRESPECT, CONSISTENT WITH ARTHUR’S VULGAR TRIBUTE ON TUESDAY)

“Now with the late Mr. Thompson having been appropriately mourned, buried and lauded over a 17-day period, the populace of Barbados are more than ready to return to the realities and practicalities of day to day living…”

(HEAR THE DICTATOR SPEAK)

And in coming back down to earth from that extended emotional high, right-thinking Barbadians justifiably concerned about the nation’s well-being would want to have the country’s attention refocused on the continuing, protracted and parlous state of our economy.

(HERE IS THE DISHONEST PART)

“Opposition Leader Arthur has quite properly signalled that the immediate task of the BLP would be to reposition the dangerous state of the economy at the centre of national attention and debate…”

Is Arthur saying that he alone can fix the economy. In any event, is it the economy that needs to be fixed but the corruption within the economy. A strong economy under the rule of the Arthur-BLP rule really only mean increased corruption

Today’s column by “the Owen Arthur power-hungry faction of the divided BLP,” confirms that the disrespect demonstrated by Owen Arthur in his so-called tribute to the late Prime Minister Thompson was no accident but a calculated exercise, which was intended to convey exactly how Arthur felt and feels about David Thompson and the DLP, which made his (Arthur’s) corruption public.

That is why the first act if he ever becomes Prime Minister again will be to scrap the Prevention of Corruption Act.

His cause if to seek a 4th term to out-do Mr. Barrow. His mission is to ensure that he does all in his power to ensure that the DLP never win an election again. Already, elections within the BLP are being rigged.

He wants to have the sole right in Barbados to determine who becomes Prime Minister and the government.

Given those ugly early warning indicators, I say to Barbadians not to believe that crap that Owen Arthur is the only man on planet earth who knows what to do to fix the economy.

Owen Arthur wants to rule not serve. he wants to be Prime Minister again just to out-do Mr. Barrow.

@ Bajan Panday

Are you quite sure that you have spelt your BU name correctly.
Seems to me you might want to spell it thusly…….. “Bajan PANTY”. You actually remind me of a soiled one. 🙂

I realise that whenever the BLP stalwarts can’t win a debate they start to insult!

This always causes persons to retaliate.

Yawn …… will nothing ever change!

Charlie
I don’t need an apology from you since you have a one track mind. Thank God there are persons like me who determines who govern this country. As long as Mrs Thompson remains outside of active politics her privacy should or must be respected but certainly you don’t expect when the gates fly and Mrs Thompson is a candidate that the opposition will treat her the same way, that’s why I think that she should remain out of active politics.

@Scout
I was supporting Mara for the bye-election in St John on second thoughts she should forget about it since her personal life and financial dealings will be fair game. She might have to explain the cash purchase of the property that she and Mrs Parris made.

Bajan Panday

Your account of whah happened is not correct

I was there and what you write is not correct
Please be truthful in your deliberations

Watching
That’s what I’m talking about, once she become a candidate, all the sympathy towards her because of the death of her husband, goes through the window, she will now be in a different role wearing a different hat and will be treated differently and that would be fair game. I hope the DLP expects that the same dignity will be accorded her then that is expected now. I don’t think people should force her into that position, she is not the type of person who can fight fire with fire and therefore she can be mauled. It is not that she would lose the elections but she might win the battle but lose the war. The question is, is she ready for her personal life to be exposed to the public?

@Watching | November 12, 2010 at 12:11 PM | @Scout
“I was supporting Mara for the bye-election in St John on second thoughts she should forget about it since her personal life and financial dealings will be fair game. She might have to explain the cash purchase of the property that she and Mrs Parris made.”

Better be careful with that kind of talk, Watching! I might have to pass a cheeky little note to the Clerk Of Parliament!

Also …. I thought that Hartley Henry was taking a break. He’s now back in the form of BAJAN PANDAY with a style of viciousness, supreme lying and ennuendo, the likes of which I have never seen! Hartley, we are not surprised or dismayed, but it is clear that Arthur got you real frighten, especially when you keep repeating the same ignoramous lies hoping somebody would eventually believe them.

By the way Hartley, this monotonous foolishness that Mr.Arthur insulted Mrs. Thompson :-

Tell me how is it that Mrs. Thompson and the multi-titled cleric David Durant (I mean Doctor, Reverend, Bishop, Apostle, (False?) Prophet Senator Durant) were laughing so heartily when Arthur very HUMOUROUSLY recounted the Liz Thompson cutlass incident, which of course David Thompson BRILLIANTLY and CREATIVELY manipulated for political advantage?

BUT ….when the same Arthur ALSO HUMOUROUSLY recounted the SECRET IMF DEAL INCIDENT, both Mrs. Thompson and the cleric’s faces turned SOUR, to the extent that she steathily passed a little note to the “waiting” Clerk Of Parliament.

HOW ON GOD’S EARTH could the SECRET IMF DEAL have been a slander on Thompson, when Arthur thought it was one big joke. THOMPSON himself would have thought it a big joke, cause he would have known it couldn’t be proven that Arthur made a secret deal.

The really BIG JOKE would have been the tens of thousands who turned up in Queens Park that night to hear details of the same SECRET DEAL, but there was NOTHING. I was there and I remeber laughing, and THOMPSON WAS ON THE PLATFORM LAUGHING TOO!

I just cannot understand the continuing rigmarole from David(BU) and Hartley Henry and crew, that Mr. Arthur insulted Mrs. Thompson! How could all these comedic details, though FACTUAL, be construed as insults?

de Hood
The T&T changed government has hauled persons from the last administration before the courts already, to the point where some of them are now world runners and interpol is after them. This government changed recently while the DLP was in government for almost three years and yet they can’t get anyone before the courts, therefore it is better for the DLP yardfowls to stop bringing up the topic because it is beginning to embarrass the ruling DLP. Stop talking about it and it will fade away, continue talking about it and not charging some person/s will hurt the DLP in the future.

Something I forgot to mention was that almost throughout the session of the House, Thompson, Estwick, and especially the Sinckler guy who is getting fatter and fatter every day, all said they want to hear NOTHING FROM THE OPPOSITION. After all they said, “YOU HAD 14 YEARS, DON’T TELL WE NOTHING!”
So , what consultation with Arthur you telling me bout?

@ Fair and Balance | November 12, 2010 at 12:52 PM | I wonder why there is so much fascination by the DLP supporters about what is going on in the BLP. Rather than concentrate on running the country. It seems like the country is at a standstill and the only thing we can hear from the DLP is Arthur this and Arthur that.

When we recollect what Arthur had to say about the DLP’s leadership I do not read ‘fascination’ I see ‘comparison’ if you should only recollect. Remember, OSM put up a description the electorate compared and continue to compare and can now do it based on facts.

The BLP leadership contentions were hidded – now it is in open – so, one can compare and comment based on facts (what we see and hear from the horses’ mouths).

@ Bajan Panday
A resounding “Yes” to all of the above.
All questions answered in the affirmative by those who will speak the truth.

@Anonymous Numero Uno
I thought the comment on Arthur in Hartley’s speech inappropriate for a eulogy. Likewise OSM’s comments.

Also, recollect that Hartley said that the late PM took out proposed names from Boards and replaced with cawmerians. That too was inappropriate not to mention at the wrong time.

June | November 12, 2010 at 5:41 PM |

You said, quote:- “To all who are asking for charges to be made against perpetrators, my question is, Can the files be found?”
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Exactly!! Like we are saying. . . . . . . . NO PROOF!! Then shut to so and so up!! Everything else is just SLANDER and RUMOUR!

I didn’t listen totally to H H eulogy but if what Anonymous numero uno is saying is true, then that too was a low blow to be delivered not only at an occasion like that but before a mumber of rigional leaders and foreign dignitaries and of course Mrs Arthur. This then makes me believe that Mrs Thompson was pushed to report the matter to the Parliament CLERK

I still maintain that Mr Arthur was wrong because two wrongs don’t make a right but the first law in physics is “to every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” or like Lil Ric would say ” if I hit you hit me back.” I hope both parties would lift the level of their debate and arguments and take it out of the gutter. This present level of politics is not the political climate that Mrs Thompson should get herself involved in, she has a job on her hand raising those three girl children, they are going to need her more now that Dad has gone, then I don’t think she’s cut out for activepolitics in any case; just allow the family to grieve in private.

@Scout
The comparision is in the human side . Not in the Spiritual. If you read the comments. Now don’t get it twisted. Calm Down.!

islandgal
The thing is that most of them are big hypocrites, just jumping on a bandwagon and shouting. I heard one woman say she still don’t believe he’s dead, that they should have left him a little longer in case he was in a deep coma. how ridiculous, it can’t get no worse.

@ ac

Wunna bes try an contact de Bushman and see ef he could help wunna wid a bush bath @ de 4 cross a moonlight nite. Dah is the onliest ting I be tinking gine help all a wunna! 🙂

Fair and Balance
wah really got you is dat we gnawing at wunna ass like rats. when wunna did mekking mock sport at David’s statement ‘crime and violence’ amongst others, you din kno dat there were more important issues of great concern. Ya two-mout swine.

Anonymous Numero Uno
How you kno dat Bajan Panday is HH? I want one a dem monitors dat you got dat could see peeple pun BU. Hummuch fa one? dem xpensiv? now ya see why I does got ta cuss? stupseeee. Doan worry bout who is de messanger and ignore de message. you brighta dhan dat.

Paula Oneill
If you use ta spy pun de short man so too you would kno dat nabody cannnn drink mo alcohol dhan he. you would also kno bout de chil’ren he got bout de place while still marrid ta first wifey and ya would also kno dat secun wifey was first he secretry dat did tekkin all he dicktation. i cried fa David and mine din crocodile nor alligata tears blindya. He was a friendly fella dat is why he could be seen all about. go n check fa de short man n get back ta me ya shite-bucket.

Lynette Eastmond
Go n play wid ya nootsey ya idjit. nabody in lookin you way not even ya hubby. stupseeeeeeeeee

ac
keep de flame forever burning girl doan mind de detractors n haters of David. Like i said before, ‘Lord protect me from my friends, my enemies I can take care of’. I hate two-mout fcuking peeple. ya eitha wid me or against me and some a dese peeple dat claim David did dem frien getting me concerned. wid friends like dem ya doan need enemies. I does stan up fa my friends, de few i have, thru tick n tin. I in gun bad tawk dem like summa dem bout hay claimin ta like he. dem even holding on ta evry good word ya got ta sah bout he. well i tell ya………………………….’ lord, protect me from my frie………………

de hood
if it was de short man dat passed you would be singing a different tune maybe, Pappa Doc. A lie?

@ BP

Yuh tellin meh dat “if it did de short man ah would be singing a different tune”? De short man!. . . . . . . Bon, leh meh tell yuh sumptin hey an’ now. . . . . meh mudda dun get plant, meh fadda dun get plant an’ meh closest sista dun get plant an’ ah ain’t sing nuh tune so wuh ah gine sing tune now fuh. Short man?? Tall man?? All ah DEM is man, nun ah DEM ain’t GOD!