Mia’s tournament is being broadcast on live TV to a healthy crowd.

Lord have mercy!

It means that she is doing what Ronald Jones has not been able to do and that is to energize the football.

JUST ASKING

You used a lot of words to say nothing at all.

We believe that those in the Barbados Labour Party were not comfortable with a WOMAN being at the head of the BLP and that is why you got rid of her.

Plain and simple.

You don’t want to see WOMEN IN BARBADOS PROGRESS.

Bunch of gangsters.

you are spot on artaerexes. i couldn’t have said it better. had mr arthur took a back seat and played an elder statemen role in the party and parliament till he resigned; then the dlp with their present performance would have been a one-term administration and mr arthur’s place in the annals of barbados as a good primeminister would have been assured. rather he toohk the low road like cassius in julius caesar with a lean and hungry look and has lsacificed what little credibility he had on the altar of expediency. his mirrow image shoukld jolt him to the reality that there will only be one errol walton barrow.

mia is not the first nor will she be the last politician to suffer at the hands of internal party machinations across the leght and breadth of the caribbean. a few years ago manning and rowley were at war with manning threatening to expose the purported corrupt practices of mr rowley. lok who is the deputy leader of the opposition now and who will possibly become the next prime minister of trinidad and tobago after the next elections. like mr rowley,who was bruised and battered , she has chosen to remain the party. therefore nothing she does must be perceived to be surreptiously supporting the other side.again like mr rowley; her time will come. as mr estwick said time longer than twine and the g

WOULD you know your place ?

Owen Arthur is not the same man he was 14 years ago. He does not have the energy; moves a lot slower and even repeats himself. A neighbour, who was there, told me that Owen Arthur tried to raise five different issues during a speech he tried to give and a BLP crowd said: “we hear that already – Mia Already talk bout dat – tell us something new man!” Owen had nothing new to say and as I was told, he said: “I come this evening to officially launch the BLP general election campaign.” That was on June 5, 2011: elections are due in 2013.

But even 14 years ago, when it was alleged that he was performing well, Owen Arthur had a lot of help: there were billions of dollars floating around, hence ‘foreign direct investment’ in abundance. A Minister of Finance then – had the option to refuse any investor he wanted, there were so many! Today, Arthur has to keep his doctor (Jerome Walcott) close, so too Mr. Hardwood, for his expertise, which Arthur will find very useful, if he gets another bite at the cake. But Arthur is now a shadow of himself!
Even the pants he wore are three sizes too big now. It is not difficult to see that he has also lost considerable weight. Looking shaky does not tell half the story! His health has deteriorate significantly, resulting in serious weight-loss; he is a lot more frail; he does not remember things, he is a lot more grumpy and gets angry, a lot easier and while the entire world and Barbados has changed and moved-on at a brisk pace, Arthur still thinks it is 1994.

It was a pitiful sight to see him two budgets ago. He was all over the shop and seemed incoherent – white spit at both corners of his mouth’ like a mad-dog. I agree that Minister Sinckler and PM Stuart “D’SKINNED” him! In the recent budget, he was so disorganised – shuffling through papers and disjointed. It was embarrassing! It is understandable why he does not want to let go! He now fathers children he always had from several different women but kept secret. He went through a bitter divorce and compounded by medical bills for his serious diabetes and hypertension – he is now literally broke. One last assault on the Treasury will set him right and that is why he desperately wants to become Prime Minister and Minister of Finance again, at any cost and regardless of what deals he has to make.

This is a man who in the 1990’s – when cost of living and inflation were not issues – told the country that politics for him is a painful exercise and too difficult as burden to carry. He made it clear, then, that he could not live on the salary he was getting. Think how it is for him today, given the children he now admits are his, the cost to keep other women silent from coming forward; then factor-in the cost of a bitter divorce that left him near bankrupt and now with serious expensive medical bills to pay. Owen Arthur is “yesterday’s man trying desperately to connect in today’s fast-pace and constantly changing world.

There is something else! At no time can it be said that Owen Arthur is totally in-charge of his mental faculty because he is constantly under medication to calm him; medication for his hypertension; medication for his diabetes and other medication (no doubt which) Jerome Walcott knows about. So, in today’s Owen Arthur – you could have a Minister of Defense who is under the influence of drugs – even if prescribed but on a sustained basis. Now! If not the BLP – surely Barbados can do better!

The only way Owen Arthur should be allowed anywhere near Bay Street, is if (as Leader of the BLP’s Geriatric Brigade) his destination is the Geriatric Hospital.

@ Owen Arthur – The Man That Was:

Why are you so caustic in your personal attack on OSA. This vendetta is not called for. You have pointed out that OSA is sick, frail looking and incapable. That might be true; and as such you should show a bit of sympathy. Diabetes can have deleterious effects on the human body, both physically and mentally. I also feel OSA is burnt-out – not because of his age- but that he gave his all during his terms in office. He has nothing new to offer and should step aside gracefully. But what is amazing is that the so-called young, energetic, “brilliant and smart” bunch running the show are unable to move the country forward. Their inertia can also be seen in areas that have nothing to do with the bogey man called “International Recession”. Many promises made in the manifesto to improve governance, democracy and further empower citizens on whom the country has spent billions of dollars educating and up-skilling have been thrown through the window.

If you are going to criticize Owen do it based on his performance and current inability to run things; not his private life. How do you know OSA is financially broke or he is a philanderer; unless you were one of his quarry?

These sure are desperate times for the anti-Owen operatives.

In an earlier article entitled: ‘Pre-determined Outcome – A Party of Deals,’ I made the point that ‘if you thought last year’s Annual Conference (2010) was the most rowdy and disorganised in the BLP’s 73 year history – then this year’s promises to be the most pre-determined. I added that it will be a political non-event and went on the say that ‘those attending should not expect any buzz or excitement.’

Nothing has changed and many are still saying that the BLP’s 2011 Conference should really be cancelled, especially since there will be nothing new to report: The BLP does not even have a full slate of candidates; the promised public meetings are yet to get off the ground (despite that party having launched its general election campaign five months ago now; the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) never met and even though the BLP alleges that: “Bees Ready,” that party does not even have a functioning Shadow Cabinet.

Owen Arthur is old; tired; has not new ideas and really did not remember any of this. In the recent budget, the DLP (through Minister Sealy) reminded the country that the Public Accounts Committee (under Owen Arthur) is yet to meet. Pressured by these facts; running out of time and driven by his own witch-hunt agenda, Owen Arthur has hurriedly arranged a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to throw red-meat to the base of his party (as a distraction tactic) but more so because up to this point – he has nothing to report at his party’s up-coming annual conference. Arthur is simply being blinded by Mia Mottley’s glow and is therefore desperate and dangerous. While he is engaging in political trivia and irrelevance and pulling silly political stunts, Mia is doing remarkable things for the people, while coming-up with innovative ideas, effortlessly.

The Nation newspaper (now functioning as an executive arm of the BLP) on Sunday (October 2nd 2011) announced that Arthur has selected the Pierhead Project for a probe by the PAC, which he chairs. The question is: should Arthur be allowed to use people’s time and a State entity, to go after people (Bannister & Darcy Boyce) long-time friends and some to whom he has given lucrative government contracts, like the prison and a sweet-heart; multi-million deal to construct an oil storage facility and the Coast Guard facility? Shouldn’t Arthur be the one being investigated?

Barbadians have not made the error yet and made this man Prime Minister and already he is hunting people whom he believes, have crossed him. In this personal vendetta and one-man-lover’s-quarrel and under the guise of acting in the public’s interest – Arthur is expected to abuse his power as Chairman of the PAC and summon people like Darcy Boyce, Lawrence Bannister; the present Minister of Finance and others, to give evidence and seek to embarrass then.

Why should such a ‘kangaroo court’ be permitted? Is such a personal vendetta and witch-hunt, using the State apparatus, ethical? Why no inquiry into “hardwood,” or “JAWS?” Why no inquiry into the serious concerns expressed by Rawle Eastmond in 2010 about voter padding and why not a word from him about electoral fraud within the BLP? I feel that somebody should really file an injunction preventing this sort of ‘distraction tactic and political stunt” Owen Arthur is attempting to pull, as regards the Pierhead project announcement.

Because, as Political Leader of the BLP, who is turning blind-eye to corruption – Owen Arthur has no moral or ethical authority to call no probe into the Pierhead or anything else. Why is there no probe whether he used the office of Prime Minister to raise funds for his wedding or to pay for his divorce? We are talking about a man who made a deal to be Leader of the Opposition and Political leader of the BLP, yah know! He who is seeking equity should come with clean hands – CLEAN-UP THE BLP FIRST!

Owen Arthur does not realise that government contracts are not his to give, neither should they be given by him with the specific intention to buy permanent affection, worship and social-class acceptance. Why is he so angry that the country is moving forward and people are making it without him, as Bannister and Boyce are showing him? Arthur cannot deal with that! Secondly, using the PAC to investigate the Pierhead Project is an admission that Arthur already knows that he cannot win the next election for the BLP. He is therefore hunting people “NOW” when he is Opposition Leader and Chairman of the PAC.

@Christopher

Truth, The truth is lost in between as always . We always we always get either side of the story never the truth.

Yes it is but how many actually want to hear the truth rather than just lay blame on one and the other. The small group the want the truth will overshadowed by the masses.

@anthony…

Have you considered the possibility that what you need to do might not be easy?

On the other hand, have you considered the possibility that it might be in all of our best interests if we do so?

Just asking….

@anthony: “Doing the right ting[sic] is sometimes hard but it should be done.

No shit.

CCC
At the end of the day the DLP government has to pay LAGAN $ 60million and another $40 million for the redesign that is a waste of taxpayers’ money

@CCC: “Only you and your BLP cronies believe that

What is actually funny is watching you two fighting…

Hmmmm….

millertheanunnaki

White verbs, black verbs, yellow verbs, it makes no difference.
When he speaks everyone, including you, understand. Effective communication has taken place.

You want to hear “green verbs” listen to COW. Bet you don’t have the balls to critique him.

Then again he is WHITE.

You black people enjoy pulling down each other.

Ask COW about the canning factory and the thousands of Bajans who lost every cent in it.

Two famous ones Elombe Mottley and Prof. Stan Reid.

SCOUT

“they will lose miserably”

That would please you tremendously, but you have a long wait.

@ CCC:

I can take that one about the canning factory as a valid criticism of COW. That was very poor management on his part and he should be asked to compensate the small investors for this downright incompetence. He is now in a position to make good his misdeeds.

Everything was in place and the environment was ripe for such a venture which was well marketed and promoted with a potentially good management team in place. That project should have acted as a major fillip to local non-sugar agriculture and saved Barbados a lot of forex in the long-run. Has he ever told Bajans the reasons for the failure of the venture?

As for the other 2 gentlemen mentioned, I don’t know what you are on about. Maybe you are referring to events that occurred during a time when I was not around. But I’ll be happy to know because I know both gentlemen; one dead and the other living in JA.

No one was ever told why the venture failed.
It was just swept under the carpet, no screaming, no shouting, no one asking back for their money, no one wanted anybody lock up.

It failed miserably and that was that.

humm maybe cow paid back the investors then ? that just leaves the workers out of a job. and everyone else happy.

SCOUT

I can remember the “canning factory”, hardwood housing, gems project.