Submitted by Hamilton Hill
One of Country & Western’s most prolific song writers the late Bill Andersen once wrote a song called “Where Have All The Heroes Gone”. While listening to that song not long ago,the sense of frustration that I had subconsciously buried for quite some time, fought its way back to the top of my thought process, bringing to the fore this question.
Where have all the stalwarts of the DLP gone?
With such history, such a glowing legacy of performance in the name of nation building, why now do we seem so hell bent on gifting away the reign of leadership, as was done in 1994? Old sea dogs the likes of Greaves, the both of them and others like Branford Taitt, F.G.Smith, Keith and Erskine Simmonds must make sure that the gaffe of 94 remains a haunting memory never to be repeated.
If such must obtain then they must assume leadership of a vessel that for the most part gives the appearance of a rudder-less craft aimlessly sailing the choppy waters of this economic storm. For the most part the First Officer Mr. Finance Minister still has our confidence. Of grave concern however is the epidemic of verbal diarrhoea that seemingly is now the crew’s affliction. Dennis Kellman….almost every day. Minister Blackett who needs to be told that he spoke out of turn {dat shit you talk, shouldda come from Fruendel} and then the AG who chose to call David Ellis, who is chomping at the bit (de same one Fruendel spit) to hold feet to the fire. How do they not see that their actions seem to suggest abandon ship? Is it that or is it every man brek fa e self?
History tells that practitioners of media matters are usually unkind to the uncooperative so PM Stuart by now must have realized that print or electronic, he is no media darling. Truth be told the daily that reaches the greatest audience in this country could not care less about the cries of slanted journalism, for theirs is an agenda that has been hidden as carefully as Santa’s Christmas list.
Its subsidiary sibling Starcom Network has of late taken a stance that paints a bull’s eye on the back of this administration.That however has come with the unsolicited assistance of some whose actions do nothing more than befuddle their very own support base. One Minister making a total and complete ass of himself, speaking not only out of turn but to an issue clearly outside of his portfolio. Another making idle threats. “If I don’t get this, that and the other I will resign as Minister. “Yet another making an agreement to sit with David Ellis to talk about remarks made about the Four Seasons. WARNING…..Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter. Any other is not in this Government’s best interest. Not at this time. Not with this man, for he is still chomping at the bit waiting to or perhaps hoping to make prey of the Silent Knight.
Then there was the press conference given to which they were not invited. Does this government know which station rules the roost with almost every demographic in Barbados? The Voice Of Barbados. Not only was this action wrong, the excuse given insulted simple intelligence. Even if the OCM sponsored the last CADRES poll, even if Ellis and Co. know just how their bread is buttered, even if they were promised a television station via an Owen Arthur’s quid pro quo, this ship needs to change course, or captain or both, or another Bill Andersen song shall be sung by all. “You Made It Easy”.
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