And that’s another part of the problem the politicians always find it necessary to give more land, money, scholarships etc to those who already have, leaving the have nots to fend for themselves. Let’s see how much longer Bajans plan to put up with that crap.

Did Wickham not say…..it would only get worse the longer Stuart procrastinated?…..So why did Stuart not heed? This was definitely a sinister plan which like an exploding canon ball has all but destroyed the DLP. …..Wow give me my bond !

If Chris was the real Gorillaphant he proports….we wudd have been able to silence Mr. Agriculture imposte’…problem was neither studied economic…one got 14 in maths…..the other zero.

Is it sad the way this PM has upset the whole country with his childish behaviour over this matter of calling an election. The big secret was out as he made his way to see the GG.

Having boxed himself into a corner, he had no other way to go. Tried as they wanted to lay the estimates before February 11, it seems as if it could not be done. So the election call it self! Brilliant, Freundel!

@!
Try as you may…you cannot hide your stoicism….but is ok….some we win , some we lose……Go now like ac and cut off a good staff to accompany you in the wilderness 15 hard dry bitter years…..I shall still be there to offer you drink and solace for…
“we are still but men,
though sometimes we may take the wrong end..
and are subject to follies like play things of children”..

You should seen this coming from the beginning…. ” mr.meretricious.”

One word..aptly describes all……meretricious…..Is this the best that can be offered as an anti-climax?…..elections suspense? Where has all the Ovid and Horace gone?…Lest I forget, there is still Krosfire and Wednesday…lol

@ Prodigal Son | January 29, 2013 at 2:52 PM |
“Is it sad the way this PM has upset the whole country with his childish behaviour over this matter of calling an election. The big secret was out as he made his way to see the GG.”

The silly man has been hoisted by his own petard. The silly cat and mouse game is over given the swansong speech by Hammie-La, the biggest traitor and political prostitute Barbados ever produced. The arrogant fool who refused to listen to genuine political advice to call elections before May 2012 now finds himself boxed in a corner.
He tried to exploit the constitutional flexibility but got trap by its paradoxically enshrined constraints regarding the people’s real financial business aka the Estimates of Revenue & Expenditures.

His personal legal-political advisor Hal Gollop was certainly out of his depth when he foraged into areas way above his finance and accounting pay grade.
Moving from a teacher of classical academics to the banal area of Law does not automatically make you an intellectual and guru of everything under the Sun especially in the area of business and finance. The mere fact that there over 700 lawyers in this small island should tell you that even idiots can qualify as experts in the law.

Now Hal G, tell your friend the Molasses man that the game is up and over. Wednesday here we come!
Let us see if this Party breaks the law of the land again by going past the watershed period of 11.00 PM or even Midnight just to announce a date of the general elections everyone in Barbados knows is well past overdue.

Micoud Madness | January 29, 2013 at 12:42 PM |
@ David

The shit has hit the fan for the DLP.

At the political meeting tomorrow, the Prime Minister is going to turn over the leader of the party ( and Prime Minster) role to Mr. Chris Sinckler, his caretaking duties now

THE ABOVE IS BARE
=====FOOLISHNESS==========

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21ST
ELECTIONS IN BARBADOS

Seriously, it looks like Fruendel plan to throw way everything. He call the election two days after the total wipe out that will be Grenada, a week after Valentine’s Day (think red), during Lent and at the last minute when he had no choice.

To top it off, he chose to make the announcement via a GIS press statement instead of announcing it in he House or better yet tomorrow night at the big rally.

What is he thinking?

Is it that he really intend for heads to roll?

Wunna be glad that Frugabe didn’t call elections on the 29th Feb….he ignorant enough to do that! Stupse.

AC; I wonder instead how the electorate will view the person who could not get a simple matter like capitalizing on setting an election date right, given the buzz about that date all around the Island. Please explain how the leader could rationally announce an election date a day before a massive meeting at which the expected highlight would be the announcement of that same election date. The crowd might still be massive although somewhat depleted from what was possible, but the main atrraction was killed by the PM himself.

Perhaps Caswell is right and we are seeing a replay of the final actions of Sandiford who in 1994 pulled the whole house down on his detractors and all.

Something ain’t right here. Or is it typical Stuartian logic at play here?

@Gabriel Tackle

You are correct that the House completed the session today in a poorakey manner. If Arthur was in his office in the precinct of parliament as he has suggested in a press conference on the weekend he would probably felt vindicated…lol.

I regret the Not Wanted ads ended if let run they would be the last nails in Owen coffin. The two ads run were devastating to the BLP exposing lies, deceit, waste, corruption, greed , disunity and a party with nothing to offer. Here’s hoping the DLP uses the Not Wanted ads as a template and bombard the Bees with the vile words and deeds of their leader and fractured followers.

kevin

Why dont you deal with the fractured DLP party and stop trying to prove that the DLP is a united party?

You certainly cannot say that after the stunt Freundel pulled today on his party? I mean, the man did not even tell the Speaker who seem to be loyal to Freundel, he made the man looked bad as he sheepishly adjourned the House until next Tuesday. I guess by then, they knew where Freundel had gone as he was not in the House.

After all the foolish talk, Freundel could not even face the people. The coward got GIS to issue the statement. He played around with the people of Barbados for the last 6 months since he got up from sleeping. All the hiding he was doing, from the time he entered the GG’s gates, the BB’s went viral! LOL at the man!

This sequence of events is ominously like december 2007, in reverse.

The BLP in 8 hours have outgunned, outflanked, outposted, outblogged and outmanouvered the DLP. And they were the ones who did not know the date.

@check it out and davidB
Your concerns are shared and they raise a greater fear. Time will tell.

The size of tomorrow’s crowd will determine if the dlp have a chance. So far it’s not looking that way. Their uncertain seats aren’t down to speak, the performance card has just as much promises as performance, and it looks like it’s the DLP that were caught flat footed by the election date. Uh mean…a GIS statement at 4 ish in the evening??

All is not lost for them, but 3 weeks is a VERY short time to make up ground lost. Telling the electorate “we will a,b,c when reeelected” just ain’t gonna cut it. It would take last ditch 4 seasons saviour, a barack payment AND a clico payback miracle to actually occur together and be completed for the DLP to be real contenders. A salary negotiation wouldn’t hurt either.

For the first time in years, I’m completely baffled. And it’s not about someone of the opposite gender this time.

Just Observing

I so wish there was another party, all this blight has come down through the decades from the actions of the founding members of these two parties, some who practiced a lot of black magic and nonsense that it now seems so difficult to shake off the effects. The stories surrounding the origination of these two parties would literally make people who don’t know puke.

Another indicator that the BLP has a more coherent marketing strategy: BLP jingle on Day 1 of campaigning in the prime time morning spot. voice over done by the popular Lil Rick.

@ Caswell Franklyn | January 29, 2013 at 9:01 PM |

The miller was with you all the way. Hal was trying to make a real ass of the law in trying to justify the vacillating vacuous dithering incompetence of his pal. Hal knew full well that the PM was going down a Constitutional cul-de-sac that had in its path an impediment of a boulder called the Estimates that even a political Sisyphus would run away from and never attempt to touch far less try to circumvent. This oxymoronic sleeping giant of a boulder- if disturbed or tried to be circumvented- would have really triggered a legal dilemma that even shallow Hal would have jumped ship to avoid sullying his “pristine” reputation as el numero uno in constitutional law in the miniature Chancery called Bim.

One can imagine the agony he must have experienced when he found himself on the horns of a high moral dilemma. Should he adhere to and obey the strict canons of the highest God-given law of Morality or pander to his pal and encourage him to exploit the weaknesses contained in the man-made law of this former Colonial Land?

Should he ‘tell it like is’ morally is to his friend or should he sell his soul to the political devil hoping for QC status or the next promised AG position and back his pal to the constitutional hilt like how his pal protects his other infected friend in the CLICO leprosy asylum from the criminal arm of the same Law with its overriding objective of justice and fair play?

@ac 7:22
I won’t bother responding. I’ll leave those with eyes and ears to decide for themselves.

@DAvid
there are two radio ads running. 2 within 5 minutes at one point. Posters up in teh constituencies, specific “at last” ads in the paper, youth specific social media, ads and jingles, flooding the web, posts with photos of candidates rolling out posters, etc. I think saying coherent marketing strategy is an understatement.

We’ll see if Bunji Garlin is enough as ! says.

Game on.

Just Observing

@CCC
“Added star power to tonight’s big meeting at the Esplanade….Bunji Garlin all the way from T & T” …………………………………………………………

But look at you hypocrites!!! During the last five years, you Dems have done nothing but curse the BLP for selling out Barbados to Trinis and lo and behold you got the gall to bring in a Trini artiste to pull a crowd to Bay Street tonight?

You all better hold him and Krosfyah back to the end because I know that as soon as they have performed, the crowds will go!

Look what the Dems come to …….they have to rent a crowd!

@ David

After the first 36 hours (including the DLP rally tonight) it will become very obvious that the DLP has no plan to win back the government.

You will note David that tonights rally in the Espanade does NOT feature Dr. Hon. David Estwick MP as one of the speakers. Dr. Estwick MP has decided not to participate in this campaign given that the Prime Minister and Chris Sinckler have tag teamed him and tried to cut his throat at every possible opportunity.

THE DLP HAS NO MOMENTUM AND WILL GET NO MOMENTUM WITHIN THE NEXT 20 DAYS.

To say that Stuart was not enthused about giving notice of an elections date is wayyyyyyyyyy past an understatement. By GIS notice?…Hey hey hey….what is this?…..We must all learn to conceal even in our saddest moments……Wonder what it will be like 21st February 1.45 am Bayland Pasture? The night of Dred……

@ Prodi

Stay tuned tonight for any hints……but the others no longer scared…he did his best to gather his 1lb flesh…..its now up to the electorate to do the rest….Wonder what goes thru a Shylock head at present ?…..for thing for sure… VEX !

This might be a bit off topic but for what it is worth, several senators, including a Government Senator, turned up at the Senate for a meeting today.

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