Clock Ticking for Government to Disclose CAHILL ENERGY Barbados Agreements – More Leaks
BU notes the leader of the Opposition has lodged a private members resolution to debate Cahill when Parliament resumes from yet another break. We believe it is in the people’s interest to share whatever […] obligations have been signed away by Ministers Sinckler, Boyce, Lowe and Kellman to Cahill Energy Ltd. Before the matter is debated in the House BU issues a request to the Prime Minister and ministers involved to address the three agreements signed:- 1. Memorandum of Understanding 2. Implementation Agreement and 3. Power Purchase Agreement.
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Bushie and Baffy,
These people who are knocking the plan with a ‘this could never work” attack are OBVIOUSLY those who DON’T WANT IT TO WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE BENEFITTING UNFAIRLY FROM THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
I have no problem with a debate on your proposals. This is necessary for flaws to be exposed and ameliorated. BUT what I am seeing here is an attempt to preserve the current obviously malfunctioning system which benefits the few at the expense of the majority.
Your opponents here are not interested in any change for the better. They are the MAFIA FOOT SOLDIERS.
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Watchman,
Your sole purpose here seems to be to attack Caswell. I had an interaction with him at a critical point in my life and he was very helpful. He told me to come and see him when I recovered and was able. I was dismayed when I learned he was no longer with NUPW which then gave me no representation at all. I fought for myself and won.
If Caswell has had an experience which has made him a better man then MORE POWER TO HIM! Don’t tell me who he was! Tell me who he IS!
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@Bush Tea, when you wrote “The problem with ascribing motives and judging other’s REASONS for doing things, is that you tend to expose your OWN thinking…” I thought a hole would appear and whiff you away.
YOU! Who describe people here are ‘school boys’ and less savory adjectives simply because they show a difference of opinion to your stated view.
You who continually judge the motives and character bout here can mek that statement. Oh blessed hypocrisy. Looka , I love your humorous palaver but please get off that rickety soap box before you fall and break yah fingers do!!
Incidentally, who Thompson or Franklyn were at school is really being disingenuously stated by you….for your own reasons I suppose
Although lots of boys and girls show characteristics at school that change markedly as they grow into adulthood that cannot be said of Thompson.
Thompson as all here should now was a dyed in the wool political animal for most of his adolescent school days. It is absolutely misleading for you to suggest that he was ‘corrupted’ as he progressed as an adult.
–Franklyn, I know not enough about…but as I recall he was a cadet with stripes and ting though; so he must have been a little soldier type tyrant even back then.. LOLL. —
That’s the joy of reading here on BU. People like you can so eloquently dismiss and denigrate others about ‘judging other’s REASONS’ while you obfuscate your own ‘reasons’ with such aplomb.
For the record, I have stated here previously my abhorrence of DT’s alleged behaviour and I have also said that I previously loved the guy’s intelligence, oratory and steadfastness in his climb to be PM.
Let’s be honest about these characters and indeed cast behind us half-truths.
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Vincent what the fck animal farm got to do with it ..?
All that is being said is that people will have the chance to be represented based on their specific INTERESTS, and not on their Geographical positioning … Jeeeeeesus man.
People have been voting for “constituency” representation since Adam was a lad and it has NEVER happened as human nature is far too complex to be divided as such. The Colonials divided people along geographic lines and look at the intensity of the “tribal” rivalries that still exist even to this day, particularly in the Middle East and Africa. (A Political Party in Tobago is now seeking to separate those people from the rest of the West Indians in Trinidad … and for the reasons that serve the BUSINESS interests of the Party)
Some Jackass here on BU said that people vote for the team … Well if this is so, do away with the flipping constituencies … and look to the US Presidential model has always been a joke when it came to the delivering of campaign promises, as lobbyist with finance are the ones that really call the shots
The Cabinet is like a Board of Directors (as Bushie says) and such Boards are normally populated by people who bring specialized independent perspectives to the table. Of course in a business setting the Board has a solitary policy to satisfy and that is the Bottom Line. For a Country the Cabinet has far more complex issues to be satisfied, the Bottom Line being only one of them – Keeping people employed, educated and Healthy, while improving the environment. The Bottom Line means earning forex … (which is something that local businesses do not normally concern themselves with)
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@Dee Word
Because Thompson was a political soldier from school days which catapulted him to national “understanding” it does not mean he did not want the best for Barbados as his involvement in the ISCF supported…lol.
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I have no problem with debating change bearing in mind the mess this bunch of DLP morons have created…..but are they realistic? Would we be having this conversation had this DLP performed as was expected?
We here on BU have been debating this Cahill fiasco, have they even deigned to utter a word to us? They are ruling and dont give a damn what evidence David uncovers and exposes on BU. They have no interest in what we say.
The DLP has disappointed those who voted for them in 2008 and 2013. You all need to acknowledge that this DLP is the problem not the system. Sure, we can debate the loopholes and urge our elected leaders to implement some changes like:
……. the power to recall an MP for whatever sin he has committed like the crooked speaker and the loweman who was exposed by his own family
……. make sure MP’s cannot cross the floor without resigning
…….any MP implicated in scandal like these four rogues will have to step aside and a criminal investigation launched
……..the power to make changes to the structure of the public service so that they are more accountable to John Public
Does anyone know if any government in the world other than dictatorships have ever changed their constitution to effect changes like what are being discussed?
Under the Westminister system that we practice……….in the UK, these rogue ministers and the speaker would have had to resign ages ago! I mean for crying out loud, a MP in the UK if he had an affair and it is made public, resigns, which is a norm around here!
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@Prodigal Son
The flaw in your argument is that CAHILL is a symptom of the problem and fodder for the change discussion.
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@David, you are a being naughty with that ISCF rift. Let’s not speak of the many wolves dressed in Christian clothing.
But of course I do not know what was in DT’s mind. Back then the lad was bright, sharp, leading-man type handsome and seemed to have the Bajan world at his feet particularly after he decimated that Senator on the CBC civic affairs program ‘Understanding’.
Look at it this way. Considering that he had to face down that continuous diss that he was the love child of Tom Adams, who at the time was a notorious bad-boy politician, it’s fair to believe that Thompson was as pristine in political thought as the Dalai Lama because he wanted to be the antithesis of what drove Tom.
So what in the name of good character changed him!
Thus, the alternative rationale is that nothing changed him….he was always so. Just musing.
Good one there with the ISCF! But remember also he was a champion debater (sweet tongue of persuasion) and most importantly involved with drama and ACTING.
The lad definitely pulled off an Oscar worthy performance…stellar show!!!
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@Donna
My purpose on BU is to express my views on anything and persons, if it look like attacking so be it ,defend yourself , I am happy you recovered, fought for yourself and won, happier you are strong enough to try to defend Caswell , you ever wonder why Caswell was no longer at NUPW ? don’t ask him, you may be dismayed again, Caswell is not better he is bitter
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‘oh lawd David. “understanding’ indeed.
When another Professor Sandiford (i.e another bright fellow or fella) authors the next book on the history of Waterford and the school therein and chronicles its outstanding former students the title should indeed be ‘Understanding’ as he Thompson was to date the only PM from that location and that show can reasonably be said to have launched his public political career.
And it has a deep irony that resonates so perfectly. Did we ever truly understand what drove that man ?
You think Mascoll would provide good info for the book and what about Walter or Caswell???? oh lawd!
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@Dee Word
Mascoll is a good source.
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Watchman,
There you go again proving me right.
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So wait! Cahill and Cowan had their nine days of wonder? This is exactly what they knew would happen if they just STFU and wait. It happened with Parris/Thompson and it will no doubt happen with every other damn piece of shite they get up to, and they know it so well.
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de Ingrunt Word October 12, 2015 at 9:58 AM #
“You think Mascoll would provide good info for the book and what about Walter or Caswell???? oh lawd!”
de Ingrunt Word,
Let me give you just a little “taste” of what I would provide.
I was a member of the Young Democrats when David Thompson was ‘picked’ to represent the DLP in the St. John bye-election of 1987. I had spoken on the platform a few times, and suddenly, David Thompson announced to the whole of Barbados that he had formulated a Development Plan for St. John.
We all knew that there was no Development Plan for St. John. I, personally, told David Thompson to his face that I don’t “follow multitude to do evil”, and I have no interest in playing political games with the lives of Barbadians. As a form of coup de grace, I told him that I was extremely disappointed to see that he, a young politician, was embarking upon a political career founded on lies and deceit, and that, as a matter of consequence, I will never again go on a political platform to support his candidacy.
I kept my word.
If you don’t believe me, you can check with many people – Cranston Browne, Leroy McClean, and Peter Barrow to name a few.
Go back and read the DLP Manifesto for 2008 that David Thompson would have had a hand in formulating. Do you think the lies and deceit contained therein started at that point?
As you would say, “stellar show” indeed.
What has been the price of admission that Barbadians have paid to watch such a show?
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Even though David Thompson mother work in EWB office , the Dipper had no used for David when he returned as PM in 1986 , why ?
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Watchman@11.06am
I don’t think you have it right.Elucidate
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The AG is asking for Divine Intervention for his deceitful DLP led government
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Prodigal,
We voted out the BLP and Owen for much the same thing for which we are criticizing the DLP government now. This government just appears to be worse. So, yes we would still be having this conversation. It is only more urgent now because of the prevailing global economic climate.
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David Thompson made a presentation to the Young Dems back in the 80’s (Blackie did overseas), the jest of which was the message that if any of them wanted to change the world or wanted to make a difference the Political Party was not for them … Of course BAF never attended another meeting since
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Baffy,
You have GOT to be kidding me!
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Good Morning Mr.Bush Tea. for identification purposes I will introduce myself as one of the consortium and proceed to say that you are such an a.as hole
Makes me wonder if you are a prehistoric dinosaur still roaming this earth
Have a nice day
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Donna,
Yes he did … and it was a pretty long presentation as well. Blackie was head then but was not present. Thompson was clear in his mind from a very early age why he entered Politics and the association with EWB was only a means to an end.
When he died I told his mother that his older brother Rabi (who ran afoul of the law) was the better of her two sons. He was a genuine character who had the ability to bring a smile to the face of a toad. She surprised me not only because there was agreement, but with the level of animation that went into it
There is a plan to name a hospital after him … Fck dat
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OK ,I was present when EWB stated he knew how deceitful David Thompson was to certain Lodge members at first house (now removed )on left side going up Sherbourn St.John, EWB did not regard him worthy of being a senator when he returned in 1986 as PM
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@watchman
How old would Thompson have been in 85?
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@ David /Bu
I don’t know, he become MP in 87
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@Gabriel
please see 12.06 posting, if needed can give you a name still living in St. John that can tell you about the man David Thompson
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Baffy,
Well, that says it all, doesn’t it! That presentation, I mean. What has happened since showed that he meant what he said.
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@ Baffap
you are kind to DT brother , he was a drug head, David like skin out bars
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BAFBFP October 12, 2015 at 9:29 AM #
Vincent what the fck animal farm got to do with it ..?
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Chuckle……a lot Baffy…….Human nature is such that it will not change by using different titles/names as so ably shown in Animal Farm.
Note,I readily agree that the system is not producing the results it was setup to achieve.
What we should be doing is exploring the suggestion of Caswell i.e enforcing the Laws that are in existence and or amend/create old/new ones.
Chuckle….you and Ellis very chummy.
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Looks like this NGO governance proposal will be going on the road Vincent😀
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David
DT born 1961,A Xmas baby if I’m not mistaken,so he would have been 23/24 but sharp as a tack.I saw him as a school boy demolish Senator HL.I think he bury Hutson with some devastating body blows but yes he was lying in ’87 when he held up a blank sheet of paper saying that was the development plan for St John.I did dey.
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@ David,
” the rationale behind the canvassing efforts a little over two years” before the next election is due.
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@David, and your point re “How old would Thompson have been in 85?”. I think we all know is age rage at that time. Certainly long out of school by then and either at UWI or teaching.
I am not surprised by Donna’s comment re BAFBAP’s remark. I interpret her comment as a good example of how ALL our charming politicians have blinded us to the evil which permeates their political ambition.
Which politician in Barbados or regionally since those halcyon days of the 60’s when the region was finding it’s voice and establishing the ground work for the growth and expansion of the Black middle class and the general development of the islands has really come into the fray ‘to make a difference’.
And here I am not speaking of what they say like David’s glitzy ‘Family First’ campaign but I am talking about what their actions have wrought.
Not many a fellow, and certainly not the leaders we have had in Barbados!
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@Gabriel
Want to read a comment from you on the CH CH West blog about what Herbie has been up to in that constituency .
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@Gabriel
Want to read a comment from you on the CH CH West blog about what Herbie has been up to in that constituency.
On Monday, 12 October 2015, Barbados Underground < comment-reply@wordpress.com > wrote:
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@Dee Word
You are too harsh with your comment glitzy, would you describe ‘crime and violence’ in a similar way?
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David October 12, 2015 at 1:31 PM #
Looks like this NGO governance proposal will be going on the road Vincent😀
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David
We have to be very carefull about getting so annoyed with a system that we simply embrace any half baked idea(s) as was done in 2008.
As I said before much discussion and testing is required in order to craft a homegrown method of governance for our country.
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@Vincent
Unless BU is mistaken discussion is what is on the agenda.
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Alas David, there was a big chasm between David’s all-out media campaign re ‘Family First’ and what was actually needed or done. It was full of all of the oomp and glamour of any major product exposure but based on what I knew and saw in the communities around me there was no substance to really get to the real core of the problems.
That’s why I called it glitzy. The PR focus was just political grandstanding.
I suggest to you that if Mr Thompson had taken that PR money, charisma and energy and worked diligently to update the CCB and get support structures reinforced for the at risk families those actions likely could have saved a life like Jahan King’s.
What difference did that campaign really make for Bajans.
When he rolled that out at the time I recall laughing to myself uproariously particularly after I read somewhere that the campaign manager was a US political consultant well versed in similar glitzy affairs.
The word was carefully chosen. As you know from my comments here I would be one of the last people to call DT a charlatan and fraud…unless he deserves it! LOL.
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@ Dee Ingrunt bowl said…
“YOU! Who describe people here are ‘school boys’ and less savory adjectives simply because they show a difference of opinion to your stated view.”
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BOSS!! Are you dense? ..or just slow?
…so by saying that “judging others exposes your own thinking” you were thinking that Bushie was saying that this did NOT apply to the bushman?
…and for the record, Bushie’s biggest weakness is a STRONG aversion to lukewarm shiite….which you have developed the art of dumping here on BU with almost AC-like consistency…Wuh OBVIOUSLY it also apply to Bushie….. DUH!!
EVERYONE knows that Bushie is a heartless, whacker-welding scamp……
It is what the bushman is about….
Your comment at 9:14 am therefore is just another of your usual lukewarm waste of wordpress space….
Lotta shiite…
With respect to David Thompson…. the damn man was FAR more intelligent than most of us here. He WANTED BADLY to become PM ..and he took the ONLY PATH that guaranteed that result in our damned environment…..and he succeeded.
Look at Walter … who was always a strong second to Thompson… where did his ‘principles’ get him?
Where is Jeff Cumberbatch with his obvious talents? …Where is Caswell?
….so perhaps Thompson CHOSE to be a dishonest political animal precisely because he SO BADLY wanted the prize…
IT WAS A WRONG CHOICE….. but wunna know what!?….it is the same choice that a CURRENT competent young Bajan will have to make …UNLESS WE CHANGE THE POLITICAL SYSTEM.
Yuh mean wunna can’t see the need for the KIND of system that will push UP the Walters, Jeff C’s , and Caswells to the top …BASED ON THEIR suitability …… rather than what we currently have ..that REQUIRES them to be Gangsters to get to the top?
What BBs!!
@ Vincent
What alternative do you have to offer … or what have you ever put in place as a system that has the potential to address our political problems?
…and PLEASE …don’t repeat that shiite about “just enforcing the laws”… it sounds childish and idiotic…
..like saying that the best way to become wealthy is to just get some money….
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@Dee Word
What can you tell us about the Families First Campaign Account? Some refer to it as a slush fund.
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@ David,
We need some “YOUTH” on BU. The main contributors appear to be over 50 years old.
How do we get the young “leaders ” to join us on BU?
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@Hants
All mediums have a niche.
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@David, you unfortunately mistake me for an insider with your “What can you tell us about the Families First Campaign Account?…” comment. That is not the case.
@Bushie, you are a classic…an absolute classic. Incidentally I look forward to more public feedback to your interest group plans based on its being unfurled to the public today is VOB.
At the serious level it seems implausible to get the proposed change pass the constitutional hurdles. The more practical comments from bloggers have highlighted that to childish ridicule.
But you are a great champion as you disarm every critique with beautiful, humorous circular sophistry.
Looking forward to the feedback to the plan.
I still remain convinced that focusing the energy for change along that path is misplaced and a bad use of the ‘political’ capital needed to move major change to a successful result.
Oh, the theory that elected officials will manage policy and allow the professional managers to do the operational business is rather interesting as a new concept. I have been misguided in my thinking that in fact that was the exact operational format of civil services in the US, UK and even in Barbados.
Not saying whether they work perfectly or not but I really thought that was the structure.
Glad you have identified this as an important new operational metric.
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Bush Tea October 12, 2015 at 3:13 PM #
@ Vincent
What alternative do you have to offer
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We have to do what we do best DISCUSS as per David’s suggestion.
Your Animal Farm concept will depend on how bad the shoe is pinching and the tightness of the belt and will take some time to come to fruition,discussions will carry us no where,only by finding ways&means to implement our laws will the system work.
Rome was not built in a day the populace need to discover who they are and where they want to go,once this is done,we will move forward.We just have to endure a bumpy ride for the time being.
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@Vincent
The reality is that the composition of the society see many Indians and a chief or two.
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Vincent
Here is a game changer that would help you along the path of righteousness. The Barbados Association of Retired Persons now represents the interests FORTY THOUSAND Barbadians who are prepared to pay some small annual fee to keep the organisation afloat.
The Bush Tea initiative will afford these 40,000 good citizens the opportunity to have a permanent seat in Cabinet, one that they can decide on who fills it, and for how long of a term, and the maximum number of terms that a single person can fill it, and the conditions that will trigger a process of recall.
Can you not grasp how radically different but appropriate this is …? Hants you getting this up dey in Canada …
As for David Thompson, the Dipper chose another David to fill the Senate seat … one that came close to blowing away a female incumbent for the City in a general election, but has since moved on to form his own Political Party.
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And how would the single representative of the BARP choose to represent its 40,000 members on an issue such as spending cuts. No doubt they split pretty much along current party lines in their views. The oracle will give us the answer.
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@Walter, based on your exposes so far on BU seems to me that you could be that new ‘Professor Sandiford’ author to write any new book.
That taste was a good one. What a salacious tidbit. The way how one blogger reacted is a good indication of the ‘wha loss, yah lie’ consternation that would abound.
You are the consummate PR man wid dat teaser.
And no reason to doubt you.
Politicians do and say strange things. Ambitious politicians do and say very strange things. Machiavellian style politicians will do and say absolutely outrageous (to normal thinking people) things.
DT, MAM, OSA are all Machiavellian style politicians.
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Dragon
What Party lines … there will be no more parties.. NONE … What the hell is wrong with you people ..? Representation is not available to anyone of you right now, with the parties that you continue to harp on. If the BARP Minister is not advised by his committee how to address spending cuts he simply would have nothing to say…
Wuann ppl just stupid or you just out to give trouble … Stupse
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@BAFFAP
Yes that David C ,and it was said he got dismissed by then PM Sandiford on the advised of the kingmaker and royalist C.Tudor for specking out of tune about the Queen visit to Barbados, BWU Sir Roy was MP, now a senator for years, what has he really do for the workers?
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LOL @ the Dragon
“And how would the single representative of the BARP choose to represent its 40,000 members on an issue such as spending cuts…”
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Do you want to know what colour shirt the representative would wear too? …after all, those 40,000 members probably have different colour preferences too….
Steupsss…
They would discuss the issues and arrive at a consensus…
…as would the other 30/20 groups…
…and you could BET that they would NOT just have picked on the lowest paid NCC workers…. perhaps the various groups may even have gone for EVERYONE taking a 20% cut so that NO ONE is put on the damn breadline…
@ The Ingrunt Word
Wait Boss …. you want to meet on a private blog and leh we have a proper cuss-out? …cause Bushie itching for some kinda bassa bassa…. de Whacker just get serviced and fully gassed up …and fitted with new spark plug …. um kicking skippa… 🙂
First thing Bushie has NO IDEA what public unfurling you and David talking bout…
The 10-point plan is a purely BU academic exercise that bushie was pushing Caswell to implement. Also Bushie’s personal interest has been already declared and it is NOT tied to any such brass bowlery…
Second thing, YOUR inability to visualise a way pass the constitutional hurdles just tells us that you are a follower, who is unaccustomed to charting new paths…. There are some of us who can see highways through jungles…
Lastly, the concept of “elected officials managing policy and allowing the professional managers to do the operational business” is the SOP of the business world….
The elected Board of Directors represent the Shareholders and major interest groups and it takes responsibility for policy, governance, Strategic direction, results etc. They HIRE professionals who then operate and manage day to day operations IN ACCORD WITH BOARD POLICY AND GUIDANCE….so perhaps you are again misunderstanding something skippa…
Looka…
If you want to take up the cuss-out challenge we can ask David for a private blog and meet there at dawn… he can call it “See Bushie whack an Ingrunt brass Bowl”
ha ha ha LOL
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BAFBFP October 12, 2015 at 5:46 PM #
Vincent
Here is a game changer that would help you along the path of righteousness. The Barbados Association of Retired Persons now represents the interests FORTY THOUSAND Barbadians who are prepared to pay some small annual fee to keep the organisation afloat.
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Baffy….the point I was making has been made by the Dragon……people are not numbers and do not change because you give them a different nomenclature.
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The article is interesting on many fronts.
https://hbr.org/2015/11/the-best-performing-ceos-in-the-world
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@Vincent
The majority of people are willing to be led. This is where leadership raises its head.
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@ Brother Bush Tea
Doan tink becausing de ole man jump pun Baffy when he mek dat faux pas and talk bout he single track NGO concept that I ent supportive uh de need for other avenues.
The fact is that, outside of Pinelands Creative Workshop, there is no other community minded NGO with the constitution to field the calibre of politically minded person necessary for the Fray, none other!!
My focus on, and singular interpretation of, whu Baffy say was not on the construct but was, and is, on existing NGOs and I do not mean the LIONS and the status Quo entities, they just do not have those people in their ranks.
De Ole Man, like all real real patriots, jes would like to see something meaningful happen to turn round de fortunes of BIM and see real men and wumen stan up and do tings like whu Prodigal talk bout at 9.37 am…
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Reasonable position Piece.
The answer to your concern is that people are complex and the issues that drive them even more so. When dealing with multiple variables in complex equations, one cannot assume that the current value of a particular variable will impact on another variable in a linear fashion….
(LOL that was just to put AC of track trying to follow that highfaluting talk…)
in other words..
The reason that NGOs are currently bare shiite is precisely because they largely serve no real purpose beyond providing spouses an excuse to get out at night and dally….
When THAT variable (purpose) is upgraded, you will see a different emphasis ..as people realise that instead of lining up at MPs begging for favours, they can now lobby THEIR own social groups to influence national policy in their interests.
Essentially, Bushie is saying that creating PURPOSE will drive interest, attract talent, and improve quality.
Enuff said that Credit Union members hardly ever attend meetings….
True – But that is because they have effective leaders who PROCESS their loans on time; deal with their business promptly; produce audited reports on time, and provide annual reports of their stewardship….
The damn people are HAPPY…
Let a fellow do shiite and check the attendance…
LOL
…or let word circulate that Caswell vex ..and coming out hitting….
cat piss and pepper boss… 🙂
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@Donny
I have neither benefitted nor benefit from the current system; nor am I a foot soldier for any party. I knocked the plan because it is flawed. At its core, is the presupposition that members of an NGO share the same opinion of their “interests” and by having one of you in a Cabinet your “interests” are addressed.It also is based on the premise that the Cabinet members you select share similar views or give a hoot about credit unions if their demise would benefit their organisation being a banker…lmao. Pure confusion. The problem is that the ayesayers shame because who they thought to be the 2nd coming of Christ turned out to be none other Barabas.
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@ Enuff
The problem is that the ayesayers shame because who they thought to be the 2nd coming of Christ turned out to be none other Barabas.
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That is not exactly it.
When we thought that we had voted OUT the VECO thief and nailed him on the cross next to Jesus ….it turned out that we had in the process (as you said) voted in none other than Barabas.
So what you promoting now? bring back the VECO thief?
We want more options next time we are FORCED to make choices skippa…
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@Bushie, no need for any OK corral ‘blog-out’ at high noon. Earlier I said that Grenville was the political Trump before Trump made his name a cliche…I misspoke.
You good man are definitely the purest example of a man who says whatever he likes, cuss whoever he wants to , contradicts himself whenever the whim hist him and still comes out smiling at the top of the popularity sweepstakes.
After ALLLLLLL this discourse you can so effortless say: “The 10-point plan is a purely BU academic exercise that bushie was pushing Caswell to implement. ”
So that the situation is pellucid. This plan according to YOU is ‘something with little or no relevance to the world beyond academe’…at least according to the best ‘definition’ I could find of ‘academic exercise’. It has no real life value; just a framework for intellectual hurly-burly.
But lo and behold you and Mr BAFBFP raised it to the level of serious debate and when opinionated bloggers – as we all are – attempt to evaluate it dispassionately and point out its obvious flaws both of you two come out swinging wid all sorts of cuss and dirty water.
You are a boss!!!
But surely I have provided some weird interpretation of your proclamations as I am just a ingrunt fellow,
Incidentally, my comments re “elected officials managing policy and allowing the professional managers to do the operational business” are indeed SOP of the business world. That was EXACTLY my point.
Why are you extolling them as some saving grace in your plan when they are fundamental to the failed system it is replacing.
What nonsense.
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Bush Tea October 12, 2015 at 7:59 PM #
The answer to your concern is that people are complex and the issues that drive them even more so. When dealing with multiple variables in complex equations, one cannot assume that the current value of a particular variable will impact on another variable in a linear fashion….
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bush site all of the above said is true
however in true bush whacking style ac offers a two pence worth of salt
The person/s driving the issue is even more complex , reason being that issue by itself cannot become any more complicated unless those doing the driving have not staged and pre- planned what they hoped would be an outcome to their liken ,
hint: the guy which many perceives to be ignorant and not astute first listens to the message,
Secondly decides only after thoroughly investigating all there is to know in regards to who is delivering the message,
thirdly if the messenger passes the litmus test then an only then would the dull and ignorant give a passing grade,
The question to YOU bush shite what grade level is your background and since you are the messenger can you pass the litmus test .
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pieceuhderockyeahright,
I made a mental note to remind myself that you had asked me to value the liabilities that the pensions payable to parliamentarians have created for the taxpayers of Barbados.
This is a worthwhile BU project. Without divulging too much at this stage, I have always held the view that Barbados is too small and poor a country to support such a generous pension scheme going forward. I have already formulated, in my mind, a new and cheaper pension arrangement to replace the one we currently have in place. By law, we cannot reduce the pensions that have already been accrued, but we certainly can adjust future pension benefits that have not yet been earned. That is another discussion for another place (the platform?) and time (2018 General Election campaign?)
Caswell,
Let us work on this project together for BU.
Please get a list of the current parliamentarians and identify all of those who will accrue a pension by February 2016. We are going to value the liabilities at that date.
For this active and eligible group, please calculate the following for each individual:
Age at which the pension can commence
Amount of monthly pension accrued at February 2016
Percentage of monthly pension paid to spouse if the parliamentarian dies
When we have finished the active group, we will look at the:
Inactive group (For example, Sir Erskine Sandiford, Sir David Simmons, Sir Philip Greaves, Sir Louis Tull, Sir Maurice King, Sir Leroy Trotman etc)
Beneficiary Group (Lady Stella St. John, Lady Genevieve Adams, Mara Thompson? etc)
Thanks for your help.
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@Pieces, please explore further your remark “The fact is that, outside of Pinelands Creative Workshop, there is no other community minded NGO with the constitution to field the calibre of politically minded person necessary for the Fray, none other!!”.
In the context of your plea (as all of us are seeking) that you are “… supportive uh de need for other avenues” how would you explain the success or lack thereof of Pinelands in getting its members’ needs met vis-a-vis having a rep in Parliament?
Wouldn’t the pull and tug between such groups be exacerbated with formal representation?
I am sure that you know that although the Lions or Rotary Club are not currently seen as political interest groups that in fact they certainly are.
Marshall flowed through Rotary to politics. Hinkson the same via Lions. To name just two. Regionally I know other politicians have done the same. Not saying they politicized those groups as the groups operate as politically agnostic but rather indicating that all those type organizations are yet seeding grounds for personal political ambition.
Others have said it above. There is already a serious and concerted impact from interest groups on the political scene. Formally institutionalizing that involvement brings nothing novel and I can’t see how it will be a dynamic and positive improvement.
Please give your perspective of how such a change would benefit governance.
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“When dealing with multiple variables in complex equations, one cannot assume that the current value of a particular variable will impact on another variable in a linear fashion….” Ha ha ha … Looka .. Baf did struggling wid dat one … ha ha ha
Piece
Let go of the present NGOs … Don’t get tie up. A formal registered organisation that is not part of Government (tho they get li’l money from the trough, same as constituency councils and constituency offices whose designations are still to be determined). The Cabinet seats will be filled by NGO’s does NOT imply that they will be filled with the present set… Fah Christ sake man .. Political Parties are NGOs except that they refuse to register as such so as NOT to have a legal footprint, and wunna could find a reason to shoot down an alternative arrangement ..?
Spot on with Bush Tea. An NGO Cabinet would not have let a single fella go home .. not one. There would be as stale mate before that happened.
Enuff
The presupposition that members of an NGO share the same opinion of their “interests” is not an unreasonable one. Now compare that to a Political Party where even a shared philosophy cannot be properly defined as indeed the only shared interest is to win a seat in the house and partake at the trough. Having a member in Cabinet that does not address the interest of the NGO will result in his speedy recall.
It is also NOT based on the premise that the selected Cabinet members “share similar views or give a hoot about credit unions if their demise would benefit their organisation being a banker…lmao”. Grown men and women with often conflicting interests compromise and come to decision, even if it is based on a simple majority vote.
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Enuff October 12, 2015 at 8:04 PM #
I knocked the plan because it is flawed. At its core, is the presupposition that members of an NGO share the same opinion of their “interests” and by having one of you in a Cabinet your “interests” are addressed.”
Enuff, perhaps there is “a certain amount of” validity to your above comments.
The Barbados Council for the Disabled may be considered as a NGO. Recall the current President of the Senate, Kerryann Ifill was an employee of the Council before she was appointed to the Senate in 2008, by the late PM Thompson. She is currently President of the Council.
As far as I can recall (and I write subject to correction), Ifill’s appointment was interpreted as the government “providing a voice” for the disabled community in the governance system.
On December 22, 2008, the then Minister of Social Care, Chris Sinckler, conducted a “familiarization tour” of the National Disabilities Unit and expressed shock that this government agency was located UPSTAIRS the NUPW Headquarters, in Dalkeith Road, St. Michael.
According to the December 23, 2009 edition of the Barbados Advocate: “A “very sad” Minister of Social Care Christopher Sinckler yesterday deemed this “unacceptable” and pledged to raise the matter to “the highest possible level” after he himself had to negotiate the 24 steps leading to the NDU.”
The article went on to state:
“Of course I am happy to be here, but I am very sad to have discovered that we had to climb two flights of stairs to get up here to the Unit. I think frankly this is unacceptable and I will say that out front, and as a government, we have to take responsibility for it and I mean the entire government. Not just the administration of the party but the government,” Sinckler said yesterday.
“You can’t have a National Disabilities Unit (for) people, some of whom are severely immobile, getting up here. They can’t get up here. There is no lift, there is no ramp, I certainly don’t see any. There is no way for them to get up here and I don’t know who would have come up with this brilliant idea to place a disabilities unit up two flights of stairs.”
On January 30, 2013 (approximately 3 years and 1 month after Sinckler’s tour), the current Minister of Social Care, Steve Blackett, while addressing the Barbados National Organization of the Disabled’s 30th anniversary launch, said:
“I am happy to report that the National Disabilities Unit’s long-standing cry for a more access-friendly and commodious accommodation is being actively worked on. Maxwelton House in Collymore Rock has been identified for the unit’s new location. I am told that the National Disabilities Unit staff seems quite pleased with the proposed location for their new home,” said the minister. [Barbados Today, January 30, 2013]
BARNOD may also be considered a NGO. Errol Hurley, was a President of BARNOD, an active member of the DLP, lives in the St. Michael West constituency and “campaigns” on behalf of the incumbent representative, Michael Carrington.
This is now October 12, 2015, approximately 6 years and 10 months after Sinckler’s initial tour, and the NDU is still located upstairs the NUPW headquarters. Ifill and Hurley have failed to achieve this objective, on behalf those disabled individuals their respective organizations represent.
Hence, it is against this background that “the presupposition that members of an NGO share the same opinion of their “interests” and by having one of you in a Cabinet your “interests” are addressed,” may be interpreted as being TRUE.
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BAFBFP,
I have been following your argument related to the potential influence of NGOs on the selection and formation of the Barbados Cabinet with an open mind. In fact, I have encountered the same argument on my Facebook page from one of my Facebook friends.
You seem to believe that getting the NGOs, via membership-based participation, to directly place individuals at the seat of governmental power and decision-making to look after the interests of their members and the wider society, is an essential step (what the Latin scholar would refer to as a ‘sine qua non’) towards improved governance in Barbados. As far as you are concerned, the useless and anachronistic political parties and their preying, untrustworthy politicians can both go to hell.
However, I have been exposed to an argument, the exact opposite of yours, which has been put forth quite forcibly by members of NGOs. They argue that the NGOs will be courting self-destruction by pursuing such an agenda. The way they see it, it would be more practical and effective for the NGOs, in alliance with a more ‘educated’ populace, to establish principles and parameters of good governance within which the political directorate will be force to operate. Put differently, the political parties will be able to form the cabinet, but the NGOs and its educated members will keep them honest and hold their fingers to the fire. Political parties will focus on producing “governmental” players. NGOs will remain “Non-Governmental” in keeping with their label.
How do we reconcile these two opposing views? Would the impact of the NGO “movement” (is there one?) on our drive towards good governance be severely handicapped by this philosophical fracture? Can we accommodate both approaches and yet achieve a better structure of governance?
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Say something, Bush Tea, baffy, about ARTAXERXES 10.23pm posting , I remember my grand mother telling me about how Local Government members used to give poor people back in them days two left foot shoes
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This “talk of CHANGE” reminded me when, after the 2004 general elections, Denis Lowe was about the length and breadth of Barbados championing the introduction of integrity legislation, while introducing his “CHARTER FOR CHANGE.”
Now-a-days, it seems as though he is very silent on both issues.
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Artaxerxes
I see that you really don’t understand why the Disabilities Unit has not been removed from upstairs the NUPW’s building even after all the talk. It is simple my friend; it is called payback. Without the rent Government pays to NUPW, it would be unable to meet its monthly commitments. My understanding is that Government does not pay its bills regularly, except in the case of NUPW. Government cannot allow the NUPW to fail, even though there is a more credible alternative. The problem is that neither political party controls the alternative.
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@ Watchman
Say something, Bush Tea, baffy, about ARTAXERXES 10.23pm posting
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mean you can’t see when people have vested interests…? 🙂
@ Walter
If the NGOs, “in alliance with a more ‘educated’ populace, were to establish principles and parameters of good governance” why would there be a need for a political class to occupy CABINET positions?
There can be of course … where essentially we elect a meaningful senate (the NGO alliance) to become somewhat of a National Supervisory Committee …AND also elect members of parliament – who then form a government and opposition and where the government appoints a cabinet (of its lackies).
It would be better than what we now have, …but would still not ensure that the best possible candidates occupied cabinet (management) positions, as there would be the same pressure for politicians to curry favour…
Why not just ADVERTISE the cabinet positions after establishing a national strategic plan and HIRE the best applicants who then serve as a cabinet? The Senate then acts as a National Board of Directors (and as BAFFY says, that body can be as fluid as we wish (like many Boards) with terms ending and beginning as is convenient for the various stakeholder groups….
We don’t only want a control on politicians … WE NEED a meritocracy.
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@ Caswell
Point taken, but perhaps Errol Hurley did not know the exact reason why the NDU was located there either.
On Friday, September 21, 2012, while delivering a DLP Friday LUNCH TIME LECTURE, Hurley, who was BARNOD’s President at the time, is reported as having said (SOURCE: Barbados Advocate, September 25, 2012):
“Under the last administration, that department, they put it at the NUPW’s headquarters upstairs. Think carefully in your mind, the name of the department is the Disability Unit, the Disability Unit and you are putting it upstairs. Now persons with disabilities that have to go to that department for whatever reason or the other, they cannot access the department.”
“They have to sit and wait downstairs in the car park at the NUPW for some person working in that department to come downstairs to them to transact business.”
“Nobody in their right-thinking mind that did that could not love persons with disabilities; they are only acting the part. I have had discussions with the Minister of Social Care, the Honourable Steve Blackett and he is looking into getting that office moved. He has looked at various places but they weren’t adequate, because it has to be downstairs. Can you imagine, Roslyn Hurley, the Special Envoy for Persons with Disabilities has to climb those stairs every day to go to her office?”
After 6 years and 10 months of him pleading to 3 different ministers, (Sinckler, Lowe and Blackett), and the NDU has NOT been relocated, I wonder if Hurley is also prepared to tell the DLP (or Maureen Holder and John Lovell, since he is frequent caller to Talk ya talk”), that: “Nobody in their right-thinking mind that did that could not love persons with disabilities; they are only acting the part.”
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GO back to sleep Bush Tea, keep dreaming , wake when the bell ring, you see the light
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So what is your point then Artax?
Are you suggesting that if someone was in cabinet BECAUSE THEY REPRESENTED BARNOD SPECIFICALLY, that we would see the same indifference as now, when they are there BECAUSE it fits the DLP’s interests?
Look alleged Credit Unionist Maxine McClean is a big minister …and has been while all the credit union benefits were destroyed by Stinkliar…..
If she was there representing Credit Unions her ass would have been out…and a much more aggressive rep sent up long time….. but as it is, she is there on Fumble’s bidding …so &%$# the credit unions…
Seems we need the NGO inputs… 🙂
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LOL Ok Watchman
Bushie going to sleep and leave you on guard… 🙂
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@ Bush Tea
What happens when the politicians become the NGO rep, no politicians, just NGO rep
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@ Bush Tea
Good Night , by the way this bush has in weed ?
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Bush Tea October 12, 2015 at 11:42 PM #
“Look alleged Credit Unionist Maxine McClean is a big minister …and has been while all the credit union benefits were destroyed by Stinkliar….. If she was there representing Credit Unions her ass would have been out…”
Wuh shiite, that’s my point EXACTLY, Bushie!!!
Maxine is to the Credit Union as Kerryann is to the disabled. “The credit union benefits were destroyed by Stinkliar,” just as there has been no significant improvements for the disabled, despite representation in the Senate and in NGOs and the political rhetoric of 3 ministers.
No need to argue, essentially we are making similar points, just using different scenarios to illustrate.
Bushie, yuh brain, just like yuh whacker, like it ent wukking, yuh. BARNOD may be able to provide some assistance wid the brain, but yuh gine need a séance to raise the whacker, because dey aint got nuh doctor dat could raise the dead.
Hahahaha, wuh loss, Bushie, tek dah.
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“If she (Maxene McLean) was there representing Credit Unions (as a Minister in Cabinet – Simplified plan, meaning no Senate) her ass would have been out…and a much more aggressive rep sent up long time….. but as it is, she is there on Fumble’s bidding …so &%$# the credit unions…”
Now Walter if you, Axtax, Enuff, Piece, Prodigal, Vincent and even Word don’ get this as the complete answer to all that you are asking, somet’ing w’ong, w’ong, w’ong.
As long as there are political parties any institution that threatens their interests will not survive unscathed. Of course they would try to shut any NGO down that dares to grasp at real power. But what good is an NGO without real teeth …? What good is an unregistered gang that threatens proper groupings of people who strive to attain true power in the interest of others ..?
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Jesus Christ .. Maxine, like Kerryanne and the Min of Finance represents a Political Party .. NOT a real NGO. The higher these monkers climbed the more they showed their tails. What it proves is that NGO operatives cannot thrive in the Party structure… It lobbying process does NOT work. The Party has to be eliminated. It is at the core of these problems
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BAFBFP October 13, 2015 at 12:15 AM #
“Maxine, like Kerryanne and the Min of Finance represents a Political Party .. NOT a real NGO. The higher these monkers climbed the more they showed their tails. What it proves is that NGO operatives cannot thrive in the Party structure… It lobbying process does NOT work. The Party has to be eliminated. It is at the core of these problems.”
I understand your point and agree “that NGO operatives cannot thrive in the Party structure. In other words, “no man can serve two masters, he will either hate one, and love the other….”
A political party is a collective organization whose policies, principles and objectives are paramount (and strictly adhered to by its members) irrespective of the objectives of any other organization with which the members of that party may be associated.
To achieve these objectives requires a collective/collaborative effort of all members, even if these objectives are goes against the core principles of the members’ affiliate organization.
So, essentially, members of a NGO independent of political interference or infiltration, should be loyal to the objectives of that organization.
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@Baffy
It is heart warming to follow you and Bush Team championing change, needed change too. Be warned it will be a rough rough road to travel and a long long way to go.
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Created a space for you guys and gals to continue the debate.
https://barbadosunderground.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/a-flawed-governance-setup/
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@ Artaxerxes
Forgive me for tiefing your wrods from an earlier post to mek a point to annuder blogger De Ingrunt Word and to try to explain to Baffy why I know he jes “agitating”
You said “After 6 years and 10 months of him pleading to 3 different ministers, (Sinckler, Lowe and Blackett), and the NDU has NOT been relocated…”
You know Artaxerxes when I read through you posts and Dem uh Bush Tea one ting dat I does notice bout fellas like wunna (Prodigal and Colonel Buggy) the very ting dat wunna cant hide in wunna pronouncements (Frustrated Businessman) is dat wunna is “practitioners”.
Wunna is men who is be in de trenches pun a day BUT, due to de unrelenting victimization dat does go on pun a day in Bulbados, does hide in de cloak of anonymity like Batman.
Observe the “essence” of what you said in your presentation about the disconnect between the Senator for Disabilities and dem stairs to the Disability Unit!!
Dat nuance of the ;light of the beneficiaries of said agency IS COMPLETELY LOST ON politicians and de posturers like Hinkson and de next fellow dat did get groom by being in the lions and the Rotaries.
It is like de David Come-and-Sing-A-Song political activist fellow dat does post heah (almost said pose) and den disappear.
@ De Ingrunt Word
All dat preamble DIW is to respond to you question bout “how would you explain the success or lack thereof of Pinelands in getting its members’ needs met vis-a-vis having a rep in Parliament?”
A Discussion paper on (the Comparison of) NGOs in the Latin Americas and the Caribbean states “Over the past three decades there has been a notable increase in the importance of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the field of cooperation and development. Around the world these organizations have been gaining visibility, recognition and legitimacy in the eyes of governments, international organizations and agencies, the media and the general public, not only thanks to their humanitarian aid action on the ground, but also, increasingly, as protagonists in development and social regulation on an equal footing with the State and the private sector…”
What does this mean to you? and other readers?
Barring Artaxerxes (and the other fighters in the trenches i already mention Hants, the Annunake, the Blogmaster) the people who are at the forefront of the NGO fight against scourges such as poverty, famine, illiteracy and social marginalization are not the LIONS nor the Rotary Club and the “we love the newspaper spread” Auntie Olga posturers.
Even Donna, is a real real NGO fighter in she sunday school
It is the Rodney Grants and one time Harry Bishops of Deacons, the men and women who have, without them fancy words that you posit hers bout representative in Parliment, and without much money, doan mind that money DT gi dem, evey cent uh dat get account fuh..
Did you know that Hamilton Lashley, the man who changed sides from the DLP to the BLP etc., like a ballsless yo-yo, IS THE CREATION OF PINELANDS???
And I do hope that you did not cast a tongue-in-cheek insult regarding “the success or lack thereof, of Pinelands, in the face of that vacillating representation by spineless MPs?
What is you barometer of success sir?
You know how many people Pinelands sent to PHVCKING school, tek from being hoares, mek into mens and wummens through dance and drumming and giving peeple dat unna so does look down pun and gi dem self esteem and still does do every PHREAKING day”, WIDOUT THE ASSISTANCE of dese TV announcers Steve Blacketts and short me crutch Lil Caesar Steohen Lashleys dat only good fuh wukking up at Kadooment?
http://www.guardian.co.tt/gallery/sites/default/files/styles/node_gallery_display/public/node_gallery/Mike,%20Stephen%20Lashley,%20Juliette.JPG?itok=GKG4Gm40
You know whu Pinelands do to permanently change the derogatory “Pine. Perry, Prison?
That is the phvcking disconnect that I talking bout when fellows like Baffy (whom some would say come from the Priveleged Side uh de Pine and David Come-and-Sing-A-Fvcking-Song from de nex side uh de Pine) want to talk bout NGOs. I nevah see dem donkey anywhere in dese trenches so forgive de ole man Scunt
First tings first find out whu NGO mean in de context uh Barbados, define for me what is the success of an NGO and den start tuh talk to me bout ineffectual (nearly say effeminate) representatives in Parliament..
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pieceuhderockyeahright October 13, 2015 at 5:40 AM #
“Observe the “essence” of what you said in your presentation about the disconnect between the Senator for Disabilities and dem stairs to the Disability Unit!!”
Thank you PUDRYR, you placed my comments in a “smaller context” by mentioning “about the disconnect between the Senator for Disabilities and dem stairs to the Disability Unit!!”
But I also included the INACTIONS of her 2 colleagues who were ministers responsible for the NDU at some period of time and being members of the “collective,” to reinforce my point that there is a “magnetic resistance” between the NGOs and political parties.
Yuh know the resistance yuh does get when yuh trying to put two magnets together? Dah is wuh I mean.
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Progress
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Misrepresentation
Insolvency
Tax evasion
Fraud
Trading insolvent
Duplicity
Misuse of office
And on and on
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Where, in any of this, is any evidence of criminality?
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Read the docs
Anywhere else in the world there would be an investigation on all of this
If for nothing else to disprove the documentary evidence.
We are seeing the thin edge of wedge here
Unadulterated criminal activity !!!!
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@Kofi, surely you jest. IN which legal jurisdiction is it lawful to request fictitious financial reports where the same reports can be used to validate the bonafides of the company.
That was documented in one of the whistle-blown papers here.
Interestingly enough, the company has gone on to secure the trust of an entire team of government analysts, bankers and others so either those fictitious financials were completed or legitimate plans were implemented.
Regardless, the request to initiate the fraud screams ‘criminality’ or intent to do same. Even the intent to commit should be grounds to start an investigation.
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@Dee Word
Ignore that commenter, he is a spammer of many years standing. The old guard know him as Jack Boreman.
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@ Due Diligence
Forgive de ole man for a while I gine tief you name for a while.
A Due Diligence Unit!!!
Bulbados needs a Due Diligence Unit someplace where all dese unemployed Young Peeple candy get trained by sleuths like de Honourable Blogmaster, Bush Tea, Hants (he skills in finding Dem pulchritudinous ladies Dem is legendary!!) Kammie Holder and a few udders dat de ole man cyan remember Dem name cud get employ tuh research de bonafides uh dese investors dat are is cumming to bim for to trick all uh we
A blind man cud see dat this unofficial team does get mo’ do in a day Dan Dem Phvckers does get do in 7 years!!!
DD IS YOU PREPARED TUH GI UP YOU NAME FUH DE CVNTRY???
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PPDRYR
Sorry to be so long responding to you.
DD does not think he wants to give up his moniker here on BU; but is honoured to be axed to allow his name to be used on the new Unit you propose “tuh research de bonafides uh dese investors dat is cumming to bim for to trick all uh we”, and hereby agrees to naming it the Due Diligence Unit.
Given that DEMS have apparently not heard of GOOGLE and other search engines, It is high time that a new NGO be established to function as an investor bonafides watchdog on behalf of the taxpayers.
Please let me know when you have it up and running, so I may submit an application for employment, provided my employment contract will be of sufficient duration to qualify for a pension.
I hope you will be able to recruit the whistleblower who has leaked the documents to BU to act as CEO on the Unit, reporting to you as Chairman of the Bored.
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Good Evening to all BU-ians
The Real Real Due Diligence blogger had was did give he permission, magnaminously, to me, (and by extension me grandson to create a DUE DILIGENCE UNIT (DDU)
De DDU is to deal wid de scoundrels and con artists dat is masquerading across de island as ministers of state.
Given dat Bulbados can be said to be in de most ridiculous situation ever to besiege the once highly respected Barbados, de ole man axe me grandson tuh mek sumting dat wud go befo’ BU-ians fuh dem cunsideration.
He came up wid dis
Now befo’ we get to wrangling ovah de coveted seat of the T.W.E.R.P ing Committee (Terminate With Extreme Rass**le Prejudice Committee) it should be known dat, in the same way Dr Jerome have he sights on the cunstituency in Christ Church West going South, I tink dat de following positions is only fair.
1] dat de Real Due Diligence get to be President of the DDU with immediate effect, a position relinquishable only on passing, like how Fumble gine try to be President uh de Republic fuh Life and he Frien Marston gine help he change de laws too
2] Dat Mr. Caswell Franklyn be appointed and Leader of Business concerning Rules and Regulations, cause wunna dun know dat Caswell is a Rules Boss
3] I thirdly move dat Master of Arms fuh de “Brek Dem Knee Caps Committee” go tuh Bush Tea since he gots allot uh experience wid licking up peeples and to whom de DDU can feel safe to gi he de license to use de Wacker Pun dem Scvunt. As a matter uh some urgency Bush Tea you is going to have to deal wid de Dompey Broken Promises Issue (he said he did dun posting heah pun BU)
4] All special cases of Knee Cap Brekking as in Domps and the Antichrist is de responsibility uh Bush Teafrom dis Moment and I move dat Alvin Cummins get co-opt fuh TWERP action immediately
Special consideration for that job will be given to my Sweet Sexy Suzanne who, in the event she get any wounds during the exercise kin report to me for care (albeit geriatric care)
For the specific reasons of SSS I move dat we ban Hants, Baffy and Lawson cause dem would interfere wid tings dealing with combatant care for sultry females
5] Given the Legal Issues concerning all de Tiefing and Lock-up-able offenses of dese guvment ministers, I move dat Mr. Jeff Cumberbatch be assigned dis post cause he is a no nonsense fellow but I jes waiting to see whu he do at FTC en ting
Dere are still positions for Sleuth Training open and fellows like Artaxerxes, Kammie Holder, Prodigal and De Ingrunt Word are all axed to put forward dem name for national service.
De DDU shud be up and running by nex week pending de necessary signatures of certain ministers and slush money dat coming from DownLowe muddah account.
Given the sensitivity involved in dis matter please do not write no incriminating emails…
Of Course de Honourable Blogmaster is the Director of the Super Sleuthing Training Unit dat goes without saying…
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