Bishop Atherley,
Like many Barbadians, I am exceedingly proud of the bold step which this nation is taking as we embark on our journey to republicanism. It is with that patriotic spirit that I watched the proceedings of the Houses of Parliament as they elected the first President of our coming Republic. I had hoped, like many, that the day would be one of joyous celebration, for we have waited so long for this moment, as well as solemn reflection, as we contemplate the journey thus far and where we have yet to go. It was a day designed to be bereft of partisan rancour, a day for unbridled patriotism.
Ultimately however, that was not entirely the case. In particular, one gentleman, your Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate, sought to bring the entire dignified proceedings into disrepute, in the process affronting the Parliament, the country and indeed, you, as his Leader. While I would never presume to tell you how to exercise your constitutional duties, it no doubt appears that there is no choice but to either ask the gentleman for his resignation, and if he refuses, to recommend to the Governor General that he be replaced in the Senate. I take no delight in that position, but it is the only way to staunch the bleeding. I rest this contention upon three principal grounds.
Firstly, the gentleman has repeatedly been publicly at variance with you. In our system of government, the parliamentary leader and members of his frontbench must be in lockstep. This is particularly so in the Senate, where those appointed on your recommendation, are entirely dependent upon you for their continued service. While disagreement is par for the course, the matter before us is not a resolution to acquire land. The constitutional ordering of this nation at its highest level is of such paradigmatic importance, that any disagreement on that, means that there is an irredeemable loss of confidence on the part of both parties, for how can you agree on the ‘little things’ if the ‘biggest thing’ is so contentious. A man cannot be led by a person in whom he does not confidence, nor can a man lead another in whom he has no confidence. Little wonder then that in comments to the press, he delivered of himself a fatal remark, that to partake in the process would have made him “look like a fool”. Sir, you participated in the process, in fact you advanced a joint nomination. Sir, you cannot lead a man who thinks you to be a fool.
Further, the reasons advanced for his conduct are disingenuous at best. The gentleman pretends that his issue was with the ballot. The fact is, however, that there never would have been a ballot, unless he objected (note that in Trinidad, there is no constitutional provision to allow objections when there is only one candidate). Did he object in order to have a ballot so that he could again object? Is that the philosophy of the PdP: mindless objection? He alleged to the press that there was no way for him to vote against if he wanted to. We now know that not to be true. The Parliament makes rules to regulate itself, and parliamentarians were instructed that with the ballot paper, they could have indicated approval, disapproval or abstention, with a tick, an x or ‘abstain’. What then is the true reason for his conduct?
Worst of all, the gentleman cast a long shadow over one of this country’s most historic days. A survey of the social media platforms suggests that the national conversation was not dominated by this country decisively reaffirming our confidence in ourselves or by the fact that a young woman from St. Philip would be this country’s first President. No sir, these events were seemingly overshadowed by the gentleman’s conduct. Whether it was his intention or not, his conduct gave rise to this distraction. This, perhaps, is his greatest sin. That on a day that was about Barbados, about all of us, about our past and our future, about hope tempered by pragmatism, we discussed none of these things, we discussed a single man all day.
I don’t know when, but at some point, we began to think that democracy is an adversarial blood sport of scorched earth tactics. I say, emphatically, that it is not. That if we want a solid democracy as we transition to republican status, we must have politicians who exercise maturity, who can disagree with dignity and honestyand still reach across the aisle in times of national crisis and times of national pride. That is the democracy to which we ought always to aspire.
The gentleman may continue to disagree with everything, as is the right of any in this country, but like the rest of us, he can do so outside of the precincts of Parliament, where will not affront our democracy and our nation.
Bishop Atherley, I know you to be a man with an abiding love for our nation. Every second that this iniquity persists is a stain on this country. The people of Barbados do not deserve this. I ask you, sir, simply, to do the right thing.
Yours Sincerely,
Khaleel Kothdiwala,
A Patriot
United we stand
Divided we fall
Gangbanging
Crabs (Crips) and Slobs (Bloods)
There can never be unity among blacks as they tend to be easily divided. Divide to rule MO was easy to implement with warring tribes in Africa. Western troops are still in Africa now as “peace keepers”
So do the C-Walk (Crip Walk)
Fuck a Blood
Crips all day everyday
Last time I check Caswell was taking his dog Snow for a walk
Meanwhile wunna up in here mumble and grumble
He said what he had to case giving no apologies in that he said he stands for principles and not for gimmicks
Lawson,
You are joking, of course. We know you have your fair share of ALL crimes among your kind.
And if you don’t do as much these days, it’s because you already stole everything from everybody hundreds of years ago and refuse to give anything back.
The search for Utopia continues!
I tried, but unable to contribute..
Good luck with your republicanism. However, truth be told, this shift to become a republic was never planned to bring prosperity and purpose to the life’s of Barbados African population.
We have known for sometime how this government and the one it replaced have been pushing for an exponential rise in Barbados population. Its preferred method is to do so via the immigration route.
Foreign lenders and overseas governments are demanding Barbados to liberalise its economy and to accept an influx of newcomers in order to access loans. Some here have registered their surprise at the recruitment of a white foreigner to head our tourism marketing sector. This is not a surprise. It is an indication as to where we are heading as a country.
Mia will instruct her hand-picked lackey, who is a clone of Queen Elizabeth the second, to pass executive orders which will enable the state to compulsory purchase large tracts of land which will in turn be handed on a plate to foreign investors who will develop the land in order to create a business model and culture which will generate profits for those with the financial muscle.
Who will be looking out for the welfare of Barbados not so wealthy black population. Do not be deceived with Mia’s justification for republicanism. The best laid plans often never come into fruition.
Waru people say the same stupid things about washing your car or cleaning your house. Donna still on the hunt for reparations I see, none of my family took your ancestors , try eating potatoes for a couple of hundred years instead of that garden you got growing
@ William Skinner October 22, 2021 12:34 PM
“The irony here is that people want to castrate Caswell for raising his voice while a man who carried out a coup against a government was allowed to function in his county.”
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Barbados breaking off with Elizabeth and embracing whip/whipper politics?
Members who vote against party policy may “lose the whip”, being effectively expelled from the party.
Word on the ground Duguid tendered his resignation and PM refused it
Don’t know why she refused to let that square peg out of its misery being placed in a round hole
“However, truth be told, this shift to become a republic was never planned to bring prosperity and purpose to the life’s of Barbados African population.
Who will be looking out for the welfare of Barbados not so wealthy black population.”
simply becasue they believe they will get away with continuing the same Anti-Black/Afrikan crimes they have perpet\rated for over half century….and are so famous for…
they better start looking out for themselves…they grew up SEEING that as long as the negros get elected…the Black/Afrikan population who got them there are no longer a priority. until NEXT ELECTION when they present their snake selves to get votes again……if they don’t get it now, they never will and CANNOT blame Mrs. Maloney or anyone else for that….because they AS THE ELECTORATE are the ones WITH THE VOTING POWERS…to bring an abrupt end to it..
the parliament is no longer in control of the island;s finances…they have borrowed too much and have no choice but to continue along that path indefintely…they are as usual only allowed control over the majority population where they do as they like…the population will have to make up their own minds what they want to do about that.as well…no one has to take it…..not when ya got choices…
“many hands don’t make light work, many hands receive a salary”
🤣🤣🤣🤣 that video is real hit…….
so the 6 or 7 parasites they got using their 12-14 hands to receive salaries to screw up everything….one man, Steve Emtage, Director of FInance and Planning…….under both Barrow and Adams did that job….ONE MAN….but they need Straughn, Caddle, Mrs. Maloney, Persuad, Greenidge, Mascoll, Ian Carrington… to suck the treasury dry..
as i have said all along, ministers are useless..and those locusts for consultants are even worse…..
David
Whether direct or participatory or representative democracy these are issues that Cole, Mills, Rosseau and many others have talked about in western literature but their ideas are more in line with yours and fail to meet current requirements.
Our working definition of democracy has to with the equitable distribution of resources. Democracy in the workplace as primary. Examples are Mondragon from Spain and the cooperative movements everywhere.
At the national level Cuba at times well qualifies as a fairly even distributor of national resouces to its population.
Libya under Maumar Ghadafi is another well known for distributing resources fairly evenly to the entire population.
Venezuela which is currently being subjected to sanctions for essentially using its oil wealth for the needs of its people.
The Cooperative Republic of Guyana under Frobes Burhnam was brutalized for trying to do similarly.
Argentina under its leader on September 11, 1971 circa who was overthrown, murdered, by your American government for doing to American corporations what the Economic Hitman and the jackals warned him not to do.
And there are many, many other leaders who have died because they insisted that their people were entitled to the equitable distribution of national resources. Going against those who pretend democracy, like you.
These and these alone can approach reaching our definition. You have your vote once every 5 years. You spend your time running down behind stinking politicians begging and pleading. We prefer to get to the meat of the matter.
Lawson,
None of my family doing the kidnapping either.
But you guys are still squatting on stolen lands.
@Pacha
Thanks for your reply.
No need for counterfeit vaccine scams…can’t see they can’t find vaccines.
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/10/22/us-donate-second-tranche-70-200-pfizer-covid-19-vaccines-barbados/
can’t SAY… they can’t find vaccines..no more excuses…
Saw a video yesterday, still working out the details, but it relates to vaccine injury and death in children and in one case, murder charges apparently accepted against a school and the vaccinator in UK, new territory so gotta wait and see if and how that plays out…
.this is a bad situation all around and getting steadily worse….fasten ya seatbelts..
Dr. Ronnie Yearwood wrote an interesting article in Barbados today titled New Republic old Constitution
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Some one recently dubbed the ongoing events as soulless a correct description of what govt has done to transitioning Barbados into a Republic
Also a person recently asked if on independence day the logo that represents Barbados Independence would be those written happy independence and Republic Day
There is a saying when person fails to plan
Failure is inevitable
From the very beginnning when the word republic was dug up revived and started trending again, it was clear that the intent was to keep the colonial constitution in play OR the first thing we would have heard was….we got a new constitution so it’s time to go republic…..when that did not happen, we knew what was coming. It’s up to yall to accept it or not.
these wicked little minorities that they love to appease because of their various business partnerships between them and who is fronting for whose business.. will be the END OF THEIR FREEDOM…just like they are all wishing on the Black/African population..
Who would imagine a country on the verge of becoming a republic would have sought to actively encouraged their own citizens to seek “greener” pastures outside of their own country; and at the same time welcome the arrival of newcomers to revitalise Barbados ailing economy.
These people who are governing this country are evil. There remains a minimum of 250,000 citizens of African descent in our country. Will they share the same fate as their ancestors on the South American continent whose large numbers were culled using a variety of methods to allow for the whitening of that continent.
“actively encouraged their own citizens to seek “greener” pastures outside of their own country;”
you noticed it’s not even to their ancestral lands where there are 55 COUNTRIES TO CHOOSE FROM…, but to where they could be reenslaved….while the traitors pushed the stinking scum of the earth minorities from Barbados and around caricom to OUR CONTINENT, in disrespect…..that tells ya that they think they can easily dispose of our bloodlines…well i don’t have to tell ya how well that dirty plot is going down and received in Afrika…
those who know these evil beasts and their little nigas well, saw this coming 3 YEARS AGO
Donna if you mean lands that were” found ” by peoples crossing the Siberian peninsula I guess, your right they never actually just handed it over like in barbados. lol We had to bargain for it. Those f..ing beads and mirrors arent easy to make you know .. What do you think that makes your eggplants grow so go good if it isnt Arawak calcium.
But again you are right Donna we have stolen items from other cultures and used them to our benefit .For example that four sided wheel that your ancestors invented we stole the idea and use the concept to make patio stones.
We are living through RESIDENT EVIL times…and the Black/Afrikan population MUST PROTECT THEMSELVES…
the dumb Slaves make good sacrifice material…no one will miss them…..
Expect to hear more of these stories once the country moves to republican status.
https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/10/23/residents-want-chain-from-entrance-to-once-popular-beach-removed-to-accommodate-fishermen/
It harrows the blogmaster with fear and wonder reading some comments.
Vive La liberte’ d’expression!
But ya know they will still have the brass balls on them to come very shortly and BEG the same Black/Afrikan population for votes to slither and weasel their way back into the parliament… until they can get their new population in place so they won’t need Black votes anymore…..but they have no FORESIGHT……or….
People so inclined may want to consider this, still your choice, but only because they are ALLOWING IN TOURISTS who are more than likely going to spread that new Delta Plus variant around further complicating everything…the experts say it might be more easily infectious…just how deadly and dangerous , they are still investigating.
This is Forde from Harrison’s Point.
“Stressing that his challenge to take the COVID-19 vaccine was “not planned but from above”, he added: “I am going to give the country a challenge, that… by the middle of next month I would love every single Barbadian who has the opportunity to get vaccinated to help us on the ground, to help our challenge on the ground, I really would like you to step forward and do it by November 15.”
David
Of whom speaketh thou? For such a comment haveth no purchase unless overstanding is reacheth.
TLSN October 23, 2021 6:59 AM
Who would imagine a country on the verge of becoming a republic would have sought to actively encouraged their own citizens to seek “greener” pastures outside of their own country; and at the same time welcome the arrival of newcomers to revitalise Barbados ailing economy.
Hmmmm……..
Sometimes, you ‘harrow me with fear and wonder.’
Interestingly, I read several of your contributions in which you were highly critical of almost every institution in Barbados, while actively encouraging young Barbadians “to seek “greener” pastures outside of their own country?”
Every year, there is someone who limits access to the beach. Let me state that property owners rights should be respected.
For those that want to claim MORE than they share or would block public access points, the government should create a task force of 12 workers
3 armed to the teeth
One bulldozer
4 with wire cutters
Four to remove debris.
They should be accompanied by an armed police escort.
Problem solved.
Next
Stueps
Unable to do the Republic/COVID-19 schtick.
Both are distractions Theo…don’t blink or ya willl miss what happens next..
Seems like BT is about to establish a pay wall
@Sargeant
It looks that way.
https://barbadostoday.bb/subscriptions/packages/
Doesn’t it suck when you get all serious and others sees it as one big frigging joke.
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This morning, I told my wife our home is now a Republic. No elections, no referendum and no need for a change in our constitution.
She doesn’t listen to Bajan Radio, so I was surprised when she did a great impression of Caswell. When I gave her the paper to vote on, she complained about just one box to mark.
“Check it l, x it or leave it blank.”
“What is the difference between check and x? They are many proposals that I agreed with by using an x. An x can be whatever you want it to be”
“I dun wid de old talk. We are a Republic and I am President and Supreme Leader. Here is your list of duties”.
My Republic lasted 5 minutes. I hope yours last longer.
I get tired of people telling me what is in it for me, when the question I asked was “what is in it for Mia”.
“Mother of the country”, one joker replied.
“That’s funny. Is that easier than being mother of a child?”
Don’t you dare go there?
Go where? Where no man has been before?
I knew it. Instead of engaging in debate, you would call names and make insinuations.
—Jesus… My brain cells are working today. Send out the clowns—–
” As a result, fisherfolk can only carry equipment like ice coolers to store the day’s catch of, for example, Barracuda, Cavalli, Mackerel and lobsters, based on the amount of weight an individual can bear for wht a Barbados TODAY team, which undertook the trek today, timed at a total 50 minutes both ways.”
@ TheOGazerts,
I expect a more intelligent and thoughtful response from you but here is my solution.
The fishermen could drive to Bridgetown, rent a fishing boat and travel back to that fishing location.
After catching enough Barracuda, Cavalli, Mackerel and lobsters, they can sail back to Bridgetown,load the fish in their vehicles and drive back home.
See Theo, a non violent solution to a problem as would be expected from a pre geriatric Kolij man.
@ Artax,
For those who live on the rock these are extraordinarily serious times. There should be no time for futile diversions. I wish you a good day Sir.
I am on top of my game and Hants is shooting me down.
😀Let me see if I understand Hants solution.😀
Travel from point A to Point B
Sail from point B to Point A
Sail from Point A to point B
Travel from Point B to point A
This land travel from A to B is done using SUV’s
But to be honest, my solution had two outcomes.. non-violence or death.
Republic Journal -Day 2
Citizens in my Republic want to go out, so I have to leave the comforting couch of the Republic. Also, citizens are not saying “God save the President”
Seems as if nothing has changed. I have to amend this doggone constitution. I need more power.
TLSN October 23, 2021 9:54 AM #: “For those who live on the rock these are extraordinarily serious times. There should be no time for futile diversions. I wish you a good day Sir.”
Futile diversions???
My friend, I’m surprised that ASKING for CLARIFICATION as it relates to your recent comments and those you’ve previously made to this forum, which are essentially ‘sending mixed messages,’ has been interpreted by you as “futile diversions.”
For example:
TLSN February 14, 2021 7:58 AM #: “Those who can – LEAVE THE ISLAND; those who can’t – remain on it.”
There are more.
And, I’m not surprised it was ‘liked’ by Vincent Codrington. But, he’s doing what he does best on BU.
Republic Journal – Day 2
Citizens are becoming frustrated. Looks as if they misunderstood what the changes would be. It appears they are expecting more of me. After three years they should have figured out I was just winging it; anything good was by accident.
Promised them a throne speech to clear up any misunderstandings. Shit. They said it should now be called a couch speech.
I am now more frustrated than they are. Seem as if they expected real and substantial changes. Just replacing Queen by President is not working.
Republic Journal – Day 2
I cannot believe that becoming a Republic is so difficult.
Republic of Barbados: 270,000; 1 Caswell
My Republic: 3; 2 Caswells
I must have done a lot wrong in a past life.
HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER HEARD OF 6 TRINIDADIANS IN ANY WINDIES TEAM EVER?
White people need to get over themselves with their superiority complex and snark cutting smart ass humour which is a big drag and as they age badly they look all wrinkled and ghastly pale like death and ghosts prematurely
When your strip down the layers of the human body
Blacks have more soul
and jazz blues disco funk reggae
and Asians have more religion and spirituality
and Whites are pirates plagiarisers and copy cats
and are boring and average with an insipid culture
whenever they start to lose they change up the rules
Therefore white peoples religions are an oxymoron
they are pagans or devils
Soul Calling – I Am That I Am
Beloved Soul,
Within you are libraries of ancient wisdom,
a deep inner knowing
of how to create peace
in your life
and on Earth.
You hold the vibration of love
innately in your soul.
You are Love.
It is the truth of who you are.
Do you remember?
When peace is restored within you
and on earth,
your soul will whisper,
“I am a part of it all.”
“I am the peace that ripples out
through the heart of humanity.”
“I am in everything.
Every rock,
every tree,
every blade of grass.”
“I am in you,
and you in me.”
“I am that I am.”
Can you feel it?
If you are ready to remember the light of your soul,
and the peace that is available to you always,
I invite you to come on a soul healing journey.
@ Dr. GP
Which W.I team are you referring to?
The T20 team for the World Cup?
Mia measured the political pluse of the people and came up.with a good results thinking it better to coronate a dictator in Nov and removed the Queen as head
Killing two birds with one stone
Out with Barrow and in with a dictator bells and whistles applied
ACTUALLY THERE ARE 7 TRINIS —4 OF THESE STELLAR PLAYERS ARE ALREADY OUT
NOT ONE BAJAN IN THE TEAM
YES ARTAX
WATCHING ON WILLOW AND FOLLOWING THESTATS ON CRICINFO.COM
AC
LILIBET’S FUNCTION IN BARBADOS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN THAT OF SANDRA’S–CEREMONIAL.
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?
ISNT SANDRA A DEM?……AND DID SHE NOT PERSEVERE AND PERSIST IN BLP TIMES?
DOES SANDRA NOT DESERVE HER POSITION.?
@ Dr. GP
The WI are now 49 for 7.
Perhaps David BU should have a blog dedicated to this 2021 T20 World Cup, so we won’t have to distract from the substantive topic with cricket.
“Perhaps David BU should have a blog dedicated to this 2021 T20 World Cup, so we won’t have to distract from the substantive topic with cricket.”
Good idea. But this is more punishment than distraction.
” would be sailing from November 11, 2021 to March 31, 2022 with round-trips from Barbados to several Caribbean islands aboard the world’s largest tall ship, the 272-pssenger Golden Horizon.”
https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/10/23/tradewinds-voyages-cancels-caribbean-cruise-for-2021-winter-season/
Republic Journal – Day 2
Dissatisfaction with change to a Republic continues to grow.
One citizen wants to be Supreme Leader, the other wants to be President. Where does that leave me?
Appears there is only one more change that I can make to save the day. Marital law has been declared(husband should be head of household).
Banana Republic established.
Who de coach? Not a Trini? But they have a Bajan on the England team doah. If Jofra was fit, they would have had two.
Windies let them get away.
We’ll see what happens.
Republic Journal – Day 2
It is unlikely that I will survive this attempted coup.
How many ministers can my small country have? Citizens seem to think that becoming a Republic opened up new post and ministries.
One new ministry but several new committees were created.
slogan, vaccines, covid tests and importing houses – wife
Whatever the hell committees my wife is not on – son
Minister of Everything – me
I may yet survive
Oh dear! And I forgot who de captain – anudder Trini.
Baje din stan’ a chance!
ENGLAND BEAT DE TRINIDAD TEAM WITH JUST 4 NON TRINIDADIAN PLAYERS CONVINCINGLY
Republic Journal – Day 2
National game of the Republic is cricket.
Optimism is high. Hopefully, we can get a few games against the West Indies.
Honorary citizens
🐇 – twistorian and story teller
GP – put us to sleep with verses if we have insomnia
Lawson – anti-comedian
Hants – archivists
AC – ambassador to BU
Two other citizenships but will be offered, but I seem to recall they declined an award. What is a Republic without prisoners?
2 honorary prisoners
1 prisoner – CA
Death row- enuff, Lorenzo
–Here endeth Day 2—-
@TheoG
Just declare victory and promise to pardon all those who questioned your leadership
@KK
I just want to put on record here that I have been warning against the outspoken senator for years. He is misogynistic, xenophobic and public enemy number 1.
It is good to know that not only neutral, concerned citizens like me now see it that way, but also the National Youth Leader of the Mottley Youth.
Was leaving but glad that Sarge spoke up.
Formulating the honorary tourist list, but we have to determine what covid protocol will be followed first
Sarge, NO, John A, WS, blogmaster… You will be notified
Still declining. This republic is not big enough for me and ac.
It harrows the blogmaster with fear and wonder reading some comments.
Vive La liberte’ d’expression!
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YOU WOULD LIKE ALL TO BE LIKE MOST BLACKS ON THE 2 x 3 ISLAND DUMBED DOWN LIKE SHEEP ON GREEN PASTURES.
what I like about a republic is ,,, …….pub . Saw Theo chatting up a cheetah at the bar, trying to pull a fast one as usual.
the dumb Slaves make good sacrifice material…no one will miss them
there will come a time when those who are talking now will say nothinng and just spectate
The proclamation of the republic is only the beginning.
Our Supreme Leader will continue to rise. She has already achieved an incredible amount, far more than all the weak male prime ministers put together.
She has restructured the debt, brought back honour, dignity and respect in front of the international community, protected us from volcanic ash and Hurricane Elsa, annihilated cockroaches and DLP and imprisoned Donville. She has fought male misogynists and rapists and humiliated them all. For all this she deserves our thanks.
More great deeds will follow! It’s time to proclaim Mia Mottley a national saint!
sas efcharistó.
“ More great deeds will follow! It’s time to proclaim Mia Mottley a national saint!”
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“ Artemisia III de BDS”
More violation of Black human rights…this is the baton that young advocates on the island should be undertaking…fight for Black rights and stop being distracted by bullshit politics….this is pure wickedness coming from all the evil criminals involved in the collapse of that building that killed a whole family…they are all waiting for this lady to die so they don’t pay the surviving child and others a dime…
my next book is writng itself.
https://www.nationnews.com/2021/10/24/cry-settlement-arch-cot-case/
Fourteen years after one of the most horrific tragedies in Barbados, Shirley Linton still feels as if she is the voice crying in the wilderness.
Her daughter Cassandra Codrington, husband Donavere and three young children, Shaquanda, Shaquille and Yashiro, perished when the apartment building where they lived collapsed into a hole beneath it, on August 26, 2007.”
WURA-War-on-U,
This is why I stated the BU family should recognise the perilous state of Barbados. The link below is further indication as to the level of amorality present in the fabric of Barbados society.
https://barbadostoday.bb/2021/10/23/car-dealer-facing-seven-counts-of-theft-in-two-jurisdic
RE It’s time to proclaim Mia Mottley a national saint!
WHAT SHALL WE CALL HER SIR SAINT BITEMUH?
Source: Nation
Source: Nation
“This is why I stated the BU family should recognise the perilous state of Barbados. ”
clowns don’t want to hear that so you leave them be..
David
Green’s work is forever artistic. However, under his magisterial artistry lies too large a risk for national chaos, deepening distrust in the elites.
An artist is well familiar with these levels of risks, but a nation, given our collective knowledge, cannot, indeed should never, go to the same place and in the same way the artist goes for expression.
We know right now with a high degree of certainty that some structures need to be erected. Adrian Green failed to confront the reality that those could have been known and interrogated long before republicanism was imposed as a fait accompli.
You, David, are always want to talk about governance and democracy. Where is either? How could we in any imaginable way sow this field of yams expectant of reaping potatoes, as a popular blogger likes to say? How is what MAM is doing anything less than the erection of a nanny state-ism? Why should big men and women, a country, be so susceptible to the singular artistic imagination of a prime minister as supported by Adrian Green? Where will be the critical juncture for the meeting of the imagination of this one prime minister or government with collective imagination or consciousness?
When we saw these winds, we should expect to reap the whirlwind. We are disappointed that Green has exhibited such a potentially fatal failure of imagination.
Sow
@Pacha
Greene is an artist, not a politician or some public servant restricted by a programmed and linear environment. He must be given the latitude to share the result of lateral thinking even if impractical from where we sit.
@ Pacha
“ Adrian Green failed to confront the reality that those could have been known and interrogated long before republicanism was imposed as a fait accompli.”
Not surprised at all by your comment. There is a tremendous difference between reading and reading critically. Once Greene is critically read, one realises that while he writes beautifully about the problems, he seems reluctant to pulverize those who are ultimately responsible for the systematic chaos and economic poverty. Perhaps, in all credit to him, he does not see himself or his “art” located in that purpose. However, he is one of our better writers.
David
Generally agree. However, the imagination of One, as supported by Greene, is now a lived reality for all. Art meets dictatorship!
@Pacha
Sadly One person can be all things to all men. All of us have our roles to manage the ecosystem we have to exist.
@ WURA
I see the front page of today’s nation highlights the massive Kingston plantation corruption. A very large settlement has been announced.Noticed also that Barbados Underground and Barbados Free Press were given mention. I wonder if the corrupt lawyers will be now exposed …………..Expect a cover up!!
Skinner
Thanks. His position, as well sugar coated as it is, is intolerable. This is not the person we thought we knew!
History is replete with dictators deploying artists to achieve political and military goals, and MAM has always had such a lock on these creators in Barbados.
We remember well the centrality of art within the imagination of the Third Reich. In fact, one of its armies foci was the specific targeting of museums.
So the nexus of art and the brutality of dictatorship is not new.
Also, Hitler considered that national socialism, or the organizing principles of the Nazis, could not be understood unless its devotees first under the artistic works of Wilhelm Wagner. And there are many, many, more artistic links to the Third Reich as well.
Scriptures for Today.
Acts 14:22; strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,”
2 Cor 5:17; Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2 Cor 4;10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
2 Cor 4:11;For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.
2 Cor 1:8-9; We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
Romans 8:35-37; Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Romans 8:36-37; As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
James 1:2-3; My brothers and sisters, think of the various tests you encounter as occasions for joy. After all, you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Romans 5:3-4; Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope
2 Cor 4:8-9; We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
2 Cor 12: 7; because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Mark 11:24; Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
James 1:5-7; If any of you lack wisdom, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive ANY THING of the Lord.
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will RECEIVE and your joy will be complete. John 16:24;
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will RECEIVE an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24;
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matt 7:7;
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Cor 9:8;
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, (Receiving)/ having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. 2 Cor 9:8;
Give, (and you will receive)-and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Luke 6:38;
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 2 Peter 1:3
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
Philippians 4:19; But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Repent And Confess Your Sins, Save Your Soul From Hatred and Damnation!!
“Sadly One person can be all things to all men. All of us have our roles to manage the ecosystem we have to exist.”
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How much should churches change their message and methods to suit the culture around them? Some believe that whatever methods will connect with people are justified. The gospel must be “contextualised” they say. This means that we must adapt everything but the core message to suit the culture. The main Bible verse that they use to support this idea is when Paul speaks of being all things to all men in order to save them. Does that mean that we must adopt the culture around us and everything we do must be changed? How should we understand this verse?
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I see the front page of today’s nation highlights the massive Kingston plantation corruption. A very large settlement has been announced.Noticed also that Barbados Underground and Barbados Free Press were given mention. I wonder if the corrupt lawyers will be now exposed …………..Expect a cover up!!”
yeah, i heard they finally got around to putting it in local media, but i saw it the same day i posted the vaccine scam link among other cases that the corrupt from Barbados and other jurisdictions have in Miami for corruption….told John to check it out then….
don’t know if they were waiting for the vaccine scam to run out of steam or never stop….lol…..hope all the lawyers/parasites names get called, they never thought the exposure would arrive, but the family in Miami kept at it until they got a judgement…
they can only cover up things on the island….IT’S EXPOSED EVERYWHERE ELSE…and they have to face other people in other countries…
RE How much should churches change their message and methods to suit the culture around them? Some believe that whatever methods will connect with people are justified. The gospel must be “contextualised” they say. This means that we must adapt everything but the core message to suit the culture.
How much should churches change their message and methods to suit the culture around them?
SANE SOUND SERIOUS STUDENTS OF THE SCRIPTURES WHO ARE PREACHERS SHOULD PREACH THE WORD OF GOD IN SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON…….THAT IS THE INSTRUCTION.
THERE IS NO INSTRUCTION ABOUT ADAPTING TO THE CULTURE- THAT IS MODERNISM WHICH HAS CREPT IN SINCE EARLY 1900’S. THE HEART OF MAN AND HIS TENDENCY TO SIN IN ONE OR ALL OF THE THREE WAYS AS SUMMARIZED IN I JOHN 2: 15-17 HAS NOT CHANGED, OVER TIME. THE HEART IS STILL DECIETFUL AND DESPERATELY WICKED.
THE WORD HAS ADDRESSED ALL THE LIKELY SCENARIOS PERFECTLY.
THOSE WHO WANT TO SIN WILL ALWAYS FIND ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO EXCUSE THEMSELVES
IT IS STILL TRUE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE LEARNED AS A CHILD, I.E SIN WILL KEEP ME FROM THIS BOOK AND THIS BOOK WILL KEEP ME FROM SIN.
JOSHUA 1:8 IS STILL TRUE
ALSO Psalm 119:11 “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
RE The main Bible verse that they use to support this idea is when Paul speaks of being all things to all men in order to save them. Does that mean that we must adopt the culture around us and everything we do must be changed? How should we understand this verse?
ON Becoming All Things to All Men to Save Some ( 1 Corinthians 9:19–23)
hERE IS A GOOD WORD ON THAT SUBJECT
For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, that I might win the more. 20 And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law, though not being myself under the Law, that I might win those who are under the Law; 21 to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, that I might win those who are without law. 22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some. 23 And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it.
Should We Imitate Paul’s Strategy?
The first question to ask is whether this remarkable testimony of Paul is something we should imitate, or is this just something that apostles did—or that missionaries do who must adapt to other cultures?
The answer comes from one of the clearest commentaries on these words that Paul himself wrote in the next chapter. Look at 1 Corinthians 10:31–11:1. Here the issue is exactly the same as in 9:19ff., namely, how to relate to Jews and Greeks so as to win them for Christ. He says,
Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32) Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God; [in other words, adapt as much as you can in non-sinful ways] 33) just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved. [That’s the same as 9:22, “I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.” Then comes the answer to our question, in 11:1.] Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
So that answer is: No, this is not a specifically apostolic or missionary way of life. It is something that he meant for all the Corinthian believers to imitate. He was imitating Christ, and he wants us to imitate him. So hear this message this morning a Word from God for you particularly and not just for someone else. Ask how you, in your sphere of life, can use your freedom the way Paul and Jesus did, if by any means you might save some.
What Is Paul’s Aim?
Now the second question to ask in this text is what Paul’s aim is. Why has he made himself a slave to all? Why is he becoming “as a Jew” to the Jews? Why did he make himself as a “lawless one” to the lawless, and weak to the weak? Which is the same now as asking, Why should we?
It’s a tremendously important question. Paul is telling us to live and act in ways that are different from the way we would act if we didn’t share his aim in life. So it makes a big difference if we have the same aim Paul does here. What was his aim?
To Win Others
Five times he says that his aim is to win people. Verse 19: “that I might win the more.” Verse 20: ” that I might win the Jews . . . that I might win those under the law.” Verse 21: “That I might win those who are without law.” Verse 22: “That I might win the weak.”
To Save Others
So five times he says that his aim in adapting to the way people live is to win them. Then at the end of verse 22 in his summary statement he says, “I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.” So he says his aim differently here. Five times it was “to win” people; and now it is “to save” people.
To Be a Partaker of the Benefits of the Gospel
Then in verse 23 he gives one last aim: “And I do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it.” I believe this means exactly what R.H. Lenski says it means. Paul is saying, “If I omit this concern of love for others, although through my work, devoid of such love, many others may be saved, yet I myself would not be saved.” In other words, Paul knew that his faith in Christ would be utterly inauthentic and false, if he abandoned the pattern of life set by Jesus and no longer cared for other people.
So Paul tells us his aim in three ways:
to win others;
to save others;
to be partaker in the benefits of the gospel himself.
Now what does this mean? Win others for what? Save others from what? Partake in what benefits of the gospel?
Saved from the Wrath of God
The most straightforward answer is given in Romans 5:9: “Having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath [of God] through Him.” Of all Paul’s uses of the word “save” in his letters this is the one place where he tells us explicitly what we are saved from. When we put our trust in Christ, we are saved from “the wrath of God.”
So that is the aim of Paul in becoming all things to all people. Verse 22: “I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some”—from the wrath of God. The gospel is the good news that God has made a way to save us from his own wrath. In 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Paul says that “Jesus delivers us [=saves us] from the wrath to come.”
Partaker of Eternal Life
That’s what Paul seeks to save people from, when he adapts to their way of life. But now what does he win them for? Or: what benefits of the gospel does Paul hope to share in when he is saved from the wrath of God?
Jesus tells us the alternative to the wrath of God. In John 3:36 he says, “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” The alternative to the wrath of God abiding on us is eternal life. This is what Paul wins people for. This is what he wants to be a fellow partaker of.
So now we know our goal and aim. Our aim, like Paul’s is to save people from the wrath of God and to win them for eternal life; and in loving people like this we prove the reality of our own faith and confirm our participation in the gospel.
Living Tribute to:
Mia Amor Mottley EGH, OR, QC & Prime Minister of Barbados.
And now the end is near
And so I face that final curtain
My friend I’ll make it clear
I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain
I’ve lived a life that’s full
I traveled each and every highway
And more, much more
I did it, I did it my way
… Regrets, I’ve had a few
But then again too few to mention
I did what I had to do
I saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much, much more
I did it, I did it my way
… Yes, there were times I’m sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way
… For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself then he has naught
Not to say the things that he truly feels
And not the words of someone who kneels
Let the record shows I took all the blows and did it my way.
She is truly destined for the Norwegian Nobel Committee selection.
Let the unyielding then wrangle and quarrel about earthly and temporal things, the meek are blessed, for they shall inherit the earth, and not be rooted out of it; that earth of which it is said in the Psalms, Thy lot is in the land of the living, (Ps. 142:5.) meaning the fixedness of a perpetual inheritance, in which the soul that hath good dispositions rests as in its own place, as the body does in an earthly possession, it is fed by its own food, as the body by the earth; such is the rest and the life of the saints.
No change.
London Bridge shored-up for bajan commuters. Business as usual 2022.
Thanks to Mia.
One question remains: is the outspoken senator vaccinated at all or a follower of the no vaxx cult?
If the outspoken senator is unvaccinated, the police must in any case deny him access to the Senate in future. Anyone who is unvaccinated is a danger to the people and the state.
Two most dangerous and deadly cults on earth religious and political,,,neither of them ever end well.
https://youtu.be/FjgxBBNDBw0?t=39
TronOctober 25, 2021 6:10 AM
One question remains: is the outspoken senator vaccinated at all or a follower of the no vaxx cult?
If the outspoken senator is unvaccinated, the police must in any case deny him access to the Senate in future. Anyone who is unvaccinated is a danger to the people and the state
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Watch out the long arm of the govt yardfowls have plans to throw unvaccinated people in jail
But the upside would be free meal and housing
The downside at vaccinated people like tron expense by use of taxes
The only thing the unvaccinated have to fear are people like Tron who are using the communist tactics to put people in jail that opposed govt policies