Submitted by Just Observing

Only bout hey, can you rattle off a list of 40 supermarket items, but yet the supermarket total bill remains as high as ever.

Only bout hey, can a utility take money to invest in its operations, and then look to take more money years later to invest in the operations it never invested in.

Only bout hey, can a “consultant” resort to going to court to recover money from a project of which he was the Executive Chairman at the time and whose lawyer now sits in the big Chair.

Only bout hey, can the former MoF who oversaw NIS money going to a failed project become one of the country’s chief advisor on economic matters in Washington.

Only bout hey, can the Auditor General do his job year after year, only to be told year after year, we will not do ours.

Only bout hey, does a GoB claim that the systems are the problem, not the people abusing it day in and day out.

Only bout hey, can we see an increase in Covid cases and deaths, but the CMO remain behind the laptop in his office.

Only bout hey, do we send indigenous sheep to another country, instead of strengthening our own local market first

Only bout hey, can a MoT in thong and feathers say how glorious the season is, only to see the stats and stakeholders saying completely the opposite.

Only bout hey, would we depend on a single industry, watch it get decimated, then resort to depending on that single industry AGAIN

Only bout hey, can a minister not know the real or estimated cost of the largest National Identification Card project in our history.

Only bout hey, can we have three investigations into a juvenile penal institution, only to be told again…..Coming soon.

Only bout hey, can we promise 10,000 houses when we can’t even repair the 100 or so from Elsa over a year ago.

Only bout hey, can a MM vilify a MM, only to give the second MM business and concessions both in Bridge and George Towns.

Only bout hey, can a Minister of Energy lambast ordinary citizens for speaking out about energy on behalf of ordinary citizens while hugging the cloak of Parliament

Only bout hey, can a GoB devalue people’s bond investments, then ask the same people to invest in bonds

Only bout hey, can school be starting in 4 weeks and no one knows how school is starting

Only bout hey, can major education reform be in the works, but no one in education knows anything about it

Only bout hey, do we hail national athletes when they win, yet do nothing about the national stadium to help others to win

Only bout hey do we claim not to have known the NIS was in trouble, then come to the people who will suffer as a result to offer solutions.

Only bout hey, can a non-national be arrested for 3+ million dollars in drugs, and no local person at all be connected to the arrest.

Only bout hey, can “certain” major court cases disappear or be squashed, yet minor first time offences end up on remand.

Look, I gone.

136 responses to “Only Bout Hey”


  1. @Dullard
    You are the proverbial drama queen.
    ++++++

    Coming from the likes of you New David, I take this like compliment. You’ve never been right about anything. Lolol.

    Now get back to your sponsor’s bidding

  2. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    They should NOT HAVE STOLEN from the treasury, vat and pension fund, at least there would have been A CUSHION, had there been 5 BILLION DOLLARS or more to fall back on……..however small…but because of their DECADES OF THEFTS…there is NONE period..

    think about that…


  3. Talking shit about Freundel Stuart saying how it happens elsewhere when that is one of the main comments that had me angry enough to burst!

    PITY there was nobody else to vote in!

    Freundel was accepting of shit flowing into the ocean. DONNA is NOT!

    But Donna acknowledges that shit is indeed flowing into England’s waterways.

    If you lot have a problem with reality, DONNA DOES NOT. Donna will not come here preaching that Barbados is the worst and Barbadians are the most ignorant creatures to be found on earth and if you lot had your way, Mars as well.

    It is not helpful to misstate a problem.

    Now I leave you all to mount your favourite hobby horses and ride around the nursery, pretending to conquer the world with your absolute brilliance!


  4. Donna
    And the elderly using their free bus pass ride around all day on the buses to keep warm because they simply can’t afford to heat their homes.


  5. @Dullard

    Thanks, we need a sponsor to assist, we can’t do it by our lonesome.


  6. @Donna

    Glorious!!!


  7. @Donna
    Sometimes it takes provocations to raise emotions to build better relations.

    We is still we!!!

    Only bout hey is a Bajanism, immemorialised by Kid Site a few years ago. Never meant to compare or say we are the only ones, just to emphasise in the same way we could have started with “you could imagine that…….. ”

    Re the issues raised I honestly believe we are better than the problems we allow to fester. As Bushie often says, it are the Brass bowls that muck it up with our permission passivity or perfect silence.

    Just observing

  8. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    Pacha…things look like they are boiling over…don’t see the sense in leaving it like, that but maybe am missing something, never mind the desired outcome……in my mind it’s already off the tracks…

    the proverbial train wreck.


  9. David,

    As Walter said, I am relentless. When you don’t see me on Bu, it is not because I cannot handle the heat. It is because you cannot have a rational, good faith discussion with too many of these people. It is indeed frustrating and not what I am used to at all.


  10. @Donna

    Understood.


  11. Observing,

    I guess I am one who prefers an appeal to reason rather than emotion.

    I have always thought that better could be done. I still do. What is missing is the will to do it. It is very frustrating. Now we may very well haved boxed ourselves into a corner.

    Not easy to get out and certainly not without business unusual on a massive scale.


  12. Thanks, we need a sponsor to assist, we can’t do it by our lonesome.
    ++++++++
    Do what you have to do to keep your e-Rumshop going.


  13. Donna August 19, 2022 2:02 PM #: “It is because you cannot have a rational, good faith discussion with too many of these people. It is indeed frustrating and not what I am used to at all.”

    @ Donna

    ‘Spot on!!!’

    ‘Ignore the background noise.’


  14. Waru

    That would be far more difficult than turning the QE2 in the careened.

    Empires, when the rot sets in. It’s just a matter of time.

    It might even be deconstructed overnight, like dominoes!.

    Then again, it might be centuries, but we are highly doubtful. Overnight is vastly more likely😃


  15. @Donna
    Completely understood!!!

    Take Artax’s advice though.

    When sensible people go silent the empty vessels have the house for themselves!!!

    Just observing

  16. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    “Then again, it might be centuries, but we are highly doubtful. Overnight is vastly more likely😃”

    it was building up for at least the last 150 years…there were some tweaks here and there….but its time is now definitely up…..the foundations have gotten weak and there is leakage..

  17. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    why people would still want to wallow in the filth that’s seeping out from the slow moving wreckage….is beyond me, but that’s on them…

    …i keeping my distance bosie…lol…

    who can’t see, tough luck…

    but Pacha….we are not surprised are we…we knew….it was just a matter of putting systems in place for security and protection…the rest is a breeze.


  18. Looking at the comments.
    I’ll be back.
    The B team is on the field.

  19. William Skinner Avatar

    “Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
    Malcolm X,

  20. William Skinner Avatar

    “You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”

    Malcolm X

  21. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    The amount of quotes available to guide us on our way are MIND BOGGLING…….most people don’t pay attention or only post them when it suits their agendas which has NOTHING TO DO with EMPOWERING AFRIKAN PEOPLE…

    i got two for next issue of Kush Quarterly, one from the man Marcus Garvey himself….

  22. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    William….actually it’s 4 quotes, i found two from Franz Fanon that APPLIES TO TODAY just as it applied to that timeline….one hundred years ago and less…

    the progress needle has not moved AN INCH since those times Garvey and a multitude of Afrikan minds were talking, singing, writing, prophesying, doing anything and everything necessary to wake the people up…..these efforts started as far back as the 1800s…and still the poisons remain saturated in some…..those are the lost cases…and a REAL DANGER TO US, if we don’t watch their every move.

    fortunately for us, we managed to get a HUGE CROSS-SECTION to jump out of their daze………with help from other sources….a hell of a feat in and of itself…


  23. Re: Marcus Mosiah Garvey Words Sounds and Power
    “i got two for next issue of Kush Quarterly, one from the man Marcus Garvey himself….”

    Knowledge of Marcus is foundation training in Rasta 101 at Dub University as he is a Black prophet who foretold the coming of the last African King

    But, you truly need to meditate on the living man’s teaching by listening to recordings of him
    Do not Tarry and click on the following link to download one of his speeches
    Marcus Garvey speech 1921

    by
    Marcus Garvey


    (select the download option 64KBPS MP3 ZIP )

    another recording of a famous speech can be found here
    https://khannibalism.bandcamp.com/track/look-for-me-in-the-whirlwind


  24. Ole Skool & Futuristic!
    I Was a Slave! (Cuzz Mixx) · eLBee BaD The Prince Of Dance

  25. William Skinner Avatar

    @ WARU
    There are those who have subconsciously decided that they can do the same thing repeatedly and get different results.
    The needle has moved alright but it could have moved a lot further. The problem now is that the needle is stuck.
    Peace.

  26. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
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    William….once we find ourselves repeating the same things Marcus Garvey, Fanon and Malcolm x etc said 100 hundred years later….that progress needle has not moved sufficiently to make any difference..

    ..we are just in MORE DEBT to access material things, mortgage, credit cards etc and believe we have arrived….DEBT IS NOT PROGRESS……it’s REGRESSIVE…

    but with the ADVENT of additonal and NEW WAYS to tief from the treasury vat and pension fund……the people GOT TRAPPED…..and it has become irreversible….they are never going to stop because it’s TOO EASY with no one holding them accountable or locking them up..


  27. Replenishing NIS funds may be too hard a task for us. Look at where we are.

    Bout hey
    https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/08/20/promotion-of-x-rated-events-raises-red-flags/


  28. @ William Skinner,

    If Malcolm X were still with us today would his words be dismissed as “background noise.” This term is often used by individuals on BU who like nothing better then to be dismissive of those who hold different views from themselves. It has always been fashionable on BU to ridicule and shut down debates that may question our political leaders; or discuss the country’s archaic, quasi-colonial, social, economic and political structure which has left our people underdeveloped.

    You will no doubt be familiar with Malcolm X: The House Negro and the Field Negro. I have listened to it many times over. Just like many here on BU. I implore you to revisit the link below. His speech is incredibly relevant to the state of affairs and leadership in Barbados.

    The “circus” is in town under the leadership of our very own house negro – M.I.A.

  29. William Skinner Avatar

    @ TLSN
    Thanks for the link. You are absolutely correct.
    These are strange times . The police are going to help recover 3 million but nobody gives a damn about the one billion that gone from the NIS.
    I long ago said that there was a very strong effort at prosecutorial debate on BU. Then another effort to enforce who one should or should not support.
    I was fashioned by men and women who debated fiercely on positions grounded in philosophical and ideological beliefs.
    I will never betray them by following any party or political leader blindly.
    I don’t have to shout from no roof top or the pages of BU that I am a patriot or patriotic.
    Barbados knows I love my country. If others feel I would deliberately undermine it, that’s their problem.
    Peace.


  30. David BU responding to the usual doom and gloo.mer who posted his usual negative report.Let, s look at some positives from who actually live bout here.
    1 only bout here we now have a reliable bus service instead of waiting 3 hours for a bus
    2 only bout here we now have at least a weekly collection of garbage instead of every two or three weeks
    3 only bout here roads have been repared to a great extent.
    4only bout here a crop over season was just sucessfylly held putting money in the entertainers and promoters and others pockets for some the first time for two years.
    5only bout here no shit no longer flowing on the streets
    6The majority of workers are back out to work to provide for their families in spite of covid still being around because of the excellent work done by our government and especially our well trained health officials and as the saying goes health is wealth
    Finally this is not to dispute we here have several ptoblems but so those most countries including the ones you gloom and doomers live in.Therefore tell us about where you live as well not only about Barbados.I gone.


  31. @William

    How can you say nobody cares about NIS when this is all that is being discussed in the country. We have to be concerned about all inefficient decisions. ALL.

  32. NorthernObserver Avatar
    NorthernObserver

    I am mystified how the write off in Bonds done years ago, seems to be suddenly irritating so many.
    The country was brek. It had no RH cash to continue operations.
    And the cost of servicing debt was killing it. How all the time it was loading up the NIS with debt, ‘we’ felt it would/could have been repaid confuses me. Where was the money coming from, when the island (to that time) had run only deficits for umpteen years.
    At the current rate of affairs the island will default again.


  33. @NO

    Your concern is anchored to a citizenry wallowing in indifference combined with financial illiteracy.


  34. And misinformation. Keep it up. I said before I hope y’all can out the fire after all the stoking.

  35. William Skinner Avatar

    @ David
    Keep going – you will now have an Audit department. Things are looking up .
    As for the one billion , It was comprehensively discussed with the country when the refinancing was taking place.
    We all knew the NIS would have been out one billion, there were town hall meetings and press conferences explaining that decision to the country. And there was widespread agreement.
    So, it’s time to put that issue to rest.
    Peace.


  36. @William

    Based on what the actuary Osborne is saying about the billion, it is a wash.


  37. @ Enuff
    Who lit the fire? the fellows on the Block? …or your Parliamentary pals?

    BU posters are merely shouting ‘Fire Fire!!’
    ..BUT there IS a fire..

    LOL
    Were you hoping that the BBs would not notice the fire…?
    WTH!!
    Skippa, you not feeling the heat? …. and seeing the smoke…?

    @ David
    It is a wash!

    Meaning,
    “We fritted away $2 billion of wunna money from the Treasure, that is a fact.
    So obviously we had borrow $1 billion from wunna NIS to pay off some of that…

    and since wunna would have had to pay oback the $2billion deficit any damn how..

    REALLY and TRULY , we just saved wunna by our brilliance at washing…

    Not to worry, the other billion outstanding can easily be covered, since everyone knows that wunna Bajans got MANY billions saved up in the foreign banks …awaiting conversion to BOSS bonds.



  38. @Bushie
    I can’t believe that I am actually coming around to your perspective and way of thinking. Sigh.

    @NO
    The write off was irritating from day one!

    @Lorenzo
    If constructive criticism based on facts is doom and gloom then so be it!

    @TLSN
    Methinks the house negroes outnumber the field negroes now!

    @Theo
    These “events” always existed. Just have to know where and when. lol

    Just observing


  39. One Step Forwards two step backwards down here in Babylon
    I and I Willing Riddim … No offense, but…
    Jamaicans are the Leaders of the New Faith New School New Field Field Negros
    Bajans are the followers of the old house old faith old school old house house negros

    Mental Slavery · Murray Man

    Willing Dub · Dubcreator


  40. Jahovia · Dubcreator · Lyrical Benjie

    Jahovia (Dub) · Dubcreator · Lyrical Benjie


  41. Bushie
    Uh huh! You ain’t gine win wid me. Tek it light.🤣🤣

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    Bushman….wait….these talking about “stoking” fire while CONFRONTED BY A FULL ON BLAZING INFERNO…

    “Then another effort to enforce who one should or should not support.”

    that’s mental illness….no one in their right minds or of intellectual leanings would be such a small thinker.

    TLSN…we have been beating the house negro v. field negro drum for years, of course no one wants to hear that…..they are more comfortable having their idiocy massaged with fairytales, fantasies, lies and sleight of hand from politicians…..


  43. The posts on BU are becoming more and more one-sided and desperate. The fact is that silent electric buses are running on our island, that our natives are getting leaner thanks to lack of cheap food and that almost all unvaccinated boarders have died thanks to Covid.

    All very positive developments that we owe to our Supreme Leader. That is my personal summary of the great work of government over the past four years.

    Tron, year 1 New Republic


  44. Our anonymous government critics should rather look to Europe, where certain countries will freeze to death in winter and where industry will leave for lack of energy.

    Our government, on the other hand, provides cheap electricity, air conditioning, sun, rum and a lot of fun.

    Tron, year 1 New Republic


  45. I am sorry to burst Lorenzo’s little bubble, but I am now back to soaking my garbage with bleach in my nice black bin with the green cover. I have not had a garbage puck up for exactly two weeks today. The truck for my area has broken down twice in the last year and a half and each time it has been off the road for months. Our service has been unpredictable for months and it is getting progressively worse. I called this week and was told, “We are having some issues with our vehicles. We have scheduled your pick up on Saturdays startingbin the wee hours.”

    Today is Saturday. The garbage can is still full. This is the second consecutive Saturday without a pick up. Last Ssturday was blamed on the backlog caused by bank holidays. I will hear today”s excuse on Monday, when I call.

    I will now have to empty my old bin of the compost and return it to service. But….I will have to see if they empty it because they say they are only picking up the government issued bins.

    Back to SQUARE ONE!

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    Lying Lorenza….after crap over….garbage collection took a week or two to resume…..and it’s not regular….

    and ya lying about the bus schedule too..


  47. Waru what you know about our garbage collection or bus schedule ? You live bout here or as usual relying on second hand information.I live bout here and i do not have to hear from anybody.Stick to what you good at conspiracy theories , telling lies and impressing your clique.By the way what breaking news you have for us now about black faced lawyers and politicians? Go take your meds mad ass clown.I gone.


  48. @ Donna August 20, 2022 6:09 PM

    The rubbish truck comes by my residence three times a week.

    You obviously need a little upgrade on where you live!

    Tron, Herald of the New Republic

  49. African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved Avatar
    African Online Publishing Copyright ⓒ 2022. All Rights Reserved

    “telling lies and impressing your clique.By the way what breaking news you have for us now about black faced lawyers and politicians?”

    ah know they are looking at prison time and ah hope they PIN IT ALL on cult fowl you….

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