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Thank you, David.
Are you there, Bush Tea?
The floor is yours, I’m intrigued by your analogy, and now is the time to “tell it like it is”.
My Thanks too David.
Just got back St. Let me try to put some coherent ideas together…
If you don’t mind I will take a short while to summarize the discussion so far and we can go from there…
Ok St,
…The story so far.
The question was “What is the whole purpose behind this experience that we call ‘life on earth’”? Specifically we were interested in the role of human beings in the whole scheme of things.
I suggested that, based on the level of complexity, sophistication and elegance of all we see around us, it would indeed be foolhardy to suggest that some level of superior intellect and design did not go into the ‘bringing into being’ of the reality around us.
..thus my conceptualization of our BIG BOSS ENGINEERS (BBE) – the designers and creators of the experience we call life.
I am tempted to suggest that you are willing to accept that BBE provided a manual of sorts in the form of the Bible and can surely be credited with having some coherent plan and objective in their creation.
We were at the point where I suggested that the problem we face on earth now, is that the project appears to be quickly approaching the termination stage, and that this will have dire consequences for all of us.
I took the liberty to use the example of my hero ‘Lowdown’ Hoad in deciding to establish his goat farm in order to sell milk and support his family. However happy and contented his goats are, (especially the favorite ram), should Lowdown decide to end his project next week (because he had achieved his objectives), chances are that sweet life will be over for Rambo and friends….
We also agreed that even our own observations suggest that with fuel shortages, over-population, global warming and increasing geographical instability it is clear that we are approaching the end of an era of relative global stability.
You appeared to be concerned about the ‘fairness’ of condemning billions of unfortunate humans to unfulfilled endings, and as I recall, I pointed you to the miracle of human birth where hundreds of millions of sperm, each one a potential perfect human baby- meet unfulfilled ends when typically ONE succeeds in fertilizing the egg and going on to birth and great rejoicing in the lucky family. …where is the great sadness and sorrow about the loss of those millions of other potential children?
I chose those examples deliberately.
Main points to note:
Human beings are simply temporary limited beings and our ‘value’ is largely in our own minds. In the grand scheme of things, a human life is neither here nor there. Of course in our own minds, nothing can be of greater importance….
There is one component of Humanity however that is SPECIAL. It is a difficult to define characteristic which comes with being created in ‘the image of God’. It gives us the ability to rationalize right and wrong; to reason and design; to love and hate, etc. (in other words we are MMEs (Mock Micro Engineers)
In other respects, we are very much like the other animals of this world.
Can you see yet what the project represents from BBE’s perspective?
Other questions to ponder:
Why is the Bible so confusing?
Why did Jesus speak in parables?
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Bush Tea:
or should I address you CSME (Company Secretary of Micro Engineers)?
My interest was piqued by your theory because even though we are travelling
different roads the ultimate destination and our ETA are startlingly similar.
I will come out and say now that I tend towards Evolution as against Creation.
However, as said previously, my mind is always open to be convinced of my error.
Nothing I have noticed necessitates a BBE hand, Nature and it’s myriad methods
of improving survival are, for me, sufficient justification for driving creation.
The widespread nature of religion throughout our world does puzzle me somewhat.
Why would the highest of mammals evolve such a sophisticated brain as you describe,
only for it to find solace in the continuation of some authoritarian moral code—religion?
Our unique, logical, scientific brain still clings to ancient folklore for comfort.
Maybe crowd control and the respect for our elders and betters, but who knows.
The past actions of the church in secreting all scientific and religious texts in
monasteries and all written in scholarly Latin to ensure only the chosen had access,
certainly points to mind control.
Anyway, I am drifting, back to your theory.
Human life is, as you say, inconsequential at an individual level vis a vis the grand scheme
of things, that is why I’m rather puzzled by the rather elitist notion of MMEs and so look
forward to your next episode.
Dave,
I like the new look. The “Look Both Ways” is particularly well suited
Marginal
Thanks!
David
What do you guys and gals make of the hospital user fees issue? I think the Minister of Health needs to hold a press conference to explain what is going on. Where is the PM in all of this? Health care is a serious issue and cannot just be left up to a board.
Softman we suspect that the prime Minister being the master political tactician that we know him to be would prefer to be reactive to this issue on the eve of an election which will be his most challenging. Why would he ‘pull the lion’s tail’ by broaching the issue of the QEH to a public which has shown its propensity to be passive on the issues?
There is a Board in place at the hospital and the accountability should rest with them first. The PM should not feel constrain to meddle. The CEO and Chairman should be communicating to the taxpayers and only then should the PM comment if he wishes. The fact that the public, union and relevant stakeholders continue to ‘toe’ the line these fires will flicker and die as time passes and the PM knows this very well.
Hi Straight talk,
…slight correction, my title is TMME (trainee micro mock engineer). More seriously though, I am a bit disappointed that someone of your perceptiveness would be swayed by Evolution. That theory was openly welcomed by a world drunken with their newfound ‘science’ in the mid 20th century and anxious to find some alternative to accepting a devine presence.
Upon careful checking, you will find that all the REALLY great genius scientist were ultimately convinced of the reality of a divine existence.
In any case, as I said in another post to Mosquito, it is far more likely, statistically that something like the ABC highway project or the Suez or Panama canals could have evolved naturally than that this complex INTERCONNECTED existence that we experience daily could have evolved from un-intelligent chance evolution.
Tune into National Geographic sometime and watch an episode of ‘The incredible Human Machine’ and tell me afterwards that you believe in Evolution.
Now back to the ‘chase’
Mankind did not ‘evolve’ a sophisticated brain.. our human mind was specially created and is in fact the CENTRAL factor in ALL creation. (not our Intelligence, our wisdom our wealth our strength or any thing else)
Here is the bottom line…
Life is a process that was designed to create ideal conditions for the creation, nurturing and refinement of righteous CHARACTER.
‘righteous character’ is the characteristic of, having the option to freely choose; to always CHOOSE to make the righteous choice- however difficult, tempting, unfair, painful or otherwise the situation.
…a kind of maturity of the mind.
So what we have had on this planet for the last centuries, has been a crucible of conditions built around a procession of human candidates, the goal of which has been to facilitate the development of true godly character.
I challenge you to suggest any better method through which such ‘character’ could be created.
Two more points you raised….
Why did the church operate so secretively?
Two main reasons… First most have no real idea what the real story is. The secrecy is a good way on not letting on that they are also in the dark…
..second scenario is like Jesus choosing to speak in parables in order NOT to reveal the truth purpose of life. (Basically Jesus said “You expect me to tell the goats my business plan? It is not for them to know that… so when they ask, I speak to them in parables so as to confuse their backsides”) (well he probably put it more eloquently)
Finally the ELITIST attitude of the MME;
The thing that is special, elitist, unprecedented, newsworthy great and GOSPEL about MMEs (mankind) is the POTENTIAL to become BBEs.
…like the inconsequential single sperm, one of millions – but with the POTENTIAL to become a human being if that holy grail of the female egg can be reached and penetrated…
Have you ever experienced the great joy in a family when this happens? Do we question the other millions of sperm that did not realize this great potential?
…Now based on the examples i have given, reconsider Jesus’s answer to the question posed to him of what a man must do in order to inherit eternal life….
..he said to the man “You must be born again….”
Bush Tea and Straight talk we read your thesis and you provoked us to ask some simple questions.
1. Why is it that Christians always expect non-believers to follow the good book or manual as you call it blindly?
2. Why is it that you ask people who have been highly educated to follow the ‘manual’ which from people who have read it thoroughly is filled with contradictions?
3. Why is it that Christians just don’t ask people to believe in God because of the amazing display of nature if they cannot justify it otherwise??
BT if you want to encourage people to explore the big doubt about religion you need to focus on these simple question. We are sorry to have slipped into our provocative role.
David, you know i like provocative…
Last question first – then maybe I won’t need to attempt to answer all the others.
I could care less if “others explore the big doubt about religion”. That is everyone’s individual right and responsibility.
I never saw Jesus wringing anyone’s hand to believe him so why should I? I enjoy discussing concepts with interested folk like you and St but i am not a prophet.
Christians are largely like sheep who believe what their pastors tell them to believe. They try to force their beliefs on others so that they feel more comfortable in large flocks (like real sheep do) I would be happy to be the only one to follow my concepts.
Who are these ‘highly educated people of whom you refer? the Cave Hill types? The moneyed folks? or do you mean the people with CXCs?
You will always hear me ridicule anyone who claims to be ‘educated’ and have NO IDEA what the objectives of their life are..’ and i certainly don’t “ask anyone to follow the Bible… I like to quote from that book because it is so well known, consistent and relevant to the lines of argument that I tend to follow.
The whole “Christian” thing is a farce anyhow… even Jesus said that the greatest of deceivers will “come in his name…” (be called ‘Christians…’ you go figure…
How this QEH thing is handled will influence my vote a lot. User fees at the QEH will primarily hurt the poor and lower middle class. The govt is the main financier and I will not accept that its a board decision. Such a fundamental change in health care delivery requires a political consensus, or the courtesy of a public announcement.
On balance I have tended to favour the current administration, but this issue is a make or break one for me. The Minister of Health should have held a press conference on Monday. He did not, I find this indifference intolerable and insulting . The Pm has not commented on this. I can only conclude that there was a nod and a wink with these user fees and if BAMP had not come out so strongly it would have remained under the radar.
Thank god for BAMP to hell with the administration and their political games. health care is not a matter for games. I have zero confidence in the Minister of health and my confidence in the govt has seriously dipped.
I need an explanation:
What is the precise nature of these fees?
Who knew what and when?
Why was there not a public announcement of any policy changes?
Are the persons who paid these fees going to be compensated?
Has the govt relinquished control of the qeh to the board?
How could the board be unaware of such changes?
Owen and his crew can attempt to deal with this after the elections. I will deal with it at the voting booth.
I think you guys need to start a thread on this topic on the website. Submissions never generate as much comment as a main thread.
Bush TEA ( Trainee Engineering Apprentice )
I am not “swayed” by evolution theory, after examining the evidence, it is up to now the most plausible explanation.
I accept that the ability to choose is what sets man apart from all other creations, oops should I say evolutions.
Modern man alone can choose to ignore the laws of natural selection, if he so desires, and he can also freely choose the path he takes through life.
This individuality is not, as I see it, the intelligent design of a creator ( BBE ), but the engine of our advanced evolution.
In the same way, a gene can replicate itself ad infinitum, but it requires an occasional mutant gene, and an even more occasional mutant gene with a distinct advantage in its own environment, to progress the species.
If this is what you refer to as “maturity of the mind”, I’m with you all the way.
Admittedly I have no idea of the real story you have discovered, and am restless with anticipation to hear the full story.
As for your sperm analogy, I can sympathise with the unsuccessful, but that is natural selection again as the stronger swimmers ascend the podium to receive their rewards.
In the same way I can envisage the trials and tribulations of all my ancestors as they struggled through life in order to provide a better one for their progeny, culminating in my and my family’s now comparatively cosseted life.
One of the greatest attributes we have developed is the ability to second guess the thoughts and behaviour of our fellows.
But you are still puzzling me.
I await with your next epistle.
St,
I suspect that you are either a lawyer or you should be…. You manage to so eloquently use my positions to support yours that I myself see your point quite clearly…even though I disagree.
However, I will not try to change your mind about evolution, I will be content with a promise from you to view an episode of National Geographic’s “the incredible human machine” and if you still think that this is the result of ‘random mutations in gene replications, I will definitely give up.
But the objective here is not for me to convince you of my ‘correctness’ – just to tell you about my theory.
….so to the question “WHY ARE We HERE?” the answer, according to my theory, is as follows:
1. Absolute reality is in fact a spiritual world which operates beyond our scope of understanding. (much like Lowdown’s goats could never conceptualize the complexities of human existence. )
2. All life forms have as a common denominator the process of reproduction.
3. The process of reproduction in a spiritual world would be complicated by the challenge of ‘creating character’. (How do you create a baby BBE and be guaranteed that that newborn has the correct CHARACTER as well as FREE WILL and omnipotence?)
4 The solution? Establish a limited (physical) world with MMEs created ‘in the image of BBE’ – but limited by time and space.
5. Supply all conditions needed to build the needed CHARACTER acceptable for membership of the BBE society. Conditions include Good, Evil, Love, Hate, Hardship, Success, peace, war, fuel, food etc etc.
6. Allow billions of MMEs to live the experience – each with the POTENTIAL to achieve the character development needed.
7. After a proscribed period, the process is terminated and the successful MMEs, who at the end of their temporary existence in the process, demonstrate that they have the CHARACTER required, are then ‘born again’ into the BBE society to complete the cycle of reproduction.
Now during the process of reproduction, many MMEs find ways to really enjoy themselves in all sorts of ways – some become rich, some become educated, some have great sex lives- while of course some others fail miserably and some suffer quite badly.
I would be surprised if individual human sperm were aware of the GREAT prize that awaits the ones that successfully completes the course to the egg….no doubt some of them have great fun for the few minutes of their journey.
The problem is that when the BBE reproductive cycle is completed, ALL MMEs will be terminated.
So as Jesus summarized… what shall it profit a man even if he gains the whole world – only to lose his soul?
So for the short answer – we are here as part of a process of extending the family of BBE. That is the Gospel.
The fact that (like human sperm) the vast majority of us are totally unaware of this Gospel does not change the fact- as I said, truth is not determined by popular poll.
However, by this time next year it will all be much clearer to everyone on this earth… I can assure you of that much.
Bush Tea:
I.A.N.A.L
No I am not a lawyer, but that does not preclude me from being conceited, or just plain wrong.
Unconventional theories, by their very nature, always need some clarification to those hearing them for the first time.
Help me out with the following :-
Why should the BBE need to reproduce, if their creative capacity is such that it far exceeds nature’s best efforts? Immortality should be a doddle for them.
Incidentally, if the whole exercise is to select MMEs worthy of promotion, why create the incredibly complex system of bio-diversity of which the novice can only experience a tiny proportion in its gestation?
According to your theory, has all human life as we know it one been one “pregnancy”, i.e. for one BBE inductee, or is it a more “heavenly” concept where many candidates with the necessary Character have qualified and are raised up?
Using your sperm analogy again, I suppose what I’m trying to understand is whether our world is one ejaculation for one new B(a)BE and we must await, as it were, a second coming for the next one, or can we expect many new BBEs from this unique existence.
What cataclysmic event do you predict for next year?
And finally the biggy – Who was the first BBE, and more importantly who was his grandfather?
Hope you can help me out.
St
Hi St, sorry about the delay – busy period for me…
I am not surprised at your concerns; these and some others were my initial stumbling blocks. I really wanted to make sense of the whole mess so after persisting for some time, I was able to satisfy myself completely.
All I will do here is tell you what satisfied me – NOT try to convince or satisfy your doubts.
1… Why should BBE reproduce… etc?
A- I do not know why. But I have observed that EVERYTHING that lives in this creation (..still plugging away there..) does. Since our world is modeled on BBE’s (and in fact man is made “in his image”) I feel that it is reasonable to deduce that reproduction is a common feature across worlds.
Another strong indicator lies in the ‘manual’ through the frequent references to mankind becoming ‘sons of God’ ; being ‘born of the spirit’ etc.
B – Why not just create baby BBEs?
Think about this one a bit…. ‘Creating’ is clearly not a problem for BBE. However the METHOD of creating PERSONALITY, CHARACTER and RIGHTEOUSNESS is interesting. It is what differentiates a HUMAN from any other being.(except BBE) (..and interestingly, it is a characteristic that continues to defy understanding by our most modern science)
If you create omnipotent beings directly, you end up with angels or devils. CHARACTER and PERSONALITY needs to be built up, groomed, refined and ingrained. As I said –the solution is to place TEMPORARY MMEs in a suitable short term environment where the only real thing that can be accumulated of worth is …you guessed it… RIGHTEOUSNESS of CHARACTER and PERSONALITY.
2… Why such a complex arrangement WRT biodiversity etc for ‘selecting’ MMEs?
A – Well ‘complex’ is a relative term. What may be complex for a MME may be basic stuff for a BBE. There were lots of challenges that I considered complex before I understood integral Calculus or C+ programming.
3…Has all creation (LOL) been “One pregnancy” seeking a single MME for promotion?
Definitely not! This world has been a project aimed at producing a significant number of new BBE inductees. It is more like a marriage than a ‘pregnancy’.
4… Next year?
That is a long story. But as I said the project is winding down, and the ‘manual’ provides many indications of what is to be expected in the end game. Years of research tells me that 2007-2008 will mark a dramatic change in global affairs. People have a tendency to look more carefully at spiritual matters in times of difficulty than in times of boom. I expect spiritual interest to pick up significantly by this time in 2008….
5…The Biggie…
The biggest challenge I had in seeking to comprehend this concept is to remember that WE are the limited pathetic beings here – bound by two concepts that were created SOLELY to constrain us in time and space.
The whole IDEA of time sequence with ancestors etc is a time initiated concept. Such constraints are not applicable to BBE.
I have NO IDEA where the first BBE came from – perhaps there is a Super BBE operating at an even higher level, but then there are so many other things that I have no idea of, that I do not find this void to be daunting. I can picture two of “Lowdown’s” goats trying to figure out where he came from too….
Paul said it this way “For now we see through a glass, darkly. But later we shall see face to face. Now I know in parts but then I shall know just as I am known.
As I read this article I could only agree with the comments made. We are indeed still slaves to the culture and norms that are presented to us. We have not yet evolved into right thinking individuals, but if not now then when? We still teach our children to be safe and find a job, forgetting that there is another choice, open your own enterprise. Teaching our children to take chances on a heartfelt idea is a hard sell for us blacks, why I wonder? Because we are not by nature risk takers, our spirits have been beaten down so often that our risk taking needs are all but non existent. This needs to change. As the article indicated the 10% has to be responsible enough to help the other 90% rise up and succeed. But the usual route is to go the ‘white’ man and what do you think will happen?
Take the East Indians they loan to each other to help each other, what happened to us blacks? I think this might be constructive criticism, so blacks might wake up to reality. Please read what has been said about us…
BLACKS DON’T READ.
Please Note: For those of you who heard it, this is the article Dee Lee was reading this morning on a New York radio station. For those of you who didn’t hear it, this is very deep and true! BLACKS DON’T READ. This is a heavy piece and a Caucasian wrote it.
THEY ARE STILL OUR SLAVES we can continue to reap profits from the Blacks without the effort of physical slavery. Look at the current methods of containment that they use on themselves: IGNORANCE, GREED and SELFISHNESS.
Their IGNORANCE is the primary weapon of containment. A great man once said, ‘The best way to hide something from Black people is to put it in a book.” We now live in the Information Age. They have gained the opportunity to read any book on any subject through the efforts of their fight for freedom, yet they refuse to read. There are numerous books readily available at Borders, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com, not to mention their own Black Bookstores that provide solid blueprints to reach economic equality (which should have been their fight all along), but few read consistently, if at all.
GREED is another powerful weapon of containment.
Blacks, since the abolition of slavery, have had large amounts of money at their disposal. Last year they spent 10 billion dollars during Christmas, out of their 450 billion dollars in total yearly income (2.22%). Any of us can use them as our target market, for any business venture we care to dream up, no matter how outlandish, they will buy into it. Being primarily a consumer people, they function totally by greed. They continually want more, with little thought for saving or investing. They would rather buy some new sneaker than invest in starting a business. Some even neglect their children to have the latest Tommy or FUBU, and they still think that having a Mercedes, and a big house gives them “Status” or that they have achieved the American Dream. They are fools!
The vast majority of their people are still in poverty because their greed holds them back from collectively making better communities. With the help of BET, and the rest of their black media that often broadcasts destructive images into their own homes, we will continue to see huge profits like those of Tommy and Nike. Tommy Hilfiger has even jeered them, saying he doesn’t want their money (and look at how the fools spend more with him than ever before).
They’ll continue to show off to each other while we build solid communities with the profits from our businesses that we >market to them.
SELFISHNESS, ingrained in their minds through slavery, is one of the Major ways we can continue to contain them. One of their own, W.E.B. Dubois said that there was an innate division in their culture. A “Talented Tenth” he called it.
He was correct in his deduction that there are segments of their culture that have achieved some “form” of success. However, that segment missed the fullness of his work. They didn’t read that the “Talented Tenth” was then responsible to aid the Non-Talented Ninety Percent in achieving a better life.
Instead, that segment has created another class, a Buppie class that looks down on their people or aids them in a condescending manner. They will never achieve what we have. Their selfishness does not allow them to be able to work together on any project or endeavor of substance. When they do get together, their selfishness lets their egos get in the way of their goal. Their so-called “help” organizations seem to only want to promote their name without making any real change in their community.They are content to sit in conferences and conventions in our hotels, and talk about what they will do, while they award plaques to the best speakers, not the best doers. Is there no end to their selfishness? They steadfastly refuse to see that TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE T.E.A.M.). They do not understand that they are no better than each other.
Even with what they own, in fact, most of those Buppies are but one or two paychecks away from poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our offices and our board rooms.
Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as they refuse to read, continue to buy anything they want, and keep thinking they are “helping” their communities by paying dues to organizations which do little other than hold lavish conventions in our hotels. By the way, don’t worry about any of them reading this letter, remember, THEY DON’T READ!!!! BLACKS DON’T READ”
Bush Tea:
In my mind your theory is too close to classical Judeo- Christian belief for me to comment at this most joyous time, when all men come together and celebrate whatever.
I sincerely wish you and your dearest, and in fact the whole of Barbados, the very best of eveything and that their fondest dreams come true.
Merry Christmas everybody.
Sources close to BU confirm that although Prime Minister Arthur did not attend the Church ceremony of the wedding of Minister Eastmond he definitely put in an appearance at the reception. Reports also confirm that he was in an expansive mode and had to be quickly escorted from the area by party faithfuls.
I am concerned about how people like Chris Halsell who was fired by all the telecommunications operators could be a big advisor for Invest Barbados and Ms Mottley. who is he and what does he bring?
Also who is Elliott Sachar for him to be getting everything he wants from the Ministry of economic development?what does he bring to the table?
Worried…
Elliott Sachar is currently the President of BIBA (Barbados International Business Association).
You can find a profile of his career on their website.
Former President of Blue Communications and FutureKids (Caribbean).
Chartered Accountant and studied at University of Cape Town.
Currently listed as head of Island Fax Limited which I have not found listed in the Barbados telephone directory or on the CAIPO site, but that maybe because it has not been updated since April 2007.
Does anyone know whether there was a tender to manage the Concorde operation at the airport by the BTI?
The Codrington Family would like the Barbados Media Relief Fund to announce to the Barbadian Public that not one cent of the funds which they collected in the telethon have been given to any of Donavere’s surviving children.
They are refusing to do so despite several emails and calls concerning this matter.
The Codrington Family accepts the fact that the money was not collected on our behalf (as stated by representatives of CBC, who said they are guided by the Min of Social Transformation in the disbursement of the funds) so let the public know this.
It would seem to me that the Barbadian public paid for their own, xmas and election hampers this year, thanks to their generous donations to the telethon.
This is indeed a shame that monies collected on behalf of these stricken families will never make it to where it ought to make it, disgraceful indeed disgraceful.
May you all have a safe and healthy Christmas and New Years may the Lord bless you all.
David,
I have to tell you that the snow on the Blog is TIGHT!?!
You deserve some kind of special recognition for the work that you are doing here….
I am not a ‘Christmas person’, But I wish you and yours all the best of the season and BBE’s protection in the new year….
Thanks BT but it is a WordPress feature which any of the Blog Owners can turn on : – )Best Wishes to you and yours also!!
David
Let us look at the number of articles written on the subject of the Louis Lynch Scholl fiasco, in this clipping it ends on the 26th Jan 2006 and on the 24th Dec 2007 we are still awaiting a decision on the future of this school this is really a disgraceful shame.
Louis Lynch again
Thursday, 26 January 2006
Another chapter in the Louis Lynch Secondary School drama.Teachers are threatening to stay away from classes.
The Barbados Union of Teachers, which represents these workers, has written the Ministry of Education saying that it will call out its members if they continue to experience health problems at the White Park institution.
The BUT says the situation has reached the point where it is asking the ministry to provide the teachers with a safe environment.
The union claims that several of its members are getting ill in what it has described as a hostile environment.
The BUT says this is not a dispute but it will be taking measures to protect the lives of its members in light of the illnesses which the teachers have been experiencing.
The union is claiming that some teachers have been on uncertified leave while six others have been advised to seek employment elsewhere.
Officials of the ministry met representatives of the BUT today and these talks are expected to continue tomorrow.
Chief Education Officer, Wendy Griffith Watson says the ministry has not received any medical certificates from students indicating that they have been ill because of conditions at Louis Lynch Secondary.
See also:
Sick at Louis Lynch
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
A third of the teaching staff at Louis Lynch Secondary School called in sick today. …
Wed, Jan 18 2006Louis Lynch threat says CTUSAB
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations says the situation at the Louis Lynch Secondary School has not been resolved and the health of the students and teachers is still under threat. …
Fri, Jan 06 2006Teachers still upset over Louis Lynch
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
The Barbados Union of Teachers is still not happy that all is well environmentally; at the Louis Lynch Secondary School, which opened for the first time today after many months of tests and cleaning. …
Wed, Jan 04 2006Classes delayed at three schools
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Now that the Christmas holidays have ended, life returned to normal today for most students at the island’s primary and secondary schools, but for some pupils at three schools the new term was delayed …
Tue, Jan 03 2006Back to Louis Lynch for the new term
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
It is official. The Barbados Ministry of Education has announced that classes at the Louis Lynch Secondary will start next Wednesday. …
Fri, Dec 30 2005Ministry says Louis Lynch is safe
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
The Ministry of Education is insisting that the Louis Lynch Secondary School is environmentally safe. …
Thu, Dec 29 2005Louis Lynch still in question
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
With the beginning of new school term just days away, more controversy is brewing at the Louis Lynch Secondary School. …
Wed, Dec 28 2005Louis Lynch problems continue
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
There’s more controversy surrounding the Louis Lynch Secondary School. …
Tue, Dec 27 2005CTUSAB to discuss Louis Lynch situation
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations has stepped into the ongoing controversy surrounding the Louis Lynch Secondary School. …
Tue, Dec 20 2005Ministry working to solve problems at Louis Lynch
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Students of Louis Lynch Secondary School could be back in their White Park Road class rooms by next term. …
Tue, Dec 06 2005First day at Louis Lynch
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Students of the Louis Lynch Secondary were back in class this morning at the start of a new school year. …
Mon, Sep 12 2005Louis Lynch students to be located at two Churches
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
The Barbados government has set up a task force to look at the environmental problems at the Louis Lynch Secondary School. …
Thu, Sep 08 2005Louis Lynch to remain closed
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Pupils of the Louis Lynch Secondary School will not be returning to that White Park Institution when the new term begins on September 12. …
Fri, Sep 02 2005Louis Lynch parents meet
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Parents of pupils at the Louis Lynch Secondary School will decide what action they will take as they seek a resolution to the health problems at the White Park Road institution. …
Tue, Aug 30 2005Louis Lynch premises still in doubt
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
After a meeting involving stakeholders, there’s still no word on whether or not the doors of Louis Lynch Secondary School will be opened come September 12. …
Mon, Aug 22 2005Laundry says they are not the problem
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
The management of Tropical Laundries says it has scientific proof that operations at it’s Country Road facility are not affecting the Louis Lynch Secondary School. …
Fri, Aug 19 2005Where will classes be held
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Where will Louis Lynch Secondary School classes be held next term? …
Sun, Aug 14 2005Twist in Louis Lynch investigation
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
One of the companies being looked at in the investigation of health complaints by teachers and students of Louis Lynch Secondary is the same that commissioned the private probe that found toxic chemic …
Tue, Jun 28 2005Scientists closer to solving Louis Lynch mystery
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Scientists in Barbados have identified a number of suspected sources of illness and discomfort experienced by staff and students of the Louis Lynch Secondary School. …
Wed, Jun 01 2005Concerns about temporary home for Louis Lynch students
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Parents of Louis Lynch Secondary School students met at the Barbados Community College today to find out if adequate provisions had been made to accommodate their children at the facility. …
Wed, May 18 2005Scientists find something seriously wrong at Louis Lynch Secondary
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
For the next two weeks Louis Lynch Secondary School will be closed. …
Sat, May 14 2005Inside Tropical Laundries
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
As University scientists investigate what’s causing health problems at the Louis Lynch Secondary school, a nearby laundry singled out by those affected as the source of the problem, is giving its side …
Fri, May 13 2005Teachers at Louis Lynch still falling ill
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Teachers at the Louis Lynch Secondary School say they are not happy with the treatment they are getting from some education officials. …
Thu, May 12 2005Classes still disrupted at Louis Lynch
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
Classes at the Louis Lynch Secondary School were still in a state of flux today, even after Minister of Education Reginald Farley had announced last Friday, a series of measures, designed to allow stu …
Mon, May 09 2005UWI team to investigate problems at Louis Lynch
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
The Minister of Education has contracted a team from the University of the West Indies to investigate what is the environmental hazard causing Louis Lynch Secondary School staff and students to become …
Fri, May 06 2005Problems continue at Louis Lynch
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
In the latest development concerning the situation at the Louis Lynch Secondary School classes continue to be seriously affected there as several teachers are now on certified sick leave. …
Thu, May 05 2005Only a quarter of Louis Lynch teachers at school
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
The Barbados Union of Teachers has consulted the umbrella trade union body as it moves to support Louis Lynch Secondary School teachers who continue to stay away from work. …
Wed, May 04 2005Half of Louis Lynch teachers still out
(BARBADOS NEWS / Local News)
The students of Louis Lynch Secondary School are back in the classroom but its still not classes as usual at the St. Michael institution. Teachers are apparently staying away in their numbers. …
Tue, May 03 2005
Adrian, thamks for the info. I heard yesterday that Sachar is running Blue Communications and apparently is very close to Mottley so he can get her to do anything. I still waiting to hear about this Halsell guy who seems to be a big time advisor to Mottley even though all the telecommunications operators got rid of him.
Why is he here? Does he have a work permit to advise Mottley?
No wonder that he was so uncomfortable at a certain party of a big corporate event and he was in the company of so many DEMS around those DEMS in Parliament and those from the Senate were present he did not last too long at the event, maybe he felt uneasy in their company.
Seems to me that a lot of these BLP hopefulls are no longer so confident in themselves or their staus at the polls the are making fleeting appearences at social events and generally the guest are not flocking around to hear what they are saying as used to the case hence they have lost the limelight and the glow and it is clearly manifesting it in their actions to the public.
I am also now hearing that the two seats that the blp considered safe seats are no longer so these two being the clown Rawle Eastmond’s and Ronald Toppin’s seats my understanding of the rsult of a poll conducted indicates a very narrow margin of seperation between the candidates of the blp and those of the DLP.
Well done guys keep the effort going to the finish line.
Arthur added: “I look forward to the next term especially in the area of health care, the opportunity to build a new hospital excites me (and) to build the University College of Barbados, to have all of the communities in Barbados fully developed by the end of the first decade . . . . All have to get roads, all lights, all community facilities and stuff like that.
This excerpt from some drivel delivered by the drunken dwarf depresses me. Here is a medical illiterate talking about something about which he knows nothing.
BARBADOS DOES NOT NEED A NEW HOSPITAL—IT NEEDS A SECOND HOSPITAL or other special hospitals.
We actually had a second hospital operating in the early nineties that was closed down by the BLP!
Provision was made for a new OPTHALMIC WING ON TOP OF CASUALTY by the DLP in the last administration
Bajans must resist the idea that HEALTCARE = HOSPITAL CARE (OR TERTIARY CARE).
What we need is to ensure that our Public Health preventative institutions maintain their integrity, and we need to improve them.
We need also to ensure that we improve our delivery of primary and secondary care to the poor, the elderly and all children. The well off are traditionally able to pay for their of primary and secondary care. Once our Public Health preventative institutions are functioning properly and our primary and secondary care is available to all and improved, our tertiary or hospital care will be reduced drastically.
A large proportion of folk who are so ill to be treated in hospital are at deaths door.
A new spanking hospital building is a legacy for those who like to see their erections, but buildings don’t hospitals or healthcare make.
LET COMMON SENSE PREVAIL
VOTE THIS BETZPAENIC MAN OUT OF OFFICE.
HOW CAN YOU CLOSE A NEWLY REFURBISHED AND REFITTED HOSPITAL 13 YEARS AGO AND NOW COME AND TELL US WE NEED A NEW HOSPITAL NOW.
DID YOU CONSULT ANYONE IN THE MEDICAL FRATERNITY?
REAL DOCTORS WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY NEED PROPER NURSING STAFF AND EQUIPMENT SO THAT THEY CAN EFFECT PROCEEDURES.
THE SURGEONS AT QEH WILL TELL YOU THAT THEY NEED MORE ANAESTHETISTS SO THAT THE LISTS DON’T STOP AT 1 AM WHEN THE PART TIME ANAESTHETISTS GO HOME CAUSING THE REMAINING CASES ON THE LISTS TO BE CANCELLED.
So now that xmas is over did anyone think that by giving the title/name Christmas to what was previously a pre-christian festival the church may have made a mistake? I mean how can anyone put Christ back into Christmas if he was never part of it in the first place? In all my years I have wondered what his role is cause’ I sure can’t see it. I can see the end of the year being a good time to have parties and just celebrate that one lived for another year but where does the baby in a manger come into it when informed minds know that he was not born on December 25th? Do these questions bother anyone? Should the season be given its original name now?
I have a friend who has confirmed that the rate of deaths at the QEH as reached alarming numbers. The number is distressing because the mortality rate of newborn babies is also rising. Can we discuss?
Concerned Bajan // December 28, 2007 at 6:37 pm
I have a friend who has confirmed that the rate of deaths at the QEH as reached alarming numbers. The number is distressing because the mortality rate of newborn babies is also rising. Can we discuss?
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Concerned Bajan,
What you expected ?
The ” ACE ” Abortionist….George Griffith is on the QEH Board !
Concerned Bajan
We cannot comment on why the rate of deaths at the QEH has reached alarming numbers. But we can ask questions such as
1- What are the diagnoses of the deceased?
2- What are the ages of the deceased?
3- Did the deceased die because of poor medical or nursing care or human error?
4- Did the deceased pass because of terminal illnesses like cancer etc?
If the answer is not # 3 we need not be alarmed. We have a population with a large number of elderly folk with diabetes and hypertension who are prone to strokes. They didn’t die from childhood illnesses and have survived to over seventy. Since 100% of folk who have been born die (except Enoch and Elijah) we might see many elderly dieing. At least that is the trend I see in the death notices in the Nation online.
5- To comment on the rising infant mortality rate we would have to look at many variables, which I cant really properly get into here, without having the statistics.
Mr Griffith’s presence on the Board is very unlikely to be a factor as stated by the last poster.
Is it true that former Chief Immigration Officer was viciously gunned down while reading a newspaper on his patio last night?
Word reaching BU from a reliable source who lives in the area confirms that the late Hutson’s killing is being linked to a transaction with Guyanese. Info is sketchy and we will update later.
Yes David
Sad but true.Mr Hutson apparently had to take action against some guyanese and he was killed as a result.
Owen really got these guyanese people feeling real powerful in bajan country – that they could boldly go up to a former CHIEF Immigration Officer home and shoot him multiple times point blank.
Mr David Thompson I hope you know what to do with these large number of guyanese when you get in – Ple e a a s s e e Do It With Haste.
If this was a regular immigration ‘transaction’ why was there a murder? This is a very disturbing new thing to happen in Barbados, indeed.
Who remembers murders in Barbados being anything other than domestic, and it has always been said that violent crime in Barbados is almost completely domestic, barring and excepting for some resulting from the ‘drug’ trade.
What category and motivation do we have in this case? This should be closely watched.
transaction David ~what has happened provoked us to blog on it. It is truly a disturbing trend which has emerged in Barbados. See our recent blog.
Hold it right there!.. Why are we speculating how and why the late Kenrick Hutson was killed. I am close to the Hutson’s family and it brought tears to my eyes. My family and I grieved with the Hutson’s family during this tragic period.
If you are so close to the Hutson family as you claim,then you would know what the family suspects.
During a tragedy like this, the family will be trying to come to grips with the killing and the questions will be why will someone murder a gentleman with a impeccable character and demour.
Let’s hope the perpetrator is brought to justice, meantime, let’s stop the assumptions about the involvement of politics until we are guaranteed that is the reason.
frankology you response is part of a problem/dilemma which Barbadians will have going forward. So lets wait until all the facts are in before we realize that we have a problem.
no need for change posted on BLP blog
In an article entitled No Change For Change posted on its blog on December 30, 2007, the BLP begs not to be booted out of office remain in office after three term, because
a) in Jamaica ruling parties have benefited from four terms in office,
b) in Australia the John Howard administration was able to retain the confidence of the electorate on four occasions until it suffered a crushing defeat earlier this month,
c) Americans are wont to say that if a thing is not broken you do not change it,
d) a talented BLP team of ministers have introduced innovative programmes which have propelled the country into the category of the number one developing in the world,
e) the fact that you don’t change such an administration for one that brought the country to its knees in 1994 when unemployment rose to the unprecedented level of 22 per cent.
The author of this article needs to understand that Bajans do not have to follow the pattern of either the Jamaicans, the Australians or the Americans.
The author of this article needs also to realize that this is not 1994, and that the DLP are now ready to take over the reins of Government. The DLP HAS BOUNCED BACK.
The author of this article needs to list the members of this talented BLP team of ministers for the Bajan public to understand what they are trying to fool us with.
Does he mean that Wood, or Rommel, or Liz, or Gline Clarke etc are talented? After 13 years Liz cant open the dump. Tell us more about this team of talented ministers. Is Cinty talented too, besides as a primary school teacher?
We are told that “there has been a dramatic turn-around in the country’s fortunes and that foreign reserves have now reached the record level of $2 billion.” They forget that Bajans both at home and abroad are cognizant of the fact that this because the PRIME MINISTER HAS SOLD OUR PRIME LANDS to achieve this! The most serious injury one can attempt to do me is to insult my intelligence.
Strike me, beat me, bite me; do what so ever you will. But do not insult my intelligence.
The author of the article opines “One only has to take a drive along the West and South coasts to witness the evidence of the return of investor confidence.” This is because the Owen Arthur administration has sought to measure success by its erections! Erections like a renewed Kensington Oval that is not owned by the people, a new prison that was built with great cost over runs. Now they want to erect a new hospital?
Are we to understand that the PM having now probably suffering from erectile dysfunction secondary to his chronic alcoholism, is now so focused on the attainment of erections that erections of any sort consumes his every thought?
It is noteworthy that all the Deputy Prime Minister, Mia Mottley can projest for the future is that 3000 persons living in urban tenantries will soon have the titles to their lots transferred at a cost of $2.50 per sq. ft. Is this not a project that should long ago have been completed, having had its origin in the BLP administration from 81-86? All that the “talented” Deputy Prime Minister can currently offer the people is the commitment to the removal of pit toilets from the landscape by the year 2017.
A future BLP government can only offer help from the UDC, the RDC and the Enterprise Growth Fund Ltd to help farmers, barbers and hair stylists. WOW! What rocket science!
The BLP is so determined to have a one party state that the purveyor of this pithy, puerile prose government found it again necessary to comment that “the current pleas being made by the DLP for a change of government are born out of fear of extinction.” The extinction of the DLP, not their defeat at the poll is their main concern. The Jamaican or Australian oppositions that suffered quadruple defeats at the polls did not become extinct. But the BLP seeks that the DLP become EXTINCT if they should lose a fourth consecutive election in Barbados.
A word of warning to the wise ought to be enough!
The author concludes by suggesting the party which rules the streets, rules the country. Is this another veiled warning?
The only sensible or serious sentences in all this drivel with which we can agree are that “ Common sense dictates that people change a government when they recognise that it has lost direction or its relevance. You change an appliance if it is broken or not working well.”
This is what the Bajan electorate must do, at the next election.
In an article entitled Haven in the Eastern Caribbean posted on Dec 29th at . http://blp.org.bb/index.phpposted on December 29th at The BLP seems to be trying to make a case for not dealing with excessive migration to Barbados which accounts for the large numbers of Guyanese in the country that seems to be causing great discomfort to Barbadians.
The author pontificates that “ Barbados is to the nationals of the Eastern Caribbean and Guyana, what Britain is to the nationals of Eastern Europe, the Indian Sub-Continent, Africa and the Middle East” totally incognizant or uncaring of the repercussions this is having on Bajans.
Despite admitting that they know that the goal of these illegal immigrants is to in most cases “to gain employment; avoid political marginalization or persecution in their homelands or benefit from the the educational and social programmes that are in place in Barbados.”
I am forced to debunk this pithy puerile prose emanating from their website, because they make it sound like they are manna from heaven and that Owen is the Messiah. Nothing is further from the truth.
It is interesting that the BLP spouts that “An independent judiciary also attracts the attention of prospective emigrants. Non-nationals taking up residence in Barbados know that they can have justice in the law courts. Barbados has a long tradition of an incorruptible judiciary. Judges appointed to sit on the bench have never been removed from office for wrong-doing or the miscarrige of justice.”
This is how it ought to be. What is the fuss? Prospective immigrants and our residents want to know too what was the nature of the quantum of the settlement between Owen and Beverley. This knowledge which has been suppressed by the local courts would inform the populace of the degree of wealth that Owen has accumulated on his salary of less than 200,000 per annum in 12 years, given that in 1993 he claimed he could not live on 48,000 per annum. Ah lie?.
Barbados is being seen as the Gem of the Eastern Caribbean. because for decades there has been good leadership in Barbados. Owen Arthur has not done anything more than anyone else as a leader in their tenure. Adams, Barrow, Adams, St John, Sandiford were all worthy leaders.
Just as artisans and professionals from across the region have flocked to Barbados, so to have Bajans gone overseas seeking work. The fact that our neighbours from the contiguous islands wish to make Barbados our home, is also nothing new. This has gone on for decades. Folk from the Windwards especially used to come over to trade in the days of the inter island schooners and the Federal boats. Many stayed. The current building boom in Barbados has offered many job opportunities to nationals from Guyana and the Eastern Caribbean. That is probably the real reason they are seeking work in Barbados today.
He speaks in another place of setting up a University of Barbados .Let us not forget that university education in Barbados is as old as the hills. Long before UWI, Bajans went up to Codrington College to study for external degrees from the University of Durham. Let us not forget that the Community College that the BLP want to turn into University of Barbados was THE BRAIN CHILD OF ERSKINE LLOYD SANDIFORD.
That Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines has gone on record as saying that Barbados “is the best run black country in the Western hemisphere,and that Non-nationals from the sister territories of the Eastern Caribbean and Guyana are confirming this observation with their decision to work and live among us is NOTHING NEW. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN SO SINCE I WAS A LITTLE BOY. It is well written that THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
Illegal Immigrants Poem
I cross ocean, poor and broke.
Take bus, see employment folk.
Nice man treat me good in there.
Say I need to see welfare.
Welfare say, ‘You come no more,
we send cash right to your door.’
Welfare checks – they make you wealthy!
Free Insurance – it keep you healthy!
By and by, I get plenty money.
Thanks to you, you BAJAN dummy!
Write to friends in motherland.
Tell them ‘come fast as you can.’
They come in turbans and Ford truc ks,
And buy big house with welfare bucks!
They come here, we live togeth er.
More welfare checks, it gets better!
Fourteen families, they moving in,
but neighbor’s patience wearing thin.
Finally, BAJAN guy moves away.
Now I buy his house,then I say,
‘Find more immigrants for house to rent.’
And in the yard I put a tent.
Everything is very good,
and soon we own the neighborhood.
We have hobby, it’s called breeding.
Welfare pay for baby feeding.
Kids need dentist? Wives need pills?
We get free! We got no bills!
BAJANS crazy!
They work all year, to keep the welfare running here.
We think Barbados A. darn good place.
Too darn good for Bajan race!
If they no like us, they can scram.
Got lots of room in the dump at Greenland !
What is the situation with the first televised debate advertised for tonight? Am I right in hearing that it has been called off? Why? Anyone heard anything about the reasons?
It was reported in the news that the BLP campaign management did not agree to the format and consequently Dale Marshall refused to turn up even though Michael Lashley was in attendance ready and willing.
I AM A BAJAN LIVING IN ATLANTA GA FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS….I HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY FOLLOWING BARBADIAN POLITICS AND I AM CONVINCED THE OWEN ARTHUR AND THE BLP HAVE LED BARBADOS THE UNMATCHED WEALTH AND FINANCIAL STABILITY..THE FACT IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A 106% INCREASE IN CAPITAL PROJECTS AND ULTIMATELY IT BENEFITS ALL BAJANS …
Yvon Marshall do you agree that prosperity is not only measured in economic terms but the social equity must be measured as well? How do we weight one over the other? Do you agree that it is a balance which is critical to gauge success of countries?
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