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12/09/2020

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11/10/2017

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My recent increased active interest in investing in stocks listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange ( ) came about while doing lectures, a part of my

16/08/2017

Excellent Book to READ before you say something stupid about Hegemony

30/08/2016

This is depressing...but its the truth...our political parties are nothing but shams, empty baskets.

POWER, all for POWER.

Power in the hands of one man...NOT GOOD, Power shared by a few...Worst...Power in the hands of many is the best but not achievable with these frail political parties...them wukless so til.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/commentary/20160828/ronald-mason-pnp-crisis

Liberal democracies tend to give rise to multiple political parties. This phenomenon exists because the very nature of liberal democracies is founded on a multiplicity of the views that contend for acceptance.Populations in some democracies tend to...

12/08/2016

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20160708/public-defender-shut-out-buggery-law-case

The Supreme Court has denied a request by the Public Defender, Arlene Harrison Henry, to be joined as an interested party in the suit brought by gay rights activist and attorney-at-law Maurice Tomlinson, who is challenging Jamaica’s buggery...

12/08/2016

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12/06/2016

So I was MIA last week, this week I am back as usual, focusing this week on the PNP’s upcoming internal elections; September 2016 thereabout.




Week ending June 11, 2016

Let us think for a minute; think about a computer system, laptop, cell phone, TV set etc. For each device to work; all parts that are connected to it, directly or indirectly, must be working as they should or else we’ve got issues.

The point I am getting at is that, Jamaica’s system (the state) ought not to be polarized of its subsets (citizens and government) as what the system is, is what the state is, likewise it is what the citizens and government are.

This is to say that, if the state (at the top of the stream) is bad, it is so because of its subsets (citizens and government). What you see is what you get! Garbage In-Garbage Out (GIGO).

Let us now put this into perspective as it relates to Lisa Hanna, Mark Golding and Colin Campbell of the People’s National Party (PNP); all of whom are vying for top political positions within their own political party and as representative of a constituency; St. Andrew South.

My own political beliefs of good governance, transparent policies and public officials, accountable officers by the application of fair rules and laws for all, would not allow me to ever consider Colin Campbell and his likes such as Angela Brown Burke, Paul Burke, Desmond McKenzie, Audley Shaw …. as persons to make decisions, they should be followers; their approach to leadership and management are hostile and definitely, to me, are with non-genuine fonts; a font that barks selfishness and vindictiveness.



Lisa Hanna is looking on from the outside, a very positive sign. She realizes that her political party and the country are connected and that grassroots are fundamental to overall growth and development; however you take it.

If the leadership of the PNP does not “youth up” with sensible and energetic minds, how can they as a party bring forward good candidates for political positions and in effect, how can Jamaica as a country benefit from these sensible and energetic minds when they are being held captive.

Persons like Lisa Hanna who are on the outside looking in see a broader picture and are better able to identify issues, know how to solve them and are willing to make such a change for the better of all. Logic never defies us when we use it alone and it is in full use when one is looking in from the outside.

Why I am with her

1. She sees that the PNP is in need of change; radical change if you may (I agree!).
a. “the days of being a loyalist to the PNP…are no longer there” or to any political party.
2. She is brave, and that is needed for such a change
a. “I am not afraid of making enemies”
3. She knows when its time to let go – come on, we are all dispensable – she knows that. She is not waiting for a shock from delegates as region chair.
a. “even if I was not going to challenge for a vice-president post I would not be seeking re-election this year”
4. She knows what is needed to start fixing the party and ultimately the overall system; the state.
a. “…fresh regenerative thinking”

She is indeed talking the talk and I really hope that she walks the walk; I’d be disappointed if she only talks and does not walk the walk; it would be an absolute mockery of the system as it is now.



Like Lisa Hanna, Mark Golding sees the change that is needed and is eager to honestly do his part. He is the man for St. Andrew South not, Colin Campbell, or the likings of him. If you have read the Observer lately you will realize where I am coming from, in addition to what I have written is my last posting.

Colin Campbell should not even be allowed to be a candidate; his application/request should have been denied (if accepted fully, yet).

Colin’s own utterances are giveaways to understanding why he should not be allowed to get a chance of representing St. Andrew South or any constituency; he should be a follower not given the powers of a leader.
He is from the old political system of self-enrichment and oppression using concocted ways such as clientelism/patronage.

He and others like him want us to believe they are doing what is best for the party, and by extension, Jamaica, using old ways; vote buying, upholding a status quo that is not working for the benefit of all, only for a few. He and others believe that if everything is calm in the society (no violence) everything is okay, no it is not okay, people want to be uplifted through education and I am not talking just to be able to sign their names (just to basically read and write); primary and education levels of education are not enough, more should done to get persons to move immediately to the tertiary level as it is at this level that they engage in fact findings and become better able to make their own decisions based on their researches, studies etc; it is at this level you are not spoon fed what to regurgitate but engage critical thinking to identify and solve problems; with no hard feelings, just doing what is right.

Yes, experience and the history of others are important, which other way to prevent reinventing the wheel, but figuring out which parts of history are good to keep and which are not is going to be a silly figuring out if done from one perspective; the old perspective, and not alongside both the old and new perspectives. Comparison is important as you cannot reasonably analyze a situation from one point of view, there has to be others to make the comparison with.

The people of this country wants what is best for them, not to have them looked in this dark room of compliance; compliance of what, on whose terms (the gangsters? Their own individual system of governance?); this is overt colonialism.

Garrison politics and communities should not have a place in our society, in no society.

There cannot be a set of laws and rules for some and another for others. It is one system; one Jamaica; if one part is counter-productive so will the system be. The burden of responsibility, and awards should be reconcilable in a very good way; a balanced way. These garrisons are having a big business in our one business called, Jamaica.

This is Colin Campbell, recently;

“The Donmanship is not something that is sustainable in 2016. That has gone. But there is a role for senior figures in the constituency who have been there, who helped as a layer of community leadership, who helped to resolve a lot of issues that, had they been allowed to fester, might have ended up worse. So I think respect is due to those persons; respect is due to George Phang every day because he is in the community working with the youngsters, keeping them disciplined. He heads the football programme and he works with the community,”

Read Mark Golding’s comment on the matter of Donmanship when asked if he can handle the ‘Donman’ thing:

“It’s important that the constituency be run for the benefit of all constituents and all parts of the constituency must feel that they have effective representation, and the system by which patronage is dispensed through one or two individuals who control a particular community is not one which I think is democratic or which empowers people. It’s one that the people of South St Andrew want to move away from,”

Oppressing people is a no-no and this is what this ‘Donman’ thing is about. People cannot thrive under such circumstance, it is like putting ice and butter together; People like Colin Campbell, in genial ways, create false societies which are separate from others; more powerful; their laws and rules are what goes [so you can forget about getting them to comply to the country’s own rules and laws, which to them, as they act that way, are beneath them (subs) when in fact it should be the other way around].

St. Andrew South and the other sixty-two (62) constituencies across Jamaica are subsets of the overall system, one or a few bad apples make the whole bad even when many good ones exist.

It is a tough cookie and it is there getting hard as we leave it in the wide open air, so where do we start; starting at the bottom and working to making the top what is should be by realizing the need for change, know how to fix the problems (if they can be fixed) or make changes, getting started and following {continue to evaluate and make adjustments accordingly}. The PNP and by extension, Jamaica are not following up, they are lagging behind.

Good leadership and management at the bottom (the subsets) will make for a better whole, selfish and individualistic approach to leadership and management at the top is a result of bad leadership and management at the bottom.

Lisa and Mark are the ones, so far, ready to fix, kiss, makeup and say many goodbyes. They should be fairly and freely allowed to do so.

Have a Good Week!

30/05/2016

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Last week, I wrote about the Government’s brite and outta-order, and disingenuous decision to allocate Labour Day funds in an ad-hoc manner, a manner which ought not to have a place in our developing

22/05/2016

Green Bias? The Sunday Gleaner - Sunday, May 22, 2016
My First Post
The headline is catchy, mi couldn't past it.
Before I even begin, mi sick and tired of reading, hearing and even indirectly being apart of how democracy is practiced in general and more specifically, in Jamaica and within the region (Caribbean).
We know something nuh right; logically, morally and all the lys, except that a political case can always be made, and in the way democracy is practiced, that case is a sure case; always right (not guilty), nuttin caan go so. Donkey seh the worl nuh level.
Now, the practice of allocating public funds and other resources, not legally, morally, logically...., but politically is just wrong til it caan wrong nuh more.
It cannot be that, you have $100 to spend on an ISLANDWIDE project, in this case, labour day projects, and the means of distributing this $100 is by constituency, wey the political party affi do wid that?, it should be $100/63 = $1.587...for each constituency, equal share fi everybody.
Now, there can be exceptions such as according to each constituency's need, St. Thomas, St. Mary...might be in need of pedestrian crossings etc. than say Kingston and St. Andrew, St. James..., so logically, St. Thomas, St. Mary...should get a higher than average allocation. And, there are other methods of allocating resources such as demographics (size, age etc. of the constituency) etc.
The present government, in this article, is being highlighted, boldly - it deh pon the front page and the following page, to have the intention to allocate $54.65 million for islandwide labour day projects, stick a pin, that mean seh each 63 constituency fi get somewhere around $870,000, dont it? if a fairness wi a deal wid. Since the JLP has 32 MPs in Parliament, their accumulation should not exceed $27.76 million and the PNP with 31 seats, $26.89.
No sah, the government is instead sharing $35.65 million among the JLP constituencies, that a nearly $8 million more, now tell mi if that fair?
Look ya now, alright it nuh fair, how is it that the JLP constituencies, collectively, are getting more than their fair share, is it that, these constituencies have more projects, people or any justifiable reason other than political.
People this is what you call clientelism: you want me do something for you or promise to do it (contract) and in return yu gimmi something; money, jewelry (nuh wash-over though), car, land, food.
The government is rewarding its constituents through their MPs; "yu vote we in, big up yuself; everything cris rasta, see a ting yah"
While clientelism has been a very long and hard part of our political history, something must be done as it is only a shackle, it CAN be broken. a clientelism create garrisons such as Tivoli and Rema; yu get a decent house fi live inna and yu vote fi we til yu dead and those born and come live here should do the same, a we (politician) mek it possible, as long as we inna power, everything cris rasta. KMT.
Mi a wait fi hear them say the PNP's submissions were "incomplete" or vastly over-stated or something that the people them can say "alright then, yu win".
We cannot sit by, watch, listen and even participate in such activities and do nothing about it, now mi soun like one a them (politician). When them come bout mi will do this fi yu and this and that, run them, tell them that we are more interested in what you can do fi the country as a whole. Then again, nuff a uno too damn selfish, only tink fi uno-self.
Michael Manley did say something like this, if politics is about handouts, one better have enuff fi everybody because who nuh get ago cause problem.
Mr. Holness, as a former student of Dr. Christine Cummings, a lady for whom I have much tolerance and respect for, and who lectured me several political science courses, you ought not to have done or authorized such a thing, particularly, when yu say transparency and good governance will be the order of the day. Mi know yu know what transparency and good governance is about, yu did affi know that a UWI.
Mi nuh see nuh transparency and good governance ya so. Stop fat up unno pocket, and push Jamaica out of its third-world state of thinking and doing.
Mi a do my part, by reading and writing, those reading, do something! (and mi nuh sen nobody fi start war, unless is a mek-sense revolution for real prosperity)
Bless, MyCampRules
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