TNN 106

Hello folks..welcome to our broadcast from latitudes South… we back again… an’ (deep voice)… dis is TNN….. Feelin’ hot! Hot! Hot! Feelin’ hot! Hot ! hot! ..(background music….Arrow

Jumpstation: And you can take that to the bank; Give credit where credit is due; Labour pains; Mih cup runneth over.

De Inter American Development Bank (IDB) dat is….. Man ah want to dead from embarrassment! Lack of class is a particularly disturbing personality characteristic.. an’ when it is approved by supposed leaders, we in deep you-know-what! 

Yuh believe de government decide to sign for ah IDB loan to build houses and regularise squatters…?!  Now de previous administration had applied for ah loan, but was not able to process it before dey leave office.  De government follow t’rough an’ get de money an’ decide to implement dey own housing program… so of course, since is big money de President of de IDB leavin’ he Washington office to come…

Bas an’ de boys write an’ tell de man doh come because de government goin’ to build house in marginal seats, put dey own voters in de house and then t’ief de next election, an’ if he come, it may be viewed as de bank conspiring wit’ de government to “steal” ah election..

An’ if dat wasn’t enough, anodder MP write an’ tell de man dat dey go move to impeach him if he come an’ dey go use dey frens in Congress an’ de House of Representatives (who dey know in Washington?… De mailman to Congress or de cleaner for de House? Man, steeeuuuupppppssss!) to light fire in he pfeffen! 

So de man comin’ to sign ah loan agreement which de bank agree to an’ you, who have no rank whatsoever (get over it, yuh no longer in charge!) threatening de President of de IDB. 

Now, imagine if some nut sen’ yuh ah fax (which is what he did) mumbling somet’ing about ah marginal seat (what de #$%@*& is ah marginal seat dey must be wonderin’?) and de government trying to steal elections….. What you go do…jus’ wat de man did..LAUGH! HARD! 

De bank have nothing to do wit’ your political problems.. dat is YOUR problem. You know any government dat eh go take money for any project an’ not get some political mileage out of it somehow? Whether dey building airport, school, police vehicles, etc…, which I might add is what a FORMER administration did?! But we eh go call no names! 

So, now I jus’ curl up in ah hole tryin’ to let nobody know I is ah Trini, because when ah peewat want to t’reaten de President of de IDB who granting aid to YOUR country, is time to jus’ lie down an’ bawl as de shame rip through yuh being..

Ah wonder if he go cuss up de head of de IMF next or jack up de World Bank?  While yuh at it, pelt ah clout behind de US President… dey feel dey bad?!  Show dem who is man….or damn fool!!

GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE...

Well, quite a fiasco las’ week.. de Min. of Labour, Jnr. Min. or Finance and de PM almost get justle by ah crowd outside de PNM office in Port of Spain.. yuh see why dey need security?!

De lacoray is dat a certain Credit Union, over de last 6 years suddenly buying radio stations, opening TV station, want to have ah daily newspaper, have furniture company, security company and second largest assets of any Credit Union. 

Well mamayo , de mark bus’ when one of dey leading supporters distance he group from dem an’ say somet’ing fishy…. seed doh become guava tree overnight!   When he say so, is because town in ah uproar an’ want to know wey dem fellas come from with hundreds of millions of dollars in deposits an’ assets..jus’ so, jus’ so…..! 

Well de Minister of Labour and de Jnr. Min. of Finance say yes, dat strange, dey go investigate an’ in fact, it have ah investigation on, an’ dey go get to de bottom of dis “Johnny-come-lately-rich-boy”,

Well 300 of de Credit Union members descend like bachac on dey back…… de make noise, dey demonstrate, dey threaten.. dey say by sayin’ dat de government put de Credit Union at risk, dat could cause ah run on de organisation, dey casting aspersion, etc… 

Yuh believe in 24 hrs dem Ministers say it NEVER had ah investigation an’ Min. of Finance writin’ letter sayin’ dat it not investigatin’ nobody an’ de Credit Union above board, etc….? Dem boys shoulda be ice skaters or ballet dancers de way de spin round!

Now de Cobra have some comments…first …dem Ministers should be checking dem “Help Wanted” ads all now.. how de Hell yuh could make such ah statement to de public an’ den retract….? Dat is unforgiveable.. yuh could seriously t’reaten de corporate image of de Credit Union, without any evidence! 

Secondly, I say investigate de damn company… if dey have nothing to hide, dey would encourage yuh to come, investigate an’ clear deyself.. if dey start makin’ noise, well I makin’ more noise! Because when I deposit ah check for $10,000 de bank want to ask meh wey ah get de money from, wey ah workin’, what ah goin’ to use de money for , how much chilren ah have, how much ah does eat, meh mother shoe size…etc.. jus’ to make sure I eh up to nothin’ illegal..  An’ if I do it once or twice, dey want to inform Police a’ t’ing…

So why when ah organisation dat have tens of thousands of people money in it, showing exponential growth an’ serious questions being asked, yuh shouldn’t investigate it?  De deposits of all dese people is at stake! De Credit Union say de audit show dey above board.. of course, yuh ever see Bribe - $4M, Drug trafickin’ - $19M
Laundering - $8M, mark done in any account book? 

So sayin’ dat yuh books clean doh really mean anything…yuh remember Enron and Anderson accounting firm…? Need I say more?! 

As regards dem Ministers, de double error is dat now nobody cyah go an’ investigate since alyuh say de company clean… all yuh had to say was dat yuh had to speak wit’ de Commissioner of Credit Unions (who had also expressed concerns actually) an’ yuh will get back to dem or maybe yuh cyah say anyt’ing now since one way or anodder dat would cast aspersions on de institution. Somet’ing so…but dem boys like dey leader..doh know when to SHUT UP!

LABOUR PAINS.....

Well labour bus’ open like ah ripe mango dat hit de pavement!  Dey had an umbrella body of all Trade Unions (NATUC), dat split an’ it have Independent Trade Unions and NATUC… now ah hear dey goin’ an’ form anodder labour body again…

Las’ year one set went Arima for Labour Day, the bigger Independent Unions went as usual to Fyzabad, ..dis year both ah dem went Fyzabad, but meet in different places an’ talk of intimidation, violence, who come to rain on who’s parade etc… 

One Trade Union even had dey own rally in Couva, about 75 people show up… de Union leader say dey promise workers triple time if dey went out to work dat day……... so if dey desert you for triple time, what is your standing?! 

Like some people doh learn…..! Whenever yuh get involve wit’ politicians, yuh dogs dead!  Some people in NATUC start to accept posts, chairman job al kinda t’ing, so dey get quiet when certain t’ings were takin’ place, so dem people who had personal political affiliation de odder way, start to pull away an’ next t’ing yuh know, brack-cak! T’ing split open. 

Now dey running round like chicken without heads because de government change, so now de talk is unity again…Labour doh seem to understand its role atall, atall, atall… every march is for bread, justice and de poor man! ..ask poor people how many programs labour have to assist dem an’ get dem out of poverty? 

How come dem leaders have so much bread an’ de workers always out in de sun?! Dat is justice?! What about retraining workers for de “new economy?’  What about showing workers how to invest so dat dey could have money put aside for later? What about day centres for children, to create employment? What about training and seed money to start small business an’ de union getting ah cut? What about talking to “management” instead of buffing dem all de time? If de wretched factory close dong, how de workers go pay union dues? How about demanding certain minimum commitment to WORK from union members, rather dan striking an’ always takin’ de worker’s side, even when dey wrong? Alyuh have any draft plans for economic growth, education, crime , ANYTHING to assist in developing dis country…? 

Man, ah fed up of dem an’ dey nonsense…an’ if de “poor” man was ah smart man, all now dem union leaders begging dey bread.. dat is JUSTICE!

MEH CUP RUNNETH OVER.....

World Cup, dat is!  Man, dis is probably de Chinese YEAR OF DE UNDERDOG!  Yuh could imagine de USA beat Portugal, Italy get dey tail cut by South Korea? Argentina and France gone home in de first round (ah just call de top five teams in de world dey!). 

Bookmakers eh know how to make bets again…!  Dis is madness!  People giving all kinda explanations….since foreign coaches gone to other countries like Nigeria, Senegal, etc…dey carrying all de knowledge dey an’ so de gap between teams getting’ smaller……  

Odders say de Europeans tired after dey domestic and European season, an’ so cyah perform at dey peak…dat one have some substance,   If yuh see injuries to top players….an’ some of dem fellas like dey jus’ makin’ it t’rough ah match….which is somet’ing FIFA have to look at, because while it exciting to see new teams beat more experienced ones, we doh get to see top class individuals in action, so de level of football drops..ah hope dey fix it by next World Cup….

De las’ match ah see was England vs Brazil.. ah tell dem de Brazilians woulda samba dey ballroom dancing, but dey eh listen!……England score first from ah defensive blunder, Owns pounce on de ball, beat ah advancing keeper and goal!   Den Brazil equalise…an’ what ah equaliser….!  Ronaldino charge de defense, execute some hard body beat on ah man pass de ball of an’ is goooooooooaaaaaaalllll! Den in de second, “Roni” take ah free kick…de ball curve around in air an’ drop in de far corner of de goalpost…by de time de keeper realise what was happenin’ is because man pickin’ ball out of de net!  British Airways warming up dey engines all now! But man, dis is excitement! 

Dem Germans mowing dong teams like truck, de USA was slipping through till dey hit de German tank.. an’ is American Airlines for dem! 

France and Argentina cock up dey foot watching de matches from home……..an’ de crowd..! Man, de painted faces, de rhythms, de banners, de noise, de dancin’ in de streets, all over de world big screens up! 

De world (except de US) ketching football fever…..but is sweet suffering ah could tell yuh!

The African lions (Cameroons) were declawed, the Nigerian eagles have come down to earth, but suddenly de South African diamonds sparkled, but de glow faded, but out of de blue de vibrant musical Senagalese have danced to de front of de pack! 

The South Korea have somehow wrapped eastern mysticism into ah football an’ now dey charming de world with pluck, grit an’ spunk! 

Now de English pudding has gone cold, de pasta of Italia has lost its taste, the beef of Argentina has been consumed and the wines of Frances have soured… I tell you…brave new world! 

Who dares wins!….nex’ week watch out for meh predictions……!

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Dat’ s all for dis weeks folks.. remember any queries, comments, questions, hail outs etc… just write to we anchorman Cobra at ttcobra1@hotmail.com an’ we go get back to alyuh… Peace, ah gone… blessings…… So we mus’ push one common intention….for ah better life in de region….for we woman, an’ we chilren…dat mus’ be de ambition of de Caribbean man….(background music… Stalin)