TNN 77
Ah people, ah nex’ one start… so is TNN dong de line for ah nex year… an’ (deep voice)…Dis is TNN…. Sweet, Sweet Trinidad, how ah love dis country bad…. (background music..Funny)
Jumpstation: Happy new year...; Personalities; Same licks, different year; Square off.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, CENTURY, MILLENIUM.....
Yeah, dis year is ah triplet birth boy…. ah now have some strength to write something. Dey nearly kill meh wit lime dis rounds! From Boxing Day, everybody feel yuh have tuh come by dem an’ “gih dem ah visit”.
Man, ah was going from pillar to post… even wedding pass in de rush (no, not mine, doh geh tie up!).
Ah see alyuh up north had ah cool time, like de North Pole move south dis year… rumour has it dat alyuh had to open alyuh fridge to warm up de room (kyah! Kyah kyah!) J. Yeah man, de ole humor still dey…. ah eh make no setta resolution, jus’ to do what ah does do good even better, an’ what ah does do bad, worse! (Dat was de rum punch talking!).
De season pass nice down dis side, unfortunately we had a setta domestic an’ other violence, ah t’ink December mus’ be make ah record….. an’ den dey eh pay de URP workers in San Juan, so dey buss up de windows of de party office an’ make some not so nice threats! Den teachers eh get backpay, so all who order fridge an’ stove from Courts an’ Standards had to leave it in de store! Army people waitin’ on ah raise, an’ we waitin’ on crime to lower… odder dan dat, no problem, though one brewing now, but ah go jus’ mention dat near de end of dis edition an’ give alyuh ah whole spread next week…… so on with de first TNN of 2001…an’ happy, fulfilling, peaceful, prosperous and blessed New Year….
As dey say in Trini ………“leh we go!”
Contrary to what some people believe, DIS YEAR is de start of de new millenium….f or those who do not understand, consider…… de millenium started in de YEAR 1 , not ZERO, so dat after one year had passed, we entered year 2, so after 2 years had passed we entered year 3, so we entered 2001 after 2000 years….see? ]
The same applies for centuries…we enter a new century in the Century + 1 year. The double zero year is actually the last year of the century, not the first year of the next (this is not like human beings who only turn 1, 2, etc.. AFTER they have lived 1, 2, 3 years etc… that is where the confusion started!).
So with this in mind, we go take ah look at some personalities of de Millenium an’ de century (according to de Cobra’s listings… which are universally accepted as de bes’ by tes’…)
For TnT….(note dat for personalities, one is judging by
influence only, not whether the influence was good or bad).
Best Minister for 2000
Kamla Persad Bissessar…. Her name was not called in any bobol, maintained her dignity at all times, spoke eloquently and well and in her position as Education Minister and previously as Minister of Legal affairs has performed all tasks assigned to her and gone beyond. For the second year straight! (Ah didn’t agree wit’ everyt’ing she did, but if Bas say do it, wha’ yuh go do?!).
Worst Minister…..
No longer a minister, but accolades go to “Danny” Singh who was on record as cussing and threatening a local government councilor (of his party, mind you!), being involved as a suspect in a police investigation of the councilor’s subsequent violent death, having our Muslimeen rebels as bodyguards and being supervisors in de URP, wining dong in public at every occasion and finally fleeing the country with a diplomatic passport after being caught and finally, wanted for swindling funds from the URP. He has since vanished into the USA as far as we know, while his family is still here. Ah wonder who he wining up on now…..?
Most stupid statement ….
Papatrick Manning’s statement dat “The president has
no choice but to appoint me Prime Minister since we have 19 seats”.
(He had won 16 seats).
This is before the court case of the validity of candidates for two
contested seats has been decided or the challenge for the validity of the
Tunapuna result has even reached the courts.
Way to go Papatrick… By de way, Bas has been reinstalled as Prime
Minister…!
Most Intelligent Statement...
Surprisingly coming from de Bas himself… I suppose
everyone has an unguarded moment, in his case, it is when he talks sense!
He said, “One of the greatest challenges facing modern societies
is the ability to manage diversity..”.
Personality of The Century….
Easy, Dr. Eric Eustace
Williams…. both for scholarship and for having the greatest effect on
Trinidadian and Tobagonian
politics, education social and economic structure.
No other figure has so influenced society as much or been recognised
universally as a scholar (except Vidya Naipaul, and only in literature).
WORLDWIDE…
PERSON OF THE CENTURY…
Very difficult choice….. persons like Einstein, Martin
Luther King Jnr., Mother Teresa , Gandhi, etc.. were strong contenders....
however, as far as affecting the global scene I would regrettably
have to give it to Adolf Hitler... who in his historic act of madness, completely
changed the power balance of the world (America and Russia emerged as the new
Super Powers) to say nothing of the 45 million lives needlessly lost,
precipitating the use of atomic energy, spurring on industrialization and
development of aeronautics,
communications, etc.. and the
bringing in women into the workplace by the utilization of so many young men in
war… So I believe de fellow gets the nod over the odders for influence……
PERSON OF THE MILLENIUM…
Ta da.. ta da.. ta daaaaa…….! Actually dat was
easy…. de winner was Christopher Columbus… His exploits resulted in a
permanent link of Europe and the Eastern and West continents, the alteration and
decimation in some cases of cultures
in Africa and the entire New World, again revolutionized the power balance in
Europe and extended its conquests, ushered in a new economic era and order and
in fact is responsible for much of European dominance today (though we as seeing
definite signs of its fading).
Those voyages have caused a turnaround in history, a meeting of peoples
and cultures that is without parallel in this millenium.
His was the role of “door opener”.
So dat is my vote for Man of the Millenium.
SAME LICKS... DIFFERENT YEAR...
If dere was ah award for Bobolee of de year it would have to go to the West Indies cricket team. De Australian batsmen beat dem, de Aussie bowlers beat dem, de Aussie crowd beat dem, de Press beat dem… dey even beat deyself, by squandering chances to squeeze Australia de one or two opportunities dey get.
Yes 4-0 now an’ de Fifth Test start. Man, dem fellas lose de last test by more dan 340 runs….! And’ brudder, more duck dan ah poultry depot…! Hear nah man, dey have now set de World record for de greatest number of ducks in any Test series, an’ dat was a 6 Test series mind you! We only play 4, an’ startin’ we Fifth…. my Looooorrrrdddd!
T’anks to dem Australia also set ah world record for de most consecutive Test wins and lookin’ to extend it even further… want tuh take ah bet on dat one?! Even de crowd holdin’ up signs sayin’ “All we want for Christmas is a Five Day Test”. Now dat is humiliating. AH man say if ah taxi take him to de cricket ground and WI batting, he go tell de driver to wait!
What kind of roti Lara like best? Duck roti! De madness continues… abuse man, abuse. Dey trying to stave off a whitewash by Australia, but even when Laro score 182 runs dey couldn’t capitalise on dat! An’ dey still have ah Triangular one Day Tournament to play with Australia and New Zealand!
Is like flogging ah dead horse! Only cocaine could keep dis team on ah high! It so bad dat even de Australian cricketers givin’ we advice on what to do about we cricket. When yuh opposition feeling sorry for yuh, wey yuh have tuh go again? Ah doh know, ah doh know , ah doh know… if alyuh know some obeah for ah rain dance or storm, lemme know…
What is the difference between a West Indian cricketer and a WI supporter? You can’t compare dem, one does not exist! De most prevalent illness in de West Indies nowadays is lower back pain, from carryin’ de weight of shame…..
“On guard! You cringing, cowardly cur!”
“Why, you filthy carrion crow, I will erase this
insult for generations to come!”
No, not Shakespeare or Bill as he is affectionately called, but a fight dong between de President an’ de PM…again! Ah boy “plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose” (de more t’ings change, etc… but it does soun’ educated when yuh say it in French!).
What is it dis time…? Well, de PM want to appoint 7 defeated candidates
to de Senate an’ to Ministerial positions, so de Prez, say NO! It is against
democratic principles to do dat, an’ even if de Constitution say he have to
appoint who de PM advise him to, he will not set his seal upon dis travesty of
justice! So… stalemate! De
country have no Senate, an’ is only now dey appointing a House of
Representatives, because dey giving de
two contested seats to UNC until de court decides odderwise.
According to de Prez, if yuh do dat, it mean dat people who get bowl out at de local level in elections could now come an’ spit on people who beat dem because dem is now Ministers, Junior Ministers, etc. So for example, even though Rowley beat de living daylights out of Daphne, she is now ah Jnr. Minister at de tax payers expense, even though de same tax payers reject she outright.
De normal t’ing is to keep yuh Ministers in safe” seats or doh leh dem run atall, and appoint dem through de Senate. Why Bas do dis, I doh know… an’ he want to appoint SEVEN of dem… look trouble!
So yuh know de lawyers saying dat de Prez have no choice, but Robbie sticking to he guns. Meanwhile de country eh have no Security Minster because one of de defeated lot was suppose to occupy dat post….., an’ yuh cyah take de Prez to court under de Constitution, an’ de Senate must be appointed if yuh try to throw him out by a vote of no confidence…..
Interesting time indeed! See de Cobra’s commentary on dis nex week, an’ how it could be solved….
That’ all for dis week folks….remember any queries, questions, comments, ole talk, hail outs etc, just write to we anchorman Cobra at ttcobra1@hotmailcom an’ we go get back to alyuh! Hey Junior an’ de gang, an’ Jeanne, t’anks for de e-cards… de Cobra feel good dis season…..! Ah gone…. Peace…! Sa sa yai…..sa sa yai….(background music)
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