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Jumpstation: T'ief! T'ief!; The 'M' word; I am appealing to you; T'ings dat tell you is rainy season in TnT.
No, doh bodder tuh hold yuh handbag or look round to see wha' bandit rob some poor civilian… dese bandits in 3 piece suits wit’ air-conditioned car, educated an’ livin’ de life..
Yeah boy, over de las’ 2 weeks is scandal like crazy… PETROTRIN report say dat man take bribe like yuh does drink water when yuh t'irsty; the Regional Health Authority still in de news; den dey discover dat de cashiers in the Mt. Hope Complex t’iefin’ cash every day; den Caroni board members get bonus before de crop even come in.. Man, is more mas dan Carnival! An’ we eh talkin’ two dollars, yuh know, is hundreds of thousands and millions!
De PM when he did come into office did say he wanted to see de boards of the government companies more balanced and reflecting “de composition of de society”….. well dey very balanced now… each of dem have about 3 big t’ief!
When water more dan flour so, Bas decide he go
set up Commission to deal wit’ corruption an’ put some laws wit’ heavy
fines, so he takin’ legislation to Parliament… we have ah anti-litter act…
yuh see de state of port of Spain….?! Follow meh reasoning!
Den de AG say dat corruption is evil an’ he anxious to prosecute…. suddenly dis week ah hear de PM bawlin’ dat he eh takin’ part in no witch hunt, how it have Parliamentary committees set up to deal wit’ corruption, so people who feel dat it have corruption should take de evidence to dese committees… ...an’ dat has worked in the past, no doubt…?
Try getting’ records from ah company board, if
yuh not ah member of de government…. One minister say dat de PNM did t’ief
in de day, but like people forget (an’ dis has what to do wit’ de present
situation…?)..
An’ de t’ing is, yuh t’iefin’ from people who cyah afford… is my tax money yuh t’iefin… money dat coulda help ah chile wit’ ah bad heart or bad kidney, money for infrastructure, education, unemployment relief, etc…. is like yuh is ah social soucouyant!
But brudder, de only way to stop corruption in dem state companies is to have members of government and Opposition on de boards, say 2/3 government, 1/3 Opposition… as it is government does appoint everybody.
Den any committee to investigate corruption must have ah half/half composition…but dat take too much common sense…. an’ yuh have to really be concerned about yuh people to do dat…. is better for whoever rulin’ to control an’ t’ief everyt’ing an’ when yuh get t’rough out, is my turn to t’ief now…..dat is de cycle we runnin’…Ali Baba coulda sit at de feet of dese people an’ get ah PhD in how to t’ief!
Yep, the M word… seems to be lack of dat on the political scene dese days…… No, not manners or madness…Maturity!
Ah mean consider the following incidents…. ah fella resign from being ah member of the Opposition party (lets call de fella Robs). De man brudder is still ah big Opposition senator an’ de man whole family from he fadder dong build up de party from its earliest days….. Robs say he tired of the party, it cut loose from de original moorings, it even have racism, etc. in it .
Now as leader of de Opposition de MATURE t’ing to do, since de fella in de party so long an’ out of respect for he contribution an’ he family is jus’ say “Well, we wish Robs all the best , we are sorry he feels that way, we thank him for his contributions..”, yuh know… act big, den…… but nah, not for hell! Man, dey publish statement how de man was ah plant for de rulin’ party, he know he was goin’ to be disciplined for some t’ings he did say earlier, he is ah so-an-so, etc…..
Next t’ing de
man on de government owned station lambastin’ dey tail!
If yuh did do it de right way, he woulda be lookin’ real stupid, spewin’
bile an’ you being ever so gracious…. when de fella in de US jump ship last
month, anybody cuss him off or le-le he tail? No, yuh have to allow people
freedom to choose.. some will come, some will leave…..
On de odder han’ we have we PM, Manday trottin’
out de contents of ah cowshed…… some public servants hol’ ah march to
protest dey lack of salary increases.. a over-zealous one start to pray dat de
PM get sick… some odders tell him stop dat nonsense… den ah few ah dem light
up some candles an’ say dat dey “prayin’ on PM head”.
To me, dem was just engaging in kicks… ahm, de PM get on like ah leggo beast…. De man was livid! He say dey tryin’ necromancy (meaning what exactly?), how dem people is de Sons of Satan (apparently he know de family of de gentleman quite well!), call on de head of de Union to chastise de workers, how de Opposition resortin’ to magic….. man, it was embareassing!
Ah head of
state carryin’ on like ah wajank?! Over
some people playin’ de fool…? How would ah REAL man reply.. “Well, I see
that some people are praying and wishing me ill, but I forgive them, wish them
well and trust that sort of hatred is not indicative of the membership of the
union”. Now tell meh dat eh soun’
like ah big man..?!
Even de newspapers perpetuatin’ dis
nonsense….. for example, de matter wit’ de AG an’ de ole Bas.
Apparently de AG comin’ across as more anxious dan de PM to deal wit’
dem t’iefin wretches … Bas jump in wit’ ah drop kick an’ de newspapers
start up… how it have ah big split in de party, signs of t’ings to come?
Who eh talkin’ to who… etc..
Now NOWHERE does it say dat people in a party have to agree, in fact, dey doh even have to be friends. What is important is dat people respect each odder views an’ dey do de job.. We problem is dat when somebody in de party disagree wit’ yuh, is to shaft dem!
When de poor person goin’ t’rough de airport, de metal detector only buzzin’…. because of de big knife in dey back! ...De AG ask de Minster of Energy for ah report on corruption in one of de energy industries, Bas say doh give him, I say so! So de man in charge of de law in de country (an’ second highest office) is prevented from seeing ah document dealin’ wit’ corruption. Den wen de AG leave de country de PM refuse to appoint de Junior Minister as AG, instead he appoint de Education Minister….
When odder ministers grumble
about corruption, go in public an’ tell dem dey could resign if dey want..
show
dem who is boss! Come, yuh feel you is man…boduff! Kick! Yuh want to disagree
wit’ me, take dat an’ cool it!
Well, once again de courts have ruled in favour of de Opposition an’ once again de PM has taken to ranting (quite unbecoming I tell you for a leader… but anyway).
De
courts say de Opposition right, de ruling party wrong (2-1) so is off to de Privy Council.
Remember de M word ah was talkin’ about before…? Well de PM went off
de deep end, an’ is like he cyah swim.. De man call ah meeting in town an’
den went to town (again J)
on everything in he path… He clout de courts (dis government cyah get justice
in TnT… ah wonder why? An’ what
is he tellin’ de worl’ about we justice system…?), he lash de Opposition
for being in league wit’ destabalising an’ demonic people, he buff trade
unions, he t’row calpet behin’ some of he own ministers…. quite a
performance I tell you… De man eyes glarin, he veins standin’ out in he neck,
he shoutin’ over de microphone, he mout’ open wide enough for yuh to see he
breakfast an’ he let fly like ah madman! Truly one for de archives…
On de odder side was Maddening, who shoulda
coolly say that justice had been served, an’ dat de courts believe in proper
procedure an’ he faith in de judicial system remains.. but instead he start to
boast how much money dey get when de Opposition pay costs, how de PM is ah dis
an’ dat, how he on he way back in to government when de Privy Council
t’row out de case…. Six of one, half ah dozen of de odder..
Well is rainy season wit’ full force in TnT, an’ lookin’ around ah make note of
TINGS DAT TELL YOU IS RAINY SEASON IN TnT.....
Dey tryin’ to
clean de Dry River an’ drains in town…de six months of dry season wasn’t
de ideal time.
Yuh could make an livin’ pushin’ people cars
outta de flood waters resultin’ from de clogged drains.
At least four villages and 2 malls get flood out,
not because of bad drainage but because
accordin’ to de Minister “de
rains dis year was exceptional” (yeah, dis year it come as water! Damn
fool!)
Farmers who squatting on state lands will claim
millions of dollars in damage, but cyah explain if dey have millions of dollars
in assets, how come dey poor…?
Yuh will warn chilren again an’ again not to
play near de big drains, but dey will insist
in causin’ grief, an’ dey parents will blame WASA for not puttin’ ah
hundred foot wall wit’ barb wire around de 2 miles of
canal….
De Caroni river will overflow an’ people will
still not realise dat if yuh live on ah flood plain, it goin’ to flood!
Yuh might as well dredge de Ganges or de Nile…!
Prices in de market will drop, because all dem
vendors go be tryin’ to palm off contaminated stock before de Ministery of
Health ketch up wit’ dem!
Yuh will discover
at two o’ clock in de mornin’, dat
yuh roof have ah hole right above yuh bed.
People will blame rain for being late for work or
not comin’ to work….. as if dey car make from salt!.. De same people
who go walk t’rough ah snow blizzard to go to dey job in Mc Donalds when dey
sneak-in de US……
Dat’s all for dis week folks… remember any queries, questions, comments, hail outs etc… jus’ write to we anchorman Cobra at ttcobra1@hotmail.com an’ we go get back to yuh… Take care care, alyuh, ah gone…. Peace….. Play one for Winston Spree…. ah sweet soundin’ melody……. (background music, Stalin)
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