Bruce the Traitor

It isn’t his unwillingness to do the right thing and resign his post as Prime Minister.

It isn’t his arrogance in defying the will of the people of this country.

It isn’t his supporters throwing their weight behind and obviously corrupt Prime Minister.

It isn’t about the fact that he lied to the people of this country.

Hell, Not even the fact that him tek we fi eediat, bout he acted as the head of the JLP and not the guvament.

It is that this man has pissed on the people who voted for him, pissed on the reputation (what’s left) of this country, pissed on all himself, pissed on you, and pissed on me, all for the sake of one shit house, battyhole, piece of shit, drug trafficking murderer inna Tivoli.

The Prime Minister has fucked over the country for political expediency, and now that his utter shame and disgrace is out in the open, further denigrates the office he clutches on to by not only refusing to resign but in displaying arrogance at defying the will of the very people he has betrayed.

This guvament which had never spared any opportunity to point out how corrupt the previous PNP admin was in their eighteen years at the helm, has seemingly, to all astonishment, eclipsed the fucked-upedness we endured for so long.

If you don’t agree with me, let me ask you, how much better does Portia look now compared to how you felt about her in 2007?

The revulsion you had for her has somewhat diminished hasn’t it?

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What the hell does Dudus have over the JLP?

Why can’t the guvament do what it knows is right, and allow the criminal to be brought to justice?

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Bruce has betrayed the people by lying to us, about the Mannat issue, he continues to betray the country by arrogantly refusing to apologize and resign, and ultimately bruce has betrayed any little trust the people of this country have ever had  in him as a person.

QUIT NOW ASSHOLE!

I come back to see this?!

Bruce, Audley and the rest insists that the guvament don’t have the money to pay its workers, that the guvament is having a difficult time meeting its targets, and that it has now become necessary for the guvament of Jamaica to re-establish a relationship with the IMF.

Ok, things are tough all over, so we understand not being able to pay your workers. Sure they will get upset at not getting money they believe to be due to them, but they understand hard economic times.

Now what is most fucking upsetting is that the can easily find 60 Million dollars to go refurbish the house Mike Henry occupies.

What the RASS?!

Most people struggle to find even the 5 Million for the house they want/can afford and have to make NHT contributions for years, but suddenly after announcing we going back to the IMF it now seems as if we can afford to utilize 60 million, that must have been lying idly somewhere, to spend on one house for a minister of guvament.

Let’s see the JLP supporters support this. After they tore into the PNP in the 1990’s about furniture scandal and how they fatten up their own pockets, only to come now and see this shit. But what makes it worse is that the barefaced red-man come tell me and you seh dem nuh have the money, dat dem can’t pay the people dem, hinting that they going to layoff civil servants, can’t pay the nurses or teachers or police, but can find 60 million fi dem friend.

Neither of the two political parties in this country gives a damn about you or me. It is time the whole of you wake up and realize that they are only in it for the power.

Nothing else.

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I would call for a revolution but Jamaicans like sitting by and letting things be done to them.

Clowns

This guvament loves to go pon radio and tv and chat and chat and chat and chat. Granted discourse with the nation is a good thing, informing us of what is going on is fantastic, but is not everything dem fi chat.

The Department of Corrections, like a bunch of dunces, announced this morning/last evening, that they are cutting the number of private security guards at the island’s prisons. Sure cost cutting measures are expected in these hard economic times, but dammit man, why announce it to all and sundry? Do you not think that criminals have radios too? Do you not think that maybe this news will embolden them to act up? Next time just do what you doing and shut up.

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Bank of Jamaica employees are not paid from guvament coffers. The Bank of Jamaica had already budgeted the 7% increase their workers are supposed to get. The Bank of Jamaica froze their wages anyway.

Why?

The lament that “We don’t have the money” does not apply in this case, so cut out the stupidity and pay the people what you were going to before wage freezing became so fashionable.

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The Labour Day projects allocation fiasco is fresh on our minds, regardless of how innocent they want it all to seem it looks bad, it stinks of rank partisanship.

Then the clowns made things worse for themselves when Sally Porteous sent that letter indicating that the town hall meeting with Bruce is for JLP and business community.

Sigh…

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And last week dem search plane that PJ was on, for what purpose? yet another very badly handled event that may easily be skewed politically. is no one thinking clearly anymore? Or is this the effect of replacing all public bodies with their friends and company, who do not understand protocol and are bent on catching the PNP at something?

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I guess it’s true, sensible people avoid politics.

More Garbage

When Gordon-Webley was appointed as NSWMA head, she made it her duty to “get rid of the garbage” and clean up the corruption. Never once batting an eye when referring to people as garbage, and being adamant that the old ways needed changing.

So they changed out the board and cleaned up where needed cleaning up, and by the latest revelations, brought in her rubbish.

Now we are told again that there is rampant corruption, and that she will once again clean it up.

If you or I failed to carry out our duty, which then led to a repeat of the same, perhaps worse, outcome, we would be out of a job, so why isn’t this woman nursing the bruises that comes from being kicked out on her ass?

Does she have too many secrets for her contemporaries in the JLP, or are they afraid that they too would end up “disappeared”?

It is high time Jamaica is free of this blight, get her out of our public bodies, kick her out of the country, save a life.

Get rid of that pile of garbage.

The Law Isn’t A Shackle

So the JLP got their way in the Dabdoub/Vaz affair.

Don’t let them fool you into thinking that it wasn’t for their benefit, this is exactly the outcome they were looking for, because the law was broken in their favour.

The constitution of Jamaica states that no one with allegiance to a foreign power may be eligible to run for or hold office. Vaz, therefore, was legally, not a candidate.

Disqualified!

Therefore since the JLP had no legitimate candidate to challenge Mr. Dabdoub then the seat should have gone to Mr. Dabdoub.

I wonder, with all the threats of a snap election if Dabdoub was awarded the seat as the constitution demanded, did the sure-to-occur political upheaval sway the judges opinion in the matter?

And also, were the JLP aware of the outcome of the ruling ahead of time, as their readiness to contest the by-election infers?

Wouldn’t be surprising, they have cronies everywhere.

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Shahine Robinson, St. Ann MP, is another person who will not allow her self to be shackled by the law.

Painting public government property in party colours is a no-no.

Simple.

Government property is for the people of Jamaica, and not any one party. As much as it was troubling to see the previous guvament put the names of their friends all over bridges and roads and squares, so too is it troubling to see MPs flouting the law and branding public property in the colors of their party. It is something they would not have stood for and therefore is something they themselves should not do.

But they have the power….

What is Wrong with Them?

The global financial meltdown affects many Jamaicans negatively, from job loss to hiring freezes, many Jamaicans are  unable to afford the already high cost of living.

This cost of living is further compounded by the slide in the value of the now pretty worthless Jamaican dollar. Admit it, a $100 bill seems almost like nothing now, like is a dollar, which is almost there, and according to slang on the street, aptly named a”dollar”.

The dollar has slipped from its relatively stable position at J$71 to US$1 to now almost  J$90 to US$1. This impacts EVERYTHING in Jamaica. The cost of food, the cost of electricity, (it being dependent on the US Dollar value per barrel),  which then propagates to the cost of food yet again, and high electric bills, which we are told will jump by 10% this month.

So faced with ever increasing cost of living with stagnant, and woefully inadequate personal income, how does the guvament now want to help the economy?

By screwing the people even more with an increase in GCT.

They are actually contemplating adding a further 4.5% to make total GCT 21%.

The GCT on phone calls will probably be what? 30%?

GCT, which is already too high, should have never been more than 12%, and now they guvament want to cut we belly a little more to take a larger quantity of our severely limited purchasing power away from us.

This after they took $500,000,000 of our tax money and give it to dem friends earlier last year under some scheme to reduce the cost of goods to the public.

That never materialized as the cost of goods still went up, making the whole thing a transfer of funds from the people of the country to the JLPs friends.

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Insult to injury: they are adamant they will never take a pay cut, while they cut our throats even more.

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Perhaps they could get rid of income tax then the GCT could go to 25%, after all, most of our salary goes into buying things. but at least we get to direct it where we want to.

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During the campaign, the refrain was “JOBS, JOBS AND MORE JOBS!”, however, rather than jobs being added, jobs are being cut all over, and the only thing increasing is the cost of living, and if the guvament have their way: TAX TAX AND MORE TAX!

Butch’s Bitch Again?!?

 

(taken from Jamaica Observer website Jan 16, 2009, 8:45am)

A few questions about this cartoon:

1. Are they implying that the failed economy is the fault of the BOJ Governor?
If so, I was unaware that the BOJ Governor was in charge of the economy. Silly me.

2. My Ignorance abounds, could they explain to me how the BOJ Governor was responsible for the slide of the Ja. Dollar?

3. Why the different versions of the cartoons?

Print version differences include:

• A top hat instead of the pointed dunce cap.
• T-shirt says: “Jamaica NO Problem”.
• No dogs.
• An extra yellow paper with “WE PUT HIGH INTEREST FIRST!”

Did the lawyers advise Clovis to remove the dunce cap? Could it have been seen as defamatory?

And was the extra flyer added at Butch’s request to deliberately mimic the PNP’s “We put people first!” slogan of a few elections past?

Sure they will claim that the artist wasn’t pleased with one version and therefore fine tuned it.

Or that multiple versions were done and the wrong one was used (either print or online).

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Whatever the reason, the common elements could very well be misleading.

What is funny is that the PNP has been on the right side of many arguments of late and this feels like Butch and his Bitch of an artist is trying anything to deflect from the guvament’s ineptitude.

I want A Big Allowance Too!

Gordon-Webley gets 20% of what the NSWMA saves from its cost cutting measures.

WOW!

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WOW!

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WOW!

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Shouldn’t that money go back to the guvament, in light of how their recently announced stimulus package is going to make the guvament cash-strapped?

Some of these salaries and allowances as announced in parliament on Tuesday (December 16), is very unfair to the lowest paid workers in guvament. Some of what these people earn barely qualifies as 10% of the top salaries.

Sick.

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Anyhow, dem haffi fatten dem fren pockets.

Bwoy(s) A Yard!

Number 1.

What a way the man a yaad haffi backtrack on the increased interest rates?

Eediat!

If you say that raising the interest rate is necessary to keep the economy afloat or even to improve the economic outlook, that’s fine.

But if you are going to take it back as soon as people gripe about the increase then it says to me that your original decision was a hasty, un-researched one that you pulled out of your ass, and the reason given was a lie!

And I bet Audley nor the guvament is going to understand the logic.

Who cares?

It is quite obvious to those with sense that these people have no clue as to governance, good or bad, but damn they still campaigning and not as good as they were before the elections.

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The next Bwoy is the prime Bruce himself.

After coldly dismissing the PSC last year and pretty much accusing them of violating protocol, and being very adamant and forthright with the accusations and their firing, he now settles out of court  when they bring forward a lawsuit to restore their besmirched integrity.

Did the crow taste good Bruce?

 

Man, Sangster is a bitter bitch!

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Bwoy #3.

Trevor.

Trevor, Trevor, Trevor.

You just over deh a warm de seat, don’t it?

I am sure you feel good after your speech the other night but it was not much comfort to the residents of Gravel Heights and the many other good citizens who have also been forcibly removed from their homes.

Ok, the good people have been run out, means that is only the gunman dem lef’ in deh, so what dat means is:

a) The police and military can now surround the area.

b) Announce their presence and demand everybody still in the community to put down their guns and surrender by a certain time.

c) If not, the security forces move in and shoot the lot of them.

Not too hard, right?

Sure Gomes and her bredrin dem a go feel a way, but remember you work for the people of this country and not  the special interest groups. Those people who worked so hard to build their lives and now have to abandon it, I can pretty much guarantee that right now, they are wondering where is the justice for them, what about their human rights.

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The 4th Bwoy.

Mike!

How you feel now that it is revealed you threw a state funeral (while cheapening it at the same time) for a man now revealed to be a crook and no good?

Before you say, that at the time you didn’t know about his shady character, you should have asked the employees of the JUTC what sort of person he was.

Hell many were happy to see him murdered.

But you wouldn’t know this because you all, are oblivious as to what is going on at street level.

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Bwoy of the Fifth.

Pickersgill, thank you for doing your work as the opposition to press for investigations into the JUTC’s shady dealings, but mek me ask Yuh sumting, why de rass when you was in guvament you never was as vigilant on corruption?

Right now Yuh is a rass hypocrite.

How unnoo so blind when unnoo inna power but Yuh eye dem get perfect when Yuh inna opposition?

But I shouldn’t be surprised, both sides do dem job when dem in opposition but get blind as dem get inna guvament.

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Assorted bwoys.

Daryl. Constitutionally you are to give up the seat. But mi understand, Bruce never liked the Jamaican constitution one bit.

Abe. A by-election not go hurt anybody. In fact if you do win it (good possibility as the approval rating of the JLP stinks) then nobody can say shit like: “you used the courts to get seat”.

Clive. It looks like the small majority the JLP have in parliament is what is keeping you in your ministry, hush.

Mark Wignall. Perhaps you should let Clovis know how things really look bad for the guvament so he can start lampooning them too, Butch be damned!

Me (We). I thank God I do not own a gun (even though Wignall says we should all have one) because some people need a shot or two. But I am an eediat too as are most Jamaicans, who don’t scream loudly enough, who don’t protest enough, who cower in the safety of anonymity, while our country goes to shit. We say that is for the sake of our loved ones that we keep our heads down, that it’s for their benefit.

Sure, in the short term.

But if we continue to allow the criminals and the guvament (both major parties, NDM is only a gathering) to screw us over like this, then in the long run we a go get jook!

Raise my children or put a target on my back, tough decision.

These should not be the only choice we have!

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GREG CHRISTIE FOR PRESIDENT!

Ok.

Fine.

Jamaican constitution doesn’t allow for a president, but damn if it isn’t a most welcome sign to see someone actually carrying out their duty as described under the law.

Exposing the shady dealings at the JUTC, when the guvament has been most unfriendly to anyone who calls them out on matters of state, is much more than brave, it is honourable.

Come this morning (the 1st of December) we now hear that Mike Henry, Minister of Transport, is going to ask the Attorney General to investigate the Office of Contractor General for how the report was delivered to him.

Yuh see dis rass?!

More upset with how the report was delivered than the shady dealings described in the report, WTF?!?

Why?

Why are they threatening now to kill the messenger?

Is the Minister’s involvement deeper than first suspected?

I thought Bruce and the gang were anti-corruption?

instead they threaten people who expose the shady dealings happening under their watch.

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Corruption happens when seemingly well meaning people turn a blind eye or excuse the seemingly little stuff.

Corruption happens when the people in charge believe that the previous set were more corrupt than they and so in terms of degree of corruption, since they are not as bad then they must not be corrupt.

Corruption happens when you will excuse your party for the same wrongs they other party did, by claiming the others “t’ief more!”

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The PNP were scandal ridden, and man did they have their fair share of shady deals, but now the JLP must be trying to outdo them, as it is almost guaranteed that one new scandal a week will rear its ugly head.

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The new report by the OCG implicates former head of the JUTC, Chambers.

Could the reason Mike Henry be so upset is that the rumours of Mr. Chambers being his son in law are true?

Or is it now embarrassment that they held a state funeral for a crook?

…But What Do The Dons Have To Say?

Now that our elected officials have voted their “conscience” to keep the death penalty, what do the many “dons”/area leaders have to say about it?

Consider that the Minister of National Security and the Minister of Labour have both come out in favour of the criminals themselves having a say in the long delayed, oft quarrelsome, long ago promised and seemingly stalled crime plan.

Are the “dons” going to now give their full support to whatever the final plans are, as hanging is definitely still on the cards?

Will we, the regular law-abiding(for the most part) people, now be faced with even more delays of the pretty toothless plan, because the “dons” nuh inna de hangin’ ting?

Will the eediat ministers see how stupid it was to even suggest that criminals should get the chance to determine aspects of the law, at a time when our wish, the wish of the people of Jamaica, is to be rid of these parasites once and for all?

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p.s.

yes Clovis!

We get it!

Portia was absent for the vote, when her backside should have been there! We naah go vote fi har if snap election run, but you must admit Bruce dem a mek all Mark Wignall have doubts!

 

How about cartoons lampooning:

The contract awarded to Rodney Chin’s company? One would think they’d want to avoid possible embarrassment.

Or the long delayed report on the sand theft? Why still so much silence in the matter?

The JTB shenanigans? Firing the board appointing their friend to head the board and direct tourism?

The fairy tale, la la land that Audley must live in? The economy is going to get hit hard!

The twenty-four million dollar an acre land deal with their political sister in the Hydel deal? You have to admit the reasons given the changing story and that their friend got a hefty sum does look fishy.

Another One Gone…

JTB board just upped and gone.

Is me alone think all of this splintering of boards is getting ridiculous?

And we never seem to get a straight answer from the guvament.

Full disclosure now please?

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“PEOPLE! the guvament tek wi fi eediat!”

Said the eediat whose shout seemed more a whisper amidst the cacophony of obviously less-than truthful statements from the guvament.

Tomorrow is a Different Story…

First Bruce  Tell the nation that the land was bought to facilitate future urban development, but now the narrative has change to that of rescuing, bailing out the school. And then Bruce lashes the opposition, pretty much accusing them of having up the schoolaz dem.

Look Bruce! If every day you going to make up a new story to explain the purchase of the land, then the only conclusion you are going to leave people with, is that you are lying.

How many legal eagles did you have scouring the charter of the UDC to find this one for you?

Why is Bennet so belligerent when asked about the stinky smelling deal?

Why are you also ‘tracing’ the opposition like market woman?

All it says to me, and to many Jamaicans, that unnoo a lie an a try cover up things.

Now you going to point out more PNP scandals to deflect attention from your suspicious deal.

Makes you look guiltier still.

USING THE SHADY DEALS OF YOUR PREDECESSORS TO DEFLECT OR JUSTIFY YOUR SHADY DEALS IS STUPID. YOUR DEALS ARE STILL SHADY.

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Ironically, you know something is up, when Portia is the calm and reasonable looking one.

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24 Million an Acre? For Swamp?!

Damn why didn’t I own land?

Could have made a lot of money from this eediat guvament.

What a hell?!

How are they going to rationalize this obviously cronyistic, nepotistic and quite frankly, criminal act.

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These people are the same as the previous set that was voted out last year, shady deals made under the desk that benefits their political friends and supporters.

Bruce lies to cover his ass.

Hyacinth feigns outrage to cover her ass.

And any Jamaican who is not outraged by these actions is an ass.

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Rass Man!

Why are we plagued with these parasites?

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We get the guvament we want.

That would mean we are stupid.

 

sigh

More Frien’ an’ company

“Come Wayne Chen, come chair dis board.”

“See how me set you up nice, mi bredrin?”

The JLP are never going to stop putting their friends on state boards.

And it is entirely up to them to do as they wish.

We just wish that the people they put on these boards are qualified to do the work expected of them.

But based on current trends, we don’t really expect them to be there for too long.

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The next question to be asked is: “Does the guvament know how silly and unprepared and incompetent they look?”.

I suspect they do.

Look at how viciously they lash out at any and all of their critics.

 

Splintering Boards

Air Jamaica.

UDC.

How many more boards appointed by this guvament will be asked to resign due to “non-performance’”?

This is what happens when you appoint your cronies to seats of power, without regard to their capability to do hat needs be done.

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PREDICTION: Joan Gordon-Webley will be asked to resign soon.

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REQUEST: Please don’t tell her ah me seh so, I’d like to continue this breathing thing.

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Now if only Portia wasn’t PNP leader the country would have a “more” viable option.