Dear Editor,
Not too long ago the craze with many was the hope that upcoming politicians offered us. We were getting pretty tired of the nonsense from the oldsters. However, time has shown these younger politicians have seriously let us down.
Take Christopher Tufton, for instance. A man of his intellectual stature was seen by many as a much-needed breath of fresh air, especially for the JLP. Yet, he was willing to sign away his right to think independently just to join the Senate. If our younger politicians are willing to be puppets, then what kind of new thinking can we expect from our leaders?
Then we have Raymond Pryce. His main preoccupation seems to be the name of the throne speech. When it’s not that, he rants about the need for reparations. Look at the state we are in today. People cannot find work. Taxpayers are being overtaxed. The country is in a state of virtual economic stagnation. Yet, all Pryce can concentrate his young brain on is the name of a speech!
We certainly did not expect our younger politicians to concentrate their energies such trivial matters. Is it that these young politicians are blind to reality or that they are devoid of real solutions?
I suppose the PNP thought that seeing Damion Crawford is a Rastafarian the one thing that he must be good at is entertainment. Therefore, I suppose one cannot be too surprised to see him at Sting. However, we would have felt better if the young “rasta” didn’t see the need to endorse the slackness that Sting has become. What kind of message is he sending to our young men when he is seemingly endorsing gangsterism?
From time to time, I see politicians exalting themselves for some small accomplishment. I remember one prominent politician boasting about the three toilets that he provided for his constituents. Back then, I was hoping that the young politicians would think bigger than that. Boy, was I wrong! Recently, I saw one of our younger politicians boasting about how he is providing a “literacy” programme for his constituents.
It isn’t that anything is wrong with these “accomplishments”, it’s the signals that they are sending — sit on your fannies and wait on the politicians for handouts; no need to earn your way out of poverty, the politician will give school dropouts free remedial education. I have lived long enough to know that this is how our older politicians think.
However, I must be honest and express how disappointed I am with our younger politicians, as they are trying to use the same “fool them” tactics.
I suppose that we can’t condemn these youngsters too much though. After all, look how far the oldsters have reached when they put themselves first. If you go to a farm and see everybody getting fat drinking milk, why waste time remaining slim by counting cows?
Michael A Dingwall michael_a_dingwall@hotmail.com
Not too long ago the craze with many was the hope that upcoming politicians offered us. We were getting pretty tired of the nonsense from the oldsters. However, time has shown these younger politicians have seriously let us down.
Take Christopher Tufton, for instance. A man of his intellectual stature was seen by many as a much-needed breath of fresh air, especially for the JLP. Yet, he was willing to sign away his right to think independently just to join the Senate. If our younger politicians are willing to be puppets, then what kind of new thinking can we expect from our leaders?
Then we have Raymond Pryce. His main preoccupation seems to be the name of the throne speech. When it’s not that, he rants about the need for reparations. Look at the state we are in today. People cannot find work. Taxpayers are being overtaxed. The country is in a state of virtual economic stagnation. Yet, all Pryce can concentrate his young brain on is the name of a speech!
We certainly did not expect our younger politicians to concentrate their energies such trivial matters. Is it that these young politicians are blind to reality or that they are devoid of real solutions?
I suppose the PNP thought that seeing Damion Crawford is a Rastafarian the one thing that he must be good at is entertainment. Therefore, I suppose one cannot be too surprised to see him at Sting. However, we would have felt better if the young “rasta” didn’t see the need to endorse the slackness that Sting has become. What kind of message is he sending to our young men when he is seemingly endorsing gangsterism?
From time to time, I see politicians exalting themselves for some small accomplishment. I remember one prominent politician boasting about the three toilets that he provided for his constituents. Back then, I was hoping that the young politicians would think bigger than that. Boy, was I wrong! Recently, I saw one of our younger politicians boasting about how he is providing a “literacy” programme for his constituents.
It isn’t that anything is wrong with these “accomplishments”, it’s the signals that they are sending — sit on your fannies and wait on the politicians for handouts; no need to earn your way out of poverty, the politician will give school dropouts free remedial education. I have lived long enough to know that this is how our older politicians think.
However, I must be honest and express how disappointed I am with our younger politicians, as they are trying to use the same “fool them” tactics.
I suppose that we can’t condemn these youngsters too much though. After all, look how far the oldsters have reached when they put themselves first. If you go to a farm and see everybody getting fat drinking milk, why waste time remaining slim by counting cows?
Michael A Dingwall michael_a_dingwall@hotmail.com