On the night before the general elections on February 7th, I had a dream; perhaps it was not as profound or poetic as Martin Luther King's, but all the same, I felt that it bore some salient symbolism. I dreamt that I while I was petting my cat, I noticed that she was struggling to scratch her ears. No matter how many times she scratched with her hind legs, she just couldn't seem to put an end to the itching in her ears. I got a tweezer and when I checked her ear, I discovered an enormous "wahry tick". It was fat and grey and had situated itself deep within the confines of a fold in her ear. I attempted to remove it, but it refused to budge. My cat began to fidgit and I found it difficult to get a hold of the creature. After a few tugs however, I dislodged it and I knew that my cat had found relief.
When I heard the results of the elections, I felt that indeed, the people of Belize had gotten rid of its parasites - those that had tried to hide within the financial and social folds of their party and those who had sought to use the law to their advantage. The breaking news over the past few days relating the sordid scheme of using public funds to act as security for private debts has only made me accutely aware of the blood-sucking that had been taking place in this country. (Who knows, maybe if I'd checked the other ear of my cat, I would have found even more of the little suckers hiding there too!)
It has been a long time coming, but the truth has finally surfaced and the criminals have been exposed for what they are and what they have been. It gives great comfort to know that my perceptions of the former government were indeed right - I wasn't crazy when I agreed that they were a criminal organization - Belize's own mafia.
In the Prime Minister's two press conferences, I had scoffed at the restrained tone with which P.M. Barrow outlined the past government's numerous scams and infractions. He should be visibly livid, I thought; he should be banging his hand on the podium - I would have given him all rights to pontificate if he so desired. But, he kept his cool. Fine. Let him keep his cool when he talks to the press, but when he deals out justice, just make sure he "buhns fiah" and put those scurvists in Hattivelle.
I have a demand...
SEND THEM TO HATTIVELLE!!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
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2 comments:
There are many times I too wondered if I were crazy. The PUP really couldn't be that bad... could they? The minute you speak against them, you're the worse person in the World. Now the evidence is there for everyone to see... What do they have to say now?
Damn Creole Gial.. tell me how you really feel :)
I do agree with much of what you have to say except for the comments you had on Prime Minister Barrow. He is being ministerial... and I think he is doing good with his reaction. The prosecution is his guard dog and that guy should not play nice. As Barrow said, he is the Prime Minister and not acting as a lawyer and will see what the lawyers have to say and will do.
Yes, I think Barrow should press hard for the wheels of justice to get a move on cause it would sadden me to see this just fade away.
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