ONE OF THE SOURCES OF JAMAICA'S POLITICAL CORRUPTION

WACCHU GONNA DO? ----IT STICKKIE

WHEY JAMAICA A GO DO NOW?

NOW THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA... YES MAN DI MONEY CAPITAL COLLAPSE WHEY JAMAICA REALLY A GO DO NOW?

FIFTY YEARS AGO IT WAS ENGLAND AND DI WHOLE A DI PEOPLE DEM WHEY DID WANT A CHANCE FI BETTER DEM LIFE RUN GO HELP BUILD UP ENGLAND... NOW WHO NUH MAD SICK AND CYAA COME BACK HOME WHO COME BACK UNHAPPY BECAUSE DI JAMAICA DEM LEF IS NOT DI SAME A BARE MURDA N TEEFIN A GWAAN... NOT A TING FI DEM YEARS A HARD WORK

MI A WONDER IF DI JAMAICAN POLITICIANS TEK THE TIME FI SEE SAY AMERICA NAW GO DEH BACK PAN DI SAME FOOT IT WAS NOT EVEN 20 YRS AGO... SMARTER AND MORE MASSIVE ROBBERY TEK PLACE OVA DEH..DI BIG MAN DEM SEE DI FAULT DEM INA DI FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND DEM TEK IT AND RUN WID IT FROM YASSO TO ETERNITY.. DEM OVER VALUE PROPERTIES FI YEARS... SELL DEM TO PEOPLE... DI BIG TOP MAN DEM COLLECT FI DEM MONEY ENO.. A DAT A WAA TELL UNNO AND DEN DEM WRITE OFF ALL THOSE LOANS...WHEY END UP TRICKLING BACK DOWN TO THE POOR PEOPLE.. IN AMERICA.. THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT..

MI SEE SAY DEM GONE BACK TO THE IMF NOW...YES JAMAICA A LOOK 1.2 BILLION US NOW FI BORROW... DI IMF IS DI SHIT BECAUSE WHEN FI DEM LOAN FI PAY BACK IT HAFFI PAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY AND A DEM RUN DI SHOW.. IF JAMAICA ITCH DEM MEK SURE SEND DEM PEOPLE FI AUDIT OUR FINANCIAL RESOURCES AND DEN TELL DEM WHEY FI SELL N WHEY DEM FI INCREASE IN THE FORM OF TAXES....NOW AS MI SAY ALREADY DANHAI TEEF OVER 230M , ZEEKS HAD MILLIONS IN HIS POSSESSION THAT WAS CONFISCATED AND STOLEN ALSO,,, MOST LIKELY BY THE PNP.. NOW JLP HAFFI RUN GO TO IMF FI GO BORROW MONEY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH DEM A COLLECT TAX PAN EVERYTING EXCEPT THE BREATH DI MONEY NAW GO INA DI RIGHT HANDS--

ALL A DI LIKKLE POOR PEOPLE DEM WHEY DID A LOOK A WAY FI REACH FARRIN A REACH AND A BUCK UP PAN NO WORK CAUSE FARRIN PAP DUNG DI BEST DAYS ARE GONE AND FI IT 50 YRS OF GLORY ARE OVER... BECAUSE A FINGA FEARING PEOPLE... LIKE DANHAI , KERN AND DI TEEF WIDOUT NAME WHEY HAVE DI MILLIONS FROM DUDUS HOUSE.. IT TRICKLES BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT WHO PASSES IT DOWN TO THE PEOPLE AND MEK DI SOCIETY WEAKER THAN IT WAS BEFORE..

MR NOT IN MY CABINET WHEY U A GO DO NOW THAT U HAFFI REALLY MEK DEM EXTRADITE DUDUS? U A GO SEND DI POOR POLICE DEM TO DEM DEATH NOW RITE? IS WHA KINE A DEAL UNNO WORK OUT? BECAUSE IN NO OTHER COUNTRY NO WHERE PAN DIS PLANET IS THE GOVERNMENT AWARE OF AREA LEADERS AND BEFRIEND THEM AND TEK A CUT OF THEIR STOLEN / DISHONEST EARNINGS OR GIVE DEM A JUMPSTART FI HELP DEM GET TO WHEY DEM NEED FI TEEF OR SELL... NO WHERE BUT JAMAICA... TINK BOUT IT PEOPLE

ONE LAST TING... WHAT IS THE 1.2 BILLION FROM THE IMF SUPPOSED TO DO?? DI GOVERNMENT NEED FI PUBLISH A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE WHEY PEOPLE CAN GO IN GO SIDUNG N HEAR WHA DEM INTEND FI DO WID DAT MONEY...OR DEM CAN PUBLISH IT INA DI PAPER WHA DEM INTEND FI DO WID IT... DEM CYAA JUS SAY DEM WAA BORROW 1.2 BILLION SO.. FIRSTLY DI MONEY LOOK SO SMALL AND MEASLEY AND IT LOOK SO SHAMEFUL DAT I DONT KNOW HOW DEM EVEN A REQUEST FI BORROW DAT AMOUNT... IS HOW MUCH DI US GI DEM COMPANY DEH LAST YR WHEY DID NEED DEM ''BAILOUT''? 1.2 BILLION LOOK LIKE BOUT DOLLA TO DI RES A DI WORLD WHEY DEH PAN TAP A DEM FINANCIAL TIMES... SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MI VERY UNSURE OF THIS MONEY YAH AND WHEY IT INTEND FI DO...IM A JAMAICAN POLITICAL PESSIMIST SO IM THINKING ITS HEADED FOR A FEW POCKETS!

HEAL THE WORLD...ONE CHILD AT A TIME

Go and hug your "Michael" by Maya Angelou.

Yesterday I cried watching the Michael Jackson memorial. I cried for a little black boy who felt the world didn't understand him. I cried for a little black boy who spent his adulthood chasing his childhood. And I thought about all the young black boys out there who may feel that the world doesn’t understand them. The ones who feel that the world does not understand their baggy jeans, their swagger, their music, their anger, their struggles, their fears or the chip on their shoulder. I worry that my son, may too, one day feel lonely in a wide, wide world. I cried for young children of all colors who may live their life feeling like a misfit, feeling like no one understands their perspective, or their soul. What a burden to carry. As a mother, I cried for Katherine Jackson because no mother should ever bury a child. Period. And I think about all the pain, tears and sleepless nights that she must have endured seeing her baby boy in inner pain, seeing him struggle with his self- esteem, and his insecurities and to know that he often felt unloved. Even while the world loved him deeply. How does it feel to think that the unconditional love we give as mothers just isn’t enough to make our children feel whole? I wonder if she still suffers thinking, “What more could I have done?” Even Moms of music legends aren’t immune to Mommy guilt, I suppose. When Rev. Al Sharpton (who always delivers one “Awesome” funeral speech), said to Michael’s children “ Your Daddy was not Strange . . . . It was strange what your daddy had to deal with” I thought of all of the strange things of the world that my children would have to deal with. Better yet, the things I hope they won’t ever have to deal with anymore. And as a mother raising a young black boy, I feel recommitted and yet a little confused as to how to make sure my son is sure enough within himself to take on the world. Especially a “strange” one. To love himself enough to know that even when the world doesn’t understand you, tries to force you into it’s mold or treats you unkindly, you are still beautiful, strong, and Black. How do I do that? Today, I’m taking back “childhood” as an inalienable right for every brown little one. In a world that makes children into “booty-Shakin”, mini- adults long before their time, I’m reclaiming the playful, the innocent, run-around outside, childhood as the key ingredient in raising confident adults. Second, I will not rest until my little black boy, My Michael, knows that his broad nose is beautiful, his chocolately brown skin is beautiful, and his thick hair is beautiful. And nothing or no one, can take that away from him. Now, ain’t we Bad, ain’t we Black, and ain’t we Beautiful!

Maya Angelou July, 2009