Learning Curve... (In response to Rubadiri)

Reading Rubadiri's column this week I was heartened and encouraged to say the least, because his new maiden column took a position that demonstrated that there were still people among us willing to understand what was really going on and to expose us to ourselves; amidst all the wasted words exchanged everyday, that was indeed a breath of fresh air.

I have heard dinosaurs like Manning and Panday described as former gatekeepers, and if this is true (and to add to the metaphor), then the war to bring them down was fought on information brought by the light-bearers, the people like Rubadiri and  others who (at great risk and harm to themselves) work at exposing wrong in all its disguises so as to at least take away their power to surprise.

Conversely I am dismayed that the membership of the PNM are so braInwashed that they cannot see that their Party still remains in the clutches of the special interests that almost foisted a dictator upon us, and among whose front line membership the promise of darker days still resides. It is obvious that Dr. Keith Rowley is besieged within his own Party and cannot make a move without overwhelming support, but this support is stymied by an army of attackers that include online trolling warriors and recalcitrant calypsonians whose job it is to undermine messages and destroy reputations. These members of the last bastion of deceit are so dangerous now that they have been exposed that they are willing to do anything to upset society so as to return their side to power.


We must never let that happen.

We must resist the PNM of the Manningites with all we have, and if the enemy of my enemy is my friend then we must embrace all who stand against the evil empire that was and still is the Patrick Manning PNM. I myself was fooled by the performances of some of them, but never again. I would do anything to help the Party's rightful leader Dr. Keith Rowley in his quest to rebrand, reinvent and remake the Party, but he has to make the first move.

Sound the warning publicly sir, because at this point you have very little to lose. Tell us the names of those you want purged and we will expose them and shame them and send them back to hell. 

This country must never risk the scourge of a Patrick Manning administration again, not even through the thinly veiled disguise of an Amery Browne led version of it. As Mr. Victor has so eloquently said this is new ground for us, this idea that the government belongs to the people and we do in fact have a say; we must not be clumsy with it while we and it are in infancy; during the time of learning what we want to be we must never forget what we never want to be again, especially citizens of Patrick's Megalomaniac Empire. Make no mistake, ALL who support him (Manning) support him for selfish purposes and personal corrupt gain and we must not be fooled by their camaraderie. 

Trinidad & Tobago is still underghoing the labor pains of change and we see it and hear it everyday in the easy feedback and the citizen involvement and opinion in the day to day running of the country. Keep this up, but don't be fooled into thinking because you have a voice that the people are in dissent. In every sphere of public life there are areas that need urgent change left over form the heartless unfeeling grab-mania of the Manning regime. Focus on where you can help, let us build, let us look from among our ranks to find tomorrow's leaders, and until Dr. Rowley finds his voice and returns to his promise of dry dock and begions the work to court martial and purge, let us turn away from the PNM for ever more.


Never, never, ever forget....