Seeing Race....

It is becoming clearer by the day to see that our Ministers are being professionally if not scientifically handled and polished to say exactly what needs to be said to turn the tables on the issues and deflect the national attention, especially now that our politics has been reduced to nothing more than a high stakes treasure hunt. Take the dangerous rhetoric of National Security Minister Jack Warner for example, and his racist comments on the recently concluded national march against him and the Attorney General, clearly nothing is sacred to this man and he seems to be willing to burn the entire country down if he has to to stay in power. Really Jack? His childish tantrum needs to be seen for what it is, a hot button issue designed to separate the voters into tribal camps so that they can be 'managed' better, but more importantly, to disguise and distract from the reason for the growing call for him to be removed from office for abusing the position and hiding behind allegations of racism. Seriously Jack? Let's talk plain here, who is blacker than you, in every sense of the word? How in the world can the rest of 'us' black Trinbagonians (because I was front and center in that march) be against you for racist reasons? Is anybody buying this foolishness?

Exposed for some time now as all hat and no cowboy, instead of anything like the much promised crime plan the people are being fed instead a daily diet of unsubstantiated allegations, doublespeak and gangster posturing at a time when, desperate for anything that might possibly cure the tiresome scourge of crime they (the electorate) have even decided to bite their lips, bite their tongues, cross their fingers and hope and pray that perhaps, maybe, hopefully, throwing more fire on a fire might out it, because Lord knows water hasn't been having the desired effect.

We know him, we pretend we don't but we do, deep in our hearts we know that the deal made between the devils that resulted in his separation from the global seat of international gangsterism that is FIFA was a pact between thieves. So many questions left unanswered in the 'I-wont-tell-on-you-if-you-don't-tell-on-me' parting has left the whole world to settle for only what they could suspect, but left us here in T&T saddled with what he remains, an international icon of corruption, bid rigging, bribery and graft. This entire race issue is a sop, the closing play of a dying political career and it my fervent hope and prayer that every creed and race rejects this mad man and his frantic, last ditch grasp for power. HE wants a race war even if it's a war of words; he needs one, but we don't. No, it is time to retire this wild card before he does anymore damage, and if the Prime Minister continues to defend this foolishness then we are going to have to use every legal and democratic means to remove from her this mandate of which she is so (recently) proud of boasting. Really Madame Prime Minister? Clearly she does not understand that a march against members of her Cabinet reflects badly on her judgement and in these instances and for the cases at caption where Section 34 and abuses of high Office are concerned and for continuing to defend their hold on Office she has been found badly wanting?
Issues of governance must not, cannot, ought not to be reduced to race for any reason whatsoever in this diverse and multi-ethnic society for obvious reasons, and if this is the road this government is willing to take the discussion then I want to be the first to say into the public domain that they and only they would be to blame and can be held responsible for the consequences of this rash and reckless behavior. Madame Prime Minister we call on you once again, for his inflamataory and racist remarks on more than one occasion, you have a moral responsibility to the people of Trinidad & Tobago to remove Jack Warner form the Cabinet, and we we call on you do your duty.