Archives for: November 2008
Changes We Need, Now

         There are several important changes this country needs now, that is and will be a great challenge for the Obama/Biden administration.  To promote more equity amongst the United States citizens. There is a disparity in privileges, if not of rights, for citizens of this great country, depending not only on race, ethnicity, social, political, or economical status but also geographical status. US citizens residing in offshore [...]

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The New Democratic Majority of the 28th Legislature

     If anyone think that things are going to change in the 28th.  Legislature, I am sorry to disappoint you it will not. I am not being pessimistic only realistically frank. Just review the composition of the legislature, particularly the “Democratic majority”, what do we see? A group of individuals that the only thing they have in common,  they used the Democratic [...]

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What Is This Hallabaloo About Financial Meltdown?

   I admit I know very little about finances and high economics. Less about stock markets and banking and insurance. As an average person, with what I consider average intelligence, I have been trying hard to understand what is going on with the USA economic downturn and financial crisis. Some persons refuse to acknowledge that the crisis is due to capitalism gone mad.  [...]

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Public Safety, How Critical?

         We recognize the efforts by our VI Police Department to address some of the public safety issues that plague our community. There is much more that can be done and should be done. The incidence of violent crime in our community is unacceptable and it is symptomatic of the deeper social ills that afflict our society. We need to address these social [...]

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Legislators Absent From Duty

On November 25, 2008 there was a session of the Committee of the Whole of the 27th. Legislature, presided by Senate President Usie Richards. They were considering the petition of the de Jongh administration to grant authority to the Public Finance Authority to float 400 million dollars in bonds. The proceed is intended to finance capital improvement projects, particularly road improvement [...]

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WAPA WHAT IS THE MATTER?

I believe the WAPA Board owes the residents of St. Thomas/St. John district a detailed explanation as to the causes of the most recent outages. Was it due to human negligence? Was it really the malfunctioning of some pieces of equipment?  One thing I am sure of, it cannot be attributed to an act of GOD. The outages of Nov. [...]

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How Can We Address Lawlessness

How Can we address Lawlessness?
I believe the lawlessness we are experiencing in our community is symptomatic of the greater disease that is afflicting this community. It is as we are destined to fulfill the prophecies of old. We are immersed in a sea of immorality and consequently the waves of lawlessness. As a colony of the greater United States of [...]

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