The Last day of Dr Ralph E Gonsalves: Let us bow our head in prayer
As it is just a matter of days before our dear leader depart from our presence; I think its only fitting that we show some respect to our Prime Minister. He is on his death bed and the last rites are being administered as we speak. The Funeral date is set for 13 December. It originally was set for the 15th, but due to the condition of Dr Gonsalves, his physicians advised that the earlier the better; for everyone concern.
In the next coming days, I will use this thread to pay tribute to a once great man. I say great, as Dr Ralph Gonsalves have done things no other Prime Minister have ever done before. For instance, our Prime Minister in the wee hours of the morning, came to the assistance of a policewoman who was in obvious distress. Our brave Prime Minster put his mouth where no other man has gone before according to the policewoman. Our Prime Minister is a true hero. May his soul rest in peace.
Here now are some tributes that have been pouring in from all around the world:
“Not a drum was heard, nor a funeral note, As his cor[p]se to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged a farewell shot, O’er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at the dead of night…by the struggling moonbeam’s misty light..” (Charles Wolfe).
In recent weeks we have seen a significant number rodents abandoning ship, so now we know that the ship is indeed sinking. As Mr Leacock explained in the Searchlight a few months ago “Ralph is indeed a destroyer of things” and people, himself included. When he joined with the Labour Party to form the Unity Labour Party, never for a moment did he let go of the aspirations for his own stillborn MNU. He must have known that one cannot breathe life back into the stillborn. Still he worked slyly and deliberately to subvert what ever agenda to which members of the original Labor Party may have subscribed.
Hoping that Ralph’s aspirations will one day triumph, many of the old socialists/Stalinists or Marxist/Leninists masqueraders hung to his cot-tails for life. Now that the writing is on the wall they are all scrambling as rabid skunks in every direction, their once divine King Ralph.
Among the leadership of the Peoples Movement for Change (PMC), Oscar Allen (Searchlight 08/03/10) can now cough up enough courage to write “Ralph Gonsalves has lost it” and “Arnhim Eustace never had it.” Mr Allen is all confused for thinking that Ralph ever had it. In reality what Ralph had was a lot of grandiose lofty unrealizable ideas that prudent citizens knew could not be fulfilled except with help from truly benevolent benefactors, not from devious opportunists.
Yet Ralph went about from pariah country to pariah country with hat in hand. That explains the anatomy of his economic policy.
Then in the Vincentian of 08/19/10 Jomo Thomas as he readies himself for the lifeboat, boldly proclaims “The ULP’s biggest problem is that it has only one idea of everything and that idea belongs to the leader.” He then further disparages the other members of the party declaring that “No one else in the party shows an inclination for profound thoughts or big ideas.” An obviously conflicted individual, this Mr Thomas.
In the words of our late calypsonian Lord Hawk, Comrade Ralph believed that the people could always be fooled and bamboozled by a little chicanery, so he would “Promise them the moon, promise them the stars, promise them a week-end trip to Mars..” So Ralph Gonsalves promised everything, a cross country road, an international airport by 2011. Most thinking Vincentians welcome an international airport but the promise was never backed by a comprehensive economic plan for financing the project, so most now believe that completion may be closer to 2020, if indeed the project is eventually completed. Then there is the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital to which many Vincentians refer as the “dead house.” We know he also thinks it so, for he wasted no time in getting his offspring off to Barbados when he sustained injuries in a vehicular accident some months ago.
Mr Gonsalves ought to know by now that as far as Vincentian politics is concerned he is dead and done with. However, as he readies himself to relinquish office he must not be so reckless that the treasury is so bereft of resources that he forces the new government to continue where he has left off ( hat in hand).
Mr Gonsalves certainly had a knack for obtaining borrowed money and blood money. What he has willed us in his last will and testament indeed leaves a bad taste on our mouths. In his final send off it is quite probable that even Eleanor Rigby would have fared better than him.
Dane Bowman
New York
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Permalink Reply by DE POWA of de VINCY on -
DA SIMPLETON, U will ALWAYS be a SIMPLETON.
How many STUDENTS were going to UWI under the NDP?
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Permalink Reply by DE POWA of de VINCY on
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SAADISS, you're so CLUELESS.
You're BECOMING like DA SIMPLETON now....TALKING NONSENSE.
SAADISS, LOOK at LABOUR LAST NIGHT in the NDP STRONGHOLD of PETIT BORDEL in NORTH LEEWARD.
I KEEP telling you that you cannot WIN an ELECTION in TODAY'S SVG without TELLING the NATION what you're going to do to DEVELOP and MOVE the country forward.
Moreover, I said that you cannot win an election by SPREADING LIES, PROPAGANDA, SCAREMONGERING and HALF-TRUTHS.
THE NDP IS DEAD....all their CANDIDATES on the MAINLAND are DEAD.
JERROL THOMPSON is UNBEATABLE in NORTH LEEWARD, PERIOD. He is going to BEAT LAZY PATEL BIGGER than he did in 2005.
As for SOUTH LEEWARD, which the NDP THOUGHT they were going to win, because of BEATING UP on DOUGIE SLATER, well they should have SHUT their MOUTH and maybe they would have had a chance against SLATER. But now it is KING DAVID REPRESENT the ULP in SOUTH LEEWARD and I am saying without a SHADOW of a DOUBT that "NATURE" will LOSE even BIGGER than he did in 2005.
What is NATURE GOING to BRING SOUTH LEEWARD? He is a NOBODY CANDIDATE. What MINISTRY is going to run under an NDP GOVERNMENT? NONE, because he is what CUMMINGS referring to as being at the BOTTOM of the BARREL.
NATURE CANNOT WIN in VERMONT VALLEY (RILLAN HILL to UPPER VERMONT), PERIOD, even though he is from the VERMONT AREA.
In his STRONGHOLD, in the other HALF of SOUTH LEEWARD, DAVID BROWNE is going to TEAR LICKS on "NATURE" in QUESTELLES, CAMPDEN PARK and CLARE VALLEY.
NDP DEAD, DEAD, DEAD!!!!!
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Well, if there was any doubt about the caliber of leadership between Ralph and Eustace...its now quite clear to all a sundry. Ralph Gonsalves IS NO LEADER, he is but a mere autocrat pretending to be a leader. This is a clear indication that Ralph Gonsalves have indeed gone off the deep end. Ralphie can't even summon the courage to sit down with Eustace to make a joint appeal for peace in the country...laawd! Are people really serious to vote for Ralph?...Is Ralph in his right mind? Ralph wants Eustace to take responsibility for something that the NDP has no connection with?...the incident at chateau has nothing to do with NDP...but yet Ralph wants to give the impression that this was some sort of orchestrated incident by the NDP...obfuscation of the highest order. yeah Powa, we all know who is dead dead dead!!...the last rites will be administer to the ULP on December 13.
Did Ralph specifically condemn the thug who assaulted Eustace's secretary? Did he condemn the shooting of Ginny? Please! Ralph is using the violence for political mileage; that is the modus operandi of the ULP, afterall he did pledge to make the country ungovernable.
PM says no to joint peace conference
November 30, 2010 by Kenton X. Chance
Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves (R) and Leader of the Opposition Arnhim Eustace.
ST.VINCENT:- Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has rejected Leader of the Opposition Arnhim Eustace’s invitation to a hold a joint press conference calling for peace amidst reports of election violence.
Gonsalves said that Eustace’s call “is the height of opportunism”, intended to make him look prime ministerial, Gonsalves, who is political leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) said on Monday, Nov. 29.
“…you can’t ask me to appear at a press conference with you when up to now you have failed and or refused to denounce the acts of these NDP thugs in Chateaubelair in clear, unequivocal, unmistakable terms,” Gonsalves said of Eustace, who is president of the main opposition New Democratic Party (NDP).
He was referring to an incident in Chateaubelair on Nov. 20 when three female ULP supporters were assaulted, reportedly by NDP supporters.
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Permalink Reply by DE POWA of de VINCY on
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Saadiss, it is OBVIOUS NOW that the NDP knows that it is going to lose BIG at the POLLS on the 13th of December and so they are PULLING all kind of SILLY TRICKS.
Imagine Arnhim Eustace is calling for a JOINT APPEAL for PEACE. LOL LOL LOL
Ley me LAUGH for a FEW MINUTES more before I CONTINUE with my THOUGHTS.
Ok, I am back…that was a good laugh.
Eustace, where was your COURAGE when the COURAGEOUS COMRADE LEADER went to CHATO to CONDEMN the INCIDENT in CHATO?
Now here is a man looking to lead this country, yet he never condemned the statement by EG LYNCH when he said that he would KICK KEN BOYEA in his FACE. He never condemned the action of MAJOR BOUNCER when he came to a ULP meeting and STARE DOWN the COMRADE trying to incite a fight.
He NEVER CONDEMNED ZION-I who traveled all the way from his home in Kingstown to come all the way to Layou to disrupt the ULP village meeting.
He never condemned the men who beat up three women in Chato.
In fact, you SAADISS could not brought yourself to condemned the actions of those LOSERS who beat up those women. In fact, you BLAMED the WOMEN. You even when further and said the whole incident was orchestrated by the ULP. Your RIDICULOUS attempt to SPIN such an outrageous attack on those women told me and should have told others who saw your COWARDICE and RIDICULOUS response that the MENTALITY DISPLAYED by you was just a symptom of what is wrong with the NDP.
When the NDP put up POSTERS on people’s PRIVATE PROPERTY and PUBLIC WALLS without permission, where was EUSTACE in his condemnation of these ILLEGAL ACTS?
However, here is he talking about JOINT APPEAL FOR PEACE with the PM. Eustace and his COLONIAL MASTER, SCL, think VINCENTIANS musse STUPID.
Let Mr. Eustace start condemning the acts of his people and supporters before any deceitful and opportunistic call for JOINT APPEAL FOR PEACE with the PM is even considered.
If Mr. Eustace wants a JOINT APPEAL with the PM, let him have a ONE on ONE DEBATE on the issues with the PM. That is the APPEAL the PEOPLE of SVG want to see happen.
Saadiss, it has turned out that his secretary INSTIGATED the so-called assault on Eustace’s secretary. As for the shooting of Ginny, it has turned out to be a falsehood. These two INCIDIENTS had NOTHING to do with ULP SUPPORTERS so-called attacked NDP SUPPORTERS because of POLITICS.
Saadiss, you NEED to WHEEL and come again.
You people used to say “TIK TOK, TIK TOK” during the early parts of the year, but I see it has DISAPPEARED. Well, let me REVIVE it for you people. TIK TOK, TIK TOK, the END is NEAR for the DEMISE of EUSTACE and the NDP.
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Permalink Reply by Saadiss on
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You are so phucking lie is unbelievable....Eustace secretary instigated the fight?...yeah by asking someone their name?...I guess Ginny ask a friend to shoot at him...you are an arsehole..plain and simple.
The Chateau case is before the courts and all the details will come out in due time...but one thing we know that picture in the Searchlight was STAGED...three women is in the picture..but only two men is involved in the court case...the ULP say four men beat the women...but we know two men were fighting each other...we are hearing that the women were DRUNK AND WAS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. But its all good, you can fool some people some of the time; you can fool all the people at some time...but you CAN'T FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
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Permalink Reply by DE POWA of de VINCY on
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Before I go, let me clear up what I have stated on those two issues relating to Arnhim Eustace's secretary and Ginny.
Where is the EVIDENCE that shooting at GINNY was POLITICALLY MOTIVATED?
Where is the EVIDENCE to REFUTE the FACT that it wasn't EUSTACE'S SECRETARY that INSTIGATED/STARTED the DISPUTE?
So you're saying that EUSTACE is WAITING for the EVIDENCE to COME OUT before he DENOUNCE the ACTIONS of these THUGS towards these three WOMEN?
U R TRULY an IDIOT.
LATA BUB.
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Dumbarse who stated that Eustace is waiting for the evidence to come out? Again why are you LYING FOR NO OOBVIOUS REASON? You keep putting up strawmen and knocking them down...sensible folks are hip to the game bro...your deception worked for 10 years...the jig is up..tek your bulwood on December 13 like a man...and go in peace.
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Permalink Reply by DE POWA of de VINCY on
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BRAYING JACKARSE, that is the INFERENCE that one will easily draw from your comment about the evidence will be known when the case goes to court.
Again, what is EUSTACE WAITING on to CONDEMN this ACT of VIOLENCE?
Tell EUSTACE to MAN UP instead of LISTENING to the NDP'S COLONIALIST CAMPAIGN MANAGER, SCL.
EUSTACE is a COWARDICE and an UNCLE TOM.
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Permalink Reply by Saadiss on
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AHH LAAAWD...GRANT ME FAITH AND PATIENCE WITH THIS FOOL....Powa, dumbarse, how the phuck could you infer that Eustace is waiting on the evidence to come out from me making a statement to the effect that the case is in court and its just a matter of time before all the details come out? On what premise are you basing such inferrence bro? Go and look at my post...you couldn't possibly be inferring that bullshit from what I have stated. I said "details" I never mentioned the word "evidence" so do not twist my word sto suit your own agenda.
The OBVIOUS inferrence that you should have picked up from what I have stated in my post; is that the whole notion these three females were beaten by NDP THUGS...IS A TOTAL FRAUD.. and that the ULP dishonestly used this incident to feinge outrage at the NDP for political mileage. WHERE YOU PULLED THAT BULLSHIT FROM IS ANYONE GUESS...but you need to stick to what people are actually saying rather than what you think the person is saying...your comprehension skill is always a weak part of your game...all these years I have been engaging you and this is your achilles heel...until you strenghten that part of your game...you will always have to bow your phucking head to me. I am just saying.
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Permalink Reply by DE POWA of de VINCY on
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Lawd, LET ME HAVE PATIENCE with this BRAYNG JACKARSE.
Again, you raised the issue of the DETAILS COMING OUT in COURT after I had said WHY IS EUSTACE NOT CONDEMN THE ACTIONS OF THESE THUGS...WHY HASN'T EUSTACE SPOKEN OUT IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE VICTIMS. You then went on about how only 2 women was this and only 4 thugs were that and now all the details will come in the court case, as if any of that CHANGES the FACT that EUSTACE has YET to SPEAK to the ISSUE of the 3 WOMEN beaten BEATEN.
That being the case, one can easily conclude that you're saying that Mr. EUSTACE is WAITING for the DETAILS of the CASE before he make OUTRIGHT STATEMENT on what happened when.
In other words, Mr. EUSTACE is not GOING to CONDEMN the ACTIONS of these LOSERS who BEAT UP the THREE WOMEN unless he knows the FULL DETAILS of the CASE. And, the only how he is going to know the DETAILS is when the CASE goes to COURT.
Do you UNDERSTAND NOW, eh BRAYING JACKARSE, or is that to DEEP for U?
NO BRAYING JACKARSE, I am not going to pick up the "inferrence" you stated, because the INFERENCE you PICKED UP is out and out STUPID and DELUSIONAL.
But it is funny that you raised that RIDICULOUS issue when in another post you stated that it is a fact that a ULP supporter beat up Eustace's secretary or something to that effect, and that a ULP supporter shot at an NDP supporter.
The HYPOCRISY coming from your FINGERTIPS is TRULY HILARIOUS and RIDICULOUS.
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