And that's why most people think politicians are all a pile of bleep bleep.....

All three of my parents have been politicians.. I would go so far to say that all three have been successful politicians. However that gene never came to me. I have not only never voted in my life, I have never even registered to vote.... I will go so far to say that in my lifetime there have been only three politicians I 'supported' enough to even consider voting for them, in any country in the world. Well two of them I couldn't since I am not a US citizen.

I have long since, maybe from as long back as a young child, managed to separate my views of my parents as my parents as opposed to their operations, policies, beliefs and practices as politicians.

But like many if not most people, I am very skeptical of politicians. Not all politicians mind you, I honestly do believe that some are not corrupt and really do get into the 'game of politics' to improve the welfare of others and not for personal gain.. Clearly not all are of that ilk.

Which brings me to the point of this blog.

I will start with the most recent incident.

As some may know Bruce Golding has announced that he will resign as part leader of the JLP and Prime Minister of Jamaica within the next few months....I actually honestly have very mixed views on the subject as contrary to my surname, apart from the Dudus affair I think he did a pretty decent job and quite frankly apart from one other individual in his own party, I personally don't see any other person in either party being capable of doing a better job. But that's not the point of this blog.


The opposition PNP has demanded that the JLP call elections now...

What utter crap/bullbleep/gall.....In 2006 when the Rt Honourable PJ Patterson resigned from the PNP as Party Leader and PM it was a PNP internal election that designated who would be the next prime minister of Jamaica without it ever going to a popular vote... Was there no ""so as to resolve the crisis of governance in the island." crisis of governance at that time..... It is do as I say not as I do.......It is these self serving double standards why so many people are leery of politicians and don't trust them.


The second event that comes to mind is what happened a few years ago in my home country of Guyana. The party that is now in opposition, PNC held power for well over twenty years...certainly in the last decade of those years, they set out to rewrite the constitution of Guyana and won in 'free and fair referendum' the right to do so... Key Tenets of that new constitution, were specifically constructed so as to demean and belittle the opposition party and its leaders. Of course at that time the PNC clearly envisioned there would be in power for the rest of human existence. Alas in 1992 the PPP won the elections and the PNC became the main opposition party. Of course all of a sudden they no longer liked the constitution that they themselves were the architects and constructors of, and of course vehemently and vocally demanded that key parts be changed, which was done in 1996. If that is not another clear example of do as I say not as I do, and why people in general have a great distrust of politicians, I have no idea what would be.
rsp