It is a time of turmoil. The distractions are so varied that it is difficult for the average citizen to prioritize them bcause we have learned to adjust and live with them. Much of the blame is directed toward our Prime Minister and while the accusations are not unwarranted, the spineless maggots often referred to as members of parliament who lack the character to say "no" are equally guilty for the hell in which those without voices find themselves.

For example, there was a time when Wasa was central to our inability to receive pipe bourne water on a regular basis, this has not been resolved. Our roads, especially those in rural areas were and continue to be an insult to the quality of life for those who have no viable alternative but to hopscotch along them.

Flooding after less than torrential rain falls continues to provide some comic relief. To see citizens immersed in filthy water attempting to reach their destinations and taking with them the residual excrement and resultant diseases associated with it has become acceptable too.

And while those were some of the basic problems that have dogged us for decades, Prime Minister Manning is pre-ocupied chasing the ghost of the late Dr. Eric Williams instead of putting finality to any of the aforementioned miseries.

I have not mentioned crime because of its uniqueness in that it affects everyone, Some to a greater degree than others. And it is apparent that
this growing qualitative phenomenon is providing a challenge of unprecented proportions that has not deterred my Prime Minister as he pursues the ghost that will hopefully transform him into a Parent of this Nation. He cannot be the "Father" as that has been designated to an earlier Prime Minister, so, where does that leave him? One of the frightening components associated with crime is its finality, nobody wants to die. We are, however, adjusting to that too.

Successive Governments of late have pursued that identical course with impunity and we the masses have accomodated them. We do not accept blame, we assign it. As we approach the season of giving, we should direct some of our frustrations to the characterless magotts who continue to be mute as our Republic slides toward hell, and this we are finding to be acceptable too.