HE entered the Arapaima Restaurant on Main Street to grab a quick bite. Entering at the same time was attorney, Roysdale Forde. Ford said to him, “Freddie this country is jinxed; look what happened to Murray.”

Forde went on to make the point that Murray’s presidential candidacy would have revolutionised Guyana’s old political culture.

Freddy thought so too. Freddie also mentioned that for a long time now he had known that Guyana was a blighted, wretched land.

South Africa has gone beyond imagination. Nelson Mandela was freed and became its President; there is an African American family in the White House.

Freddie, since you are a dunce, I must remind you that since the historical election of President Obama many African-American community leaders have criticised his lack of attention to the Black community.

Specifically, the Recovery and Reinvestment Act also known as the Stimulus Package, which cited no details of filtering some of the funds to African-American communities suffering unemployment rates twice the national average.

Freddie it’s you and the likes of you that are trying to jinx Guyana but are failing at every step of your way.