It looks like Christmas is gonna be a bit blue for the bandits with the net clamped tightly down on the country. Everywhere you look there’s another bandit getting caught. You would think by now they’d get a bit smarter and step their game up and give the good guys a challenge. Either they have gotten rusty or they’re just no match for Operation Dragnet. Meanwhile, now is the time when the streets of Georgetown start filling up with eager citizens shopping – whether they got money or not, they shopping. That’s how the story goes. They’ll pinch from here and there so they can have a merry old time, then deal with the light bill and other collectors next year. Can’t blame them though, the streets are clean of both garbage and crime, so there’s much more to celebrate this Christmas.
Joining Dragnet…
Fireball Ruel Johnson is volunteering to answer Rohee’s call to “Show me the corruption” once equipped with an auditor and some time to weed out those guilty of corrupt activities among various Ministries from the past administration. Johnson specifically called out Nigel Dharamlall and his involvement in the 2008 Carifesta where millions went unaccounted for and went on to name Camp Street as the rightful place for Dharamlall. Looks like Johnson would better serve on Operation Dragnet with all his pent up passion for catching the bad guys. Story too hot…
Insecticide
Speaking of Dharamlall, Mr “break the cycle of violence”, didn’t hold fast very long. The peacemaker posted a sarcastic tribute to the government captioned: “National Unity; Social Cohesion; Good Governance; Racial Harmony; Green (and Yellow) Economy. ONE LOVE”. The problem, you ask? Well this lovely salute was attached to a seawall advertisement of Spri-Gone insecticide. Scalding, Nigel. They’re pests that should be killed now? One love to you too.
Glass Houses
You know how the story goes… he who has a glass house shouldn’t throw stones. Perhaps Past Prezzos Jagdeo and Ramotar forgot this little adage when they were condemning salary increases for Ministers of the new Government. Somehow, they believe that those increases were unjust, yet they are daily fighting tooth and nail to get back the exorbitant benefits the old administration had put in place for their retirement. There’s a word for that, dear fellows- apart from greed- it’s called hypocrisy.
Crossing borders
Was anyone following Venezuela’s recent elections? You should have been, especially with their eyes on our Essequibo. You’d be happy to know that the covetous Maduro lost to the opposition. I’m not sure if we should be rejoicing, but it could mean one of two things: either the opposition wants Essequibo more than Maduro does so the people voted for them, or, Venezuela may finally leave us alone.