UDP Politics as usual

UDP Politics as Usual…

Everybody but Loisy…

About two weeks or so ago, the Prime Minister of Belize Dean Oliver Barrow stood up and basically called all the members of our Bar Association (with the exception of precious Loisy) sellouts. According to the leader of this nation, all our attorneys except ex-wifey who in his mind and only in his mind is a bastion of blinding-white purity are in Lord Ashcroft’s pocket – translation, their legal and personal ethics have been compromised by the almighty dollar. Dean Barrow didn’t make this malicious and pointed statement while under the influence of alcohol; he didn’t make it at a private cocktail party with friends; he didn’t whisper it in first wifey’s ear in lieu of sweet nothings on the marital bed. Nope. The Prime Minister stated that the entire Bar Association (bar Loisy) has been compromised by Lord Ashcroft’s money in front of the entire nation at a press conference – national radio, television, newspaper. That’s a completely messed up assertion. Hell, I’m no attorney, but damned if that isn’t a clear case of slander by the Prime Minister of this country. But while that’s a messed up comment from the PM, it’s not surprising for two reasons – (1) he shows no respect for any institution in Belize if it’s not Barrow owned or operated, and (2) he has demonstrated before that he is completely Lois-struck and will go to any and all lengths to deify the glorious and saintly ex-wifey. What is surprising, though, is that the Bar Association has said nothing and has accepted the glaring insult without murmur. Seems like all those 100 plus attorneys don’t really care that the leader of this nation says that they are all sellouts and have all been compromised by the almighty dollar. Okay then! That’s messed up. No wonder the Prime Minister is firmly convinced of his own omnipotence.

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I make no apology…

I make no apology when I say that the Prime Minister is an arrogant, ignorant, egotistical, narcissistic and cold-hearted buffoon. He of the vastly inflated perception of his own self-worth feels that all he has to do is preface every ludicrous and hideous thing he does with ‘I make no apology’ and the Belizean people will say, okay, that’s fine then. Well it’s not fine, Dean. It’s not. Yes, we all know that you make no apology for hiring your ex-wife to handle all cases on behalf of government, but it’s still completely wrong. It smacks of nepotism, to say the least. And yes, we all know that you make no apology for paying your wife exorbitant sums (more than the $1.5million you claimed in the House, you liar) to represent GOB, but that doesn’t make it right. You are raiding the already dwindling public coffers to make your ex-wife rich when GOB has other attorneys already on its payroll that can and should handle those cases. So apology or not, you are doing something wrong – end of story. And pray tell Dean, why you didn’t want to answer the question posed in the House of how much is outstanding to Lois Young? We’d really like to hear the answer to that one (and be sure to include how much is being paid to your daughter for her representation in the Westerhaven case). Then again, you lied about the $1.5million so maybe we shouldn’t even expect the truth when it comes to the outstanding balance…

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Who’ll get lucky…

Amid all the hullabaloo on Friday over the Education and Training Bill, a very important amendment to the legislation may have slipped under the public radar. See, Dean Barrow pushed through an amendment which states that the Attorney General of this country does not have to be a sitting member of the National Assembly and can be selected at the whim of the PM from outside the House. Anybody care to make any bets on who will be the next Attorney General of Belize? Lois, maybe? That wouldn’t be a surprise because the PM has handed her just about everything else on a platter, so it’s the next logical step. Nepotism, you say. Well, we didn’t think he would make his brother a Justice of the Court of Appeal either, and look what happened. And we didn’t think that he would give Loisy millions to represent GOB in everything under the sun even as our economy is in recession, but he did that too. So our pick is certainly Loisy. But there have been rumblings about Michael Young too, and we all know he is an unabashed Barrow fan, so that rumour shouldn’t be discounted. And late word reaching us is that Rodwell Williams (Barrow’s law partner) has been thrust into the mix. Hey, Dean, didn’t you say in the House that your law firm would never benefit from any GOB case – seems like I saw Rodwell Williams in Court just the other day subbing for Loisy in a BTL case. But that would mean you lied again, and in the House, since we all know that GOB and BTL are one and the same, right? Anyway…Loisy, Mike or Rodwell? Our money is on the much favoured ex-wifey.

Patrick’s panties on display…

While the behavior of Minister of Education Patrick Faber inspires me to be downright rude when writing about him, I will exercise superhuman refrain and just leave it at this – to say Patrick Faber was acting like a woman in the House of Representatives on Friday is an insult to the women of this country. There is no doubt that Faber will live to rue his words and his actions when it comes to our educators and caregivers, those who must mold our children day in and day out. Patrick was disrespectful, callous and bitchy when referring to the thousand plus teachers who stood outside of the House in the sun to get GOB’s attention. According to Patrick, they were either all PUPs or were all too ignorant to know better. That pompous little fool stood in front of the nation and denigrated our teachers, cast aspersions on their characters and basically called them stupid. See, Patrick can’t fathom that there are people who actually have concluded that he is an idiot. Like his prime minister, he has become convinced that high drama and theatrics make him a man of substance. Just like his prime minister, who is a little, little man, Patrick will have the sense forced unto him, since he doesn’t want to grasp it on his own. And to top it off, the miniscule minister turned catty and confided to the nation that there are teachers who go to work with their panties showing. That was way overboard, Patrick. Out of order completely! My only wish is that Patrick would have had the balls to go down to those teachers on Friday and make some of those comments to their faces, instead of in the safety of the House. But what is it that the teachers were saying…?

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They were right…

As the thousand plus teachers heard via radio how Patrick was insulting them in the House, they shouted that the little man had no ‘cojones,’ since he refused to deal with them face to face. Patrick felt safer taking jabs at them from the House before scurrying into his ministerial ride and departing the premises. But the teachers had a message for ‘princess Patrick’ anyway. See, the little fellow has been all over the place saying that he has big plans to be the next prime minister of this country. But if teachers have anything to do with that, and they do, Patrick will be lucky to last out even this term. Little one, people don’t like you. There’s nothing wrong with having ambitions. Hell, my ambition is to be king of the world, but it’s not like that’s gonna happen. Ain’t no way that the miniscule moron will get a shot at leading this country. Teachers are already advertising the vacancy for Minister of Education – qualifications – COMMON SENSE!

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Remember the Hippocratic oath…

Last week Monday, it was reported that cardiologist Dr. John Gough and another person beat a 16 year old SJC student to a pulp. That student, allegedly pistol-whipped and battered almost beyond recognition, had to be rushed to the hospital in a very serious condition. As we understand it, the good doctor is claiming that it was all a mistake, a misunderstanding. The parents of the 16 year old went to the Police and reported the matter, but nothing was done for some time. Finally, after repeated demands from the parents, the Police went for Gough and took him to the Police Station. Gough is the brother of former UDP political aspirant George Gough and well-known UDP crony Sandra Bedran. Those two apparently arrived at the Police Station shortly after their little brother was taken in. After ‘discussions,’ we understand that a senior police officer who we chose not to name right now met with the family and tried to intimidate them into leaving the matter alone, going so far as to infer that their son would be charged if they persisted. For some reason which we won’t speculate about, Dr. John Gough was sent home – no arrest, no charges – and that’s where the matter is now. This is just plain wrong. If this is all true, and we are sure it is, then the higher ups in the Police Department have truly been politically compromised. The beating and alleged pistol-whipping of the minor would in the normal and just course of things have resulted in a battery of charges including aggravated assault, grievous harm and from the critical condition of the minor, maybe even attempted murder. Is Dr. John Gough’s proximity to the UDP shielding him? Are the Police higher ups spitting in the face of law and order and justice to please their political masters? We have nothing against Dr. John Gough, but wrong is wrong. He needs to face justice for what he did, politics and political affiliations notwithstanding.

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