By: Mike Rudon Jr. Blame it on the rain…Blame it on the stars! Whatever you do don't put the blame on you…Blame it on the rain yeah yeah – Milli Vanilli, 1989 I cursed Zenaida Moya a big fat bad-word (yes the F-word) when I slammed into a huge pothole on Vernon ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. On Friday morning I stood by the side of the road just outside of Fresh Pond in Burrell Boom and waited for a ride to the House of Representatives meeting in Belmopan. I kicked idly at an old dried up piece of cow dung and as ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Dean Oliver claims that he doesn’t have any damned money to waste on a Commission of Inquiry into the immigration scandal/smuggling ring. Doesn’t matter that he probably spends much more travelling all over the place so Kim can get in some shopping! Doesn’t matter that his ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I actually wanted to entitle this short piece – ‘On leadership and leader-shit’ but changed my mind since I know my frequent use of low-level profanity in my writing offends some people. But hell, it is what it is, right? Anyway…I’ve been giving a ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. This Facebook phenomenon is completely nuts…but good nuts. Trust me when I say that as far as social networking goes it’s absolutely amazing. Hell, I don’t like people much and I’m pretty much addicted to following the lives of a whole bunch of people who seem ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. A couple months ago Mr. Barrow stood in front of his supporters at a UDP Convention and hollered about some magic which he claimed was still here, or there…or somewhere! Who knows? Well on Sunday thousands of Belizeans from every corner of this great nation assembled ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. This morning I heard on the news that the Obama administration in the US has lifted the moratorium on shallow and deepwater offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Immediately after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Drilling Rig on April 20, 2010 which would result ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Cop out: to avoid taking responsibility for an action, avoid fulfilling a duty or an expectation… Fueled by 80% directive and 20% initiative, I spent some time mowing the lawn up in Burrell Boom this weekend. If pressed I’d probably be forced to admit that I ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. Man that dratted Bar Association, getting on Mr. Barrow’s nerves again. Imagine all those learned attorneys ganging up on that poor, sweet gentleman who is obviously only trying to do the best he can to ensure that justice is properly handed down. Imagine all those learned ...

By: Mike Rudon Jr. I’ve been sitting here for about 20 minutes trying to figure out how to say what I need to say in a sufficiently respectful way – nope, can’t do it. That bally must have been smoking something potent when he stood up there on Independence Day ...