It seems the recent statement attributed to Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar has created a furore across the region. It is understandable for people to become emotional at this time when St. Lucians and Vincentians are in obvious distress. It may come as a surprise that BU see nothing wrong with the meaning behind Kamla’s position. Perhaps her message was twisted by a media which is always on the hunt to sensationalize news of late.
If the aid had come form China, USA, Britain and a host of other countries the issue of reciprocal arrangements would be a moot point. It is generally known – taken for granted some might suggest – that many of the so called developed countries attached conditionalities to how aid is deployed. Why should T&T dump aid in St, Lucia for example and the government there feel under no obligation to purchase raw materials from T&T?
BU is not a big fan of Kamal but we have to be honest by saying the media and the politicians should share more blame in this matter which is nothing more than a storm in a teacup.
Barbados Underground 
Faget ’bout de nonsense de Kamla woman tawk. Tawk cheep, ya gotta pay fa Hennessey.
Anywayz, wah wunna-all plannin ta do fa dese unfortunate peeple in St. Vincent n especially de hardest hit, St. Lucia? Anybody hare ’bout donating food stuff or anyting so? Whay ta cah dem? I wood do my lil contribution if I kno whay ta cah my tings.
A friend of mine family was killed de mudslide. I got famblee in St.Lucia n dem awrite. I feel rale sorry fa dese peeple. So leh me kno how we kin help in we small way.
Kamla is a klown. from de time she tawk ’bout TnT in na ATM fa nabody, I did watching she wid cross-eyes. Wah up ta today I went ta my ATM n um in had in a cent. But um is still a ATM anywayz. Brek as um did. stupseeeeeeeeeeeee.
BAFBFP
U turnz me on when you spokes like dis. Sa eloquent, lawdddd.
The Bushman speaks the obvious … nothing profound of course, just what needs to be said. Can we move on … please?
How yuh doing Bonny? Now dat is a great suggestion. Ask David if VOB is going to start a fund going. Now uncross yuh eyes, dem gine stay suh if yuh keep crossing dem. LOL
Bonny P yah instigator,
ac. I can’ un’stan’ why I like you sah much.. somet’ing ’bout you …
Hope you petty …
Pretty pretty pretty
The only folk that Kamla has to worry about are the citizens of T&T….. they elected her, and so far they aint complaining.The rest could talk ‘till kingdom come it won’t mean a hill of beans.
Now bout this talk of CSME/Caricom, as the advice columnist would say “wake up and smell the coffee” Trinidad wouldn’t even commit to the Caribbean Court of Justice and it is headquartered there.
Trinidad’s position has been captured in the immortal words of Dr. Eric Williams “one from ten leaves nought”
Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty.
David please do something about that comment. I take back every bad thing that I have ever said about you
Bush Tea
You have the identical problem as Kamla (all women?)
….. speaking before understanding the real issue!
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It is a good thing that Bajans don’t celebrate Guy Fawkes night anymore otherwise the women would be pelting some bombs and bandits behind yuh backside. They might even shake up some carbolic in an Cocoa tin just for you.
Wuhloss
BAFBFP
Yuh smart ! Yuh know too much about me . Yuh always get it right! I like the pretty picture ! So beautiful! so True !
@ Sargeant
Re: Guy Fawkes night
Absolutely right! You ain’t see how fast the bushman slap in a reverse gear…? LOL
On the subject of oil rich T&T it is our understanding the price of gas will be hiked by 7 cents along with Kerosene and diesel by 8 cents from Sunday night. The BU family should get a jump on the rest of Barbados an save a couple dollars.
islandgal
I so-so. Comin ta grips wid realitly. Well, I got my lil contribution ta sen fa St. Lucian today. De Red-Cross got a collection centre sumway in de Warrens area. So i gun sen um by one a my sons lata but befo 3’aclock. All a we kin chip in n de we share n de St. Lucians will be a lot betta off. No man is an island.
BAFBFP
Lol. but how you cud look at a nice, innacent, christian, decent fiah-galash n call me a instigata? Ya ol ring-neck vagabon. Ya crini-mal. smoochhhhh
Sargeant
well if dat is de case, I hope Tnt nevva experience na catastrophe. I fa one, whun be sennin not even a pea-chink down day.how wunna-all like we now?
Trinidadians should remember Hurricane,Earthquake or Tsunami.
Their turn might come.
Help your neighbours and ignore the Trini PM.
We are doing to Kamal what was done to David Thompson over the immigration issue.
We must realise that Governments must do what is best for their own people. Kamal was voted in by Trinidadians not by Bajans or Vincentians or Lucians.
I agree with her one hundred percent. Put your people first. It is their tax money.
@CCC, you can put your people first but you do not have to be crass and insensitive.
What Trinidad can do is supply materials instead of money.
Instead of giving money to buy oil,steel ,cement and food why not ask what they need buy it from Trinidad manfacturers and ship to St.Lucia and St.Vincent.
How many chances must she get. She went to New York and only fraternized with the Indian Community in Queens. She is ready to provide help to the Indian ethnocracy in Guyana and Suriname. It is walking like a duck and quacking like a duck.
Guyana did not experience a hurricane when the Prime Minister of Barbados made his statement, but Shridath Ramphal and that other ass Rickey Singh jumped down on him. Kamla is a hindutava working towards the indianization of the caribbean. We are too trusting of people who do not mean us well, and can never jettison the cultural prejudices ingrained in them for centuries
Carson C
My main squeeze, I can’t believe you said that. Death, sickness nor peril has enemies. We must luv our neighbour as we love ourselves. In this case our neighbour is St. Lucia. At times like dis, we have to put our differences aside and assist those less fortunate than ourselves.
I know you doan mean wah you sah. you mussy dun pack a lil box wid non-perishables n reddy ta ship ta St. Lucia. Ya tricksta.
@BAFBFP
My Friend David;
My God, man when you miss the point you could really spray it around…! (Petro Caribe … my anus…! PC was a gift no matter how you look at it .. If not for the US Embassy parked in Wildey, and of course influential White Expatriate sentiment, Barbados would have been well advised to accept the offer …)
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I am in full agreement with you on the above, BAFBFP.
The way I see it, Kamala is not refusing to help anyone.
All she is asking that Trinidadian nationals get something in return. The Trinidad economy is not in the best shape right now.
Unemploment is at worrying levels in Trinidad and maybe she sees this as a way to find employment for her people outside of the shores of Trinidad.
As I said before the aid money is coming from the Trinidad treasury. It was put there by the Trinidaian taxpayers. They should benefit from its use. What is wrong with that?
We must learn not to see a monster behind every tree.
Again the complaints was not about what they wish to do but how it was said.
Yuh can’t trick a trickidadian.
Breaking news St.Lucia exempt from de Kamla doctrine.
“There are no strings attached to the humanitarian aid that we bring and will continue to send to you for reconstruction.”
I have already packed a box for one of the hurricane stricken islands.
I have decided to ship a barrel of dung for that insensitive leader Kamla. No strings attached.
@ Carson C. Cadogan | November 6, 2010 at 8:25 |
“…Kamala is not refusing to help anyone. All she is asking that Trinidadian nationals get something in return.”
CC you and I know that the same person you help is not always the one to return the favor when in need, but the favor is returned somehow.
When disasters strike they should never be an expectation of a quit pro quo
Carson C
There are times when money/cost cannot be attached to everything. This is one of those instances. You see a person in need and you lend a helping hand. It is the human thing to do. It is like kicking a man when he’s already down. Kamla like she heartless. Sending aid to these hurricane ravaged islands can’t make or break TnT. We are all broken by the world wide recession so Kamla should assist without any strings attached. She could only want a hardass kick. stupseeeeeeee.
ac
befoe you post de box a dung ta she, pass by me fa anudda box a pupp.
You see my ROK resurface? My days n nights have bin sa lonely widout he. stupseeeeeeeee. i now feel like a new woman.
There is nothing like people pressure. Bajans need to embrace the concept of a participatory democracy. Here is a link to the T&T Express which suggests that Kamla has backed off her original position.
All she need now is to apologise to the people of the Region. This would put her in a better light . As of now she seems to be tiptoeing around the issue and trying to shoot the messengers. I would also suggest she put a muzzled on her mouth until she learns how to master the art of diplomacy.
and to all yunna ppls who think dat she was right in speaking as yunna put it trutfully. Shame on yunna, I hope de day don’t come when yuh need a helping hand and be told de same by yunna friend.
Stupid ! Whatever message a leader sends to the country should be delivered in a clear and concise manner and not only to those who agree with their point of view. The youth of today is looking for such a person. It takes a leader with vision to take a country
to such a level. I suspect that Stuart is not a Visionary. He probably would have a hard time thinking outside the box when it comes to matters pertaining to youth. The older generation would understand him. However I think the youth would have a hard time relating to him on social matters.
You report Jackal Warner support Kamla veiws well there goes two rats in the hen house. I wont trust Jack as far as I can throw him. He should run classes in how to avoid prison. Damm he is good at that. In fact Kamla she self need to keep a close eye on Jackal. Dont know much about Kamla but her utterances have been undiplomatic, stupid and backward. ATM now this. Trinidad in spite touted oil money is a country tettering on the brink with rampant murders, crime, corruption and perennial race problems.Kamla better be careful.
Must say though Kamla not a bad looking piece of ass. It might want tapping cause a lot of Indian husbands spend more time getting drunk than handling bedroom business. You all get my drift.
“Must say though Kamla not a bad looking piece of ass. It might want tapping cause a lot of Indian husbands spend more time getting drunk than handling bedroom business. You all get my drift.”
Spoken like a true drunken ignorant fool. That is the problem with impotent men like you……….keep dreaming!
islandgal
de boats leff dis evenin wid de tings fa de Lucians boy. hope dem all get day safe n song.
Tanks ta all wunna-all fa mekkin um possabull.
@Bonny
Thanks and a safe journey for dem boats.
David, you should note that the developed countries don’t do it to each other… mainly to us.
Our treating each other that way is not a step forward.
@Doc
Point taken BU took a provocative position to stoke the debate.
On Monday Kamla apologised to the Carribbean Region for those unfortunate and senseless remarks she made . Although a lttle bit late I hope she would realise that such statements is not helpful in bringing the Region together into meaninful diagolgue but would lead to resentment by other caribbeancountries to her people and her country .