Again I ask, what happen to our best and brightest?

[Reggaedoc]

Actually they do get blessed with smarts and proficiency, even those who stand on street corners in the cold of NY or the heat of Fl peddling crack or bag weed are better business people and politicians than the clowns we have in Jamaica. Carl Stone wrote an extremely interesting article about that several months before his death.

[Reggaedoc]

Fi real. This has become nothing more than a beauty contest at tax payers expense. We all know what to expect from beauty contestants, don't we?. What a joke.

[Assasin]

Some bright people go in but them tun idiot and fail to implement their ideals and turn followers instead of leaders.

A nice little position and some spin off will do that to you.

[Don1]

That is also true too...as crises can also bring out the worst of us...looting, hoarding, price gouging, corruption....what do we do? These are really desperate times....a friend of mine said there is no hope for the Caribbean as a whole, maybe for a few- so we should all look out for ourselves...seems selfish...but realistic...

The first task is to look out for yourself and those closest to you...after that minimum is realized...then you can consider others..yes?

[Exile]

That is also true too...as crises can also bring out the worst of us...looting, hoarding, price gouging, corruption....what do we do? These are really desperate times....a friend of mine said there is no hope for the Caribbean as a whole, maybe for a few- so we should all look out for ourselves...seems selfish...but realistic...

[Islandman]

But my view is that those events only create temporary unity until the major crisis or success has past.

Then its back to business as usual:

"Infama fe dead !"

"Me hear say him a b@ttyman"

And so on and so forth

I have a few close Haitian friends and if what they tell me is any indication, a major earthquake will by itself change nothing.

[Don1]

Years ago, I posted on this Forum that only a major crisis - of calamitous proportion will unite all of Jamaica. Last time we have real unity was in 1998 with the Reggae Boys....hurricanes, earthquakes may be our only answer...it sounds morbid but may be only thing to shake reality back in the equation.
We need rebirth.

I agree.... the problem is we have a real slow motion crisis NOW...as you probably know

[Exile]

Years ago, I posted on this Forum that only a major crisis - of calamitous proportion will unite all of Jamaica. Last time we have real unity was in 1998 with the Reggae Boys....hurricanes, earthquakes may be our only answer...it sounds morbid but may be only thing to shake reality back in the equation.
We need rebirth.

[Don1]

Is this the best we have on offer?

I see a lot of spoiled brat candidates and recycled dinosaurs and bumptious half-wits parading in Orange and Green. I think di cream done migrate and mekking it abroad...understandable as the system in JamRock is not pleasant smelling.

Man, how hath the mighty fallen. Most ah dem dont look fit fi run a cold supper shop, much less a Ministry or even a constituency office. Sharks looking for easy prey...

Don1, we need a spiritual revolution (even before the sochal contrak), so that a huge dose of humility and compassion gets injected back into the mix. if it dont happen naaturally, Modda Nature just might have to intervene. The situation seem "Gommorhaic".

Fi reel pawdie..

Out of the spiritual re-awakening & renewal will come the realization that reforms which bring MORE sectors and MORE humble people into decision-making is the absolute KEY to progress...NOT continuing with this ossified, withered, failed JLPNP & Brown Man Time models

But I see the interest in the Electoral Beauty Contest is reaching fever pitch... the ultimate majoring in the minor...because ultimately, without fundamental spiritual & sociological & structural REFORM of the society... it will amount to a big, fat ZERO

[Exile]

OK. lol. Don't preach to the converted boss...aware of behind the scenes operations...ging up for candidacy is different kettle of fish.

[Reggaedoc]

I say the same thing boss. Just look at the last debate. Except for the good doctor on team PNP and the young gentleman on team JLP, the others were an utter embarrassment to our country. It seems as Wife this new found idea of youthful exuberance in our politics is just a waste of time. Also this massive inclusion of these women in our politics seem to be a waste of time. None of them has shown any true potential thus far. Ironically, PSM seems to be the only female Jamaican politician with any semblance of leadership quality, and we all know how that goes. I am not sure if this is an indictment of our educational system, after all all these people have degrees, some have multiple degrees, or it's an indictment of our sociopolitical system where one group think they have a right to rule over another despite their obvious shortcomings. If that's true, then nothing has changed in 50 years.

[Sickko]

Hmmmm, I would be addressing you sire

[Exile]

You talking to me or Willi?

[Mosiah]

yu had to spot it!

[Gamma]

dis one sound schizophrenic ... Some of us could not come back to Jamaica and replace any of us in any position.