Dear Editor,
Permit me first to ask. Did Cuthbert Bannis come to the island yesterday? The Dutch would use the term “pas komen kijken.” It is those kind of interference which cause status quo. I would like to know if Cuthbert Bannis (CB for short) has any idea why, when and how that dump come about.
Whether I am a fan of Emmanuel or not, his meddling was as a Minister of VROMI. CB should ask MP Th. Heyliger the history (the ins and outs) of what they named Pond island and then CB will know when to meddle and when not to.
CB should not get carried away because one time I agreed with something that he wrote.
Now this. Because of what I did, my father whom I constantly praise for keeping me grounded, pointed out to me that the saying “it’s not what you do, is how you do it” did not count for me. What counted for me was “what you do, depends on who you are.” So what I did or how I did it did not make a difference. If who you are determines that you should not do it then that is what it should be. Don’t do it. It worked for me.
People are not ready to be fair. Simple everyday example. Using the cell phone while driving is forbidden by law. The majority of drivers do it. Some take pleasure in taking up a relaxed position in the car while driving and being on the phone. Not to talk about the thousands who constantly text while driving, but if the police does it, everybody sees it and comments about it.
Over the years I have had conversations with a lot of politicians and I always got the feeling that it is about using people, so I never showed whether I was encouraged or not. But those who are honest will remember that I always stressed on being fair to the people who afford them the opportunity to govern and be put in a position to go forward in strides.
Election is around the corner and the arrest of Frans Richardson will be the topic of the day way into March. I have been advocating out with the old and in with the new. Knowing that that possibility is looming over the heads of several of the old politicians and people in government and that is exactly one of the reasons. Being in that clique for too long causes complacency with all ensuing consequences.
I’ve mentioned that “ik zal je nog eens krijgen” en “laat ze maar rotsooinen” is a vital tool and instrumental in tightening the noose around our political leaders’ necks, but I have also heard that “Russell think he know everything.” I do not know everything, but what I do know is that Marlin was ousted, Theo is a constant target, Frans was arrested and Sarah was not left out of any one of the seven governments.
A young lady asked me if any of the ship-jumpers ever ended up in the National Alliance. I refused to answer and told her that that is for her account, because all I would like to see is that new politicians are voted in to office and the old ones rejected. I hope the RST and those other boys do not read me wrong because I did not write arrested but rejected.
If we follow what is happening and if we put two and two together there are two conclusions which we can come to. Guilty by association and one always comes out smelling like a rose and to add to that the DP cannot say “not me” because they are always there.
When we sum it all up, all that is left now is to check and see which party was never in government and cannot be blamed for corruption. The SMCP. Like I mentioned before their Manifesto looks promising, they have young people who I would like to see in government for instance Chacho Peterson and I would like for the party to get at least four seats. One of the best ways to guarantee that is too simple – do not vote for those partys which have been in government for years.
It is almost six months since Irma and they are more interested in the people keeping them in government than they taking care of the needs, yes the needs of those same devastated people who put them there to take care of the people’s business. If you the people put them back there they will laugh at you because although they did not take care of you you still put them back. Out with all of them and in with the new. Enough is enough,
Did not anybody ask them “Why do the sixty to eighty thousand people on a sixteen square mile island with a four billion dollar economy, have to be treated like beggars?
But I have another question. What does Holland while dealing with our foreign affairs answer the world, when asked why are they treating their overseas territories in that way? Do you believe that a responsible answer could be “We laten ze maar rotsooien.”
Russell A. Simmons
