Alred C. Frett. Photo: VINO/File

For decades my Wife and I provided scores of Book Scholarships as our way of ensuring that Children learnt and gathered knowledge from reading, because we feared the return to the Good Old Days of Slavery... Somehow, persons seemed not to share our fear so the Republicans have arrived with laws to restrict Books and hinder African Descendants from learning their history, and developing ambition.

The calamity intensified as a result of Trump being wrongly elected six years ago... He was able to stack and corrupt the Supreme Court, to such a degree that his Judges now support and encourage segregation, and the prevention of Blacks from accessing a level playing field... They still preach that no one is above the law, but we are learning differently from Trump, his Judges, and even here, locally.

Those still in doubt about the importance of what I have been saying for the past decades may be caught flat-footed by the recent actions of the US Congress and Political Court Structure, as they openly reverse the hands of time in their haste to speed up Racial Injustices... In the process, they claim the mantle of God and Religion, and put themselves above the law to justify pushing our children backwards.

International Cruise ships employ the preventative solution of providing food for passengers on a non-stop basis, so that their mouths would be too busy satisfying their stomachs to accept any complaints from their Brains... Here at home, Parties and Holidays have become excuses and distractions, and while our Youth are dancing and populating Prisons, Leaders focus on recolonising our Country.

With all the noise and excitement, there is no inclination to be concerned about the consequences, as we become trapped in the Slave Mentality of here and now... Our intellect is diminished and become stranger to the simple processes of comparing the short-term effects of Monies wasted on Holidays, Parties, and Celebrations, to the long-term effects, of damages caused by bad Laws and Policies.

Selling out our Country on the Way Back to Grant-In-Aid:

Bear in mind that, UK is well experienced in centuries of Slavery, Colonialism, and misleading Local Politicians into knowingly or unknowingly joining with them as the People’s worst enemies... My lone voice may be drowned out by the clamor, but I will continue to caution that a fool and his money are easily parted... Maybe, the after effects of their Unity is already fulfilling someone’s long-term Agenda.

This Fake Election remains a classic case where over-paid Representatives can do nothing for their People... This was simply another way of meeting UK’s Objectives, and reminded me of previous games where I had to battle our own Local Leaders in order to overcome UK’s Agenda... Except for them being successful in my removal from the Ministry, I had clearly won all the other Battles to benefit the People. 

These struggles included, building a New Public Hospital, the construction of a New Two-lane Beef Island Bridge, and the Acceptance rather than Rejection of UK Passports for All BV-Islanders... Persons may have forgotten these, because Memories fade, but History supports the facts, and, while we still have those accomplishments, my greater fear is that we are now at the brink of losing our Country.

Many got upset with Truth for the Youth, because I explained that the only reason why UK did not pull the plug on the Constitution was because they saw us as a financial liability, and they are terrified of the responsibility... Recently, the Governor and Government acknowledged the fact that there is no Robust Economy, and the UK is unwilling to cover for Funds we squandered, with Monies, they do not possess.

Simply put; we are broke...  UK may have considered a loan arrangement, but our Leaders wanted her to just hand over the Funds... We are now in deep Doo-doo, and if what goes around comes around, we should be terrified, since it is claimed that two generations ago a Chief Minister, took us out of Grant-in-aid or ‘Beggar Status’, but today, a Premier, seems fixed on taking us back into the same Poor House.

There is no doubt that our problems are man-made and can be easily solved... Unfortunately, we hear promises of improving Labour and Immigration, but we experience the results of things going from bad to worse... No wonder it is claimed that those arrested in Miami got their taste for Power and Corruption when they were in high positions at the Ministries or Departments of Labour and Immigration.

Only Fools waste their Time hiding Knowledge from the Children:

Perhaps the reality is that we find more Sinners in Church than on the Beach, because, those who call on God most are more friendly with the Devil... No wonder, they have us close our Eyes to pray to their Gods, while they keep theirs wide open to steal our Earthly Possessions... With excuses for abuses, Leaders and Courts yearn for their Good Old Days, but the Dinosaurs are never coming back. 

According to the Garden of Eden, we were never born to die, and if it was left to the God of Nature and Laws of Balance, we would realise that this means improving the conditions for those here, and those still to come... We are born Survivors, and what would destroy others, only served to make us strong... We survived when they stole our wealth, took our lands, blocked our ambition, and made us Slaves.

With so many Problems to be solved, this is no time for Excuses, and Leaders seeking to block TikTok and Black History, may find themselves no more than mere Idiots... As Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Technology, and Internet Access expand, Information will always exist, and telling Children what not to do, will have the opposite effect... They will neither require nor desire our Books for their Information.

As the product of Trickledown Economics, we are caught in a maze of Money wasting Holidays, and reports of America’s best economic times and the UK’s worst... Whether or not these are true or fantasy, our own efforts should be on planning for the best, preparing for the worst, and working with whatever we may have, so that even if we lack the magic for turning Straw to Gold, we can stop making our few Pennies disappear.

We should already have Reserves at hand to fix most of our Problems... For example, we had a Fuel Surcharge or Gasoline Tax that accumulated whenever we bought a drop of Gasoline or other Fuel... This was intended to be used for Road Maintenance and Transportation issues, and with all our Gas guzzling Vehicles, this should be fat enough to easily fix our roads from Jost van Dyke to Anegada.

We do not possess the audacity to thrive on Credit, like America, so the Question now becomes, where did the money go? – No wonder the UK sees us as a financial liability, and if we are both broke, then none can help the other... With them unwilling or unable to give us Grant-in-aid, it becomes imperative that we help ourselves, and do so quickly, because bad leaders, would not hesitate to sell us to China.

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