GOD BLESS RONALD REAGAN

It’s a real shame to read the posts relating to Reagan’s passing on some Bajan forums on the Internet over the past week. There is such utter lack of respect for the dead - not to mention all the ubiquitous liberal vitriol – that I am ashamed to be identified with them. Bajans seem to have forgotten that were in not for Reagan they would probably be all now languishing in some Soviet Gulag if not pulverized by some Soviet nuclear bomb. They have forgotten and/or are downright ungrateful for Reagan’s sending American boys to get the Cubans and the Soviets out of Grenada and the Eastern Caribbean where they were setting up another Caribbean base to destabilize the entire region. They have forgotten that it was Reagan’s CBI (Caribbean Basin Initiative) that established the foundation for all the present day prosperity Bajans now enjoy. And, they have forgotten that Reagan was the very first sitting American president to set foot on Barbados underlining the importance he placed on America’s relationship not only with Barbados but with the entire Caribbean region.

MONEY DOWN KENSINGTON DRAIN

It is interesting to read all the enthusiasm in the Barbados for the rebuilding of Kensington Oval in order to host World Cup Cricket matches in 2007. It should be clear by now that we are spending well over the $70M BDS we were led to believe it would all cost. Recently, the Government of Trinidad & Tobago refused to go along with the wild spending to upgrade Queens Park for the simple reason that there are too many more important pressing issues facing Third World economies in the Caribbean. Apparently, the "powers that be" in Barbados think that prestige on the world stage is more important than fixing pot-hole ridden highways, supplying working buses and ambulances - not to mention - attending to the deplorable conditions at the QEH or providing a reliable water supply throughout the island. Derek Walcott used to say Trinidad was all about carnival and sex. Perhaps they exported that mentality to Barbados.

Article in today's Nation:

Bid Look - Sunday 30, May-2004
by PHILIP SPOONER
Barbados was in the spotlight and shone brightly yesterday, as it again signaled its intention to be a major player in the International Cricket Council World Cup 2007 (ICC CWC 2007).

Some stunning details for the redevelopment of Kensington Oval and other magical elements to the island’s bid book were unveiled before the high-powered Venue Assessment Team (VAT) assembled by the game’s world governing body.

The VAT had an inter-active look and feel of the atmosphere at the 20,000-seater that Kensington Oval will become when the grand event comes to Barbados in three years.

Details unveiled included: - more - http://www.nationnews.com/StoryView.cfm?Record=50175&Section=LO&Current=2004%2D05%2D30%2000%3A00%3A00

Winston Hall: The End of the Legend

So, Winston Hall met his end in somebody's backyard wielding a cutlass. I suppose this story will go on and on through the ages like "Milly" and "Brother Neddy." My question is shouldn't the police have given him two in the legs instead of two in the chest. Perhaps they truly thought they were in mortal danger.