Getting down… real on power

For decades we’ve been at the receiving end of the rod of correction of the western European countries and the US as they lectured us to follow the finer points of democracy and other ideals that would “set us frees”!! The assumption, of course, was we were simply benighted. Their default position was “do as we say and not as we do”, evidently because they’d “been there and done that”
So, you should appreciate your Eyewitness’ quiet glee that Europe’s now at the receiving end of the above-mentioned rod as they’re being instructed on the finer elements of power politics in international affairs!! The issue at hand is US President Trump’s declaration that Greenland must be theirs to have and to hold – for security concerns!! Fourteen EU members – including the biggies UK, Germany and France – are screaming bloody murder at the “imperialist” move by the US!! They clearly miss the irony of them complaining about an “imperial’ land grab when less than a century and a half ago they sat around a table in Berlin and divvied up Africa among themselves!! By 1914 only Ethiopia and Liberia weren’t theirs!!
Anyhow the Europeans can’t blame anyone but themselves for what’s happening to them. Here they were grabbing land everywhere with the sword   but declaring they were actually “peaceful” since it was for the good of the natives. In fact, they insisted they were actually “apostles of peace”! So Pres Trump reminded them that one of their own – Norway – refused to award him their Nobel Peace Prize and as such was implying that he wasn’t peaceful…after committing so much to the Peace enjoyed by Europe recently!!
So what’s Europe to do?? Well…they’ve rushed troops to Greenland suggesting they’ll be taking on the Yankee Military that just snatched Mad Maduro from under the noses of his 100,000M- strong army!! And exactly how many troops Europe sent to defend their honour – which they complain has been bruised? THIRTY-SEVEN!!! THAT’S RIGHT – 37!! Of which the Brits contributed ONE!!
Now this could only mean one of two things. Either they feel the Yanks are a bunch of wussies…or that the TACO effect will kick in. TACO being “Trump Always Chickens Out!! And either interpretation ain’t gonna go down well with Trump!!
Maybe the Europeans could ask their former colonies to help??

…with Budget
Well, it was just announced that the Budget gonna be presented next Monday!! Meaning that Mansoor’s back!! And it’ll be acting like a litmus test to reveal the priorities of the various sections of Guyana. For the government they will be going on (and on and on!!) about how they will be spending $1.1 trillion to develop our fair land. But for the man (and woman) in the street all they wanna hear is whether they’ll be getting the $100,000 they’d expected they were getting from Father Christmas – AKA Pres Ali – last December. Well good news…it’s coming!! They’re gonna have Christmas in January!!
So, what about the Opposition? They gotta be there for the reading, no? They’re MPs after all!! But there’s a section of the Opposition – Sanction Man’s WIN – that’ll be seeing their chance of getting their leader elected as the LOOI!!
Get out your popcorn for Monday!!

…on waste
Your Eyewitness hates saying he “told  you so”. Well not really!! But didn’t he  tell you that the PPP Govt’s great cleanup of GT will be for naught!??!