There’s an old and venerable saying in the US that “all politics is local”. Well, last weekend we saw this playing out in spades, when NY State AG Letitia James showed up at a so-called “Guyana Diaspora Townhall” meeting last Sunday. Your Eyewitness dubs it “so-called” because it was a case of mutual backscratching that typifies NY’s incestuous “Tammany Hall Politics”!! That name was given to a backroom-dealing NY political organisation back in the 19th century that used immigrant ethnic communities – notably the Irish – to deliver block votes to corrupt politicians. It’s back, or has it never left?
This time – with the Nov 8 mid-term elections a week away – it was the bait of Guyanese immigrants that drew James and a number of NY politicians (or reps) to the event. They wanted an audience of “simple” immigrant voters, and the Guyanese grifters wanted to show they had “influence” with American politicians!! James is from Park Slope – like the previous “big gun” Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, who’d been aimed at our local politicians by using the race card – and is suddenly running scared to hold onto the AG’s position!! So, she deigned to show up at the affair!!
Up till then, she’d hardly campaigned, since she believed – with her “national” reputation garnered from going after Trump and his family in NYC – she was unbeatable. She had a war chest of US$10M versus a paltry US$0.4M for her Republican opponent Henry!! But in the last week, he’s been creeping up on her – moving from 16% behind to 11%. And this was all due to her not only not doing much to dent the rising personal violent crime rates in the City – while making it easier with her espousal of a “cashless bail law”!! The MC emphasised she couldn’t stay long because she is in the midst of campaigning!!
Anyhow, what exactly did she say?? Well, for one, she’s gonna work with other Democrat AGs from other states and make sure “anti-Black racism” is ended here!! Did those Guyanese in the hall really think State AGs can squeeze foreign governments on their domestic policies?? That would make them really backward Tammany Hall cannon fodder – a hundred years after its heyday!! James also blared: “I also want the officials to know that if any harm comes to Rickford Burke – let me say that again: if any harm comes to Rickford Burke, or anyone in this room – there will have to be answers. We will immediately demand answers, and I can tell you that someone will be held accountable for those answers!!”
So, she’s guaranteeing Burke’s safety when she can’t protect thousands of New Yorkers from muggings – especially on the subways??
What a drip!!!
…off Venezuela
Your Eyewitness has always preached that the watchword for our foreign policy has gotta be “there are no permanent friends of permanent enemies – just permanent interests”. And if we need a reminder, we just gotta look at our good friend the USA’s actions. Back in 2019, they backed Guaido as the “real” President of Venezuela – since Maduro had gamed the elections. Fifty countries supported Guaido, ambassadors were accepted, official Venezuelan bank accounts were frozen, etc.
But there came the Ukraine War, and the US decided that sanctions should be imposed on Russian exports – the largest of which are oil and gas. And suddenly, the entire world economy – including the US’ – turns topsy-turvy!! And the US can’t have this, can it?? No siree, Bob!! What to do?? Well, first of all, they gotta ensure that their own supplies aren’t threatened. And this is where Venezuela comes in. With the LARGEST oil deposits in the world – 300 billion barrels!! – they must be swayed.
The stick didn’t work; so, here comes the carrot, and out goes Guaido!!
…with Musk
Now that Elon Musk has finally taken over Twitter, does this make him the Chief Twit? His major asset is Twitter’s user base – 400 million hopelessly addicted users – so he’ll be a richer Twit!!
