On this Christmas Day, your Eyewitness had expected to talk about the man who inspired the commemoration and hoopla. Fella was born in a stable, and told by his momma that his daddy wasn’t his daddy. But he showed that you shouldn’t let your beginnings keep you from becoming what you are. Today more folks swear by him – in buildings made specifically majestic to honour him – than you can shake a stick at!!
But your Eyewitness just gotta discuss that announcement made by David Granger – who’s one of the most fervent followers of the Christmas fella – that he NEVER announced he’d won the March 2020 elections!! And there never was a victory party at his campaign HQ. Imagine that!! No wonder he was called a “Sanctimonious Gangster” by another Caricom leader!! Was he having a “senior moment”?? These things happen, you know!! Your Eyewitness can attest to this as he inches up the age ladder. Just yesterday, he insisted to his boss he hadn’t gotten his bonus, and had to be shown he’d blown it all on wine, women and song!!
Anyhow, back to Granger’s remarkable claim, which was quickly answered by video clips from the said victory party that he claimed never happened!! There he was — in all his simpering, sanctimonious self, with his trusty second-in-command, Lil Joe, at his side cheering him on — thanking “the people” for giving him another five years at the helm!! This, of course, was duly reported, not only by the local press – including the Government-produced toilet paper called the Chronicle – but by the BBC!! Now, surely, the man who prostrated himself before Queen Elizabeth to prove his fealty to British values wouldn’t doubt their exemplar of TRUTH??
But the question arises: What would make a big man like Granger think he’d get away with such a whopper?? And the answer is: It comes from the same arrogance that made him insist there was no rigging attempt by the GECOM SIX!! He was weaned at the feet of Forbes Burnham, who got away with insisting he never rigged elections, even though the BBC showed horses voting for his PNC in England!! But this time na lang time!!
Then, the CariCom leaders were behind him – egged on by the US and UK. This time, those erstwhile allies had other priorities – which didn’t need them supporting an electoral hijacking in broad daylight!! But the outing of Granger’s chutzpah should be an object lesson to those who wanna step into his shoes for the 2025 electoral sweepstakes. Your Eyewitness reminds them that their words are all recorded on one camera or another by those “citizen journalists” out there!! If they slip, they’ll slide – into ignominy and oblivion!!
…said Alexander
Alexander the Great is said to’ve “wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer”. Well, some American leaders might’ve felt like doing the same after the USSR caved in when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. The USA was then the last superpower left standing -leaving no more worlds to conquer. And maybe that’s why they built up another superpower – China – to take them on!?
But Trump 2 just added another twist to empire building that invokes Alexander’s days!! Simply deploy your strength to add real estate to your Empire!!He just announced that the US should retake the Panama Canal – cause Panama’s charging shippers too much. And they should buy Greenland from Denmark to control the north; and, for good measure, annex Canada as their 51st state!!
Well, even though Canadians have done their best to become an appendage of America for decades, Canucks are feigning indignation. Your Eyewitness can’t understand why; since, at best, the world sees them as a pale imitation of the Yanks!!
…said Rowley
In the meantime, over carnival land, the murder toll for 2024 is threatening their all-time high of 605 for a calendar year. It currently stands at 599 with a week to go.
Trinis are placing bets.
