Working… New York

There’s an iconic chorus from that Frank Sinatra hit, “New York, New York”, that came to your Eyewitness’ mind at the reports and videos on President Ali’s trip to NY – the city that’s so nice they had to name it twice! The chorus begins with the line that has entered the English language, “If I can make it there, I’ll make it anywhere!!”
And continues, “It’s up to you/New York, New York/New York, New York/I want to wake up/In a city that never sleeps/And find I’m a number one/Top of the list/King of the hill/A number one”!!! What else can you say about making it big in New York when the President of a small country perched on the top of South America, previously only known for giving Kool-Aid a bad name (thanks, Jim Jones!!), can have the impact he had in the few days he dropped in to address the UNGA??
Yes, we just got oil – which puts us on a lot of radars – but all the other big hitters in oil who make us look like pipsqueaks were there!! Right after his breakfast (roti and bhagee sent over from Little Guyana!!), he met with the head of the US-EXIM Bank, which had signed a US$2 billion MoU initial framework back in July 2022 to facilitate US exports and infrastructure development!! The fella was so smitten that he promised to backstop the entire development of the upcoming Berbice Gas to Shore project!!
And you didn’t see the leaders who’d come to town for the UNGA meet at the swanky midtown EXCLUSIVE Harvard Club – addressing a collection of movers and shakers in the US corporate world!! By the time Pressie was done, he had them eating out of his hands – even standing in a line for a photo op!! That’s star power, baby!! He’d arranged for the money – the US EXIM Bank – and now he had the attention of the entrepreneurial class!!
And he was just winding up for the big one – his meeting with President Trump and other Shield of the Americas leaders in New York!! While other leaders were quaking in their boots at the thought of running into Trump – Pressie Ali was his usual ebullient self!! No lack of self-confidence here!!
And finally, there was the met and greet with the Guyanese Diaspora in the US – not just NY!! Anyone would be forgiven for thinking it was Michael Jackson reincarnated – with thousands of folks milling around hysterically outside the hall hoping for a glimpse – and perchance a smile – from the President!!
And he then offered them a piece of the action in Guyana!! What a guy!!

…at crying wolf!!
For weeks Sanction Man and his Sissie were screaming bloody murder that the PPP was responsible for their Facebook page being suspended!! So not only was the PPP powerful enough to arrange for the US Government to have him and their Daady extradited, but now they were able to compel Zuckerberg – who owns Meta/Facebook – to yank their account!! And that, of course, was while they also had the Yanks yank a Judge’s visa!!
Well, Sanction Man just confessed that because they’d violated copyright laws, Facebook had no other option than to throw the book at them and sanction Sanction Man’s page!! He’s lucky Facebook don’t suspend people for having bots create “followers” – 500,000 of them!!
One of the characteristics of little children is they think they’re the centre of the universe – even to the point if they close their eyes, they’re convinced the world disappears!! This is ONE of Sanction Man’s problems!!
Let’s see him disappear that orange jumpsuit coming up!!!

…the UN
Those who think we’re reflexively supporting the US should consider the positions we’ve taken at the US – a two-state solution and genocide in Gaza!! While seeking to expand the exclusive Security Council by including Africa, LA, and the Caribbean!!