Here is NEWS that was mailed to my readers on November 16, 1998:-
November 16, 1998 BAJAN NEWS ---------- CAVE HALTS BUILDING OF BRIDGE ----------------------------- Arthur's Road, Parish Land, St. George. Residents say the discovery of caves in the small village has stopped the building of a bridge designed to aid the flooding problems in the area. Workmen on the bridge project, filled up the caves they discovered with marl however last Tuesday, the area collapsed leaving a huge winding cave which is believed to go all the way to Airy Hill. Residents who dared to venture into the cave discovered several drink bottles no longer in use and some bones. CLIMATE CHANGE WORKSHOP ----------------------- Barbados is participating in the Fourth Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change which is being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to environmental officer for climate change, Rawleston Moore, greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide are causing changes in the global weather systems which could have serious implications for Barbados, a rising sea level could destroy our freshwater supply through saline intrusion into aquifers as well as causing coastal flooding. WHAT THE BROCHURES DONT SAY ABOUT PORT ST. CHARLES -------------------------------------------------- Things are going wrong over at the luxurious Port St. Charles Marina. Raw sewage from the pits of the nearby Heywoods Resort is seeping into the man-made freshwater lagoon of Port St. Charles and engineers have had to flood the lagoon with salt water to control the colieform count. Salt water tarpon have replaced the tilapia and there have been reports of sharks sighted in the lagoon, presumably feeding on the tarpon. Our fragile island is built mostly of coral rock and limestone, hence the beautiful underground caves. This rock is porous and helps clean our islands water supply, cracks and fissures can easily result in contamination... strict regulations need to be set down regarding waste disposal... our island is only 166 square miles and the quantity of waste material of all types is increasing, along with it's lethal content, as a result of "progress". Lack of enforced regulations causes money-concious developers to use cheaper environmentally DANGEROUS chemicals, long since BANNED in the U.S.A. Word has reached my ears that some of the chemistry being used on these golf courses now being built would NOT be allowed in U.S.A... it is time to put a stop to this.... Bajans suffer from enough cancer, asthma and other resperatory problems... put the screws on these concerns and make them clean up their act... it is complete disrespect of our beautiful country. OFF THE BLOCK AND INTO THE CHURCH --------------------------------- Janice Lynch was on her way to church and passing through Holder's Land, Bush Hall when she came into the midst of a group of young men smoking marijuana and cocaine, many were already high... but the "spirit of God" came upon her and she prophesied that five of them were going to die by the gun shortly.... says she, "I began to reveal things that were going on in their lives personally and the guys said they were true. One of them realised it was the power of God moving and said to them, 'Fellows, respect the Father, let's pray'... A bout of prayer, and a command, follow me !... that's all I told them, follow me... and they obeyed. She led nine of them to her church... the Power In The Blood assembly, in Kew Road... an assembly well know for healing and demonic deliverance, presided over by Pastor Vibert Lowe... a very "powerful" pastor. The men have been "saved", but, according to Lowe, the real battle is still to take place since the "enemy" will try to snatch them back... and the church will have to fight for them... he is appealing to Government for jobs and money to assist in his re-hab efforts. IS POVERTY ALLEVIATION REALLY A CONCERN ? ----------------------------------------- David Corbin, writing in todays paper, makes the statement, "It can never be said that working class people are under-productive. The leaders should take a good look at themselves." He goes on to say that most of these people who lead see nothing wrong in drawing very large salaries... but when they sit down to discuss what the poor should receive they talk about "productivity".... it is no wonder that working class people only like to give the amount of work to suit the amount of pay... and I agree, ask yourself, WHY should the poor man work so hard for a few crumbs... he is the same human as anyone else... it is GREED that motivates the haves to attempt to insist on "productivity" while offering minimum pay... the poor man has no reason on earth to be "productive".. and many are finding their own "productivity" on the side... much to the anger and hatred of their employers who desperately WANT them to remain poor and dependant.... just as it was in the days of slavery... when they sold on market days... and it was stopped "because it competed with the business of their masters"... don't ever tell me that the haves were happy to see slave days done... they have spent every day since then trying to oppress and keep people.. POOR and at their mercy... RICHARD HOAD REVISITED ---------------------- Last time after I despatched my mail, I felt a twinge of conscience, perhaps, I had been a bit unfair to RICHARD HOAD.... I believe he is one of the more enlightened souls of his generation... probably a bit more open minded than many of his peers. In this extract from the LOWDOWN, he deals with the concept of vegetarianism and his personal love of pork... says he, "I have nothing against vegetarians. But they're wrong if they think they're 'healthier than thou' or 'holier than thou'. With all the sprays being poured on vegetables, no wonder children with their instinctive common sense have to be forced to eat their broccoli. On the other hand, one recalls, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, in good health after six years in the Arctic on meat and water only. They didn't believe him so an experiment was done under the auspices of Cornell Medical School and Bellevue hospital. Stefansson and another man, Anderson, ate nothing but meat for a year. They were given all sorts of medical tests. And the results??? No bad effects whatever. In fact, Anderson started the experiment with high blood pressure, his hair falling out, and frequent colds. But after ninety days of all meat, his blood pressure became and remained normal, his hair stopped falling out, and he had fewer colds. And lest any veggie says, Well at least we don't kill anything, let me tell them about a corn-field I once visited. Poison had been put out to stop the birds eating the seedlings. Little harmless doves were littered all over the place, tiny beaks gasping, legs convulsing, dying a horrible death they never deserved. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, O Vegetarian, next time you're thinking how good you are." 4 YEARS UNDER NEW GUN LAW ------------------------- 17 year old Orlando Inniss, is the first person charged under the new gun laws... which came into effect November 1. He has received 4 years in jail because he had no previous convictions, indicating that magistrates are still treading compassionately according to the circumstances... he was charged with possession of a .32 revolver on Fairchild Street. WAR ON SCHOOL BUS ----------------- An undetermined number of school children were injured and a school bus damaged when a confrontation broke out between students of two secondary schools on Thursday. The confrontation occurred in Black Rock around 3:30p.m. The fracas started when a group of Ellerslie school students armed with rocks and knives attempted to board a Coleridge and Parry school bus. The driver of the bus reportedly pushed them back outside before driving off, but the angry students who were trying to attack some CP students in the back of the bus then started thowing rocks, breaking the rear windshield and another window. The driver then stopped the bus outside the Kentucky Fried Chicken depot and a hand-to-hand battle ensued between the two groups of students. Sources indicated that tension had been brewing for some weeks and a clash was expected. Police were called to the scene, but no details are avaiable although it is known that both junior and senior students were involved. UWI STUDENTS VENT THEIR RAGE ---------------------------- Angry University students protesting lack of Campus security following several incidents against women down there, blocked entrance to the University on Thursday for several hours. It is understood that there may be some court action involved as a result of this, since at least one car suffered some damage in the melee. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTROVERSIAL MATERIAL.... EXTREMELY controversial material.... follows: PLEASE DO NOT READ if you are a "sensitive", "decent" and "refined" person. EXIT IMMEDIATELY... and I thank you for your patronage !! BELOW is GRAPHIC MATERIAL ABOUT RACE RELATIONS AND SEX ACTIVITY... you have been warned ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IS UNITY A DREAM ? ------------------ David Gittens is telling us that the evidence of racial conflict everywhere and the different thinking of blacks and whites makes it unreasonable to expect racial unity. He goes on to say that mutual respect should replace a call for unity... and that each should be allowed to get on with their own "agenda" unhindered by the other... and that those who have risen to the next level of conciousness should be able to love one another without rancour and snide remarks from those who are not yet ready. First of all the facts of racial conflict should not stop anyone from trying for racial harmony.... anymore than the impossibility of converting the world does not stop preachers from preaching ... or Mr Gittens himself from trying to achieve his own "higher conciousness" Whites have always had a deliberate desire to preserve the status quo... and get on with their "own agenda"... apartheid is a white concept and suits their purpose.... he says,"Do the whites want to shield their children from acting like blacks ?"... I have said time and time again that this is the crux of the matter... the distorted white view that thinks that blacks are naturally uncivilised, uncouth animals... and when an example to the contrary is brought to their attention... the black person is said to be thinking "white" or behaving "white"... so now everybody buys into the stupid idea that "white" is good behaviour, manners, right thinking.... and "black" is barbarous, uncivilised.. and maybe even "evil"... and a "cultured" black person is "trying to be white" or has been "trained" by whites ! Even the last sentence of his treatise is flawed, because it is unreasonable NOT to expect "rancour and snide remarks" from those "not yet ready"... if they are "not yet ready", how can you expect any different behaviour from them? Until whites stop despising blacks and blacks stop despising themselves... unity will be a dream.... but it is a GOOD dream.. and "enlightened people who have risen to 'higher conciousness'" should not be trying to sell us short by discouraging everybody into settling for apartheid.... that is backward thinking. RACIST FACTS ? -------------- Father Leonard Alphonso of the Roman Catholic Church is sticking to his views in spite of criticism from George Griffith, Executive Director of the Barbados Family Planning Association. Father Alphonso claims the following as facts.. 1.Margaret Sanger, founder of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, was a racist and admirer of Adolph Hitler. She revealed in a letter to Clarence Gamble written on 12/10/39 that she intended to enlist the aid of black religious ministers in order to conceal the fact that she planned "to exterminate the Negro population". As white author, George Grant puts it, "Margaret Sanger's character and vision are perfectly mirrored in the organisation that she wrought". George Griffith is yet to explain how he could identify and head-up locally, an organization that has such a blantantly racist agenda. 2.The First World so fears population increase in the Third World that white Congressman from New Jersey, Chris Smith warns us, that Bill Clinton and the National Security Council are pushing an aggressive campaign of abortion on demand on the Third World. 3.Dr. Leonard Horowitz demonstrates conclusively in his book Emerging Viruses that the National Security Council had the AIDS and Ebola viruses manufactured by Litton Industries.... and they have ensured that they will do their deadly work... by using Family Planning Associations advertising to spread the Safe Sex Hoax... there is no such thing as "safe sex" ! George Griffith answers... 1. Father Alphonso is suffering from desperation, along with other archaic right wing religious fanatics whose dwindling authority is being increasingly challenged by a realistic and enlightened youth population. 2.The Family Planning Movement has contributed significantly to the improvement of the quality of life of people everywhere. 3.The greatest achievement has been the recognition of the right of women to exercise control over their bodies... it has led to the emancipation and empowerment of millions of women the world over... the position of women in business, commerce, education and national life... is, in part, due to their ability to exercise control over their own fertility. 4.The likes of Father Alphonso seem determined to relegate women to being poor, pregnant and disadvantaged... how else can we explain such an amazing concentration of backwardness in the mind of any one person...spewing forth in this recent diatribe attributed to Father Leonard Alphonso. ALPHONSO'S THEORY NOT SCIENTIFIC -------------------------------- Dr. R. C. Landis, writing in todays paper, contends that the idea that the AIDS virus was manufactured by the U.S. Government in the 1970's and exported to Africa by the WHO as part of a plot to exterminate the Negro race... is NOT supported by scientific evidence... he presents information showing it's existence in far earlier periods and as it is a "retro" virus (similar to "cold" or "flu" viruses) it's form is always changing. Whatever you may personally believe about the origins of AIDS... or the above assertions of a "plot" to destroy the Negro race... you should realize that the majority of whites are still alarmed at the rapid advancement of a people who they view as a threat to their very existence... and this comes about because of a difference of skin color and a guilty conscience concerning past (and present) injustices which they do not want to face up to and deal with.... and you should not be surprised or upset if you encounter blacks who just cannot accept that white people (who have abused their race for hundreds of years) now have their best interest at heart.... apparently, these "plots" were "exposed" by white men.... so what is the black man supposed to think !! I have encountered many white people who dislike blacks... a few will be open about it but the majority will deny it these days.... NONE can give me a single valid reason WHY they do. I have encountered a few black people that dislike whites... but, trust me, they have LOTS of VALID reasons why they do. As the black race advances to new heights of achievement in what was once believed to be the "white man's" world.... respect and awe... will make an increasing number of whites seek to befriend them... but others will react with animosity and barbarity worse than anything gone before.... witness the decapitation and dragging of that black man in the South... which, by now, I am sure most of my readers will be aware of.
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