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Dr.
Ram Dass Editorial Is
like Ram Dass only sharing stories once in a blue moon these days? If you haven’t
taken the time to check the sky, tonight as I write it’s a blue moon (31st
May). Well the moon isn’t exactly blue, not like a pack of gourmet sweet
potato chips, but rather named that way when ever a full moon occurs twice in
a month, which is scarce like finding sugar apple in Trinidad nowadays.
So why I studying
de moon? I figure that some cosmic gravity must be shaping the long list of mysterious
events. Following all de confusion and mayhem in April, I had was to write that
off as layover Jumbie from Carnival in Trinidad. Ah mean... De Cricket fiasco...
Pakistan and India gone in de first round! Must ah be Gang Gang Sarah flying
around Trinidad and a La Diablesse in Jamaica that was confusin people? Dat
was de only ting that I could come up with when I hear dat Squingy from Bass
Odyssey was performing at his usual best in de Jamaica World Clash until he
catch de eye of a young lady in z crowd with such a beautiful figure and poise.
Rumor (or maybe my personal speculation/contention) has it that he manage to catch
a glimpse under de massive rimmed straw hat, and de sight was disturbing enough
for him to lose his footing. Now my hypothesis is… and remember how close
Saturn has been passing Pluto (even though Pluto is no longer a planet) that she
picked Squingy out because of de cricket uniform that he chose to wear during
his performance in support of our West Indies. The result; big man Squingy
wheel chaired for months with a broken leg, hand, ribs and dislocated shoulder.
Wives used to warn their husbands about this woman… how she would charm you
at a village dance, request an escort home, lead you into de forest and leave
you there lost and bazodee in de dark. A good man’s fate usually is at the
bottom of a ravine or eaten by hogs. So yes, Ram Dass saying it… it was a
La Diablesse that tek Squingy, so doh stay there and feel that de stories was
only to stop man from meeting woman and going home with dem! But respect is
due and Mighty Crown still deserve to win. So
ya wondering why de Cricket World Cup final in Bim was going on all hours of de
night? Well again… this is just my contention buy I manage early on to catch
a glimpse of de umpire neck… and I see de red mark bout his neck… I
wasn’t saying nuttin, but somebody tell me that dey find (what could be)
de skin of a ole woman by de bathroom under de Garfield Sobers Pavilion in Kensington
Oval… well my brows perk and I start to draw conclusions…. Correk it
was de Soucouyant self that was hunting de empire… and when de catch she,…
well de man all of a sudden come to his senses and decide that no more overs had
to bowl. Coincidence? I still have to congratulate de Aussies. Apparently
these days is ah real competition between Dotishness, Mamaguay and bobol... I
can’t say if a Douenne, Lagahoo or Mama D’Leau responsible for Akon
stage performances, Zen’s policy on id’ing, Zen’s policy on club
brawls or de hands off approach to parenting by T&T’s finest. But
we supposed to be in an election year right? That is when de roads does get
pave nice and water does flow, well like water? Except well dey paving de roads
all right, but dotishness and lazy work as usual. It seems that when you lay heavy
pavement on 100 year old pipes… well dey does buss and here we go… de
roads get wossa dan before, and there’s a new problem… we ent have no
water from Arima to Fyzabad and all thru South Oropouche. Call in de boys to do
de wok, and ah think is time and a half for weekends. Looks like de budget
taking a hit? Is
no wonder why Peter Elias say how he cyah get no money from “de government”
to prepare a respectable Miss Universe delegate. So for de first time in 16 years,
T&T fall off de map. Is no wonder I ent get no calls on Monday night from
all meh American friends telling me how they just see dey future wife on TV…
Miss Trinidad and Tobago make de top 15. But say wha… I guess building smelters
isn’t free. Plus
when people like Kamla Persad-Bissessar say how they get robbed on de mean
streets of Paris for the sum of $35,250.00 while on T&T business and of
de government reimburse her for her losses… well, we just can’t send
a pageant delegate every year… can we? And
of course let’s not forget all de time and money spent with Rowley and de
Integrity Commission over his Tobago estates, Rowley vs Kamla bout de Paris money
and then of course how can we forget Rowley vs Camille Robinson-Regis and de government
credit card for her medical and personal expenses. I really doh think it have
money Miss Universe. Oh
and well with 7 people dead from car crashes in the past 5 days, Minister Colm
Imbert estimates that the economy spends a whopping $125.17 million in road crashes
every year. $125.17 MILLION? I mean most of it is costing the private sector,
but still I sure that de government budget feeling some of de weight. I think
we should just forget about this Miss Universe thing for ah while? Pondering
opportunity cost,
Dr. Ram Dass
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