dem bruk Bolt house

[britisha]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

Wha di boxfoot di bruk whey dem bruk Bolt's house haffie duh wid all dem irrelevant mish mash yah?


<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 17pt">DEM BRUK DI GUY'S 'OUSE...MI WAAN FI KNOW HOW 'IM DUH...MI WAAN FI KNOW IF HIM INNAH ANY DANJAH,

MI WAAN FI HEAR WHA BABYLON A DUH BOUT IE, HIFF DEM KETCH DAH CRIMINAL[S]?</span></span>

[evanovitch]

MP's job is nation building, not lifelong pay cheque


<span style="font-weight: bold">
The job of MP in the 21st century is nation building, not a lifelong pay cheque</span>


Franklin Johnston

Friday, June 19, 2009

The MP's job is one of the finest and should be the aspiration of everyone who wishes to combine public service with a career or business. It should not be a job for life. The MP's job is vague. It needs no experience, no references, no qualifications, no competition and no specific duties, yet it is a top job. We must rescue it from lifetime &quot;thoughers&quot;, dust it off, make it transparent and open to all our sons and daughters. The current system is flawed and brings out the worst in MPs. We must change the system.


Please stop the &quot;cass-cass&quot; as to whether PM Manley or PM Seaga started which bank or agency. All the agencies were copied from abroad, none was an original idea. The closest to original was the literacy agency in the 70s which foreign nations came to study, clone or adapt. All seven prime ministers worked hard but we are still poor, so we must help PM number eight get it right. We are able to beg or borrow our way out of crisis. Are we able to work our way out? Emancipation and independence were gifts from the British - not a shot was fired in anger, and the JLP and PNP marked the cards to suit their game. The game must end now. I want to tell my grandchildren this: &quot;Our nation did this with our sweat and blood and so we prosper today.&quot; I think Bruce does too. Above all, I don't wish to depend on foreigners for food and I regret we are now fed by people who do not qualify to vote or be MP, and some don't even like us as we send ganja and criminals to them.

If you want to comfort the poor join a church, but if you want to empower the poor be an MP. The MP's job is serious work, but party choice of MPs hasn't worked in 47 years - we had &quot;roots&quot; and &quot;topanaris&quot; MPs, still we suffer. We have tens of thousands of graduates and it is unlikely we will again have an MP with no tertiary training. The job of MP must be promoted at career days and job fairs and people must join the party of their choice and work to create change while they get on with a career. The parties are the same, so spin a coin to choose one. Bruce and Portia both love people and neither hates money - same difference and both want to help the poor. After seven years in your career, take a break and offer yourself for office. Why sit on your verandah cussing when you could be MP? So what should the job of MP be in 2009 and beyond?

In times past the MP had to own land. Since Independence, we choose whom we like but it hasn't worked, so let's change tactics and choose an MP to fit the job. First, we define the MP's job, pay it well and open it to all citizens, not just party hacks. MPs won't have to scuffle; we will not disrespect them and we will get the best people for the job.

<span style="font-weight: bold">Today the MP's is a dream job for the following reasons:</span>

. They spend billions of dollars of our money yet we would not ask them to manage a bank, airline, the company we work for, or Kentucky Fried. Let's get real!

. Officially, the job requires around 100 days' work every year. What a steal!

. They decide their duties, set their work and do as much or as little as they like.

. They set their pay and terms - what joy! I wish we could do that!

. The job has no standards, ethics or legal code of conduct. This is the 21st century!

. The job has no end. The MP chooses if he leaves office or stays.

. The job is accountable to no one as the PM is just an MP and can be outvoted.

. <span style="font-style: italic">There is no job description for MP, minister, etc.
They just wing it!</span>The root of corruption is the system and we must bring the MPs in line with other jobs.

Next, what is a good context for Parliament in 2009? My scenario is as follows:

. We build big and small buildings, nothing memorable. Let's build a pentacle complex in Heroes Park to house Parliament and its staff.

. Revamp constituencies. An MP represents people, not acreage. By attrition, let's move to 43 MPs by 2015 -1 to 75,000 population (32,000 voting adults and 43,000 children, etc). This will give us better representation at lower costs.

. Assign MPs to committees of the House to work on long-range research, action and policy - to include foreign affairs, poverty eradication, security, food, innovation, health care, education, environment, business and special projects.

. An MP will have two core staff members - civil servants and graduate students in summer to assist with projects approved by the House.

. A head of research to advise and coordinate all Parliament's data assets, research, teams and projects - quality, methods, schedule, data sources, etc.

. A head of technology to advise and manage all Parliament's technology assets, IT, audio, video archives, MPs' official websites; their issues raised, committee work, research, reports, attendance and voting record; key speeches, etc.

. A job framework, Job description and a binding &quot;Good Practice Manual&quot; for MPs and ministers.
Except for free speech in the House, MPs must have no benefit or privilege (including tax and duty free) which citizens do not have.

What of the 21st century MP's job context? My scenario is as follows:

. The job needs no degrees, but governance in a modern state is not viable if MPs do not have a good knowledge base, solid experience and intelligent leadership.

. The job tenure should be three terms - maximum six, after a three-term break in the middle. When a person competes for the nomination (job) and loses, it also counts as a term. This way the ruthless do not use this ploy to frustrate new candidates. In time we may relax this.

. The MP's nomination should be moderated by modern systems and party selection committee. The nominee will join the party and subscribe to its rules and values.

. The government must fund party reform - using consultants as KPMG, fund core infrastructure (not campaigning); the MP's selection, Job description and record-keeping systems and procedures.

. In return for funding, parties will be audited - Government of Jamaica funds only, not funds raised by the party and of the party's procedures manuals and practices.

The MP's job is not &quot;goody-goody&quot; work. This approach has not worked for us in these 47 years we have run the nation, so let's go into the future different - businesslike yet caring. What then is the MP's work? Here are some key elements:

. To represent the views of constituents (not his personal views), and serve them as set out in the MP Code - which sets the minimum for constituency meetings, etc.

. To have a formal programme of committee work based on interest, need or expertise.

. To undergo a mandatory tax audit three years after leaving office. This is the final part of an MP's exit procedure. Service carries responsibilities. Some of these matters just need a decision by party leaders Bruce and Portia, not constitutional change. Which one will take the moral high ground? More anon!

<span style="font-style: italic">Dr Franklin Johnston is an international project manager with Teape-Johnston consultants, currently on assignment in the UK.
[email protected]</span>

[evanovitch]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">“ Just let me tell you something (yeah), to make everything come true, we gotta be together. (Yeah, yeah, yeah) and through the spirit of the Most High, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I, we're inviting a few leading people of the slaves to shake hands. . . To show the people that you love them right, to show the people that you gonna unite, show the people that you're over bright, show the people that everything is all right. Watch, watch, watch, what you're doing, because . . I mean, I'm not so good at talking but I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Well, I'm trying to say, could we have, could we have, up here onstage here the presence of Mr. Michael Manley and Mr. Edward Seaga. I just want to shake hands and show the people that we're gonna make it right, we're gonna unite, we're gonna make it right, we've got to unite . The moon is high over my head, and I give my love instead. The moon is high over my head, and I give my love instead.” </div></div>

sung to the tune of Jammin

[evanovitch]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wha di boxfoot di bruk whey dem bruk Bolt's house haffie duh wid all dem irrelevant mish mash yah?


<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 17pt">DEM BRUK DI GUY'S 'OUSE...MI WAAN FI KNOW HOW 'IM DUH...MI WAAN FI KNOW IF HIM INNAH ANY DANJAH,

MI WAAN FI HEAR WHA BABYLON A DUH BOUT IE, HIFF DEM KETCH DAH CRIMINAL[S]?</span></span> </div></div>

<span style="font-style: italic">as anodda boardite posted</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">&quot;Dis sound like wan ah dem heated discussions/debate wi use fi hav ah yawd, dung ah di street cana shop, under di big lincomvite(sp) tree, ah katch pan wan tree legged stool</span>. &quot;

so u can see ,some memba one way, some memba anodda...but is all good dont

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

Good post Evan.

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Doc a coulden Seaga u seh neva wan blks fi run di party r di country,cause u a task like is him stawt di pawty rada dan grow so find it already a run </div></div> Well he didn't want then to starve. He simply wanted them to have enough that that theycould keep voting for him and his party.But never to be the leader of theparty or the country As for the economy? That is for the 'business class' as in classical darmian/evolutionary theory. 'states that certain abillity is pased on genetically' and ther is no way to aquire it by learning.

[evanovitch]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Good post Evan. </div></div>


is di participants who mek it so...

[evanovitch]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Doc a coulden Seaga u seh neva wan blks fi run di party r di country,cause u a task like is him stawt di pawty rada dan grow so find it already a run </div></div> Well he didn't want then to starve. He simply wanted them to have enough that that theycould keep voting for him and his party.But never to be the leader of theparty or the country As for the economy? That is for the 'business class' as in classical darmian/evolutionary theory. 'states that certain abillity is pased on genetically' and ther is no way to aquire it by learning. </div></div>

Doc , u eva read him speech...dat speech...di formative speech so to speak dat mek Busta tek notice of him? cause if u had, mi no tink u would type wat u type

[Dyoll_73]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wha di boxfoot di bruk whey dem bruk Bolt's house haffie duh wid all dem irrelevant mish mash yah?


<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 17pt">DEM BRUK DI GUY'S 'OUSE...MI WAAN FI KNOW HOW 'IM DUH...MI WAAN FI KNOW IF HIM INNAH ANY DANJAH,

MI WAAN FI HEAR WHA BABYLON A DUH BOUT IE, HIFF DEM KETCH DAH CRIMINAL[S]?</span></span> </div></div>

Well, the house-breaking was talked about in the first, maybe, half of the thread, but then it 'branched out' as usual. We know he wasn't hurt; he wasn't there. It's a possibility they may return to finish up; such is the way things go on the rock. They haven't caught the burglars yet.

Still, sometimes the topic 'branching out' is only natural since it may encompass other aspects of Jamaican life that may have some bearing on the whole incident which started the thread - the root causes of criminality in Jamaica, the political culture in which it thrives, the inability of the political directorate to formulate and implement meaningful reforms, the destructive forces and personalities, the apologists for corruption and mediocrity. All of these are relevant.

[britisha]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Humano</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wha di boxfoot di bruk whey dem bruk Bolt's house haffie duh wid all dem irrelevant mish mash yah?


<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 17pt">DEM BRUK DI GUY'S 'OUSE...MI WAAN FI KNOW HOW 'IM DUH...MI WAAN FI KNOW IF HIM INNAH ANY DANJAH,

MI WAAN FI HEAR WHA BABYLON A DUH BOUT IE, HIFF DEM KETCH DAH CRIMINAL[S]?</span></span> </div></div>

Well, the house-breaking was talked about in the first, maybe, half of the thread, but then it 'branched out' as usual. We know he wasn't hurt; he wasn't there. It's a possibility they may return to finish up; such is the way things go on the rock. They haven't caught the burglars yet.

Still, sometimes the topic 'branching out' is only natural since it may encompass other aspects of Jamaican life that may have some bearing on the whole incident which started the thread - the root causes of criminality in Jamaica, the political culture in which it thrives, the inability of the political directorate to formulate and implement meaningful reforms, the destructive forces and personalities, the apologists for corruption and mediocrity. All of these are relevant.

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thanks mi fren, but Saviah Devine, some smaddie can deh pan di wan same scale soh? A senility or wha?

Ah divert from discussion an a chat pere faawt?

Agen, mi haff a strong feeling seh dis is why wi cannot progress a yaawd, for oftentimes wi naah deal wid di same focus...some a chat coffee while oddas a chat tea...Nutt'n noh goh soh !!

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Humano</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: britisha</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wha di boxfoot di bruk whey dem bruk Bolt's house haffie duh wid all dem irrelevant mish mash yah?


<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 17pt">DEM BRUK DI GUY'S 'OUSE...MI WAAN FI KNOW HOW 'IM DUH...MI WAAN FI KNOW IF HIM INNAH ANY DANJAH,

MI WAAN FI HEAR WHA BABYLON A DUH BOUT IE, HIFF DEM KETCH DAH CRIMINAL[S]?</span></span> </div></div>

Well, the house-breaking was talked about in the first, maybe, half of the thread, but then it 'branched out' as usual. We know he wasn't hurt; he wasn't there. It's a possibility they may return to finish up; such is the way things go on the rock. They haven't caught the burglars yet.

Still, sometimes the topic 'branching out' is only natural since it may encompass other aspects of Jamaican life that may have some bearing on the whole incident which started the thread - the root causes of criminality in Jamaica, the political culture in which it thrives, the inability of the political directorate to formulate and implement meaningful reforms, the destructive forces and personalities, the apologists for corruption and mediocrity. All of these are relevant.

</div></div>

thanks mi fren, but Saviah Devine, some smaddie can deh pan di wan same scale soh? A senility or wha?

Ah divert from discussion an a chat pere faawt?

Agen, mi haff a strong feeling seh dis is why wi cannot progress a yaawd, for oftentimes wi naah deal wid di same focus...some a chat coffee while oddas a chat tea...Nutt'n noh goh soh !!

</div></div><span style="font-size: 14pt">
Why you don't create you own board and stop harrassing the poster on here.
this is about posting their free xpression. of you want to do focus discussion you can create your own board for that purpose, or join a focus group. in the FTP section of the internet.
taken from the board rules,&quot;<span style="font-weight: bold">This board is not a public place. It is not the front of your local city hall, neither is it the streets in front of your home, nor is it a public university campus where you have a right to free speech. </span> </span>

[Fyah]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

LOL!

[evanovitch]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

Am confused as to what is the problem at this late stage... We even a go argue wen a post go tru widdout di usual warring and war juss fi mek sure seh records r kept intact re suss. ...saviah divine

[Dr.Dudd]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Am confused as to what is the problem at this late stage... We even a go argue wen a post go tru widdout di usual warring and war juss fi mek sure seh records r kept intact re suss. ...saviah divine </div></div>
It is not enough that we don't have personal attacks on your opinions. It is nonw broadened to the way we expressnit, including spelling and grammar.

[britisha]

Re: dem bruk Bolt house

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
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Why you don't create you own board and stop harrassing the poster on here.
this is about posting their free xpression. of you want to do focus discussion you can create your own board for that purpose, or join a focus group. in the FTP section of the internet.
taken from the board rules,&quot;[b]This board is not a public place. It is not the front of your local city hall, neither is it the streets in front of your home, nor is it a public university campus where you have a right to free speech. </div></div>

A yuh diss apply tuh...a yuh a di wan a go rung an harrass odda posters...look like wha mui seh bun yuheen?

Poah ting.