Ole people running things again

De army gat a new head. And some people happy and some people vex. If yuh knowwhatahmean.

But why Guyanese gat to be like dat? Why all of we can’t be happy when somebody get a deserved promotion? Why demgattobeotherconsiderationswahdoes mekwehappyorsad?

WhendeOppositionwasinpower,dem used to be critical of de HapNU+ Hay Eff See employing too many retired army persons.NowwelearningdatdePeePeePee Cee government gan be finding jobs fuh some of dem persons wah retired from de army Sowhatdatmean?

Dem nah gat no young person who can dodejob?

DemrecentlyhadprotestinParisoverde fact that de government reset de retirement age.Somepeoplevexbecausedemsehhow it mean dem gan retire later than dem planned and dem want enjoy dem last days andnahgattowuk.

But in Guyana is de opposite. We gat people wah working till dem could hardly walk, see or lose dem memory And both governmentsdoingdis.

It remind dem boys of de man wah turn 75 and decided he can’t play golf anymore becauseheeyesightwasfailing.

He wife advise him to take along her brother since even though he was 85 years old, he had perfect eyesight. The man decidedtodothatandafterthefirstshot,he turned to his brother-in-law and asked him, “Didyouseewheretheballwent?”

“Sure!”saysthe85yearoldbrother-inlaw

“Wherediditgo?”askedtheman

“Ican’tremember,”saidthebrother-inlaw or undertaking increased road traffic campaigns Technology rather than the police will make a greater difference.

Talkhalf.Leffhalf!

But the problem can be improved when all commuters who have to use public transport assert themselves and demand better because they are payingforit.

No minibus driver is

Doing Anyone A Favour

Those who travel by public transport are paying for a service and they should insistwhentheyseeavehicle speeding that the driver slowsdown.

Unless we can have this change in thinking, we will not end the terrible carnage onourroadways.Youcannot heal the body without healingthemind.

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