Sunday, October 17, 2010
The Belize Times
Strictly Personal Barrow is bogus!
by glenntillett@yahoo.com I was told this week that my political opponent and talk show h o s t c o m p e t i t o r S e n a t o r Ju l i e t T himbrel is threatening to do me violence because she was told that I spoke disrespectfully about her on Vibes Radio Morning Buzz last week Friday. It would be ironic if that were the case, that is if were a case of the kettle calling the pot black as the old folks like to say, but that is actually far from the really real. The irony is that in my remarks I sincerely wished her well, twice, because I knew she had ch e cke d i n t o B e l i z e H e a l t h c a r e Partners Limited and was receiving treatment for a medical condition I refused to disclose despite the impor tuning of the members of the panel present that mor ning. I defended her right to privacy as a matter of principle but I did point out that even though she and others members of the United D e m o c r a t i c Pa r t y “ b a d m o u t h ” BHPL, they seem to have no hesitancy in availing themselves of its ser vices. Ye s, Ju l i e t , I s a i d i t w a s hypocritical for you, Dean Barrow, Finneg an, Rueben Campus, et al, to be bad-mouthing BHPL because you g o there for treatment. I did not, however, call you names or spoke of you in a disrespectful manner. See, I respect myself too much to join you down there in that gutter. I sincerely wished you a full and speedy recover y because I am a compassionate person, and hope that whatever ails you is cured. It is public knowledge and no telling of tales out of school that you are obese, and I mention it simply because as a fellow citizen it is my hope that you could set an example for many others and do something about it. You may even be morbidly obese and therefore it could be an urg ent situation. O b e s i t y i s a h u g e a n d g r ow i n g problem in Belize, and you could use your tar t tongue and rancid attitude to do some real g ood for a change by exhor ting others to check themselves. I am not surprised that you are fulminating and issuing threats – I would’ve been surprised had y o u n o t . T h a t ’s t h e U D P w a y.
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Threats, accusations, alleg ations, insults, lies - those are your party’s propag andists stock in trade, and you all do it ver y well. I have lost count of the number times I have been threatened with violence by some member or suppor ter of the UDP. It is to be expected and I have little doubt that you all will tr y ag ain, ag ain, to do me physical damage. T h is is o n e mor e r easo n why I say Dean Bar row is bogus. H e s e t s t h e t o n e. H e l e a d s o f f with that attitude and you all follow him. He proudly displays his lack of compassion, and gladly eschews civility when he refers to his political opponents. He calls us “enemies” and often swears that he will “destroy” us. Is it any wonder that Belizean society is so
violent? I w i l l c o n t i nu e t o d e f e n d myself with ever y fiber of my being, and I will fight to my ver y last breath to restore decency and civility to a society g one mad, where g oonish behavior is the order of the day.
27 Ag ain, I wish you a full and speedy recover y, not only to g ood physical health, but also to g ood mental and emotional health as well ‘cause from where I sit, unnu people all need fu g et unnu head checked. Bar row is bogus.