Meow for Friday, June 18, 2010

Presently, as I write this, Trinidad's tenth Parliament is opening. The tV screen here in the office which, till now, showed the current football matches from the World Cup in South Africa, is now showing the opening of this Parliament. In an unexpected political upset the ruling party was put out... Sign in to see full entry.

As Gardner is executed we might wonder why its necessary to kill prisoners for the sake of justice when they might be spending their lives in jail anyway for whatever they did. I guess the main reason is prevention. If people know they can be killed for killing others they may not be so quick to... Sign in to see full entry.

Obama made a speech at Carnegie Mellon that smacks of something I know well. A government that doesn't agree with private business. Its the same thing here in Trinidad, where I live. In his efforts to identify himself with the people he makes it all too personal and comes off with something... Sign in to see full entry.