July 20, 2008
Big issues July 13, 2008
Listing to the “big issues” of Sunday 6th July 2008, I observed that there was a total absence of any evidence of creative thinking by any of the participants, except one. No one can deny that they were well educated, but education like many good things in life has its “side effects.” Some educated persons view the way they learned to do things as the correct way and as a result do not realize that their “correct way” might only be one of several ways, and that there could be a better way. One of the participants who is not afraid to step outside the box, who is not afraid of tearing away the often arbitrary rules that others have set for him, who is not afraid to ask either “why” or “why not” whenever confronted with the way “everyone” does things, tried to get the others to reason things rationally. To my surprise and disappointment the host would have none of that and quickly put an end to another attempted “mental jail break.” The emancipated one tried to tell the others that it is unacceptable that after the government has been elected [ we do not in fact elect any government. We elect parliamentary representatives. The parliament elects the prime minister, and the prime minister selects the cabinet, which does the governing] the people should be powerless to prevent the government taking a certain course of action, even when that action was not in the nations interest. Another panellist expressed the view that the present situation was satisfactory because a government could be changed at election time. The emancipated one said the thought of having to wait up to five years to stop an abuse of power frightened him. The narrow minded one replied that what frightened him was the thought of giving more power to the people because he could envision a situation where a referendum would be held every week. Real power can be given to the people and many of our political problems solved if the following proposals are implemented, and there might not be the need for even one referendum. One: Each constituency should choose its own representative without outside interference. I if this policy had been in place, the outcome of the last election in All Saints would have gone differently because Ralph Francis came across as being honest decent and intelligent. However as is customary the mental slaves voted how their masters instructed them to vote. Some were even instructed not to vote and they did not vote. Two: This person should only hold this position as long as those who voted for them want them to. Three: No representative should introduce a bill to parliament before and unless their constituents have given their consent. Four: Before a vote is taken in parliament each constituency should discuss the proposed legislation. They should then instruct their representative how to vote. Five: A representative should not have any other job, when they are not in parliament they should be in their constituency office interacting with their people. Six: To facilitate this process each constituency should have it’s own low power FM transmitter and its own website where each person could have their own web page or pages. Seven: Government should operate the way the business community operates, with each department headed by a manager appointed by parliament on the advise of the electorate. Eight: The performance of these managers should be monitored by parliament and the people kept informed. If the people are satisfied with their performance there would be no need to remove them from office before retirement age. However if the people are not satisfied they could be removed at anytime. Rupert E. Henry
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