Hiatus part 2

I won't be blogging for a while.
Thanks, for reading thus far...and see you all on the return. :)
Ciao.

Cookie Jar

And I would turn on the TV, but it's so embarrassing,
To see all the other people, I don't know what they mean.
And it was magic at first when they spoke without sound,
But now this world is gonna hurt.
You'd better turn that thing down.
Turn it around.

"Well, it wasn't me," says the boy with the gun,
"Sure I pulled the trigger, but it needed to be done,
Because life's been killing me ever since it begun.
You can't blame me, 'cuz I’m too young."

"You can't blame me; sure the killer was my son,
But I didn't teach him to pull the trigger of the gun.
It's the killing on this TV screen.
You can't blame me; it's those images he's seen."

"Well, you can't blame me," says the media man,
"Well I wasn't the one who came up with the plan.
And I just point my camera what the people want to see.
Man, it's a two-way mirror and you can't blame me."

"You can't blame me," says the singer of the song
Or the maker of the movie which he bases life on.
"It's only entertainment and as anyone can see,
Its smoke machines and make up man, you can't fool me."

It was you, it was me, it was every man.
We've all got the blood on our hands.
We only receive what we demand,
And if we want hell, then hell's what we'll have.

And I would turn on the TV, but it's so embarrassing.
To see all the other people, don't even know what they mean
And it was magic at first, but let everyone down,
And now this world's gonna hurt.
You'd better turn it around.
Turn it around.

Cookie Jar - Jack Johnson

Chained

It's so hard to get up when someone constantly drubs you in the back with a sledgehammer. You wonder how you'll make your escape when there is a reprieve, only to realise you are chained to the spot, and cannot.

May I someday find strength enough to break my chains.

Honesty

It's ironic: we spend so much time extolling the virtue of honesty, and demanding that others be honest with us; but, spend so little time being honest with ourselves. It is refreshing when you're able to be brutally honest with yourself about your nature and accept who you really are.

The Financial Gleaner in Nevis writes:
"Caribbean Star Airlines Wednesday announced a series of cost-cutting measures including a reduction in staff under its merger with the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT. The airline, owned by Texan billionaire, Sir Allen Stanford, said it would trim its current fleet by four aircraft and reduce its staff of 470 by 40 per cent. It said the changes would have taken effect February 1, the same day the airline enters into the new merger arrangement with LIAT."

BBC Caribbean writes:
"The change did bring bad news for many Caribbean Star employees. 40 percent (over 180) members of the carrier's 470 staffers will lose their jobs.

But the Antigua based airline, which is owned by the wealthy American investor Allen Stanford, say the workers will continue to receive pay and benefits until the end of February.

'Caribbean Star trimmed its fleet by four aircraft on January 15, 2007 and reduced its flight operations to better correspond with the smaller fleet size', the airline said in a statement."

The Barbados Nation writes:
"Barbadians will not have to bear any "shortcomings" that may result from the merger of Caribbean Star and LIAT. Minister of Tourism Noel Lynch offered this assurance yesterday while giving details of how the new airline would be financed.

"The deal is not completed yet and what you are going to find, Mr Deputy Speaker, is that there's going to be a buy-out of (Caribbean) Star's assets. But initially, to be able to create an airline, LIAT Star or LIAT Caribbean Star, we needed $55 million to be able to put it back on its right footing," Lynch explained.

He told the House an additional $25 million was needed for the purchase of three planes and start-up capital for the new airline."

(Bold-face added by me for emphasis.)

So you mean to tell me that when they were negotiating with Caribbean Star, and developed the plan for the reduced fleet, that no one thought to keep the 4 aircraft that Caribbean Star would have had to get rid of - fhe four newest DHC8's in the region; the four most fuel efficient aircraft in the fleet; the aircraft with vibration and noise cancelling abilities? You mean to tell me that AFTER Star returned the planes, you now want 25 million to BUY planes?

Ya know, maybe I don't have all the details, but to the average observer without that esoteric knowledge, this looks assinine.

Mr. Anderson

Each time I watch the Matrix trilogy, I'm blown away by its brilliance.

Isms

- The guys went into Xtreme to celebrate Antonio's birthday on Saturday (happy birthday again b!), and it was AWESOME! Dibbyness can't dun! Now I'm itching to hit Midweek Madness.

- Letters to a Christian Nation is one of the most entertaining critiques of Christian extremists that I have read in a while! Kudos to Sam Harris.

- All the West Indies cricket team needs is to play with some consistency. They've got the talent; they just need to show it more often!