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Re: End the political gimmickry with constitutional reform

edjohnson — Wed, 14 May 2025 15:59:11 -0000

The persons who set and create; the politicians; the over riding rules of conduct for the people in society and for the living of their life, do so in a "gimmickry" manner. Who benefits ! This is a wake up call - structure of governance - the people who do so - POLITICIANS - yes - a wake up call ! Pay attention VOTERS !

Re: Ruling party should speak the truth on borrowing

edjohnson — Tue, 13 May 2025 10:32:22 -0000

Yes - clarity is required ! so one has borrowed - has one borrowed all from within the nation or outside - and if within, from a business that is owned by foreigners or from a business owned by local wealthy persons or a business owned by local share owners. Yes - complication need clarity !

Re: From benefits to bank accounts

edjohnson — Sat, 10 May 2025 12:25:29 -0000

May i interfere - instead of PATH say PATEAS - Program of advancement through education and serving (employment) - put education up front - everything begins there - mental - cognitive - THOUGHTS ! SORRY FOR THIS INTEFERENCE ! !

Re: ‘Keep up the good work’

edjohnson — Sat, 10 May 2025 11:54:22 -0000

Killing is the thing - even if the wrong person is killed - sad ! Sad ! ! SAD ! ! ! - there is work to be done !

Re: Editorial | Disclose the money

edjohnson — Thu, 08 May 2025 09:17:12 -0000

yes ! Yes ! ! YES ! ! ! Time cum fi dat ! What then is an open democracy, or indeed a democracy is all about - for the monied and upper class - the survival of the fittest and the fittest is has to do with the size of the money pocket ! This should be part of a new order !

Re: ‘Contradiction of transition’

edjohnson — Wed, 07 May 2025 11:04:24 -0000

The spirituality now of governance is "oppose ! and oppose ! ! and oppose ! ! ! " and that has to be part of the changes. This could be done now by just saying all of Parliament is Government and is nature and life and living of a plurality , that of a majority and a minority. The world is round, isn't it !. Fix that little thing - Government - majority and minority - then go to the others ! Take it from there and see then what happens. Food for thoughts !

Re: Falling murder rates: JFJ can’t have its cake and eat it too

edjohnson — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:56:45 -0000

Dons care for criminals - what is the role of JFJ - care for citizens one suppose - criminals or civil - the role needs to be clear

Re: Editorial | Patois, education, Miss Lou

edjohnson — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 14:55:57 -0000

Suppose one started to spend more money on teaching the "henglish" language in schools now and the parents who talk "patois"; what would be the effect?. More people get work - BPO; more parents can feed their children and less become criminals; more can talk with more people all over the world; and get "odder" type of jobs than he BPO ones; soon and soon no need to teach "patois"; and money saved in government spending and using "dat" money for "odder tings" - like even how to do better road fixing !. Why not go down the road and start teaching "di henglish nuw ! Nuw ! ! NUW ! ! ! " Thoughts i share !

Re: Is a republic worth it?

edjohnson — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:42:57 -0000

Could the Constitutional Reform Committee agree on these three simple points - first that they will work together like what the IMF earlier said and as parallel EPOC. Recall how it fixed a bit the nation money problem ?!Next the Committee will set it up that Government and is made up of both parties, and next that "government" is made up of " majority and minority". That can can be done and step by step move forward like as how the money situation is not cured but things have got a bit better. ROME was not built in a day - Republic or whatever !Start there and take it step by step ! TOGETHER

Re: Stop ‘dutty’ up Jamaica!

edjohnson — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:20:32 -0000

The nice person people who are providing the rules of conduct within which the others will live their lives use so much of their psychic energies diminishing each other so much so that they have little or no time or energy to have positive things done - certainly not rules of conduct as to how to keep the place clean. Hope springs eternal though and perhaps just perhaps a miracle will happen !

Re: More export growth of yam possible

edjohnson — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 09:05:37 -0000

When one read articles about the possibilities for the nation one gets a bid sad as the people that govern the nation use their psychic energies to "lik dung an fite one annada " rather than to use this to see how to build on what there is. The governors - the representatives - do not use their energies to get places like CASE and RADA to help Farmers to live a good and even better life ! - all this based on what we have here on earth - from our soil - earth.

Re: The politics of nastiness

edjohnson — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:12:44 -0000

The nastiness in politics arises from the fact that persons that seek to serve the nation, because they are of a lesser group ; political/party perspective ; than those of others, they are considered as opposition, them then becoming, hypocrites. Change that and call them the Minority, - be neutral- and later, soon enough in serving they will be objective and not nasty hypocrites !. Is the earth round or is it flat ? Begin from there and then both work out how best to work - POSITIVELY and OBJECTIVELY not HYPOCRITICALLY and NASTILY how to do things - and run the country - UP - and not down into the ground !

Re: TARIFF PIVOT

edjohnson — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:16:09 -0000

Three million to serve three hundred million how is this to be done ? by trying to be the cheapest or by showing off the best of what we have to the perhaps the one million there?. And consider this too, that which the 3 million have is quite nicer than what is to be found in that 300 million people place. And lets go further, why worry with that 300m and not go to other places of about 3000m and seek to serve those there. Consider that strategic move !

Re: ‘Let’s overcome the superman and superwoman theory’

edjohnson — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 09:28:18 -0000

Longer life for all, so longer working life. No automatic pension now at 65 yrs. Life span world wide is longer - work life is longer - suspend pension time - make the time you go on pension flexible - if you wish - make the pension time related to the life span of people over the world - work this out - TIME COME " fi dat"
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Re: Towards uniting all black people

edjohnson — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:06:50 -0000

United States of Africa - that's okay; but don't forget this; the first of human beings - homo-sapiens - was seen in Africa, million or so years ago, then they moved out to different places and got different colours and type of hair and things like that. Keep this sort of thing in mind when one is working out this United States of Africa ! - thoughts as one press along - Africa - the cradle for all of us now on earth - all of us "GOD'S" CHILDREN - whichever "GOD"

Re: Jamaican coffee grower recognised by IICA as Leader of Rurality of the Americas

edjohnson — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:13:31 -0000

"Man mus eat a food" - so go to school - learn to "reed an rite" and to "plant a food" - Agriculture is at the doorsteps for each and every one - in J A. Coffee, pimento ; ganja for anti-depression pills", - "guh deh - guh deh" - these ones on top of the food things - there are things to be done; serving in J A at ones doorstep and then the world !

Re: The death of political incrementalism

edjohnson — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 11:47:08 -0000

Ja of 3m people and so many of the top of the line products to serve 0ver 3 billion people and yet we are not doing too well in the matter. This is first and foremost because we use our psychic energies fighting and licking down each other rather than doing things together and next we never think positively of our self and things, and then use our energies to meet the nicer 300 million people over the world and serve them and then ourselves. That could be the way to go ! Start by stoppling the licking down and use the energies to work together and serve the 300m. Better will come !

Re: Jamaica’s next chapter

edjohnson — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 06:07:43 -0000

Interesting - the PNP has " C H A N G E" and the J L P now has " A S P I R E" - "TINGS A GWAAN " Interesting times ! - ideas , plans and programs - respect is now being given to the people and it is not now "no better herring, no better barrel" - the penny is dropping !Things and times " C H A N G E"

Re: PM gets first national ID

edjohnson — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:16:20 -0000

The basic idea of a NID is good - and for each and everyone - and to walk with it. Upgrading and evolving can perhaps make it even better - but i is a good start and for each and everyone !

Re: Revive Jamaica’s dying cattle industry

edjohnson — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:13:21 -0000

Endeavors to grow what we eat and eat what we grow is always a good basis for serving and being served ! - AGRICULTURE - FARMING ' - all of us must "eat a food" so why don't do that and share what we grow when we eat !When one reflects that what we can grow also is also so special, then to share this with others outside of the nation we really will be into something great - start with the cattle for ourselves if wish - but get on with this !

Re: Basil Jarrett | Restorative what? Jamaica’s peace programme deserves a new name

edjohnson — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:49:59 -0000

Try this name - "Community Counsellor" start from there - try that - the idea is a good one ! "Restorative Justice" - too "highfaluting" and complicated for we small minded and quarrelsome "smaddies" - precisely why we a quarrel so much ! Perhaps the J P's can help in this ! - a thought !

Re: Editorial | Begin nuclear discussion

edjohnson — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 05:39:47 -0000

Okay - yes , lets begin. Nuclear is quite risky and dangerous - and for a great deal out of our control. Use money for that for solar, less risky and and dangerous and for a great deal in our control. My contribution to the discussion !

Re: Should Tacky be elevated to National Hero status?

edjohnson — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:34:18 -0000

In all of this , how does "reparation" now sit. He Takyi, sold others down the river and then came over too !. Perhaps one need to start selling / trading Jcn things to Africa; not now "human capital", but other things like Blue Mountain Coffee. Thoughts ! to move on with !

Re: Chief justice scolds PSOJ over Emancipendence proposal

edjohnson — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:21:31 -0000

Lump them together - not five but six straight days of carousing and gallivanting ! - a sort of six day holiday week - even better than Chrismus ! - that is the way to go to celebrate "JAMAICA" let Jamaicans come home and be with each other and other people from elsewhere , joining in the gallivanting and carousing ! more money - tourism !

Re: Kristen Gyles | Homelessness doesn’t mean hopelessness

edjohnson — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:39:10 -0000

Perhaps and this many many years ago,such persons should first of all taken from the streets and placed somewhere and this for 30 days and a full check up on them be done and within some government policy and program be dealt with accordingly - naturally a civilized society would - and its government then have some sort that would help the weak when one is strong and another to help those that fall by the wayside ! This is the nation after all these years - one understands the low voting !