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Jamaica's Political Debate On Corruption

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SO funny, listening and reading post from Diehard-Diehearted supporters of both political parties, debating with each other about who is more corrupt. Most Jamaicans are not offended by corruption, these people have no principled stance on corruption. What they are offended by, is corruption that was carried out by the party they do not support. Corruption is only real if it is done by the party they do not support else it is an oversight, a mistake to be ignored. Each diehard-dieheart supporter can list in great details each and every corrupt events that was carried out by the opposing party, even quantifying and qualifying the level of corruption if need be. You will hear things like,  “Well we only stole 1 million and your party stole 2 million, so that proves your party is the bigger crook and far more corrupt". WTF!! It takes a certain level of mental retardation to get to this level madness without shame. This is like two rapist accusing each other about who raped a g...

$60 Million on High End Luxury Vehicles

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I can understand a person being outrage out of principle but I dislike when people have selective outrage based purely on political bias. The outrage that manifest itself because one party did something wrong should be the same outrage expressed when the party you support is also guilty of the same crime. You cannot defend almshouse when it is being done by your party but is outrage over the same almshouse when the other party does it, which is just pure hypocrisy and almshouse. One thing I pride myself on is the fact that I am governed by a certain set of core principles that are guided by a well established ideology. I do not adjusted my principles or ideology to match the views of any political party, I am not blinded by some form of partisan  or “diehardism”... I have been on this earth long enough to know when the political class is trying to take me for a fool. This is a game played by the Political class, a game which I simply refuse to play. A couple weeks ago it...

Journalistic Responsibility and Nation Building

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For Old Time Sake One of the best things I have done on Facebook is to unlike the Jamaican news reporting page OG.NR or as I like to call it “On the Ground Bad News Report”, as a result my phone inbox and Facebook wall is now free from constant 100% bombardment of Bad disgusting negative news about Jamaica and Jamaicans, I now only get my news, when I want my news and on my terms. On examination of OG.NR’s Facebook history/timeline, I found the following: In May of 2010 OG.NR was founded  In that year there was 1428 murders but OG.NR did not report on any In 2011 there was 1124 murders but OG.NR still did not report on any In 2012 after the General Election OG.NR became a murder by murder reporting dynamo  On The Ground Partisan News Reporting shaping Hearts and Minds for the Next General Election, I really do hate when hypocrisy tries to pass itself off as something else. Honest and Open Journalism to me is about bringing the truth to light, informin...