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"Politics has it's own Morality..." - Basdeo Panday In many regards this statement is true, for to be a Politician in Trinidad and Tobago, one must give up independent thought in favour of the greater "good".

Colm Imbert in an interview published Aug 15, 2010 in the Trinidad Guardian admitted he was unhappy with the property tax but never publically stated his  objection because he "...was part of a group"

In case you missed it, there's a big leak in the Gulf of Mexico that has begun to cause a lot of problems for wildlife and the American economy - and American lives. We view it at a distance here, almost certain that the leak could never actually hit Trinidad or Tobago.

My perspective shifted when I realized I was a year older than the appointed Attorney General. There's a line from John Mayer's 'Waiting On The World To Change'  that sprang to mind:

...One day our generation Is gonna rule the population ...

UNC candidate, Mr Jack Warner, has questioned the late withdrawal by the management of the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS) of its permission to use NALIS’s Port-of-Spain branch for the People's Partnership manifesto launch today at 10:30 a.m.  He claimed that the permission was withdrawn after NALIS accepted the UNC's formal application for the use of its faciliti

The revelation in Trinidad and Tobago Newspapers that Calder Hart had was part of a criminal investigation as of September, 2009, casts some question as to whether the man holding the office of Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, is indeed an honest man as his pastor alleges.

The happenings here in Trinidad and Tobago, now with (or without) Hart and with (or without) Property Tax Reform and with (or without) a true change in Opposition, amongst the happenings in my personal life, have me in the frame of mind where I am compelled to write about the elephant - or in T&T, the Manicou - in the middle of the room.

Inertia.

Yesterday, I took some people down to the Siparia District Revenue Office to get part of their form required for water connection filled out. And the office was closed. A sign on the door said that the Siparia District Revenue Office we were at would be closed as of December 31st, 2009 and told people to go visit the Siparia District Revenue Office - without any form of direction. It ends up that the office wasn't closed, but the sign is there to confuse people.

When I got an email this morning with the title of 'Unacceptable' from Raul Bermudez, through the main computing email list of Trinidad and Tobago, I wondered what it could be this time. There are plenty of things that I believe should be considered unacceptable in Trinidad and Tobago. Rather than list those, I'll get to the meat of the email.