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**Fire Merchant** » 2012-03-08 12:15

This press release is of the lowest low. It represents a kind of callous and uncouth thinking not fitting of a person in the high office of the PM. Why would PM BS allow anyone to release a Press Statment with his approval that protray such witlessness, senselessness and beastly content?

Does the PM understand the words that are being used on his behalf? I know he is from Gray-Green but those people may be poor but they brighter than that. Merchant is an idiot to allow this Press Release to go into the public domain. It's a total shame of media finesse and strategic savvy. Fire Merchant PM BS

**ship engines** » 2012-03-08 01:06

Rusting because sea water went through them.

**my way of helping** » 2012-03-08 00:01

you are a mercenary if you picket for what you believe to be moral and right, disclosure of information.

Because you went to jail, you have no moral and legal right to demand disclosure, honesty, and transparency. wow.

**uk/Anu jm fstudent** » 2012-03-07 22:28

Correction: "its honorary degree..."

**Lankie Louie** » 2012-03-07 19:43

Dear UPP politicians,

If you care for the well-being of Prime Minister Spencer and your party, I suggest you form an intervention to get him away from his Chinese comrades. They are a bad influence. Before you know it, he will start carrying a little red book and banishing critics to the island of Redonda for reeducation and 15 years hard labor.

Yours Truly,

Lanky Louie

**UK/ANU JmFStudent** » 2012-03-07 18:30

His doctorate is an honorary degree and not an earned one...I do not know why that Canadian university chose to devalue it's honorary degree awards programme...

**Joe Public** » 2012-03-07 16:32

I would put it to you BS, that not only are you seemingly suffering from intellectual impoverishment, but also intellectual mendicancy; because when you go cap in hand to people within your party begging for big words to insult people, you are clearly unable to apply those words in their correct context.

This Man have big Doctorate and call figures so;

"On the 5th of the 5th month. which is may, am I correct"? "Eighty eight million, zero five zero, zero zero zero point zero zero."
B.S. you are a disgrace to the position of Prime Minister, furthermore you are a disgrace to yourself and most importantly; to the state of Antigua and Barbuda.

**Joe Public** » 2012-03-07 16:19

B.S. really issued a statement that protesters are "mercenaries and convicted criminals"?

This coming from a PM who refused to let the current Minister of National Security step down as he is fitting to be sued by the U.S. Who sees no need for an investigation as to how and why special warrants were used to bleed the treasury of funds for the numerous fencing and building scandals.
This from the guy who threatens to sue because his involvement in the generator scandal is slowly being revealed, whilst on the other hand he has seen to it that none of his Ministers of Finance have brought any audited accounts to the Parliament.

Remind us B.S, who exactly you're referring to as mercenaries and convicted criminals?

**marco polo** » 2012-03-07 14:39

Article and posts!!!!! Have to love democracy!!!!! March on "comrades"!! Democracy is inherently messy and inconvenient (and the worse system of government there is (except for all the others)!

**PLM** » 2012-03-07 14:28

Microwave Chef,

Dull, Null, Void, Evil, Bird…

Homms? You’ve been watching CNN again? Just make sure you nah bun de fungi. The ALP rent-a-marchers are an assorted collection of greedy mendicants, neer-do-wells, knaves, and yes jail birds. They are a perpetual embar**ment.

**Jumbee Picknee** » 2012-03-07 13:46

CHINA, THE NEW SOUTH AFRICA of the 21st Century...they
are no different than the BRITISH of the 15th - 20th Centuries, no different than the SPANISH of the 14th - 17th Centuries, no different than the AMERICANS of the 17th - 20th Centuries, no different than the PORTUGESE, FRENCH in their long term goal for
colonization/globalization. Alkebulan (african-ku**e)
decent are always the victims, and more often than not, it's our own whom we trust,usually sells us out.

FREE THE DALAI LAMA, CHINA FREE TIBET, FREE THE DALAI LAMA, CHINA FREE TIBET...THE DALAI LAMA the 21st Century NELSON MANDELLA.

**Microwave chef** » 2012-03-07 13:28

despicable are the comments made by your boys ,PM BS and his side kick D David S the great negotiator.
PM BS must feel strengthen by his Syrian ambassador . a Joseph Haddeed.( IPP on UPP please post the tape of this slime ball telling us on national radio what he stands for).sure he told PM BS don't worry ,if they protest just call them criminals and send in the troops to end such democratic behavior by the people of ANU.
Forgetting this is not Homms , and we are called Garotes for a reason. Antiguan dictators who call there own people criminals for standing up to the Chinese xafi fail to understand is not a act of decent but and act of courage. true to our history.

PLM sorry Chef know he should not use words with more then 4 letters or else you just get confused and lost just like your leader The ayatollah PM .BS

**Lester Baldwin** » 2012-03-07 13:27

We will see who the real "convicted criminals" are soon ... very soon ... Mr Spencer ... Is the PM somehow trying to say that "convicted criminals" have no right to protest? Even if they were "convicted criminals" they are free nowa nd rerhabilitated I hope. But the PM's statement does not address the reason for the picket ... instead he is asking the ALP to distance itself from the picket (after he disses them of having sent the mercanaries and known criminals") ... This PM is hilarious!!!

The PM reminds me of the lady in the movie Dancehall Queen who let a man take advantage of her teenage daughter and told the girl not to say anything because the man was taking care of them financially ... is our PM so desperate for the Chinese "gifts" that he is willing to do that to our Nation? Well it seems he has to because if you take away the Chinese projects and the Chavez loans ... what does the Baldwin Spencer administration have to show?

**jeb** » 2012-03-07 13:15

"The new airport terminal project at the V.C. Bird International Airport is on schedule with the arrival of sixty-four containers of material"...
Will anyone trained in western building standards and safety codes be checking the quality of the “materials” arriving in the 64 containers?

I am proud of the demonstrators standing up for what is right. Personally I am not seeing a "mercenary" or "convicted criminal" in the group...just a group of concerned citizens who care about their country.

**Tell the Truth** » 2012-03-07 12:37

Come on Mr Spencer we all know your hiding something regarding these generators.

In the first place you broke the law by purchasing these generators without bringing it to parliament. So who authorised the payment? Oh I guess that must have been you, clearly we do have a dictatorship running the country!

This plant is going to fall apart in the next couple of years. The concrete base for these generators is not up to spec, just compare it with the Hadeed plant. the walls are crumbling already because the containment building should not have been made of block and cement. And the generators themselves look older than the 15 year old plant the Hadeed's are still running.

And how much are we paying for this pollution creating crap? There was a modern plant built and in place but in your pride you turned your nose up to the Hadeeds and bought a pile of junk in place of a modern computerised power station.

There's no fool like an old fool.

**ANTIGUAN WOMAN** » 2012-03-07 10:25

Who are the convicted criminals? I think this man is going insane. Mr PM we will walk,talk,and march as much as we feel like.As to Chinese Investments,you are like a beggar,that,s all you seem to be able to acheive, Begging.You are a disgrace to A,gua/barbuda.

**wadadlineko** » 2012-03-07 10:11

Mah just finish watching the video. The chupid people ah talk bout Taiwan and how they want Taiwan. You see the pressure Taiwan have on Grenada? And them ah talk bout long live Taiwan. I hope when they mash up relations with China and they realize Taiwan nah hab much to offer they nah expect China to help them out. China ah tek over the world bit by bit so I dont think its such a wise idea to get on their bad side.

**Reece** » 2012-03-07 09:09

Baldwin and David are the two mercenaries in this generator scandal! They are like lovers in a Greek tragedy!

**Cool Ruler** » 2012-03-07 08:58

Is that the face of the man on Jim shirts that he wanted to kick in his behind and burn his efegy on market street? Poor Jim.

**Dig It** » 2012-03-07 08:38

It is just amazing that the PM would called the people of this country "mercenaries" and "convicted criminals." Many of whom are the very same people that voted for the PM in 2004 and 2009! Now he is the Prince he looks down to them as "armies" trying to overthrow him! We have seen the word "mercenaries" used a lot in Machiavelli's "The Prince." Accordingly, in the book, it states that Quote:

There are three types of armies: a prince’s own troops, mercenary troops, and auxiliary troops. Mercenary and auxiliary troops are useless and dangerous. Mercenaries are “disunited, undisciplined, ambitious, and faithless.”

Let me say it again, "Mercenary and auxiliary troops are useless and dangerous. Mercenaries are “disunited, undisciplined, ambitious, and faithless."
www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/prince/section6.rhtml
Obviously, the Chief Servant is caught-up in "friction" novel! The public needs to remind him we are living in "real" times and a "non-friction" world!

**PLM** » 2012-03-07 08:29

There is no end to the desperation and depravity of the ALP and their “mercenaries and convicted” yard fowls. These people are a national embar**ment.

**Dig It** » 2012-03-07 08:14

The PM once again removed his own "goal-post."
quote]The Financial Administrative Act passed by the Baldwin Spencer government clearly states that they have to seek parliamentary approval before there are any debts assigned to the public in the Consolidated Fund," one picketer said. "Before, not after."
laws.gov.ag/acts/2006/a2006-23.pdf
It is written in stone for all to see and the PM to follow in Part VIII (Authorisation of debt, page 37 of 53)! Unless, the PM is reading the Chinese version, I could see this "crystal clear" with or without gl**! The PM is his own "enemy," as he has clearly broken his very own laws of the land! Mr PM, as you set your own rules of "standards," please bear in mind that the following:
Quote:

You are remembered for the rules you break

**Hmmm** » 2012-03-07 08:09

Stupid actions from stupid peole. This is situation is like a woman suspect her husband cheating, but instead of confronting her husband and getting all the facts she goes out and attacks the woman. The woman who has no obligation to her, has never made an oathe and owes her nothing. Woman deal with your husband....... If we need facts about the Plant then deal with Baldwin Spencer, and leave the Chineese out of it until we do have the facts. These actions just shows the world how ignorant Antigua people and by extension ALP are

**Wilbert Farrell** » 2012-03-07 07:28

The government should not be condemning, it should be listening. These protests are a valid expression of concern in a democracy.

**Robinhood** » 2012-03-07 07:18

"mercenaries". Antiguans, now you have proof this communist is
practicing his vocabulary, remember he is not capable off counting.
When you have someone like this Prime Minister, incapable off managing
a sweetie tray resorting to name calling to address the concerns of his
citizens shows- 1. He is totally clueless. 2. These choice words was
used to impress the Chines ambassador. 3. Dunce dunce double DD
cannot see its time to flee, don't know what will come of thee.

**STEVE** » 2012-03-07 06:54

Meanwhile, the police are investigating a report of larceny at an Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) cell site in Coolidge. A supervisor went to the site shortly after midday on Sunday to carry out a routine inspection and discovered several pieces of ground copper wire had been removed. The theft is believed to have taken place sometime between 4 pm on Friday and 11 am on Sunday. WHAT HAVE BECOME OF THE CHINESE PERSONS WHO WAS STOPPED BY POLICE WHEN EXPORTING A 40FT CONTAINER OF COPPER AND AIR-CON UNITS?

**UK/ANU JmFStudent** » 2012-03-07 06:52

To the Prime Minister, do you know what is a mercenary?
"A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose prime or sole motivation is private gain; motivated by private gain." The Prime Minister seems to be using words these days that could only be found in the vocabulary of a dictator. In addition to that, the constitution gives people the right protest...lest he forget, it was the same constitution that gave him the right to protest for every little things while in opposition. I do hope Antiguans are watching the transformation of the PM into a political beast...You can't question his actions, you can enquire of statements, you can't protest...the list goes on.

**STEVE** » 2012-03-07 06:50

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/damianthompson/100119769/china-builds-its-african-empire-while-the-anti-colonialist-left-looks-the-other-way/

**purcel** » 2012-03-07 06:41

this is a free country,what we cant march now its a crime to do what is right wow,only in antigua.

**phil** » 2012-03-07 06:39

criminals wow,what kind of minister is this,,,,the engines are old and thats the truth,u can fool some the people some of the time but not all the people.

**CULTURE** » 2012-03-07 03:44

WELL DONE COMRADES NEXT STEP WE NEED TO DO IS GET A CRANE AND LTFT BALDWIN AND HIS CRONIES OUT OF OFFICE CAN ANY ONE IMAGINE OUR OWN PRIME MINISTER EVEN A SIMPLE WELCOME TO THE ROYAL COUPLE HE HAS TO READ FROM A PIECE OF PAPPER AND STILL BUCKSHUFFLE TO CALL WORDS WHAT A SHAME ON US MY 9 YEAR OLD GREAT GRAND SON CAN DO BETTER

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