Mac ‘knocking on doors’
(CNS): Admitting that the premier is travelling in Asia, his office has released a statement with limited details of his latest extended overseas trip. Following criticisms from the opposition about his continued absence and his failure to inform the country where he was and why as well as the neglect of domestic matters, the premier said he was “knocking on doors” in Asia, a “land of expanding economies where investors are looking for new opportunities.” Bush said that no government, including his, could change the economic situation Cayman faces over four years given world conditions, “but we must try,” he said. “In today’s world, that means knocking on doors.”
In the statement which was not sent to CNS directly from the premier’s office, as is now customary, but forwarded via another source, Bush attempted to justify his travelling as well as that of the deputy premier.
“Every government must travel to conduct business. Whether it’s a lot of travel or little, all depends on the business that has to be conducted. My travels and that of the Deputy Premier don't normally overlap however this time it could not be avoided because of the nature of the meetings, hers for postal matters and mine for finance, both of which had agendas which were set by the international bodies, each in their very different but significant areas of responsibility,” Bush's statement read.
“We have to go to the right places, to knock on the right doors; whether that is to try to stop the EU from forcing us to 'converge' our financial services legislation with theirs, as we have had to go all the way to Greenland to do, or it is to seek the right kind of investment, as I am now doing,” he added.
Blaming the opposition for the financial woes of the country, the premier said he could not bring new opportunities “using the same old strategies that the PPM used,” and as the finance and tourism minister he could not find new business “by sitting down in the Government Administration Building” or “playing dominoes in some bar”.
Although the details of the trip were limited in the statement, as reported on CNS previously, the premier’s office revealed that Bush had been to meetings related to the IMF and World Bank conference, which had taken place in Tokyo. The office also stated that the premier was “pursuing business opportunities” in other places in Asia, including Hong Kong and China.
According to other sources the premier is expected back on 28 October.
The Legislative Assembly will return on 5 November, and addressing the opposition question about the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility — the agreement he has already signed with the UK — and the need to pass it into law, Bush said that it and “any Constitutional matters” would be dealt with in what he called a “manner that is to the benefit of the people” but he did not explain what that meant.
Since the 21 day deadline for any legislation coming before the House at the next meeting has already passed, the premier will not be able to bring the FFR without falling foul of that constitutional requirement.
Meanwhile, CNS has submitted FOI requests regarding the travelling by both the premier and deputy premier, including the destinations, the reasons for the various trips, the delegates that accompanied them and the cost to the public purse. The request has been acknowledged but no information has been released in connection with the request.
See the premier’s full statement below.
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Reminds me of an old Dave Edmunds lyric –
I hear you knocking
But you can't come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you been
Incidentally, I have exactly that same brass knocker on my front door – he better not come round my place.
I have to ask. Why is the Postmaster not attending the "Postal Conference"? Oh never mind, I already know the answer. The Deputy Premier will tell her all she needs to know. Cayman will have to sell a lot of stamps to pay for that trip.
Are there any statistics showing exactly how much "business" for the Cayman Islands these trips have generated in comparison to the dollars spent?
It is an embarassment that these two are the world's idea of our country and it's people. And to the poster who said they are traveling before they get de-elected…traveling isn't the worst of what they are doing. They will never have to work again when they are finished…hope the other UDP members take care of their futures as I truly hope every voter sees that they are cut of the same cloth and allowed all of this to happen. Shame on all of you.
From the time the UDP got in to office they have been blaming the PPM and have been waiting for the PPM to give them solutions. It just goes to show their inability to come up with any solutions. If PPM put the Islands in this mess, why are they asking the PPM for solutions. PPM are not the majority Government, UDP is and they are the ones running the show. Mac, remember you told the PPM that you did not want to hear anything from them, as they were the Government that tied your hands. So…Why ask them for solutions? Huh?
Who pays the UDP Political Analyst, Richard Parchment's salary? Is his salary paid by Nation Builders, Cayman Islands Government, the UDP Party or from the Premier's operating budget. Mr. Auditor General, you needs to investigate this, as far as I know, he is not employed by the Cayman Islands Government yet he goes on every exotic trip the Premier goes on.
Mckeeva needs his meds, milo and a bedtime story, he doesn’t like to be alone
Why can he not be just chucked out with a VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE????
Because the UDP MLA's will not vote with the opposition. The PPM has brought 2 votes of "no confidence" to the LA.
why doesn't the governor do something???? he's meant to ensure good governence….
What is he looking for the best deal for Cayman or the best deal for Mac?
The saddest (and most frustrating) part of this latest episode is that it is has become too obvious the Premier, Deputy-premier and all their friends and flunkies have decided to travel around a bit before being de-elected. And there is absolutley nothing anyone can do about it. We can rant and rave all we want while they pamper their asses, stay in expensive hotels and go out to dinner but it doesn't affect the outcome at all. They're there- we're here. And everyone paid for it and they can't hear us and chances are wouldn't care if they could. To add insult to injury, while they're on continous holiday they're also collecting enormous salaries and sometimes pensions. I don't remember…..was there an Oath of Office?
Knock knock, open wide,
see what’s on the other side,
Knock knock, any more,
come with me through the Magic Door.
He should come knocking on MY door. Now that would be the day!
Cayman will come crashing down as the economy of the word becomes more difficult. Our leaders need to fix the problems at home before they try to compound it more by bring guests in with their own sets of demands and problems. The government need to fix the many problems in this country and it's not all about development. I cannot believe we Caymanians had such a wonderful country and becauseof greed and corruption we are on the verge of collapse. The Cayman Islands were doomed since 2003 and have been on a decline since then at least for Caymanians. For those of us who are lucky enough to find some where else to go should.
As one of the "worker bee" expats who tried to start a life in Cayman (be it permanent or the 7-year variety), I can assure you that the decline hurts expats as well. My job security dried up, the condo I bought dropped in value, and the future isn't brightened by the fact that the Island is under the control of a child having a tantrum. I can only hope that we're at the bottom of the crash and that when he's gone the future might get better.
Mac knocking on doors in Asia, plenty of the latest line of appliances being marketed there, general election here fast on it sway. There's a connection here I just know it. Maybe a dry run?
It is like Halloween. Knock on doors and ask " Have your got goodies for me?"
If I had known that he was going to China, I would have sent my dry cleaning with him.
Where is the current Chairman of the Board of the Turtle Farm?. He created the mess we now currently have at the farm with the big vison of Boatswain Beach- what a disaster. He along with the current manager are total lost and have no clue on what they are doing. Clean up the mess my friends – but to do so we have to change these persons as they are clueless.
Ken Hydes, also Dart Town Manager
knock,knock….
who's there?
mckeewa bush
who?
I thought Mac and UDP said they would turn around the economy in 3 MONTHS!!!….now it is going to take more than 4 YEARS…really????
Vote these jokers out of office. All of them. Please.
Its already been 3.7 years now and Mac's mindless promise of "turning the economy around in 3 months" has already proven fruitless BS. Now add 5 more years to recover from the losses just from his TRAVEL alone.
You can’t spell “STUPID” without U D P.
VOTE!
Do not allow his embarrassment of decent Caymanians to continue!
I for one do do not want this man representing ME to the world!
We are not all uneducated boobs. You have the power, take it back!
this is my challenge to caymanians….
prove you are a step above these buffoons by voting them out…….
as it stands you can only blame yourselves for voting these muppetts in…..
The reasons they were voted in, was, the circulation of envelopes, delivery of appliances, quarry products, and other handouts. The person who can be bought, can also be sold. Stop being bribed into casting the sacred vote for handouts.
Must be red doors !
The Premier is knocking on green doors the kind that havelots of money to invest and want a good place to do business with little or no red tape. Saudia Arabia has lots of millionaires with money to invest how many do we have here doing business? Many wealthy Arabs want to do investments outside of their region and not necessarily in tax jurisdictions so Cayman is the perfect environment. There are also many millionaires in China that want to invest here. The Premier need to invite all the people that have the money to invest in the country give them PR and give them concessions and let them invest in this country it will be one of the best moves that he can make at this juncture. The country needs new investors and investment at this moment in time. Wealthy Arabs and Chinese are what we need and not the many third world free loaders and their dependents that we have here living off our social service department those that we gave status to in 2003. The wealthy investors that the Premier is seeking to attract are just the kind of people that we need. With time they will be able to turn the economy around and stop this country from become a financial and social disaster. In time we just might become another Dubai if we allow the Arabs in. Everyone else got an opportunity and all that we got out of that was debt, social and moral decline. The Arabs and Chinese are the people with the money now and the Premier is very right in trying to attract them here. Most Arabs are very moral people and they will bring clean living to our society, we won't have to worry about our young people being led astray like they have been since the late 70s todate by outside influences that changed and corrupted our system and society. Now is the time to give another culture a chance, we have tried so many and is worst off. Let us welcome the Arabs and Chinese now.
'like to do business with little or no red tape'
You sound so dumb by this post.
No concept of business or how the world works…
must be a loyal dumb-as-a-rock UDPite… just eat up everything Mc tells you and you have no idea whether its correct or even makes sense.
You wanna give the rich PR only……but you gave… 'the many third world free loaders and their dependents that we have here living off our social service department those that we gave status to in 2003s'.
Fair enough that Mac is in Asia trying to bring investment into our country, but why does the Deputy Premier Julianna Oconnor – Conolly have to be in Asia as well – on a "Postal Conference" which could have been attended by our local Post Master- General ??
1.Because the Cayman people are dumb enough to let them get away with it?
2. Becassue the Cayman people can afford to send them off island instead of stying here and working?
Isn't this obvious?
You more of an Idiot than Robert Mugabe sad
Do not compare Robert Mugabe and the Premier they are entirely difference. You should go read history and understand it before you make such general statements. As for calling one an idiot it puts the spotlight on you. You have access to a computer so I suggest that you google some facts about Zimbabwe formerly known as Rodesia. Stop making statements that you know nothing about.
My guess is that you know nothing about Rhodesia either since you could not even spell it correctly. We can all type “Mugabe” into Wikipedia.
I am upset with thePRemier too but Waffle you sound like a sore loser or sore wanabe.
I would like to know if he has his hat in his hand as well??? "Bout time he learned some humility…
In Bush's statement he writes, "The PPM has not proposed one single solution toward solving the countries problems that they left,……."
Which countries does he mean? Spain and Greece perhaps or did the illiterate mean to write, "country's"?
And most certainly neither has the UDP. But the UDP most certainly have compounded the problems. Thet's not the PPM's problem mr. eternally dishonerable premire. You were hired to fix the problems, not to make them eternally worse, and to continue to blame the PPM for your worthlessness. God help the Cayman islands to be rid of your sorry backside forever.
And from this we understand that it shows just how incompetent McKeewa and the UDP are. They cant come up with any ideas so they have to turn to the useless PPM for Solutions.
Duty Waivers for Sale….Hurry so get em before the gettin is gone.
OMG knocking on doors??? remember the Ritz???? We gave away status, We had to put that up, it would give Caymanians great opportunties, it would give Cayman a great opportunity…an opportunity what???? The Ritz is one of the biggest work permit holders and now the Ritz is being auctioned off at bargain basement price…
Wait people, the REAL reasons of these long "secret/classified" trips will soon be out in the open – all will come to light, trust me!
I don't know why they keeping everything so secret as they themselves know that it must come out!
The real question is whose doors is he knocking on and why. He is not a financier judging by his experience at FirstCayman Bank and not a real estate salesman because after ten years out of 96 condos at the Ritz Carlton 14 remain unsold, where he had the sales concession. So just what is he good at? He certainly is not an orator. Chancy the gardener is the closest he gets.
All answers welcome.
Chauncey the Gardener!!!!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you for making me laugh out loud in my office on a Friday morning!!!! Good movie, great acting and a spot on analogy!! Bravo!
Oops, I meant Chauncy, lol.
This is obviously payback for Richard taking the fall on the Stan Thomas letters!!
You'd have thought someone would at least proof-read these statements before they are issued. Or maybe they are going for the authentic Mac sound?
Well, gee tanks fa letting us know, Mac! Soo sorry to bother you when you must be so jet lagged … Glad to hear you are off trying to court imaginary investors for other imaginary projects but this was your excuse last time also
You went to Italy to inspect a bridge GLF had built over there, cuz you were thinking of hiring GLF to build a dock here in Cayman, or something equally as stupid,
So forgive us for being skeptical on your investor hunt
What is NOT in doubt is your ability to sell Cayman … Cuz you sold us out to Shetty for 100 years already and Dart
When you come back from collecting overseas awards, we the people of Cayman have an award for you: Worst Government Ever
Oops! No need! Forgot you give yourself awards and titles too! Dang!
They needa meet their asses at the airport, demand that they hand over their eternal titles, pensions, salaries, & made to pay back for every bill/trip they have racked up at our expense which we have had to pay for during their tenure, and bid us a grand farewell!!!!!!!!!
I DID NOT VOTE NOT ONE OF THEM IN, AND I CAN BET THE LAST DOLLAR IN MY BANK ACCOUNT, I VOTING THEIR ASSES O U T!!!!
I was sure Hoover salesmen, encyclopedia salesmen, the old crack head who hangs around Walkers Road and hookers were the only people who go around knocking on doors…
& Jehovah’s Witnesses..!
And Girl Scouts!
Just so long as he realises when he comes back knocking on our door, we might keep it closed and locked tight.
Oh! If only we could!!
Bingo and raffles are not gambling.
09:45, I think you will find that all of what you have highlighted is the PPM's fault because my hands are clean and my heart is pure.
Kind regards,
Mac
I guess it was unavoidable to have both the Premier and the Deputy away at the same time.
Not sure why we had to attend a postal conference, let alone the Deputy attending, but surely when the travel conflict appeared it would have been prudent to change her plans and send someone else in her place.
Nonetheless, I look forward to reading the report on the conferance and am excited about the potential improvements and changes to the postal system that no doubt will soon happen.
Normal people would send the head of the postal service not a Deputy Premier. They need to stop this shit.
Maybe not with his money, but certainly with everyone's lives back here at home.
Great time for a general strike. None of them here (like always) so revoke their passports and papers keep them out and put new in office. No votes needed. Forced eviction and change by the people.
Good idea but Mac doesn't go through immigration or customs here, they slip him in through a back door. And no, I am not joking, I have seen it happen.
Yes that true I seen it myself also so do it all before he comes so his car wont even be there waiting for him or his people. Better yet, deny him boarding from Miami. Flight sold out. His seat sold to other as CIG not paid the bills yet.
You could ABSOLUTELY change the economy of the islands for the better Mac, if you had the balls to actually LEAD and do what is necessary. Instead you are running off at every opportunity to somewhere else to get away from the mess back home. Yes you inherited a poor outlook, but you did NOTHING to improve it. You have made no cost costs, you have made dangerous and very expensive mistakes, we are still funding massive white elephants like CAL and the Turtle Farm, and doing it whilst sucking the economy dry with fees, duties and charges to the point of collapse.
That only applies to real Christians.
Mac still tries to pull the wool over everyones eyes that the PPM spent more on new buildings than he does on personal travels for him and his cronies and lawsuits. At least we have something to see that was built by the PPM (and by the way, we haven't had to pay for it yet so that is also a complete lie). RECURRENT expenditure is the problem, not capital spending. Can someone please read Mac the memo.
The gall of talking about other people playing dominoes in bars XXXX
Christian's don't. Any more questions on the Premier?
The other news house has the delegates listed that attended with him..
Just curious how the hell Richard Parchment became a 'senior political analyst'??? When was he off at university gettin learned?? Senior???? That indicates a higher level of education, knowledge and experience where the rest of the world is concerned.
So now we have fake staff with fake titles. Tough job but someone's gotta do it… NOT
Cayman has become such a terrible place to live, what is wrong with you people anyway. What it is that you want? and I know if you change governments, next year six months later you will be cursing them every one. A selfish set of greedy unsatisfied people.
15:13, it quites simple really, we all want a Government to run our country effectively. Is that too much to ask? Didn't think so.
Don't quite understand how you can be remotely satisfied with anything the current bunch have done, which in case you didn't know is absolutely nothing apart from spend money we don't have and tax everyone for their ineptitude and plethora of mistakes.
Do you actually live in Cayman? Or are you one of the entoruage galavanting around the world on my dollar with nothing, absolutely nothing to show for it other than more air miles.
Go look in the mirror before you speak Mac.
It's not our fault they're a selfish set of greedy unsatisfied people. It was you who voted them in.
You forgot to call us “donkey-faced” mini-Mac.
No, it only indicates a higher pay scale for a made-up job for a buddy. (A dominos buddy perhaps?)
Two issues here…. Any investors the Premier may be speaking to must know the state of Cayman's finances. They after all do research. Unbalanced and missing accounts, non-compliance with directives and agreements with the U.K., ongoing investigations of possible financial irregularities, government contracts being cancelled, etc. It will be very difficult to convince anyone it would be a sound investment given the track record of his administration. Secondly it is a stretch to imagine the Premier, who has extremely limited knowledge of finances (see above), let alone international finance speaking coherently with any large scale investor. But the fact is "knocking on doors" in faraway places is a good way to avoid reality and much like the man who goes to the bar in the evening dealing with important domestic issues. We're sorry Mr. Premier that dog doesn't hunt.
come on man didn't you read any of the article? he is knocking on doors because they are hiding from him like what we do at home when certain religoius groups come a knocking
I hope he brings meback a few leftover boxes of Thin Mints!
In other words, he went with no meetings setup in advance.
International politicians, diplomats and businessmen must be in tears laughing at this "statesman" when he shows up uninvited to meetings and tries to butt in.
He must be the most travelled "politician" in the world, I'd love to compare to other countries.
Well that's good enough for me! He's searching the planet trying to find the right door to knock on that will make us all rich. I take back everything I said about draining the public purse to go on unecessary first class junkets with his buddies, this is clearly a vital service to the nation, Carry on Mac.
This is casino royal on a continuous basis. A long as he is not at Macau we may rest easy.
Unless he is in Atlantis or Hard Rock Seminole.
Mama come take the FCO off me
I can’t fight them anymore.
It’s getting dark, too dark to see
I feel like knockin’ on China’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on China’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on China’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on China’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on China’s door
Mama, put my MOU’s in the ground
I can’t sign them anymore
That long black cloud is comin’ down
I feel I’m knockin’ on China’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on China’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on China’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on China’s door
Knock knock knockin’ on China’s door
In the land of the pirate, the thieving crook is king
It's no wonder XXXX gets away with so much when we have an inept Governor who is supported by a spineless FCO, who in turn are backed by an utterly gutless British Government. This all adds up to a recipe for financial disaster for the people of Cayman, who are only interested in screwing the last few cents out of the nonexistent public purse, before they all descend into economic chaos with their heads up their own backsides!
Anyone with money would be well advised to move it somewhere more stable because the CI Dollar will soon be totally worthless
When do the Chinese plan to open their Investment bank and much is a Kalishnikov?….cos you're gonna need one very soon if you want to remain here.
"Bush said that no government including his could change the economic situation Cayman faces over four years given world conditions"
This statement alone is the DEATH KNELL for the UDP candidates in the May 2013 Elections. This is an admission that the UDP did not change the economic situation in Cayman, and that the UDP administration did not do Cayman any favours during the last 3.5 to 4 years.
Instead, what they have done is:
1) waste money on lavish, first class travel and hotels,
2) overspent by 450,000 with Cohen deal,
3) caused additional risk and expense in the millions with the GLF lawsuit settlement,
4) caused additional expense with no results with the legal aid consultancy contract for McField and Pitcairn (strong UDP supporters),
5) cause public servants to be fired for doing their job and doing the right thing according to the law,
6) cause the public purse to pay for 3 senior civil servants (who were put on required leave once UDP took office as Donovan Ebanks said the then Chief Secretary Mr. George McCarthy "felt that their presence within the organisation was not desired") while obtaining no benefit for paying them,
7) wasted over 70,000 on the Panama flight bashment by shutting down the route after only three months,
8) wasted money with Dr. Frank and NHDT by building the first "affordable homes" then knocking them down 5 years later and building more expensive "affordable homes" then claiming that they cant sell them because they are too expensive (and no one can build homes affordably to meet Code [yet Frank Hall Homes does this everyday]) so they will rent them,
9) not to mention the premier being subject to three RCIPS investigations,
XXX
no my friends, this is NOT a government we need in May 2013!
"no my friends, this is NOT a government we need in May 2013!"……………………I hope for Christ sake you also talking about the PPM and not only the UDP!
12;27
And why…you not getting your share? thats what its all about, me me me me.
George McCarthy has always been a UDP stool hiding behind the Bible so what did you expect?
What's up Alden,everything cool?
This is not Alden. This is a person hustling to make ends meet while our government (lower case intended) "leaders" waste the public's money on official travel and ego-trips.
Instead of trying to make fun of me, do you agree with what I wrote?
Airplane doors, Hotel doors, Restaurant doors, Casino doors, and Bxxxxxx doors!
"Massage parlor" doors…you forgot that one!
WHAT??? Mac earning his paycheck? I'm absolutely positive there couldn't possibly be an ulterior motive. I mean, he's already collecting two pensions right?
Cayman has never received any form of funding from the World Bank or the IMF, thank god. So what exactly is the purpose of the Minister of Finance attending this event? What I find mind baffling is the lack of any financial expert attending this so call event. May I remind my fellow bloggers that the Minister of Finance has the most Chief Officers who all are inept. At this point, all one can do is laugh. May 2013 can't come soon enough.
The Cayman Islands has no official standing within either the IMF or the World Bank as it is not a sovereign state. The most a Cayman Delegation can do is to sit behind HMG’s Delegation if invited to do so HMG.
Mr. Bellingham says you need to knock on the front door, Mac, not the back one.
1. "Agenda's set by International Bodies"= I have no mind or thoughts of my own, and could not organise a piss up in a brewery.
2. "Hers for postal matters"= She will shortly need a new job, and has had 9 days expensive training in how to deliver letters.
What a silly man with an overblown sense of self-importance.
more waffle trying to excuse the fact that he is on one big jolly…..but what do you expect?
caymanian politician voted in by caymanian voters……….
09.00 Suspect you are an expat? Your comment sounds a little prejudiced, trying to be too superior, verging on the supremist…I am an ex-pat, the difference possibly is that if I dont like what goes on here, I will either make non-prejudiced comments about the general situation, laugh at it or go home. And when I get home will do the same about the situations there, which are different from here, but all the same unpleasant. No-one is better than anyone else, just different.
truth hurts does it?
if you're an expat then I'm a born and bred caymanian….
17;34
No, your garbage is what is hurting this country, why dont you just leave, no one is holding your hands.
If you are a Caymanian, and spitting out the BS , then you are a born loser…. get with the right people and get a life.
You cant go around cursing the Government, and then go begging for favors.
Thank you. I am sick of making similar points on here… its sickening to read.
Yes thank God that we still have Caymanians politician in the LA, but don't get it twisted the current leaders were mostly voted in by "new caymanian voters" and not the real Caymanians.
The premier, in the past, was out looking for "business" but only came home with law suits.
We need a competent Cayman salesman out there to bring in business. McKeeva is not the man for the job, he should delegate to someone who can do the job well.
Delegate someone who can do the job well??? None of his cronies are qualified!
Thinker, Tell us who are you suggesting….one of your own?
I think there is some truth to the idea that our Premier – not necessarily Bush who hopefully won't be there after the election -should do some travelling and "knocking on doors". I don't object to that. I do object however to Bush's carrying of his political cronies, L Dilbert, R Parchment and, especially, P Parchment (what the hell does he actually DO as deputy London Rep??) all over the place, no doubt in Business Class and in particular I object to Julianna's totally useless trips-with-no-purpose with Paul to the world's pleasure spots such as Doha, staying in $1000 per night rooms. For this reason alone (and there are others!), we must get rid of the UDP.
I am ashamed to read the Press release from the Premier, it reads like a hate letter written by a poorly educated child. I really wonder why he has a press office because this was obviously copied and pasted from an email the Premier sent to them.
I hear the Premier is over int he Philippines with Charles Whittaker XXXX. This is just too much to bear, and yet we sit and wait for someone else to deal with this idiot.
"I am ashamed to read the Press release from the Premier, it reads like a hate letter written by a poorly educated child"
But what more would you expect? It IS written by a poorly educated child. However, his education up until he was in the 7th grade may not have been poor, it's just that beyond that was nonexistent. I certainly wouldn't consider him aRoads Scholar and contrary to what Mac thinks, living life does not give you the knowledge to run a country even one as small as this.
Didn't anyone give him a list of casino opening times before he left? Let's hope he wins, but just in case he doesn't, back to work everyone.
We may have another tab to pick up.
I thought Christians didn't gamble.
You are absolutely correct. True Christians actually realize that gambling is founded in the love of money which is the root of all kinds of evil.
If the gentleman in question is indeed a Christian, then he will need to repent which means changing his mind and stopping this sin by the grace of God.
Hopefully he's not too far gone, but if he is, God will certainly deal with him. I wonder if there are any churches left that would dare preach that message. Perhaps they would be afraid to lose their piece of the Nation Building Pie?
Come on pastors, step up to the plate……no silly, not the offering plate!
Sounds like a tyrant humbled by the knowledge that he faces the chopping block hoping wishing for another chance. Oh well too bad.( in my quiet and calm voice)
Yes, instead of playing dominoes in a bar, some of our politicians hung around ATMs in Vegas looking for cash or offering "consulting services" at price for matters related to their offical businees that was much, much, more constructive.
There is nothing wrong with playing dominoes- however one must know how to add up so we would never have to worry about our Prem doing that ever!!
It's better to be seen playing dominoes at his age than in Elements!