Pulling Bull

Who the Hell is them “P” Boy?

The drivers that ply their private vehicles for hire, “Pulling Bull,” along the Guapo, Cap-de-Ville main road from Point Fortin to Cap-de-Ville must have gone mad. They have decided to increase the “taxi” fare for the Point Fortin to Cap-de –Ville, from three dollars to four dollars on the main road and an extra dollar to go inside. Trunk space thirty to thirty five dollars for the Christmas season they say.

Oh I almost forgot pulling bull is illegal still in Trinidad and Tobago so therefore persons who engage in illegal activity are, beautiful flowers, hell no they are criminals, right or wrong?

This is my problem, the increase in taxi fare one and this is what boils my water. Two, how can people who are conducting an illegal activity purport themselves to be a legal entity? You clowns cannot organize and have a “taxi” service. Have people in Trinidad gone mad?

The government has shirked its responsibility to provide access to all it citizens to reasonable transport while providing an opportunity for legal competition. Now the criminals are calling the shots while the legal taxi “H-Cars,” few they are, have to follow behind with their tails between their legs. One cannot verbalize all the inherent dangers of travelling with “P”-cars. No insurance coverage, no certificate of good character and no visible picture ID. The driver could be a card caring rapist, pervert and murderer and you would not know because there would have been nothing to mitigate such a situation. I think basically we are travelling with people who do not care about us; all they want is your money, so they choose not invest (and for the most part are not interested in investing) in being a legal taxi for hire.

Something has to be done. Some have started blocking the roads. A fire has to be lit, not a literal a fervent energy to encourage social change. What will it take to get the government attention, the attention of our member of parliament and the police to address this issue? What has the government done to encourage compliance with the law? What are they doing now? The answer to those questions is nothing. Now we have to react crank the juice.

Two wrongs don’t as they say make a right, but doing nothing as these criminals fester on our roads is just as bad or even worse. It is time for us to stand for something other than self.

A possible solution; government gives a one or two month amnesty to all those pulling bull, cancel all costs associated with acquiring an H license and pays for the medical all the interested party has to do is make the appointment with the licensing office, acquire a certificate of good character (accelerated tracing time due to dedicated personnel for that task) and pass all the relevant tests.

We have to do something, something NOW!

What do we care? Really what do you care about?

Is there anything that we as Trinidadians will stand up and fight for? What I am talking about is going out on the street and protest, active participation to encourage change. What are we willing to fight for?

Yes I know if the Government was to ban Carnival there might just be riots on the street just imagine if rum were to become illegal, for sure bush rum (babash) sales will go through the roof and more people dead, but for sure that will almost like not happen.

The cost of food and the basic amenities are increasing in almost daily yet we do nothing. We are a country of frivolity, fun, excess and rum. In a lot of ways showing off is our passion “I will buy it just because” and corruption is almost second nature. Your parents sending “gifts” for the teacher/principal to encourage favor, or you long lost uncle pulling some “string so that you can get that sweet position. For sure it is not all bad but it is like almost all bad.

Really, criminals killing people almost at will and we are almost numb sorry not almost we are numb, citizens engaging in all manner of petty crimes, small thing? The police seem unwilling to engage the criminals head on, are they afraid? Well I would expect some sort of fear after all they are human aren’t they?

May be the real reason for this sluggishly cautious approach is that some of their members in high and low rank are actively and passively engaging in and encouraging the criminal elements in their pursuit of criminal power, allegedly.

Do you detect a little frustration? Hell yeh!

Where does our belly lie?

Carrie Prejean, Sextapes and a Christian.

Why the hell would you want to make a sex tape if you don’t want anyone to see it, other than the man, woman or toy you made it with in this day and age especially.

If you made a sex tape and you were in your straight and legal mind at the time of filming then expect it to be in the hands of your local porn purveyor shortly thereafter(so don’t forget your makeup and have your game face on). You just might not be able to do anything about it.

So you have had your fun on tape exploring varying niceties and now someone has leaked it on the inter-web what do you do? Well I could think of three solutions:

1. Sue the living day lights out of the bastard (must have deep pockets I don’t think that you will get a lawyer for free).

2. Jump in go for the money explore your porn side, see how far it gets you.

3. Be straight up about it, “yes I did it, I would have preferred it to remain a secret but it is now out” express your relevant sympathies and move on. Don’t look for any friends or support groups you are least likely to get any support in this scenario. Be selfless you might benefit.

Carrie Prejean you have now become some sort of Christian morality waving flag ah la blond. Girl you are not a moral example you are just a Celebrity, a reflection in a cracked mirror of a wanna be celebrity.

Consequences, can you handle it?

A lot of people around the world seem to have grown up with the idea that there are no negative consequences for things there is a misconception that everything is all groovy whatever you do. “Where is your hero spirit, be a hero and learn to live with consequences nah!” Carrie Prejean, are you a hero for a christian cause? Well be a good Christian girl..

So Carrie Prejean, grow up and get off the air, you are an embarrassment to every so-called “Christian” that you represent. Go on and limp into the sunset you are not helping anybody right now.