TODAY AMURCA celebrating Independence Day and all over de country yuh will hear shouts of USA! USA!
She gine through some turbulent waters but still is de greatest country in de world. And my boy Barack got he hands full, wid de Tea Party movement, de Republicans and the new means of raising money without disclosing sources. Well done, Amurca! Yuh finally elected a brilliant man fuh president who also happen to be black.
Yuh put people pun de moon, yuh give de world some of de greatest sportsmen –0 Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan and de greatest of dem all, Muhammed Ali. Yuh defend freedom all over de world and stand up fuh de downtrodden and disadvantaged and yuh give many a West Indian a chance to mek something of duh lives.
Yuh do some foolishness, too, including getting into a lot of unnecessary wars and ruthlessly removing leaders dat you deem despotic but leaving some equally despotic ones in place. Yuh also get rid of Osama Bin Laden.
Today we salute you as a great nation and hope that yuh troubles gine be over soon ’cause we believe that when yours over ours gine be over too! Dig deep, Amurca! Yes, you can!
A FEW WEEKS ago when injury sent Kemar Roach, de talented West Indies fast bowler back home, de call went out fuh a replacement. Tino Best, the irrepressible Bajan fast bowler, get de call dat he was waiting for fuh a few years and find heself batting in de rain-affected third Test match at Edgbaston.
West indies was reeling at nine wickets down fuh just over 200 runs when de last man, Best, walk to de wicket to join Denesh Ramdim, who had pencil and paper in he pocket! Tino Best went on to score 95 runs and set a record wid Ramdin, who score a century. De performance by Best show what mankind is capable of when yuh dig deep.
Not a fella woulda bet on West Indies up against the No. 1 team in the world reaching over 400 runs when Best walk out to bat, but when you believe and dig deep, you can do amazing things. De las’ time I see Tino he beg de Vendor not to talk ’bout he and ah gave muh word but, Tino, I had to break it dis time and I hope yuh don’t mind!
Ramdin, too, was digging deep; he dig deep to show that past failures was behind he and he dig deep into he pockets to find pencil and paper to write a note to Sir Vivian Richards.
When he reach he hundred, he hold it up to the cameras wid de words “yea, Viv, talk, nuh”. He spoil de moment, get fine 20 per cent of he match fee and all because of what – legitimate criticism of his awful batting by a legendary West Indian batsman?
He woulda have to have paper and pencil in he pocket when he went out to bat, so it was premeditated? Before he left de dressing room, he intended to mek a hundred and he intended to respond to Sir Viv’s remarks? My advice to Denesh is: look pun de bright side; it wuk fuh you!
Every time you gine out to bat in future, walk wid pencil and paper ’cause it clearly wukking and next time yuh hold up de paper simply write “I done it again”. And, while yuh at it, ask de other batsmen pun de team to walk wid pencil, or preferably wood too, sharpen it and use it; it might wuk fuh dem, too!
I, Market Vendor, gone fuh now. You have a blessed and a wonderful day, yuh hear?