I cannot believe that in this time and age so many Jamaica are so ignorant when it comes to the color of their skin. I know that some people just don’t care about their health they rather to be dead and in style than to be alive. Bleaching like cigarette smoking is bad for you yet so many people continue this practice and disregarding the danger.

Bob Marley song says ‘ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery,’did not have such impact on me until I first came to America and be exposed to the issue of black and white. Again I am face with the reality that so many Jamaicans are still enslaved and brain washed to believe that being white is better than being black. This propaganda continues to be promoted around the world especially by the TV, which continues to brain wash people with darker skin color that white are Superior and that black is inferior.

The other sad part of this bleaching scenario is that no matter of how much money is spent on bleaching they will still be recognized as a black man or a black woman. This is so heartbreaking to see so many people destroying themselves.

This behavior should not be taken lightly these people are destroying themselves. They need to be evaluated and treated by a psychologist for their abnormal behavior. There are talk about closing Belleview hospital instead they should be opening other psychiatric unit in hospitals all over the island to assist these people when they realize that the bleaching did not make their lives better and that they will still be considered black where ever they go in the world.

These people need to go to school and get a job or use the money that they are spending to buy bleaching cream and start a business. It is so ironic that white people would lay in the sun or tanning bed trying to get dark while a dark skin person spend money to buy bleaching cream .God just cannot please us humans. They need to realize life is more important than the color of their skin, and they need to realize this before it is too late.

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Is this big joke? Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mark Shields, said that they were not brought to Jamaica to solve crime. Did Mark Shield got his job description from The Minister of Tourism? Mark Shields and other British crime fighters came to Jamaica since 2005 under the belief that big things were going to happen in crime fighting. After 3 years here are the results:

From the Jamaican Gleaner dated October 30, 2008:

The year after Shields arrived, major crimes fell from 10,693 to 8,965. Murder also decreased from 1,674 to 1,340 but since then, has again trended upwards. Police statistics indicate that 1,574 persons were murdered last year, and this year, 1,241 had been murdered at the end of September. Major crimes at the end of September rose from 971 over the corresponding period last year to 1,241.

Mark Shields said that his understanding is that he was brought to Jamaica to modernize the Jamaica Constabulary Force. But what would be the objective of modernizing the force if it is not to reduce crime? Did Mark Shield believe that this was to provide employment to security minded Jamaicans?

In fairness to Mark Shields we could not expect him alone to solve Jamaican crime problems. I believe he did try his best and he did implement some new ideas. The problem is not Mark Shield and his buddies. The problem is that Jamaicans are a very complex people and only they alone can solve their own problems.

The USA presidential election reminds me of the 1980'sElection in Jamaica. Remember those days when Edward Seaga accused Michael Manley of being a socialist even a communist. Those days the socialist label was a death knell for any politician.

Republican John McCain is now 3 decades later accusing Obama of being a socialist. Reason he wants to tax the rich and give tax cuts to the middle class. Obama said he will give tax break to those who make less than $250,000 per year. Guess what? We are just finding out that only 5% of American makes over $250,000 per year. So 95% of Americans are saying to Obama, socialize me baby.

It is interesting to note that John McCain wants to give a major tax break to himself and the other 4.999999999% of Americans. So what do we call that? Fascism, McCainism, Bushism, Capitalism, Marxism, Socialism? How comes his plan does not have a name? Also what do we call the 700 billion dolllars of tax payers money that Bush is giving to the banks? I guess Save Ameircaism.

Steve Schale, Florida State Director, Obama for America, has reported that Charlie Christ, governor of Florida, declared “a state of emergency.” Governor Christ has explained that there is an overwhelming number of Floridians eager to cast an early vote. With that said it was necessary for him to expand the early voting period.

Schale states in his email sent out to millions of Obama supporters, “Effective immediately, every early voting site in the state will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. through Friday, October 31st, and for a total of 12 hours between 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 1st, and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2nd.”

This is an Executive Order, we have been given all the resources necessary to vote, now it’s up to us to go out and make the difference. For more information call-1-877-235-6226 or contact your county's Supervisor of Elections.

The latest fad in Jamaica is skin bleaching. Skin bleaching is the process of using various chemicals on a black person’s skin to make it appear brown or even white? While this practice is prevalent among women, a few men have gotten into the act also. Skin bleaching is encouraged mainly by the perceived notion of racism and classism. It is widely believed that if your skin is white or brown you get ahead better in life. The women will get a man quicker or even a job. This notion has been aroundthe Jamaican society for years. See video below for more:

Jamaicans who are US citizens but residing or staying In Jamaica can vote in Jamaica at the US Embassy. The Embassy is located at 142 Hope road in the Kingston/St.Andrew area. It is a big relief that people do not have to travel to the States to vote as this would be very costly and deter many people. We hope that one day Jamaicans abroad will have the same opportunity to vote in Jamaica elections too.

Fat Loss 4 Idiot,is a weight  loss program which has hit the Internet like an earthquake. With people from Jamaica and other parts of the world taking up new interest in losing weight we will from time to time talk about popular weight loss programs, books, artices whatever.

We find this one to be interesting because of the 'idiot' ring to it, kind of humorous. However when we look further into it we realized that the Fat loss 4 Idiot guys are talking about some serious stuff.

They go into:

• Low Calorie Diets DON'T WORK.
• Low Fat Foods DON'T WORK. 
• Low Carb Plans DON'T WORK.
• What about Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig Dieting Plans?
• FOOD is NOT the Enemy

And Much More…..

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Thank you Mayor Brown for your plans to do the right thing. Registering Vendors in Clarendon is the right thing to do. This will help to enable you to keep a track of who is in the market and its surroundings. This is a very good move seeing that the market place is said to be a part of the problem that breeds the crime that exists. If your plan for registering the vendors is implemented this would be a part of the solution.

The police cannot talk about going to other place to fight crime. If crime is taken place in the market and its surroundings then they need to be patrolling the area frequently to fight that crime. If they need more officers then the Government and Minister of security should provide more officers on the street all over the Island.

Jamaica main problem is crime right now therefore we need to increase the police force. If someone is bleeding to death and complaining of hungry you have to stop the bleeding first before you feed that person. If we ignore the bleeding to feed that person the out come will be grim because that person would be dead. The same goes for Jamaica we cannot keep fumbling around.

We have to get control of what is destroying our future and that is CRIME and MURDERS. This is our priority and we have to address it right now. How long are we going to sit by instead of bonding together and find solutions that will make a difference? Again I say thank you Mayor Brown

Reading the article Not Important in the Gleaner Oct.26, 08 it stated that Mr. Seaga gave up his American citizenship in order to serve in Jamaica’s Parliament. This is very interesting seeing the presently we have Members of Parliament who were allowed to run and are presently in the parliament. I think this is wrong and should be stopped immediately. If Mr. Seaga had to give up his America citizen then they should have given up theirs too before they decided to run. It is not only the responsibility of commission of election but also the responsibility of the person running to know the constitution that governs the country.

The court time should not be wasted trying such cases. These members of parliament should be disqualified without this rigmarole. Every one know that Mr. Sega was not born in Jamaica they could have seek his advise regarding the situation and we would not be having this argument. I respected Mr. Seaga for doing the right thing. He did not try to fool people or disregard the constitution.

Listening to Senator Obama and watching his reaction to the lies that he faces daily while he campaign tells a lot. Obama can resolve issues and disagreement tactfully and intellectually without disrespecting and diminishing the other person. This shows that he will be able to resolve issues diplomatically and use force only when deem absolutely necessary. This attribute is very important to let peace reign and to command respect.

For peace Obama will make a lasting impact the world has never seen before.

In regards to assisting other country Obama has to take care of the America financial crisis in order to help other. Think about traveling on a plane the flight attendant always inform you that in the case of an emergency you should put on your oxygen mask first before assisting others.

America will continue to help countries especially if they are desperately in need but I don’t think that they will be able to do for others as they have done in the pass. This is not because Obama is not willing to but that American situation has changed and many countries and its government including Jamaica have to do a lot more for themselves.