tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-290096602007-12-27T07:31:32.356-04:00ManiBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-37291228269845789992007-12-11T08:51:00.000-04:002007-12-11T08:51:33.721-04:00

Before I begin this, I apologise for my two-week absense. Yes, I've been busy. No, I haven't been so busy that I couldn't find time to blog. Yes, I'm a little bit lazy. December 6th marked my 18th month blogging anniversary. I missed my 1 year anniversary because I was so busy during that time period, I didn't have time to write a post about it. I was only slightly worried at the time that I

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-82760740614805857152007-11-23T10:44:00.000-04:002007-11-23T13:26:58.823-04:00

No man can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing. - E. B. White. I am not a journalist. I have no training in journalism and quite frankly I don't know very much about writing a news story. That having been said, sometimes news stories worry me. Back in 2002 Nicholas Laughlintook umbrage with the Express headline "Humphrey, Jearlean

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-69447474777094777332007-11-22T12:47:00.000-04:002007-11-22T14:41:04.841-04:00

Bhagwansingh's Hardware:Bhagwansingh's HardwareNot to be confused with Lowe's Hardware:Lowe's Hardware...just so you know.THE END

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-58299093622090875752007-11-22T12:19:00.000-04:002007-11-22T14:44:34.980-04:00

A second round of blimp pics to all you blimp groupies out there. Here's a pic of our airship patrolling the evening sky. In case you were wondering, the rag hanging out of its butt is your national flag, ladies and gentlemen.Our Blimp

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-27706389010451296982007-11-21T12:15:00.000-04:002007-11-21T12:24:52.376-04:00

I know that the world works on advertising and the vast majority of things that we enjoy to day would not exist or would not be free if it weren't for advertising. But sometimes I have to question the ad selection going on over at Express House. Ads on the TrinidadExpress.com website leave a lot to be desired. Obviously the people over there at Express House aren't too concerned with the user

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-1985197077130300992007-11-21T12:12:00.000-04:002007-11-21T15:28:18.971-04:00

So hear what happen to me yesterday morning nah. I was walking down the street and I saw this schoolboy trying to cross the road. He probably wasn't over six years old. So this boy is trying to cross the road and from looking at him, it's hard to tell if anyone has ever taught him how. Mr. Man was was making repeated attempts to dart across the road without ever looking left. The entire time

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-49813499959186244712007-11-12T11:38:00.000-04:002007-11-12T11:45:15.296-04:00

Thank God for we PNM yes gyul. Dem Indian and dem talking too much schupidness. - My aunt to my mother. From her statement some of you might guess that my aunt is some kind of under-educated, swearing, rum-drinking bacchanalist. She is none of these things. My aunt is an educated woman who left her Canadian university one dissertation short of a PhD. She is also a devoutly religious woman. My

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-21867332146603390452007-11-05T10:39:00.000-04:002007-11-05T13:19:11.850-04:00

Did you?

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-54875554731626195112007-11-04T22:40:00.000-04:002007-11-04T23:03:10.690-04:00

On the 11th Day of Elections My Emperor gave to me: 11 Sprangers Spranging 10 Percent Inflation 9 Tall buildings building 8 Killers killing 7 Weekly floods 6 Cdap drugs 5 Brushcutters 4 Breakfastses 3 Smelters Smelting 2 Blimp what need fixing And a Cepep wuk down in Caroni.

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-51042511795089180992007-11-02T13:30:00.000-04:002007-11-02T13:58:13.426-04:00

Yes, this is a ratch, but I prefer to call it "fast-tracking". On the 9th Day of Elections My Emperor gave to me: 9 Tall buildings building 8 Killers killing 7 Weekly floods 6 Cdap drugs 5 Brushcutters 4 Breakfastses 3 Smelters Smelting 2 Blimp what need fixing And a Cepep wuk down in Caroni.

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-80315648640274847712007-11-02T13:27:00.000-04:002007-11-02T13:28:05.746-04:00

Roadside PleaOh gosh allyuh, no ah hear. No Toronto Trini, ah not busy on any "campain" trail (as Afro Chic put it). (1) I'm a little busy (2) I fed up of this elections (3) I fed up of politicians (3) My internet has been acting up. So in all I was a little busy and I wasn't trying that hard to make time to blog. As I said I'm tired of all the politics and I can't wait for this election to be

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-51046068964853246172007-11-02T13:12:00.000-04:002007-11-02T13:24:35.389-04:00

Here what I vex for today. Now I know, that the role of Government is not only to implement programmes and initiatives for its people, but to inform them that such programmes exist and how to access them. Obviously the three most common mediums for this are through the media. Fine. But when one observes the kind of advertising being undertaken by this administration during this election period,

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-73640272534384055572007-10-28T21:07:00.000-04:002007-10-28T22:27:08.558-04:00

On the Third Day of Elections, my Emperor gave to me: 4 Breakfastses 3 Smelters Smelting 2 Blimp what need fixing And a Cepep wuk down in Caroni.

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-30707821229526109022007-10-27T11:45:00.000-04:002007-10-28T22:20:50.424-04:00

On the Third Day of Elections, my Emperor gave to me: 3 Smelters Smelting 2 Blimp what need fixing And a Cepep wuk down in Caroni.

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-25258341288817258152007-10-26T10:25:00.000-04:002007-10-26T13:28:55.160-04:00

On the Second Day of Elections, my Emperor gave to me: 2 Blimp what need fixing And a Cepep wuk down in Caroni. But a a, as I writing guess what I hear in the sky? I just had to snap a picture. Ladies and Gentlemen, seen the blimp in your area recently? Snap a pic and I'll gladly post it here on The Manicou Report...and while we're at it, snap pictures of any political ad, banner, poster and

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-70678447581817415312007-10-26T10:14:00.000-04:002007-10-26T13:28:06.549-04:00

First of all. To all the UNC supporters out there. Is this man Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj really what you want? Ramesh who you perceive to have brought down the UNC government the last time and then has the audacity to say that that's all a lie. So why did he get thrown out of the party? But that's beside my point. I figure if people are still going to vote for the UNC after that then they've left

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-11585055303753773282007-10-25T20:50:00.000-04:002007-10-25T20:49:08.433-04:00

On the first day of elections my Emperor gave to me.A Cepep wuk down in Caroni

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Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-3382105637460104742007-10-19T11:41:00.000-04:002007-10-19T11:54:06.647-04:00

I read today that both the UNC Alliance and the People's National Movement blanked the Youth Forum hosted on Wednesday at the Normandie Hotel. They blanked it big time too. Neither of the aforementioned parties sent a single representative to the forum to hear the concerns of the youth. The Congress of the People showed up however sending not just a representative, but its political leader

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-37068437482797408322007-10-13T23:19:00.000-04:002007-10-16T15:47:48.940-04:00

You know, most times when I get a comment that I feel is unwarranted, I try to sleep on it before I respond. The reason I wait is that I want to avoid the usual first reaction denouncing the criticizer. The next day I'm usually able to respectfully disagree with my accuser and/or accept all accusation as truth. Many times I find that I misread the comment or misconstrued the tone of the criticism

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-73245516655861048872007-10-11T15:35:00.000-04:002007-10-11T15:35:07.620-04:00

I'm sorry for my absence, but I want you to know that I had a tabanca for you - as much as Ramesh had one for the UNC. Well Ken Valley has dropped a bomb over the Prime Minister and it seems that all is not well in the State of Denmark. Prior to reading the story in the Guardian this morning, I watched Shelly Dass' interview with the embattled MP last night. I have to say that even though I'm a

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-33552327485729792302007-10-11T15:28:00.000-04:002007-10-11T15:42:46.793-04:00

This post was previously posted as a guest post on the Izatrini blog on Monday. It was definitely a politically-charged weekend here in T&T with all three political parties (and the MND) holding their major rallies. When people say that this is going to be the mother of all elections you had better believe it. The People's National Movement has been the only party so far to announce a full

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-90186354769708604872007-10-08T11:39:00.000-04:002007-10-08T11:58:36.883-04:00

Hello boys and girls, I just wanted to tell you that I will be guestblogging on Izatrini today. Click here for today's post. But tune in tomorrow for your regularly scheduled broadcast.

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-45200682614898803432007-10-05T08:18:00.000-04:002007-10-05T09:52:58.559-04:00

I almost, almost posted last night that the UNC Alliance has chosen Jack Warner as their political leader. Last night C's late news reported that Jack Warner had been chosen, but it was not an official press release, so I decided to hold back on that post till I heard something definite. This morning I visit the online Newsday only to see splashed over the front page that Jack Warner and Basdeo

Manitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29009660.post-47879489021668411972007-10-04T14:31:00.000-04:002007-10-04T14:31:29.873-04:00

Wendy, before you decide whether or not you want to run for a seat under the PNM, why is it that only the MPs were polled? Did the PNM stand to lose the elections based on the perceived non-performance of MPs Valley, Hinds, and Hart? Why change a good tyre? Then why is it that MPs Valley, Hinds and Hart, who have no dwindling in support from either constituents or party groups, are being spit

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