Generation Next Fights for Power
I wonder if lawyers in Jamaica make a lot of money? I remember being at a cult meeting of the Kingston Church of Christ and seeing a tall, ugly, scrawny son-of-a-bitch preaching about his BMW and his ex-girlfriend. Was that from his salary? That was 6 years ago.
I wonder if lawyers in Jamaica have any clout? I ask this because Tanasha Buchanan has been trying to get voted into office at UWI since I was there, years ago. She's still at it.
I saw a news item about Tanasha, who apparently incensed about "unfair elections" for the UWI Guild of Graduates. That's her photo.
[I'm assuming that she's divorced from her husband since she's still using her maiden name. I didn't quite catch the husband's name...just heard that he was in "Englan'").]
Tanasha is a young girl, 28, and though we haven't spoken in a long time I wonder why she is so interested in becoming a household name at the intellectual ghetto that is known as UWI, Mona. I read her statement to the press, and I am not sure whether I should be amazed at her low ambition or her public speaking skills. I've highlighted the words that remind me of the "Mumma-lashie" I know so well.
"All the rules in the election booklet that we were supposed to follow were broken on the day of the election," Buchanan, 28, told the Observer. "Candidates were soliciting votes by promising and giving phone cards, lunch tickets and dem thing there. I have witnesses who say that they (the candidates) were giving away stuff."
This is not a grammar class, of course, but this adult (is 28 adult nowadays?), UWI graduate who talks about "dem thing there", and "stuff", represents our intellectual elite. In other countries, someone would jump on her for talking like that to the press.
Miss Buchanan's bid for a UWI Guild post defied logic at first. I mean, who cares about the stinking Guild of Graduates? But, I thought about it, and I realise that Tanasha might be fuming at the fact that two of her contemporaries Kern Spencer and Floyd Morris managed to gain seats in the Senate while she, an upper middle class woman is still trying to be recognised?
After all, the people I went to UWI with are between 26 and 32, and they all have jobs that are considered to be prestigious in Jamaica. A few 30-year-old principals, 28-year-old public relations managers, trade consultants, pilots, 27-year-old doctors, lawyers, etc. But, who can top being a senator? No matter how you look at it, this person is helping to make decisions that will affect our personal affairs. It must have been a real shock to Tanasha. No doubt she has some interesting "behind the scenes" stories to tell.
Look Tanasha, not all that glitters is gold.
Tanasha is from a privileged background. She is open-minded, honest and very personable. Not a pretentious hair on her well-coiffed head. With all these positive personal qualities, I think she would be better off focussing her energies on something meaningful, like building her own Legal Empire.
Off with their heads!
I wonder if lawyers in Jamaica have any clout? I ask this because Tanasha Buchanan has been trying to get voted into office at UWI since I was there, years ago. She's still at it.
I saw a news item about Tanasha, who apparently incensed about "unfair elections" for the UWI Guild of Graduates. That's her photo.
[I'm assuming that she's divorced from her husband since she's still using her maiden name. I didn't quite catch the husband's name...just heard that he was in "Englan'").]
Tanasha is a young girl, 28, and though we haven't spoken in a long time I wonder why she is so interested in becoming a household name at the intellectual ghetto that is known as UWI, Mona. I read her statement to the press, and I am not sure whether I should be amazed at her low ambition or her public speaking skills. I've highlighted the words that remind me of the "Mumma-lashie" I know so well."All the rules in the election booklet that we were supposed to follow were broken on the day of the election," Buchanan, 28, told the Observer. "Candidates were soliciting votes by promising and giving phone cards, lunch tickets and dem thing there. I have witnesses who say that they (the candidates) were giving away stuff."
This is not a grammar class, of course, but this adult (is 28 adult nowadays?), UWI graduate who talks about "dem thing there", and "stuff", represents our intellectual elite. In other countries, someone would jump on her for talking like that to the press.
Miss Buchanan's bid for a UWI Guild post defied logic at first. I mean, who cares about the stinking Guild of Graduates? But, I thought about it, and I realise that Tanasha might be fuming at the fact that two of her contemporaries Kern Spencer and Floyd Morris managed to gain seats in the Senate while she, an upper middle class woman is still trying to be recognised?
After all, the people I went to UWI with are between 26 and 32, and they all have jobs that are considered to be prestigious in Jamaica. A few 30-year-old principals, 28-year-old public relations managers, trade consultants, pilots, 27-year-old doctors, lawyers, etc. But, who can top being a senator? No matter how you look at it, this person is helping to make decisions that will affect our personal affairs. It must have been a real shock to Tanasha. No doubt she has some interesting "behind the scenes" stories to tell.
Look Tanasha, not all that glitters is gold.
Tanasha is from a privileged background. She is open-minded, honest and very personable. Not a pretentious hair on her well-coiffed head. With all these positive personal qualities, I think she would be better off focussing her energies on something meaningful, like building her own Legal Empire.
Off with their heads!
Blogged by Shaggy's girl at 21:45
3 Comments:
UWI must invest its time in trying to educate the nation`s children, CREATE SCHOLARSHIPS , and stop being so apolitical and PNP ACTIVIST . The older generation of educators are still trying to satisfy an unfulfilled ego WHICH IS DESPAIR . Many of them ,there continue to pay homage to the PNP for providing financial assistance for their education without considering that their action is destroying the nation and the future .
The acton of many professors and lecturers are too politically motivated . this partisan politics practiced at the UWI must stop in the interest of the greater good.
God will change the composition of the UWI SOON .
TANASHA MUST NOT WORRY ONLY WHEN YOU ARE IMPORTANT ,AND GOD HAS A HAND IN YOUR LIFE CAN SO MUCH PEOPLE GIVE TO YOU SO MUCH . ATTENTION
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS, KEEP AND PROTECT TANASHA BUCHANAN FOR THE REST OF HER BLESSED LIFE.
Tanasha Buchanan is a beautiful and charismatic young lady whose dreams and goals surpass that of her peers. it's not a matter of her wanting to be " a household name in the ghetto" but it's her passion for the underdog that doesn't change, even though she is from a privileged background. these are the kind of people the world needs. God Bless
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