Independent Nation, Dependent Population

So T&T, Happy 43rd Independence. How Independent are we really? How much better off are we as a nation and a people free from the enslaving hands of our colonial forefathers? What good a job has the PNM, UNC whoever done to deserve this status of Independence.

As we parade and celebrate and galavant trini style, let's not forget that we live in an independent nation where some fool can open fire on children playing steel pan and a government sees logic in purchasing a blimp whose price could've outfitted the entire police service with new vehicles so they could respond in less than one and a half hours to a shooting in a panyard that is 5 minutes drive away.

My view is that indpendence means...

1. There is no one for the government to answer to

2. There is a lot of freedom, freedom for bandits, vagabonds and politicians to do what de ass they want to

3. There is not accountability to any authority, even to God

4. We have a national flag for obese women to wave and wine to during Panorama

5. We have a national anthem that has lost meaning and value

6. We have watchwords that have become jokewords

So there it is, yes I'm sounding bitter... Happy Independence T&T