Letters to the Editor
Founded Upon or FlounderingIn?
Dear Sir:
The seas are rough, calm, strong but neverstill. We humans are like the seas and we in Cayman are all humans.So what are we founded upon:
1. God, 2. Life, 3. Peace, 4. Other
If we truly know what we are founded upon, why are we floundering?Why are White Papers, Cuba, drugs, US, UK a threat to our wayof life? Why, I ask again?
Could it be the leaders or even some of our own people have gottenlost in the storm - has the ship of God taken on too much water?
Are we waiting on God to show up, when actually God is waitingon a few good men to stand up and say "I will do whateverit takes" to put Cayman back on its foundation of God, Lifeand Peace!
What does a foundation of God consist of? If this were a cake,what are the ingredients? Let's see:
1. Trust in God (not man), 2. Obedience (to God's ways not theworlds'), 3. Love (mercy, discipline and compassion).
Those make a good cake and for the icing, use the Holy Spirit.
So now, I ask the people of Cayman a blunt, tough and rough question.
Have you or will you elect leaders who:
1. Trust in God, 2. Obey God, 3. Have love, mercy and favor discipline?
Are they led by the Holy Spirit? Do your leaders think of Caymanfirst and not their own self-interest (letting God reward themlast but even more abundantly).
Do you elect leaders who fear God more than the US or UK?
Do you elect leaders who trust God and worry less about Cuba?
Do you elect leaders who love the people but know how to wiselydiscipline the "drug guys"?
Each of us love to blame our issues on someone else - the leaders,the government, the police, etc. but listen - we have met theenemy and the enemy is me!
Is your life founded upon or is it floundering?
How can we face the truth, face the wind and sail our ship unlesswe return to the foundations of God, Life & Peace!
May God bless you and keep each of us upon the rock of rust andfacing the worldly winds with truth and love.
Bart Munro (a friend who has ridden out a few storms, got tiredof floundering and after all those mistakes is founded upon)
Bart Munro
"ParadiseGone Wrong?"
Dear Sir:
I would like to compliment you for yourextensive coverage via "Cayman Net News" for all thevery important issues that we are facing presently in our PARADISEGONE WRONG. I will be writing letters for publication I feel it'stime to take control of our own destiny. You will be hearing fromme more for sure.
Joseph Yates
Editor's Note:
We wish to thank Mr. Yates for his encouraging words.
Readers of Cayman Net News on the Internet and our Weekly Newspapercan contribute to the mission by letting us have your commentsand letters for publication.
The only way we can try to correct "Our Paradise Gone Wrong"... is to retake control.
So please, keep those letters coming.
CommonLaw precepts are handed down from GOD
Dear Sir:
Several things to consider:
1. Unalienable rights (also from God) - includes Human Rights.
2. Also included is "Innocent until proven guilty".
3. In a common law court there must be a damaged party presentto prefer charges.
Cayman is supposedly a God-fearing country. As such how can itignore Human Rights? By not following God's Common Law and bythe actions of its courts it seems to be following, quasi-RomanLaw, which should be unacceptable to the people of a God fearingcountry.
I see Cayman as a relatively infant country. It does need to growup. Statesman are needed not Politicians to accomplish that.
Cayman needs to eliminate the "greedy" attitude or thisisland will suffer the consequences. It could be too late already.
Cayman desperately needs a Bill of Rights, also a Constitutionwith some meaning.
A Democracy has been suggested; but to listen to a most propheticwarning by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Democracy becomes a governmentof bullies tempered by editors."
There is no doubt that the corrupt banking elite are trying torun this country as they do the UK and the US and the rest ofthe world for that matter. They go by this Golden Rule: "Thosewho have the money rule."
It is quite apparent to me that the delegation that went to Washingtonare not aware that they are not meeting with representatives ofAmerica. They are up against the heads of agencies of the corporate(and corrupt, I might add) US, which has its headquarters in theDistrict of Columbia and is alien to America.
These agencies are totally controlled by the elite bankers. NamelyRothschild, Warburg, Kuhn Loeb and such ilk. What you may notknow is that the only thing federal about the Federal Reserveis its name, i.e. The Federal Express.
The controlling interest of the Federal Reserve is held by theRothschilds. Just as the Bank of England is owned by the Rothschildsin fact is not even on English property but is on sovereign propertyof the Rothschilds in London.
There is much that could be revealed about what is going on behindthe scenes in world politics and the UN and non of it good forthe common man.
Bernard (Barney) Jensen
AdversitiesCreate New Opportunities
Dear Sir:
I note with interest that your paper hasbeen making a remarkable effort at presenting news and commentaryof some of the important issues facing the Cayman Islands.
This can only serve to raise the level of debate among the people,thereby helping them to understand the global trends that willaffect their everyday lives. I commend your efforts at being informativeand balanced.
I am merely an observer to these islands, but I would like tooffer some comment from my observations here.
I am fascinated by the political process that is being playedout, in anticipation of elections on November 8. Day after day,the papers carry new releases of newly declared candidates, anindication that there are many persons here interested in politicalrepresentation and public service for varying reasons.
The proliferation of these candidates for, in some cases, a fewseats, could well be taken as a sign of the existence of a vigorouspolitical process.
Yet when one looks at the level of public discourse on issuesthat will affect Cayman's future - the UK White Paper, the pushfor action on "harmful tax practices" by the OECD andG-7 countries, the threat to competitiveness in business and e-commercegiven existing telecommunications service and costs from companiessuch as Cable and Wireless - it becomes clear that these seriousissues have not sufficiently been part of the cut and thrust ofpolitical debate.
Public education on these issues seems to be rather low-keyed,although there are some candidates now making a last ditch effortto engage their constituents in debates about these issues.
Aspiring politicians should be leading the charge for debate onthese issues and demanding from the government timely answers,on behalf of those they seek to represent.
It is clear that representation now and in the future requiresa different kind a pact with voters - one that does not make promisesof what will be done once they are into office, and one that doesnot assume that the answers only lie with select persons, butrather, one that recognizes their input in determining the islands'future directions.
Citizens need to understand, that, left to themselves, these issueswill not disappear, and that the right questions and the rightinformation, can help them better prepare for future challenges.
Perhaps as the political race heats up, those who will emergeas frontrunners will be those who are bold and willing to engagethe people in straight talk about where they are headed.
Cherise Montgomery