By Ambrose M. Bennett – Activist
THE Truth is Ambrodamus was RIGHT about the “adverse effects of the mainland migration,” which I started warning about in the late 1990s. Truth-be-Told, WHY does it take over two decades before a “high-level official to confirm that Ambrodamus was right about OUR Workforce & PROGRESS — Bigotry! Thanks to Secretary of Labor Staffler’s warning about the adverse migration pattern I hope the powers-that-be (next Governor) will finally listen and take actions. Ambrodamus Told Readers & Leaders So years ago & recently about how “WE are killing the American Dream forcing our youth & adults to leave” and how the “mainland migration is having an adverse effect on the CNMI,” which is really something we teach in Social Studies to “be cognizant of migration patterns.” I’m also glad to see Ms. Staffler is going to run for Office, as she is what we call in our African American Culture “a KEEPER”! I’m just disappointed the Democrat Party is not offering a slate of candidates, which is clearly a problem with their leadership, as they are failing to Plan & Do the work FOR the People — just SILENCE! WE only hear from OUR Dems on national issues but TAYA on issues facing the CNMI, which is literally a sad signboard advertising for New & Better Democrat Leadership, so call me for Greatness Dems!
Ambrodamus has been RIGHT about a lot of things, but what should now be obvious is bigotry has gotten in the way of PROGRESS. Ambrodamus even tried to HELP with the implementation of a Systemic Workforce Transition Plan that included the Repatriation of Scholarship students with GUARANTEED jobs! No graduate student on the mainland is going to come back to face looking for a job competing with CWs for minimum wages when they have real careers & high paying jobs on the mainland — HELLER! Yet, WE are still in the Same-O Mode with virtually no real Transitioning Program being Documented to pass the Federal Mandate Test in 2029. Our leaders have literally left THEIR responsibility & accountability on the shoulders of PSS, NMC & NMTI but NO Government sponsored & led program that applies to ALL CWs & Jobs. Heck, Locals are still applying for the same job with CWs ignoring my previous push for some form of “Affirmative Action” to demonstrate a legitimate effort to transition the entire workforce even though it’s not achievable, but WE need to show the PROOF to the Feds in 2029! WE are playing catchup with No Plan to fix the enormous challenge of resurrecting the American Dream in the CNMI, which can’t be done by avoiding PROGRESS just because Ambrodamus said it FIRST — sad!
Our Delegate King-Hinds is now trying to defend & promote the EVS-TAP with China while her own Party is against this program, as the President is even fighting AGAINST Immigrants into the U.S. I Told Her So and the rest of the CNMI that “Jude Hofschneider & King-Hinds were sending all-of-us on a wild-goose-chase with the EVS-TAP and that her own Party would be her biggest enemy” as Republican Senators are now opposed to the EVS-TAP. I also WARNED that “China was Bad-News being America’s Foe, not our Ally,” which is common knowledge & common sense, but No leader in the CNMI listens to the qualified outsider in Sociology, Economics & Political Science even avoiding Progress — it’s pathetic! However, her opposition Dr. Galvin was RIGHT in reminding us of the need to Preserve & Protect National Security and the Welfare for ALL which prevails over the CNMI’s need for Tourists from China that has proven to be a threat. Heck, the reality is China WAS bad News from Birth-Tourism to the debunk casino backed by Chinese Investors that killed OUR Japanese Tourist Market & the Mariana Resort. China is also the source of Ice coming into the CNMI, as Ice continues to come in from China despite all of our efforts to kill the infestation!!! The Chinese Government was even allegedly involved in Ralph’s pending RICO Case for “illegally contributing to CNMI elections.” We (America) may even end up in War with China, so Be-WARNED CNMI!
Another Big Question is “WHO is going to FIX or Reform the entire Cannabis Industry, as the responsibility is the Chairs & Vice Chairs over Cannabis — Reps. D. Yangetmai & D. Camacho, Senators C. Magofna & D. Manglona who are technically over the Cannabis Industry. The Governor obviously knows Ambrodamus is RIGHT with his request, but they are clearly ignoring his request to dissolve the Cannabis Commission & Director. Maybe they’re just waiting for primetime election season to DO something just to SIT again, which is a “NORM on the Hill” — poli-tricking & delaying progress so they can sit. There is also the FACT there hasn’t been a single effort to promote what I wrote in the First Draft of the Cannabis Bill to be a “Cannabis Tourism Industry.” Heck, the Cannabis Industry has always operated In-the-RED, as MVA doesn’t have a clue on What nor HOW to promote the industry and Hotels are dying with others in ICU. But MVA & the Hotel Association are AFRAID to let Ambrodamus help due to the FEAR of retaliation for allowing Ambrodamus to HELP – now that’s some very True, Sad & Ridiculous S&#T! I’m just thankful my strength & talent for writing are “Divine & Driven by the TRUTH”!
In fact, readers, our elected officials DEPEND on NO-public-outcry so they can continue to SIT & DO TAYA! This TRUTH is the reality for some but disregarded by others, however, Dr. King said: “The Moral Arc of the Universe Bends towards Justice” and maybe One Day People will realize Ambrodamus was “Ahead of the Times in a Right & Just Effort to Help & Promote PROGRESS,” however, bigotry caused the Loss of Progress & MILLIONS! I know CNMI citizens are simply AFRAID but just think CNMI, “REAL Moral & Patriotic Americans are protesting & dying FOR Immigrants they don’t even KNOW”! Yet a mainland American, deemed “outsider” in the CNMI, who offers PROVEN Solutions for Progress is met with SCORN instead of THANKS and not even an “Amen” in the comment section because patriotism & morality are lacking and NOT on display out-of-FEAR, which is the TURE and pathetic contrast in CNMI with OUR American Counterparts! WE the People “Get What We Ask For” and failing to protest and allowing Bigotry to be the “NORM” is one reason for OUR economic suffering that will NEVER be rewarded with PROGRESS, which People can see in our dysfunctional economy from ignoring Zaldy, others and Ambrodamus’ sound economic advice. Sad but TRUE, the CNMI still has a lot of Patriotic & Moral-Growing-Up to DO to deserve & find Progress to Resurrect the American Dream!
One People, One Direction.
Ambrose M. Bennett is an Economist who minored in Sociology, a Political Scientist, a retired teacher & former CNMI Board of Education Member, a James Madison Fellow (U.S. Constitutional Scholar), a Fulbright-Hays-Lifetime Humanities & Religious Scholar who resides in Kagman III in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
