By Ambrose M. Bennett – Activist
THE Truth Be Told, America including the CNMI, Venezuela and now Iran are under the Autocratic Leadership of Trump & GOP Foul Balls! I have seen all kinds of Letters & Articles about the “Feds this and the Feds that” when its really Trumpism being carried out by Trump’s very LOYAL Emissaries even supporting the Iran War and complete annihilation of the Iranians (GENOCIDE)! It’s obvious by the “No Kings Protests” to those who are informed that “WE as a People are in GRAVE Danger.” Trump is even being viewed as “mentally incompetent” now for the 25th Amendment to apply and his removal for “mental incompetence.” I can easily see there is HOPE on the mainland to CHANGE Our-Fathers-Washington to Democrats, as the days of “Trumpism have an expiration date in November.” Trump’s Lame-duck or what I called “Captain Dumbbell Era” is just over the horizon. Trump is self-destructive because Republicans & the Supreme Court granted him “absolute power” which does indeed create “absolute corruption.” The problem for America is compounded when Trump is obviously suffering from “PRIDE & WRATH,” which are both deadly sins that is the direct result WE see of Trump’s corrupt leadership practices! America & the CNMI will be at a crossroad in our Democracy in November — which road will voters take (the Same-O or Democracy)!
However, while the signs are clear on the mainland that the Democrats will take over the House and even the Senate to “tie-Trump’s-hands,” it is virtually silence in the CNMI. I know the Typhoon Recovery is front & center, but WE, as a People & Leaders, must still “chew gum & walk” (multitask to recover and to insure progress). But there are no signals (public events or statements) as to Voters’ Expectations and WHAT is needed for the CNMI to recover & move towards PROGRESS! For sure the Typhoon has us going Nowhere quick, fast and in-a-hurry with recovery, but we must also address the immediate & long-term economic future of the CNMI! So far in the Governor’s race, WE only see the Same-O candidates running to “relocate from one branch to another” and the possibility of “reprocessing the Same-O FAILED Governor Ralph who has all kinds of Storm-Clouds hanging over him & his record.” The other candidates are also NOT offering any solutions — just silence & wanting to sit. However, I’m still praying for HOPE in a “Genuine-Democrat made of the Right-Stuff with the Right Solutions (Reforms)” to run for Governor!
As for the Delegate Race, it’s another I Told You So as my predictions about the Delegate & Her Party have come TRUE in “Live & Living Color” — sad to say. There is a “trickle-down effect to Trump’s madness, which is WHY the CNMI’s Delegate can’t do a darn thing FOR her People. She has done a good job of “pleading her case like a lawyer,” however, WE the People need a POLITICIAN who knows HOW to get to Trump and get something for the CNMI in his last two years. It should be clear to those who are paying attention in class (real life in the CNMI) that her civic statements & events with the failed EVS-TAP, the pleading for a Workforce Transition Extension & the EAD Extension for long-term workers along with her statement about “misconceptions of the Feds” is ALL about HER-Party causing the CNMI to suffer! The CNMI must change from “Red to Blue” (Republican to Democrat) if WE are to find progress.
It should also be obvious to readers the reason I’m against most of the sitting officials whom I believe are good people but they DIDN’T Produce FOR the People nor listen to my proven economic advice, as our economic & social conditions are PROOF of their FAILURES. Most of them have also been totally SILENT when WE need to hear their PLANS for Progress on what needs to be done! I do believe most of them are good people, but they are clearly suffering from “PRIDE” (a deadly sin) refusing to listen to sound ideas of citizens and the PROVEN advice of Ambrodamus. So, WE have a Trumpism Problem & a Silent Leaders Problem in the CNMI that must end with New & Better Leaders. WE can’t get rid of them all, but WE need to TRY as much as possible to “teach them (sitting officials) a lesson” through our VOTE of NO Confidence! WE must keep HOPE ALIVE in the CNMI for the American Political Expectations & the American Dream! One People One Direction FOR America & the Dream!!!
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.
