Ambrose M. Bennett
THE Truth is there has been entirely toooo much “living-a-lie” in the CNMI which is the main reason prosperity has been so elusive, as our Political, Social, and Humanity Sins continue to mount with a Day-of-Reckoning being the “Mandate FOR Voters.” Retirees have been LIED to and living a lie being cheated out of their 25% never to be reimbursed and poli-tricked with the loss of “cost-of-living increases” that was changed by Republicans to a “bonus” that they can ignore at their pleasure. Government Employees continue to face AUSTERITY. Ralph LIED promising a lot but he is now known for allegedly “robbing the People to BOOST his emissaries in the millions.” Arnold really LIED saying WE could “TRUST-him” when the first thing he does was “austerity” and later claimed “ignorant of millions that could have been used to avoid austerity. FYI, if Arnold gets his way WE are already 50 million or more in debt, and he plans to borrow another 50 million putting us over 100 million in debt which is really against the Law. But the biggest LIE is the one OF the People who claim the CNMI is America when America’s Most Precious Ideal of Equality does NOT exist in the CNMI – a Real Sin! The “political sin of inequality” is causing serious detriment to the CNMI’s social & economic fabric for growth & development, but the Day-of-Reckoning is coming SOONER than LATER I pray, as WE may never prosper while “wallowing in political sins”!
Equality is a major American Ideal, as it is MORE valuable than “Life Itself” when it comes to our “Humanity” making the CNMI “a real hypocrite when it comes to equality.” The CNMI sends our People off to WAR to fight and even DIE for People in other countries to attain Equality in societies like Afghanistan, yet in the CNMI inequality is perpetuated – a horrific disrespect to those in the military & the U.S. Constitution. The major variable, beyond my wife, that convinced Ambrose to come here was it is supposed to be America, only to be disappointed by the racist politics. FYI, readers the Covenant Negotiations clearly state “Article XII would only be allowed by America for 25 years to prevent Speculators from buying-up the CNMI” — it’s a decade overdue. Republicans in the CNMI have perpetuated the LIE of “cultural preservation” to scare Chamorro/Carolinians Americans to ignore the CNMI’s obligation to Federal LAW & Equality with Bigotry & Hypocrisy that’s keeping the CNMI small which defies basic economic laws for achieving economic prosperity.
The CNMI has gotten BILLIONS from American taxpayers yet a teacher from the mainland can’t even own their home or business after working for 20 yrs. in the CNMI with no hope of their American Dream – pathetic, “are WE not OUR Brother’s Keeper”! Locals move to the mainland FOR the American Dream, but mainlanders are treated like 2nd Class citizens in the CNMI after giving BILLIONS to the CNMI, it’s pathetic! WE are living a LIE saying the CNMI is America, and it is really OUR Leaders fault, not the People. The Republicans have been taking the CNMI down the SAME-O dead-end road avoiding the exit to Equality never realizing the tremendous economic benefits, only casino & gambling. But I’m trying not to let Bishop Camacho down FIGHTING against “Political Sins,” as he KNEW the very “hearts & souls of HIS People was on the line with selfishness & gambling.” The CNMI is committing Political Sins big-time that God nor the U. S. Constitution allow yet wanting prosperity that ain’t coming until WE Change FOR the Better! More than anything the CNMI must strive to “become MORE like America and LEARN to grow BIG, “as the Big Fish eat all the Little Fish” in the World’s Competition for Tourists while WE resort to begging America’s #2-political enemy (China) to save us – go figure that one out! WE are supposed to be EVOLVING, not “going-in-circles to nowhere”! Ignore Ambrose if you DARE, but Time is on My Side!
The CNMI will NEVER be rewarded for the inequality, bigotry, and hypocrisy towards their fellow Americans that will be reckoned with as the day of reckoning is surely coming. Given Trump’s “revenge-monitor,” WE need to pray Our-Fathers-in-Washington don’t wake-up to the mistreatment of Americans and institute a Day-of-Reckoning like they did with Immigrations, Minimum Wage and even the Transition of Locals as our Delegate is submitting a CW extension. WE the People of the CNMI can end this inequality & do as the Feds Mandated or the Feds are going to do both FOR the People of the CNMI. So don’t get upset at Ambrose for telling the TRUTH but take it out on Republicans for misleading the CNMI so long. Republicans were NEVER punished for KILLING the Retirement Fund & their decade of LYING & still Pushing a casino but look at the MESS they made! Ralph has yet to be punished for ALL his LIES, subterfuge, poli-tricks, and waste of OUR money. Arnold has yet to be punished for his “lack of a real Economic Plan that highschoolers knew WE needed, his nepotism with the dysfunctional Cannabis Commission, as Joe Palacios was NOT worth making ALL of us suffer along with the favoritism in the MACS Give-away of OUR taxes for TAYA! However, if the voters of the CNMI refuse to continue following the “Same-O Leaders” there is real hope for CHANGE or WE will indeed be DOOMED. FYI, “electing the SAME Old leaders expecting a different outcome for the BETTER” is “INSANITY,” Albert Einstein. One Lie requires MORE lies to cover-it-up and WE must STOP living these LIES as the Day-of-Reckoning is surely coming!
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.
