Ambrose M. Bennett
THE Truth is, the components of an activists are far more powerful than the funny & bigot critics in the comment section whom I love to bounce things off — LOL and Thanks for the subject matter. I bring this to the forefront not because their comments bother me but to try and make SURE they don’t INFECT anyone else with their BS. I’m just glad they have a very limited exposure in the comment section while the printed circulation of the paper is in the thousands. I’m sure the overwhelming majority of readers who read the printed press never see their comments, I know the Coconut Wire is still in service too often for the WRONG and even Ugly thing. This is my 143rd Truth Op ed not to mention the thousands of other Op eds & letters and I know readers would be hard pressed to remember anyone publishing anything that disqualified or debunked any of the supposition offered by Ambrodamus in the pass two decades, as my record is “Thousands to 0” against my critics who can only cry & complain behind a “fake name” which says it all — so sad. Everyone who tries to disqualify my ideas have been proven WRONG and time continues to PROVE Ambrodamus was RIGHT about a lot of things. Maybe one day they will understand the wisdom of being able to “stand on a square & defend in all 360 degrees” as only some very knowledgeable Masons may understand the real wisdom behind this skill.
So WHY did the Republicans & Dems try to Blackball Ambrodamus, the activist and his ideas, is the real question that I’m sure most readers already know the answer by now — jealous & bigotry against the outsider. Heck, there is a core group of 3 or 4 who “troll me and always click funny” to even the most serious of issues, which should tell the “rational open minded & objective readers” that “Huston, WE have a bigotry disconnect problem in the CNMI.” Ambrodamus has been able to invoke all kinds of sound philosophies, intellectual & factual ideas and even visionary ideas like the Cannabis Industry and more recently the push for the CNMI to become a “Family Oriented Destination” as our Tourism Model. Yet, while WE continue to suffer only a few proactive ideas have gained real traction FOR the People when WE, the CNMI, could have been better off had our leaders listened.
Ambrodamus is a Real Activist representing the “greatest example of free speech” and Pam Bondi the AG is planning to prosecute anyone exhibiting “Hate Speech” while she defines what is hate — a direct attempt to DESTROY the 1st Amendment that guarantees the Rights of “Free Speech & Freedom of Expression” — Trumpism. It’s been obvious Republicans and even Dems in the CNMI have tried to silence Ambrodamus without success and now I’m getting a warning from a Trumpism Emissary not to complain about Trump — WOW, Trumpism Vengeance at work! I guess I will have to practice “Civil Disobedience” like Dr. King prescribed for Blacks to do during the Civil Rights Movement. I’m not afraid of Fighting the Good Fight and making Good Trouble FOR the People, FOR Our Community and FOR Our already Great Nation after going through “Jim Crow & Segregation” putting my very LIFE on the line marching.
It should also be noted by readers that whenever Ambrodamus implies “Bigotry & Racism” it is NOT so much about Ambrodamus being Black, as it is about Ambrodamus being an “outsider from the mainland” who had the nerve to try and help the Local people by holding Local Leaders ACCOUNTABLE! Being prejudice against “outsiders” is the same & just as bad as being prejudice for race. Ambrodamus just happened to be Black, which is a political & social factor that simply highlights the injustice(s), as the problem is bigotry towards ANY outsider trying to lead in the CNMI. I can even see in the comments that the Editor Zaldy faces the same affliction of bigotry from Locals as he is also viewed by certain Locals as being an outsider trying to tell our leaders what to do. I guess those hating on Ambrodamus, Zaldy and possibly Mr. Jang, who has gone silent, still haven’t learn the lesson that “the CNMI can learn from ants & even children” as written metaphorically in the Bible.
I know some People don’t like to hear bad things about the leader they voted for but the reality & truth is they need to face the FACTS that they “voted for the wrong person(s) and accept they disappointed you.” Ambrodamus has proven too many times how the CNMI has missed-the-boat on entirely too many reforms & issues meant to improve the CNMI, but leaders refuse to listen to good ideas & suggestions because they came from an outsider. Maybe ONE DAY the majority of voters will come to the realization that “WE need to give MORE weight & credit” to Ambrodamus and start following the wisdom of outsiders who have the advantage of figuratively “viewing the forest from the outside & above,” as too many locals “can’t see the forest for the trees” and refuse to listen to those who DO!
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.
