A bad comedy show [1]
Friday, September 12, 2008 - 20:21. Updated on Thursday, September 11, 2014 - 15:58.
Editor,
Thank you for keeping us informed with what is going on in our kingdom.
The kingdom is like a poor man with too many obligations, who thinks he must live up to every obligation because someone will always bail him out. Little that he knows, he is doing too many things that keep him in the poor house. If his perception of his obligation changes, he will still be poor but he will not be doggone tired and make an embarrassment of himself. Take Parliament as an example. It is a rare occasion that everyone shows up on time when the Parliament opens for its sessions. Everyone else starts working at 7:30 or 8:00 am except the distinguished members of Parliament. How could this be? Aren't they working for the people as they claimed? If that is the case, how come they start so late and stop early while the rest of us are still working?
I can't help but wonder about the effectiveness of our Parliament. Those who pushed for democracy are now having second thoughts as well as are not being prepared for the change they called for. Our Parliament seems like a bad comedy show with too many comedians with little entertainment material. Why don't we forget about equal representation and the transparency garbage our PRs have been harping on for the past few decades? Let's talk about accountability, being on time for work, and be where you are supposed to be when you are supposed to be. Once we get this done, the PRs may have credibility to talk about other things. Since Parliament opened earlier this year, one of its members had only attended three or four times? Pardon me! I wonder why the smart people of the kingdom voted for them. As an idiot, I voted for myself but that confirmed my status in the village.
And then, the Tonga Defence Forces (TDF) is conducting a robust recruiting campaign while youngsters in villages and future soldiers have no teachers to teach them to read and write. Our priorities are backward. During the coronation festivities, I paid a lot of attention to the TDF's parade. It could be me but I thought, as the TDF forces marched by, I thought I heard the sergeant's marching orders sounded like "Hef! Hai! Hef! Hai! Hef! Hai! Hef!" But then the next group came by and I heard their sergeant ordering, Left! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right! Left!
I am now beginning to think, the first group's sergeant did not have the opportunity to have a teacher in his school so he was forced to attend the Hello Feke Academy of his village. It will be a shame if we send our next sergeant to the same academy due to our short sightedness.
Whether my hearing was good or bad that day, our children deserve to have a teacher. Believe me! The kingdom will do just fine without the TDF. The money spent on the TDF can pay for more teachers; buy the kingdom a new ferry that will not break down, as well as fixing the ports.
For us idiots in the villages, we will continue to march. Hut! Who! Hut Who! Hut! Who! Hee! Hor! For the benefits of our distinguished members in Parliament, I think these marching orders are suppose to be: One! Two! One! Two! One! Two! Three! Four! We did not have teachers, remember?
TamaFoa
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