Ambrose Bennett has it wrong
In your Aug. 12 letter to the Saipan Tribune, you state that this flyer is old. It was given to me on Aug. 7 by a Democratic Party official. It wasn’t a revision; it’s pretty close to a manifesto. Why do NMDs need protection? It’s protection from other, rich, unscrupulous NMDs, that’s what. They need an honest and transparent government that protects all of its citizens and whose leaders are not afraid to say Chamorro, Carolinian, Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, haole, etc., instead of “Chamorro, Carolinian and other citizens.” We have a name just like you do. Get real, its 2014, not 1814.
Guam and Hawaii are immaterial to the CNMI. Six families own the CNMI and Calvos own Guam. It’s pure nonsense to think anything will change without the 3,000 nonvoting, registered voters, and the 3,000 to 4,000 unregistered voters, getting involved.
As far as your Democrats go, Mr. Guerrero introduced two bills, a basketball court and a road when he was in the 5th Legislature. Mr. Quitugua introduced 40 bills in the 13th. This ticket should be reversed but, since up to four Guerreros have been in every single House and Senate since 1978, that’s the only reason you have a Guerrero on the ticket. Has nothing to do with their qualifications, which in this case is not much.
Voters, stop putting ex-government officials back into office. It’s stupid. It’s these same guys that have kept the CNMI on a backward track since 1978. If you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results, you are insane, not just crazy, you’re insane.
Mr. Bennett, I suggest you go to any hotel here and you will find young local people working in them. These kids are clean, neat, polite and eager. Anyone that goes looking for a job in dirty clothes, chewing betel nut, looking like they just woke up will not be hired, even to make up rooms.
I’m sorry but not one PSS graduate I’ve talked to is ready to be hired when they graduate. They may know fractions but they don’t know anything about the real world. The “culture” of the past 35 years of having slaves do all the menial work in the CNMI is going to be the one stumbling block, for Chamorro kids especially. They expect to walk into a hotel, or other business, and start in a position over CWs already working there. You have inbred this prejudice into them over the past 35 years.
Voters, go to www.cnmileg.com and check out every single current and ex-lawmaker’s record while they were in office. Vote for all women, anyone not from the government, and no one over 35 if you can find enough. Be informed for 2014. I’m 74 and I don’t get excited.
Gary DuBrall
Chalan Piao, Saipan
Patronizing NMDs for all the wrong reasons piles an already confused bunch. Let’s not measure their heads but their feet if they still fit their big mouths! Are truth and consistency difficult concepts?
“Voters, stop putting ex-government officials back into office. It’s stupid. It’s these same guys that have kept the CNMI on a backward track since 1978. If you keep doing the same thing over and over and expect different results, you are insane, not just crazy, you’re insane.”
Mr. Dubral, your statement above is right on the money. How far are we all going to allow our system to be run to its knees? Each time an elected official got booted out from his or her seat at the CNMI Legislature in the past, they always end up with a fat contract or consulting fees. You are right that ex-government officials always end up back at our legislature, because their buddies at the legislature are funding their political move via large sum of money as consultants.
We believe of being compensated for what we earned, not for whom we know at the legislature.
Your saying “The rich got richer and the poor got poorer.” That is very true, but in the case of the CNMI economic situation, some poor people amass fortunes in the process and it is the individual who decides his or her future. The sky is the limit when it comes to opportunities in the CNMI. Ask our former farmer neighbor in Tinian, he came with his cloth on his back several decades ago and he toiled the ground. He now owns Kagman Market, hard work equate to rewards in life and he is a prime example of success or if there is a will in one’s life, there is a way.
No more the blame game, it is you who determine your future.
Jun jun: are you talking to us “racist” chamorros like gary says we are? You demand we follow your every word and then slap our face for being chamorro. GFY!!!!!
theheckler14
Sir or Mam,
I am one of you Chamorro and I attest that we as a society are one of the most racist group on earth. I had traveled the world, lived in different countries and it is bothersome to hear our own people degrade other ethnicity in our island chain from the day I could remember.
I am not calling the Chamorro racist for the wrong reason, but to address awareness that we as a society needs to be compassionate to others.
I grew up in the United States and I was discriminated in a daily basis. Hatred was embedded in my soul and it was eating me alive. As I grew older, I realized that hate is not the answer in our live.
I am thankful that Mr. Dubral has the tenacity to address racism in our island chain, because I learned and I understand to be discriminate against.
During the Summer, I witnessed racism to the max in our society whenever our people speak of the Contract Workers in the CNMI.
I am not trying to degrade our people in anyway, but I am trying to bring awareness and compassion to other human beings.
Yes, we as society are insane for letting our elected few dictate our future and for giving away our way of life.
Si Yu’us Ma’ase
I read his letters sometimes to amuse myself, but I just keep wondering what he hopes to accomplish by writing them. An attitude of arrogance combined with messages delivered with insults and offensiveness are not usually effective methods of communication, especially if you are hoping to bring about changes. But, don’t take my word for it, I am sure there is a youtube video on effective communication that you can probably learn a lot more about that
What kind of imbecile recommends you to “vote for all women, anyone not from the government and no one over 35…”? I’m headed over to the nearest truck stop to recruit 5 20 year old women then I’m off to round up a dozen ladies from the intensive care ward and a few from the psycho ward, deliver them to the Saipan and run them all for office.
Gary, bless his little pea brain, will vote for them all I suppose.
A Jr High student knows better than to use absolutes in this manner.
Tribune: why is this article different from the one published on the MV? This seems to be the watered-down version of sir gary’s real choice of words of us chamorros. Jun, dont you ever call me or the readers insane! You are just as stu-fiss as gary is! Gary, no wonder why you are they way you are at your age. Go get some viagra and be happy!
theheckler14
I apologized for offending you with my comments below. But Mr. Dubral allegations have merit and we as society needs to address issues affecting us. Racism is one of the biggest problem in our island chain and someone needs to address such predicament or the Fed needs to step in for us.
Maybe we should reassess our future relating to our elected officials at our legislature. Because some of our people are living without the basic needs in their lives, such as electricity and water. Our people are suffering and people like Mr. Dubral are making us aware of the situation and we should nurture him.
Si Yu’us Ma’ase
Jun: thanks for your recent reply. I too have been to the USA and encountered ugly racism. believe me, I set that neo-Nazi straight. I never accused all white americans of being racist because of that neo-Nazi incident. if fact, I thanked my white, African-American, islander and Hispanic friends for coming to back me up. I feel for what you are saying cause I know where you are coming from. I only ask that Mr. Dubrall go easy when referring to all us locals as the “R” word. not saying there aren’t any here but you can attract more flies with honey than vinegar. peace to you and peace in the cnmi!!
When a person thinks he is better and superior than others then he usually tends to tell others what is good and bad for them, what they all need to do and how to do them specifically. Mr. Dubrall is one of those folks from the USA that has a huge appetite to get recognized and to feel important within a society. In general, he has nothing good to say about the Chamorros and Carolinians here on Saipan. Well Gary, since the Mariana Islands is the home of the Chamorros and Carolinians and the fact that your attitude toward us are bad, then why don’t you pack up and leave these islands you consider its people as terrible and racist. Go someplace else where you hopefully can be happy and be loved as well.
Buenas Ronald Santos,
Several years ago, we would had supported your statement above towards Mr. Dubral, because we were ignorant of the fact that the Northern Mariana Island Chain doesn’t belong to the Chamorros or the Carolinians. If you read the Covenant between the United States and our island chain, the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution is applicable in the CNMI. Mr. Dubral has every right as a United States citizen in the CNMI to speak his mind relating to issues affecting him.
By you calling Mr. Dubral a main lander in itself is a form of stereo typing or discrimination and you are targeting him because of his background. According to Tan Jose, Mr. Dubral’s actions within our media is beneficial for our society. Who had came up in the open to criticized the wrongs that were happening within our society? Nobody, because we locals had the tendency to target individuals or groups that infringed with our way of life. We are thankful for Gary to speak up for us commoners in the CNMI.
We disagree with your statement above towards Mr. Dubral and many of us in our island chain appreciate Gary’s tenacity to bring out the truth and nothing but the truth. People like Mr. Dubral will be the game changer of our social ills within our society in the near future. Mr. Dubral’s allegations on “Racism” and “Corruption” in the CNMI has merit and only people who are ignorant will dispute the facts.
Si Yu’us Ma’ase
Its okay Jun. Mr. Dubral has already taken my advise and has since left the island to where he can hopefully be happy with. By the way, you need to be a better reader. In my statement I am simply implying that Mr. Dubral has nothing “GOOD” to say about the Chamorros and the Carolinians. He can have all to freedom to say what he wants but my Chamorro mother and father are great people who have always helped others and have always been welcoming to those who have traveled to our home of the the Chamorros and Carolinians.
This is just a simple question.
The article states that “Six families own the CNMI and Calvos own Guam.” Who are these six families that own the CNMI? Just curious.