Had a nice day in Brooklyn earlier and returned to a lost of contributions but basically more of the same. I haven't seen much original thought, except those of Kzaz and Chief, and KishanB. Jalil made a good point about the PPP missing a golden opportunity to reach out to Nagamootoo prior to the last elections, which I know is anathema to Jagdeo.
I'm heartened that there were no cuss-downs - thank Nehru for not making this important thread one to get the Admin's attention and thus the padlock was kept in their pockets (I must say I laughed at the post about the thread's IQ dropping 20% when Nehru made his first comment 
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Redux - I know that you can separate reality from passion. The thesis advanced is what does it take to change Guyana's governance by removing the PPP from power or forcing them to change, and the key advanced (no, not the AFC's key) is for the majority electorate body - the Indians - to lose the mistrust of the PNC. And how? The new PNC must divorce itself from the PNC period. You take umbrage with this as only the PNC must apologize and that we are not holding the PPP culpable. that's the whole point - we don't care about the PPP, we want them to lose, so why ask them to apologuize? They hold the upper hand. Samje? Reality!!!
Nehru, you also make the assertion that once a thug always a thug. Any allusion on my part that this is not your daddy's PNC draws the incorrect inference that I do not know slo-fiah, mo-fiah will emerge. I ask you to look at the reality of protests in Guyana in this day and age and see if that incentive still holds.
CaribJ, I see the same trait in Redux to unravel reality from passion. What about the PPP's electoral dominance escapes you? What about a blueprint that says pull the Indian vote away from the PPP and the combined opposition will force the PPP out is alien to your thinking? Why do you conjoin this tactic with an inference that I want to make Indians comfortable and giving the PPP a pass. You and Redux are the ones giving this PPP party a pass. Think about it. Chief says the same thing. Kzaz says the PNC cannot win by some fictitious street protest. Get into this century friend.