by a president who is paranoid about being a one termer. I heard on the news that this trip to Iraq was planned some time ago. PC, could it be that the planning started after Tony Blair made his trip there to shore up the morale of British troops?

We all know that GW is the biggest copy cat on the planet. For a while he'd been seen hopping on Air Force One with dog in tow a la Bill Clinton. Then he took to wearing the same kind of belt in hopes of imitating the swagger of a successful two-termer. Pathetic fellow!!

Sad story, YG. One of the things I kind of learnt the hard way is that we have to let go of some of the Jamaican habits when we come ashore. We do have a culture of abusing children that will not be tolerated by the authorities in these parts. Unfortunately, it gives rise to exploitation of a different kind with the best of us as first generation Jamaican parents often getting the short end of the stick. The groups that you are being referred to may want to someday put out a little primer to help educate immigrants on some fine points of the law and how to avoid certain pitfalls.

Don't get me wrong. I don't advocate slackening off on the discipline thing. What we need to do is change from being belt-wielding abusers to enlightened care givers in the most honest application of mesures required to deal with our kids in this decadent world.

Sis CV, we are seeing more and more of you...dat's good. In the early days, you gave me some good education in our native tongue (how to write it, that is), I look fwd to more.