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		<title>By Any Means Necessary</title>
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			<title>28 years ... 28 years ... 28 years!!!!</title>
			<link>http://www.caribarena.com/antigua/opinions/opinion-pieces/colin-sampson/103110-by-any-means-necessary.html#comment-115280</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am tired of hearing this talk of "28 years"!!! First of all we should really say 23 years and stop counting the years before indepence where we didn't have the final say. And it was 2 different administrations ... VC Bird 12 years and Lester Bird 10 years. You can't blame the ALP for "gerrrymanderin g" or "rigging" when they had NO COMPETITION in 84 or 89!!! UPP wasn't ready to govern in 94 and we should thank our elders for reconizing that!!! As a matter of fact up to now they are still not ready but the younger generation got fooled off in 2004 and then again in 2009!!! At the end of the day just like President Clinton famously said "it's all about the economy stupid" ... the UPP managed to tell us in 2009 that we were on the "luxury train"... then we found out we were actually begining to be in a category 5 hurricane!!! We will see if the people believe if Baldwin Spencer deserves 3 terms in office!!! No matter how he tries to gerrymander or Spencermander the boundaries ... you can't gerrymander people's empty pockets!!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Wadadli Blogger</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>who more has a motive?</title>
			<link>http://www.caribarena.com/antigua/opinions/opinion-pieces/colin-sampson/103110-by-any-means-necessary.html#comment-115250</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Before the 1984 boundary changes were made, the ALP had won 13 of the 17 seats in the 1980 elections and 11 of the 17 seats in the 1976 elections. The ALP had actually gained seats and it could easily be argued they were given a clear mandate. The PLM was not even a threat. How can one argue, if UPP had made the change right after 2004, the public would have been with them and not admit the same for the ALP 1980 victory? After the boundary changes, the ALP won 16 seats and an independent candidate winning 1. PLM basically no longer existed. They only fielded 4 candidates and none of them won a seat. No one should argue that PLM's failure was due to changes in the boundary, and I am yet to hear of them even taking the matter to court. PLM had basically fallen apart due to infighting and George Walter's (fair or unfair) legal issues. Can anyone honestly say that the ALP in the 2014 election is not a threat to the UPP? ..]]></description>
			<dc:creator>tenman</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>@ Firebug</title>
			<link>http://www.caribarena.com/antigua/opinions/opinion-pieces/colin-sampson/103110-by-any-means-necessary.html#comment-115244</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The truth hurts at times but it still sets you free. Unfortunately most people are in denial regarding the truth of the situation...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jumbee Picknee</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: By Any Means Necessary</title>
			<link>http://www.caribarena.com/antigua/opinions/opinion-pieces/colin-sampson/103110-by-any-means-necessary.html#comment-115238</link>
			<description><![CDATA["The more things change, the more they remain the same". In truth, it appears that political delineations are nothing more than convenient tools to ensure the continued sway of the rulers over the ruled. The real tragedy of the situation as I see it though, is that WE the people are willingly co-opted into the ridiculous spectacle, and serve as enthusiastic emissaries on behalf of political overlords who scheme and divide in secret, but spout honey-coated platitudes in public about unity, development and all-consuming love for our fair land. To my fellow countrymen, what ever your political preference or disdain, please register to vote. Only by engaging the process, and calling OUR elected officials to account, can the reforms we seek really take place. We cannot divorce ourselves from their actions in government, since these actions are taken as the actions of Antigua and Barbuda. That's right- FRAM ARL ARWE, whether or not you voted.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Firebug</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: By Any Means Necessary</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As a child growing up I was taught that two wrongs never can make a right. If the ALP changed boundaries in the past, I can't recall it being of this proposed magnitude. Wouldn't such a major change require a referendum or something lik ethat where 75% of the electorate have to vote and agree for this kind of proposed change. If the body responsible for the proposed changes is comprised of 3 appointed by the UPP Government and 1 from the oppossition ALP, then how can we not see that it is a blatant attempt to manipulate the boundaries to win an election. When the late Burnham of Guyana started and used his power to stay in power by manipulating or rigging the polls for nearly 30 years, look where that has gotten Guyana to today? The laughing stock of the Caribbean and wider world....I just hope an dpray that does not happen to our native land.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>grassroots</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Marchmandering</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[We need someone with a lot of gusto (not a politician) to organize a march through the city, to stop this sort of practice so that any party (government in power) would not even contemplate doing something like this because they know the PUBLIC at large will not support such move. Minister of HELP this can be a shining moment for you if you choose to.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Villager</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: By Any Means Necessary</title>
			<link>http://www.caribarena.com/antigua/opinions/opinion-pieces/colin-sampson/103110-by-any-means-necessary.html#comment-115202</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have voted six times,so of course its dating back to the 80,s.Not once can i remember hearing of such distorted and brazen acts like this one. The problem with some people is they are still in denial,it is so hard for them to face the reality that the govt they put so much faith in has turned out to be nothing but a bag of wind.The alp won 6 consecutive elections because they did something good for the people,no one is pure,they made mistakes,but the upp is a far cry from what is considered a govt,muchless a good one.I can understand your grief,Dam what a waste of 9yrs..Stop making excuses for them,or stop trying to play on people minds.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>HC</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>We need reform not changes to the boundaries</title>
			<link>http://www.caribarena.com/antigua/opinions/opinion-pieces/colin-sampson/103110-by-any-means-necessary.html#comment-115185</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Colin, while this is a "real concern" to the Loyal Opposition, majority of the public have shown little/nil interest in “gerrymandering ” of the electoral boundaries. Perhaps they are more concern on what "transpire-on-e lection-day" in 2014 than getting caught-up in this fight. I would love to see a 'poll' on the sentiments of the electorates on having any interest gerrymandering. Well, as said the ABLP had did it so the GOAB thinks they obligated to do so as well. This 'tic-for-tac' politricks in this country must STOP. I believe we should che consider "reform" of the electoral boundaries than "changes" to them. As the Pollster, Linley Winter said “We could set the limit at say 18 per cent, meaning that the numbers in any constituency should not vary further than that percentage from the others," http://www.caribarena.com/antigua/news/politics/100735-pollster-advises-against-gerrymandering.html#ixzz2KawssDmw I agree with the Pollster but don't see our leaders and politicians willingness to do such because "power" is too much to resist!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Dig It</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>BRAZEN THIEF-ERISTS &gt;&gt;&gt; The UPP!</title>
			<link>http://www.caribarena.com/antigua/opinions/opinion-pieces/colin-sampson/103110-by-any-means-necessary.html#comment-115151</link>
			<description><![CDATA[While I agree with the entire content of this piece by Sampson. I may be young (under 30) but I doubt that the ALP has attempted to do any sort of 'gerrymandering ' in this LARGE and BRAZEN SCALE as the ruling UPP is now seeking to do! This one is unheard of!!! I really hope the public at large doesn't "play-blind" to this one, as they have done in the past AND actual let the UPP know they will not stand for this type of behaviour from a party in power!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Youthful Labourite</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 07:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
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