From Jolly Green

Have you
ever heard the saying “know all know nothing” well I heard that
when I was a teenager in Kingstown when it was uttered by a teacher
to the boy sitting next to me?

The
closest I have been able to find resembling that saying is “A know
nothing, know it all.” A Know-Nothing Know-It-All [KNKA] is a
character who insists he or she knows everything; is always right;
that they were the ''actual'' original creator of an idea; and who
generally has an extremely high opinion of themselves and their
abilities when nothing could be further from the truth. They are
grossly misinformed, or just lying, about everything they talk about
with authority. They create nothing new and are ‘Ignorant of Their
Own Ignorance.’ Their abilities could best be described as
"scarce." Such people are, in fact, the living definition
of the word charlatan.

All this
came to me last Sunday morning when thinking about Ralph Gonsalves
and LIAT. Because I firmly believe the collapse of LIAT is caused by
Gonsalves in his capacity as “A Know-Nothing Know-It-All.”

Saint
Vincent in general, is a nation of BSrs and Gonsalves, if he wasn’t
born with it, has acquired that trait over the years. But that’s
where the old saying you cannot BS a BS comes into play. But Ralph
can, and he did, that is what he has been doing for years with the
Vincentian people.

Gonsalves
knows just about nothing when it comes to running a large
corporation, just as he seemingly knows nothing about running a
government, certainly nothing about running an airline. The communist
style of things is to throw money at operations and not expect any
savings or any profit. Keep in mind what Gonsalves once said about
LIAT “I just [told] you that a regional airline like LIAT, which is
going about here, don’t look for it to make any profit.”

I had to
laugh out loud when researching this subject when I came across a
2014 article by Peter Binose that called all those involved in LIAT
such as Gonsalves “know all know nothing pratts,” turns out he
was spot on correct with his analysis.

What is
quite amusing was when Gonsalves made all the fuss about Caribbean
Air being supplied with cheap fuel by Trinidad. He said that it was
unfair because it was subsidizing them. Isn’t the continual funding
of LIAT also subsidizing, because without this continuing payment of
subsidies they would collapse?

Gonsalves
boy, please take the advice of independent spokesman on Argyle
airport and tourism, KNKA extraordinaire, C. ben-David, and sell
LIAT. Allowing it to be run by the Caribbean socialists is like
throwing money into a bucket with no bottom. Worse still allowing
Gonsalves to be involved in LIAT is like throwing money into a very
large bottom with no bucket.

Jolly
Green

Simply
an interesting informative read

https://www.iwnsvg.com/2015/02/05/the-very-simple-truth-about-our-international-airport-at-argyle/

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