Don’t ever blame me

* Crime is global, it exists everywhere — don’t blame me for not trying to reduce crime.

* There are rotten cops in every police force — don’t blame me for not getting my cops to uphold the law.

* Cocaine goes missing — this is not the first time, the system of preserving evidence cannot be flawless.

* Prison officers are involved in drug trafficking — don’t blame me for not rehabilitating prisoners.

* Eye in the sky was blind — this is a good public relations excuse of our failings, no one can be blamed.

* US$2 million aid for Katrina Victims — poverty does not exist here, we don’t have to attend to misfortune if they are locals.

* Budget 2006 — a grand stage for making empty promises.

* The UNC is not for sale — don’t blame me if we don’t win the elections.

DEREK I OUTRIDGE

Port-of-Spain