Again, you haven?t even touched radio ads. There are almost forty radio stations in Belize.

Now you are beginning to get the sense. In third millennium Belizean politics, no matter how brilliant or sincere you are, if you do not have a lot of money, you cannot even become known to the electorate as a credible candidate. In the 2003 campaign, the PUP had to have spent at least 15 or 20 million dollars, probably more.

That is why we live under a 2005 version of white supremacy. The maul (Barry Bowen) and the stiletto (Lord Michael Ashcroft) essentially run things. Ralph Fonseca is wealthy enough to drink whisky with the maul and the stiletto, but almost all the other Belizean politicians are employees or Uncle Toms. They either work for the maul and/or the stiletto, or they are deathly afraid of them.

In 2002/2003, the UDP knew that the maul would remain a PUP bankroller. But they thought the stiletto was angry enough with the PUP because of the BTL matter, that he would bring his millions for the UDP. So, the UDP ?powdered? the stiletto while he was gouging telephone subscribers. Mistake! As the election date became closer, the PUP leadership, who had publicly threatened the Lord?s BTL, decided not to mess with the stiletto. The stiletto is deadly, and quiet. You die before you even begin to bleed. They ?made up? with the stiletto, ditched Glenn D., and the stiletto laughed at the UDP.

PUP 21, UDP 7. Story done. The maul and the stiletto. In school, they teach the children that this is ?parliamentary democracy.? Bull shit. What it is, is white supremacy.