Not a single stupid statement from Goa Ministers, or their spouses, in one whole week
By Cecil Pinto cecilpi...@gmail.com The Union of Goan Journalists today had an emergency meeting to express concern about the strange situation where no minister from the Goa Cabinet has said anything blatantly stupid in the last one week. President of UGJ, Joe D'Souza, said, "Normally we could depend on Mickey Pacheco to say something grammatically bizarre but he has resigned from the cabinet and in fact is in hiding from the police. So that dependable source for sound-bytes has dried up." "Chief Minister Parsekar also can be relied upon for a headline by calling disabled children 'God's Mistakes' or to tell girls that a dark skin would hurt their marital prospects. But the CM also is silent recently. Of course there seems to be a lot of 'bureaucratic mistakes' in drafting of Bills and Amendments, but that is considered par for the course with the current dispensation and the media has begun taking that for granted." "You must remember it is not just us Goan journalists but the entire nation, and definitely the national press, looks towards Goa for stupid quotes. The Dhavalikar family some days back gave us enough fodder to fill many pages. But how long can we depend on just one family to make doltish statements about bikinis and sarees and kum kums and convent school education. There has to be an equal opportunity and a balanced playing field. Dynasty politics, even in the number of outlandish comments one family can produce should not be a monopoly." "For some time Deputy CM Francis D'Souza showed potential with his affirmation that all Christians were born Hindu, and that he was a Christian Hindu etc etc. But that lasted just a few days. Except for the time that Parrikar left for Delhi and D'Souza suddenly decided he was the champion of the minority Catholic community, he has not really given any brainless quotes that could make national headlines." "We look forward to the opposition to fill up the gap left by the ruling party. Digambar Kamat's walk in public with a naked sadhu was cool but really we need something more provocative. We need something to restore the nations faith in us as a reliable source for moronic quotes. This week the Goa Cabinet has definitely failed us." Via: Cecil Pinto's Facebook page. Goanet wishes Cecil a happy birthday...