Caribbean New Yorker is the biggest mouthpiece for Bharrat Jagdeo and his disastrous policies, by the way – and that is not a solitary opinion. And yes, Caribbean New Yorker used its supporters to conduct a dirty campaign against “straight-uo” journalist Paul Sanders. Bisram has not answered wht his role was in all of that. He is still the Diplomatic Editor.

Stabroek News was alerted a while ago. Bisram’s true colors as well as his newspaper are out in the open.

GUYANESE MUSLIMS FOR OBAMA
Sir – Whether you believe it or not, most Guyanese Muslims are now supporting Barack Hussein Obama and want him to occupy the White House. Like all Muslims, Guyanese Muslims too believe Obama is a born-Muslim and he deserves “our support”. I hear many masjids in Richmond Hill are urging their followers to cast their votes for Obama in the Nov. 4th presidential elections. For any Muslims – be it Guyanese Muslims or Trini Muslims – supporting a fellow Muslim is mandatory no matter who he is, what color of skin he is and what race he is. As long as he is Muslim, that label is fine!. That’s why you may see even professional Muslims religiously back Obama! As a broad-minded Guyanese Muslim, I know the mindset of a Muslim. For Muslims religion is more important than race.

As a long-time Republican, many of my Muslim friends did ask me why I am not supporting our Muslim brother, Obama. I said I don’t trust that inexperienced guy! I want a strong leader John McCain to run this beautiful country. They said No! You should support our fellow Muslim. I simply reject their argument! I don’t understand why we have to choose a candidate based on his religious background?

Anyway, come November, I will vote for McCain. I hope all Guyanese too back McCain for a better future. I thank “Caribbean New Yorker” for endorsing McCain as our next president!
S. Ally, New York

My comment on the above letter:

The above letter is a study in racial hatred, (political) violence – and mischief-making. It is also an attack on all Indo-Caribbean Muslims. S. Ally is a fictitious name as are all the other names (Kamla, Lakhan Singh, Ricky Narine etc) assigned to several other letters stirring up anti-black prejudices in this peaceful Indo-Caribbean Community of Queens.

All the letters ring out loudly and clearly that this author using several fictitious names has a violent, uncontrollable hatred for Obama, simply because he is black. Not once did the author attempt to discuss the issues – where Obama vs. McCain stand on the issues. In the above reproduced letter this author went after Guyanese Muslims. It must be said all the allegations levelled at Muslims are false. It must be said also Guyanese Muslims are quite educated on the issues of the campaign – and when they do vote, their vote will be an intelligent vote. Not based on race but on issues and in their best self-interests. The major issues for Guyanese are Universal Health Care and Immigration reform – McCain has no standing or credibiltiy on these issues. S. Ally is a fictitious name but whoever this guy is, he is a total idiot. He wants Guyanese to vote against their own self-interests. Of course it is quite easy to understand S. Ally – his vote is to satisfy his deep need to fulfill a sick racial vendetta against black candidates.

The big question: Who is the author and why is CNY publishing these vicious and insane letters? What is Bisram’s role in these letters? Why is Bisram so conspicuously silent on these letters? His silence means he is condoning these letters, if not worse. If Bisram belongs to the progressive school of politics, should he not move to stop the publisher Nala Singham from committing these multifarious atrocities against the Guyanese and Trinidad people who read the weekly? Should Bisram not dissociate himself from the paper? The money he earns writing for CNY is tainted money.

It gets even worse. CNY has begun publishing Republican rightwing stuff (Obama is not a citizen of the USA) that you cannot find in any press in the whole United States except in the rightwing press.

Guyanese readers at home and abroad may speculate as to the reasons and depth of Bisram’s involvement in this infamy – and yet this is not enough.
Racial hatred for Obama simply because he is black – as much as it is shocking – is something you would expect from the unschooled who cannot let go of racial prejudices easily.

What is infinitely worse is for the Caribbean New Yorker to receive payment from Republican PACs to not just carry McCain’s regular political stuff – but to carry Republiban right wing material – takes this matter into another realm. There is a word for it – it is called mercenary.

Attorneys-at-Law Kawal Totaram and Dr. Dolly Hassan and Mike Persaud wrote the paper pleading with the paper to stop publishing letters appealing to racial and anti-Muslim prejudices – and what was the paper’s reaction? They mocked and ridiculed these very respectable lawyers. And, where is Bisram, he is not hiding for sure. He is showing up every few days in the Stabroek News letters column on some inane nonsense.

This paper is also connected at the navel with Guyana Government owned Chronicle. It reprints tons of material from the Guyana Chronicle each week including its editorial.

President Jagdeo must move immediately to cut his ties with CNY – lest he is seen as sanctioning an anti-black and anti-muslim paper.

Most of the Federal and State Laws that benefit Guyanese living in the USA, have Black American blood and sacrifice sitting beneath them. Without the Black Renaissance and Civil Right struggle no Guyanese would be able to migrate to the USA to vote their conscience in November.

The Caribbean New Yorker has carried letters under ficticious names (sounds familiar) that openly advocates not voting for Obama because he is Black and Muslim. Never mind he is not Muslim, but the paper is so anti-Mualim and anti-Black that even the blind cannot miss it. One writer stated she (at least I think it’s a she) would not vote for Obama because “we all know what black people would do when elected.”

Every issue of said Newspaper has an editorial or lenghty article written by Mr. Vishnu Bisram and he simply cannot deny culpability. He is as responsible as are all the people involved witheth Caribbean New Yorker. Shame on them all!

Vishnu Bisram claims to have conducted polls just about everywhere. Who does he talk to no one knows. He just makes stuff up or states teh obvious. He claims that Hillary’s and Bill Clinton’s speeches were so great that it helped Obama’s rise in teh polls. Of course, that’s obvious. What did Mr. Bisram expect – Hillary and Bill to diss Obama. That would be political suicide for them, especially Hillary. and did he expect Obama to say Hillary’s speech was terrible. Of course not. Obama’s not stupid. I am an Obama supporter and I admit that I am biased in favor of Obama, but even I could have predicted that Obama would have said the same thing even if hIllary or Bill’s speeches were not as good as they were.

I am a Guyanese East Indian. I know of the sacrifices and hardships endured by Blacks in America. I know about the civil rights movement and I know that they paved the way for people like myself to be accepted in America. I don’t and will never claim to fully understand their sacrifices and courage, because I did not have to sit at the back of the bus or use toilets for colored only, nor was I ever denied entry to a restaurant because of my color. Nevertheless, I can appreciate what they did and I honor them for it. That is why I let my 9 year old stay up and watch history being made when Barak H. Obama accept the omination for President of the USA and That is why I will vote for Obama on Nov. 4th. 2008.

Vishnu Bisram can do all the so called polling he wants from now to kingdom come. He can advocate all he wants for McCain as his newspaper now does. But rest assured, he can’t change this collie mind!

Mohamed Z. Rahaman (Breado)