And to think Minnis promised over and over again: "This time it's gonna be the people's time." LMAO.

Question.
Is it too late?
Or, do enough Bahamians have the balls to stop this in its tracks.
Be imaginative now.
What are the ways Disney would give this up?

I catch your drift and what you have in mind is precisely what Bahamians of all walks of life all over the Bahamas need to do, with the good people of Eleuthera leading the charge. The property once occupied by Disney and its guests needs to be ................., yes, that's right, needs to be ................. over and over again (at least once or twice a month), with many video postings of the .................. to social media with invited coverage of one of the .................. by the major news outlets (newspapers, TV, Cable, internet, etc.). Only by Bahamians repeatedly .....................the property will Disney get the message that they have no alternative but to abandon it and never return. In fact, we should all now be sending out a loud message that we don't want or need any of their cruise ships in our waters anywhere in the Bahamas. Disney will never add anything to our economy for the benefit of Bahamians at large (as has been the experience to date) while they go about completely destroying our most beautiful and pristine land and sea environments. Minnis himself should also be ..................... by the Bahamian people until Disney abandons the Lighthouse Point property.

The beach is to be open to Bahamians. Picket anyone or anything associated with The Evil Mouse.

Mr Strachan,

You obviously "get it".
Now, looking at world history, including ours, is there something else that may break this deal?
To keep Disney from destroying yet another pristine marine habitat in The Bahamas?
Disney is a brand that cares much about its' image.
Mr. Strachan, be creative.
I am urging you to consider ways to stop this terrible project.
They can all be legal, if they must.
Just because Minnis his highness has endorsed, and seemingly and undemocratically given Disney the green light, are we really powerless to stop it?
Think about all the injustices throughout history that were stopped.
Was it by writing and petitioning a government that just doesn't "get it" for whatever reason they may have?
Or, were the injustices ended because people put their collective feet down and said "enough"? And then moved into action.
Will we just cry out for another lost piece of paradise?
Or, will we stand up to the stupidity and duplicity of our PM?
I believe that we could win this one for our beloved Bahamaland, if we found the courage and strength to fight the good fight.
I am calling for all right-thinking Bahamians to come together for the good of our nation, and do whatever it takes to stop this ill fated project in its' tracks.
Mr. Strachan, please respond.

I am sorry to say this Mr. Strachan, but you and your colleagues in the media are fully responsible for the horrible situation that this country finds itself in. You manufactured a baseless and biased (and frankly warped) version of reality in which the PLP was so corrupt and sself-serving that ANYTHING was better. You did so without so much as a scintilla of evidence and even ignored that the FNM is the only party to have been found in a court of law (on irrefutable evidence) to be involved in a massive act of corruption (BEC) that cost the taxpayer. You ignored the massive positive achievements of the PLP - the University of the Bahamas, expansion of the Defence Force, doubling scholarships, doubling the conviction rate via Swift Justice. You simply invented your own version of reality, replete with newspaper outer covers with Christie as a vampire (appealing to pure animal stupidity over reason). You did this because you were controlled (like the media generally) by people who want to take us back to pre 1967, like the owners of the Guardian, who have a corrupt, vested interest against NHI, which of clear nobody declares or reports on. My father was for 10 years an FNM Minister and I admire many of Ingraham's achievements. But Ingraham remember was a PLP, albeit a reform one. I fear that you and your colleagues in media have set this country back a generation with this corrupt, incompetent and clueless bunch that you have saddled us with and now claim to be "disappointed" after all the evidence of what they were and promised to be. Remember Bobo and Toggie?? Selling Baha Mar??

"You did so without a scintilla of evidence"?
What?
Are you being serious?
Sticking with a failed two-party system and then arguing for one side is a bit intellectually weak, isn't it?
The FNM and the PLP have failed the people of The Bahamas.
And please tell, "what is pure animal stupidity over reason"?
Most animals get along much, much better than the god chosen PLP and FNMs.
And, most animals do not despoil there homes.
Ever drive through the PLP and FNM city of Nassau?
I think I'll choose animal stupidity over political operative thinking in every case.

You need to drive through any other developing city capital, including in our region. Then you will see why anyone from any of those countries would do anything to move here. Thanks to our post independence governments, the Bahamas is a SUCCESS. Is it enough? Hell NO! But that is a very different proposition from the many idiots (and UBP vestiges) who claim we should be reversing course. We need to STAY THE COURSE. Introduce NHI as a logical evolution of the social safety net introduced by NIB. Stop putting taxes on the poor and start a progressive income tax like every other sane country on earth. In other words CLOSING THE GAP between rich and poor that is at the heart of every single one of our problems in this country - INCLUDING your famous drive-through of Nassau. You normally make sense, Porcupine, but do not buy into this privatization/dump the state bollocks. We need to invest in our people and we can EASILY afford to do it. The PLP was not perfect, but theirs was the right direction. This crew will place us in reverse.

We are a success in spite of then PLP and FNM. All the people in both parties have enriched themselves whilst in power at the expense of the people. The most shameful part of that is the people they were meant to help the most are the ones they have let down the most.

The only thing the PLP ever invested in was their pockets, unfortunately for us this FNM crew appear to be quick learners.............

momoyama,

You apparently got me confused with someone else.
I am a long time socialist.
I would nationalize many of our important industries here.
And, give more than enough for education, health care, and social services.
I would also institute a graduated progressive income tax.
There would also be relatively high commercial property taxes to ease the burden on working people.
I have never bought into the privatization/dump the state idea.

We can go around and around the mulberry bush, we can blame and castigate every government we place in power, and we can fight amongst ourselves, but three facts are worth exploring. **One**- a whole lot of money is being sucked out of the economy due to shopping abroad, all nationalities sending money home, web-shops absorbing money like a sponge, and what's left is the money all of us are living on and which is getting less and less.
**Two**- there is no magical pot of gold that the government can access, neither is there a magical stash of jobs that government can access, neither are Bahamians willing to invest seriously. **Three**- governments promise the world to people to gain political power, but very little of those promises are based in actual reality- citizens need to wake the hell up and stop believing every word coming from a politician's mouth.

Excellent point stillwaters. We have been conditioned for too long that the gov is our savior. Bahamians expect the gov to do for them from the cradle to the grave. I am not a fan of political parties,but I do believe we have a fighting chance with this gov. They seem to not be bowing to all the special interest groups. They seem to be prepared to make the tough decisions that should have been made years ago.

What good stuff??????

Unburdened to deliver 10 May, 2017 general election promises afar from close media scrutiny pro hitched hipbones red shirts party...... the elected red comrades are left free based on no more than their own own integrity level to pursue or not pursue self-interests.
Few can look with straight face at those 91,409 voting in 35 red shirts MP's, not to mock them voters with unsettling words to effect - that there couldn't possibly be better a time to be a governing politician when most, if not all, be collecting more than one regular paycheque, along with government cars and drivers, health insurance and pension benefits, abundance foreign with travel and entertainment allowances and its all being billed for payments directly to WorkingPeoplesPublicPurse.{ There is no reason make such up }.

DOWN WITH THE MOUSE AND DOWN WITH THE RATS. Minnis best enjoy it while he can. He either has no back-bone or he is corrupt to the bone, or both. This is indeed the straw that broke the backs of many camels. I am one of them. Many say they will not vote again, certainly not for either the PLP or FNM. This FNM S U C K S!

Madhatter,

You are correct. However, wouldn't it burden your conscience to participate in a country that spends so much money and human resources, your tax dollars, in killing so many innocent people around the world? If the US had spent a fraction of that nearly trillion dollars every year of our lives actually making the world a better place.............................
And, could any decent person willingly live in the same country as Trump?

"At times, Dr Minnis appears to be acting like a president rather than a prime minister who, in our parliamentary democracy, should be primus inter pares – first among equals – in relation to his ministerial colleagues and, while leading and coordinating government policy and action, should always take account of differing views in reaching consensus in Cabinet" (from a very recent editorial or insight).

Can Light House Point Partners not sue The so-called National Economic Council for failing to take into consideration the views and opinions of ALL in our Nation and obtain some sort of injunction against the desecration of our Bahamas by yet another Disney venture? It seems the Courts had issues with Nygard interfering with the coastline in the Capital, what about the issues of ecological damage to the coast line and seas in Eleuthera and the rest of our waters?

Ma comrades, just yesterday read internal survey which will break hearts 91,409 voting 10 May 2017 to elevate 35 red shirts to the House. The survey was conducted on behalves Imperial red shirts governing party, that rates the Minnis and KP administration as being in tie race with the country that has the world’s worst postal service and government ,,, being in statistical tie with South African country Sao Tome and Principe which is amazingly rated be safe and welcoming to visitors {No desire nor need makes such steering in your face up }.

Doc lies. a lot he can give Donald Trump some tips. on how to lie with a bold face.

Your short post here, Madhatter shows a level of thinking that is poisoning our world. Racist, cowardly, ignorant, oblivious, sick, are all words that could apply to this post alone. Rather sad. Turn off Fox News. It is not helping you become "better informed".

Some of us should QUESTION MORE!

Whatever. Sometimes the Madness takes over! I am 100% with Porcupine on this one. It would take too much time and energy to point out the perversity in your Trumposity.

The opposition seems to grow stronger and louder every day.

It does, doesn't it? Sadly, with good reason.