It will be the same as the Obama years. The media will circlejerk Biden and do everything they can to downplay any scandals that his administration may produce (ie. Fast & Furious, Benghazi, the IRS targeting the Tea Party and GOP donors, etc.) while they will demonize the next GOP sacrificial lamb in 2024 (the same way that they did with Trump, McCain, Romney, Bush, etc.) and then laud Trump as a hero when he takes a stand against whatever in God's name the GOP looks like in 2028/32 (the same way that they did with Romney, Bush, and McCain).

This cycle is nothing new, and has gone on for a lot longer than many realize.

I can appreciate the thought put into this article, but the Bahamas is a vassal state of the US, economically speaking, and will always be. Who is our #1 trading partner? Where do the vast majority of our tourist arrivals originate from? Where do most of our second home owners originate from? Who do we cooperate with the most extensively on law enforcement and regional matters?

Our government can only flirt with China for as long as the US allows it. The past 9 months has been a good preview of what would happen if, God forbid, our relations ever tanked. We are not independent, have never been, and will never be. The idea of independent (in the truest sense of the word) Bahamas is nothing but malarkey and propaganda pushed to justify the continued show of mediocrity that we have seen for the past 5 decades.

Lol. I am waiting on proof that oil even exists in our territorial waters, but even if it did, I highly doubt that we have anything remotely close to the amounts that Libya has. We probably don't even have anything close to what Cuba (a minor producer) has.

To be honest, I partially agree with you on the issue of white/black. I am a conchy joe myself, and being able to trace part of my lineage all the way back to the Eleutheran Adventurers, it is a bit tiresome to hear. I understand that this is a 90% black country though, and the racial antics in the US get imported here, so I don't expect any better.

On the Bahamian vs foreigner part, we have every right to expect first preference when it comes to government contracts. Do you think that the US or Canadian federal governments will contract a foreign company (assuming that they can even pass security clearances, which they probably won't) to do IT work, or help out their nationals. I am sorry, this government is full of shit when it comes to their talk on developing the IT sector. They have awarded foreign firms the contracts for Click2Clear, the PHA information system, this, and many others when we have skilled Bahamian programmers and IT technicians here that can easily do the work (some of which I am familiar with). They know how to talk a good game, but can never follow through on anything that they proclaim as their intentions.

If only the FNM had more Pintards that cared about Bahamians, and less jokers that are so willing to sell us out to the Chinese, Americans, and God knows whoever else.

Why is anyone surprised at this? I certainly don't expect any better.

These governments enjoy creating this stupid populace, it means that they can go around giving out fried chicken, rum, and a marlin in a hat every 5 years to get back in power. The educational system was purposely designed this way.

Nope. Foreign owned.

https://zcomsolutions.com/

This government always talks shit (excuse my language) about developing the Bahamian IT sector, but then repeatedly goes out of their way to award contracts to foreign companies. A bunch of jackass hypocrites.

They threw the Bahamian programmer who developed a patch for their garbage Click2Clear software under the bus just to justify their millions wasted on a shoddily designed piece of software. These foreign companies love fleecing these morons out of millions, while they preach about "believing in Bahamians".

Do we still have flights into London following COVID?

Afaik, we only had one prior; not sure if that would have continued following the massive reduction in travel.

"Free speech" is nothing but an illusion in most Western nations. As JokeyJack pointed out above, there is a large degree of hypocrisy involved in claiming to be a nation with the right of "free speech", and then being unable to discuss certain topics.

The modern West is quickly turning Orwell's 1984 into a prophesy, and is heading down the pathway of the USSR where taking certain positions will make you liable to be imprisoned.

Much agreed tribanon.

The propaganda has noticeably intensified in the past couple of months, it makes me wonder what the powers that be have planned.

We need a "None of These Candidates" option similar to the one available to voters in Nevada.

It would probably win a plurality, or come second at the very least.