Jeremiah 8:22: Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

I read this bible passage about three mornings back. And I concluded that, as it relates to us, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the answer is YES. There are medicines to heal the sicknesses and diseases of Country; and there is a skilled and trained physician who can diagnose and treat our sick citizens back to health and social well-being. However, the ***balm in The Bahamas*** is being applied by unenlightened, inexperienced and unskilled common laborers (PLP & FNM politicians, as well as, church leaders) for other applications other than its intended purpose: the healing of Our Country.

***As for the physician***, he was made to leave off from what he was trained and qualified to do; and instead, he has had to give his attention to his own personal need for survival. The resources that should have otherwise been allocated and directed to employ him for his skills and talents has been allocated out to political family, friends and lovers. Most recently, the appointment of Ruth Bowe-Darville just days before the date of her retirement age.

So for now, until we come to respect and accept ***the anointed physician***, and his ***balm***, we may have to accept the killings of our youths as the status quo, the norm.

What seems to be escaping the considerations of all the above commentators is, mrs. bowe-darville actually have not **judged** her own decision to accept the appointment, in this manner, as wrong.

Just as interesting, her duties entails **judging** others as to whether or not they are right or wrong in their decisions or actions.

We, The Bahamas, are in a broken state of affairs; especially, our judiciary.

Yes but his message could be more clearer and effective to us outlying constituents if only he didn't have the affiliation noise of the FNM lingering in the background.

As to the Queen's official opposition: they are so busy smooching down to the Bahamian public to realized they are not the alternative to inept and incompetent governance. They are seen as a disease of the past that any sensible and good thinking person would do best to avoid.

In fact, we are hoping for a vaccine against it, the PLP.

It would seem that you and I are much on the same page except for method employed by Rev. McAlpine, that is, of getting into Parliament.

That being said, he is in! Don't be like those Democrats in the U.S.A.
Get over it! Rev Frederick McAlpine is a Honourable Member of Parliament.

My friend of mutual understanding, 'if a donkey is in the desert what do you do?'.

Who gives a shit about whether the animal of carriage is a creature of pedigree or not? Do you insist on riding on a stallion horse? Well you wait for your Rolls Royce or Bently, I am going the first thing smoking. A volkswagon will do just as fine for me to get to town.

Whether it is a horse, elephant or donkey, or for that fact, a zebra, if the beast is capable of carrying you to where you want to go, or getting you closer to your destination, to hell with discrimination as to how it got there in the first place (Parliament). Just get on and ride it to where you would want it to go.

Rev. Frederick McAlpine is capable of now becoming an independent voice for us. Let's encourage him to.

There was nothing wrong with the fact that he accepted the FNM nomination, this is true irrespective of the Party's platform. That is exactly what is meant by politics. It calls for associating with a collective body of people and different views that may very well not be all that you, of yourself, would have chosen otherwise. But this is always necessary to unite the forces of the polite (people) to achieve common goals.

Rev. McAlpine has gained a footing in our Parliament where he can now make a truly significant difference - indeed a positive change as such is needed. - and this is the case irrespective of how he got there. He has three (3) years in which to do this.

And yes, he has chosen not to be politically correct in blindly following and aligning with what the party and its leader are doing knowing it is contrary to right principle. That is what we need: a truly independent political outlook. This would have been the mantra that LBT would have carried had she been elected to the House for Long Island.

As it now stands, insight (intelligence) necessary for foresight (vision for the future) is absent in the present Parliament.

Hopefully Rev. McAlpine would move out of the shadows of both the PLP and FNM and shine forth so that both his constituents and the greater Bahamas can see and grasp his perspectives - being unhinged and unhindered by the restrained social class agendas of both the FNM and PLP.

We all could use a bit of fresh air; indeed, a sincere and true independent voice for the people.

What a conundrum... "a political elect that never bothered to study the constitution...".

Those so called "grandfathers of the armed forces" were a huge part of and very much involved with instigating the problem.

Those men were just 'Tell'... No show...

bravo! bravo! well stated!

Behold, an observing and realist is among the people. Notwithstanding he/she goes by the name Jacknimble.

Could I ask that we look back three days or so before this unfortunate incident?

Is it possible for us to ask the question as to 'why was the assailant so purposed to shoot Petty Officer Perpall'?

What caused the deterioration in the relationship between the two officers?

Can it be that the Senior of the two, Officer Perpall, pressed his weight of authority over the young man/gunman in such a way and to such an extent that he lost control and resolve to himself to take matters into his own hands?

That being said, the young man, as so many others might view their situations, might have felt that he cannot go to the other persons in authority to fairly resolve the conflict.

let us step back and try to appreciate what might have been the circumstances to which the young man was made to suffer and endure as a result of some high handedness dealt from his senior officer.

in any event, the young man was not of a develop mind to coop with the situation. His resolve was the annihilation of Officer Perpall.

Minister Bethel and all others in the present Cabinet are impotent to stop this from ever happening again. He, nor his Cabinet colleagues, possess the political will or moral fortitude to do any thing different than what is already in place.

They keep alienating the persons who can make a difference. Their pride precedes the fall.

Could I ask that we look back three days or so before this unfortunate incident?

Is it possible for us to ask the question why was the assailant so purposed to shoot Petty Officer Perpall?

What caused the deterioration in the relationship between the two officers? Can it be that Officer Perpall pressed his weight of authority over the young man/gunman too much and to such an extent that the young man lost control and was resolve to take matters into his own hands.

That being said, the young man, as so many others view, might have felt that they cannot go to any other persons in authority to fairly resolve their conflict.

let us step back and try to appreciate what might have been the circumstances to which the young man was made to suffer and endure as a result of some high handedness from his senior officer.

in any event, the young man was not of a develop mind to coop with the situation. His resolve was the annihilation of Officer Perpall.