and someone to tell this man, that regular smiling extends your life expectancy.

well I think he made an ass out of himself, by allowing his subordinates to screw up the execution of his political vision of the Bahamas getting rid of illegals. So much for his leadership skills. Fred Mitchell will cower, any time of the day if it helps him to climb up the latter. No one says Haiti is a Bahamian problem. We ourselves made it a Bahamian problem not to send them home when they came. We made a buck or two by exploiting these people for too long, now we pay a political price.

yes we don't have much resources, but the subsequent Governments have chosen to waste the resources and channel of it into their crony systems. They have done everything possible to divide and conquer the Bahamian society. And have won. We don't stop anymore if someone needs help along the street, as we are afraid of getting robbed, we ignore the sick and underprivileged, and we consider ourselves poor and needy while driving around in a car and watching cable TV at home. The sad part of all this is, if you don't want to treat the illegals humanely that is one decision, but we don't even treat our own poor and sick humanely. We don't need foreign resources to help here, we need to start with ourselves. Now, today, tomorrow, next week, whoever needs help we should help, because we can.

under what rock are you living?

the government has to do what it has to do, nothing wrong with that. However they should have done this right from the beginning. They chose to cut corners, they get presented the tab now.

I assume you believe that is what the Government should say to imf, wto, epa, fatca, ai etc. So why does the Government not say this to these organisations?

I said it on this thread some weeks ago, it is a PR disaster for the Bahamas. At this stage it does not even matter whether, what and to what extent an allegation is true or not. The dirt, whatever it is, and whoever it throws will stick. Poor planning by this Government, worse even the execution. Fred has definitely some egg on his face.

I give you a quote from a person living the life in Old Fort Bay - Bahamian for generations - : "I only hire Bahamians, because I don't need to pay for NIC, as they don't need to renew their work permits and I don't need to provide proof of having paid for NIC". Her employee fell sick with cancer, was immediately off pay, did not get paid a dime and not a single visit at the hospital. this makes me sick to my stomach, not as a Bahamian, but as a person. and that person was looking after the landladys kids for 10 years.

does not apply to the QC fortunately or not. AND, I would love to see Nygard being sent home, ey?

this is a democracy and and the Bahamas constitution supports freedom of speech and opinion. I understand that many on this threat don't like that. go to Cuba or North Korea. Now here is the issue. If someone is a Bahamian, he is a Bahamian, whether you like it or not.