Well said. Our currency value would be in the toilet if it was allowed to free float.

I know you are a Minnis fanboy but you need to face the music: Minnis was the primary reason the FNM lost in 2021. The FNM should have called a convention like they were obligated to and replaced him in anticipation of an upcoming election if they wanted to have a fighting chance. The FNM vote total in 2017 was over 90k, in 2021 it was a bit over 45k. The PHellP vote total increased from by less than 10k between the two elections. The conclusion is simple: FNM voters and previous Minnis voting independents either 1.) stayed home or 2.) voted for CoI or miscellaneous parties. The biggest problem within the Minnis wing FNM was/is arrogance and a refusal to recognize reality. Anyone tuned in to the will of the populace knew that public uproar against Minnis was very high and that a change was needed if the FNM wanted to be competitive in that election, but the Minnis cult did not want to hear any of that and led the FNM to a humiliating defeat losing stronghold seats that had voted FNM for decades. The collective IQ of the FNM in 2021 was very low and they have nobody to blame to for the loss but themselves.

An incumbent government has not won an election in the entire 21st century in this country. Brave has done literally nothing to inspire any turnout for him, despite having opportunities for easy political layups with something simple like partial marijuana legalization, and on the contrary has dealt with numerous high level scandals throughout the course of his administration. Regardless of whatever your opinion on Brave is, statistically speaking electoral odds are not good for the incumbent government by default in this country. Objective analysis requires bias to be put aside and without bias it is easy to say that it is unlikely Brave and the PHellP win the next election just given the historical voting patterns of this country.

I agree with 90% of this letter, but this glazes Minnis way too hard.

I can only speak for the Abaco experience, but Minnis was an utter failure in the aftermath of Dorian. An island that consistently sent two FNM MPs to the House was treated as a mere afterthought and left to die. It was over a year and a half before my family had running water; Abaco was hell on earth for a while and nodody in Nassau cared about trying to fix it. Central and South Abaco in the entire electoral history of the Bahamas never voted PHellP until 2021, that alone speaks volumes to the level of discontent that was on this island with Minnis. You know you suck ass as a FNM PM when even the conchy joes don't come out to support you.

CONVID was a nothing burger as well and nothing Minnis did helped it go away any quicker. Not a single person enjoyed his lockdowns, curfews, asinine ideas such as shopping via surname and I am very thankful that era of retardation has passed. For as horrible as Brave and the PHellP are in other aspects, they were not nearly as onerous in their handling of convid.

Minnis was undoubtedly the worst PM to ever take office in this country and I say that as someone who voted for the FNM in 2017. He was a complete disappointment and the FNM should really cut all connection with that "wing" of the party if they want to have a chance at winning an election anytime soon. Brave has done absolutely nothing to inspire any confidence in him, but he isn't the worst PM just by the virtue of not being Minnis.

God also gives us incompetent rulers as a form of punishment. Scripture clearly says that God made the rulers of Samaria (Israel after the split from Judah) weak because of the idolatry at Bethel, to the point where there was constant political instability and murders of monarchs until the Assyrians took over. Scripture also clearly states that God abandoned Judah into the hands of the Babylonians because of their infidelity towards Him. God gives us the rulers we as a collective deserve; the ruling political class is a sad reflection of Bahamians as a whole.

Birdie like most Bahamian Christians you are comically ignorant of your faith. Christ Himself told Pontius Pilate that he would not have the power to crucify Him unless it were given to Him by above. Hitler purged his country of communists that would have loved to rape and kill nuns and other clergy like they did in Republican Spain, and signed the Concordat with the Vatican that remains in force to this day; Mussolini created the Lateran Treaty that brought peace between Italy and the Vatican, purged communism from Italy, and if the visions of Blessed Edvige Carboni are correct, is in Heaven today; Stalin for as evil as he was ended persecutions against the Orthodox until Khrushchev took over. History is full of examples of God using imperfect men to further his plans.

Tbh I haven't looked at what items are available for shipping to the Bahamas in months, but in prior experience I've noticed that a lot of items that are available for shipping to a US ZIP code were not available for shipping here. I will probably stick with using a courier until a greater selection becomes available and any kinks in the system get worked out.

I've ran business for a while and haven't had to pay bribes to get things done but I will say that having someone you know in a given department that you can call to get things pushed through is a very helpful asset. Who you know is just as important as what you know in this country. Connections are everything.

Allegedly Trunk has told Bibi to wrap up his expeditions before inauguration (which is believable). Expect the intensity of the war in Gaza and Lebanon to get turned up to 11 now that Gallant is gone and they most likely have a deadline to meet. Ukraine has no prospect of ever taking it's territories back outside of direct NATO intervention which will 100% trigger a massive Russian retaliation that leads to WWIII. Even if you gave the Ukrainian military the entire US arsenal they would be unable to win simply because they don't have the numbers to hold forever or even push (there are reports they are even starting to drag women off of the street). This war has come at a human capital cost for Russia (not as bad as what the West says though) but their economy is flourishing and they have been forced to clean out a lot of corruption that was present in their pre-22 military. Russia will not want to end the war now because time is on their side. Trump can easily force Ukraine to the negotiating table by withholding weapons but right now the Russians don't have a reason to negotiate, everything is going in their favour, so the big question is how can he force them to table. He has to have something really juicy to offer them.

Until it eventually gets extended to Bahamian companies.