Thank you Mr. / Ms. Lewis. The aims of BPC and those associated are quite clear. They care about one thing, and one thing alone. They care about money for themselves and counldn't give a shit about The Bahamas. Just read Banana7 and Columbus Pillow's comments. They do not even live here, yet are pushing this risky venture so that they can make a few bucks. Low lifes.

Please keep hitting your head against the wall. Maybe you'll get some decency to sink in. Lowly money grubber.

To suggest that in today's climate there is nothing we can do about oil drilling is utter nonsense. I don't buy it. Our politicians who have a financial interest in this need to be outed.

The letter writer's complaints seem quite valid, given my acquaintances in the US have told me the same thing.

Sorry Mr. Moultrie, there is no way to get rid of the guns. Just like booze. Just like marijuana. Just like prostitution. Just like anything there is a demand for. You are looking for a quick solution for a problem that is decades in the making. We have failed to raise children who respect life. This was a failure of Bahamian society. The gang members are merely a result of this failure. This failure is merely one of many. Who cannot see the complete collapse of civil society in The Bahamas? No. Moultrie, you are as much a part of the problem as the guns. You have been unable to man- up enough to see the real problems, if you could see them at all. Judging by your public statements alone, you should be one of the last ones anyone comes to seeking advice on what needs to be done. Perhaps there should be, as you say, " a dragnet operation" looking for those who would mislead their people with hogwash.

The "conservatives" are clueless morons. Type in Republican Governor Kasich's remarks on what the Republican (conservatives) stand for in the US.

I forgot to mention your enlightening and erudite support of prez trump.

H L Mencken was perfectly right, as many visionaries are. However, to continue to claim that the US is a democracy is completely false. A vote every few years for one of two evils, who then ignore the will of the people, is not a democracy. US citizens overwhelmingly want clean water and air, free public higher education, universal health care and on and on. The politicians represent the business interests, no more, no less. Wall Street has taken over, not just the US, but the world. Who has a problem seeing this? Seriously? Do your politicians represent you? No matter where you live. Same problem all over. We just make ourselves feel better by saying it is a democracy, rather than what we've got.
The US is not a democracy. The founding slave owning fathers made that quite clear. Why do we still believe in fairy tales? Ask the native Americans, the African slaves, Mexicans, Muslims, Japanese, Iranians,....... how well US democracy worked for them. Last week 54 million Americans were reliant on food banks to stay alive. There will be a massive wave of home foreclosures, homelessness, joblessness and poverty-related drug overdoses, suicides and domestic abuse in the next few months. While the stock market surges and more billionaires and millionaires receive even more tax breaks. More African Americans are in jail in the US than anywhere in the world. The racism and economic disparity are contributing to the world's highest death rate from Covid. Let's hear it for American democracy. Scholarly study after scholarly study state conclusively that public opinion has little to no bearing on political decisions. Is that democracy? Is the dumbing down of the world's people complete?

But, it's OK for you to get into gutter warfare by calling people names? Get lost Mr. Oil Isle of Man.

Shut up Kevin. All decent people felt terrible about the Ferreira's loss. All parents could relate to that grief. To make the statement, Kevin, that " This shocking display of nonchalance underscores the narrative that these moneyed environment lobbyists care more about Mother Nature than human beings" is about the most disgusting and ignorant comments I have ever read. The oil drilling rig is on the way. When should those who care about the future of this country, the people in this country, put off this action to seek to stop this madness? Until you say it is morally OK to do so, Kevingod?
What happened Kevin? It all relates to a childhood experience, hey? Let's drill for oil. Let's banish the gays. Let's demonize the Rastafarians. Let's keep Cuba in chains for the benefit of our own economy. You are about as lost Kevin, as anyone I have read. Your regressive and myopic thought process is helping hold this country back, Kevin.