Both Christie and the Greek too, are paying (or will eventually pay) for their own transgressions in one way or another. What goes around, always comes around!
One only has to remember the occasion when Christie stood on the floor of the House of Assembly and carried on (in the conversational third person) a long waffling, rambling, in-coherent conversation between himself as Prime Minister and himself as Minister of Finance. I actually recorded that occasion and had a friend of mine with a Ph.D in Psychology (McGill) and M.D. in Psychiatry (Johns Hopkins) view it for laughs. She found it hilarious and stated that Christie definitely exhibits the symptoms one would expect of a certifiable mad man! The next day I began liquidating and converting whatever assets I had in the Bahamas to U.S. dollars for export elsewhere.
Minnis demonstrates time and time again just how much of a mad whining buffoon he truly is when it comes to politics. He really makes me one wonder how competent he is at practicing medicine in whatever field he may have specialized in. I would bet the house he's one of those "pushed through no matter what" UWI med school grads who made many in his graduating class cringe!
It's the very same reason the Christie-led PLP government implemented VAT, one of the most regressive taxes that can be imposed on a society like ours which already has a relatively great number of poor people. Both the PLP and FNM have always implemented social and economic policies aimed at keeping the vast majority of Bahamians poor and uneducated so that they are most vulnerable to the "vote buying" style of politics introduced by Pindling and taken to a whole new level by both Ingraham and Christie.
Rumors are already circulating that the decision to shortly announce a significant downgrading of our credit standing was made three days ago in a secretive closed door emergency session held by the decision makers for our geographic region. Sometimes I wish I didn't have friends in higher places!
The "Moses complex" suffered by Christie has contributed to his even more severe "Robin Hood complex". Both Christie and Maynard-Gibson truly believe they have the absolute right and privilege to take whatever they want from "Bahamian Peter" to pay "Bahamian Paul" while at the same time granting enormous concessions to super wealthy China controlled enterprises in exchange for "favours" and other "goodies" that only benefit themselves and their select elite group of political friends and business cronies.
emphasis to key point made by "banker" in comment to another article: Sarkis Izmirlian and his legal representatives outside of the Bahamas must always be mindful of the fact that Perry Christie and his Cabinet are as firmly in bed with the Chinese as they are with the racketeering mobsters behind the 'illegal' gambling houses now operating with impunity on just about every street corner in our country today. Christie, Davis, Wilchcombe and Maynard-Gibson in particular should be seen as being, for all intents and purposes, agents of the Chinese when it comes to that ruthless foreign government's business and other interests in the Bahamas. It is therefore almost impossible for Sarkis/Baha Mar to get an unbiased fair hearing before any court (judge) in the Bahamas on any matter pertaining to the legal actions they have initiated outside of the Bahamas. Sarkis/Baha Mar and their legal representatives must remain very wary of this fact. Being as dependent as the financially weak Bahamas now is on foreign direct investment from China, the lead legal representatives of Sarkis/Baha Mar in the U.S. and U.K. can expect for the Christie-led PLP government and the Attorney-General of The Bahamas (Allyson Maynard-Gibson) to push very hard for the Bahamian courts to have jurisdiction over the matters under dispute and now the subject of asserted claims. Their efforts to do so must be vigorously thwarted or the Chinese will end up obtaining the home field advantage in the Bahamian court system.
The U.S. Department of Justice and certain agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have been very closely monitoring, for quite sometime now, the conduct of six members of the Bahamas government's cabinet; five were shown sitting and one standing in a cabinet photo that recently appeared in The Tribune. The cases have already been carefully built and are well-documented; in each case it's now only a question of the best time to mete out the appropriate actions warranted by U.S. national security interests. As the saying goes: "Not all bad conduct can be excused"; especially when it sits at the very door step of the United States of America. And "Yes", you may run but you can't hide; and the same holds true for one's financial assets today, no matter how many intermediaries and other jurisdictions may be involved. And "No", the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas has not been, and will not be, fully briefed on key aspects of these cases. The pivot to Cuba has begun and, for obvious reasons, the Bahamas can be thanked in part for that rather sudden change in U.S. foreign policy.
The U.S. Department of Justice and certain agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have been very closely monitoring, for quite sometime now, the conduct of six of the individuals shown in the photo to this article; five sitting and one standing. The cases have already been carefully built and are well-documented; in each case it's now only a question of the best time to mete out the appropriate actions warranted by U.S. national security interests. As the saying goes: "Not all bad conduct can be excused"; especially when it sits at the very door step of the United States of America. And "Yes", you may run but you can't hide; and the same holds true for one's financial assets today, no matter how many intermediaries and other jurisdictions may be involved. And "No", the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas has not been, and will not be, fully briefed on key aspects of these cases. The pivot to Cuba has begun and, for obvious reasons, the Bahamas can be thanked in part for that rather sudden change in U.S. foreign policy.
Reality_Check says...
Both Christie and the Greek too, are paying (or will eventually pay) for their own transgressions in one way or another. What goes around, always comes around!
On Bahamas on ‘slippery slope’ without VAT
Posted 7 July 2015, 3:56 p.m. Suggest removal
Reality_Check says...
One only has to remember the occasion when Christie stood on the floor of the House of Assembly and carried on (in the conversational third person) a long waffling, rambling, in-coherent conversation between himself as Prime Minister and himself as Minister of Finance. I actually recorded that occasion and had a friend of mine with a Ph.D in Psychology (McGill) and M.D. in Psychiatry (Johns Hopkins) view it for laughs. She found it hilarious and stated that Christie definitely exhibits the symptoms one would expect of a certifiable mad man! The next day I began liquidating and converting whatever assets I had in the Bahamas to U.S. dollars for export elsewhere.
On PM questions mental health of developer
Posted 7 July 2015, 3:08 p.m. Suggest removal
Reality_Check says...
Minnis demonstrates time and time again just how much of a mad whining buffoon he truly is when it comes to politics. He really makes me one wonder how competent he is at practicing medicine in whatever field he may have specialized in. I would bet the house he's one of those "pushed through no matter what" UWI med school grads who made many in his graduating class cringe!
On As Baha Mar hangs in the balance, political leaders argue over meeting time
Posted 7 July 2015, 2:17 p.m. Suggest removal
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It's the very same reason the Christie-led PLP government implemented VAT, one of the most regressive taxes that can be imposed on a society like ours which already has a relatively great number of poor people. Both the PLP and FNM have always implemented social and economic policies aimed at keeping the vast majority of Bahamians poor and uneducated so that they are most vulnerable to the "vote buying" style of politics introduced by Pindling and taken to a whole new level by both Ingraham and Christie.
On Baha Mar workers march in support of project developer Sarkis Izmirlian
Posted 5 July 2015, 4:07 p.m. Suggest removal
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Rumors are already circulating that the decision to shortly announce a significant downgrading of our credit standing was made three days ago in a secretive closed door emergency session held by the decision makers for our geographic region. Sometimes I wish I didn't have friends in higher places!
On Bahamas ‘50% likely’ to suffer credit rating cut
Posted 4 July 2015, 11:49 a.m. Suggest removal
Reality_Check says...
The "Moses complex" suffered by Christie has contributed to his even more severe "Robin Hood complex". Both Christie and Maynard-Gibson truly believe they have the absolute right and privilege to take whatever they want from "Bahamian Peter" to pay "Bahamian Paul" while at the same time granting enormous concessions to super wealthy China controlled enterprises in exchange for "favours" and other "goodies" that only benefit themselves and their select elite group of political friends and business cronies.
On Baha Mar workers march in support of project developer Sarkis Izmirlian
Posted 4 July 2015, 10:58 a.m. Suggest removal
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On Government to pay Baha Mar workers’ salaries
Posted 3 July 2015, 6:30 a.m.
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emphasis to key point made by "banker" in comment to another article: Sarkis Izmirlian and his legal representatives outside of the Bahamas must always be mindful of the fact that Perry Christie and his Cabinet are as firmly in bed with the Chinese as they are with the racketeering mobsters behind the 'illegal' gambling houses now operating with impunity on just about every street corner in our country today. Christie, Davis, Wilchcombe and Maynard-Gibson in particular should be seen as being, for all intents and purposes, agents of the Chinese when it comes to that ruthless foreign government's business and other interests in the Bahamas. It is therefore almost impossible for Sarkis/Baha Mar to get an unbiased fair hearing before any court (judge) in the Bahamas on any matter pertaining to the legal actions they have initiated outside of the Bahamas. Sarkis/Baha Mar and their legal representatives must remain very wary of this fact. Being as dependent as the financially weak Bahamas now is on foreign direct investment from China, the lead legal representatives of Sarkis/Baha Mar in the U.S. and U.K. can expect for the Christie-led PLP government and the Attorney-General of The Bahamas (Allyson Maynard-Gibson) to push very hard for the Bahamian courts to have jurisdiction over the matters under dispute and now the subject of asserted claims. Their efforts to do so must be vigorously thwarted or the Chinese will end up obtaining the home field advantage in the Bahamian court system.
On Government to pay Baha Mar workers’ salaries
Posted 3 July 2015, 5:25 a.m. Suggest removal
Reality_Check says...
The U.S. Department of Justice and certain agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have been very closely monitoring, for quite sometime now, the conduct of six members of the Bahamas government's cabinet; five were shown sitting and one standing in a cabinet photo that recently appeared in The Tribune. The cases have already been carefully built and are well-documented; in each case it's now only a question of the best time to mete out the appropriate actions warranted by U.S. national security interests. As the saying goes: "Not all bad conduct can be excused"; especially when it sits at the very door step of the United States of America. And "Yes", you may run but you can't hide; and the same holds true for one's financial assets today, no matter how many intermediaries and other jurisdictions may be involved. And "No", the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas has not been, and will not be, fully briefed on key aspects of these cases. The pivot to Cuba has begun and, for obvious reasons, the Bahamas can be thanked in part for that rather sudden change in U.S. foreign policy.
On Government to pay Baha Mar workers’ salaries
Posted 3 July 2015, 5:05 a.m. Suggest removal
Reality_Check says...
The U.S. Department of Justice and certain agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have been very closely monitoring, for quite sometime now, the conduct of six of the individuals shown in the photo to this article; five sitting and one standing. The cases have already been carefully built and are well-documented; in each case it's now only a question of the best time to mete out the appropriate actions warranted by U.S. national security interests. As the saying goes: "Not all bad conduct can be excused"; especially when it sits at the very door step of the United States of America. And "Yes", you may run but you can't hide; and the same holds true for one's financial assets today, no matter how many intermediaries and other jurisdictions may be involved. And "No", the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas has not been, and will not be, fully briefed on key aspects of these cases. The pivot to Cuba has begun and, for obvious reasons, the Bahamas can be thanked in part for that rather sudden change in U.S. foreign policy.
On BLINDSIDED: PM admits govt caught off-guard on Baha Mar
Posted 3 July 2015, 4:48 a.m. Suggest removal