"CommonSense", you clearly think Bahamians have no common sense....but be rest assured, we do!

Joan Sawyer had retired and therefore was not a sitting judge at the time she weighed in with her personal view that a "Yes" vote to question # 4 would effectively be in support of same-sex marriage. For Anita Allen to say what she has said while still sitting as President of the Court of Appeal is astonishingly unethical even though her remarks come after the recent referendum. From all appearances she has subjected herself to being a mouthpiece for and ally of the corrupt Christie-led PLP government and its mission to have same-sex marriages allowed in the Bahamas, no matter what the vast majority of Bahamians may say or want. Political elitists like Sean McWeeney, Rubie Nottage, Sharon Wilson, Lynn Holowesko, etc. believe the Bahamian people are incapable of determining what's good for themselves and our country. These same people seem to forget that the PLP and/or FNM have been largely responsible for our country's public education system since majority rule. They have no respect for the quality of our education in Bahamian public schools nor our democratic rights that have given us our democracy and majority rule. Now we find that one of the most senior heads (Anita Allen) of what should be the independent judicial branch of our country is in bed with the corrupt Christie-led PLP government and the political elitists in our country to thwart the democratically declared will of the overwhelming majority of Bahamians who voted in the June 7th referendum. If Christie does not speak out vociferously against Anita Allen's public remarks, any Bahamian who in a moment of weakness might consider voting for the PLP in the next general election (because of Minnis) should have their head examined!

Continued from post immediately above.

7) Immigration control is racist - This is just another play of the race card by people who have no other cards to play. Immigration control is the worldwide status quo. There is nothing racist about it. Furthermore, the Bahamas welcomes LEGAL immigrants of all races and ethnicity from all over the world who have gone through the legal immigration process. This is not just a bad argument; it is an attempt to create hatred and division. Racist is their code word for patriot.

8) We are a nation of immigrants - We are a nation that has, historically, allowed and even encouraged legal immigration. And we continue to do so. The issue at hand is illegal immigration, which has nothing to do with legal immigration. This argument is totally irrelevant. Illegal aliens are not good people; they lack the morals to respect our laws!

9) They are people. We must treat them humanely - Yes & yes. But lets not pretend like they are victims who were dragged here kicking and screaming against their will. Nothing could be further from the truth. They came of their own free will and for their own benefit and they broke the law to do it. People should not be rewarded for breaking laws and committing crimes. Sending them home is the right thing to do. There is nothing “draconian” about it.

Listed below are several of the arguments that have been used by misguided people to try and justify illegal immigration. Next to each is the reason why each of these arguments has no merit.

1) They are an economic necessity - Not true. The idea that a bunch of desperately poor, uneducated, unskilled, illegal foreigners are an economic necessity is ludicrous. In fact, when you compare cost vs. benefit, it is obvious that they are not only NOT a necessity; they are not even an asset. Rather, they are a liability and a huge one at that.

2) They do work Bahamians won’t do - Not true. They do work Bahamians won’t do for $5 an hour (especially if Bahamians can get non-productive jobs in an already bloated public sector or government handouts of one kind or another forever). Of course, if you got rid of the illegals, the jobs wouldn't pay $5 an hour. The people who wanted the work done would have to pay a wage that was attractive enough to get Bahamians to do the work. And it might even be enough so Bahamians could support themselves and get off the government gravy train that is killing private sector taxpayers!!

3) They work & contribute to our society - So do I. And if I break the law and commit crimes, I can expect to pay a penalty of some kind. Anything from a small fine to the death penalty. I do NOT get rewarded. This argument makes no sense.

4) They are just trying to make better lives - Aren't we all? The difference is that most of us understand that we don’t have a right to acquire by illegal means those things that we find difficult to acquire by legal means. And we certainly don’t have the right to do it in a foreign country. China certainly does not allow foreigners to enter their country illegally and break its laws. If you believe differently, go give it a try. Call me collect from the dungeon. Let me know how it went.....

5) It is impossible to round up and deport the illegals - We don’t have to. All we have to do is remove the incentives that brought them here in the first place. No jobs. No housing. No services, i.e. no education and minimal health and other benefits. Once we remove the incentives that brought them here, they will leave on their own.

6) It would be too expensive to round them up and deport them - See #5 above.

Continued.....see 7), 8), and 9) in next post immediately below.

And all of us don't blame God for wanting to keep it that way!

And like most tired old political party leaders who stay in public office far too long, Christie has doomed the political futures of those senior PLP party members who have loyally served him for many years and who have been quietly maneuvering in recent times with the hope of one day succeeding him. The PLP party, if it survives at all, is on the verge of being banished by the voters to the political wilderness for at least the next 40 years or so. The same will happen to the FNM party if its more senior council members do not soon jettison Minnis to the political wilderness forever......even the most die hard FNM voters have no stomach for Minnis whatsoever and will not be voting in 2017 for the FNM candidate in their constituency unless Minnis is forced to step down as both opposition leader and FNM party leader.

This corrupt scoundrel, Georgie Porgy, who has had well publicized and well compensated dealings with Colombian drug dealers during the 1980's, needs to accept (as does The Tribune) that no one cares what his views are on anything, period!

Nothing is happening on the Rubis/Texaco front because FOCOL (Sir Snake's company) imports all of the gasoline that is distributed to Rubis, Shell and Esso service stations throughout our country and his business interests are being protected by Perry Christie and our Attorney-General, Allyson Maynard-Gibson. Snake may occasionally throw a bone to COB as part of his "good boy" publicity/branding needs....and he still serves as a loud mouth piece for organizations like JA.....but on the whole he is nothing but a bullying scoundrel who peddles political influence in an extortionist way to gain a most unfair advantage in his unscrupulous business dealings aimed at unjustly enriching his family's greedy pockets! Snake and others like Allyson Maynard-Gibson have a lot in common when it comes to their underhandedness in peddling political influence because of laws and regulations that allow our corrupt government (whether PLP or FNM led) to pick winners and losers. The poor poisoned people of Marathon cannot even appeal to their MP, Toxic Fumes Fitzgerald, as he is totally beholden to the wishes of Christie and Maynard-Gibson. A truly sad state of affairs!

And it's an open door that allows even more corrupt cronyism favouring the likes of Sir Snake and Allyson Maynard-Gibson. Snake may occasionally throw a bone to COB as part of his "good boy" publicity/branding needs....and he still serves as a loud mouth piece for organizations like JA.....but on the whole he is nothing but a bullying scoundrel who peddles political influence in an extortionist way to gain a most unfair advantage in his unscrupulous business dealings aimed at unjustly enriching his family's greedy pockets! Snake and others like Allyson Maynard-Gibson have a lot in common when it comes to their underhandedness in peddling political influence because of laws and regulations that allow our corrupt government (whether PLP or FNM led) to pick winners and losers.

Sir Snake throws the occasional bone to COB as part of his publicity/branding needs....and he still serves as a loud mouth piece for organizations like JA.....but on the whole he is a bullying scoundrel who peddles political influence in an extortionist way to gain a most unfair advantage over others in his unscrupulous business dealings aimed at unjustly enriching his family's greedy pockets! Snake and others like Allyson Maynard-Gibson have a lot in common when it comes to their underhandedness.