That's why i say we should transport them safely here. We could also finance lumber and stuff for them to build homes on free Crown Land.

We should send our large metal defense force boats to Haiti to transport them safely. They are coming here for jobs and free land and free school and clinics etc. They will come for these things in any case.

At least if we send defense force boats to be stationed 7 miles off the coast of Haiti in international waters, their sloops could just meet up with our ship and they hop on.

One of them could volunteer to take the sloop back to shore and return 4 days later with another group.

This would be the most safe and humane way to proceed with the inevitable.

My point above exactly. The USA needs to overthrow these countries with military force and impose sane law and government. Everybody want to cry about the "poor immigrants". What about the poor bastards left behind in the hell hole countries? They dont count? What about us poor VAT paying suckers here in this hell hole?

Dont worry. Bahamian taxpayers have unlimited funds to aid in government spending sprees. No problem at all. Just raise VAT to 19%. VAT 19 for everyone. Mix it up with Coke or Gingerale.

hyrsippus. You make a good point. I stand corrected and offer my sincere condolences to the families of those who have lost loved ones. The same situation occurs in the deserts of Mexico daily with others seeking out of desperation a better way or life or even simply mere survival.

People in Haiti and Cuba, Honduras, Guatemala and even the Bahamas do this. Try to reach the United States. Yet, knowing how their fellow countrymen are suffering and dieing every day, persons in those named countries would not by majority support a referendum forcing their Ministries of Foreign Affairs to ask the US State Dept to convert them into the 51st, 52nd, etc. State of the Union.

They and we are too proud of our so called independence. Proud of suffering and death. Proud of ignorance and low education. Proud of no opportunities.

Would you vote for the Bahamas to become the 51st state of the United States? Or do you just prefer to call me a hater for hating the suffering of my fellow human beings? I dont hate anyone. I hate stupidity and unnecessary problems - both of which we have in plentiful supply.

So what's gonna happen to the 28 passports that have already been printed up but will not be able to be used by those that perished in this boat?

Will the passport office be able to put new pictures and new rfid chips in them for those arriving next week? Or do we as taxpayers have to pay for the cost of 28 whole new passports?

Mr. Moss - dont worry about any strike. Bahamians are sleeping. The WTO container ship is on its way with enough corned beef for everyone.

I am so very glad to know there is no real crime going on in this country that the police havs nothing better to do than hang out at strip clubs. Excellent news. I heard crime was way down, but didnt realize it was zero. Cool.

Whatever these plans may be, it is my hope that they all fail. If they were to succeed, then that would mean more revenue for the government to hide from us - the creators of that revenue. It is not right that they can take our money and not account for it in detail.

At this point, the best thing is for the entire country to go bankrupt. Everyone standing in lines for a bowl of soup and sleeping in a huge tent city on each island. Mailboats delivering rationed food and medicine.

At least then, we won't have to wonder "Where the VAT money gone?" - because there won't be any.

Yes. I am serious.

Ive heard that divorce in the UK and its former colonies is very expensive and incredibly time consuming. I guess once in a while people seek alternatives. A real shame. An awful waste of life.