Let us be very careful when we use the word "revolution". Remember the Russian saying: "When the pot boils the scum comes to the top". What we are seeing is the frustration of the younger generation which is suffering from the neglect of the country's education system for an extended period of time. This neglect has benefited a few ruling families and dynasties while retarding the advancement of generations of youth and of the country as a whole. As for the level of incompetence complained of by Ms. Burrows I can comment that I saw the same situation many years ago and with the benefit of hindsight I can state that very little will change until a strong spirit of reform sweeps across this small country. Can we depend upon the generation of Ms. Burrows to form the necessary political parties to bring about the badly needed reforms? Let us hope that those new politicians will be better educated and more ethical than the existing crop.

For those of us of a certain mature age this seems strangely familiar. Look up in your history books the 1958 blocking of tour buses by taxi drivers at the newly opened Nassau International Airport at Windsor Field, as it was then called.

With reference to this well-written letter I can only say that the statement "those unwilling to fight for their country don't deserve to have a country" seems applicable here.
Any country prepared to allow the inexorable buildup of illegal immigrants who come from a quite different culture and historical background and who are for the most part poorly educated or almost entirely uneducated can find that those immigrants pose a serious threat to the continuing stability of the host country.
There are serious issues with poorly assimilated moslem populations in once fairly homogeneous European countries. Those who appear to advocate almost uncontrolled immigration from an overpopulated and underdeveloped third world country seem to overlook the fact that The Bahamas has too large a population for available sources of employment as it is and cannot easily continue to absorb the limitless numbers of people whose ancestors once invaded and took over the Dominican Republic between 1822 and 1844. Most Bahamians know very little history and thus are unable to take advantage of what the late Winston Churchill once said: "The further back we look the further ahead we can see."

For a variety of reasons we in this country cannot easily afford any great or revolutionary change since as the Russians say "When the pot boils the scum comes to the top".
However, there might be a ray of hope if Mr. Peter Turnquest of the FNM can manage to achieve the top spot in that party and form a workable alliance with the DNA in preparation for the next general election. Of course, we must always bear in mind that the same educational system that turns away from offering quality service to the youth has made it very difficult to spread ideas relative to effective and constructive change within a genuinely democratic framework.

For those crying out for some new leadership for this country I will remark quite briefly that you had better hope that Peter Turnquest of the FNM takes over the leadership of the party and comes to some agreement with the DNA before it is too late. Those of you with ears,,,etc.

Mr. Myers is truly a bold man. One thing is for sure, he recognizes that many memories are very short in this country. Why else would he use an analogy involving a reference to automobiles when discussing the efficacy of tax collection in The Bahamas?

Almost too little, too late. Many countries have problems with illegal immigrants and even with legal ones. YouTube is full of documentaries about Muslims in Europe, etc., wanting to change their host countries to suit their standards.
Here where so many people and businesses have come to depend upon the labour pool supplied by immigration both legal and illegal, it will be very difficult to disengage from such dependence.
However, when one recognizes that different cultures based upon a history and a language different from your own will tend to resist assimilation into the host country there is cause for concern. All the vacant land in the Bahamas should appear very tempting to persons from Haiti and from China for that matter. If nothing is done about the flood of immigration in a firm and organized manner there won't be a Bahamas to remember except as exhibits in some future museum.

The *New York Times" is aware that people of Hispanic background are "targeted" in the southwestern United States. The problem is that, as most people are fully aware, Haitians comprise the vast majority of illegal immigrants in The Bahamas. No one can deny that there are other nationalities represented but the fact remains that Haitians are the majority. It is just a shame that the United States will not go into Haiti and spend some of that money that they are wasting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Instead of blowing people up in the Middle East the Americans could teach the Haitians how to read and write and use birth control. Of course Haiti has no oil like Iraq so it might be a hard sell to take constructive action in a vastly overcrowded and environmentally devastated country occupying less than half of a not very large island.

An interesting article from the point of view of a young person. However, for the average reader to more fully understand and appreciate the background of some of the deficiencies the writer points to it is absolutely imperative to read widely in Bahamian history which is more interesting and in some cases more surprising than many people realize. This small country has gone through great social, economic and demographic changes in a relatively few centuries and has passed through periods of very difficult conditions. Of course, back then there were far fewer of us to educate, house, feed, employ and take care of in their old age. Population increase has played havoc with most countries on this planet and our small group of islands is no exception.
However, all is not lost since with the advent of enlightened leadership in the hopefully not too distant future there could be some relief in sight.

Wait a minute folks. Is my memory failing me or was there something said in 2012 about being ready to tackle a vast number of problems, including crime, "from day one"?
This failure falls into the same category as the 10,000 jobs waiting just off stage and behind the curtains.