>But you know a few of you just going to become Birdie in red for the next five years.

That is true as well. In this country, patriotism, now more than ever, has to be more than just empty words and cheering.

You are absolutely right. However the difference is now, there are people who are ready, willing and able to dip the oars into the water (for the first time, I might add) to slow the velocity toward the reef and try to turn away.

As you pointed out, the overall digital consciousness is low, but for the first time, you have MPs who understand that there are things that they do not know. The first step to knowing, is to start learning the things that you don't know.

I suspect that it will require a few strategic foreign consultants who actually want to work with and create Bahamian infrastructure that will foster this awareness.

What Minnis needs right now, is a few quick governance victories to start the process. There is a very steep learning curve, as you point out, but big doors swing on small hinges. If they start doing little things right, from the outset, then there might be hope. Let's hope that Minnis is not a dawdler.

The thing that blew me away, was the quiet confidence of an FNM win by the candidates themselves. I spoke to a couple of them. I asked them why they weren't out there beating the bushes, standing on soapboxes and doing innovative things to raise their profile.

They both said that it wasn't necessary to do extraordinary measures. If you recall, Doc was away from parliament in his final days of the Christie regime. He was doing what organisers do. He was meeting candidates, discussing policy with all of them and instilling a quiet confidence that it was their time.

When I first heard this from their mouths, I thought that they were being naive. As it turns out, I was the naive one.

I think that Doc and his TEAM are going to do just fine. I am looking forward to seeing some of the stuff implemented that I have heard from the candidates, and now MPs.

I am starting to have a bit of hope. The road ahead is massive and fraught with danger and little resources to handle them. Expectations are high for the FNM, and they have very little room to maneuver. I am sincerely hoping for the best.

To everyone who has voted FNM, as a Bahamian patriot, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. To those who voted PLP, it is my fervent desire that these tumultuous events will soften your heart to see the truth (my goodness, I am starting to sound like Darrold now).

Minnis is awful in public. He is like a bowl of grits without the boil fish. However, he is a planner. He is slow and deliberate. He can sublimate his ego (something PLPs can't do) and he trusts others on his team. He is an awful politician, but as I previously iterated, he will make a good leader.

There are some awfully good things in the works for the Bahamas, and they were all put forward by his team. I particularly like the idea of the audits, and folks going to jail for it. If I was Shame Gibson, I would be sore afraid now.

Ortland will get his wish. Brave will lead the PLP.

You are right. I was one of those who categorised a lot of Bahamians as stupid. But in my defence, Booger Brave was elected, and a PLP wife beater was elected, and Crisco Butt lost by 7 votes and in Centreville there were 5% more votes than registered voters (ballot box artistry courtesy of Valentine Grimes). So there are still a lot of cognitively-challenged people in the Bahamas.

However, if anyone was offended, I do apologise, and own up to the fact that I have made those categorisations in the past.

There is some light at the end of the tunnel, and for once, it is not an oncoming train.

Do you remember Darrold covering the last execution in the Bahamas? It was bizarre.

I have seen and heard him coked up too many times. And just a few minutes ago, he tried to say that women's rights were not human rights (when talking about Glenys Hanna Martin).

It's time to fire Darrold Miller at ZNS - my goodness he is annoying. He sounds under the influence of something.

Nah ... dems was holograms ... Hubigetty is a hologram expert. :o)

I live on PI. The current almost never goes off there.