This is the second post of yours today that I can't follow. You will have to be more direct and eliminate all of the oblique references that are incomprehensible.

And truth is something you don't. Sorry. Caught you at it.

At least we won't be the first nation to elect a retard as a leader. Look at Trump.

Goodness and honesty and patriotism get you nowhere in this country.

You may be right. Too many dumb phocques out there with a vote, and the PLP is a criminal organisation with a penchant for chicanery. Remember Valentine Grimes being caught with a suitcase of "practice ballots"?

You hit the nail on the head. He doesn't have a clue as to how seriously he malfunctions during these episodes. He probably doesn't even believe his wife. I hope that he is not in denial of his condition, like Bradley Roberts is.

One of the first steps to preventing the marginalisation of the Caribbean states, is access to capital that is NOT FDI or foreign direct investment. This can be accomplished by have either a convertible fiat currency or a hard currency. This will be difficult to accomplish because of the massive debts incurred by the governments of Caribbean states.

The independence of Caribbean states saw a shedding of all things colonial, and unfortunately, as proof of sovereignty and independence they also created their own currency. The law of unintended consequences took over, and hamstrung development because of small economies not capable of generating necessary capital. As a result, policies of FDI were embraced leading to further marginalisation, lack of development, and inability to participate in the global financial, economic and knowledge-based arenas.

If the Caribbean states want to fully participate in globalisation, which I see as inevitable in spite of the current isolationist tendencies of Great Britain and America, then they require a convertible, common currency, much like the Euro. That would be the biggest driver in development and economic participation in the global village.

As far as I am concerned, my go-to place is Marco's.

Yep -- my rich clients used to subscribe to magazines that you and I are not privy to -- $1200 for a yearly subscription describing the joys and pleasures of having money -- and there was a 4 page spread on Baha Mar in one of them -- and I gatta say, I was impressed, because if you recall, when Sarkis first announced it, I posted here that I didn't think much of the idea.

At the time, I posted that I didn't think that Baha Mar had anything to offer because tourists were looking for experience. However an uber rich hotel just might fly because it is exclusive and keeps the riff-raff out. I don't think that they will get the ultra luxury experience under the current Sino regime.

I was trying romance a communications expert at a fancy restaurant downtown (y'all know which one, the owner sometimes wears jeans at the fancy, price-hefty place) and we got to talking about Baha Mar. Her specialty is branding and communications. I posited that they should have changed the name from Baha Mar, because that name is poisoned to a lot of consumers who booked weddings and such and had to cancel when it didn't open. I asked her opinion as to why in hell they didn't change the name.

She had quite a cogent answer. Sarkis had already spent millions promoting Baha Mar and they want to ride on those millions coat tails instead of spending the money to start branding from scratch. I asked her if this strategy could possibly work. She doubted it because a mega-resort needs to be written up in the media where the customers live, and with the name Baha Mar, every article will at least mention the failure to open several times.

So once again, someone is doing a schitte-poor job on the cheap (just like the hotel was built) and expecting wonderful results.

I still am anxiously waiting to see the booking numbers or the number of tourists on opening day. I een holding my breath.

hmmmmmm mmmmm