We all know that Mitchell wants his kick at the can to run the country. He thinks that it is his destiny. He would be worse than Trump.

>Why does no one point out that there are numerous Bahamians working in the financial sectors overseas

I am one of those financial professionals working overseas. My salary has virtually doubled. I get a performance bonus depending on how profitable my trading group is. I pay income tax (largely deducted at the source except for bonus cheques) and I don't mind paying income tax.

After having tasted the forbidden fruit of working in a cosmopolitan, enlightened world, I do not think that anything can lure me back to work in the Bahamas. I now fully understand what my old client from PI told me about how life is really small in the Bahamas. And as Dawes pointed out, it is totally true. I went to a meeting in Lichtenstein and who should be in the boardroom when I entered? Another Bahamian woman in financial services. I asked her about going back, and said there was no way. Where she is at, she is in driveable distance to Milan Italy, Zurich Switzerland and Munich Germany. Much to see, much to do and much to experience.

All this to say, is that there are people who do want to live in sun, sand and sea away from winter, and we should let them in without friction and let them contribute.

Tru dat. When you een gats money, the opiate of da people een religion, its sex. And we is da most hypersex of all da peoples -- maybe except da yardies. I must admit, I used to think dat da yardies is juss cool. Used to try an act like dems, smoking herb and having kids I doan about and such.

Mrs. Brave got the hugest hand I ever see in the pic. Mussee come from throttling Jamaican vimmins.

After all, Fweddie's middle name is Oddly, but he spells it Audley.

Both Fweddy and OhBoy are cut from the same cloth so to speak. It will be a close race and it will be hard to tell who will end up behind and who will end up top. Fweddy is the front runner, but you never know, OhBoy just may slide in through the back door. OhBoy doesn't have Fweddy's venom and retributive nature. Fweddy has trouble with the truth ... or more accurately, he is not acquainted with it. OhBoy has a vote-buying side to him that Fweddy considers undignified. So it's a toss-up as to who will pull out a head out of this race.

One thing that I do know for sure, expect more letters in the paper from Ortland Bodie Jr singing the praises of Brave.

I wonder if he stopped beating his wife yet?

He een learn nuthin'.

Working in another country was an eye-opener for me. It is like a breath of fresh air. Things happen on time. Things are efficient. Life is more pleasant. The people are happier and more pleasant. The news isn't always bad. The biggest thrill for me, is the lack of negativity.

Almost every single foreign bank is looking for buyers or wants to leave the region. It is no longer a profitable business proposition to operate in the Caribbean. It was when the OECD and FATF were not around, but now, there is no money in the domestic marketplaces. Banks, by their nature, are predators.

I see a big future for credit unions in small markets like the Bahamas.