If the people of Barbados would not support her republic, how then do they vote her in with a landslide, winning all the seats in her party? That there is a referendum by the people that they were for her and for the republic. Otherwise, they would have voted her out in a landslide, you think?

Why do we still want to be independent but yet still hold on to the coattails of colonialism and Massa ruling over us?

> Mr Cooper said the growth of downtown
> pales in comparison to the number of
> cruise ship passengers increasingly
> coming to the Port of Nassau and it
> fails to reflect the considerable
> investments being made in the
> vicinity, including the $300m American
> Embassy on Shirley Street, the $100m
> plus Central Bank building that will
> soon be constructed and a new Cabinet
> building that will be built before the
> end of this term.

How many people are coming downtown on a daily basis to do activity with any of these buildings Copper is hyping? Cooper really lacks the creative thinking I thought he had.

If you are so interested in the welfare of people in Port Lucaya, then why do you need to show up with people in tow to take photographs? Only another photo op. They really clueless if they did not know Freeport in trouble.

And encouraging more Cruise ships to visit Freeport is not the issue, as after people come once there is no reason to come again, as there is nothin in Freeport to do. Industry is what is keeping GB afloat, so why not seek to push to attract more companies in that sector, by first getting the power company to reduce electricity rates, and not just making statements that you don't support rate increases and don't do anything when the rate increases?

And they charge you a fee when purchased or imported that is supposed to handle that.

Exactly. So the so called consultation is a joke!

Why does the COP needs to tell people he is retiring? Just do it.

The bigger question though is when will we get a Prime Minister' s Act so that we can put a cap on the age when they need to retire?

It is rather hypocritical how all other government agencies have a retirement age, but yet for PM and GG we have no retirement age cap for them.

What publicity worldwide?

Will CNN and MSNBC be coming here to record it? Will Al Jazeera be coming? Is the BBC dropping everything to be here? What about China State TV? How any European and African and Asian TV networks will be here. Please point me to who will be coming to document this to give us this "Tremendous publicity worldwide" as last time I checked ZNS is not worldwide.

We need to be careful not to fall for the koolaid that is pushed by government people trying to sell a narrative to move people off the substantive issues.

Do we seriously believe throwing a party for two entitled people will catapult the Bahamas into the spotlight of the world?

We really need to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery. This is nothing different from slavery and even the days of the Roman empire. Massa shows up and we bring the servants out to dance and perform like the mindless people they are.

WOW!

Sadly I cannot agree with you.

This is the same mentality of the slave, who rather than be free and have to fend for themselves, would prefer to stay and be a slave and be mistreated by massa, simply because they won't have to fend for themselves.

If we cannot let go of the apron strings of the UK, then what is the point of independence?

It is time we emancipate ourselves from mental slavery. It is time we become independent and stop being independently dependent.

> The committee said visits by world
> leaders attract a lot of attention and
> help strengthen ties between countries
> and their people.

A lot of attention is attracted by whom? And what world leaders are these 2 persons visiting? What country do they lead?

> The committee said: “On this visit,
> the cost of travel to and from The
> Bahamas will be borne by the Royal
> household. The Governor General’s
> reception is being sponsored by a
> corporate donor. Accommodation costs
> for two nights will be borne by the
> government of The Bahamas. Other
> third-party costs for the cultural
> events we wish to showcase, will be
> paid to Bahamian artisans, creative
> and production talent. All other costs
> (eg security, domestic travel, etc)
> are the internal costs of various
> government ministries and agencies,
> and therefore will not require
> additional expenditure outside of
> existing budgets.”

Who is the corporate donor sponsoring the Governor Generals's reception? Are they receiving anything is return for sponsoring a government event? And who is paying for the third-party costs?

When in the world will we get a Freedom of Information Act so that we don't have to rely on glossy statements with no facts for answers?