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Satire: The Bahamas' Five Year Plan for Education

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)

You don't want to miss this excellent commentary by Joan Thompson over at the Nassau Institute.

It certainly makes one stop and think about the possibilities for education.

Is it naive and theoretical to think that the entrepreneurs in society will care more about our children than a government bureaucracy that has been running education the way it has for decades now?  

Hope you enjoy it.

Please leave a comment over there. 

Economic Logic continued...

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)

You might recall I asked this question on Thursday past:

Why do governments wish to challenge companies they believe are "too big" through anti-trust legislation and want to bail out others because "they're too big to fail"?

Well I received a few private e-mails with some answers.

James Bartholomew: The Welfare State We're In

Rockpile - Song of the week - July 13, 2009 - When I Write the Book

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)

Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Terry Williams and Billy Bremner had to have fun with this band.

Seconds of Pleasure is just a great record that gets your feet tapping.

If it doesn't make you move, go for a check up.

Hope you enjoy, When I Write the Book, and you'll go out and buy some of their material.

Happy Independence Bahamas

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)

The following blog is an excerpt from a weekly column from 1998 that I used to write for The Bahama Journal. It is remarkable how true the saying is that, "the more things change the more they remain the same".

At forty years of age, I have very little in common with the leaders of our country from the 1970’s. I do remember however, the Abaco Independence Movement where I lived at the time, and the negativity that surrounded our nationhood. Looking back, I wonder if the idea could have been “sold” more effectively to the entire nation.

But today all 270,000 of us can hold our heads high when we consider what has been accomplished. To paraphrase Dr. Cleveland Eneas who wrote in his post script to Bain Town, “The time is rapidly dawning when we Bahamians will…… have a story to present to the rest of the world”.

Economic logic?

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)

Here's a question that I've been grappling with lately.

Why do governments wish to challenge companies they believe are "too big" through anti-trust legislation and want to bail out others because "they're too big to fail"?

Hope you can help find an answer.

Talking heads and food security for The Bahamas and Cuba

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)

Wherever talking heads are gathered in The Bahamas you hear someone mention how wonderful Cuba is.

Stories abound of great health care and educational systems and don't forget food security.

Of course this is a measure of our so called failure here in The Bahamas. We don't farm so we are worse off as a result.

But is it true that Cuba is self sufficient in food? Oh, and don't forget how that dastardly US embargo has forced them to be self sufficient in food and how great the Cuban government is in providing for her people.

I submit that it's all a myth.

The sweet seductiveness of socialized medicine for The Bahamas

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)

Driving to a lunch meeting on Monday, July 6, 2009 while skipping through the radio dial I stumbled on Love 97's, Issues of The Day programme with host Mr. Wendall Jones interviewing Ms. Etoile Pinder on the benefits of socialized medicine and basically how Bahamians are getting a raw deal by not having it.

For those that don't recall, Ms. Pinder was with the team that was charged by the PLP government to implement Socialized Medicine here in The Bahamas.

Bruce Springsteen - Song of the week - Code of Silence (Live) - July 6, 2009

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)

Every now and then, nobody but "The Boss" will do. And today, Code of Silence live with the E Street Band does it for me.

Clemons sax is smoking on this.

Enjoy, and get out there and buy some more of Springsteen's music.

Good news for US unemployment: Wal - Mart

by Rick Lowe (http://www.weblogbahamas.com)

You read that right. According to an article by Mr. Greg Kaza he points out that Wal - Mart, the proverbial whipping boy of US retail, is coming to the rescue.

Here's a snippet:

U.S. nonfarm payroll employment has declined by 6.5 million jobs since the recession started in December 2007. One exception is Wal-Mart, which has expanded its domestic work force by 40,000 (2.9%) and announced June 3 that it will add 22,000 jobs in its U.S. stores in 2009.

Read the entire article here...

Thanks to GW for the link to this article.