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Loggins & Messina - SONG OF THE WEEK - APRIL 30, 2007

by Rick Lowe Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina are brilliant artists in their own right, but together there is a certain musical chemistry that is extraordinary. One of my favourite songs by them is Same Old Wine. The song speaks to the rhetoric of politicians and is most appropriate at... Read more →

PLP 2002 - 2007. A record not worth emulating.

by Adrian Gibson First published in The Tribune on Friday, April 27, 2007 under the byline, Young Man's View. THE present government has been one of great promises and little to no action. Their promised fresh wind went stale from the first year that the administration and its indecisive forces... Read more →

Algernon Allen and other anomalies

by Adrian Gibson First published in The Tribune on Friday, April 23, 2007 under the byline, Young Man's View. ALGERNON Allen appears to have finally exposed himself as a closet PLP, a great political turncoat. Mr Allen is one of several former FNMs—including Pierre Dupuch, Tennyson Wells, Sir Arlington Butler,... Read more →

PLP Release their Action Agenda

by Rick Lowe On Friday, April 27, 2007 the PLP's Action Agenda for what they plan to do if re-elected hit the streets. As noted in an earlier blog, transparency and accountability are two things that are most important to me as a voter. Here is what they said on... Read more →

Transparency in Government or... vote FNM with a caveat or two

by Rick Lowe A lot has been said in the recent campaign by both major political parties (PLP and FNM) about each other, but how much has been stated about what policies each would pursue if elected to "run the country"? Go ahead. You can and admit it. You don't... Read more →

World class health care or world class chaos?

by Sidney Sweeting, DDS During the ten days that I recently spent in Ireland I was hearing a lot about their National health plan so I gathered as much information as I could. Ireland is now one of the richest countries in the world and their Government is many years... Read more →

The world's beauty on display

by Rick Lowe Sometimes we forget the beauty of our world. Thanks to the BBC, we can enjoy it from a far in their video titled Motion Gallery. Click here for the video... Read more →

Mick Taylor - Song of the week - April 22, 2007

By Rick Lowe When you think of the Rolling Stones one automatically thinks of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Few people remember Mick Taylor, their great guitarist. This recent, if somewhat depressing, Daily Mail article updates us on Taylor's latest exploits. In spite of his troubles, he writes some nice... Read more →

Mother buys school to give her son a proper education

by Rick Lowe The following story by David Wilkes in the January 29, 2007 issue of the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom is intriguing. After nine schools failed to meet the needs of her dyslexic son, Annabel Goodman was delighted to finally find one that did. But just a... Read more →

ZNS--Propaganda Central!

by Adrian Gibson I am so sick of seeing ZNS prostituted to suit the purposes of unscrupulous politicians. Now that the political season is in the upswing, ZNS is again being abused by the PLP and used as a political tool meant to manipulate small minded Bahamians--if you listen and... Read more →