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Happy 212th Frederic Bastiat (1801 - 1850)

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BTC - Raping The Bahamas: Senator Frank Smith

EDITOR Re: Smith: BTC is raping The Bahamas. The Tribune, 21 June, 2012 We now appear to have our very own new, highly unusual, & uniquely Bahamian type of rape ----- one where the alleged ‘victim’ is of age & even gives consent in writing. Ken. W. Knowles, M.D. Nassau,... Read more →

Photo of the week - Fraser Valley Memories

I have wonderful memories of this trip to the Fraser Valley, BC, Canada, but just can't remember where I took this photo. Sorry. Rick Lowe Images by Rick Lowe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.weblogbahamas.com. Permissions beyond the scope of... Read more →

Reaching into everyone's pockets

"The act of reaching into one's own pockets to help a fellow man (or personally volunteering) in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else's pocket is despicable and worthy of condemnation." (Emphasis added) Professor Walter Williams Following up on this post from yesterday the questions that keeps coming... Read more →

Compassionate Government. A misnomer

We often read or hear heart rendering stories about how the government is helping this person or that group and how wonderful this is. Usually in the same stories citicisms are leveled at "capitalism" or "laissez-faire" as being heartless, but is this really the case? This discussion by Professor Peter... Read more →

Are we victims of our own morass of doublespeak on crime?

This piece in the Nassau Guardian, quoting Mr. Philip Davis (PLP), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works as saying that "all of us must come together again to make a concerted effort to stop this scourge of crime" is an eye opener. I'm not sure when the political class... Read more →

Some thoughts on Turning 40

Below are a few thoughts recently posted here as comments that should be feature blogs themselves. They make you stop and think if we've come very far at all since independence. The Oracle said: It is certainly a "Celebration" I look at with a jaundiced eye... I have been discriminated... Read more →

Incongruity. Or actions speak louder than words

Words: "The Bahamas needs new and innovative ideas". Mr. Perry Christie Actions: Make every effort to turn back time and re-nationalise the phone company. Now that's a new and innovative idea isn't it? Will we really go further down the Road to Serfdom (pdf)? Read more →

PM might extend monopoly and date for liberalisation of BTC

In the words of Murray Head's excellent song; Say it ain't so Joe, please say it ain't so That's not what I want to hear Joe Ain't I got a right to know Say it ain't so Joe, please say it ain't so I'm sure they're telling us lies Joe... Read more →

Lessons in Freedom: How to Secure a free country

by Tibor R. Machan NSA’s excuse for snooping on innocent citizens -- namely, that it can prevent serious harm to us, might even save lives -- is spurious. If you incarcerated us all, that, too, might do all that. Free men and women are, of course, capable of violence, even... Read more →