Monthly Archives: April 2009

The Bahamas Prime Minister lays it on the line. Another missed opportunity perhaps?

Posted on April 30, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Rick Lowe Yesterday I blogged about the Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Zhivargo Laing fumbling the ball when he had a great opportunity to lay it on the line with the Bahamian people about the seriousness of the … Continue reading →

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Minister of State for Finance in The Bahamas fumbles?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Rick Lowe I'm not sure why, but politicians tend to make careers out of promises to walk the talk regarding responsibility, accountability and transparency when they are in opposition. Once elected, many of them attempt to defend the indefensible. … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: My Fine Wealth Redistribution

Posted on April 29, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan So Barack Obama got elected president of the United States of America, allegedly the freest country in the world and in human history, partly on the promise that he will redistribute a goodly portion of our … Continue reading →

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Are 55 People responsible for all The Bahamas woe’s?

Posted on April 28, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Christopher D. Lowe I came across the following article, reportedly written by Charley Reese, for the Orlando Sentinel Star. For some reason it has a familiar feel to it, and begs the question; Are 55 People responsible for all … Continue reading →

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Another US bank Chairman makes sense of the financial system mess

Posted on April 27, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Rick Lowe It's long, but, Robert G. Wilmers, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of M & T Bank has a lot of sensible things to say in his remarks to the annual meeting of shareholders. Thanks … Continue reading →

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John Lennon – Song of the week – April 27, 2009 – Jealous Guy

Posted on April 27, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Rick Lowe John Lennon, the more controversial of the Beatles wrote some fabulous stuff and was no doubt the "edge" in the music the Beatles released. Of course he is famed for his fabulous song Imagine, but two of … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: Against USA, Inc.

Posted on April 27, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan Just as in much of human political history the grossest error was to see society as the household of some leader–pharaoh, monarch, tsar, or dictator–in our era the mistake is to see society as a company … Continue reading →

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Should the US pull out of Washington instead of Iraq?

Posted on April 26, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Rick Lowe A friend sent these interesting statistics said to be in a letter to Australian Shooter Magazine: "If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq Theater of operations during the past … Continue reading →

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More on Politicians versus Business

Posted on April 26, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Christopher D. Lowe Further to this post… it's Obama and his predecessors in government that created the financial fiasco precisely by giving cheap credit which, even being cheap, many could not repay in the first place. But, back to … Continue reading →

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Politicians versus Business

Posted on April 25, 2009 by weblogbahamas

by Rick Lowe For some reason politicians feel a need to feed the myth that all businesses are corrupt and take advantage of their clients. Here's an example:

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