Monthly Archives: April 2013

Do we believe?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Edward Hutcheson The local media has begun its spin on what the deal is about the decision of the government to allow the powers that be north of the Sir Sidney Poitier Bridge to do as they feel in … Continue reading →

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John Watling’s Distillery. Fabulous

Posted on April 29, 2013 by weblogbahamas

We visited the John Watling's Distillery on Saturday with some friends, and we are glad we did. It was simply brilliant. A brief tour that provides a truncated history of the property, John Watling's and much more, and then enjoying … Continue reading →

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Dickey Betts & Great Southern – Song of the week – April 29, 2013 – Good Time Feeling

Posted on April 29, 2013 by weblogbahamas

One of my favourite tunes from Dickey Betts is from his 1978 Atlanta's Burning Down album. Hope you enjoy it too. Please visit his web site here… and more importantly buy some of his music! Good Time Feeling

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Photo of the week: Hope Town, Abaco Lighthouse

Posted on April 28, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Taken a fews years back while visiting Abaco. Always a lovely site, even if the picture is not so great. Rick Lowe Images by Rick Lowe is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Based on a work at … Continue reading →

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The plot thickens with the immigration blunder

Posted on April 28, 2013 by weblogbahamas

As the revelation comes to light that Baha Mar had a similar issue with immigration and a few foreign workers as Atlantis had recently with a sea lion trainer, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Mr. Fred Mitchell … Continue reading →

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Crime problem in Bahamas is America’s fault?

Posted on April 27, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Before the last general election there was hardly a day that went by that Mr. Keith Bell, the spokesman on crime for the PLP when in Opposition, was not blaming the FNM government of the day for our crime problems. … Continue reading →

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Submission to The Bahamas Constitutional Review Commission

Posted on April 26, 2013 by weblogbahamas

As Freiderick A. Hayek (pdf) noted; "Equality of the general rules of law and conduct, however, is the only kind of equality conducive to liberty and the only equality which we can secure without destroying liberty…" This is something that … Continue reading →

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Bahamas Department of Immigration embarrassing us again?

Posted on April 25, 2013 by weblogbahamas

Here we go again. According to press reports; "without warning, two uniformed men and one plain-clothes officer marched into the water park (at Atlantis) through a back gate, found the American citizen in the middle of a guest interaction with … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Freedom: More Environmentalist Confusions

Posted on April 25, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Tibor R. Machan The New York Observer reported in its April 15, 2013, issue (B 1) that Leonardo DiCaprio is teaming up with Christie’s in New York City, to hold a “major philanthropic auction.” I am not interested in … Continue reading →

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Do we need a nice political leader?

Posted on April 23, 2013 by weblogbahamas

by Edward Hutcheson Who are we comparing the Leader of the Opposition to when we make attempts to judge what a credible leader should look like? Perhaps that is the problem with the grid we are using. He is supposed … Continue reading →

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