Monthly Archives: July 2014

10,000 Jobs…ish

Posted on July 13, 2014 by weblogbahamas

Dear Editor, A couple of items for thought: 1 – Isn’t it amazing, when things are not going as hoped then deny everything, a case in point, a serious deficiency in the numbers of jobs created since May, 2012.  The … Continue reading →

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Culture. What’s all the fuss?

Posted on July 12, 2014 by weblogbahamas

As noted yesterday, I've been sorting through filing cabinets of old documents, including some Letters to the Editor. The following "letter" is from 2003. Do you think it stands the test of time? Every so often a politician offers up … Continue reading →

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From the filing cabinet: A Free & Civil Society – A presention about a vision for 2020

Posted on July 11, 2014 by weblogbahamas

This speech consists of a presentation I was asked to make at Roosie Finlayson’s Vision 2020 back in November 2002 and was amended slightly for Remarks for the Rotary Club of South East Nassau, Wednesday, July 3, 2003. I stumbled … Continue reading →

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Word meanings change for political purposes

Posted on July 10, 2014 by weblogbahamas

Cleaning up old files stirs so many memories. Often they're bad ones though. The following letter to the editor from 2001 suggests there is very little new under the sun as the VAT Bill has gone underground. In fact I … Continue reading →

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Although Our Nation Has Progressed By Leaps And Bounds, We Still Have Quite A Ways To Go

Posted on July 10, 2014 by weblogbahamas

I’m proud to be a Bahamian, God gave this land to me …– Phil Stubbs, singer/song writer by Adrian Gibson From the The Tribune and the byline, Young Man's View, here… The celebration of Independence Day has come to represent … Continue reading →

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On turning 41 (The Bahamas 41st Anniversary of Independence)

Posted on July 9, 2014 by weblogbahamas

It's more than a bit ironic that after 41 years as a nation, so many people are discussing the same issues today that defined the country's first political party (PLP) that wrested the government from the minority in 1967, promising, … Continue reading →

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Happy 41st Independence Bahamas

Posted on July 8, 2014 by weblogbahamas

by Edward Hutcheson It is possible that after 41 years as a “Christian nation”, we have allowed particular contexts to become so broad and convoluted that some of our leaders take exception to what is apparent to a lot of … Continue reading →

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Americans’ Investment Report Damning Of National Affairs

Posted on July 7, 2014 by weblogbahamas

by Adrian Gibson First published in The Tribune under the byline; Young Man's View, here… LET’S be real, the US State Department’s 2014 Investment Report on the Bahamas is damning, condemnatory and a downright indictment of the state of affairs … Continue reading →

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Rolling Stones – Song of the week – July 7, 2014 – Following the River

Posted on July 7, 2014 by weblogbahamas

Of course my default "Stones" material is/are their Blues tunes, but this piano led ballad always hits the spot for me. To paraphrase Mick Jagger from an interview somewhere; the piano is beautiful, it's a very good moment – frustration … Continue reading →

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A Grebe in the Glades – Photo of the week

Posted on July 6, 2014 by weblogbahamas

Taken at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge a few years ago now. Always a treat to visit that spot.

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