Just like to hear some of the folks accounts!
:)
Me mum told me a story...would like to see if that is how things went down!
:)


:what: How much that long distance phone bill cost!!!

the tossing of the mace, taken in context of what happened next, marked the end of what had been an apartheid chapter of governance in bahamian history.

the seeds for majority rule were sown the day that two gentlemen of the assembly decided that they had had enough with the condescension they had endured within that esteemed assembly, whether it was the classic gerrymandering of districts in 1967 or sir stafford locking soon-to-be sir milo in the bathroom so that he would stop arguing.

dame doris johnson, one of my personal heroes, described the passing of the torch (sorry, watsayu, am NOT endorsing either party here!!!!!!!) so brilliantly in her book, "the bloodless revolution." never before had control of a country passed from minority control to majority rule without the issue of gunshot.

i was but a child at the time, but our teachers made us so very proud to be part of the bahamas at that period of time, the incendiary 1960s in which blacks in other countries were having to resort to violence to make their respective points.

:what: How much that long distance phone bill cost!!!


maybe he got skype .... :sailing:

the tossing of the mace, taken in context of what happened next, marked the end of what had been an apartheid chapter of governance in bahamian history.

the seeds for majority rule were sown the day that two gentlemen of the assembly decided that they had had enough with the condescension they had endured within that esteemed assembly, whether it was the classic gerrymandering of districts in 1967 or sir stafford locking soon-to-be sir milo in the bathroom so that he would stop arguing.

dame doris johnson, one of my personal heroes, described the passing of the torch (sorry, watsayu, am NOT endorsing either party here!!!!!!!) so brilliantly in her book, "the bloodless revolution." never before had control of a country passed from minority control to majority rule without the issue of gunshot.

i was but a child at the time, but our teachers made us so very proud to be part of the bahamas at that period of time, the incendiary 1960s in which blacks in other countries were having to resort to violence to make their respective points.

That is true. It was a civilized change of power - something we should be proud of.

the tossing of the mace, taken in context of what happened next, marked the end of what had been an apartheid chapter of governance in bahamian history.

the seeds for majority rule were sown the day that two gentlemen of the assembly decided that they had had enough with the condescension they had endured within that esteemed assembly, whether it was the classic gerrymandering of districts in 1967 or sir stafford locking soon-to-be sir milo in the bathroom so that he would stop arguing.

dame doris johnson, one of my personal heroes, described the passing of the torch (sorry, watsayu, am NOT endorsing either party here!!!!!!!) so brilliantly in her book, "the bloodless revolution." never before had control of a country passed from minority control to majority rule without the issue of gunshot.

i was but a child at the time, but our teachers made us so very proud to be part of the bahamas at that period of time, the incendiary 1960s in which blacks in other countries were having to resort to violence to make their respective points.


:hammer: :hammer: :hammer:

Well Said!!!!!!!!

What some of these other folks on this thread are talking about i just dont understand. Shakes head in mild disbelief.

That is true. It was a civilized change of power - something we should be proud of.


A bloodless revolution. A civilized change of power. A time of pride for the majority of Bahamians (white & black Bahamians). A good start with good intentions. A world of opportunity waiting to be capitalized upon. Tremendous potential in a new Bahamas.

so...

Why has the country decended into a crime-ridden, cronyistic, scandal plagued society in the few decades since? Aren't we ashamed of what has become of the Bahamas since the 'glory days'? Pride in our people, pride in our country is all well and good, but look at what is presented to the rest of the world. Big brother is threatening to close pre-clearance, we've got a ring of drug traffickers working at the airport, US Ambassadors are hitting out at the Bahamas, the Chinese are licking their chops at the opportunity to invade, big-boobed ex-strippers are dragging the country through CNN and & MSNBC, some of the dumbest D- students in the modern world. When is it going to stop?

the tossing of the mace, taken in context of what happened next, marked the end of what had been an apartheid chapter of governance in bahamian history.

the seeds for majority rule were sown the day that two gentlemen of the assembly decided that they had had enough with the condescension they had endured within that esteemed assembly, whether it was the classic gerrymandering of districts in 1967 or sir stafford locking soon-to-be sir milo in the bathroom so that he would stop arguing.

dame doris johnson, one of my personal heroes, described the passing of the torch (sorry, watsayu, am NOT endorsing either party here!!!!!!!) so brilliantly in her book, "the bloodless revolution." never before had control of a country passed from minority control to majority rule without the issue of gunshot.

i was but a child at the time, but our teachers made us so very proud to be part of the bahamas at that period of time, the incendiary 1960s in which blacks in other countries were having to resort to violence to make their respective points.


Thank you so much. This was an excellent post. This is what history is.
My mum told me Pindling told the people, to instead of tearing the UBP apart, let us go to the Government ground to talk it out!

WOW....
Amazing!
No need to fight....lets do this in a civilized manner!
:hammer:

A bloodless revolution. A civilized change of power. A time of pride for the majority of Bahamians (white & black Bahamians). A good start with good intentions. A world of opportunity waiting to be capitalized upon. Tremendous potential in a new Bahamas.
so...
Why has the country decended into a crime-ridden, cronyistic, scandal plagued society in the few decades since? Aren't we ashamed of what has become of the Bahamas since the 'glory days'? Pride in our people, pride in our country is all well and good, but look at what is presented to the rest of the world. Big brother is threatening to close pre-clearance, we've got a ring of drug traffickers working at the airport, US Ambassadors are hitting out at the Bahamas, the Chinese are licking their chops at the opportunity to invade, big-boobed ex-strippers are dragging the country through CNN and & MSNBC, some of the dumbest D- students in the modern world. When is it going to stop?


You are right, they did started with good intentions but look were we are now. When did it all change? It started to change with that same government headed by that Pindling, mind you I am very proud of our peaceful independence but I am also very ashame of the corrupt government it became for 25 yrs.

:what: How much that long distance phone bill cost!!!

How far away from the Bahamas does omeOne stop being Bahamian despite how many Junks they see on New Years? Or on Independance Day?