COMMENT OF THE WEEK

THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS?
Every week, the racist thoughts of men like Rick Lowe and John Marquis become more and more current. The Tribune helps to promote it with its owners own insecurities about race. The central question of the century in The Bahamas is the colour line, and no amount of revisionism by racist businessmen with nothing in their heads can change that, or newspaper columnists for that matter.

If you read all the books about the history of The Bahamas, you will find that the Europeans came here, decimated the local native population, and then brought African slaves here to do their work. The slaves outnumbered them, and eventually were freed. However, following the freedom of the slaves, there came into force a rigid apartheid system enforced not by law but by an unbending social order. Dr. Gail Saunders points out that at the top of the pecking order of power and wealth were the colonial whites and their local counterparts, followed by a small brown skin middle class and then there were the masses of those of African descent whose skin colour was you know what. That is still the system today. One party and one party alone was pledged to change that; to bring equity to centuries of discrimination. That party is the PLP.

The old order changed, we would have said passed away, but you will see why not later. In 1967, 133 years after the abolition of slavery, the descendants of the slaves were finally able to get into the government and run things for themselves. In the 25 years that they and their representatives ran the country, there was a period of unprecedented growth in the country, but the wealth continued disproportionately to go into the hands of the same group that had had the wealth over all the centuries.

The problem is the group, the Bay Street boys, the oligarchs, did not go away. They fell back. They disappeared as a separate political entity but they morphed themselves into a new force when several PLPs left the PLP and the nationalist movement and joined up with the descendants of the former slave masters and formed the Free National Movement. No doubt there were good reasons for it. There were governance issues, corruption issues, and there was just plain fatigue with a leader who needed to move on, having served his time. The country needed a strong opposition.

In 1992, that party was able to take the reigns of the Government. The slave masters were back, and they had employed a skilful overseer to make sure that things went well for them. One just has to see who got the benefits of the change in Government. The Tribune became the first to get a private radio station licence, further strengthening their power of information management in the country, further allowing them to purvey their brand of hatred, racism and disrespect for national identity. No matter, they had done well for the FNM’s puppet and so they got their reward. Later they even got a telephone licence to allow them to compete with the national telephone giant, again further concentrating their hold over information. You will see from a story in this column today that they have now been promised or given a television licence which will further give them a stranglehold over Bahamian pubic opinion.

Look who became knights and got the Queen’s honours, now it is rumoured that one of them is to become the Governor General in and over us. The descendants of the former slave masters became even richer during the period 1992 to 2002.

By a miracle, following the death of the nationalist leader, the PLP, the descendants of the former slaves came back to office. During that time between 2002 and 2007, the economy again grew in an unprecedented manner. (You may click here for frequently asked questions and their answers.) By any measure the country became wealthier and its people better off, but it appears that the people of the country were not satisfied. The Tribune and the oligarchs put together a huge treasure chest of money, and then created this image that suddenly something was wrong with being poor and black. Poor and black! A lethal combination! Anything associated with it went down to defeat. But the common factor in all of this was during that time the descendants of the former slave masters became richer than ever, made more money than they ever did before but the PLP had to go. No former slave could run them.

This time they brought back, procured, however you want to put it, the services of the overseer that they had hired in 1992. He was back again, and with the cruellest of streaks. He was expert at misleading the public so that even PLPs thought that maybe, just maybe something was wrong with them. But there was nothing fundamentally wrong with them. They had only one major ‘problem’ and that was something they could not change being black, and something which they failed to change; poor. While in office they fattened the fowl for a snake and impoverished themselves, so they went into a general election depending on goodwill, good memories and thinking that people would vote for good policies. Instead, the overseer has won; the descendants of the former slave masters are back. They are cracking the whip everywhere: firing left, right and centre, stopping contracts that will help to transfer technology to young black Bahamians; anything to stop the forward march. The idea is to kill the PLP, make sure that the former slaves know their place. This to them is the natural order of things.

So out of the 359 years of the settlement of our country, the slaves have had 30 years. The slave masters have had 329 years. The UBP is now safely back in power with a good disguise. They now have another five in what they regard as the return to the natural order of things.

yep, seen this on that * cough * "web site" ... i figured it must have been heroin induced paranoia .. maybe just plain ole crack though ... :D

Y'all got any Smilies for the Bahamian emotion: Shame? 'Cause I think I need to post one of them on that one! Wow.

COMMENT OF THE WEEK
THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS?
Every week, the racist thoughts of men like Rick Lowe and John Marquis become more and more current. The Tribune helps to promote it with its owners own insecurities about race. The central question of the century in The Bahamas is the colour line, and no amount of revisionism by racist businessmen with nothing in their heads can change that, or newspaper columnists for that matter.
If you read all the books about the history of The Bahamas, you will find that the Europeans came here, decimated the local native population, and then brought African slaves here to do their work. The slaves outnumbered them, and eventually were freed. However, following the freedom of the slaves, there came into force a rigid apartheid system enforced not by law but by an unbending social order. Dr. Gail Saunders points out that at the top of the pecking order of power and wealth were the colonial whites and their local counterparts, followed by a small brown skin middle class and then there were the masses of those of African descent whose skin colour was you know what. That is still the system today. One party and one party alone was pledged to change that; to bring equity to centuries of discrimination. That party is the PLP.
The old order changed, we would have said passed away, but you will see why not later. In 1967, 133 years after the abolition of slavery, the descendants of the slaves were finally able to get into the government and run things for themselves. In the 25 years that they and their representatives ran the country, there was a period of unprecedented growth in the country, but the wealth continued disproportionately to go into the hands of the same group that had had the wealth over all the centuries.
The problem is the group, the Bay Street boys, the oligarchs, did not go away. They fell back. They disappeared as a separate political entity but they morphed themselves into a new force when several PLPs left the PLP and the nationalist movement and joined up with the descendants of the former slave masters and formed the Free National Movement. No doubt there were good reasons for it. There were governance issues, corruption issues, and there was just plain fatigue with a leader who needed to move on, having served his time. The country needed a strong opposition.
In 1992, that party was able to take the reigns of the Government. The slave masters were back, and they had employed a skilful overseer to make sure that things went well for them. One just has to see who got the benefits of the change in Government. The Tribune became the first to get a private radio station licence, further strengthening their power of information management in the country, further allowing them to purvey their brand of hatred, racism and disrespect for national identity. No matter, they had done well for the FNM’s puppet and so they got their reward. Later they even got a telephone licence to allow them to compete with the national telephone giant, again further concentrating their hold over information. You will see from a story in this column today that they have now been promised or given a television licence which will further give them a stranglehold over Bahamian pubic opinion.
Look who became knights and got the Queen’s honours, now it is rumoured that one of them is to become the Governor General in and over us. The descendants of the former slave masters became even richer during the period 1992 to 2002.
By a miracle, following the death of the nationalist leader, the PLP, the descendants of the former slaves came back to office. During that time between 2002 and 2007, the economy again grew in an unprecedented manner. (You may click here for frequently asked questions and their answers.) By any measure the country became wealthier and its people better off, but it appears that the people of the country were not satisfied. The Tribune and the oligarchs put together a huge treasure chest of money, and then created this image that suddenly something was wrong with being poor and black. Poor and black! A lethal combination! Anything associated with it went down to defeat. But the common factor in all of this was during that time the descendants of the former slave masters became richer than ever, made more money than they ever did before but the PLP had to go. No former slave could run them.
This time they brought back, procured, however you want to put it, the services of the overseer that they had hired in 1992. He was back again, and with the cruellest of streaks. He was expert at misleading the public so that even PLPs thought that maybe, just maybe something was wrong with them. But there was nothing fundamentally wrong with them. They had only one major ‘problem’ and that was something they could not change being black, and something which they failed to change; poor. While in office they fattened the fowl for a snake and impoverished themselves, so they went into a general election depending on goodwill, good memories and thinking that people would vote for good policies. Instead, the overseer has won; the descendants of the former slave masters are back. They are cracking the whip everywhere: firing left, right and centre, stopping contracts that will help to transfer technology to young black Bahamians; anything to stop the forward march. The idea is to kill the PLP, make sure that the former slaves know their place. This to them is the natural order of things.
So out of the 359 years of the settlement of our country, the slaves have had 30 years. The slave masters have had 329 years. The UBP is now safely back in power with a good disguise. They now have another five in what they regard as the return to the natural order of things.

this is how they brain wash the plps. the black men in the fnm are not descendants of slaves? fred has a nerve to call someone racist? my god i hope no tourists intending to come here reads this garbage or it could hurt this country badly. the hatred spewed here is unbelievable. anybody who has a different view of the plp and will not let them continue their corruption is a racist. when they had 25 years of government the plp got rich and the poor black man stayed poor and yet they say they empower the poor black man. history will show that the poorest people in this country are the ones that remain faithfull to the plp no matter what they do. what do they have tio show that they helped these poor black people?:realmad:

Once again, it shows the PLP tenuous grasp on the explicit truth. Don't believe what your eyes are telling you, but believe what we say.

This is an insult to every Bahamian, and a retrogression that takes us back 50 years. It is no wonder that we are still a 'developing' nation with a political party with such dinosauric views that have held us back for the years that they were in power.

I can't believe that people actually voted for Fred Mitchell. Man he needs a psychiatrist -- bad!

this is how they brain wash the plps. the black men in the fnm are not descendants of slaves? fred has a nerve to call someone racist? my god i hope no tourists intending to come here reads this garbage or it could hurt this country badly. the hatred spewed here is unbelievable. anybody who has a different view of the plp and will not let them continue their corruption is a racist. when they had 25 years of government the plp got rich and the poor black man stayed poor and yet they say they empower the poor black man. history will show that the poorest people in this country are the ones that remain faithfull to the plp no matter what they do. what do they have tio show that they helped these poor black people?:realmad:

By asking such a stupid question shows how you have been brainwashed by the FNM!! I will give you a few examples how they helped the poorer persons.

Most of the persons or maybe all of the persons that live in the govt subdivisions are from the poorer areas. They were given the opportunity to better their condition but many of them took the getto with them!!
So better housing is one which is why the PLP focuses so much on providing new homes!

The PLP provided progressive labour laws.
The national insurance.
The Bahamas Mortage Corporation.
The College of the Bahamas.
The Bahamas development Bank.
The Bahamas Agricultural and industrial Corp.
The Tourism College.
The industrial training Centre now BTVI.
Bahamasair.
The Defence Force.
Water and Sewerage Corp.
The Bankof the Bahamas.
ZNS.
Legislation for national Health insurance
The Urban renewal and others........

These were all formed in order to help the people at the bottom or the poor by providing them first with an education then jobs and then they were able to purchase homes to better care for their families...
Note: I did not mention all the schools all over the Bahamas that were built by the PLP. Out of some 160+ schools here in the Bahamas the FNM built 12...

Wake up and get the facts. OK!!

Once again, it shows the PLP tenuous grasp on the explicit truth. Don't believe what your eyes are telling you, but believe what we say.

This is an insult to every Bahamian, and a retrogression that takes us back 50 years. It is no wonder that we are still a 'developing' nation with a political party with such dinosauric views that have held us back for the years that they were in power.

I can't believe that people actually voted for Fred Mitchell. Man he needs a psychiatrist -- bad!

The man loves history even though I think that he uses it in the wrong way and he comes across as a racesist!!!

But that is his rights!!!

The man loves history even though I think that he uses it in the wrong way and he comes across as a racesist!!!
But that is his rights!!!

to be so divisive...he was the minister of foreign affairs for christ sake...what his deal?

By asking such a stupid question shows how you have been brainwashed by the FNM!! I will give you a few examples how they helped the poorer persons.
Most of the persons or maybe all of the persons that live in the govt subdivisions are from the poorer areas. They were given the opportunity to better their condition but many of them took the getto with them!!
So better housing is one which is why the PLP focuses so much on providing new homes!
The PLP provided progressive labour laws.
The national insurance.
The Bahamas Mortage Corporation.
The College of the Bahamas.
The Bahamas development Bank.
The Bahamas Agricultural and industrial Corp.
The Tourism College.
The industrial training Centre now BTVI.
Bahamasair.
The Defence Force.
Water and Sewerage Corp.
The Bankof the Bahamas.
ZNS.
Legislation for national Health insurance
The Urban renewal and others........
These were all formed in order to help the people at the bottom or the poor by providing them first with an education then jobs and then they were able to purchase homes to better care for their families...
Note: I did not mention all the schools all over the Bahamas that were built by the PLP. Out of some 160+ schools here in the Bahamas the FNM built 12...
Wake up and get the facts. OK!!

and yet these people remain POOR

For a public official, it doesn't seem that Fred is interested in representing 100% of the Bahamians.

He's focused only on the 80% that he feels are decendants of slaves.

He's obviously a smart man with a small mind. Looking up freddieuncencored is like looking up a white supremacist website in Alabama!

By asking such a stupid question shows how you have been brainwashed by the FNM!! I will give you a few examples how they helped the poorer persons.
Most of the persons or maybe all of the persons that live in the govt subdivisions are from the poorer areas. They were given the opportunity to better their condition but many of them took the getto with them!!
So better housing is one which is why the PLP focuses so much on providing new homes!
The PLP provided progressive labour laws.
The national insurance.
The Bahamas Mortage Corporation.
The College of the Bahamas.
The Bahamas development Bank.
The Bahamas Agricultural and industrial Corp.
The Tourism College.
The industrial training Centre now BTVI.
Bahamasair.
The Defence Force.
Water and Sewerage Corp.
The Bankof the Bahamas.
ZNS.
Legislation for national Health insurance
The Urban renewal and others........
These were all formed in order to help the people at the bottom or the poor by providing them first with an education then jobs and then they were able to purchase homes to better care for their families...
Note: I did not mention all the schools all over the Bahamas that were built by the PLP. Out of some 160+ schools here in the Bahamas the FNM built 12...
Wake up and get the facts. OK!!

The PLP gave us ZNS?

this is how they brain wash the plps. the black men in the fnm are not descendants of slaves? fred has a nerve to call someone racist? my god i hope no tourists intending to come here reads this garbage or it could hurt this country badly. the hatred spewed here is unbelievable. anybody who has a different view of the plp and will not let them continue their corruption is a racist. when they had 25 years of government the plp got rich and the poor black man stayed poor and yet they say they empower the poor black man. history will show that the poorest people in this country are the ones that remain faithfull to the plp no matter what they do. what do they have tio show that they helped these poor black people?:realmad:

Once its post on Bahamas Issues...the entire world sees it. This site is rank high on google and Yahoo search. So, I guess, the result is too late...Nevertheless, America and Egland have their own racial issues...far worst than the Bahamas. We are paradise in contrast to those countries regarding racial conflicts and paranoia.

when they had 25 years of government the plp got rich and the poor black man stayed poor and yet they say they empower the poor black man. history will show that the poorest people in this country are the ones that remain faithfull to the plp no matter what they do. what do they have tio show that they helped these poor black people?

Pepper: I admit that our country still has a way to go, but how do you account for the post-1960's exponential growth of the black middle class in the Bahamas with the resultant highest per-capita income in the Caribbean? It certainly wasn't by the rich getting poorer, it was by the poor getting richer, both financially and educationally. The majority of the development and progress of black people in this country occurred between 1970 and the mid 1980's.

With the exception of ZNS, Objective posted a list of initiatives of that served to benefit ALL Bahamians both black and white/PLP and FNM. If the PLP was not responisble for those accomplishments, can you pray tell me who was?

I don't agree with the divisive, racist nonsense that Bahamasuncensored continues to spew on a weekly basis, but to imply that the PLP has done nothing to empower the black majority this country is equally divisive and nonsensical.

You can only add to our dialogue here and properly educate others if you stick to FACTS not fiction ok?

Pepper: I admit that our country still has a way to go, but how do you account for the exponential growth of the black middle class in the Bahamas with the highest per-capita income in the Caribbean? The majority of the development and progress of black people in this country occurred between 1970 and the mid 1980's.
With the exception of ZNS, Objective posted a list of post-independence initiatives of that served to benefit ALL Bahamians both black and white. If the PLP was not responisble for those accomplishments, can you pray tell me who was?
I don't agree with the divisive, racist nonsense that Bahamasuncensored continues to spew on a weekly basis, but to imply that the PLP has done nothing to empower the black majority this country is equally divisive and nonsensical.
You can only add to our dialogue here and properly educate others if you stick to FACTS not fiction ok?


yes its called drug smuggling! thanks to ping:tdown:

yes its called drug smuggling! thanks to ping:tdown:


You really believe drug smuggling produced The National Insurance Board, The Bahamas Mortage Corporation, The College of the Bahamas, The Bahamas Development Bank, The Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation, The Tourism Training College, BTVI, Bahamasair, The Defence Force, Water and Sewerage Corporation and The Bank of the Bahamas? You trying to say that all the successful small businesses in this country and the thousands of middle-class Bahamian professionsals are all a product of drug smuggling? Boy you must be on some of those same drugs!

I'm not condoning any racist foolishness, or policies that don't benefit our country, but you can't ingore certain parts of history and distort others just to suit your own agenda, no matter which side you're on. Your sig says that you want us all to get along. We will never be able to do that if we continue to hide our heads in the proverbial sand of the history of our country.