Hubert cries wee wee wee all the way home

LOL just read the comment I posted.

Article: http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/jul/26/former-pm-calls-ruling-last-speech-bogus/?c=4888

LOL this is laughable, I can't believe this immature man ran a whole country for years. Why does he think he should be first on the agenda? He isn't even an MP for his constituency anymore. He should've just waited and I'm sure he would've had a chance to speak. Seems like he just loves to hear his own voice. There are much bigger issues at hand than for a speech to be first priority give me a break. Even in primary school they tell you wait your turn to speak. Guess he can't be too mad he made a ton of money during his employment. If he thinks this will somehow bother people he's sorely mistaken he just made himself to look like a 5 year old whos parents didn't buy them candy in the store.

Hubert and Perry slapboxing as usual

Sorry guys it has been a while since my last blog post I have been busy but now I am back on track. I recently read an article in the Tribune actually a few but decided to comment on this one. Reason for that is I can't stand when politicians just say what the people want to hear but don't give any real solutions, unfortunately it seems to be the commonplace amongst most politicians. Oh well. Here's what I said.

ARTICLE:: http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/jul/25/fnm-could-not-grasp-true-value-urban-renewal/?c=4886


Yet again politicians are being vague and dancing around the subject. Hubert seems to be criticizing something irrelevant just to shake the bees nest. If the houses are abandoned and run down, obviously no one is around to represent it or they just don't care, or they just can't afford to do what the government can. The government isn't planning on taking the land over just getting rid of eyes sores, and potential dens of mischief, crack houses, places where women can be raped, etc. Perry doesn't seem to grasp urban renewal either, urban renewal isn't just finding out the problems and notifying the branches of government. What is that going to solve? How are you going to find out the problems of the household exactly? Are the police going to come in sit the people down and force them to just tell them all their problems? Very unlikely. Getting the people to trust the police is a whole other issue that kind of speaks for itself on how difficult to impossible that is these days.What the government needs to do is put extra curricular activities in place to get the kids away from home and interact with them on a daily to weekly basis. You will find out everything you need to know that way, and you can instil values and discipline they aren't getting at home. Its just one of many suggestions they can address. Besides the basis of solving any problem is finding the root cause not the effect, just a thought.
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The Immigration Discrimination Situation

There seems to be ALOT of issues with illegal and legal immigrants. The main one being Haitians, being seen as a plague and a parasite to The Bahamas. Although so of the claims are correct, such as Haitians getting completely free health care while Bahamians pay ridiculous prices and horrible conditions at Princess Margaret. Then there's the outlandish, crazy, paranoid, Sandilands view of them. For instance that all Haitians practice "Obeah" which is known to be black magic. To assume that means to assume every Bahamian is Christian or every Bahamian drinks alcohol. As easy it is to blame Haitians for the majority of our problems, it's not fixing anything.. I guess people using black magic can be pretty scary. like Harry Potter movies because you know I can't sleep at night after watching those PG-13 scare fests. Then there's the fact the have hut villages on peoples property and in the back of the bush. Last time I checked we control the land, we have guns, vehicles, man power, so how about we use them? Its pretty common sense, they don't have much places to hide if they really are a hindrance to your daily lives. Legal Haitians aren't safe either, they get as much backlash just for being Haitian decent or speak Creole'. About every other immigrants such as Europeans, South Americans, Asians, and North Americans. Pretty much if they bring money or good looks they are seen as an assets to be exploited. Bahamians as I have known are pretty hardcore we can stand by an lets things happen for a while but when you push us to far we blow up and go balls deep. Sooner or later its going to happen with this situation and there seems to be no end of it, kind of exciting really imagine how much street cred we would get with other countries. Seems like every country is having an uprising I think we are long overdue, the sheer amount of conch shells being thrown through the air in it self would be awesome.

"Hey guys what are we gonna do when they find their own rocks?.......Crap"

Weirdest things Bahamian male teens do

Teenagers are in a tough place where they aren't quite an adult, and not quite a child so there's a lot of confusion and angst. When you hear the word "Teen" anywhere else would think rebellious, moody, confused, and crazy. The male teen population in the Bahamas are on another whole different level, and here's proof.

"My girlfriend of one week left me I loved her, its true it was on facebook and everything"

!. The wholesale purchases of Starch
For some odd reason male teens seem to think their clothes are not nearly hang glider material worthy. Usually when someone irons they spray a little starch to prevent wrinkles or to get rid of wrinkles, but not teenagers we are hardcore. Teens spray down their shirts and pants with so much starch it looks like their clothes were folded and spent a century under 20,000 pounds of pressure. I have no idea where it started or why, and I don't think they know themselves. At some point some kid figured one spray of starch is for pussies, and I am a bad lets go all out. He was probably confused about the application of starch and then went to school with his uniform and his friends thought the paper bag look was hip. The end result was an awkward robotic moving teenagers with starch lines that seem to resemble they were attacked by snails.

"Because just regular starch are for punks, but lavender smells soooooo good"

2. Pants in socks
I have no clue why teenagers even do this. Maybe they didn't want the bottom of their pants to get dirty? Or they love the feeling of having their body heat trapped, and having quarts of sweat slosh around in their under garments. Just putting pants in normal white socks aren't just enough, we have to make it a fashion. Blue socks, Red socks, Brown socks, plaid designs, star designs, checkered designed, multi-colored, a whole array of socks to match the outfit they are wearing. Combined with stiff paper bag starch pants and we have a match made in heaven.

"Nothing expresses teen angst and fashion like socks in pants, plus I love looking like a idiot"

3. Leaving a patch of hair uncut
Getting a haircut is pretty commonplace amongst men, we do it to look good for women, relief from the heat, and get/keep a job. Some rain man of a teen decided I'm a cut above the rest, to display that I will leave a small area of hair uncut.That surely would go over well. The end result was teenagers strolling around with discount haircuts, and very shady looking characters walking around. Oh no it doesn't stop there, some teens figured just one patch wasn't cool and bad ass enough. How about we not cut the whole back of my head and call it a shag, yes a shag the ugly 60s carpet that died along with disco. Oh you thinks that's all? Nope since teenagers are easily influenced by other trends such as locks, not only did they have a patch of outgrown hair but they have started to lock it! So now they have hanging spaghetti strings coming out of their head like some bad Rasta experiment gone wrong.

"I'm ahead of the curve, I'm a trendsetter"

4. Obsession with Polo and Tommy Hilfiger
I like name brands as much as the next guy, but they aren't the only thing in my wardrobe. One step into the mall or a club in the Bahamas you start to notice a trend amongst the younger crowd. They all have on collared shirts! Not only that, they are wearing golfing clothes for everything from dress up day in high school to church. Yes Polo and Tommy Hilfiger were originally designed for the white middle to upper class those who golfed. Granted Bahamian teenagers aren't as silly with their collared shirts as a lot of Americans who flip the collars up like some 1850s Baron. Polo shirts and Starched pants are a must for a night on the town, not like your going to encounter someone wearing the same thing right? Awkwardddddddd.

"Hey ladies am I over stimulating your ovaries yet?"

5.Obviously they are going to return it after wearing it. Keeping the tags on everything.

The act of keeping the tags on clothes after buying them is to return them after wearing them once to look good for that outing. It can be a good idea for a teenager not making much money and only going on allowance, But here's the kicker they have STYLIZED THIS, Bahamian teenagers made it standard to show off the tags to show off that they purchased an article of clothing. Not only do they keep it on their shirts and pants, they have extended it to hats, watches, shoes, shades, and even socks I have witnessed. Imagine everyday you witness this rare oddity of a teen wearing brown bag approved starch pants tucked into socks, tags dangling off of them, and a patch of locked hair on their head. Scary right? Steve Urkle would be proud.

"My badges of honor, I have proof see?"

3 Things in Bahamian culture that are crazy to everyone else in the world

Every country has its weird quirks and stigmas that other countries find utterly weird ranging from men holding hands in India being normal to people running from a pack of raging bulls  in narrow streets.

 

"Dude look how jealous they are of our bromance"

1.  Bey we say bey a lot eh bey?

Every country has their own signature word from Jamaica's "Mon" to Mexico's "Ese'." Though we take it a step further usually the younger crowd will use these slang terms but not in the Bahamas everyone from senior citizens to little children say it with no discretion. We say it on TV, Radio, Government meetings, and even on the job. Bey is the equivalent to "dude" in American standards. Although the origins aren't quite clear but we speculate its a spinoff from the word "Boy" which were the slaves were called during the 1900s. When we say it when traveling or when tourist come to visit it takes them by surprise they assume we also say "Mon" because we are Caribbean, its pretty funny to see their faces trying to decipher what your saying. Its a cross between constipation and a bad smell.

 

"What? don't you mean how it go mon?"

2. We have a built in megaphone at birth

You know it, I know it, We all know it, we all have that aunt or uncle or cousin that just doesn't have complete control over their vocal cords. You can hear them while using a jackhammer in the middle of a hurricane. When you travel and you can hear a Bahamian before seeing one most of the time. When we were younger it can be incredibly embarrassing shopping with a loud relative, having everyone stare at you and thinking that they are thinking "who escaped from the asylum this time?" All you can do is walk off pretend that your relative is just some crazy person harassing you about which shirt fits them best.

"HEY WHICH STORE SHOULD WE GO IN NEXT? God please kill me now"

3. Directions are harder than navigating Narnia

Ever asked a Bahamian directions to their house? Good luck not even google maps can save you from the horror. Its a mix from getting a lucky turn that you stumble upon your destination or you have asked for every little detail that you follow it to the dot. Bahamians are bred to take the mismatch of obscure directions chock full of colored houses as an indication you are going the right way. For everyone else you have a better chance at Cloning dinosaurs.Cardinal directions are non existent in our vocabulary instead of saying "head north" its replaced with "when you see a yellow house turn right not the first one the second one with the dog in the yard but don't not the one with the potcake they got a pit." Take that Garmin we don't need your GPS, we should have the delivery man Olympics they are in a league of their own.

"Maybe I should try astrophysics next......"