I think the OBA/UBP are taking the people for granted and not showing any real respect. Simply changing your name, and expecting people to believe the OBA/UBP are a new party? Come on a child in preschool knows that if you dress in a “superman custom”, you are still little “Johnny or Suzy.” This is not rocket science. Please give the people of this country some real respect, and stop thinking that a name change to the OBA, makes it a new party. Its does not, as people can clearly see all the members are the same as the UBP. The Ministers of the UBP are still the same Ministers under the OBA. How in the world can you claim that to be change? People are not blind. More so when people observed in the bye-election in 12 that White people voted “en-block” for the OBA. This was a real message send to the people in which many reflected that there really no change among UBP supporters and MPs. The White people have just moved their votes over to the OBA. So if you have all the same Ministers, all the same voters and supporters……WHAT THE HELL MAKES IS DIFFERENT? WHAT IS DIFFICULT ABOUT THIS? SO YES IT IS THE SAME……….UBP IS THE OBA………………..ACCEPT THE FACTS>>>> S

Mr. Richard’s presentation is often poor, as he struggles to present his statement in “press-briefs.” Mr. Richards almost appears loss during his press-briefs. He often is extremely disingenuous about the current economic climate, yet continues to spread words of fear. This will not work, as he did in 1998 attempt to spread fear in the Bermudian people. His threat to move out of Bermuda never came true. He also threatens that all the IB business will move out of Bermuda in 1998, this did not happen. It becomes difficult to believe someone like him, who continues to spread mis-information and fearful tactics to gain the black swing vote. It will not work, and it is old. He comes across as if he is the Savior for all, but lacks real sincerity. His presentation come across in a very condescending and disingenuous manner, as if Black people are not able to see right Thur his hysterical behaviours.

Mr. Richards presentation on the news recently, was in an extremely bad taste, almost like he was going off his head. I was alarmed, as it sounded as if something was off with him. He used threats in a desperate attempt to win the black votes, was how many interpreted his press-brief. Maybe this is his only way he is capable of speaking. (“Mr. Cannioner must be asking himself what in the world did I get myself in now”?) Mr. Richard did not foreseen or even know that there would be a world recession as deep as this. He still is in denial that Bermuda is also affected by the world-wide recession and that most countries around the world have been downgraded. It does take a rocket-science to figure this out. Why does he constantly deny these facts in his conversations? It is due to his strong will of politicizing, politicking, and tricking people to believe otherwise. I am disappointed, the OBA are acting more and more like the UBP everyday. NO Change is the message that I and others are getting.

Come on Mr. Richards, one would expect much more from a so called seasoned politician.

Hopefully, some day the level of debate can rise. I will dream for that day !!

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http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Son-of-the-soil.pdf

The government could shut off these allegations of corruption so easily and yet they do not. If there is nothing to hide, why not open the books for the auditor to see? Why are things always swept under the carpet? Why does the governement not set an example by cutting back on cars(no personal use, only given one if true business purpose requires it), take a pay cut as it wasnt so long ago government ministers worked for free? I want to see some positive leadership out of whomever is elected. IB is pretty unhappy with life in Bermuda and no amount of pretty pink sand will change that. What we will see more of is shell companies registered here which yes yield some income but no real money. The real money comes when they move staff to the island and pay rents, buy goods, cars, insurnace, hire our gardening companies and cleaners. Our crime rate is scary for them, the depressing relationships in our workforce, racial comments, make an unwelcoming environment.
I understand and respect your passion for your choice of governance but degrading each other does not help anyone’s cause. It would be nice if we could stick to the topic without the name calling on EITHER side.

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LOL maybe the PLP blogers that continue the trent can let us all know. Or does it depend which side of the agrument your on…………….lolololol

LOL step up poitical parties it’s not about you it’s about “ALL of US”.

If former Premier Dr. Ewart Brown, or anybody else in the PLP were involved in any corrupt practices, don’t you think they would be before the courts? Remember the Nelson Bascome case where he was accused of corruption?

You, and others like you, really think that by constantly referring to corruption, etc. under the PLP, it will put the OBA/UBP driver’s seat. It won’t happen and there was no corruption.

Was that the only thing you could find to criticise in the article? I wish you would stop trying to shoot the messenger(s) and address the issues.

Further, many of the PLP’s policies have not been friendly or welcoming to IB. Whether the OBA or the UBP say it or not, or PLP recognizes how unfriendly they have been (or not), most of IB has already voted with their feet by leaving.

No government on earth has the solution to the large debts they incurred during the period 2006-2010, nor does any government have any proven stimus to interest ratesl employment or production.

It is safe to say neither the PLP or OBA have a soluton to Bermuda’s problems (crime, economy, debt) we could blog all week and neither partymwouod change their apptoach or course.

Bermuda’s solution is to embrace the next Fred Rice, even if the industry is exporting Kiskadees to Japan, and attract the best people to the House of Assembly.

Spin that there Uncle Bob and Aunt Paula.

Next you’ll tell me (like Bob) that the PLP work Permit Policy caused Lehman Brothers to fail…..

The OBA is not the Government, not yet anyway. Had the PLP paid attention years ago to Doomsday Bob, it is a pretty safe bet that Bermuda would not be looking at the gloom & doom that we are in now.

The world recession did not have to have the effect on Bermuda that it is. Most of the sorry state that Bermuda is in was created right here specifically because of the ineptness of the PLP who called Doomsday Bob a scaremonger & claimed that everything was just fine when obviously it was not.

Now the best the PLP hierarchy can do is call him names.

Pityfull.