Given they pay advertising dollars for banner ads on this site I guess the Department of Tourism feels otherwise.

While its true there are some posters (thankfully a definite minority) from all sides of the political spectrum who make inappropriate remarks, the vast majority are simply expressing their extreme dissatisfaction with the current administration’s abysmal record of incompetence.

Those who chose to ignore these concerns and instead blame the messenger contribute to the public’s distrust of the Government and coordinated attempts by PLP mouth pieces to deflect attention from the reality of their underperformance by blaming a handful of armchair pundits wreaks of desperation.

Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised at the unoriginal depths the PLP will go to maintain their hold on the Government. After all, it’s not like they can point to a list of accomplishments when they can’t back up their rhetoric (1.5 billion dollar investment in Bermudians) with hard cold facts.

PLP – Betraying Bermudians since 1998, one no-bid contract at a time.

The union would have gained more respect in putting their peoples priorities first,gone are the days that we see union leaders with back bone that care more about the roof over its members head and the food on their tables,then the greed that they show by the decisions we have seen in these last 10 years,maybe I am bias but I truly believe the only person I see that still pounds the pavement on behalf of the Bermudian that is unionised is Mr. Raymond Russell and he dont get paid for it so I know its straight from the heart.

As far as a few of the comments of the guest speaker,Sir we dont disrespect you as a guest in our Islands but you have said absolutely nothing that has not already been said and as far as vile rhetoric,we are not that narrow mminded and would consider it constructive critisism,as far as Ms. Laverne Furbert is concern I dont always agree with her view point on many issues but I do have to agree with her and take issue with the fact about pen names to this web site.

While it is totally legal to use pen names and the right all who choose to use it,I truly believe we as a people do a dis service first to ourselves and then to the rest of the reading world as this site is global.if your convictions are that great and it should be to any given situation that may arise,why not stand by your word by who you truly are,now we are in total agreement that the owners and management of Bernews.com have all participants names and address on file and if someone filed using false information there is still ways of tracking down the culprit.I say all this to say that there are some very disrespectful comments that are made from time to time from all of us and if we are going to speak what we feel is of any truth be man or woman enough to stand by it and be held accountable by those in whom you reach.

There you have it Mr. guest speaker,some of us dont like our union for what it is presently allowing to happen to some of its membership but do know the importance of why we can not afford not to have a union also,realizing that it was our fore fathers who gave us the rights that we have,even though it is presently being abused by some who do not give creedence to the struggle they had.as for the photo ups,well I have seen better at a circus.

When’s the election?

Would anyone like to comment on the fact that while Bermuda’s labour movement arguablely reached its zenith with the PLP election victory in the 1990s, the labour movement was being redefined (dismantled) elsewhere?

For example the 1990s saw launch of “New Labour” in the UK and the deliberate weakening of German unions.

Any thoughts?

How can any of you criticise a speech that you have not heard or read?

Why is there such a sudden outcry, when several years ago a PLP Senator (couldn’t get elected as an MP) made the classic comment that “we don’t care what you think”. In that case don’t care! Oh of course an election is looming and the PLP have an abyssmal track record and need something to deflect peoples’ attention.

True , because the damage done by the PLP is so rampant and extensive that the cleanup by any other party (and it wont be the PLP either) will be painfull and long but absolutely neccessary to get the island back on foot.

So we’re all going to have to swallow some unpleasant medicine soon.

BTW I DO AGREE that some of the blogs lately are absolutely off point and not necessary to the subject at hand. Unfortunately many of us are so very, very, very angry of what the PLP has done and BETRAYED their core principals and the trust of the people with it’s own version of vile governance filled with lies, deciet, missing monies, lack of transpareny, increase in crime (which they seemingly do nothing about), historical high unemployment, EXCESSIVE SPENDING AND OVERSPENDING, etc. etc. etc. we should remember that we can make a point withOUT being vile, personal or racist. DREB, DA KERNAL, Rolf, PLP, BIU, and the guilty bloggers that have overstepped the mark, hope you are taking note.
Remember you catch more flies with honey………….