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	<title>Comments on: Sir John Swan: &#8216;Encourage Independent Thinkers&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: Truth</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/04/sir-john-swan-encourage-independent-thinkers/#comment-5941709</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Truth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 00:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good luck to Lindsay and Zane.]]></description>
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		<title>By: Pa</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/04/sir-john-swan-encourage-independent-thinkers/#comment-5941645</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If people here have nothing better to do except to complain about every thing and any thing, which has become Bermuda&#039;s national past time in all its negativity , that is not acceptable  in away forward in solving out never ending problems without offering any positive solutions, for example ,planting Potatoes  Corn and more , are they not waisting  our time and theirs , which we do not have.
 You cry alone my friends.
 When you laugh you will have lots of company.

  So what if i blow a trumpet when what  I realy want is  B.B.B.   ~~~  Big  Brass  Band.
 Hey ! 
 Dont forget to include our little people !

  We are getting a 3  and we need a 9 and more .

 &quot; Imagination is the mother of invension &quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If people here have nothing better to do except to complain about every thing and any thing, which has become Bermuda&#8217;s national past time in all its negativity , that is not acceptable  in away forward in solving out never ending problems without offering any positive solutions, for example ,planting Potatoes  Corn and more , are they not waisting  our time and theirs , which we do not have.<br />
 You cry alone my friends.<br />
 When you laugh you will have lots of company.</p>
<p>  So what if i blow a trumpet when what  I realy want is  B.B.B.   ~~~  Big  Brass  Band.<br />
 Hey !<br />
 Dont forget to include our little people !</p>
<p>  We are getting a 3  and we need a 9 and more .</p>
<p> &#8221; Imagination is the mother of invension &#8220;.</p>
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		<title>By: Pa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do not have a reputation or even condone one liner  communications .

 Single mindedness or one track dictatorial thinking gets us no where!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do not have a reputation or even condone one liner  communications .</p>
<p> Single mindedness or one track dictatorial thinking gets us no where!</p>
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		<title>By: Oh</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately using surrogates as fronts to muster more votes for one party works in the US but not Bermuda anymore.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately using surrogates as fronts to muster more votes for one party works in the US but not Bermuda anymore.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Bloggs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, encouraging one group of people to hate another group of people keeps politicians in power all over the world, from the U.K. to the U.S. to Ukraine to Africa.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, encouraging one group of people to hate another group of people keeps politicians in power all over the world, from the U.K. to the U.S. to Ukraine to Africa.</p>
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		<title>By: Time for change</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Time for change]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir John Swan needs to run to stop this racially divided party politics that exists in the plp and oba. It so obvious what the problem is.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sir John Swan needs to run to stop this racially divided party politics that exists in the plp and oba. It so obvious what the problem is.</p>
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		<title>By: Pa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Sir John Swan  is successfull in his quest  to return to politics all gory to him  and any like minded person,also i see a lack of female representation.
 
Who are those indepentant thinkers ? 
 Do they have consultants as i do  ?
  Where do they come from, are they any better than you and  I, if they existed at all?
    Surely they  would be blowing their own  trumpet  ! 
 In a nut shell all the controversy is about   TRUST.

I will shake hands  with every honest and trust worthy man I meet  on the street any day.

 I  dread  to see the day that may come when we would be &quot;fighting over food &quot;.

   We all go nuts when  B.E.L.Co turn the power off.  ZZZZZ. ! That is not funny !

  If the controllers ,think that they can put a colar and leash on people they  are  mistaken.
   If they loose the peoples trust an confidence it  is all over .
   I am  confident that  all of you are tired of playing the 6 for the 9 game  we are  also tired of another man putting his hand in our pockets.
  In the past there have been many blunders especially when it come to dealing  with  borrowed money which is  spend  on want  and they dont have and do not need,  got a word for it called mismanagement,  wanting what you dont need has never worked .
 Do we all realize that we can not turn back the clock ?
 The  White House has a tin roof  that would  have  worked for the old airport, just paint it white .
 In time  airports will be come redundant .

 We can stick the national debt right back  in the face of  those who created it
  Who started this inflation game and who is paying for  the price war  ? We are !
   Did the experts not invision that this would cause a deflation of our currency.

We  all are independant thinkers , we are and they are not sure who they could  be  a bunch of doctors, lawyers or business people  to pray to the money gods  ?

  Who is to say who they  are and who we are  we are.
  Are we not the voting public that have control of our  destiny .
  We should all look at all their  faces to see where they lead us.

  There appears at this present time there is  division in the way that this country is managed , there  are  politicians who create the laws who in turn are expected to manage the business of this country in a profesional manner. 

 Where it all went wrong  is where back in history this country  created a  party system  with a party boss who controls the party, who then controls the people and so on, that philosophy creates a system  of division of do as they say do as as i say and the rest of you go take a hike .
 Bermuda then became the island of No !    then  we all  wind up with a number .
    Are the tinkers try to introduce a third party system to further devide the nation or are they wanting to go it alone not a good idea in my oppinion

 Every person in this country has the right to vote for who ever he or she has  a.&quot; vote  of confidence&quot;  or&quot; no confidence &quot; .
We have  a right to our own destiny. 
 We must never forget we are all Bermudian with a common goal of survival .

     DIVISION
  I am looking for inclusion not division.
  Presenty the legislators  with their laws have the power over the people. 
   Presently the legislators control  our  money  only in trust.

   We earn it and they spend it ,that has to stop !

  There  it  is  Matha and  Sir John the required  change .
 
  In reality  Govrernment do not have any money  they are trustees of our money.
 The independent economic control  has got to  be re distributed  back to the people .
  Sir John Swan is  highly  respected we know we are up to our eye balls in  Alligators,no more scare tactics please
 give us the promise of hope and harmony.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Sir John Swan  is successfull in his quest  to return to politics all gory to him  and any like minded person,also i see a lack of female representation.</p>
<p>Who are those indepentant thinkers ?<br />
 Do they have consultants as i do  ?<br />
  Where do they come from, are they any better than you and  I, if they existed at all?<br />
    Surely they  would be blowing their own  trumpet  !<br />
 In a nut shell all the controversy is about   TRUST.</p>
<p>I will shake hands  with every honest and trust worthy man I meet  on the street any day.</p>
<p> I  dread  to see the day that may come when we would be &#8220;fighting over food &#8220;.</p>
<p>   We all go nuts when  B.E.L.Co turn the power off.  ZZZZZ. ! That is not funny !</p>
<p>  If the controllers ,think that they can put a colar and leash on people they  are  mistaken.<br />
   If they loose the peoples trust an confidence it  is all over .<br />
   I am  confident that  all of you are tired of playing the 6 for the 9 game  we are  also tired of another man putting his hand in our pockets.<br />
  In the past there have been many blunders especially when it come to dealing  with  borrowed money which is  spend  on want  and they dont have and do not need,  got a word for it called mismanagement,  wanting what you dont need has never worked .<br />
 Do we all realize that we can not turn back the clock ?<br />
 The  White House has a tin roof  that would  have  worked for the old airport, just paint it white .<br />
 In time  airports will be come redundant .</p>
<p> We can stick the national debt right back  in the face of  those who created it<br />
  Who started this inflation game and who is paying for  the price war  ? We are !<br />
   Did the experts not invision that this would cause a deflation of our currency.</p>
<p>We  all are independant thinkers , we are and they are not sure who they could  be  a bunch of doctors, lawyers or business people  to pray to the money gods  ?</p>
<p>  Who is to say who they  are and who we are  we are.<br />
  Are we not the voting public that have control of our  destiny .<br />
  We should all look at all their  faces to see where they lead us.</p>
<p>  There appears at this present time there is  division in the way that this country is managed , there  are  politicians who create the laws who in turn are expected to manage the business of this country in a profesional manner. </p>
<p> Where it all went wrong  is where back in history this country  created a  party system  with a party boss who controls the party, who then controls the people and so on, that philosophy creates a system  of division of do as they say do as as i say and the rest of you go take a hike .<br />
 Bermuda then became the island of No !    then  we all  wind up with a number .<br />
    Are the tinkers try to introduce a third party system to further devide the nation or are they wanting to go it alone not a good idea in my oppinion</p>
<p> Every person in this country has the right to vote for who ever he or she has  a.&#8221; vote  of confidence&#8221;  or&#8221; no confidence &#8221; .<br />
We have  a right to our own destiny.<br />
 We must never forget we are all Bermudian with a common goal of survival .</p>
<p>     DIVISION<br />
  I am looking for inclusion not division.<br />
  Presenty the legislators  with their laws have the power over the people.<br />
   Presently the legislators control  our  money  only in trust.</p>
<p>   We earn it and they spend it ,that has to stop !</p>
<p>  There  it  is  Matha and  Sir John the required  change .</p>
<p>  In reality  Govrernment do not have any money  they are trustees of our money.<br />
 The independent economic control  has got to  be re distributed  back to the people .<br />
  Sir John Swan is  highly  respected we know we are up to our eye balls in  Alligators,no more scare tactics please<br />
 give us the promise of hope and harmony.</p>
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		<title>By: Insurance</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/04/sir-john-swan-encourage-independent-thinkers/#comment-5941349</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Insurance]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even Swan knows the Overboard Burnt Anxiety party will never win with its present candidate of surrogates.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even Swan knows the Overboard Burnt Anxiety party will never win with its present candidate of surrogates.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/04/sir-john-swan-encourage-independent-thinkers/#comment-5941339</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[True enough, though I feel the More Often he Solicits Support, 
then the Bigger the Groundswell Grows.?.!!..

we Desperately need Change Away from Opposition, Divisive, Party Politics.

We need One group all pulling in the same One Direction
for the overall combined benefit of the One Island and citizens.!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True enough, though I feel the More Often he Solicits Support,<br />
then the Bigger the Groundswell Grows.?.!!..</p>
<p>we Desperately need Change Away from Opposition, Divisive, Party Politics.</p>
<p>We need One group all pulling in the same One Direction<br />
for the overall combined benefit of the One Island and citizens.!!</p>
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		<title>By: puzzled</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/04/sir-john-swan-encourage-independent-thinkers/#comment-5941338</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[puzzled]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And I believe he is addressing a long overdue item.
As for &quot;soliciting&quot; he&#039;s informing people of his intentions.
I hope he runs.
Everyone else is still king green beer tins down the same road.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And I believe he is addressing a long overdue item.<br />
As for &#8220;soliciting&#8221; he&#8217;s informing people of his intentions.<br />
I hope he runs.<br />
Everyone else is still king green beer tins down the same road.</p>
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		<title>By: Andrew Little</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Little]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[True enough, though I feel the More Often he Solicits Support, then the Bigger the Groundswell Grows.?.!!..we Desperately need Change Away from Opposition, Divisive, Party Politics.
We need One group all pulling in the same One Direction for the overall combined benefit of the One Island and citizens.!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True enough, though I feel the More Often he Solicits Support, then the Bigger the Groundswell Grows.?.!!..we Desperately need Change Away from Opposition, Divisive, Party Politics.<br />
We need One group all pulling in the same One Direction for the overall combined benefit of the One Island and citizens.!!</p>
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		<title>By: Watching</title>
		<link>https://bernews.com/2024/04/sir-john-swan-encourage-independent-thinkers/#comment-5941249</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Watching]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel if there was really a groundswell of support for his possible candidacy he wouldn’t need to be soliciting support.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel if there was really a groundswell of support for his possible candidacy he wouldn’t need to be soliciting support.</p>
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