My Bahamaland.... Le Sigh..

So I contemplated for a while what my first post on this blog should be.

I have no shortage of thoughts swirling in this cavernous head; that’s for sure, but here goes.

I have figured out what is wrong with our great country, my Bahamaland.

Everyone who has some modicum of sense, everyone who has the solution to our social ills, everyone who knows what it takes to effect change in our country, everyone who....well you get the picture. All of these IN THE KNOW people are NOT in a position to help or to introduce or effect change.

Where are they you may ask?

I will tell you - they are all scattered around the Internet on various Blogs, Discussion Sites and Facebook.

And then there are those who have just plain given up and fled the jurisdiction. Now I am one of those that have fled the jurisdiction, mainly because I can do better in Uncle Sam's Country. I left for monetary reasons, others have just left because they are fed up with the state of decay we seem to be in.

I wonder what can be done to transfer the thoughts, ideas, ideals, solutions of this 'limited population set’ and have them materialize into actionable plans and projects.

I know our current Prime Minister loves to appoint committees and boards and such. We need a FRESH Thinkers Committee. This committee would be comprised of all these 'lay' people; with ideas that will move our country forward. 

Another thought, what is the incentive for Bahamians abroad to come back home and contribute. I could rant and rave about all the reasons why the Bahamian Diaspora would not return - but I won’t.

I remember a recent conversation I had my Mother-In-Law where I stated that I don't think I will ever come back home -to live that is. I can tell you that conversation did not go to well. But when I weighed the pro and the cons - the cons won out by a LARGE margin.

Anyways enough digression...

We need to find a way to transfer these good ideas to reality - then maybe things would start to look up in our land of Sun, Sea and Sand!!

I will end with a quote from Bill Maher - We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.