Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-06

May 6, 2012 Nicolette Bethel

“@joeybahamas: Making two huge moves this summer...we're about to change the face of Bahamian politics….”-> Sounds good to me #
“@sbaranha: "Who you wotin' for?"via @theycallmeTAP <- Just be sure it's no hologram or other hot air of any colour. #Bahamas2012 ?? #
“@Chrisreports: Das a LOT of WHITES ....#JustSaying ....” This is the 1st election since party politics began where race wasn't a factor #
“@Truth242: RT @flowersdoe: 2 individuals stabbed at PLP rally!! @Bahamaspress” No matter who wins Monday it'll be tough to dial this back #
“@sbaranha: Blogging about tweeting about #Bahamas2012 - or something to that effect. http://t.co/W2QhYKGk #DemandDebates ?? Great post! #
Reason #1 to quit attending funerals: b/c my fellow citizens think it's OK to block their neighbours in #onlybahamianpeople #
“@robbinwhachell: (VIDEO) Zhivargo Laing Explains The Bahamas Parliamentary system of Government ... http://t.co/72yr9Gdr” ->Great but late #
“@j9: Is "NO" a bad word?http://t.co/U0d7PyQC” -> No #
“@sbaranha: "Support the COB in continuing its transition to university status." #Bahamas2012 #DreamBetter http://t.co/NTEsM0F2” #
“@BahamasWeekly: PLP FNM: Personal Attack on Minister of Tourism “Disgraceful”: ... http://t.co/cHN8ZrU7” Whole campaign's been disgraceful #
“@TheEconomist: American presidential election will determine whether austerity can be avoided http://t.co/iZN1oxvB” -> Austerity optional? #
“@globalvoices: Almost 5% #Africa agricultural #land been bought/ leased by investors since 2000 http://t.co/lGMU0gHR” FDI not always good #
Note to #Bahamas2012 politicians: look beyond your base & ask: how do I get the undecided to vote for me? #DemandDemocracy #DemandDebates #
Call the election in #Bahamas2012 I wouldn't be so fool! Anything could happen, whee!! #DemandDemocracy #DemandDebates #
#Bahamas2012 How will the swing vote? Ay, there's the rub. #DemandDebates #DemandDemocracy #
#Bahamas2012 Swing voters: watch this minority; the power is there. Never mind da noise in da market #
#Bahamas2012 Highlights: voter involvement. Low points: petty violence, trash talking & messianic delusions #
#Bahamas2012 Highlights: social media. Low points: social media #
#Bahamas2012 Best & worst election season in a long time. Highlights: DNA insistence on issues. Low points: FNLP ad hominem attacks. #
“@Tribune242: The PM says 'victory is in sight'” For some politicians, for a party -- but what about the Bahamian people? #
“@Tribune242: Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is addressing a huge crowd at RM Bailey Park”->All crowds huge. Watch the swing. #Bahamas2012 #
“@TalkBahamas: Who Ga Win and Who Ga Lose? Bahamas 2012 Election Predictions | Straight Talk Bahamas http://t.co/BuLmPyrv” Interesting take #
“http://t.co/dtxHwCWn” Somebody want to tell me what voice I have when politicians say no debate, duck issues, & pick candidates in caucus? #
How To “ SPOIL YOUR BALLOT!!! http://t.co/dtxHwCWn” #
“@Truth242: RT @island_boy19: These crooked politicians need to be put in jail. Every last one of them.” Wd there be anyone left to govern? #
“@Truth242: FNM: PLP paying $50 to sport PLP hats, $100 to sport PLP shirts, $500 to vote PLP in South Andros”-> What's the going rate? #
“@Truth242: FNM: PLP paying $50 to sport PLP hats, $100 to sport PLP shirts, $500 to vote PLP in South Andros”->Politicians are different? #
Chair of Social Sciences's office after the rain last week @sbaranha http://t.co/NCDmJA8I #
RT @Truth242 Bahamas Petroleum Company stock continues to fall >> #thingsthatmakeyougohm #
RT @mydnaparty My goal is to become like You Jesus. http://t.co/2lo7wsNk>>Prophecy, crucifixion, resurrection, adoration? #
RT @JoeyGaskinsJr @Truth242 So basically, BPC is trying to play with the elections and the market? I may have to write something (-__-)>YEAH #
#demanddebates in on Guardian Talk Radio NOW ! #
RT @sbaranha RT @thisisrazz "#onlybahamianpeople worship political leaders" <-why we need exposure 2 our Caribbean neighbours #DreamBetter #
RT @sbaranha RT @thisisrazz "#onlybahamianpeople worship their political leaders" <- sad truth? #DemandDebates #DemandDemocracy #DreamBetter #
“@Truth242: The advanced poll in London went well! We acted as agents to observe the poll” >> Someone shd be studying this election #
“@Chrisreports: FYI May 7th is also my birthday #sigh http://t.co/zOndoPbU” >> I feel for you #
The last event @bocaslitfest: the winners read from their books #bocas2012 http://t.co/kGQAbBAq #
Carolyn Ali, aka The Egg Lady, introduces cookbook/children's tales b4 serving up some goodies @bocaslitfest #bocas2012 http://t.co/0tCwNiaU #
Loretta: the poem is breath. The poem gets in. @bocaslitfest #bocas2012 #
Loretta, 'El Velorio' - "The indiscriminate gun always at our backs, the cosmic bullet always in the air" @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
How to write by Loretta: Tease out the troubling passages in the discourse and trouble them more @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
Teachers: beware the boredom of studying literature in the classroom for real readers of books, like @Karen_Lord @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
Ramchand: Do writers feel it necessary to go back to the great writers of the past to influence our tradition? @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
Loretta: The resonances between places. Brathwaite's submarine unity. @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
RT @Karen_Lord @nicobet @bocaslitfest LOL don't make me sound too sane! >> good thing you're the sanest person I met in TT! #
Loretta: The energy of being betwixt & between linguistically is energetic. @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
Loretta: the influences of second-hand boxes all mixed up - & Kamau @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
Influences. @keimiller: While writing a sermon he became conscious of the manipulation of words. @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
Influences. Shara: Music. King James translation of the Bible. British canon from Chaucer to the Romantics. @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
Anxieties of influence:postcolonial writing & literary tradition: Loretta Collins-Klobah, Shara McCallum, @keimiller, @Karen_Lord #bocas2012 #
Sunday with Kei Miller & Mervyn Morris - @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 http://t.co/SR76qoOi @keimiller reading #
Was not always online to tweet at the time @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
gonna finish up Sunday's tweets made @bocaslitfest #Bocas2012 #
RT @sbaranha It seems that we did not #DemandDebates loudly enough, but don't expect this hashtag to disappear. #Bahamas2012 #Bahamas2017 #
Cool & humbling RT @bocaslitfest @novelniche--thoughts on the poetry of @nicobet & Lelawattee Manoo-Rahming. #bocas2012 http://t.co/SPNeqwAL #
Yes!RT @sbaranha @JoeyGaskinsJr On behalf of my & previous generations, I apologise that there's not a wider range of choices. #Bahamas2012 #
RT @JoeyGaskinsJr #TheWork doesn't stop at voting...make sure who wins does what's right #Bahamas2012 >>& who loses. Not only victors govern #
Elections all round!>> RT @TheEconomist New French interactive simulator come up with a victory for Nicolas #Sarkozy http://t.co/P5mq3Piq #
“@JoeyGaskinsJr: Voting today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My first time....”--knock em dead #Bahamas2012 #
“@TheEconomist: Malaysia's PM looks strong, but the opposition remains confident http://t.co/aP2Xbrov” global perspectives #Bahamas2012 #
“@TSElibot: O my people, what have I done unto thee.”--This should be the politician's lament, & that of each political flunky #Bahamas2012 #
“@Salon: @ggreenwald discusses CIA hypocrisy, #WarOnWhistleblowers and more http://t.co/4gh4IktM via @majorityfm” Democracy under siege #
“@csbhagya: Appa: You have an exam on May 1st?! Me: Yes Appa. I have an exam on a Sunday also. :/” That's just wrong. #
“@TheEconomist: Serbian may 6 elections unpredictable, but any new government will have a hard time http://t.co/tL5lRO6W”--sound familiar? #
“@TheEconomist: world losing its ability to reconstruct history. Better regulation could fix that http://t.co/hoMDsdPR” or better education? #
Getting up @ stupid o'clock to catch the plane to Miami and leave T&T and @bocaslitfest #bocas2012 A good time was had by all. #
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