Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-13

May 13, 2012 Nicolette Bethel

Need to spend more time working on my various blogs. Head down today. #
SA ordered to prosecute Zim torture suspects - http://t.co/IMYp6nQM via @mailandguardian via @andrewiliff #
RT @adriancharles I started by abandoning insults based on gender or orientation. I ended up abandoning all insults. It feels good! #
RT @nicobet @KnowlesAsh How do you do that? If you own them you can *redownload* them can't you? I can on the iPad #
“@maalym: LMAO, a die hard PLP just told me a FNM is really a PLP only that the FNM has education.” Oh my dear lord. May I quote you? #
"@maalym: Successive governments seem to give the church more attention than the public service." Fear of preachers & shame of pub serv? #
"@maalym: We spend more money on public service salaries than anything else. Are we getting our moneys worth?" Not even close. #
"@maalym: @sbaranha I imagine a reformed public service. Outdated general orders run the largest employee base & budgetary expenditure." Yes #
RT @maalym: This is the first cabinet I've seen where the minister for the Public Serice was not identified.-> Noticed that too. #
“@TheRyan1908: "Haters are people who read with no resume, who critique with no credentials." @PattiLaHelle #LoveIt ?? Haters read? #
“@Mr_Adds: @nicobet @chrissyonir All this misinformation is dangerous. Thank you for your source.” I totally agree. #
“@mydnaparty: @sbaranha we'd like to make certain all accounts are balanced.” Yep - policy more important that parties IMO. Pun intended. #
“@TheEconomist: S. America export boom linked to growing global appetite 4 organic foods, http://t.co/H0JNp1aY” so why can't we cash in too? #
“@Truth242: Please get your copy of the Political Promise Tracking Score Card http://t.co/kD8sfpXi” @MYPLP_Believe @pgchristie #
“@noelle_elleon: Talkin Sense: Loretta Butler-Turner for 2017? Why Loretta trumps Minnis http://t.co/3bsWRsy0” Read it; like it! #
“@JoeyGaskinsJr: @nicobet I will do that...I'm CCing you guys, in case they want alternatives...even though yall won't be up. lolol” lmao #
Good. & good grief. & good night. #
& say that your perspective may be coloured by the fact you are in UK & then say what you know & think. You'll do FINE #
What do they want? Sent addys btw just FYI. Just provide the disclaimer that you are not on ground & your contacts are online & social media #
Oh good lord that's 7:30 our time. You do it! Have fun :) #
However feel free to give them my email anyway. Will DM it to you #
& my tomorrow is booked tho I can't speak for Stephen #
Cause if the interview is now I will be too sleepy to make sense @JoeyGaskinsJr #
What is the time of the show Nassau time? Is Ja on EDT or EST? Which end of the day is it? @JoeyGaskinsJr #
6:30 AM? #
RT @sbaranha #Bahamas2012 PLP 48.7%, FNM 42.1%, DNA 8.4% -> as popular votes go in this country that is not close #
RT @signifyinwoman I've never spent time writing about a Bahamian woman writer. I say that with @nicobet's Lent/Elegies in hand :) -> Wheee! #
Being a successful minister has more to do with being respected by the key personnel in your portfolio than with anything else #Bahamas2012 #
People said the same thing about Cynthia Pratt but her record puts Turnquest's to shame. #DemandDebates #Bahamas2012 #
Tomorrow's PLP Cabinet appts (from Cable 12): Nottage=National Security, Halkitis=State for Finance, Pinder=Economic Affairs. #Bahamas2012 #
Just signed @BarackObama's Thank You card for #marriageequality Bahamas: step up! http://t.co/NyO2ggGa #
Starting work on a new blog post. This one will be harder to write than the last. Want to tackle once and for all the corruption narrative #
“@jbbahamas: really excited about the next 5 years. It is OUR responsibility #DemandDemocracy and #DemandDebates & we have already started” #
Worth remembering. “@Truth242: RT @JohnXLennon: A citizen who does not have it in them to be a dissident has no idea what democracy is!” #
“@erinaferguson: OAS observers gave us the thumbs up on a clean election, except for Campaign Finance Reform, Women Candidates” yeah! #
“@mydnaparty: The Women's Alliance will be looking to extend its branches ... http://t.co/XejRxKAK” Good start. Keep working, 3rd party! #
“@sbaranha: After the elections is before the elections. #bahamas2012 #DemandDebates #Bahamas2017 ?? yes! #
OK dinnertime … signing off #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy I imagine the National Lottery intended to generate revenue to offset tax cuts & greater investment in educn #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy So: 14 goals for first 100 days. Do-able? #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy 13) Reduce max. stamp tax on real estate to 10%. 14) Reintroduce ceiling on max real property tax on homes. #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy 12) Move towards referendum on National Lottery and gambling. #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy 11) Launch a 40th Anniversary of Independence National Congress. (Sounds good but don't understand …) #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy 9) Renew commitment to National Health Insurance. 10) Initiate plan to lower cost of electricity. #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy “@nicobet: 6) Reposition Bahamas Development Bank. 7) Re-establish Ministry of Financial Services etc” #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy 8) Introduce Employees Pension Fund Protection Act to secure pensions against exploitation from employers #
6) Reposition Bahamas Development Bank to kickstart employment and entrepreneurship. 7) Re-establish Ministry of Financial Services etc #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy 4) Institute mortgage relief plan. 5) Set in motion plan to secure borders. #
“@vkrussell: @nicobet @funfelicity @sbaranha Letters important but academic standards of excellence and notable reputation matters most.” #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy 2) Prioritize doubling of investment in education and training. 3) Create Ministry for Grand Bahama. #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy 1) Launch Project Safe Bahamas & Operation Cease Fire & reintroduce Urban Renewal to fight crime & violence #
#Bahamas2012 #DemandDemocracy OK, here are the goals 4 1st 100 days @MYPLP_Believe #
#Bahamas2012 Anybody saving our wishes? We will need them to continue to #DemandDemocracy going forward. #
“@erinaferguson: We watch closely as the PLP rolls out its first 100 days, and the "Ready to govern from Day 1" Budget is due in 2 weeks.” #
#Bahamas2012 PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM!!! & ground-up revision of General Orders. #
#Bahamas2012 Ratification & finalizing of regulations of Freedom of Information Act #
#Bahamas2012 Back to the wish list of issues: Referendum on fossil fuel exploration (both oil & LNG). Development of alternative energies. #
“@Truth242:RT @TheRyan1908: #Bahamas2012 Independent Boundaries Commission with statistician, Supreme Court judge and accountant.” Yes! #
#Bahamas2012 Municipality for New Providence & separation of local issues from national ones (so no more spending on NP at expense of all) #
#Bahamas2012 Back to the issues wish list - constitutional & legislative reform to regulate PM & ministerial powers #
#Bahamas2012 @sbaranha @vkrussell @funfelicity University by no later than 2014 - College's 40th anniversary. Still too late if you ask me #
What's not in the Charter that we would like to see happen? #Bahamas2012 #
#Bahamas2012 …but back to reality. What do we wish to be on the agenda for this administration? Amendment of the Marital Rape Act back on. #
#Bahamas2012 Christie for Culture! & yes, I do know what I'm talking about. #
#Bahamas2012 No real prefs 4 Works, Youth & Sports, Immigration (are we sticking with the FNM idea of amalgamating Customs & Immigration?) #
#Bahamas2012 I could get behind that one too. Hanna-Martin first just because she's a woman #isaidit but I wouldn't turn down Bell! #
#Bahamas2012 Wilchecombe for Ministry of Grand Bahama? Don't mess with my wish list dude. #
#Bahamas2012 Wish List: Mitchell--Foreign Affairs, Nottage--Education, Pinder--Investments, Perry Gomez--Health, Wilchecombe--Tourism #
#Bahamas2012 I'll do a wish list though. So here it is: McWeeney--AG, Hanna-Martin--Security (no-nonsense & without taint), Jarrett--Finance #
#Bahamas2012 Expect to see many old faces in cabinet too but hope to see some new FULL ministers and few Parliamentary Secretaries #
#Bahamas2012 Prefer not to speculate on cabinet b/c don't know enough. However I expect to see Bernard Nottage in it. #
RT @Truth242 According to sources Leslie Miller being considered for Minister of National Security #Bahamas2012 >I pick Glenys Hanna-Martin #
RT @Truth242 RT @iAmSellz: Cochinonmongulous <---- http://t.co/XNt7SPDi #Bahamas2012 -> ROFLMAO #
RT @sbaranha @Truth242 - It's usually Youth, Sports & Culture... #Bahamas2012 -> PGC took Culture into OPM 2006-2007 & promised restructure #
RT @Truth242 Accdg to sources many MPs will be disappointed in Cabinet appointments #Bahamas2012 ->With this majority they shd be prepared #
RT @Truth242 According to sources Mitchell to return as Minister of Foreign Affairs #Bahamas2012 > Best man for the job - see wikileaks! #
“@ricklowebahamas: What political maturity means in a Bahamian Context http://t.co/GV1IODtd” Short read but have a look. #
“@TheRyan1908: Christie Administration Favourites: Ryan Pinder, Fred Mitchell, BJ Nottage..” I witchu! #
OK @MYPLP_Believe! Good start. Now REAL WORK needs to be done. No time to waste. 100 day plan is ambitious. Don't disappoint. Ppl impatient! #
“@jbbahamas: “@cerys84: My MP already gat his ppl taking down his posters. I really like this Minnis guy...” #Bahamas2012 ?? Minnis=great MP #
Short speech from PGC. Perhaps the shortest ever? #Bahamas2012 #
Wendell Major to be returned as Acting Cabinet Secretary (another retiree!!!) #Bahamas2012 - is this a good start? #
Announcing the new government - announcement of first minister tomorrow entire cabinet by Friday #Bahamas2012 #
Invites opponents to join in making the Bahamas the "finest little nation on all the earth". #Bahamas2012 #
Thanks the PLP supporters who worked to bring about the change of government & promises not to forget them - is this favour? #Bahamas2012 #
Promises to address youth unemployment and pledges to serve the youth. #Bahamas2012 #
Promises to be true and faithful to the people & to give the best of himself at all times. Promises a better & brighter future #Bahamas2012 #
New PM Perry Christie swearing in: thanks given to voters for re-electing him #Bahamas2012 #
RT @sbaranha OAS:disclosure of campaign financing, independent boundaries commission&more: http://t.co/bNDJvH7W #Bahamas2012 #DemandDebates #
RT @Phresh1914 Do feel that the BIG DOGS will be fed first under PLP. Special interests will be fed first.->No matter who wins this happens #
RT @vkrussell @tadaLive Voted for the first time. It felt great. Glad to make my voice heard in some small way. It took less than 2-mins. #
RT @TheEconomist Economists rethinking the view that capital should not be taxed..more sensible than previously thought http://t.co/cP8206BA #
RT @jbbahamas @nicobet We need 2 form a "keep the govt honest org" 2 keep whichever government is power in check & #DemandDebates -> Indeed #
RT @sbaranha Post-mortem on JCN demonstrates the old guard doesn't get it. #bahamas2012 -> Quite. #
#DemandDemocracy #DreamBetter #Bahamas2012 #Bahamas2017 #
Citizens - time to start work. Voting is only the beginning of the journey. Now we need to hold our representatives to account. #Bahamas2017 #
Two five-year governments is a great exercise in democratic voting but far more to democracy than placing a ballot in a box #Bahamas2012 #
#Bahamas2012 Great that @MYPLP_Believe campaign resonated with so many--don't betray that belief. Mind what happens when people lose trust! #
#Bahamas2012 In which case it would be a mistake to assume that this very comfortable lead is as comfortable as all that. Great expectations #
#Bahamas2012 I'm thinking the PLP's mandate is not only coming from its base but also from less predictable voters seeking change. #
Anybody working out the popular vote right now? Curious to know whether this result can be studied with regard to party "bases"#Bahamas2012 #
#Bahamas2012 For HAI to lose would shake MY world. For him to resign is a different matter. #
#Bahamas2012 People who were around in the 1980s know that only two men defeated the Pindling PLP as independents - HAI and PGC. #
#Bahamas2012 The world is right again. @Tribune242 report was wrong - Ingraham won his seat but just resigned it. Good night and goodbye. #
“@RikSweeting: I honestly believe that it was Hubert's "one man band" act that ultimately sealed the FNMS fate.” Agreed. #Bahamas2012 #
#Bahamas2012 STILL querying the North Abaco result - only saw that on @Tribune242. Confirmation please #
“@Tribune242: REPORTS: Ingraham concedes electionhttp://t.co/2yBLNgQh” Now THIS indicates a change of government ... #Bahamas2012 #
#Bahamas2012 "A momentous swing for the PLP"? - Dar(r)old. Note to doubting Thomases - DNA candidates getting deposits ... #
#Bahamas2012 I dead. I want Darrold to keep mispronouncing that name!! LMAO #
Mark Humes won his deposit! Go DNA. #Bahamas2012 Third party on the move. And no, I am not a DNA but a citizen loving democracy #
“@vkrussell: "Like Marathon the winner of Golden Isles has wins the government." Dr Ian Strachan #Bahamas2012 ?? I wouldn't go that far! #
Fred Mitchell polling old time results. Last time was close but not now. #Bahamas2012 #
Darrold is repeating that reportage. To think he been giving TCI these pearls! #Bahamas2012 #
#Bahamas2012 Looking like DNA splitting FNM vote in Bamboo Town so far #
#Bahamas2012 North Abaco results kind of interesting ... #
#Bahamas2012 Man when I ga eat? Can't leave the TV!! #
#Bahamas2012 I glad my gal Loretta winning in Long Island #
Bamboo Town independent carryin on #Bahamas2012 #
#Bahamas2012 Watch the DNA splitting the vote!! Check it out! #
#Bahamas2012 Did I say race wasn't a factor? Clearly I was reckoning without Darrold Miller ... #
“@sbaranha: My wish: No victimisation in the aftermath of #Bahamas2012 - real or alleged.” INDEED #
“@nicobet: Predicting the 2012 General Election: Third parties & other things http://t.co/woOCcmml” #Bahamas2012 FINALLY finished justintime #
Predicting the 2012 General Election: Third parties & other things http://t.co/woOCcmml #
Still working on a post that needs to be finished before results start coming in -- this one has been hell to compose #Bahamas2012 #
http://t.co/hlYp0Le1 Elizabeth poll. Interesting - survey interviewed more men than women: more female registered voters #Bahamas2012 #
My favourite images of today! I love 'em both -- Sir Durward and Obi(e) Pindling. Go head OneBahamas!! http://t.co/Didyvxj5 #
#Bahamas2012 - looking around for the best coverage I have finally settled on the Nassau Guardian. Twitter feed's sluggish but webpage fine #
“@JoeyGaskinsJr: What I'm wearing tonight. Red, yellow, green and black. Nonpartisan fashion: http://t.co/0SxqdVJu” -> LIKE! #
RT @Tribune242 WHO DID YOU VOTE FOR TODAY?http://t.co/Eh7EOVxR MYOB #Bahamas2012 #
RT @Tribune242 Tribune Insight:A WISH LIST FOR THE NEXT GOVERNMENThttp://t.co/4PJ1IZrL Read it! Worth the read. #
RT @Dangeloreid @nicobet You do realize that you just broadcasted your home address to the internet right Dr. Bethel? -> Yeah pretty dumb #
RT @BahamasLocal Polling stations are open and the lines are long.. http://t.co/aG3Ml4Fz No line in my division! Walked in & back out in 5 #
#Bahamas2012 Winning this election is NOT a mandate to destroy the good in the name of party loyalty. You ate elected to serve not get fat #
#Bahamas2012 This goes for all. For all have sinned & come short of the democratic good. #
#Bahamas2012 To whomever forms the next gvt: this time work for the good of the citizens not the glory of your party. You are being watched #
Chillin @ Montagu polling divisions 6-10, 1 & 12 (??) #Bahamas2012 http://t.co/nPGWaA1c #
RT @thisisrazz Just voted for the very first time! #Bahamas2012 #
RT @sbaranha I cast my ballot. #Bahamas2012 http://t.co/nceia76u Smarter than me - no DOB in yr photo #
The deed is done #Bahamas2012 http://t.co/YkqoUcwC #
RT @JoeyGaskinsJr Austerity in Europe is failing, the neoliberal push is faltering. #France #Greece->World is shifting #
#Bahamas2012 Going to get ready to vote. Wearing my We The People shirt. Bahamas first. #Bahamas2012 #DreamBetter #DemandDemocracy #
#Bahamas2012 Getting ready to go vote and STILL don't know where that X gon fall ... & I'ne telling when it do #
“@jbbahamas: any party wishing to get my vote in #Bahamas2017 must commit to public debates early on in the race.” Hear hear #DemandDebates #
RT @jbbahamas Cable 12 needs to stream their coverage of the results... i prefer them to ZNS -> A slight measure of independence? #
RT @Phresh1914 @nicobet still living in constraints of Stafford's 1950 economic vision that required us to be trained -> & I'm no supporter #
Check it #Bahamas2012 #Bahamas2017 RT @AP Twitter's role in 2012 presidential campaign extends beyond 140 characters: http://t.co/mm5psOPP #
RT @sbaranha We've been such good students of our colonial masters. Too good. http://t.co/fDSP1QGr #Bahamas >let's change that starting 2day #
RT @Chrisreports @ St Matthew's Anglican Church http://t.co/4XX3DOn6 -> not far from my parents' grave #
“@Phresh1914: A jr minister has no idea of the mechanisms necessary to lead a country” inexperience is not always a liability - see 1967 #
“@Phresh1914: A coalition government would be perfect for where we're at right now” Certainly. Ingraham+Christie=damn good PM #
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