BULLSHIT! WE ARE A SOVEREIGNTY THAT CAN ENACT STRICT IMMIGRATION LAWS IF WE SEE FIT, BECAUSE WE ANSWER TO NO ONE BUT OURSELVES! YOU ARE TRYING TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING THIS TINY ISLAND OF OURS DON’T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES FOR OURSELVES LET ALONE ACCOMMODATING MORE FOREIGNERS! BAJANS ABROAD CONSTANTLY FACE DISCRIMINATION WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION IN RICHER COUNTRIES AND YET WE STILL BITE OUR LIPS AND COMPLY! ITS TIME THAT WE SET OUR OWN RULES, WITHOUT GIVING A DAMN AS TO WHAT FOREIGNERS MAY SAY! IT IS OUR COUNTRY! WE SHOULD BE MAKING THE DEMANDS, NOT BLOODY CARICOM!!! YOU FOOL!!!

“My opinion is that Barbados has need for a LOT more people. A quarter million people is NOT a market that is large enough to create a true industrial base”

Baffy Good morning to you my prickly pear. I totally agree with you on this one.

Wunna Christians remember wunna does worship a JEW man God. So keep fanning the flames. But to tell de truth who really like black people? Even black people doan like wonna nother. We have to stop making our colour a hindrance and it is very hard for some to do that. I love muhself and wouldn’t change a thing (ok a few but not too much).

What are some of the few things you would change Islandgal? – 🙂 Bushie have some suggestions….

@BAFBFP
You think population should be based on the need for an industrial base? Size, resources, water, climate,… are all unimportant right?!!
No wonder you are disposed to sheep…
…you like you got in some goat yuh…

…. plus no jobs!!

Can’t just increase the population and expect it to contribute to economic growth through spending without an income form jobs.

The purpose of this blog is not to finger Jews or Zionist etc. It is to show how countries around the world continue to struggle with integrating ethnic groups where there is a dominant host population. Some on BU like to make us believe it is a walk in the park. It is something which has to be studied and deliberately implemented. The wild open door policy preached by Wickham is madness.

The main problem with immigration in the Western World is the OVERLY LIBERAL SOCIALIST policy. Far too many peeps are given money to survive without a SUCCESS PLAN.ie Govt will give you WELFARE etc for 40yrs +. NO ONE should be permitted this mindset unless they have a serious mental or physical handicap. Local Peeps ( and some Pols) always will point to the immigrants, especially VISIBLE minorities, in order to blame somebody else for their probs.

When people are encouraged by pols, at Taxpayers expense, to become derelict it eventually MUST FAIL because it raises the cost of living for everyone without commensurate productivity and growth. This silly game is rapidly drawing to a close for several reasons
1 it never made economic sense
2 Demographics… the Baby-Boomers are retiring, this started in Jan 2011 when the leading edge turned 65. the ratio of Gen X and Ys is far too low to continue paying out to Welfare Types and other economic bloodsuckers as well as RETIREES. Maybe this is why you see Conspiracy revelations in the media regarding millions of plastic coffins stored around the USA?

People around the World complain about immigrants even though they do work that the locals have no intention of undertaking eg crop picking in the US, domestic and agricultural work in Bim etc. Indeed, clever Govt Policy would encourage farm workers etc in order to keep prices low for everyone and to permit locals to become very educated and hold higher paying/ more productive jobs eg Singapore has a good system for hiring domestics from The Phillipines/ Indonesia so their peeps ie females, can work in much better paying/ productive careers.

The problem occurs when the Govt has NOT properly focused on education but has permitted loose Welfare etc. Worse yet is that Govt policy encourages laziness eg Canadians from the Maritimes go to the Oilfields in Alberta and work for a few months and then take 4 months + off at Taxpayers expense …RIDICULOUS.

The solutions are simple if your intent is to have an efficient and effective Nation. ONLY immigrants that can help the country should be permitted entry and for everyone else it should be by temporary permit only, based on current need.

Watching the video it is very hard to understand why a people that have claimed over the ages to be victims of persecution, exploitation, discrimination and hatred because of their culture and religion and even allegedly subjected to bouts of genocide could turn around and be so obnoxiously vicious to poor people of a different skin tone who are keeping their society and economy going by doing all the ‘dirty’ jobs.

Now here is a people who claim to God’s favourites- since he rescued them from bondage and exploitation in Egypt- and who also claim to receive the first Word of their god to set the tenets and standards by which all of mankind should live by and to worship this so-called almighty being.
So if God’s favorite children can’t show love and compassion to those in need like the legendary good man from Sumeria (Samaritan) who then can love and look after the black descendants of Ham?
Every thing said and played out by these so-called “indigenous’ Israelis offers a grim and frightening reminder of the Nazi party followers’ rabblerousing, public threats of a final solution to the Juden (Jewish) problem issued by Goebbels of the Third Reich from the late 1920’s culminating in ‘Kristallnacht’ or the night of broken glass and the subsequent death camps of Dachau and the gas chambers of Auschwitz.

The more things change the more they remain the same!

islandgal246 | July 8, 2012 at 9:09 AM |
“My opinion is that Barbados has need for a LOT more people”

My opinion is you are wrong. Barbados is a 166 sq. miles with 280,000 people. Unless you planning to build additional islands in the sea quality of life would deteriorate.

@Hants
I agree. Bim must focus on educating Bajans and encouraging clever work habits in order to attain an excellent mix between progress and preservation of the characteristics that differentiate the island from the outside world.

@ David & Moneybrain:
“All men are created equal but some are more equal than others”.
One of best English Language novels. Highly rated in the top 100. And in my possession!

Orwell was a literary genius of modern times. He not only reflected Zeitgeist (the spirit of the times) in his work but also offered a magnificent insight into things to come as in his novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four”.

@David
Dalai Lama is correct that MATERIALISM will not lead to happiness. The point of having money to me is more about SECURITY, INDEPENDENCE, doing what I want and when I want eg will be in Bim for second 2 wk stint soon within 3 months.

People love to fool themselves that owning a Bimmer or Merc makes them better than others, when in many cases it makes them poorer both financially and emotionally.

@ BAFBFP
“My opinion is that Barbados has need for a LOT more people. A quarter million people is NOT a market that is large enough to create a true industrial base”

UUhh, NO! instead of recklessly trying to do that, I think that if we want more people to come to BIM we should at least lay out incentives for our diaspora that lives abroad to return back to Bim FIRST! Bim’s population would double with the sheer size of the entire diaspora returning home, but we must first hold our politicians accountable in getting our POLITICAL SCOPE and ECONOMY as well as having our EDUCATION SYSTEM completely revamped and back on track.

Engaging the diaspora should be our first priority, and we should should do so smartly with creating incentives through training and educating them when they arrive for the industry platforms the nation SHOULD be vying for. This would put less of a strain upon our society for they are BAJAN and there won’t be any distrust amongst the people for they look the same and speak the same language. It won’t cost NEARLY AS MUCH by continuing to accommodate these immigrants who come to Bim and don’t really contribute anything to our nation’s progression.

@ AC
I am aware. Which is why I contend that the government should appoint the native born Bajans to educate members of the diaspora when they arrive. It lessens the likelihood of there being a power struggle between the native-born and the foreign-born Bajans. It will and SHOULD BE the the administrative duty of the native-born Bajans to integrate their foreign-born Brethren.

@Brudah-Bim
Bim is for ALL Bajans! The Pols would still break for themselves and keep other peeps DOWN! You are FOOLING yuself is you “think” otherwise.

NOTHING would change if ALL the white peeps left BIM! How many whites are they in most African countries and the BLACK “leadership” there are lot LESS THAN KIND to their BLACK BROS! Racism would become shadism, religionism, lodgism, Cricket Clubism etc.

Time to face reality, that is how HUMANS stand!

@Moneybrain

What is happening in Barbados can be liken to what happened to the USA. It went after growth fueled by low labour/production costs in China and other Eastern markets only to find it screwed up their labour market and quality of life. Now they are scrabbling to reinvent its economy to sustain the way of life it knew. Barbados is no different. There is no vision. We are going with the flow.

In 1960, an official delegation was sent to Dominica to explore the possibility or re-settling some Barbadians there as the island was considered over-crowded. The population at the time was 232327 – 105519 males and 126808 females.
But Barbados was considered to be over-crowded since the mid-17th century. In 1924, due to two decades of emigration to Panama and Cuba, the population had fallen to 158000 and in his report to the Colonial Office, Acting Governor W.W. Jackson wrote: “Owing to emigration the population has declined steadily during the last two decades though its numbers are still considerable for so small an area.
“Since the opening of the Panama Canal the habit of emigration has taken firm hold among the younger and more enterprising sections of the people, though it has never again reached the proportions of the Panama Canal construction period.
“Emigration to the United States has in recent times been the most popular, and during 1923, showed a steadily increasing tendency, over 2000 persons having left for New York.
“The effect of the constant withdrawal of so large a number of the younger and more vigorous members of the community, especially the younger men is beginning to make itself felt.” By 1956, the UK was the destination of choice, with over 5000 people leaving the island to settle in Britain. The rest, as they say, is history.
More important, since the Enoch Powell Rivers of Blood speech in April 1968, Britain has been transformed with entire communities being changed unrecognisably.
This incredible demographic change should be a warning to those romantics who believe that an island of 166 sq miles and a population already of about 300000 could take even more people – that is about 1800 people per sq miles – over-crowding in any language.
On the other hand, Guyana is bigger than the IK with a population of about 750000 – the size of three average London boroughs, out of 32.
London alone has a population of seven million and the UK of 63 million. This shows the capacity Guyana has to take in more people. In fact, very man, woman and child in Caricom could easily be housed in Greater Georgetown, farless Guyana.
We are playing with fire in Barbados by opening our boundaries to even more people, of all kinds of ethnic, religious and racial groups, all with one thing in common, hostility and contempt for traditional Barbadians.
We are sitting on a powder keg waiting to explode.

INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE, folly and self-refferential arrogant FOOLISHNESS, continues to FLOW here on BU, on issues that MOST know nothing about, yet, voice their vacumated brain, bildging pumping, HOT AIR!

Hants | July 8, 2012 at 2:41 PM |
islandgal246 | July 8, 2012 at 9:09 AM |
“My opinion is that Barbados has need for a LOT more people”

My opinion is you are wrong. Barbados is a 166 sq. miles with 280,000 people. Unless you planning to build additional islands in the sea quality of life would deteriorate.
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It isn’t only because of the surface area that you are right.

There are far greater factors at play.

Singapore with only 274 sq. mi has a population of 5,183,700 of which 3,257,000 are citizens!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore

To begin to talk about Singapore we have to discuss high-rise housing i.e. efficient use of land resources.

@Equal Rights
Capitalism forcing black peeps…..

The genesis of this RE problem in the US was a SOCIALIST Policy initiated by Jimmy Carter and perpetrated to the MAX by ensuing Presidents especially Clinton and Bush. The concept was that everyone should OWN their Home. Absolutely great in concept BUT NOT REALISTIC. Some peeps of all ethnicities are too lazy or very poor with handling money etc. Govt encouraged the ruination of the Mortgage market by ARTIFICIALLY LOW interest rates and by encouraging the system via Fannimae and Freddiemac mortgage Insurance for poor credits. DESIGNED to FAIL.

What the Govt should have done is RENT TO OWN!

@John
Singapore is a special situation, I know very well since i have been there on 9 visits over the last 29 yrs. My wife is Singaporean.
Sing has a very good Benevolent Dictatorship that works. The Govt is brilliantly run with exceptional Education system, Business Development etc. Pols are paid $3mn/yr BUT NO CORRUPTION is permitted. The strategy is to operate at a very high level with a very hard working, very highly educated workforce. Sing was already ridiculouly over populated many years ago ie 40+

Completely different situation to Bim, although we could adopt certain policies.

Bim should encourage immigration based on bringing in wealthy people who are JOB CREATORS. Naturally, policies must flow regarding Education/ training for said jobs and Tax Incentives to attract job creators. It goes without saying that Telecommunications and Infrastructure must work at a high level, which is not true today. I met an entrepreneur who left Bim because of poor phone service and my recent experience while in Bim were not good.

@Miller
Sorry to say BUT you hit the nail squarely on the head.
Singapore is an extremely disciplined society, nothing like Bdos/ Cbean where most of today’s work could be done tomorrow. Their airport was converted to handle the a380 Super Jumbo Jets in record time at nights.
They had to innovate using very fast drying Cements, paints etc so as to not interfere with a very busy airport. This would have taken 10 times longer in Bim.

@Bushie
I certainly agree with the last half of what you wrote here BUT your accusations in the first half are NOT your finest observations. Indeed, what i say is entirely consistent with your position in the second half.

It is upto the Govt leadership to devise the plan in such a way as not to expose Bim to the negatives you suggest. What I am saying is that we must CREATE JOBS! Now if we dont need outsiders that would be fantastic BUT if we do, then we want investors who can create JOBS a plenty. I never said anything about creating multi-millionaires, just JOBS for Bajans. Are you saying job creation is inherently evil?

To conclude that my thoughts are identical to OSA from a few lines is a GIANT LEAP! Any potential negatives can be dealt with at the Plan Design Stage. eg in Canada we have a Rich Immigrant strategy where they must invest Bds$1.5mn for a minimum of 10yrs. The Plan would contain various provisions for minimum number of jobs created, another section for penalties ie if not 25 jobs in a year then…

@ Colonel Buggy | July 9, 2012 at 3:35 PM |

Serves the black idiots right! Won’t be too surprised if there is a massive resurgence of white supremacist activities as the white man becomes economically disenfranchised resulting from America’s fall as an economic giant and the socio-economic rise of other ethnic groups like the Hispanics and Asian immigrants (blacks not included in the rise but would be used as scapegoats by the rednecks and angry whites).

How can a people be that stupid and backward as to be so fervently involved in a religion or denominational offshoot that clearly has been used by their white oppressors to keep the blacks in subjugation and blissful milk and honey ignorance with a white Jesus on a cross as the emblem of white supremacy?