Kebba  Joke,

Again,  you  started  on  the  wrong  footing.  Who  said  anything  about
anyone  loving  The  Gambia  more  than  the  next  man?  You  ranted  and
raved  just  to  vent  some  of  your  frustrations  you  harbor  for
others  in  this  mail.  Whats  wrong?  Too  much  fire  water  ha?

I  know  you  are  not  the  one  without  clean  drinking  water  and
electricity  at  your  home.  Pretending  to  care  for  those  who  dont
is  mockery  at  best.  I  thought  your  boss  declared  that  he  was
electrifying  98  percent  of  The  Gambia.  What  happened  to  that?

You  cant  tell  me  anything  about  poverty  in  The  Gambia  because  I
feel  its  effects  everyday
 where  I  am.  Those  unsanitized  waters
and  pitch  black  nights,  I   was  born  and  bred  in  those
conditions.I  may  be  far  away  from  The  Gambia  but  I  have  not
lost  touch  with  what  is  happening  there.

Talking  about  alternatives,  go  read  the  archives  and  see  for
yourself  how  many  times  well  meaning  Gambians  have  tried  to
reason  with  this  government.  They  even  invited  that  shameful
Joseph  Joof  to  Washington  and  what  was  his  reaction  besides
running  away. you'll not  see  any  of  these  because  like  your
compatriots  back  home,  you  think  your  way  is  the  best  out
there.  A  person  can  only  offer  solutions  to  someone  who  cares
to  listen.  Jammeh  does  not  listen  to  anyone  if  you  are  not
singing  his  praises.

As  small  as  our  country  is,  we  have  one  of  the  highest  rate
of  brain  drain.  Do  you  thi
nk  all  these  people  deciding  to
rather  stay  away  are  wrong?  Jammeh  fires  people  willy  nilly  and
no  one  cares.   Do  you  think  these  people  will  put  their
families  at  risk  like  that.  Jammehs  way  of  governning  is  to
tell  people  to  either  stay  and  do  as  he  says  or  risk  loosing
your  job.  Those  days  of  acting  like  a  demigod  are  gone  by.  It
is  only  the  sycophants  who  are  yet  to  wake  up  to  reality.

Your  statement  that  majority  of  the  Gambians  support  Jammeh
cannot  be  further  from  the  truth.  The  only  time  I  will  respect
Jammeh  as  the  legitimate  head  of  state  is  when  he  wins
legitimately.  I  know  you  heard  of  the  Casamancers  caught  with
Gambian  voters  cards  but  being  the  sycophant  that  you  are,  you
ignored  that  and  other  irregularities.  It  does  not  matter  how
many  hospitals  and  schools  Jammeh  b
uilds  when  the  majority  of
Gambians  are  faring  worse  than  they  did  a  year  ago.  Safe  the
clap-trap  about  developments  for  the  susceptible  types  on  Jammeh
2001.  I  know  better.

I  am  not  going  to  engage  you  on  who  achieved  what.  Your
position  has  always  remained  the  same  vis  a  vis  the  APRC.  You
believe  The  Gambia  is  faring  well,  I  dont.  You  choose  to  ignore
and  rationalize  the  appointments  appocalypse  and  rampant
curruptions  coupled  with  the  jailing  of  the  Gambian  Citizen;  I
dont.  I  believe  that  evil  can  only  prosper  when  good  men  and
women  stand  and  do  nothing.  That  is  your  perogative.  If  some  of
us  have  become  so  irksome  to  you,  pack  up  and  leave.  No  one
is  holding  an  M16  to  your  head.  Stay  with  Jammeh  2001  for  a
change.  Some  of  us  dont  waste  our  time  on  there.

Alagie  Bar
row

Nashville  Tn

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