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Pa Pierre,
 
I like you. FYI there is an art to collegial conversations and it is not  
Cuttin & Pastin. I will share the secret and mechanics with you for a fee.  Pass 
the collection plate around at next mass for only $3,000.00 and if you make  
sincere effort toward raising this amount this sunday, I will grant you a 10%  
discount toward the church sunday bible school.
 
I see that you are in agreement with Bailo, Father Mose, Abdoukarim, and  
possibly Haruna. Even though you could not for the life of you bring yourself to  
say so for the latter. I understand. Now then. If you look at the stuff you 
cut  and pasted to demonstrate agreement with these fine gentlemen, one extols 
the  virtues of Halipha, Sidia, and Sam. The next consolidates that 
appreciation in  the persons of the trio. The next appreciates these honourable men's 
value when  they utilize Foroyaa as outlet. The last, mine, distills the former 
three into  digestible form for the PDOIS diehard. So in effect, we are all 
saying the same  thing. What you, Bailo, Karim, and Father Mose do not 
appreciate is the  dis-incentives of occultism. I share with you that Halifa, Sidia, 
Sam, and or  Foroyaa, do not PDOIS make but they are instruments of PDOIS. You 
may not  appreciate the depth of that statement yet but I am confident it will 
gradually  sink into you guys in time. Hoping good time. The longer it takes 
to appreciate  the value (even to yourselves) of that statement and summary, 
the more fleeting  PDOIS' fortunes in her quest for votes would be. Less Karim, 
the three of you  drones are in denial for the moment. If you three sit down 
with Halifa, Sam, or  Sidia, they will explain to you the potential detriment 
you augur for PDOIS due  to your current denials. I excepted Karim because the 
man is honourable, but he  recovers from shell-shock and I know he is pretty 
nervous and sensitive. What  Karim shares with you is true, that Foroyaa is 
omni-present thanks possibly to  the vacuum left by The independent and an 
independent Daily Observer. And  Karim is easily excitable. What the three of you 
ought to do is instead of prey  on Karim's shortcoming, you ought to synthesize 
that same goodwill into tangible  gain for PDOIS. Help support Foroyaa with 
funds and articles to place your  signature on the product so it wouldn't look 
like a milling machine for Halifa,  Sam, and Sidia, all in the service of 
PDOIS. I know this seems complicated for  Bailo, but trust me, I could have made it 
more so. Here I share value with you  PDOIS diehards.
 
Don't try too hard to pretend to agree with me. That is not necessary. I  
share actionable counsel trained toward common prosperity and personal  
accountability.
 
I love you Pa Pierre. Holla back. Masoud. MQJGomezDT. Darbo. Al  Mutawakkil. 
 
 
In a message dated 1/25/2008 3:09:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
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My Dear  Haruna,

"Halipha Sallah is an honourable man and one of the most  genuine articles of 
the human species. He is no saint though but he is a  decent, honest, 
inspiring Gambian. So is Sidia Jatta and Sam Sarr and many  other Gambians  at home 
or abroad"     Bailo.

"This  is the real truth. Thank you sir for the above truism"    Musa  JEng


"They are active voice for social enligtment". Abdoukarim  Sanneh

I agree entirely with my brothers. I share your feelings.  



"if you pluck Sidia, Sam, or Halifa out of the politburo and  place them 
in  
the "compromising" situations you had been under  when you were corrupted  
under 
duress, that the trio will have to  rely on their own characters and  
pre-dispositions to counter the  temptations you yielded to???  YES SIR!

I said this before like  this " They deliberately chose to lead a life that 
is less confortable than  mine. This is my short coming Sir. Am not going to 
lie about it. 

PDOIS  politburo is actually more than Halifa, Sam, and 
Sidia,  why  .........on those three is bewildering)share with  you my 
good  brother, is that when you compare an organisation of several   
individuals" ............. THE COPY AND PASTE WAS NOT RIGHT AND AM TOO  TIRED 
TO GO BACK AND GET THE WHOLE STATEMENT. SORRY.

Haruna

You  are right. But remember, They came to public arena in 1987 and they are 
still  together. AFPRC came into public arena in 1994. But it is now ashunder. 
PPP,  gone. GPP, gone. NCP, gone. Thses men are a classic example of unity. 
Unity  free of gussip, rumour and backbitting. What else do you expect from 
these  men, my dear Brother? 


Did i not tell you in my initial posting  that i was not trying to pick a 
fight with you. How could i concluded without  expressing my gratitude at the 
kind manner you responded. THANK YOU.  

Pa-Pierre







--- [log in to unmask]  wrote:

From:         Haruna Darbo  <[log in to unmask]>
To:            [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Pa Pierre is a handsome  man
Date:         Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:39:29  EST

My good friend Pa Pierre,

I know you're a good and innocent  man but I did not know you will wear the  
PDOIS heart on your sleeve.  I want you to take a deep breath and let your 
mind  
wander a bit. I  know that is anathema to PDOIS dogma, but just try it. 
Please. I   think you have too terribly insulated your imagination and 
creativity to 
a  point  that like PDOIS, you fail to grow with nature.

"Dear  Haruna, I have stated in the past that you belong to fine calibre  of  
inellectuals. A trait that stands out among your other attributes is how  you 
 
employ the Socrates techniques of using opponents statements to  shackle them 
 
intellectually. I do not wish to pick a debate with  you; Needless to say, do 
not  bother to shackle me." PP

Thank  you Pa Pierre, you're too kind. You belong to your own unique  calibre 
 
of intellectuals too you know. We only diffre in calibres and   circumstance 
but intellectual nonetheless. I appreciate the kind words and  I  promise you 
my 
engagements with you can only be civil. Because you  have  demonstrated 
immense 
restraint even though I may have caused  you enormous pain  by seeming not to 
like PDOIS or Halifa, or Sam, or  Sidia. I think that's a big  stretch but 
I'll 
pretend you're right. I  don't know about PDOIS, but the  gentlemen can 
discern if I dislike  them or not.

"I have a few observasions and objections to unfold on  your table. PDOIS,  
or 
Halifa, Sam and Sedia, are not wolfs in sheep  clothings." PP.

Pa Pierre, what brings you to such query? I agree with  you that these  fine 
and handsome gentlemen are indeed genuine and  sincere to the core of their  
souls. They are and have always been  generous also. So I wonder why you 
bring  
yourself to consider "are  not wolves in sheep's clothing"? 

"They are not angels chanting satanic  pranks either." PP

OK. From the two statements I believe you share with  us that they are  
humans, you just can't qualify their characters.  Fair enough.

"They are men like you and i. Men who deliberately chose  to lead a  
livestyle 
less confortable than i guess yours and mine."  PP

I would be more comfortable if you were to speak for yourself Pa  Pierre.  
The 
reason is because I don't compare very well to  others.

"In view of this you may use your own yardstick to determind  where u want  
to 
place them." PP

I see where the problem lies.  You probably think I am trying to  place 
Halifa, Sam, and Sidia  somewhere. I was not, and I am not. I am looking at  
the trio 
through  the prism of PDOIS, what they wish to offer me and my fellow   
citizens. That's all. I couldn't care less where they are placed  besides  
PDOIS.

"In Gambia, i had the rare opportunity to interact  with many  personalities 
of high esteem, but almost in all cases, i  come out of the  experience with 
a 
disappointing impressions. Every  department i walk into,  welcomes me with 
that 
ugly vice of  corruption. Nawec, Gptc, Gamworks, Customs,  portauthority, 
Gcaa,  Gamtel, Police, etc." PP

Did you agree to be welcomed by their  enticements??? That is the  question.

"All the places i names, i  can mention an incident of corruption i was  
forced to be part of or  some how know about it by virture of my position at 
the  
time in  question." PP







--- [log in to unmask]  wrote:

From:         bailo jallow  <[log in to unmask]>
To:            [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Halifa Sallah is a handsome man  /
Date:         Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:19:02  +0000

Haruna,

.

Some of you folks criticise these PDOIS gentlemen as if PDOIS were the  
arhitects of the on-going misery of Gambians. Humans can't live on hope alone.  
Bread and rice is needed for living as well as fish and meat otherwise poverty  
and malnuitrition becomes more and more prevalent as is already the trend in  
our homeland. Currently in the Gambia, when the Senegalese and Guineans put  
their tools down for whatever reason, Fish and bread becomes scarce in the  part 
of the Kombos I live. We have to stock up fish before the Senegalese  
fishermen leave for eid festivals or the annual maggal should we want to eat  fish 
while they are away. Meanwhile, unidentified trawlers would be catching  fish by 
night in our waters day in day out for export at profitable prices. In  the 
meantime, there are lots of Gambians who are unemployed and with families  to 
feed. This is no fiction, it's the truth! Sometime ago, when PDOIS advised  the 
Government of the Gambia to invest in acquiring fishing
trawlers which  would generate more employment and fish for Gambians, some 
so-called  intellectuals damned such ideas as dangerous Communist and Socialist 
ideology  and a system that would eventually usher in the socialisation of 
every  personal entitlement even wives. The polytricks set in and the voters were 
 bombarded with pure lies and fabrications about what PDOIS represents. I 
guess  then you were in Jamahiriya. Such false propaganda against PDOIS still 
goes on  mostly by armchair critiques with no proofs to back up their hatred of  
PDOIS.

The acquistion of political power should be  the means to a healthy, 
dignified outcome for the greater masses and not only  for a small clique of people 
who crave for a coronation but no system change.  The quality of leadership that 
PDOIS is endowed with is what Africans both  aspires for and deserve. We need 
honest, dedicated and accountable leaders not  self-annointed saviours.  

What would you do  should Edwards subsequently endorse Obama? I guess follow 
the leader and the  crowd. Remember as you respect and honour  Edwards, so do 
thousands of  Gambian respect and share the principles of Halipha. Nuff 
respect! Is the USA  ready for change? I have a dream! 

Haruna, you  wrote:  "Its time y'all wake up and smell the coffee 
before its too  late. If OBAMA becomes president at this time, blacks will 
live to 
regret  it for their entire life. If they think that life is sorry now, they 
aint  seen nuttin yet. The days of settin on your fanny and expecting a 
knight  
in shining armour to rid you of your misery is OVER."

Do you really believe that Barack will bad for blacks including  negroes? I 
often feel sorry for Obama when he is put on the defensive with the  accusation 
that Obama is a Moslem. It's an accidental underpriveleged status  to be a 
Black in the US. Therefore, Obama cannot be seen to share the same  faith with 
the Al-qaeda leaders. I think the race card is being trumped  against Obama. If 
USA could have a Mormon president or a female president for  the first time 
since the declaration of Independence in 1776, why not a black  president for 
the first time? And why would Obama be bad for blacks? It's a  great pity when 
a blackman thinks like this. It's called mental slavery.  George bush is a 
president but Obama should not be because some people are  concerned that the Ku 
Klux Klan may come back. The color of Obama and the  people who support him is 
immaterial and insignificant to what the future  holds for USA. What the USA 
requires is a leader who understands and respects  the diversity
of the world; a person who will deliver a significant break  from the current 
Bush policies of shock and awe in Iraq and Afghanistan. This  doesn't mean a 
capitulation to Al-qaeda's brand of terrorism. 

Best wishes!

Bailop





"Bill and Hilary seem so  desperate to get back." Bailo.

Bailo, ifanang. Ikeebaayaatale. I beg of  you, do not yield to listless 
gossip and gaucherie. Ginny is crazy's all I  can say. Can you believe 
someone 
hating and slandering admittendly without  reason? If that ain't crazy, I 
don't 
know what is.

"I hope America  is at least ready for a mixed raced President in the White 
House. Amen! I  have a dream!" Bailo.

You guys still don't get it. America, like the  UK, France, Italy, Sweden, 
Denmark, Norway, and Australia etcetera, HAVE  ALWAYS BEEN READY FOR 
MIXED-RACE, 
STRAIGHT-RACE, SKEWED-RACE candidates.  For AMERICA, that just ain't BARACK 
OBAMA at this time. God I hope you  guys don't let sentimentalism and 
untethered and listless hope confound  you. At least not my Bailo and 
Moribolong. I may 
have lost Mr. Jobarteh  already, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna lose you and 
Ousman.  

Please reconsider your unconditional attachment to Barack for  President of 
America. If you don't like John Edwards, please support  Hillary Clinton. 
Barack will make a great Secretary of State in either an  Edwards or a 
Clinton 
Presidency. Then in 2012, he will have been ready to  be President and all of 
us, 
including Edwards and CLinton will make sure  he is President. Don't go 
saying 
that I think Barack needs more  experience. NO THAT IS NOT what I'm saying 
and frankly I think Barack has  enough experience to be President somewhere. 
Just not America. Barack will  only be an effective President of America in a 
more benign atmosphere. Not  Now. We got a lotta work to do in America to 
right 
the sails after my  friend W leaves office. Barack is not suitable for those 
challenges. One  reason is he does have some conflicts of interest that will 
malign his  foreign policy. Two is he lives in fantasy land about bringing  
independents and republicans to join democrats and move the country  forward. 
Just 
ask yourself, if independents, republicans, and democrats  were to join 
together, would his administration be needed to do  anything??? That is the 
far side 
of this fairy tale that our other friend  Bill Clinton talks about. In my 
eyes, Duval Patrick, Governor of  Massachusetts will have gotten my vote were 
he 
to run for President at any  time. I know he supports Barack. He has a 
different reason for doing that.  Bailo, I don't want to go on and on for God 
knows I 
want Barack to get as  many black votes as he could, but you guys castigating 
the Clintons and  every body else for your support of Barack is detrimental 
to 
Barack  himself. Don't get carried away by Ginny. You don't know Ginny's  
politique. Even she doesn't know her own politique quite well. No comment  on 
Maria Del Sol. She will deal with her own unique deamons. And tell joe  to 
friggin 
settle down. Anytime he opens his big mouth, you think the  skies are falling 
and life's over. I don't know about you Bailo, but I  intend to live for 
another year. I must say though that I agree with him  this time about giving 
idiots a pass. He's just too nervous for my sanity.  He's the fear-monger 
Barack 
keeps talking about. And of course my other  friend John McCain. I didn't 
even 
know that McCain cannot raise his two  hands past his head. I always thought 
he 
was clowning around when he  spread his arms wide as he raised them. Men. I 
kinda like his fight  though, just like I love the fight in John Edwards.

Ok I gotta go now.  My contractor knocks at the door. Masoud. MQJDT Darbo. AL 
Khairawan.  

Haruna Darbo wrote:
I just saw a picture of Halifa without his Afro  hair-do!!! Men is he 
beautiful. I don't know why in the world he would  hide all this beauty under 
a wooly 
Afro. Men. New Gambians!!! Check it  our at _www.senegambianews.com_ 
(http://www.senegambianews.com)  

Suntou, did you ever see Halifa without his Afro and don't you think  he's 
more handsomer without  it?

Haruna.





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