OB Sillah, Good question and I will give you an honest answer. To be quite honest after the national rally in Washington DC yesterday in front of the White House , I left with mixed feelings. I will exercise my right to vote and although my vote may be a wasted vote (as some say) because I made up my mind to vote for Ralph Nader. His parents were immigrants from our part of the world .He was born here and protects the consumers which will also affect all our lives. Both Gore and Bush claim to be descendants of the British Royal family and have the interests of Europeans only (nothing wrong with that except that we are left out always) Republicans and Democrats will always be the right and left wings of the same BIG GOVERNMENT -BIRD- that will never fly without those wings . They both have the same purpose to -to make big government fly. The Green party is a smaller bird that has our interest financially although it cannot make any changes or decision in the present American skies ,I will give them my humble vote so that I will not sleep in guilt if I vote for either Gore or Bush who just need my vote only on election day and will NEVER care for us until next election comes around in four years. My good brother Sang might be voting for the lesser of two Evils Al Gore but I would probably have gone with the protest vote against Gore and vote for Bush whose education plan suites us better. and at least talks publicly against racial profiling while Gore remains silent on it. both of them are only making false promises on the Health (HMO) issues just to get votes normal for politicians Bush and Gore both support a war in the middle east by publicly and blindly seeing only one side of the conflict-The Israeli side, completely ignoring the victims the Palestinian side. What democracy are they talking about ? Israel where apathied is alive and growing Ethiopian Jews have to be house in different portions of town ,not allowed to vote ,to serve only in the army's front lines -to be killed first- The Orthodox Rabbis claim them to be unclean because they are black . What democracy are they talking about . The arabs born in Israel are second class citizen . and finally We pay our taxes here in the USA and it hurts to know that every twenty four hours close to thirteen million US Dollars goes to Israel as AID whilst we have poor kids in the inner cities that need it desperately. This happens everyday times 365 days in the year. Yes Clinton is a good man and Hillary will win (inshallah) but Gore ??/ look at his choice for vice president -It tells it all My dear brother my vote may be wasted but at least I will not help put another devil in the White House. I voted for Clinton the last elections and would have again if he was the candidate, but sorry none for Gore or Bush from me this year. Good day Habib Diab Ghanim OB Silla wrote: > Bro. Habib, > I thank you for coming back to me on this very important subject (elections), > for anyone who wins this race will affect our lives one way or the other. > Hence, my interest in the choice of president. > However, I will appreciate your infromation on the Washington concensus. > Furthermore, let us narrow this issue down to choosing between lesser of two > evils. Who will you candidly pick Gore and Bush? > > Good night, > OB > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] > if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------