Barrow, you are right that Gassama’s sole purpose here is to distort facts. But we got news for the knucklehead. He will be pursued all over G_L and his lies debunked. I also noticed how he craftily tried to recycle PDOIS’ article here listing the PPP supporters that were at the rally in an attempt to give the impression that the rally was dominated by PPP. Needless to say, the sloppiness in his reporting was soon unmasked by the Independent piece. Whereas Gassama was obsessing about PPP and lying about the numbers present at the rally, Independent talked about the crux of the rally: Ousainou Darboe’s speech. Did you noticed that Gassama NEVER talked about what Ousainou Darboe had to say about what an Alliance government is going to do? Mind you, this is the same vermin that comes here to say that the Opposition does not have an agenda. You now see why this man CANNOT recognize an Opposition agenda if it smacked him right between the eyes. The vermin is in denial. Darboe listed numerous reforms the next government is going to embark on. Waa Juwara also said that the law will run its course vis-à-vis the AFPRC/APRC criminals currently running the country. In short, progressive utterances were made at the rally. Like OJ said, if this rally is replicated in Bakau, Serrekunda, Banjul, and Barra, more APRC/AFPRC will be packing and taking cover. The momentum built up in Brikama has to be carried to the rest of the country. News about the rally coupled with news that people are confronting GRTS (APRC mouthpiece) to get them to retract ‘defection’ stories, clearly shows that the Gambians have had enough of these criminals. I do NOT have a verbatim record of Darboe’s speech, but I hope in the area where he mentioned that APRC will use bribery and thuggery to get votes, Darboe also mentioned how the vermin have looted our government coffers while people grew poorer. That is the money Yaya is going to use to dish out to people. Darboe’s speeches also have to be tailor-made for each community. For instance when we go to Bakau, we have to talk about the despicable state these vermin have put our tourism industry into. We need to tell the Bakau youths that it was unnecessary for the government to unleash violence on our youths in the guise of annihilating ‘bumsters’. We need to tell the whole of Bakau that with a Coalition government in place, the thugs that massacred our children would be brought to justice. With Yaya and his gang out of the way, meaningful development will come to the constituency in terms of electrification, revitalizing the tourism industry, restoration of law and order, and providing jobs and opportunities for the youths instead of cursing them and their parents like Yaya always does on TV. When we go to the rural communities, we have to talk to our farmers directly. Let us tell them in no uncertain terms that their groundnuts will be bought INSIDE The Gambia at competitive rates. If this is the only thing the next government will achieve, so be it. It is very important that our people understand that it is the government’s responsibility to ensure that there is a conducive environment whereby people can earn a decent living from their sweat and toil. Our government should NOT shy away from this responsibility like the AFPRC/APRC mental midgets. They (AFPRC/APRC) would rather impoverish our people so that they can in turn bribe the people for votes. We should have none of that. I guess the Opposition get the message. Let’s go to each community and attack their unique problems. Let’s us leave AFPRC/APRC and their supporters to dwell in the past. Let us give our people plans that will clearly show that we will move the country FORWARD and NOT backward, like the AFPRC/APRC did. Down with the vermin leading our country. Barrow, thanks once again for highlighting the shenanigans of the shameless Gassama. The man CANNOT be honest if his life depended on it. At times I wonder whether he is NOT mentally impaired when he say certain things here. How can someone lie about certain things so blatant? KB >From: Lameen Sisawo Barrow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Was the hasty merger of the UDP and PPP a wise move? >Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 13:00:58 -0500 > >Joke > >You still have not answered whether the alliance is a good >move. Your whole dark picture painted of the opposition is based >on hypothesis situations and speculations. You are trying tooth >and nail to call this ppp/udp alliance dishonestly leaving out >the GPP. Go ahead and continue to spread lies and write about >goats and politics. You are a pitiful character. > >Alagie Barrow > >Nashville TN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------