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 <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>