Malanding S. Jaiteh WROTE : "And that often, this seemly able civil servant who gets the boot would come out saying "I was fired but I remain a loyal servant to the all- powerful Jammeh". Whatever makes seemly educated and well-to-do adults live this kind of life is my concern. I think there is more to it than the eye can see. If we are to believe what we hear, something is seriously wrong here. I do not know how someone who has gone through the struggle of school, college and life in general could after being fired and accuse of felony can come back say "I still support my boss". For logic has it that until the brain is wrongly wired, if it looks like pain, acts like pain, you don't have to go through it to know that it is pain. But then sufferers of "Battered Woman Syndrom" often claim that their spouses are the most caring and loving ever! The tragedy is that some people would have to be "battered to death" to accept that their relationship is not all-loving and all-caring. I suggest we wish Mr Saidy and all those Gambians in the civil service caught up in this all the best and pray that they find an easy way out of it. " MJ, Goody-goodies! To say that it gives me a serendipitous pleasure to see that our "Dr" has finally came to our rescue is to put it mildly. I wasn't going to dwell on this issue but I couldn't resist after I read your truth sermon. Plus, I can't help it I'm a curious cat! Infact, I was thinking something along the lines of Therapists, like a Neuro-, Psycho-, or better yet Hypno-therapists to help some of us from our post-elections slumber. Are hypnotized or is just the fact that the APRC have always confused kindness with weakness? Most Gambians are being taken advantage of simply because by virtue we are just too damned kindhearted. Call me coldhearted but I'm not buying Tombong's pitch. I am an outfielder and I'm sticking to my guns!"My APPOINTMENT is TERMINATED" my foot! He should have been FIRED long time ago. Perhaps Almighty jammeh got sick and tired of having his name mispelled Hammeh by his Director General. One mispell is one too damned many for a DG,especially when it applies to the name of a president and the humiliation it brings. But there's more to his TERMINATION and my hunch is we may never know what really happens. Time will tell though. Folks, it's easy how we forgive and forget. Remember what Jammeh said some time back when he FIRED those poor hardworking, innocent, competent civil servants who symppathizes with opposition parties? I quote: " I Yahya Jammeh, when I say you're FIRED(not TERMMINATED), you are FIRED, because no one will ever hire you". Remember that folks? That means those he FIRED are forced to seek jobs outside of The Gambia. Tombong is NOT forced into exile and if anything he has a mobile phone business for last resort. Yet out of more than 28 postings, more than 70 perccent of us who suffered so much under Tombongs watch are remorseful about his untimely TERMINATION, and are unwittingly advocating for a better APPOINTMENT for Tombong in the process. Where was this remorseless geezer when some you painstakingly waited in vain - forever- to get your questions answered. And to add more insult to our intelligence, some have already thanked him for his contribution. Contribution my foot! What contribution? This fellow hasn't answered your questions, and even if he did you were lied to,--- HELLO! Wake up people! And I don't mean any disrespect directed at anyone but folks I just cannot blindfoldedly accept some of the reactions here at all. This is pathetic. Dumo et al are languishing at Mile II, and all they are yearning for is to be granted their freedom so they can spend time with their families. And here we busy sympathizing Tombong who has NOT even told you sympathizers why his APPOINTMENT was TERMINATED nor what his next APPOINTMENT will be. But he did infact was quick to remind us he is still APRC and Pro-Jammeh in lieu having 'announced his OWN' TERMINATION. This mindboggling to say the least. It seems every time Tombong wants create any public euphoria, Gambia-L seemingly is his place of choice to spew his garbage( or can say his contribution). Well, I refuse to be a garbage picker.Let him take his own garbage somewhere else - say The Observer Newspaper. I've had enough of this cry-baby. There are plenty of hardworking Gambians here in the US alone who have lost their jobs after the 9/11 attacks and only their families and close friends know what they're going through. Not to mention several other Gambians in various parts of the world who may be going through the similar hardships. They may not be dignitaries but they too are Gambians. So I say to hell with Tombong's APPOINTMENT being TERMINATED. You people should be furious if he doesn't have the guts to come back here and tell you all WHY his APPOINTMENT was TERMINATED and WHY he is STILL a staunch APRC and Pro- Jammeh advocate in lieu of being literally FIRED, and humiliated by his good boss. How can he be so loyal. Didn't we warned him several occasions? I remember vivid when I asked him what makes him so special to assume Jammeh would not get rid of him, if infact we saw what happened to heavy- weights like the Pape Cheyasins and the Sedats Jobes. He busted into laughters and said, " I am still the DG of GRTS last I checked". I also remember Mr Ngai Jobe telling him to doube-check. Ebrima Ceesay's sources don't just imagin things. These people are "right in the heart of the Gambia government". Now look who was dreaming all this time. Yuk! Dr Jaiteh, again thanks for your astute observations. Rest assured all the conspiring allegations I levelled against you for tactical reasons are dis- missed. And even if it's true that Tombong is your best pal, you have the wisdom and courage to look beyond nepotism and set him straight once and for all. MJ,like they say down here, you have taken it to the hoop when every body is busy bouncing the ball around. I , myself, I'm a straight shooter. Well said Doctor Malanging Jaiteh- My man!**wink-:) Ooops! my barbecue is getting cold. Gotta go! Gotta go! See ya! Bye 4Now -:) Mr Makaveli Gambians Online " Designed With The Gambian People In Mind" http://www.gambiansonline.com <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> 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] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>