My dear friend, Thanks to you too Joe,I have to admit the fact that, exchanging ideas with you is really appreciated even we are not of the same mentality on most of the issues, we learn to agree and disagree out of offensive words. In this way we will be able to understood each other on the issues and use our gifted intellectuality on modern thoughts as civilised and new gambian to try and work them out. We have to remember that a president is always given certain priorities regarding prosecution in the curt of law till he/she is out of power. Lets take an example to Serac French president with head full of accusation yet he happen to win the first round of the French election with all that scandals. Why? I think, is because he is having strength on other needs of his people and there, he pulls his muscles to make those successful. As well, Bill Clinton, regardless to his womanising activities could win the election to my money if he had stood for the third term. Everybody has weakness and strength, working to improve your weakness on one hand then the other tightening the crew on the strength. When the external opportunity arise for you to tightening your strength more by taking people to Mecca and donating generators why not capitalising? I will do the same no matter what people might say they would always be a threat to achieving my objectives. What I am trying to explain here is still perfection you are talking about. We cannot be perfect on all direction of our livelihood, Yaya might be scaffold as you people put it but his government is doing something that Gambia have never seen in thirty seven years of her independent life. However, GOOD IS NEVER GOOD ENOUGH BUT BAD IS ALWAY BAD ENOUGH. For example, doing TEN (10) goods is equal to and ONE bad, meaning ten goods can be covered by a single bad deed is human nature too. In this world whether one does good or bad, people will always talk even if in your place, they cannot do better. Therefore why should I care? As (Yusu Ndure said in one of his song that I ride the Donkey and my son walk people said I am lack of sympathy again I walked my son ride the same word came out, we all walked yet it never satisfy the people). So you can see how difficult it is to satisfy human being. Therefore people, let stop a while and think of limiting the talk about the Gambia for a change to talk for the Gambia. These two phrases are similar but different in their contents. However having majority in the cabinet those not mean that you should seize the voice of the people by passing law that will affect the functioning of the media. Media is the voice of the people and there should be no attempt to silence them and I wish justice prevailed for them and their struggle. Again, I am well aware of the disgraceful human right record which I for one, ought the government to work on and assure to it that, justice prevails as well as limiting or control the NIA’s activities to harassing and intimidating the public. This are a disgraceful picture of the government’s weakness which they should try and remedy because if tomorrow comes, they will be judge from their own deeds hence they and their deeds will be recognised forever especially to the people who directly suffered from their unjust acts. Of course they can run but cannot hide. We will all pay for our acts one way or the other and by saying we were following orders will not ease the boarding. Therefore people this required patients before the right time comes. It is nice to criticise someone but bad to be criticised. Let us agree the fact of the saying that, do on to other, as you will accept in return. Agree to disagree will help us to build a better unity and understanding among us. We have to know ourselves before standing at a chance to knowing others as charity begins at home. We should not pick whom we are to agree and disagree with because of friendships. As Mr Sambou put it earlier that friends even fight offensively, but in this forum that is not the case hence people are avoiding to disagree even if they should, but hence he/she is a friend and co-operate partner, we dare not to challenge. This is why I was talking about selfishness in some approaches. I know I might be the less educated person in this forum yet I will never hesitate speaking my mind. Again I sometimes wonder what is the use of education if the well-educated ones are acting, as I should be? Frankly, I don’t envy them a little bit because I was expecting their talents to be used more effectively than insulting each other’s integrity. This is why the intelligent politicians are avoiding politics in African due to offensive languages and hatreds from opponents replacing political agendas to build up the nations. We all have common good but different approaches. Therefore being democrat, republican, or conservative in your political mind should not deter your positive thinking on common good of our nation. Of course we can criticise each other’s approach without odious acts but civilise and intelligent political approaches that will convince the people or spectator to decide. Power to the people will prevail only with realistic and intellectual discussion to the issue in hand. Anger will only make things worst at this stage. If we are heading for respect and attention to our course, we ought to sell quality picture of our struggle to the people whose attention we bestow our faith to earn us respectful and handsome return. On the other hand selling bad quality picture will of couse earn you your present goal which is to sell out, but never will it earn you a fortune in the long run but takes you a step further. Edi _________________________________________________________________ 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 To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~