>From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY (BBC World Service) >Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 20:32:45 +0000 > >Jabou, this is the same line of reasoning that some businessman in >the >Gambia uttered in defense of Yaya's Jet. These people are sick and >very >ignorant. How can you take $45 million and lavish it on a jet when >250,000 >of your people are at the brink of starvation. They have no shame >that the >people they are going to beg from see them as idiots. That is what >the >donor countries see when they see these clowns. However, these same >donors >know that if these clowns are silly to do this to their people, then >they >can easily be duped and get whatever they want from them dirt cheap. > A fool >and their resources are easily parted. > >Kudos to the parliament for trying to put a stop to this madness, >something >we cannot say of our very own. This in one of those moments that >the >citizens of Swaziland should run these criminals to the bush. These >dictators get away with their greed and stupidity because the people >allow >them. If the people want to put a stop to this they will, and it is >just a >matter of time before someone is lynched. In this life, we the >people are >the only constant. No matter how long they cheat, steal, and abuse >us, we >will even out the score and then some in the end. You see none >among us >thought that Jawara will be in the position he is today. We used to >say >that he has means and is protected by the elements, the same they >say of >Yaya today. Time is on our side. > >Chi Jaama > >Joe Sambou > >Chi Jaama > >Joe Sambou > > > > > > >>From: Habib Ghanim <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: QUOTE OF THE DAY (BBC World Service) >>Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:53:22 +0000 >> > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. >http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~