Mr. Jallow: Then we must have met at the Gambian Welfare Association meeting. Since we live in Carolina, maybe, we can set the course. Naphiyo, Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:14:20 -0500 Abdoulie Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mr. Jassey, > > Thanks for your input regarding my response to > events that are haunting our > country lately. Unity is the utmost word that > everybody seems to talk about > and yet nobody seems to device a plan aimed at > achieving it. Gambian > politicians would be very hard to unite under > one platform since almost all > of them are egocentric. They will tell you all > day and all night how they > will fulfill the aspirations of Gambians, and > yet they do the exact > opposite once they ascend to the throne. That > is the very reason why I am > fed up with Gambian politics. > > To make one more correction, I actually don't > go to the University of South > Dakota as you mentioned. The other Abdoulie > Jallow does. I instead attend > North Carolina State University. Hope we do not > create much an identity > crisis. > > --Have a great day everybody. > --Abdoulie A. Jallow > > > > > > On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:41:45 -0800, Jassey > Conteh > wrote: > > >Mr. Jallow: > > > >Thanks for your candid response. Since our > abiltiy to rescue The Gambia > can > >only happen if we are united, we must initiate > policies that may have > positive > >effects on our country. > > > >I wish you the best in your studies. I > noticed that you at the University > of > >South Dakota. I am glad that you are reaching > new horizons. > > > >Good luck. > > > >Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh > > > >On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:59:21 -0500 Malanding > Jaiteh > >wrote: > > > >> Mr. Jallow, you may not be aware of this but > >> someone brought to my attention > >> that we now have two Abdoulie A. Jallows. > That > >> is perfectly alright with me > >> since your mail headers can tell the > >> difference. However, some G-lers may > >> not have the ability to tell the difference. > As > >> such we ask you both to find > >> ways to differentiate yourselves. Thanks. > >> > >> Malanding Jaiteh > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing > >> list > >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > >> Behalf Of Abdoulie Jallow > >> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 12:46 PM > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Re: Gambia In a Downward Spiral > >> > >> > >> Mr. Conteh; > >> Thank-you for the brilliant analysis of what > is > >> happening on the grounds in > >> our dear motherland. You couldn't have said > it > >> better. The Gambia is in a > >> desperate situation yawning for someone to > come > >> to the rescue. > >> > >> As you rightly pointed out, prices of basic > >> commodities are skyrocketing at > >> an alarmable rate. The dalasi, which use to > be > >> Gambia's pride in the sub > >> region due to it's stability, is now nothing > >> other than a laughing stock. > >> Gambians would rather be in possession of > >> physical commodities than the > >> dalasis. Businessmen would in the same way > be > >> rather paid in foreign > >> currency than the dalasi. What makes this > >> situation even worst is that > >> salaries have not been adjusted to makeup > for > >> the rising prices. > >> > >> T > >> he Gambian youths are the one that are most > >> affected by these > >> developments. Jobs are unavailable and yet > >> still the government is on their > >> ass daily accusing them of being lazy and > >> aimless. Education is at its > >> darkest moments in the Gambia. Teachers are > >> underpaid and under > >> appreciated. The only hope left for our > youths > >> is to find a way out of the > >> country and seek heaven somewhere else even > if > >> that means having to put up > >> with all the woes that go with being an > >> immigrant in a foreign land. > >> > >> What makes the situation in the Gambia scary > is > >> that the government is > >> either ignoring or failing to acknowledge > their > >> bad economic policies. In > >> an effort to shift the real debate of the > >> economy from Gambians, the > >> government resorts to intimidation and > >> suppression. Being a realist, I know > >> very well that those tactics would work but > >> just for a short period of > >> time. The government will have to face the > >> reality of their bad policies > >> one way or > >> the other. Which begs the big question, > what > >> if anything can be > >> done to alleviate the situation in our > country. > >> The answer to that question > >> is what everybody on this list seems to be > >> failing to address in a profound > >> manner. > >> > >> Some people call for unity in the > opposition. > >> That we know is almost > >> impossible. The opposition in The Gambia > seems > >> to be more in opposition > >> among themselves than to the government. > Some > >> call for some form of revolt. > >> We also know that would in essence be a long > >> way from accomplishing > >> anything. So now that we've talked the talk, > >> it's about time we walk the > >> walk. Whatever that walk would entail, it > would > >> be up to every one of us. > >> > >> > >> -----------Have a great day > >> everybody---Abdoulie Jallow > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> > >> 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] > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >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] > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~