Ha ha ha ha.....I mean lunch. You can come with your husband Mr.Jallow. That's not a problem. I'm equally married. Don't worry you gonna have my contacts... On 5/31/07, Fatoumata <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > If you mean inviting me to a LUNCH is that turning out to be a date? Be > careful I am married. Anyway, I cannot accept a date without getting your > real name and telephone number. > > Like Girl guide I was, I am always prepared. > > On 31/05/07, Essau Gambia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Are you for real Sister Fatou?? I'm gonna be there God willing. Don't > > worry > > I will keep you posted about my schedule before attending July 4TH. I > will > > send you my contacts when the time is due. Perhaps, I will treat you for > a > > launch while in Atlanta. Tell me how you feel about the launch > invitation? > > Get prepared. Good day. > > > > On 5/31/07, Fatoumata <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > RDV on July 4th then, Brother Essau. Be sure to be available cause I > > will > > > be > > > VERY disappointed if you do not show up or if you do not answer to > > ESSAU. > > > I > > > would have loved to have your real name and number so we can be in > > touch. > > > Anyway you can forward it to me privately? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Chi Jaama > > > > > > On 31/05/07, Essau Gambia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sister Fatou, > > > > > > > > Thanks for your honest views. This what democracy is all about. We > > > should > > > > be > > > > able to agree and disagree on issues. After all, we all want to see > a > > > > better > > > > Gambia. What is unacceptable is to bury a naked truth. The truth > shall > > > > prevail at the end of the day. Newspapers all over the world have > > their > > > > own > > > > editorial policies, and the Freedom Newspaper not an exception to > > > > this. I > > > > hope to see you in Atlana during the July 4TH. Just ask for Essau, > the > > > > man, > > > > you goona see me. Have a blessed day Sister... > > > > > > > > On 5/31/07, Fatoumata <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Essau, > > > > > > > > > > I also have to congratulate you for cooling down a bit with the > > trend > > > > your > > > > > language took the last time. As the saying goes, no hard feelings. > > > > > If you ascertain that the freedom newspaper is widely quoted, then > > it > > > is > > > > > our > > > > > duty as fellow Gambians to criticise the paper. My criticism was > > > > > constructive even if you do not read it that way. I am sure Pa > > Nderry > > > > > knows > > > > > several other online papers and the method used to communicate > their > > > > news. > > > > > If freedom has gained such popularity, it is fair enough to > improve > > > both > > > > > the > > > > > reporting, the language and the lay out (which you are doing now). > > > > > You are right that the first thing I do once I wish to read the > > online > > > > > news > > > > > is the following (in its order: > > > > > - read The Point newspaper (I consider this paper the best online > > > paper > > > > > with > > > > > immediate news from The Gambia) > > > > > - browse through the Observer (sometimes I hardly spend two or > three > > > > > minutes > > > > > as all the news are mostly on praising Yaya Jammeh except for very > > > few) > > > > > - check the Gambia Echo for new postings (I find this the paper > very > > > > lucid > > > > > and well presented except for the occasional polemic created > mostly > > by > > > > > Mathew - no hard feelings) > > > > > - check the Freedom Newspaper (I usually find interesting readings > > > > except > > > > > I > > > > > am exasperated by the presentation, the language and the tone > > > sometimes) > > > > > - and then Gpost and G-L before reading the international press on > > > > Africa > > > > > and the world. > > > > > > > > > > The order breaks on occasions. > > > > > I also feel embarrassed when certain information is badly reported > > or > > > if > > > > > Pa > > > > > Nderry uses hash language in his reporting. I always wish that the > > > > > information is written differently yet saying the same thing. > That's > > > > all. > > > > > I > > > > > am no reporter but I guess a little effort could bring > extraordinary > > > > > changes. > > > > > > > > > > Do not bother to guess where I live. I am neither in Florida nor > in > > > DC. > > > > I > > > > > am > > > > > not in Atlanta, Raleigh or Denver. So relax about my whereabouts. > It > > > > > matters > > > > > not. I exhort you to focus on our debate and argument (which > should > > be > > > > > healthy and free of loose vocabulary and heavy language). I > equally > > > > exhort > > > > > my elder brother Abdoukarim (who was my senior at the Gambia > College > > > > when > > > > > he > > > > > was at the School of Agriculture) to please be calm. > > > > > > > > > > Chi Jaama > > > > > > > > > > On 31/05/07, Essau Gambia <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Sister Fatoumata, > > > > > > > > > > > > You sounds very funny. I was bafalled with your guessing about > the > > > > true > > > > > > indentity of Essau, Lamarana Jallow and co. Well, you got it all > > > wrong > > > > > > again. I'm encouraged that you took the decent line of > > communication > > > > > this > > > > > > time around unlike our Burufut Sanneh Kunda boy Karim. We are > > bound > > > to > > > > > > agree > > > > > > and disagree. I can bet that the Freedom Newspaper editorial > > content > > > > is > > > > > > standard and classic. Your criticism are out of jealousy and > envy. > > > > > Period. > > > > > > The Freedom Newspaper is quoted by many international news > outlets > > > > when > > > > > > sourcing Gambian related news. I cannot understand why you > cannot > > > say > > > > > good > > > > > > things about the paper. If you are really serious about > revamping > > > the > > > > > > paper's content with your self proclaimed of master of the > English > > > > > > language > > > > > > why can you offer your services to them. It's better to come > with > > > > > > solutions > > > > > > than to condemn hard working Gambians. The good thing is that > the > > > > > Freedom > > > > > > Newspaper is a trademark now. It got the highest hits in terms > of > > > > > > readership. You Fatoumata cannot afford to go to bed without > > > visiting > > > > > the > > > > > > page. How times do you brows Freedom during the day? What > inspired > > > you > > > > > to > > > > > > read the gabage paper you referred to? If the paper's is bad as > > you > > > > > > alluded > > > > > > to why can't you stop reading it? Do you want a proof reader job > > at > > > > > > Freedom? > > > > > > The paper has the resources to put you on their payroll. No > > kidding > > > > > > men..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sister, I'm doubting that got the mastery of the English > Lanuage, > > > but > > > > > calm > > > > > > down. We are not English people. It's like you blaming the > > American > > > > > Peace > > > > > > Corp for not writing good English. The folks at Freedom writes > > > better > > > > > > English than some British. No insult. That's the fact. The paper > > is > > > > > doing > > > > > > fine. All it needs is tap on the back and not hate > condemnations. > > > You > > > > > > don't > > > > > > need to be British or PHD holder to write good English... The > best > > > > > writers > > > > > > don't have degrees. > > > > > > > > > > > > The problem with us Gambians is that we like to criticise > without > > > > > offering > > > > > > solutions. If folks like you had followed the footsteps of Pa > > Nderry > > > > and > > > > > > co, > > > > > > the Gambia must have been liberated by now. In as much as you > > > dislikes > > > > > the > > > > > > editorial position, please give credit where it is due. What > good > > > > thing > > > > > > have > > > > > > you said about Freedom since you started your rantings here at > the > > > L? > > > > Do > > > > > > you > > > > > > mean to tell me that the Freedom Newspaper never reported > positive > > > > > things > > > > > > about the Gambia and her people? Come on... Sister Fatou. Lets > us > > be > > > > > real > > > > > > in > > > > > > our presentation here. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm convinced beyond all reasonable doubt that the Freedom > > Newspaper > > > > > shall > > > > > > not close its doors to critics like you. If you approach them > with > > > an > > > > > open > > > > > > mind without any ill-will they will listen to your suggestions > and > > > > > > recommendation. If you want you call me a staffer of Freedom, > but > > > I'm > > > > > > oblidged to set the records straight. Thanks. Chi Jaama Sister > > Fatou > > > > > > Florida. My subsequent investigations reveals that you have now > > > moved > > > > to > > > > > > Florida. > > > > > > > > > > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the > > > > > Gambia-L > > > > > > Web interface > > > > > > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > > > > > > > > > > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > > > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > > > > > > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the > > > > Gambia-L > > > > > Web interface > > > > > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > > > > > > > > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > > > > > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > > > > > > > > > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the > > > Gambia-L > > > > Web interface > > > > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > > > > > > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > > > > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > > > > > > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the > > Gambia-L > > > Web interface > > > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > > > > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > > > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > > [log in to unmask] > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > > > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the > Gambia-L > > Web interface > > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > > [log in to unmask] > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい