[In a message dated 5/5/2010 8:27:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
[log in to unmask] writes: Haruna…If you look closer, the one who hollers  
tribalist is the vrai tribalist. Just a loser, but a tribalist nonetheless  
Suntou/Haruna, I kinda expected this from the both of you, so I am not  
disappointed.] Mathew Jallow.
 
Hi Mathew. OK. So you expected my reaction to your convoluted logic.  OK.
 
[The experience here is such that any criticism of UDP and Ousainou  
Darboe, can expect a duality of reaction from the both of you.] Mathew  Jallow.
 
I suppose in here you mean the Gambiaecho or your neck of the woods  
somewhere. Why should a duality of reaction from Haruna and Suntou stop you from  
criticising UDP and Ousainou Mathew??? I think you're confusing crioticism 
with  lies, slander, and libel don't you?
 
[As usual, you both seem to feed of each other, seeking validation for  
your views from each other, and in the process, feeding the perception many 
have  of you as fomenters of tribal insensitivity.] Mathew Jallow.
 
Why don't you try to speak for your friggin self. With your acumen, I'm  
not sure another Gambian would desire you speak for them. In general, one  can 
only speak for him/herself and his/her family members of minor  age.
 
[You do not see how it appears when you give to yourself the license to  
defend or even as it seems, act as the spokesmen for the UDP.] Mathew  Jallow.
 
1. I am not a spokesman for UDP or Ousainou. That will be fraudulent  
agency. My family did not teach me how to do that. I cannot help those to whom  
it APPEARS that I am a spokesman for either Ousainou or UDP. And I couldn't  
care less what the criminal conjures up in his barren mind.
 
[The UDP is a Gambian political party,] Mathew Jallow.
 
Noooooooooo
 
[as such, I for one, will seek no one’s consent to write and criticize it  
in any way I choose. I could care less what anyone says, thinks or does.] 
Mathew  Jallow.
 
I am glad Mathew that you appreciate your fundamental rights of free  
expression and association for industry and religion. For you to feign  Haruna is 
interested in your considerations, quoi que sa soit, is the  dumbest idea 
I've ever heard.
 
[Your agitated barking and snarling, rather than preempt my criticisms of  
both the UDP and Ousainou, will instead exacerbate them, might I say.] 
Mathew  Jallow.
 
You would agree therefore that I have no intent in guiding your speech.  
You will however be responsible for your lies, innuendo, slander, and libel. 
And  you can count on Haruna to strip search you.
 
[The advice I wrote to UDP has so incensed you that you took a  
psychoanalytical adventure to find motives in what I wrote.] Mathew  Jallow.
 
I think when you wrote the crap, you took a psychoanalytical adventure  
(otherwise known as witch-hunting). So why would you curtail the privileges of  
your fellow citizens, no matter the number, to go witch-hunting??????? The 
vraie  witch????????????
 
[The way I see it, you both either have no clue or a proper understanding  
of what Gambia was like during the Jawara years, particularly as it related 
to  the way our tribes coexisted to each other, specifically at the realm of 
 governance and politics, or perhaps you just want to sweep that ugly 
period  under rug.] Mathew Jallow.
 
Mathew, I am not the spokesperson of Jawara's government or of Jawara  
himself. Besides, if you dig in that government, you may find a family member  
coexisting with another of another tribe. A government cannot regulate 
tribalism  and all tribes are equally prone to tribalism. I'm sure you don't  
understand the various tribes of the people who served the Jawara government  
you idiot. What does this have to do with calling someone tribalist simply  
because you overheard them saying the Mandingo should govern Gambia???? I  
suppose you haven't heard the many Serers, Fulas, Sarahules, Wollofs, Akus,  
Jolas, Njagos, Toucouleurs, Laobes, and Balantas say their tribe should govern 
 Gambia. What an idiot.
 
[Well, I will not.] Mathew Jallow.
 
You will not what? Oh you mean you will not sweep the Jawara era under  the 
rug. Well knock yourself out. I think Jawara wrote a book about his era.  
That doesn't look to me like someone wanting to sweep his era under the rug.  
Remmember though, when you come across your tribesmen engaged in tribalism, 
 remmember not to ignore that. We will begin to realize who the vrai 
tribalists  are.
 
[I like many others, was a victim and a causality of that era, and as  
such, it was my reality then, and a part of my life story now.] Mathew  Jallow.
 
Mathew, you have shared with us that you had been a casualty on many  
occasions which had nothing to do with the Jawara government. I  understand you 
had a lot of personal problems. But why would you hold  Gambians to ransom 
for those personal problems. We are not interested in solving  your personal 
problems for you. Revolutionary or no Revolutionary. I mean what  kind of a 
man uses his personal injuries to cast gratuitous aspersions on his  fellow 
citizen???????????????????????????????????
 
[I will write about issues of tribalism, especially how the Mandinkas and  
Banjul Wollofs pillaged and looted billions of dollars to bankrupt two 
foreign  funded development banks and nearly ten revenue generating government 
agencies.]  Mathew Jallow.
 
It seems to me Mathew that looting public funds is a crime of theft.  Not 
one of tribalism. How does the Banjul Wollofs and Mandingos stealing make  
them tribalist? Are you aware of any Fula thieves Mathew????
And once you share with us the Mandingo, Wollof, Fula, Jola, Aku, Serer,  
Njago, Toucouleur, Sarahule, Balanta, and other thieves, let us know how that 
 makes them tribalist??? And what does that have to do with UDP  or 
Ousainou?????????????????????????????????????????????/
 
[I will stop writing about tribal issues only when The Gambia becomes  like 
Senegal.] Mathew Jallow.
 
I know you're not stoopid Mathew but I wouldn't want Gambia to become  like 
Senegal. Scout's honour. Why would you stop writing about tribalism when  
Gambia becomes like Senegal?? I'm just curious.
 
[Then there will be no audience for my tribal awakening cause, but as of  
now, one only has to look at the brutal exchanges that both of you frequently 
 engage in with some of Halifa Sallah’s talibans to see how much progress 
we have  made in this issue.] Mathew Jallow.
 
I'm glad you're keeping up with us Mathew. And the exchanges with  
PDOISards is not generally about tribalism. Just like you personal misfortunes  and 
losses tend to take tribalism's connotation. Even if tribalism has nothing  
to do with your losses and misfortunes.
 
[Even a fool can read the nasty tribal bend embodied in your exchanges.]  
Mathew Jallow.
 
And after the fool reads the nasty tribal bends in the exchanges, what is  
the fool supposed to do???? 

[For some reason, Suntou has convinced  himself that when I write about 
tribalism relating to the Mandinkas experience,  it is fear. Fear of what, 
might I ask? Are you kidding me? I am an equal  opportunity critic of both the 
Wollofs and the Mandinkas experiences in our  country, especially during 
those dark Jawara years when the Mandinkas wanted it  all, and some orchestrated 
elaborate schemes to exclude everyone else from our  nation’s meager 
resources. And, you wander why, first, Kukoi Samba Sanyang burst  onto the scene, 
and when that failed, Yahya Jammeh came along. Things don’t  happen in a 
vacuum. True the Wollofs were notorious for treating the Mandinkas  as second 
class citizens; Mandinkas too were later notorious for treating  everyone 
else as foreigners in their country. When I was in college, I had no  concept 
of tribalism, and my best friends were Mandinkas for the most part;  Sarjo 
Sonko from Essau, late Lamin Jobarteh from Kaur Janneh Kunda, and Musa  
Trawalley from Georgetown. Musa and I were so close, I spend Xmas and Easter  
holidays with his family in Bakau, and we were always posted to the same schools 
 when we were teaching. Everyone understood how so bound together by 
friendship  we were. By the mid-80s, I was no longer naïve, for I had became aware 
of the  tribally motivated rivalries in the country. And I lost count of 
how many times  I heard Mandinkas saying; Gambia mandinkol la banko leti; and 
ridiculous and  irritating as that sounds, some hold on to that stupid way 
of thinking.] Mathew  Jallow.
 
Mathew, I hate to break this to you but we are not really interested in  
who your friends are or what tribe they belong to. ANd if you're trying to  
demonstrate with your Mandingo friends that you are not tribalist, well you 
have  failed miserably. I'm reminded that the first thing a racist does is 
count how  many blacks, Arabs, and Lationos he/she has as friends. Don't worry 
Mathew.  I don't know about Suntou but I don't put my pants on both legs at 
a time. So  its the Wollof and Mandingo who are tribalist?? Keep pretending 
you idiot. And  what does that have to do with Ousainou and the UDP. I still 
don't get your lies  and innuendos Mathew. 

[The other point I want to make is neither of us are aware of what I  
believe the real reason for Saihou Mballow resignation from his UPD position.  
During the U.K. demonstrations over the incarceration of Femi Peters last 
month,  Gambians in the U.S. missed Mballow’s organizing skills with which he 
mobilized  us to confront the powers that be at the U.N to seek justice for 
Mr. Peters and  other causes. It took Saikou Mballow years to develop and 
bring to bear the  combined efforts of many Human Rights organizations in the 
New York area, now  all that effort seems to go down the drain. Mballow 
selflessly led the charge to  organize marches and demonstrations at the UN and 
other venues with supreme  success in the name of the UDP. Gambians in New 
York rallied in droves to his  call in support of the causes he was involved in 
as representative of UDP.]  Mathew Jallow.
 
I think you are aware of my commendation of Saihou Mballow variously for  
his efforts on the behalf of his fellow citizens. I don't understand what 
you're  getting at here Mathew?
 
[For the first time, we in the U.S did not organize demonstration on behalf 
 Mr. Femi Peters, because the Ousainou Darboe, decided for reason to make 
the  U.D.P a family business by-pass Mballow and the great infrastructure he 
helped  built for UDP/NRP over the years, and instead send all official 
communications  to his brother Yahya Darboe.] Mathew Jallow.
 
These are the lies and innuendo you base your tribalist views on Mathew.  
What a shame? If Saihou told you that Ousainou decided to make the UDP a 
family  business, he would be lying and I know Saihou would not tell you that. 
If  Ousainou makes UDP a family business that is tantamount to declaring the 
UDP  dead. Don't you see Mathew, your arguments don't hold water. Further, 
if Saihou  tells you that Ousainou by-passed him by requiring all 
communication go to his  brother Yahya, Saihou would be lying again because Saihou is 
in New York and  only responsible for UDP New York. And I don't think Yahya 
is in New York is he?  So whatever infrastructure Saihou built in New York 
Yahya would not be of much  value to that.
One thing caught my eye Mathew. You insinuated that when Saihou was  
coordinator of UDP New York, you have attended and organised demonstrations with  
him. Why would you not continue to organise demonstrations with Saihou when  
Saihou is no longer Coordinator of UDP-NY?????????? Do you see how 
tribalism  ugly head can rear itself sometimes???? WHat does organising a 
demonstration for  Femi Peters' freedom have to do with Saihou being a coordinator of 
UDP-NY????  You will be surprised to realise that Saihou is part of the UDP 
executive like  Femi Peters. So you would not join Saihou in organizing a 
demonstration on the  behalf of Femi if Saihou is not coordinator of UDP-NY. I 
say go eat shit. What  business is it of yours anyway how a political party 
handles its  affairs?????
 
[built a formidable infrastructure for UDP/NRP over the Mballow I am  told 
by reliable sources felt marginalized and decided to quit, rather than hold  
on to a thankless job.] Mathew Jallow.
 
If Saihou told you he felt being part of UDP was a thankless job, then  
Saihou is in the UDP for the wrong reason. You see honest and sober folk don't  
join political parties in anticipation of being thanked. And if Saihou told 
you  that, then he was being insincere because his resignation indicated he 
wished to  remain a member of UDP. Now there are several parties in Gambia, 
but Saihou  CHOSE to be in and remain in the UDP. He could belong to PDOIS, 
NRP, or GMC? In  your attempts to justify your lies and innuendo, Mathew 
you dig a deeper hole  for yourself. By all means I want you to talk about 
tribalism and crime. I just  don't think you have a right to lie against 
someone or to slander someone's good  name because of your personal problems with 
other. Your personal problems are  not significant enough to the rest of us 
unless those problems bear on your  fellow citizens' rights. Not being given 
refrigerator water hardly qualifies as  a constitutional crisis.
 
[Now, he can stay at home, drink attaya, watch TV with friends, and enjoy  
his family, rather than suffer the hassle and bustle of crowded New City 
trying  to coordinate demonstrations.] Mathew Jallow.
 
Even when he was coordinator, Saihou stays home, drinks attaya, watches TV  
with friends, and enjoys his family. I don't see why a demonstration on the 
 behalf of Femi Peters should curtail that activity. Are you sure Saihou is 
 telling you these things or is the tribalist trying to justify his/her  
tribalism???
 
[Yaya Darboe his replacement cannot convince Gambians to drop all their  
work in order to join him in a downtown Manhattan demonstration on behalf of 
UDP  for the good of our country.] Mathew Jallow.
 
I think you malign Yahya unnecessarily. Yahya is not in New York.
 
[UDP will see what took Mballow many years to build, suddenly collapsed to  
nothingness, all because Ousainou Darboe decided to practice nepotism with 
his  brother.] Mathew Jallow.
 
Ousainou's nepotism or not, if Mballow's INFRASTRUCTURE was so formidable  
on the behalf of his coleagues in UDP, I don't know why it would crumble to  
nothingness. I know a thing or two about infrastructure building. But you 
idiots  think praise-singing and worship is why you should engage in 
development. No  wonder all your achievements are short-lived. You have no loyalty 
to anything or  anybody butr yourself because your crimes will not allow you 
to set up roots in  any community.
 
[It is the typical African way of governing. I wanted to write about this  
mini-quake a while ago, but I was convinced not to for fear of the political 
 repercussion at home and abroad. You two might also want to know that when 
 Ousainou and Yaya Jallow came to the U.S. some months ago, Yahya Darboe I 
am  informed, tried to control what Yaya Jallow did; just acting like UDP 
was a  family business he could control. The UDP may have Fulas like Yaya 
Jallow, but  who can Yaya convince to vote for Darboe. Most Fulas don’t know 
him. But O.J is  a different matter. As for Hamat Bah, he has a successful 
business to protect,  and I will not count on him to be brazenly political 
against Jammeh.] Mathew  Jallow.
 
This is how they go around undermining themselves and blaming others for  
their losses. How can Yahya try to control what Yahya Jallow did???? I think 
I  should be disappointed in Yahya Jallow for saying that to you or Saihou 
if he  did. Yahya Jallow is not in the UDP just to convince Fulas to vote UDP 
I hope.  If he is, I suggest he leave the UDP right away. I was under the 
impression  Yahya has other values he can bring to bear for the UDP. Besides, 
no-one is  putting a gun to his head to remain in the UDP are they????? In 
this era of  freedom and human rights, it is very difficult to lie against 
someone and have  it stand without reasonable evidence. If the fulas need a 
fula in UDP to  convince them to vote UDP, I would encourage them not to vote 
UDP. That is  dishonest and odious tribalism.

[One more point I will make is that many of the folks Haruna calls UDP  
technocrats, were part of the failed Jawara regime; consisting of a few  
notorious tribalists, many people of mediocre intellect, whose primary  
qualifications during Jawara years, was Mandinkaness. Finally, analyze and  criticize 
all you want, it ain’t gonna have any impact, whatsoever, on what I  write, 
when I write, or how I write. So you will do yourself a great service if  
you save your breath and energies. For trying to restrain me in matters of  
Gambian politics is like talking to a wall. Can’t hear ya buddies.] Mathew  
Jallow.
 
What does being part of the failed Jawara regime have to do with a  
technocrat? And of what value is a technocrat if he/she can't design a solution  to 
mankind's problems???? I don't know the UDP technocrats to be Mandinkas.  
Unless you imply that they pretended to Jawara that they were Mandingo. The 
UDP  technocrats are Fula, Wollof, Mandingo, Aku, Sarahule, and Serer. Ask 
Saihou or  Yahya. 

Haruna. I haven't seen a man who thinks he's so critically  important to 
everyone else than this Mathew  idiot.

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