Baba, I agree The Vulture at State House should vanish and i hope very soon. Thanks as always. Mboge On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Interesting story on the Vultures Mboge. I don't know about South Africa, > but they certainly are not vanishing from The Gambia. The Vultures that > should vanish and go extinct are those sitting in State Houses and > Presidential Palaces, pecking and sucking our futures dry. Indeed, I > remember our own Vulture telling the media several months after July 22, > 1994 that he was "a vulture" who "sits up the tree and waits patiently" for > his enemies to fall. Thanks for sharing. > > Baba > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 22:41:30 +0200 > From: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: [>-<] Strange South Africa World Cup Story > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > > Reporting and writing about Africa must be tinged with spiced up sensation > and tasteful intrigue. One positive story from Africa must be pitched > against two negative ones. This is the norm. Can they give us space to > breath. I bet not. In the minds of many such as the Anthropologist Stephen > Ellis (Author of Mask of Anarchy) Africa needs International Trusteeship to > evolve us the 'atavistic noble savage'. Thus no surprise in terms of echoes > of the Dark Continent in writing about us. They can't help but find some > negative stuff. > > The following story was on SkyTV last night. I find it unconvincing . > Gambia is in West Africa and i never remember vultures' though not very > popular scarvengers being consumed to extinction because of their assumed > magical powers. > > > http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Vultures-In-South-Africa-Pushed-Into-Extinction-By-Gamblers-Who-Smoke-Their-Brains-For-Magic-Powers/Article/201006115644974?lid=ARTICLE_15644974_VulturesInSouthAfricaPushedIntoExtinctionByGamblersWhoSmokeTheirBrainsForMagicPowers&lpos=searchresults <http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Vultures-In-South-Africa-Pushed-Into-Extinction-By-Gamblers-Who-Smoke-Their-Brains-For-Magic-Powers/Article/201006115644974?lid=ARTICLE_15644974_VulturesInSouthAfricaPushedIntoExtinctionByGamblersWhoSmokeTheirBrainsForMagicPowers&lpos=searchresults%C2%A0> > . > > > Best, > > Mboge > > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 6:14 PM, Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Indeed Yus. I thought the events in this story has echoes of the Dark > Continent. The reverence paid to the South Africa of Jan Smuts and Pik Botha > is gone. Now, it is Black South Africa and so headlines like "The Stinking > Shadows of World Cup Stadiums" hit the screen and front pages of western > media with grinning vengeance. After all, European regimes have ruled South > Africa since 1652. They left the rot and the stink. > > Baba > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 07:51:51 -0700 > Subject: Re: [>-<] Strange South Africa World Cup Story > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > > > > Hi Baba: > > I came across this story yesterday. I think there is some level of > overreaction here. Would the New Zealanders behave the same way if they > smelled the smog while training on the outskirts of NY or LA? > > Prejudice has interesting ways of manifesting itself.. :-) > > Thanks > Yusupha > > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:02 AM, Baba Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Just wonder what we should make of this. Certainly deep-thought-provoking. > See the link below or copy and paste in browser. > > > > http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/New-Zealand-s-first-South-African-training-sessi?urn=sow,246299 > > > Baba > > ------------------------------ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. Sign up > now. <https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969> > > > > ------------------------------ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. 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