You got it Malanding. He is suffering from a severe case of political
ostrich syndrome. Bury his head in the thick sand of denial and
obscurantism, and pretend that he was back in the imaginary driving seat of
his illusory powertrain. Reminds me of Donkey Driver - a very foolish
character I used to depict in my Story of the Week column who had to
demonstrate that he owned his car by shutting his eyes tight and slamming
the gas pedal onto the floor. The inevitable result: he rammed straight
into a tree trunk and called his mother for help when it was too late. Talk
about cutting his nose to spite his already ugly face!

Baba


On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 7:58 PM, Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Is the Sheikh Professor trying to change the subject?  After New York the
> Sheikh Professor must take charge.
>
> Malanding Jaiteh
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Haruna <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 02/10/2013 23:26 (GMT-05:00)
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [G_L] Gambia to Withdraw from the Commonwealth - BBC
>
>
> Thanks Galleh for sharing. Somehow I've always thought Yahya had
> withdrawn us from the commonwealth a long time ago. I just don't see how
> the two idiots can co-exist. If I were Yahya I would have done that in 1994.
>
>  Haruna.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 2, 2013 9:12 pm
> Subject: Gambia to Withdraw from the Commonwealth - BBC
>
>   Below is a story on the BBC about Gambia's declaration that it is
> withdrawing from the Commonwealth.
>
> Baba
>
> The Gambia is to withdraw from the Commonwealth, 48 years after joining.
> The west African nation branded the 54-member grouping, which includes the
> UK and most of its former colonies, a "neo-colonial institution".
> The withdrawal was announced on state TV but no other reasons were given.
> Two years ago President Yahya Jammeh accused the UK of backing his
> political opposition ahead of elections. The UK said it would "very much
> regret" The Gambia leaving the Commonwealth.
> Earlier this year, the UK singled out The Gambia for its human rights
> record, citing cases of unlawful detentions, illegal closures of newspapers
> and discrimination against minority groups.
> In August last year The Gambia was criticised by Amnesty International and
> others for executing nine prisoners by firing squad.
> The Commonwealth was founded in 1931 but acquired its modern shape after
> 1949 as former British colonies and protectorates, including The Gambia,
> started to achieve self-government and varying degrees of independence.
> The grouping dropped the word British from its name and the allegiance to
> the crown from its statute and other independent nations joined.
> In its statement, The Gambian government said it had "withdrawn its
> membership of the British Commonwealth".
> It said it had "decided that The Gambia will never be a member of any
> neo-colonial institution and will never be a party to any institution that
> represents an extension of colonialism".
> The last time a nation left the Commonwealth was in 2003, when Zimbabwe
> withdrew.
> The UK's Foreign Office said: "Decisions on Commonwealth membership are a
> matter for each member government. We would very much regret Gambia, or any
> other country, deciding to leave the Commonwealth."
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