Demba I'll read the full article when I wake up later today. LJS I will read to take as well - need little more sleep for the moment. Am not sure if I would refer to them as elites but certainly men & women of knowledge needed to fix the problems. I like your 1st paragraph! Our problems are not who's the next president. Who's the biggest political party? Who're supposedly patriotic enough to make the ultimate sacrifice - notice my words. I don't believe in this because in such society those will be considered more citizens than those who did not or can't make such a sarcrifice. Our problems are not about home & diaspora citizens. Our problem is reclaiming our founding creed - Democratic Republic. The degree of functionality of such a nation will get rid of tyranny in the opposite direction. My farming uncles and nephews/nieces can't be expect to earn us these. Where are men and women of know-how? We're the problem - that's why Yahya and others were, are and will continue what they do. Those he already used and harm in many ways are still labor ing in his farms and/or writing him well wishes for one thing or another. People elsewhere use knowledge for development and prosperity we in Gambia use it for mediocre. Apologies for being crude with those words Thx! Burama On Saturday, February 14, 2015, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Gambian elites, political and civil society activists must realize that we > have the power that cannot be found in bullets and guns, but one that is > embedded in our patriotism and sense of collective responsibility and pride > as citizens. We have the numbers and the resources that when invested > wisely cannot be matched by a tyrant who cannot compete on a level playing > field. Who relies on our divisions and or vulnerabilities to exploit us. > That power lies within each and every one of us, it is power that was > handed over to us with an abiding promise to our parents that we will never > abandon our nation and the most vulnerable in our society. > > Gambia’s political salvation squarely lies not only in the hands of the > existing political class but in every citizen particularly the elites who > can afford more than three square meals a day. Our country who has nurtured > us, gave us the opportunities we enjoy today is dying a slow death; crying > for our intervention and history is watching us closely and we will all be > judged by our actions or better yet our in-actions and indifference to the > realities of our society. When we fail to get involved we have no one to > blame but ourselves and when the next generation look back they will shake > their heads in shame that they have been left to fend for themselves and to > defend what belongs to others and not them...The question would be what > were our people thinking? > > Read the full article at: http://gainako.com/?p=7828 > > Your feedback and or critique is highly welcome. > > Kind regards > > Demba > -- > *"Be the change you want to see in the World"* > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤