BambaLaye, you know, I didn't think of the Ramadan-end factor! Spot on, there has to be some miracle! And yes, I am used to it now. It sounds like your clown of distant memory is not so distant now after all. May His Lordship will take a fancy to horse-riding in addition to gown-dragging and sword-and-beads-wielding to complete the miracle adornments! Why do I remember Don Quixote de la Mancha at this auspicious moment? We have no knights or windmills in The Gambia right now. Or do we? Baba >From: Abdoulie Jallow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Another Sign of “Miracle” Surfaces >Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:07:41 -0500 > >Baba: > > >You have to understand God has a great sense of humor the way He makes >things happen sometimes. Who said the emperor has no clothes? However, >Ramadan is almost over, so there has to be some miracle somehow, Baba. >Leave >John alone. He has more miracles in the pipeline so get used to it man! > > > >This reminds me of a clown that used to live in Brikama area sometime back >who used dawn on white waramba made of over ten meters of material and rode >a white horse with his followers beating on the "tabala" and saying he is >Imam Mahdi (the last prophet). For the life in me, I cannot remember the >name they called him! What I remember is that he was a truly schizophrenic >Kabungka. > > > >Did he come back in the form of His Excellency? > > > >On 10/10/07, ABDOUKARIM SANNEH <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Baba > > I recond what Brother Haruna statedpIt is only a distraction and would >not > > give myself a blood pressure. When there is too much pressure in his >cranium > > miracles surface. What a joke! Baba you have well stated on the piece. I > > don't know when this madness stop? > > > > > > Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I think this Gambia Journal piece deserves greater exposure (see below). > > > > That the office of the president should issue a press statement about >such > > a > > thing to be broadcast over our national media is, well, rather > > understandable under current circumstances. When the head goes awry, the > > entire body goes awry as well. Miracle indeed! > > > > Next thing we know, a vulture perched on a tree at state house will also > > be > > touted as a miracle and a sign of the great leader's elevated status in > > the > > supernatural scheme of things! > > > > So will a frog croaking in the sun and a cock crowing at midnight! Or >even > > a > > goat bleating in the dark!! Hush, hush, it's a miracle - "another > > testimony > > to the mercurial Gambian leader's special place in the supernatural >scheme > > of things!!!" > > > > Baba > > > > Another Sign of "Miracle" Surfaces > > By The Gambia Journal > > Oct 10, 2007, 17:15 > > > > Banjul, October 9 The Gambia Journal > > > > On Tuesday 9th October, the Office of the President again issued another > > of > > its weird press statements. The release stated that a palm tree at the > > back > > yard of President Jammeh's residence at State House had bored a > > triple-headed fruit giving yet another testimony to the mercurial >Gambian > > leader's special place in the supernatural scheme of things. The release > > further called on Gambians to join President Jammeh on whose backyard, >the > > "Almighty Allah has decided to display these miraculous powers." The > > highly > > supernatural Gambian leader has been increasing his efforts to portray > > himself in supernatural light claiming to have been "mandated" to cure >all > > sorts of ailments ranging from HIV/AIDS, asthma, diabetics, >hypertension, > > and very soon, cancer. The Gambia Radio and Television Services, GRTS, >has > > already started making much noise out of the so called miracle. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Don't just search. Find. 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