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You go George!!!  Ride on Brother!!!!

Astrid/


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>In case you have signed the petition , here it is again :GOTO>
>http://www.gambiansonline.com/MRDGPetition.htm
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>Those of you who already signed the petition, we say THANK YOU.
>I am however getting a little impatient with some of you compatriots.
>We are doing everything possible keeping track of the signed petition as,
>one would expect, and so far the numbers are low. Albeit it's
>understandable
>that we just lauched it today and perhaps not many are online at present.
>But what irks me the most is seeing some these folks whining about Shariah
>Law and other redundant issues, most of which has already been debated over
>and over again, acting as if they did not receive the petition
>e-mail that was announced earlier on this very LIST. Every concerned
>gambian in the opposition must not hesitate to sign this petition if they
>truly want to make a difference. No one is trying to put a gun to your
>heads but what else can you ask for, this is the noblest yet the simplest
>thing to embark upon. All one has to do is sign the 'doggone' petition
>and save us the distraction. Again, we not forcing any. Let's leave it to
>our own consciences. Let's try to do what's right and quite feasible.
>
>So folks, all we're asking is for you to please sign the petition at your
>earliest convenience. When we turn the table around, all these Shariah
>Laws and other authoritarian issues will vanish in thin air. The choice
>is very clear. The opposition must unite, listen to the pledge of the
>people they intend to represent in office. It's all in our best interests.
>Can you afford another term of misery that this current regime, Yahya
>Jammeh and his cohorts? Ask yourselves that question. You don't have to
>be in the Gambia to see their pain. Some of you have seen what was
>accomplished in the case of Rust College.  It was our collective spirit
>that made it a success. If you ask me, I'll tell you that this is the
>Mt Everest of all we are trying to accomplish. So I simply cannot re-
>iterate how important this mission is comrades. Let's show the Senegalese,
>the Ghanians, all our neighbors and around the universe that we too,
>concerned gambians, sons and daughters of the once smiling coast, brothers
>and sisters to those who died in the struggle,that we shall NO LONGER
>cower to any form of injustice from these villains who   hijacked our
>beloved country, kept us hostages, some of us forced to live in exile, put
>us into farther hopelessness and worst, solitary oblivion. We must not be
>subjugated into believing there is nothing we can do. You, you and yes can
>can make that different, but we must back our words with some actions. Now
>is time! Sign the petition, Now! (o-:)
>
>                                                       Mr Makaveli (o-:)
>
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