Mr. Jallow:

Then we must have met at the Gambian Welfare Association meeting.  Since we
live in Carolina, maybe, we can set the course.

Naphiyo,

Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh


On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 13:14:20 -0500 Abdoulie Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Mr. Jassey,
>
> Thanks for your input regarding my response to
> events that are haunting our
> country lately. Unity is the utmost word that
> everybody seems to talk about
> and yet nobody seems to device a plan aimed at
> achieving it. Gambian
> politicians would be very hard to unite under
> one platform since almost all
> of them are egocentric. They will tell you all
> day and all night how they
> will fulfill the aspirations of Gambians, and
> yet they do the exact
> opposite once they ascend to the throne. That
> is the very reason why I am
> fed up with Gambian politics.
>
> To make one more correction, I actually don't
> go to the University of South
> Dakota as you mentioned. The other Abdoulie
> Jallow does. I instead attend
> North Carolina State University. Hope we do not
> create much an identity
> crisis.
>
> --Have a great day everybody.
> --Abdoulie A. Jallow
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:41:45 -0800, Jassey
> Conteh
>  wrote:
>
> >Mr. Jallow:
> >
> >Thanks for your candid response.  Since our
> abiltiy to rescue The Gambia
> can
> >only happen if we are united, we must initiate
> policies that may have
> positive
> >effects on our country.
> >
> >I wish you the best in your studies.  I
> noticed that you at the University
> of
> >South Dakota.  I am glad that you are reaching
> new horizons.
> >
> >Good luck.
> >
> >Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh
> >
> >On Mon, 9 Dec 2002 13:59:21 -0500 Malanding
> Jaiteh
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Mr. Jallow, you may not be aware of this but
> >> someone brought to my attention
> >> that we now have two Abdoulie A. Jallows.
> That
> >> is perfectly alright with me
> >> since your mail headers can tell the
> >> difference. However, some G-lers may
> >> not have the ability to tell the difference.
> As
> >> such we ask you both to find
> >> ways to differentiate yourselves. Thanks.
> >>
> >> Malanding Jaiteh
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> >> list
> >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> >> Behalf Of Abdoulie Jallow
> >> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 12:46 PM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Gambia In a Downward Spiral
> >>
> >>
> >> Mr. Conteh;
> >> Thank-you for the brilliant analysis of what
> is
> >> happening on the grounds in
> >> our dear motherland. You couldn't have said
> it
> >> better. The Gambia is in a
> >> desperate situation yawning for someone to
> come
> >> to the rescue.
> >>
> >> As you rightly pointed out, prices of basic
> >> commodities are skyrocketing at
> >> an alarmable rate. The dalasi, which use to
> be
> >> Gambia's pride in the sub
> >> region due to it's stability, is now nothing
> >> other than a laughing stock.
> >> Gambians would rather be in possession of
> >> physical commodities than the
> >> dalasis. Businessmen would in the same way
> be
> >> rather paid in foreign
> >> currency than the dalasi. What makes this
> >> situation even worst is that
> >> salaries have not been adjusted to makeup
> for
> >> the rising prices.
> >>
> >> T
> >> he Gambian youths are the one that are most
> >> affected by these
> >> developments. Jobs are unavailable and yet
> >> still the government is on their
> >> ass daily accusing them of being lazy and
> >> aimless. Education is at its
> >> darkest moments in the Gambia. Teachers are
> >> underpaid and under
> >> appreciated. The only hope left for our
> youths
> >> is to find a way out of the
> >> country and seek heaven somewhere else even
> if
> >> that means having to put up
> >> with all the woes that go with being an
> >> immigrant in a foreign land.
> >>
> >> What makes the situation in the Gambia scary
> is
> >> that the government is
> >> either ignoring or failing to acknowledge
> their
> >> bad economic policies. In
> >> an effort to shift the real debate of the
> >> economy from Gambians, the
> >> government resorts to intimidation and
> >> suppression. Being a realist, I know
> >> very well that those tactics would work but
> >> just for a short period of
> >> time. The government will have to face the
> >> reality of their bad policies
> >> one way or
> >>  the other. Which begs the big question,
> what
> >> if anything can be
> >> done to alleviate the situation in our
> country.
> >> The answer to that question
> >> is what everybody on this list seems to be
> >> failing to address in a profound
> >> manner.
> >>
> >> Some people call for unity in the
> opposition.
> >> That we know is almost
> >> impossible. The opposition in The Gambia
> seems
> >> to be more in opposition
> >> among themselves than to the government.
> Some
> >> call for some form of revolt.
> >> We also know that would in essence be a long
> >> way from accomplishing
> >> anything. So now that we've talked the talk,
> >> it's about time we walk the
> >> walk. Whatever that walk would entail, it
> would
> >> be up to every one of us.
> >>
> >>
> >> -----------Have a great day
> >> everybody---Abdoulie Jallow
> >>
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