I agree Suntou. He should have left.

 

Baba> Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:50:41 +0000> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Angry Laughter Revisited> To: [log in to unmask]> > Timely Baba. DK should have left no matter who persuade him.> > --- On Tue, 26/8/08, Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> > From: Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Angry Laughter Revisited> To: [log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, 26 August, 2008, 11:21 PM> > Dear Friends,> > Below is a chapter from my small book, Angry Laughter. It is a parody of Sir> Dawda's announcement at a PPP Congress in Mansa Konko at one point that he> was planning on retirement from government. Loony the fox had barely started> sneaking a greedy glance at the throne when this episode took place.> > Baba> > > What Talkmuch Dolittle failed to see and how he administered a historic test of> loyalty> > Meanwhile, Talkmuch Dolittle nonchalantly ruled on. As the years dragged by,> the aging king got increasingly divorced from the realities of the ordinary> animals of Smiling Forest. A thick wall of sycophants surrounded and shielded> him from the realities on the ground and fed him with multi-colored layers of> convenient truths about the state of the common animals. Everything, they told> him, was fine and dandy and that in fact, all the animals were ecstatic about> the qualities of his great leadership. Some animals, they reported, had gone so> far as to erect monuments in his honor to which they paid daily homage. He was> now a god, ever right, above error.> > The reality on the ground, however, was far from rosy. Living standards were> falling at an alarming rate and government corruption and redundancy were> rocketing at breakneck speed. Discontent over his apparent condoning of> corruption among top government officials bred ever-increasing bitterness among> the lower animals. Even traditionally quiet and apolitical animals like Toothy> the boar, Samo the elephant and Momba the tortoise became disenchanted with the> corruption-condoning policies of Talkmuch Dolittle. The fact that top officials> that stole and were found guilty of public theft were simply re-deployed to> other lucrative posts within the Smiling administration greatly angered the> animals. A thick cloud of resentment shrouded the bright landscape of Smiling> Forest.> > Also, Talkmuch Dolittle had grown old and increasingly senile. He had been in> power for far too long. The animals wanted a change of leadership and loudly> gossiped about the fabled king who developed a sweet tooth for power and forgot> his duties. And in spite of the fact that Talkmuch Dolittle became aware of talk> about change of leadership, thanks to the likes of Cheku the parrot and Chokie> the bush fowl, he never-the-less turned a blind eye and blind ear to all such> noises and convinced himself that he knew what he was doing and that all the> animals could do anyway was simply talk.> > One year, to test the loyalty of the senior members of his government, Talkmuch> Dolittle declared in one of his state of the forest addresses that he was going> to step down in a few months. He had, he said, served Smiling Forest long enough> and it was time to pass the baton of leadership on to a new younger generation> of leaders. He had no doubt, he declared, that Smiling Forest had great animals> who could take on the heavy mantle of leadership from his tired shoulders.> > While this historic announcement was greeted with applause from the majority of> common animals and a few top government officials, the greatest show was put up> by a number of animals who declared that they were totally opposed to any such> thing as retirement for the glorious leader. This pack, led by Chokie the bush> fowl, loudly wept and wailed and pulled their hair and begged the great leader> never to say such a thing again. Taking the stage, Chokie the bush fowl loudly> wept and called Talkmuch Dolittle father. He dropped on his knees and begged the> Great God Yallah to please change the great king’s mind. > > Saa the snake frantically hissed and wiggled and twisted and turned and loudly> wept and cried “my lord, my lord, please lord don’t go!” Jumbo the> peacock, generally quiet on account of his slow mind and overly preoccupied with> oiling and brushing his beautiful feathers, plunged into a stinking pool of dirt> and loudly wailed and dragged himself around, eventually falling into a> frightening swoon that could not fail to catch the attention of the great king> himself. > > Cheku the parrot wept so hard that he also swooned and had to be carried off> the grounds for urgent medical attention. Tan the vulture, Barr the alligator,> Njogi the owl, Bahi the crow and Sinbad the lizard all loudly wept and blew> their noses and pulled their hair to demonstrate their grief at the monstrous> prospect of the great king’s planned retirement. The myth that only Talkmuch> Dolittle was capable of ruling Smiling Forest had long been propagated in the> land, but that was the first time it was so strongly expressed. It was clear> that many of the animals feared change.> > In the light of such an outburst of passion, Talkmuch Dolittle announced that> well, he had no choice but to succumb to the wishes of the patriotic animals of> Smiling Forest to stay on and lead them unto more power and glory. A few days> later, most of the animals who wept and begged him to stay on, including Chokie> the bush fowl, Saa the snake and Jumbo the peacock were given big promotions> while those animals that did not cry or that applauded his planned exit were> demoted, marginalized or listed in the fabled Black Book, as opponents of the> great king’s infallible philosophy of Sweaty-Sweaty.> > _________________________________________________________________> Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces.> It's easy!> http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> 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]> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> > ����������������������������������������������������������> 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]> ����������������������������������������������������������

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