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Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]>
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Reprobate Haruinerding dipstick,

Yaa hesheww, keep farting old fart if it makes you happy.

Mboge

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> That wouldn't be up to you would it Mboge? Leave us alone to celebrate and
> commemorate our events. Olfactor do you celebrate Norway's independence? Or
> is there a hickup in that one too. With your attitude you'd think you will
> be taking the next flight out to Africa.
> Haruna. What an ingrate?
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 4, 2010 5:31 am
> Subject: Re: [>-<] Happy 4th of July everybody
>
>  Haruinerding,
>
> I hope not to celebrate anything with a reprobate like you.
>
> Mboge
>
>  On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>>  So Olfactor, do you celebrate July 2nd in any way??????? I'd like to
>> celebrate it with you. That'll be another holiday and you know how I like
>> holidays. Your note is well taken but consider that if it weren't for that
>> July 4th, July 2nd 1964 would not have been possible. You have to be
>> independent first in order to enact your own laws. We must hail America then
>> for demanding and gaining their independence from Great Britain. Gambia
>> demanded and gained her independence from Great Britain but we are still
>> enslaved I think. WHy do you get yourself worked up for no reason Mboge?
>>
>> Haruna.
>>   -----Original Message-----
>> From: Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sat, Jul 3, 2010 10:28 pm
>> Subject: Re: FW: [>-<] Happy 4th of July everybody
>>
>>   YJ,
>>
>> Thanks for the wishes, however, July 4th means nothing to me.  Had my
>> place of abode been the USA, i think it might be different.  4th July 1776
>> when Washington and his gang (America's Founding Fathers) declared
>> independence from Great Britain our lot (Africans) were not included in
>> the lofty claims of freedom and rights contained in the declaration
>> regardless of the fact that many Africans died in the war of
>> independence. African-Americans remained chattel slaves and unequal
>> citizens for many decades.  It took nearly 200 years for the lot of
>> Africans to become equal citizens.  This was not given on easily but was
>> attained through lynchings, sit-ins, boycotts and political activitism of
>> great men and women who demanded and took their rights from a fraudulent
>> democracy.  What made America great and democratic and maybe good for
>> immigrants today for me is anchored not on 4th July but on the Civil Rights
>> ACT enacted 2 July 1964.  This day symbolically is the day when all
>> Americans regardless of ones' hue really started to be independent from all
>> forms of oppression.
>>
>> For those of you who find meaning in July 4th I wish you an enjoyable
>> anniversary and may you live to witness many more to come.
>>
>> Happy July 4th to you YJ, family and friends.
>>
>> Mboge
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Y Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Koto Mboge, Haruna et al,
>>>
>>> I wish you all a happy July 4th celebration.
>>>
>>> Please find below a posting from Ansu and myself at the G-Post.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> yj
>>>
>>>
>>> *There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger.
>>> Fear and Worship only Allah alone!*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: RE: [>-<] Happy 4th of July everybody
>>> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 08:39:31 -0500
>>>
>>>
>>> Bro Ansu et al,
>>>
>>> Thank you for that brief history about the US. Even though some of us are
>>> from other parts of the world –the Gambia, it happens that we live here, and
>>> this becomes our home. Whatever good we wish our individual countries and
>>> people, we can only wish the same to America and the American people. That
>>> said, July 4th in my view is a measure of how far America has grown from
>>> the time of colonial rule from the British. Indeed a long way, America must
>>> have come.
>>>
>>> Needless to say, America is truly the land of Immigrants. Despite the
>>> lack of a perfect system, America is still the best today in terms of
>>> democracy, openness to immigrants, acceptance, diversity and tolerance of
>>> humanity. I understand that the likes of George W. Bush dropped the ball
>>> seriously, but still we hail America for its great achievements.
>>>
>>> Please enjoy Emma’s 1883 Poem. Verses of this great poem are also noted
>>> on the statue of liberty.
>>>
>>> *The New Colossus*
>>> **
>>> *Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame*
>>> *With conquering limbs astride from land to land;*
>>> *Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand*
>>> *A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame*
>>> *Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name*
>>> *Mother of Exiles.  From her beacon-hand*
>>> *Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command *
>>> *The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame,*
>>> *"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she*
>>> *With silent lips.  "Give me your tired, your poor,*
>>> *Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,*
>>> *The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,*
>>> *Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,*
>>> *I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"*
>>> **
>>> *By Emma Lazarus, New York City, 1883 *
>>>
>>>
>>> *93rd & 94th Day Combined, regarding Femi’s illegal incarceration*.
>>>
>>> We are reminded again that the people must live in peace without feeling
>>> any fear of harm or threats in their hearts. That is at least what the
>>> American Independence reminded us. For us to proudly celebrate freedom there
>>> must be true justice, a justice that guarantees every citizen or resident of
>>> that country of equality, justice and freedom. Can you imagine what happens
>>> if everyone abuses the little power you have at your disposal?
>>>
>>> Note: Lad, the microphone is back to you. Thanks for your constant
>>> reminders. Free Femi Peters Now!!
>>>
>>> I wish you all a happy July 4th Celebration.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> yj
>>>
>>>
>>>   *There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger.
>>> Fear and Worship only Allah alone!*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: [>-<] Happy 4th of July everybody
>>> Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 08:03:21 -0400
>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> To all Americans and residents of the United States, especially to
>>> members of the US armed forces, US State Department staff here and around
>>> the world, as we celebrate the 234th birthday of the United States, let us
>>> take a moment to think about the hundreds of millions who live under
>>> tyrannical and repressive governments around the world who are denied their
>>> basic fundamental right of speech and association - the very same rights we
>>> in the US take for granted.  Our prayers go to prisoners of conscience
>>> around the world whose only crime is to speak up against repression.
>>>
>>> Speaking of freedoms that we take for granted, here's a revealing
>>> anecdotal evidence of what I'm talking about:  I came across this story this
>>> morning in the *Talking Points Memo blog*:
>>>
>>> *Pop quiz: Who was emperor when the United States declared independence
>>> from China?*
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *Give up? *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *Perhaps you should ask one of the Americans who, when asked what
>>> country the U.S. separated from, named France, Japan, Mexico, Spain or, yes,
>>> China. *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *A new Marist poll<http://maristpoll.marist.edu/72-don%E2%80%99t-know-much-about-history/>shows that 26% of people in this country don't know that the U.S. declared
>>> its independence from Great Britain. That includes 20% who aren't sure --
>>> and another 6% who think it was another country. *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *Looking at the numbers more deeply<http://maristpoll.marist.edu/wp-content/misc/usapolls/US100617/July%204th_summer%20vacation/Country_From_Which_US_Declared_Independence.htm>,
>>> it appears the closer to 1776 you were born, the more likely you are to know
>>> the correct answer.
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *So enjoy the July 4th holiday, everyone, and don't forget to be
>>> thankful that we're out from under the yoke of our Mexican colonial
>>> oppressors. *
>>>
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