The President is the Nation and the Nation, well, no longer matters. How else do we explain the story below, if indeed it is true? Baba Holiday Declared For Naming Of President’s Son By The Gambia Journal Dec 30, 2007, 18:52 Banjul, The Gambia Journal GRTS radio announced that the office of the President at State House, has declared Monday December 31st a public holiday in honor of the official naming ceremony of baby Muhamed Yahya Jammeh. It is the first time the birth of a living baby is being officially celebrated in The Gambia. In the run up to the celebrations, one of our Banjul correspondents wrote, a wave of sycophancy, as never seen before, is being displayed, with prominent personalities, state departments, parastatals, private businessmen and companies and institutions competing with each other in the sizes of gifts and donations to President Jammeh. They have bought up all newspaper space to send congratulatory messages on the occasion. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤