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Letters
to the Editor
Thanks
for your article on your brief interaction
with me when I visited
Atlanta
,
Georgia
last March.
From
all indications you are passionate about
this issue of Out-of-Country Voting. I
should therefore like to recount to you
some moves we made on this matter when I
served as Chairman of the ULAA Board,
initially during the national presidency
of Mr. Arthur Watson and lately during Mr.
Wettees term.
It
was ULAA, under the Watson administration,
that grasped the need for Liberians who
are in these
United
States
to vote in the general and presidential
elections in
Liberia
.
To give momentum to this effort,
ULAA mobilized prominent individuals, key
media institutions, and ULAA member
chapters to push the cause.
To give major boost to the effort, ULAA
linked up with the European Federation of
Liberian Associations (EFLA).
I
can still recall the involvement of
individuals like Mr. John Morlu, II (now
Auditor General), Ciata Victor (Webmaster
of The Liberian Connection), Mr. Dionysius
Sewbe, in sensitizing the public on the
issue.
We
held several teleconferences to exchange
ideas on strategies and approaches.
At the height of it all ULAA
dispatched National President Arthur
Watson to Monrovia where he held direct
meetings with the Elections Commission
Chairman Francis Johnson-Morris and her
Commissioners, Transitional Chairman Gyude
Bryant, Governance Reform Commission
Executive Director Toga McIntosh,
Ambassador Jacques Klein, U.S. Ambassador
John Blaney .
The
Union Leadership also had rounds with the
International Foundation for Electoral
systems (IFES) and the International
Organization for Migration (IOM), all of
which were very responsive to the idea. At
the end of all this, ECOM Chairman Francis
Johnson-Morris sent ULAA a letter of
response in which she practically outlined
the impossibility of the OCV becoming a
reality during the 2005 elections.
I
have attached some of the documents so
that you can update yourself on these
moves that were made by ULAA..
It was unfortunate that we did not
get our way the first time around.
We however have continued to fight
for this worthy cause.
In
his recent visit to the
United
States
,
ECOM Chairman James Fromayan was a special
guest of ULAA at the National Leadership
Council Quarterly Meeting, under the gavel
of National President Wettee, in
Trenton
where the issue was again re-introduced.
We hope to continue on this path.
You
can rest assured that our commitment to
this case did not come only at the time we
stepped forward to vie for the ULAA presidency.
It is a cause we hold dear and a
cause we will fight for whether we are at
the helm of ULAA or not.
Greetings!
Anthony
V. Kesselly
267-825-0488
A
brief summary of life in Liberia from an
eyewitness account
05/05/08
Hello there Sungbeh,
Its been a while since we communicated.
Well, I am as busy as a bee here in this country.
Its been like that since I landed. The
hustle is not easy, but that's the only
way you can make it here.
Just to give you some insight of what
it is like here on the ground. For one
thing, I have never seen so many white
people in Liberia since I was a boy. The
sad thing about it is that they are all
under the big umbrella of
"NGOs."
That says one thing to me, and that
money is really here in Liberia but only
for the NGO's. They have the best of our
country, they live in the best areas, have
all Suv's with Liberian drivers, house
boys, nanny care takers etc. Now tell me,
who is really benefiting from the
re-construction process?
The whole thing in all of this is
that you cannot really blame these folks
because we as Liberians permit this to
happen, and we just exist in our own
country from one day to the next making no
provisions for the future. This is typical
with all the Liberian businesses; medium,
small and the common street vendors.
Every venture is instant gratification or
no business at all. Make profit instantly
from every sale or deal.
One Black American friend I met a few
weeks ago was on his way back to the
states told me point
blank..."Liberians are not yet ready
for business" He came here with
excess of a million dollar to invest in
the oil palm business, making various
by-products from palm nuts from oil to
soap, to even canning and bottling the oil
to sell in supermarkets around the world.
But his contact here in Liberia who is a
"G-man| wanted 30% up front before
the deal could go thru. Can you imagine he
brings nothing to the table because this
man financed his way here willing to bring
in all the equipment and technical
know-how in order to start the venture.
But here is our man, wanting 30% up front.
He is now back in New York by now.
Then in the construction business. Wow,
that's a big mess. The Lebanese bring in
all sub-standard goods here, and one has
no choice in the matter but to be a
voiceless consumer. A common wheelbarrow
lasts less than one month, and even at
that you have to re-enforce it with steel
bars around it. The common linoleum for
floor is as thin as a sheet of paper.
There are absolutely no building codes,
let alone qualified persons to enforce the
law here. People just build sporadically
anywhere, and everywhere. Whether in an
area marked off as an alley, in wet lands,
swamps, etc.
They way they do it here is that they
build the house first, then they do a
make-shift road to the house. No
perception of drainage system, underground
utilities, detention pond. As a matter of
fact, there is absolutely no detention
pond in Liberia, nor people who understand
the need for one. When these things are
brought up, they tell you..." my man
you better leave those people thing alone
before you create enemies for
yourself.." as was the case when I
did the inspection of the Tucker bridge
back in January. Till now the only thing
that has been done is that they put a
fresh coat of paint on it. But the main
structural components are still in a
fatigue state. This is typical with all
bridges in the country and the ones that
haven't crumbled as yet but on the waiting
list to crumble.
Then the idea of fixing the roads have
dwindled down to re-surfacing only, not
widened or built properly to accommodate
the population growth. Then there is the
issue of work ethics. There is a common
saying here now that if you want your work
to go on well without delay and cost over
runs, do not hire Bassa people to do your
contract. This was my worst experience
with them and I learned it the hard way. I
mean those Bassa guys are really lazy.
They ask for food everyday on the job, one
bag of rice, one 5 gallon tin of oil, and
a box of smoke fish. In addition to that,
you must pay their way to and from work
daily. They come in at 9:30 am, eat from
12:00 noon to 1:00pm and then want to quit
work at 5:00 pm.
With a crew of 18 men you get
approximately 42 blocks laid per day,
Imagine a job with 4,000 blocks how long
that would take, plus what it would cost
to feed and transport them to and from
work? And they want you to buy the tools
for them to work with also. Now can
you actually say that we are serious about
business?
Well, I will stop here for now but will
follow this up later, OK? Just wanted to
give you a brief idea of how it is here.
A concerned Liberian businessman on the
ground.
Goodbye
to Kendaja National Cultural Center? Why?
Mr. Editor,
So, the land have been sold? Does
this include the burial
grounds used on the property? Many,
many people are buried there.
Are the people who presently live there
being compensated for their
land, and are they being taken care of
properly? Or are they going to
be like the people who inhabited West Point
who were displaced in the
late 70s after the flooding in their area?
Nuku w
Chicago
Remembering
what he said decades ago, vs. what he did
later, and what we added to the debate
Mr. Sungbeh:
I just read your short
commentary of February 14, and I'm writing
here to compliment you for the points you
made. This is a discussion that needs to be
brought to the public square. Good luck, and
God bless.
Charles Nance
Unprecedented
and Frivolous
What a nice piece Mr.
Sungbeh? If it were not for peace within
the
community, I would recommend that Sue be
made to pay any damages that LAMA may
incur because of her action.
Remember that we went through this same
period of event when Charles
Sirleaf left office. The community went
down until Mabel Greene was elected to
revitalize the association. In fact Mabel
was able to set up a committee to help
bring the community together at that time.
Again, thanks for your very educational
and informative piece.
Happy Holidays to you and your staff.
Mansuo Bouquia
Mr. Sungbeh,
This is an excellent piece of writing.
I think the officers need to meet
separately to discuss among themselves
their position on the issue.
The Ministers' committee that met with
the Williams' family today did
not represent the Community well, and
I am happy that it was voiced by so
many.
Will keep in touch. Thanks for
the in-depth analysis of the
situation.
Regards,
Walter Skinner
In response to Abdoulaye W. Dukule's
'RANT'
Journalism,
friendship blurred...The Perspective and an American
paratrooper - Part I
Mr.
Editor:
I am briefly responding to the 'RANT' Dr.
Abdoulaye W. Dukule, Associate Editor of The
Perspective.org, an Atlanta-based online
media vented on your site. I will share with
the readership of Liberians in the Diaspora,
the UNPROFESSIONAL, UNETHICAL and YELLOW
JOURNALISTIC practices of this one-time
advisor to the Chairman of the Interim
Government of National Unity (IGNU), Dr.
Amos Sawyer.
In Part II
of 'Journalism, friend blurred...The
Perspective and an American paratrooper', I
will make available to your audience the
countless emails exchanges that occurred
today (Dec. 11, 2007) between Dr. Dukule and
I; in what I have termed 'A NEW LOW' in his
professional career - if there is any left.
Mr. Editor, what Dr. Dukule termed as
'TRASH' ('Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Advocacy
for (AFRICOM) in Liberia and The
Progressives Propaganda'), has been
published by the following online media: THE
LIBERIAN DIALOGUE, THE LIBERIAN FORUM,
FRONTPAGEAFRICA, TLC AFRICA and THE LIBERIAN
TIMES (Nov. 2007). I will strongly recommend
that the good old DOCTOR do a thorough
research prior to writing or better yet, launching
an attack. I want to believed somehow,
old Doc just doesn't get it.
Mr. Editor, thanks for allowing our voices
to be heard and not yielding to CENSORSHIP,
CRONYISM and YELLOW JOURNALISM. Let me be
very clear, there are some excellent
writers/reporters at The Perspective.org and
certainly, Theodore Hodges comes to
mind-'FAIR AND WELL BALANCED' in his
reporting. Take a look into your mind's eyes
and imagine having Dr. Dukule at the
Ministry of Information in
Liberia-CENSORSHIP will be his hallmark.
Masu Fahnbulleh
In
response to Masu's fabrication
Journalism,
friendship blurred...The Perspective and an American
paratrooper - Part I
I
read a posting by Mr. Masu Fahnbulleh
where he tries hard to bunch people
together in what he terms as progressists."
Masu seems like a desperate young man who
is searching for fame at the expense of
others, either he knows them or not,
either he knows anything about them or
not. He seems obsessed with "making
sense" when he actually has nothing
to say. He talks about the progressists
being against AFRICOM and he associates me
with the progressists. The contradiction,
a major one, is that I was among the first
writers to support the idea of
AFRICOM. Nyanseor whom he calls my protégé,
is against AFRICOM. Nyanseor is the
publisher of theperspective.org and he is
my elder, he has been in the US long
before me and I only met him once in my
life. If anything, I should be the
protege of Nyanseor. One has to have the mind
of desperate man like that of Masu to make
such claims.
It
is rather unfortunate that Mr. Masu
does not attempt to publish the article he
submitted to me but rather writes
about my comments. I still have a copy of
that article and I dare Mr. Masu to have
it published in any reputable and
respectable publication.
I
am well tempted to express my
disappointment but then again, Mr. Masu
has a few life lessons to learn and I
won't be the one to teach him. All I can
say is that as Associate Editor of
Theperspective.org, I will always try to
stop trash from getting published in our
pages. We don't care who he writes about,
as long as it not trash!
Mr.
Masu sounds very much like someone looking
for a job whenever and if AFRICOM goes to
Liberia. To do that, he doesn't need
to fabricate lies on others. Next, he will
be finding "communists" and
"terrorists" everywhere in
Liberia and justify why he should be
there.
Dr.
Abdoulaye W. Dukulé
Associate
Editor, Theperspective.org
Editor's Note:
Our
Mission Statement and our record of 5
straight years of providing hard-hitting, back-to-back biting analysis of the issues
in our country, without fear or favor speaks
for itself.
Our Mission
Statement clearly states:
"The
Liberian Dialogue is a non-partisan,
issue-oriented web magazine whose mission is
to provide a forum that will facilitate the
healthy exchange of ideas among Liberians
and others in discussing the future of our
country. We at The Liberian Dialogue will do
our best to provide you with insightful
commentaries from all angles, even from
those whose views we may disagree with,
simply, because we want to encourage the
free flow of ideas that will be a catalyst
for democracy in Liberia one day."
By carrying
Mr. Masu Fahnbulleh's article, we lived up
to our Mission Statement and our commitment
of being a non-partisan publication
that is open to all views. Does that mean we
are not reputable and respectable? I doubt
it seriously!
We are proud
of our record, and we can match that record
against any "reputable and
respectable" on-line or off-line
Liberian publication anywhere, because The
Liberian Dialogue is beholden to no special
interest.
Tewroh-Wehtoe
Sungbeh
Editor's Note:
This will be
the last response to this particular article from the
individuals, to be published by The Liberian
Dialogue. Others are encouraged to respond
if they are willing to do so.
Tewroh-Wehtoe
Sungbeh
Who
supervises Chief Justice Johnnie N. Lewis?
Mr.
Sungbeh,
I
think the behavior of the Chief Justice is
something that needs to be a concern of all
Liberians. But the quick call to change the
law just because of one person is not the
right way to go.
Also
calling for the President intervention is
also wrong - you know very well whether for
good or bad reasons, the President should
keep away from the Judiciary. With the state
having some very high profile cases in front
of the court, you will not want for the
President to be admonishing the Chief
Justice.
It
is the Legislative Branch that has the
authority to impeach or reprimand the Chief
Justice and I did not see a mention of that
in your article. You and others have rightly
called for not a too power Presidency, I'm
just surprise you are calling on the
President to be the all powerful President.
She just can win with you guys and gals.
D.
Smith, Mpls, Mn
Editor's Note:
Smith,
Did I call on the president to fire the
Chief Justice? I don't think
so. I asked for presidential intervention;
for the president to
speak on the issues regarding press freedom
and the recent abuse and intimidation of
journalists by Chief Justice Johnnie N.
Lewis. I made a plea for a national
referendum to possibly get rid of this guy,
and I also made a call, if possible, to
rewrite the clause in the Constitution
regarding lifetime appointments to the
Supreme Court, to make it easy to get rid of
people like Johnnie N. Lewis. If there was
ever a reason or a time to rewrite the law
regarding lifetime judicial appointments,
this is one.
T.W. Sungbeh
George
Kiadii is my father, I am looking for him
My name is Elliott M. Kiadii. I am the son
of George Kiadii. I would like to thank
everyone who helped me get in contact with
my father. I appreciate the support. I
gave all thanks to God first, then the
editors of The Liberian Dialogue for
posting my letter, and also all the other
people who called me trying to help me
gain contact with my father. I appreciate
the support. I did get in contact with my
father, Mr. Kiadii and we have spoken on
the phone many times now, and also I try
to stay in contact with him through
e-mail. My mother's health still is not
the best, but my father has promised me he
will try everything in his limited power
to help me. He has sent me some funds to
help me stay in school. I just pray that
he will be able to help me more. I
sometimes feel like a burden to him, but
unfortunately this is my last resort. I
want to be successful and sometimes you
have to humble yourself and utilize your
resources. I am still very eager to see my
father face to face. I am however starting
to understand why people speak so highly
of my father. Please continue to keep me
and my family in your prayers, especially
the relationship between me and my father.
He is a good man, I want you to know that!
And I truly appreciate everything he has
done for me as of late and as stated
before I hope and pray he will continue to
help me through college. Again I say thank
you.
Elliott M. Kiadii
Open
letter to Pres. Sirleaf: The expiration of
TPS, and president's lobbying efforts to
stop possible deportation of Liberians to
Liberia
Dear Mr. Editor,
Mr.
Patrick Savice made a good
observation in his little piece. I have
been holding such view about begging US
government for us to keep staying. But I
better not hit too hard at this issue
because I am not home yet. Patrick made
his observation and cleverly advanced
suggestion. However, he is living in
Brazil. Will Patrick begin the process by
returning home now?
Thomas Kai Toteh
Patrick J.D. Savice's response to
Toteh
I am glad you and I are on the same
page.
I hope, God's willing to share a
bottle of Club Beer or cafe with you on
my return before Christmas.
May the Almighty be with you and yours.
Patrick J.D.Savice.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
National
examination decision unfair to students
Editor,
I have read almost all of the stories on
The Liberian Dialogue, and to some extent
agreed with you. Thanks for all the points
made. However, what can Liberians in the
United States do in making sure our
country's educational system is once more
better than what it used to be? Over the
years, I have noticed Liberians outside of
our country only talk but do not help the
system. By this time, you should be able
to understand the quotation, "Deeds
not Words. I wish I would hear that the
editor of The Liberian Dialogue is coming
to Liberia to help in areas which he has
problem with.
Wiah S. Toby
Paynesville, Liberia
Get
rid of the Ministry of Information
Editor,
You are a great writer. I came across an
article "Get rid of the Ministry
of Information" on the main
campus of the UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA,
written by you (A TYPICAL LIBERIAN).
I was captivated by your smartness as
indicated by your analysis of the topic
under consideration. You are right and
right again. The Ministry of Information
only stretches its muscles on government
favored issues and concede those negative
initiatives of government. Keep up the
good writing.
EDMUND M. ALLEN
Student of Economics and Mathematics
UL
Open
letter to Archie Williams, Director of Civil Aviation: What
are you afraid of?
Mr. Editor,
I have followed
the developments in Liberia before and after
my arrival in the United States of America.
Liberians have traveled all over the world
yet and still we tend to make the same sad
mistakes over the years.
When will
Liberians learn from their mistakes?
We lost over 500,000 lives and we are not
still God fearing to correct those mistakes.
Let state some of the examples; putting
unqualified personnel in high positions,
corruption human rights abuses, sex for
favor of employment, misplacement of
qualified personnel in other areas of
government, nepotism, sectionalism,
tribalism, etc.
I have read and
listened to people coming in and out of My
Mother's Land to note with dismay that we
Liberians are not yet ready to start the
process of genuine PEACE in the country.
The TRUTH and RECONCILIATION COMMISSION is
dead before delivery. When will we
learn. How can qualified Liberians return
home when we have corrupt officials all over
the place.
I hold my peace
for now.
Thank you very
much.
Sylvester
Barjolo, Sr
Worcester
Massachusetts
A
traveling President Sirleaf and a toothless Press Union of
Liberia
Mr. Sungbeh,
Thanks
for the nice piece on the "Traveling
President and a Toothless Press Union of
Liberia." The Liberian Press is an
embodiment of the "Great Rip Van Winkle
Syndrome" ("Rip
Van Winkle" means either a person who
sleeps for a long period of time, or one who
is inexplicably (perhaps even blissfully)
unaware of current events*).
With Universities and Colleges in
Liberia
offering journalism degrees, we still have a
mediocre press in the country. Most of your
articles reflect the views of some of us who
desire to see a new and productive era in
Liberia
.
Liberia
remains a sleeping giant in several aspects.
There seems to be a natural conversion to the
"Rip Van Winkle Brigade" when
so-called Liberian political activists join
government. The performance of the Justice
Ministry and the Judicial System, including
some other Ministries, is a reflection of the
"Rip Syndrome". It seems that
Liberians are still sleeping in
Liberia
! We need to wake up from mediocrity,
incompetence and corruption! A Country that
does not know the quality of food its
residents eat, the quality of water its
citizens consume, and knowledge about the air
residents are exposed to, ought to be ashamed
of itself. We find place to bury the dead, but
we choose to disperse our wastes
indiscriminately.
Liberia
faces a disastrous future in terms of the
consequences of neglecting the impacts of our
economic activities. Yes, "our eyes are
closed". "The struggle has been
permanently abandoned" in favor of
"sleeping", self-pursuit and
survivalist tendencies. Again, thanks and
let's remain awake and rev up the struggle!
Thanks
George
Fulley Siaway
Washington
,
D.C.
The
"Doctors" the "Professors"
and Counselors at law
Dear
Editor:
I
read you articles / postings a lot and want
to say thanks for the good work of
enlightenment. The most recent one about
“Doctors” and how it used in
Liberia
is really sad.
But
this concept of “putting a handle to
names” – as we say it in
Liberia
has its roots grounded into
America
history during the heydays of slavery in
north America
when Blacks were stripped off of everything
including self –worth and even their
identity.
So
following the post-war era in these
United States
, the days of Blacks catching up, they
found their identity and value in things
such as academic degrees; church positions
such as Deacons; jobs, etc. As you know the
roots of our history, this ideology was
transported or imported into
Liberia
, and made good use of during the Tubman era
which has left an indelible mark on the
Liberian society.
You
are right about your observations. I
some times wonder about this too. And this
has nothing to do with down playing
education, but it seems as if when there is
no “handle” to your name than you are
nobody or than you have not achieve
anything. If our degrees were more than just
papers,
Liberia
/
Africa
would be a better place.
But
on the other hand, since they are “Paper
Hanging Decoration” (as some one calls
them in
Worcester
,
MA
) without positive impact on national
development, that’s why I believe during
the elections in
Liberia
, it was chanted “you know book, you
don’t know book, I will vote for you”!
Remember
Bruce Shirley says in his book, Church
History in Plain Language, “every
generation has a residue of the past and a
germ of the future. This is exactly the case
in
Liberia
.
Please keep up the courage to keep the
flag flying!
Yours,
Roland S. Weah
Knuckles'
resignation and presidential arrogance
Dear Mr. Editor:
I hope your desk is strongly editing
articles that are sent to your agency for
publication. The article by Mr.
Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh is nothing but a mere
repetition of words and sentences. The
arrangement of his paragraphs do not
make any sense at all. Mr. Sungbeh could
have written just one paragraph opposing the
president's acceptance speech on Knuckles'
resignation if he did not intend to use this
time to be so rude to the president. In the
first place, Mr. Sungbeh who seems to be a
long writer needs to understand that
paragraphs do not begin with
"and/And" I would assume that Mr.
Sungbeh is just looking for some
publicity as a young man coming up. There
are some issues that Mr. Sungbeh mentioned
(closing of a news agency for publishing
articles of sexual nature). Mr. Sungbeh
consider the action of the justice Ministry
wrong, if his research had landed him on
information as to what a publisher
can/cannot display in LIBERIA
would have given him a better sense as to
why the Justice Ministry took that action. Mr.
Sungbeh should be ashamed of himself if his
kids, or teen sister/s were to see
these kind of graphic display and still
think it was right to display them because
someone left them behind.
Korpo
Editor's
response to Korpo
Sir or Madam Korpo,
You did not say where in the English language
it says a
paragraph cannot begin with
"and/And." However,
what I noticed in your diatribe is another
presidential
supporter saying whatever he or she wants to
say to protect
a leader who is leading the nation into
dictatorship.
By the way, did you check the errors in your
little note to
the Editor? I want my daughter to be a good
citizen, at the
same time, I am opposed to censorship. Because
once a
government interferes with the publication of
materials, it
leads to state-sponsored draconian measures,
which spells
dictatorship. I noticed Liberians and their
presidents are
not used to hard-hitting criticism and
analysis of their
government. As a result, anyone who is seen as
coming on
strong on a sitting president is seen as
"rude." I am not
being rude to the president. I am analyzing
her policies.
Have a good day.
Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh
Knuckles'
threesome photo betrays trust of a loyal Pres. Sirleaf
Dear Mr.
Editor
I wonder sometimes how emotions can overpower reason and self-respect
in respectable men holding high offices. Ghosh, it chills my blood.
The guy had the audacity to record his cheap actions - demeaning a very
respectable office!!!. It reminds me of tales back in Africa of what young girls go
through in order to secure secretarial jobs in high offices.
This is so disgusting. He should be FIRED!!!!. This is a disgrace to
Africa. Sex is supposed to be a private issue, not a public affair.
What a shame.
I am glad that this issue was made public. The guy should be ashamed of
himself. If he has any sense of respect flowing in his
veins, he should
have resigned by now.
What a shameless act!
Evelyn Wamboye
Dear Mr. Editor,
I was taken aback by your decision to publish
the controversial "Knuckles'
Threesome" graphic photo on your Web
site. Even though you prefaced it
with warning, you could have darken sensitive
areas, or better yet, just
not published the photo. It was a clear
indication of your lack of
judgment. Others who visit your site could be
turned off by such
publications, especially, when it was not
necessary for you to have
published the photos in such graphic manner.
I know what your intentions were, but the
graphic nature of the photograph
was, in my view, unnecessary. Peace and
blessings!
Pianapue Kept Early
Richmond, Virginia
Dear Mr. Sungbeh,
It was disappointing for you to have posted
the sexually explicit photo of the alleged
Willie Knuckle's sex act on your web site.
Remember, your site is not only visited by
matured adults, but children who may visit
your site. I hope you will take it down and
don't be part of this national disgrace.
Thank you.
Morlu's
petition to impeach Pres. Sirleaf laudable,
but can the Liberian people stomach another
crisis?
On
the Arrest of Mulbah K. Morlu and
Governments Cancellation of all
Demonstrations
Like roaches, they
are hard to kill
Those
of us who are wise, and have some sense
of perception, know all too well that this
has all the markings, ideologies, wordings,
and MO of the "Wild Bunch" of the
late 70's, leading up to April 12,
1980.
We
must take notes, and govern ourselves
accordingly. For nobody knows what evil
lurks in the sick minds of failed
politicians, unproductive citizens, and down
right lazy people, who thrives on the
misfortunes of the innocent, and yes...
ignorant. PLEASE HELP TO SQUASH THIS BEFORE
IT TAKES ROOT. We have too much to lose
here, and we have come much too
far to start all over.
Mccritty,
Monrovia, Liberia
Why
resurrect Pres. Tubman's autocratic legacy?
Hello, I just read the fascinating
book, Inside Africa, by John Gunther. Of
course he spoke a lot about Mr. Tubman, a
mixed review based on even worse rulers. How
are things going, now? Roads, etc. Joe
Edward Mack
Disappointed
and disgusted
Sungbeh,
thank you so much for helping the work of
our hands in tackling the environmental
problems in Liberia.
Morris Koffa, Bowie MD
Mr. Sungbeh,
Greetings, it was nice talking with you over
the weekend. I was very happy to hear your
voice since I last talked or saw you in
the 90s and early 80s.
Also I am over happy to
have logged on to your web page and reading
some of your editorial postings. Thanks for
a job well done. Let keep in touch regularly
as times permit.
J.B. Weanquoi, Minneapolis, MN
"Annual
Krao convention rocks Georgia in finale"
Dear Mr. Sungbeh
How are you?
Thank you for attending the Krao
convention at Atlanta. I probably
shouldn't write you this but I feel
compel to do so. I am surprise about
your coverage of my speech. You gave
the impression that I attended
Georgia's Peach Convention.
My speech addressed issues -
achievements and problems - as well as
congratulated the Georgia Chapter for a
job well done. Yet you chose
sections that question my purpose and
ability as a national chair. I
guess, as a journalist, you have
the right to frame your articles from
your perceptive.
However, In my
view, your obligation is to be
fair and balance regardless of who the
players are. In my case,
you were not fair nor balance in reporting
what my speech was about.
At any rate, I thank you for your
attendance and hope you will be
kindler and gentler in your coverage
at our next convention.
Benedicta Satiah - Outgoing
National Chair, NKAA
"Annual
Krao convention rocks Georgia in finale"
Dear Sir,
In reading your coverage of
above-captioned, I was left wondering as
to whether the out-going national chair
remarks mentioned by you did not hold
any other significance than the obvious
salutation concerning Georgia's
peaches. Your commentary on that
portion of her rather extensive paper
begged the question what else(?).
After salutation did she say anything
else, and her comments on the death of a
predecessor, how in your mind did this
attach an importance to the
convention? Is that all you had to
report on someone who was giving an
account of two years of
stewardship? It would have been
better to have just left her
presentation out of your report.
I was at the convention, and your
placement of Mrs. Satiah paper is
totally your prerogative. However,
after you mentioned vote of thanks from
the host chapter's leadership, your
report was really exhausted. Alas,
your style! I still do not know
what you were attempting to inform the
readers about Mrs. Satiah's speech that
was not really about peaches and death
announcement.
Sincerely,
MY MAN
I see nothing wrong with a President giving
money to her citizenry. As you are aware,
Liberia is a society in which there is no
welfare, no philanthropist and the Red
Cross sells the donated clothes i.e. "dongafleh".
Therefore our people look to those in
society that have power and assumed wealth
i.e., Presidents, Bishops, Paramount and Town
chiefs as well as Superintendents to fill
that gap.
As a son of the former United Methodist
Bishop I know first hand how that works. My
father made it his duty to give a bag of
rice to the elderly in society. Further
every Christmas we killed a cow and divided
it amongst friends, neighbors, family and
the less fortunate.
Contrary to your belief I am not a partisan
nor did I vote for Ellen. I have no agenda.
However I must question your agenda! I was
the one seated by you at the town hall
meeting in Atlanta at the Four Seasons
Hotel.
GROW UP!
kulahb - Atlanta
"Presidential
candidate visits LAMA, brought message of hope "
Hi
Sungbeh;
Thanks
for the report from Wettee's meeting in
Georgia with the community. It gives
the public a very vivid picture of
what happened at the meeting from an
independent perspective. Good job for the
public's interest.
One
question before I go, did you have the
chance to eat some of the fine dishes the
Candidate brought from Ohio? (laugh).
Take care and let's stay in touch.
Slewion
"Acknowledgement"
Hi,
This is a note to let you know that I have
just reviewed your magazine. Thanks for
the great work and keep it up.
Occasionally, I will review your magazine
to get acquainted with your views.
Sincerely,
Thomas G. Johnson, Sr. - New York
"Congratulations"
Dear Sir /
Madam,
I visited your
excellent site and want to congratulate you
with this contribution to a
better understanding of Liberia and its
people.
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