1. 03-07-2009 01:04

"Convicted of Our Mission..."

1. ["We further remain convicted of our mission] to cement relationship with the entire Liberian opposition community and at the same time pushing forward for an alliance that will wrestle power from the hands of the [current corrupt Liberian regime."] 
 
1. In all sincerity, I went to the dictionary to find the word convicted. For i thought, it it meant something else, you know words can be tricky right? But no, it was wrongly used. Now given that the press statement was really short i dont see how the bright minds at the CDC who want to restore Liberia greatness got that one wrong. And don't bring that, 'you know it was a mistake thing or error...wont buy it...this is a national party. 
 
2. Could the CDC have done better than the current Liberian government in fighting corruption? While the fight against corruption remains an uphill battle, give Sirleaf some due respect for making enormous efforts, these gains made under the UP may not readily show in a country where the fight against curruption has never been waged and where it is a culture engrained in society...Come on CDC you could have done better!

2. 03-07-2009 08:49

"Convicted of Our Mission..."

The meaning of this word as follows... to impress with a sense of guilt. This word is used in the right place because the Tubmans' hands is in blood... slavery, ritualistic killing and racism against the Liberian people... WEAH is teaming up with, the million dollar question is between WEAH and late president Tolbert who is the Native.... or WEAH is just another politician who just want power and riding on the Native Man ticket.. or is he soft on CRIME..

3. 04-07-2009 12:26

I am disappointed

Gerry Doe, 
Unarguably, you are an inspiring person. But, I have to be straight up with you. I am very disappointed in your chairmanship and the men you're selling to us. From my recollection, you were staunchly a Weah proponent, but your flip in recent weeks is beyond my imagination. If I weren't a nice guy, I'd call you a flip-flopper. 
 
Gerry, vice-presidents are usually looked for after a candidate has won a primary. It is premature to select a teammate when the game hasn't started. You know that! Why are you and others trying hard to shove the Tubman-Weah coalition ticket down our throats? Why? 
 
Tubman may flip when his election is assured. You do not know whether he could pull such a stunt, neither can you read his mind. Weah is a neopyhte, but his chances of making it to the top are better without Tubman. I will tell you now that the Tubman-Weah alliance is not victory-assured.  
 
There are many factors that come into play. Tubman has not been able to identify with the masses as Weah has. This is a known fact! Tubman is a member (as you know) of Liberia's upper class who will ignore the poor during his presidency.  
 
I am not crazy. I know Tubman better than you! Have you gone to Harper city before? Mrs. Doe-Sherrif, in politics, games of destruction and domination are played in order to get ahead. Sometimes, some politicinas are so skilled that they'll dress themselves up in sheep skin. That's the name of the game....politics. If Weah does not become president of Liberia, no one will be blamed but you and the insiders who made the decision to merge with a man whom none of you know profoundly. What's really going on with you guys?  
 
The political fire in me has been turned off because of this strange merger. Well, I will leave it up to you and the insiders. I am sure that my fire willbe enkindled when a new candidate emerges.  
Goodbye Weah and Gerry!

4. 05-07-2009 16:25

A Man Called Tubman

1895–1971, president of Liberia (1944–71). As a young man he was a lawyer, a collector of internal revenue, a teacher, and an officer of the Liberian militia. He was elected to the senate in 1923 but resigned in 1931 after a League of Nations investigation found Liberia (governed by Tubman's party) guilty of selling its people into slavery. He was reelected to the senate in 1934, but he resigned again in 1937 to become an associate justice of the Liberian supreme court. He was elected president in 1943 and took office in 1944. He was reelected several times, with the help of constitutional amendments, serving until his death.

5. 05-07-2009 16:35

Tubman

Gargar, 
That man, Tubman, did not graduate from college. Where did he obtain his law degree? Because of his poor background in education, he denied the Liberian natives of the ability to develop their expertise. He failed Liberia miserably.

6. 05-07-2009 17:03

Tubman

NAO, late president Tubman got his Law education from Home (tutor)

7. 05-07-2009 18:11

Tubman

Right on, Gargar!  
That explains my point. Whereas, Tobert found it fit to go to college (Liberia college), Tubman was tutored at home. What a rotten deal? 
 
By the way, do you know his tutor's name? Where did his tutor obtain his law degree? 
Now, my point has been made. 
 
Bye Gargar.

8. 05-07-2009 21:01

Self Educator

I am not comparing Tubman to any of those listed below. Only pointing out that there is nothing wrong with home tutoring. 
My favorite is Abraham Lincoln,probably one of the most famous "Self Educated". 
I admire the man for his anti-slavery stance. Lincoln, "who did not hunt, drink, use tobacco or gamble..rejected in a region dominated by Jacksonian Democrats and swept by religious revivals. Lincoln adhered to the Whig Party and never joined a church. 
Having received almost no formal education, Lincoln embarked on a quest for learning and self-improvement. He read incessantly, beginning as a youth with the Bible and Shakespeare. During his single term in the House of Representatives, his colleagues considered it humorous that Lincoln spent his spare time poring over books in the Library of Congress. The result of this ''stunning work of self-education'' was the ''intellectual power'' revealed in Lincoln's writings and speeches. 
Former South Korean President the late Roh Moo-hyun, a self-taught lawyer. He gave up on going to college after graduating from high school in 1966, but taught himself to pass the bar exam in 1975. 
 
Beatrice Mayo practiced law in Maine for more than half a century before retiring in 1994. But she never spent a day in law school. 
After high school, Mayo went to work for an attorney in Augusta and took an interest in his law books. She took the bar exam in 1940. 
Barry Melton, lead guitarist and co-founder of the 1960's counterculture band Country Joe and the Fish, dropped out of college in his freshman year during the Vietnam era to become a self-described "full-time anti-war dissident (with a guitar)." 
While on the road with his band, he took a correspondence course in law and was admitted to the California bar in 1982. He now heads the public defender's office in Yolo County. 
 
Self-taught lawyer Frank Harding, who was state attorney general from 1955 to 1959, and George Emery, who became a Superior Court justice in 1930. 
 
The state also has at least one self-taught lawyer still practicing: Arthur Peabody, who put in a three-year apprenticeship under an attorney in Portland that served as a springboard to a 52-year law career. 
 
Peabody got his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth and was planning to go to Harvard Law School, where his father had studied. But when he learned there was a waiting list for admission, he decided to try the apprentice route. 
 
At 85, Peabody continues to work part-time, although he plans to retire in August."

9. 05-07-2009 21:55

Self Educator

Even up to today's date, we have home school students graduating with GED,AA,BS,BA,MA and Doctrate degree and they are productive citizens in their community.

10. 06-07-2009 07:59

CRUEL WORLD

No matter what that prick was he was racist, ritualistic killer, enslaved Liberians and up held democracy.

11. 06-07-2009 15:56

CRUEL WORLD

The argument Mr. Nao is making, is during the err of Tubman many Liberian were not allow to school and get smarter than Tubman those that were smart were sent out of the country as ambassadors, only those people who never when far in school were giving higher jobs and smart foreigners were giving opportunities in employment. 
 
during the Tolbert err that nonsense were cut off if you were director in public office and were not a university graduate off the the job, this encourage many Liberians to go school to obtain high school certificates and university graduates. Liberianisation policy were right on trick for equal employment opportunities for all Liberians, government reduce university fees. 
 
Plus, every police officer must obtain a high school certificate. the next step was every soldier should obtain high school education, during that time those high school graduate who enter the military had good chance to progress and those that wanted to go to school were allow to do so and get paid.

12. 07-07-2009 00:07

CRUEL WORLD

May his soul rest in peace! 
Tolbert was indeed the best president Liberia ever had. He had a vision for Liberia, and he was doing what was needed to move the country forward until master killer Doe came along.

13. 07-07-2009 01:30

CDC Soighyee!!!!

Let’s take time yah. Let’s reflect. Didn’t Bro Winston make a public pronouncement that he along with MaEllen and Bro George are not eligible to run in the upcoming election 
reason being that the past election were special? Hmm…So why has he been flizzing from one political party to the other? Perchance(being a UN operative someone probably pinched him) he anticipated MaEllen’s fall from her tree and spied a chance to swing for a transitional period. After all he’ll only need a li’l bit-o-time to accomplish his fantasy of a multi-racial Liberia and Bro George would become eligible for yet another special election. Wait na, you tink the UN has been playing it by ear, that they’ve invested such a massive effort without a multi-leveled plan? OIO-Operation in Operation yah… 
 
YOU MAY THINK YOU’RE SMART BUT THE ONE WATCHING YOU IS SMARTER

14. 07-07-2009 08:24

reply post#13

I tell you this what the U.N did in Sierra Leone by making their man president will not work here in Liberia.

15. 07-07-2009 08:39

correction to post#10

I meant to say Tubman hijack democracy in Liberia.