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TRC Liberia's only Hope to Bring to Justice Those Criminals That Destroyed Our Country.

Dear Brothers , Sisters, fellow citizens and countrymen and women it is great pleasure that I write this letter from Boston, Massachusetts to respond to current issues in Liberia most especially the recent report of the TRC. Liberians worldwide have been waiting to see if we can follow the footsteps of great nations like Ghana, South Africa and the like in promoting peace, stability, justice and unity. It is only through the legal process that those responsible for these acts can be brought to the rule of Law to face the consequences of their selfish acts which are perpetuated by their love for power, money and wealth. Those who promoted, facilitated and provided leadership in all its kind in the process of creating the 14 years civil upheavals that left about 300,000 people dead are now called upon by the Liberian people to resign from their current leadership function in the government and face justice. I know this is going to be a very difficult task to accomplish, because most of

A Response to Menker Casey article: Liberians Should Be Their Own Problems Solver

Dear Menker, Thanks for the exposition concerning your perception about how issues are currently been run in Liberia specifically looking at the current government political trends and leadership as well as some political parties that are still operating in the name of "Democracy" on lines of ethnicity, tribalism and nepotism. To be able to better reflect on your article, please permit me to past post your article within quote here: "The secret thing I discovered about Math class is, when a teacher is teaching applying short cut formulas or easier way to arrive at the answers, students think it's very easy to do math, but when ask to solve the problem it takes from sun rise to sun set. The above scenario is very common amount our educated people in Liberia. Some time when you read a profile for presidential nominee, you come to a conclusion that yes, every thing would go perfectly. Because he/she had been working in America or Europe in the very good system of govern

Liberia is Backyard of Slow Thinkers: A fate of Refugees in Ghana

The Editor, How can our leadership think so slow and not follow the pattern that the current leadership of J.A. Kofour and the military of Ghana have set in handling refugee issues. This is not the first time when the military invaded the camp. If you have been a refugee you will certainly know what it takes to be repatriated to a country that is totally devastated by civil war for about 14 years of which you have been out for almost two decades with property destroyed, parents killed or missing, and so on. On February 23, 2003 the government of Ghana through its leadership order the military and police to invade the Buduburam refugee camp on the ground the refugees are rebels and therefore have arms and were also training rebels to destabilize the government of Ghana. After about 12 hour search on the camp with all the men assembled on the soccer field that today the women held their peaceful and non-violent protest, and surrounded by armed soldiers with AK-47, German machine guns,

Letter of the Day: Arrest of Liberians in Ghana a Test of Democracy, Inefficiency

The Editor, Please let me take this opportunity to present a clear scenario of the factors associated with the current attitudes of the Ghanaian authorities in the .arrest of vulnerable, helpless and powerless women of the Buduburam Liberian Refugee camp which is located at about 45 minutes drive from Accra. First of all, let me take this time to correct Mr.Gbassay Golee and co-worker who previously wrote about the incident about the Buduburam refugee camp. The camp was established in October, 1990 when the first influx of refugees arrived in Ghana after the killing of President Samuel K. Doe in Monrovia. The killing of President Samuel K. Doe was an act that was master minded by the than leadership of ECOMOG under the directives of the Ghanaian peace-keeping force. So, the hatred that we are seeing today by arresting these peaceful women is something that is back dated from the very onset of the Ghanaian peace-keeping mission in Liberia. Notwithstanding, if an individual is under con

Letter of the Day: TRC, Liberians Need the Truth to be Unveiled!

The Editor, Thanks for your usual support to the Liberian people and international community at large for always making the voices of the voiceless to be heard about issues that is affecting our country, Liberia. Are we only concern with the confessions of only those killed during the 14 years civil war in a bid to gather the facts of what their roles were? Do we also need to bring to justice all those who supported the civil war by providing logistics, finance, moral and psychological support to the rebel factions during those period of civil unrest? It is true that Mr. Charles Taylor is currently facing trail in the Hague for war crimes committed in Sierra Leone. What about those who stood behind Mr. Taylor's large destruction of our youth by staging the civil war. I do believe that the person who supports a crime is as guilty as the one who committed crime. All should be brought to justice.If that is done, we will be finished with the matter and all will go to rest. We all

Joshua Blayee: Stop the Lies! Liberians Need Peace-makers not Story Tellers

The Editor Thanks for the opportunity to be able to once more air my position in respect to issues happening in Liberia most especially to the recent so-called "confession" made by Butt Naked who arrived in the country from the Buduburam Liberian Refugee Camp located at about 45 miles away from Accra, the capital of Ghana. I once lived on that camp for about 11 years ranging from 1995 to 2006 before finally coming to the United States in later part of December, 2006. Before I analytically criticize Mr. Blayee's so-called confessions before and during the 14 years civil war that we LIBERIANS went through, I must also be very frank to recognize his plight to settle the issues with his fellow Liberians regarding his involvement in the killings and senseless destructions that were carried out at the expense of the innocent people, because of greed, corruption, wickedness, extreme evil, hatred, greed for power and the so-called black magic which has so blinded him and his fol

Alcoholism and the Addictive Paradigm: Etiological and Epidemiological Perspectives

Theatrical Release Poster This paper examines, summarizes, and reflects on the connection between the addictive paradigm, alcoholism, and “alcoholic” family dynamics. These processes essentially feed into each other, addictive thinking is what allows alcoholism to develop, and alcoholism reinforces and strengthens the addictive thinking. An “alcoholic” family functions in a similar way, as each family member plays a role which he or she contributes to the sustenance of the dysfunctional dynamics and thereby the maintenance of the addiction illness. Key concepts in the addiction field, such as the addictive paradigm, and addictive system are defined and framed. The paper also describes the elements of an addictive family system. A paradigm is the social lens through which we view the world. It is compose of our belief systems, thoughts, and worldviews which subsequently shape our attitudes and behaviors. The addictive paradigm or “addictive thinking” is the lens through which