Under Pressure - Mistaking Apples for Oranges Amidst the Vandals' Bushfires....

If a half dozen Pakatan Rakyat State Assemblypersons from Selangor cross over to Barisan Nasional, and what happened to Perak also happens to Selangor, would he still be a jolly good fellow?
- RPK, For he’s a jolly good fellow, No Holds Barred

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Link to Full Lyrics of "Under Pressure"

"It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher high high
Pressure on people - people on streets
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
but it's so slashed and torn
Why - why - why ?"

It appears to me that RPK is under immense pressure and "needs to write a few things to straighten things out".
With a few charges against him in the courts and mourning the passing of an Aunt, sometimes I really wonder how RPK copes on a day to day basis. The pressure must definitely be nerve wreaking and mind boggling.

There have been a few signs of "coping methods" embraced by RPK.
First it was the Che Guevara style - complete with the cigar & then the Cap. Probably it was to "feel the revolutionary spirit" or whatever. Next came the angry statement of "a bullet" in the previous post. Maybe it was a sign of frustration at trying to put out the many bushfires that are being started by "vandals".
As such, of late RPK has come up with a few statements which weren't exactly what MT is about - at least IMHO ... but then again, he may be trying to get his audience thinking again (as opposed to the many sickeningly unthinking commenters we see these days, who laud everything RPK says). It may be that he was just courting controversy, so as to provoke discussion.

Nevertheless, the pressure RPK is under, is just as heavy as that which plagues DSAI. I think both of them are showing signs of the stress involved in putting out the ever increasing bushfires lit by the "vandals".
It is at times like these that we need to stand by our leaders - for a friend in need, is a friend indeed.
Let is sing them "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow", despite the bad press in the MSM.
Let us help them ride this wave of bushfires ....

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(The following was my comment on MT in the above mentioned RPK's column ...)

"Knowing you guys and gals you will smear my cousin to kingdom come."
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Indeed Pete - clarity of thought should be the order of the day. So I say - you've gone on a tangent, and lack the very clarity required here!

If the DAP/PAS/PKR farts don't smell so sweet to you at all times, why then do you carry the flag of all these parties (on the Barisan Rakyat banner) at all times?
They may have signed the people's declaration for political expediency, but they don't exactly walk the talk at all times - Hassan Ali, Zul Nordin, that Manicka clown and the "Songkok issue man" are some to note. moreover, they back down, at the first sign of controversy!
(My hats off to LGE, Karpal & LKS though ....)

Then you go on to say, "They aspire for an Islamic State and since some of you do not agree with this you feel that Pakatan Rakyat is better off without PAS. Many also do not support HINDRAF because they fight on a Hindu platform. Even Indians of Muslim or Christian persuasions do not have nice things to say about HINDRAF.

Well, to that, Pete - I'll say damn those guys who say that their kinda fart alone smells sweeter than all the rest! Period. There is no premise for sectarianism in the People's Declaration!

As for the office of the heads of state, is created by the real rulers of a state - the government. The legitimacy of it lies with the people- and hence, the people have a right to dispute a judgmental error.
The onus is on the one who occupies the seat/office to maintain its credibility, and preserve its integrity against all odds, to uphold the constitution upon which it depends. The respect the office commands depends on the conduct of the office-bearer, and not his bloodline, heritage or "god-ordained rights"
So there is nothing wrong in questioning a flawed judgment, and praising a good call.

So - about Perak and Selangor ...
You're comparing apples & oranges, Pete!
These are two different scenarios - one was about the installation of an illegal govt. The other was simply "advice" sought.

Without a doubt, HM Sultan Azlan Shah may also have personally been a "victim of circumstances" just as much as the Perakians. and it isn't necessarily him personally that the people condemned, but the office of the Sultan - the institution that was abused by "hidden hands" at work.
Whatever said and done, the head of state cannot "fire" his MB - he may only select the candidate he feels, commands the majority in the assembly - and the argument about the "Interpretation Act" which Shad Faruqi highlighted is flawed. The MB can only be "fired" by a vote of no confidence.

Hence, I have no doubts whatsoever that the people would be pissed off should the office of the Selangor Head of State commit an indiscretion to the same effect - and it may not necessarily against your cousin in his personal capacity.
That it is your cousin who occupies the seat, is incidental.

As for KJ, we all know what he's done, and the reputation he has as a "wormtongue" and how sweet his dog-breath is when the situation calls for it ..... but of course there are always people who believe that it's cool to jump into a barrel of shit, to clean it from within, while hoping to come out smelling like roses.

Come what may, despite my difference in opinion, I'll still sing "For he's a Jolly Good Fellow" for you - becos of what Malaysia Today has given to the people.
So let's have some clarity over apples & oranges, and not get petty - passionate or not.