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Dedicated to Zac (1964- 1993).
Rest in Peace Brother .....
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Dedicated to Zac (1964- 1993).
Rest in Peace Brother .....
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Saturday, 31 October 2009
Friday, 30 October 2009
Racism 101 in "Higher Education" Ministry's "Earthmen" Policy.
The ministry said in a reply on July 14 that Undau’s appeal was turned down because “the candidate is categorised as non-bumiputra (father is Iban and mother is Chinese)” based on a definition used by the Student Intake Management Division, Higher Learning Department and Higher Education Ministry.
Their definition is as follows:
1• If either parent of a candidate is a Malay who is a Muslim/Orang Asli as defined in Article 160 (2) of the Federal Constitution, the child is considered a bumiputra.
2• Sabah – If the father of the candidate is a Malay who is a Muslim/native of Sabah as ...defined by Article 161A(6)(a) of the Federal Constitution, the child is considered a bumiputra.
3• Sarawak – If the father and mother is a native of Sarawak as defined under Article 161A(6)(b) of the Federal Constitution, the child is considered a bumiputra.
-Marina, you’re no bumi
Their definition is as follows:
1• If either parent of a candidate is a Malay who is a Muslim/Orang Asli as defined in Article 160 (2) of the Federal Constitution, the child is considered a bumiputra.
2• Sabah – If the father of the candidate is a Malay who is a Muslim/native of Sabah as ...defined by Article 161A(6)(a) of the Federal Constitution, the child is considered a bumiputra.
3• Sarawak – If the father and mother is a native of Sarawak as defined under Article 161A(6)(b) of the Federal Constitution, the child is considered a bumiputra.
-Marina, you’re no bumi
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Here are the implications of the above "1-Malaysia" "education" policy:
(before you start, bear in mind that under the Umno's Ketuanan Melayu definition, West Malaysian "Bumi" genes are supposedly superior)
1. If you're from West Malaysia and a Malay/Muslim/Orang Asli, your children will definitely get "earthmen" status and enjoy the economic benefits - that's even if you're a second generation Malaysian like Khir Toyo (and some say, even Mahathir!)
2. If you're Sabahan, then only your son's genes can carry your "earthmen" status - the women can go fly kites if they don't marry a Malay/Muslim/Sabahan native. Sorry, darlings - Mr. 1-Malaysia (through the "education ministry") says that you just ain't good enough ....
3. You Sarawakians - you're just screwed bigtime!! ALL children of intermarrying couples LOSE their "earthmen" rights.
4. Consequently, there'll be an increase in West Malaysian "earth" genes running around, while there'll be a proportional decrease of those in Sabah, and more so in Sarawak - that's provided you subscribe to Umno's racism, and become a racist bigot who would only seek partners in your own community.
So much for our "higher education"; so much for Malaysian unity .....
(before you start, bear in mind that under the Umno's Ketuanan Melayu definition, West Malaysian "Bumi" genes are supposedly superior)
1. If you're from West Malaysia and a Malay/Muslim/Orang Asli, your children will definitely get "earthmen" status and enjoy the economic benefits - that's even if you're a second generation Malaysian like Khir Toyo (and some say, even Mahathir!)
2. If you're Sabahan, then only your son's genes can carry your "earthmen" status - the women can go fly kites if they don't marry a Malay/Muslim/Sabahan native. Sorry, darlings - Mr. 1-Malaysia (through the "education ministry") says that you just ain't good enough ....
3. You Sarawakians - you're just screwed bigtime!! ALL children of intermarrying couples LOSE their "earthmen" rights.
4. Consequently, there'll be an increase in West Malaysian "earth" genes running around, while there'll be a proportional decrease of those in Sabah, and more so in Sarawak - that's provided you subscribe to Umno's racism, and become a racist bigot who would only seek partners in your own community.
This is such an excellent method of segregating the population, while perpetuating the "divide and rule" policy of Umno/BN - you start them young, at school level. Make them learn that they have to be racists if they want to "progress" under the BN rule.
The "higher education" ministry can also save lots of money and educational opportunities, which can be diverted to nincompoops who end up as drug addicts, corrupt bureaucrats or Umno's mindless minions.
It is also a good policy to make east Malaysian give up their rights, while they allow themselves to be dominated by minority community of racist, or allow themselves to be dominated by West Malaysian "earthmen".
The "higher education" ministry can also save lots of money and educational opportunities, which can be diverted to nincompoops who end up as drug addicts, corrupt bureaucrats or Umno's mindless minions.
It is also a good policy to make east Malaysian give up their rights, while they allow themselves to be dominated by minority community of racist, or allow themselves to be dominated by West Malaysian "earthmen".
So much for our "higher education"; so much for Malaysian unity .....
"1-Malaysia", my axe!!
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Now Playing in Sabah:- The Ketuanan Gambit.
Talk about the people finding it difficult differentiating PKR from UMNO,
you have here the classic example of how similar both parties are.
A snake sheds its skin, that’s all.
For the question of who should lead PKR Sabah,
Ketuanan KL has tromboned Ketuanan Rakyat.
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The euphoria of the 080308 electoral "victory" is dead and the reality is now setting in - Anwar is the party, and the Party is Anwar. What Anwar says, goes - the Rakyat be damned.
The euphoria of the 080308 electoral "victory" is dead and the reality is now setting in - Anwar is the party, and the Party is Anwar. What Anwar says, goes - the Rakyat be damned.
Just 18 mths into creating history with the help of non-PKR members and after one by-election slaughter, Anwar is already backsliding on his Ketuanan Rakyat rhetoric, and PKR appears to be on the verge of a "nervous breakdown".
Does this guy take precedence over the Rakyat? Maybe he's hoping that Malaysians with stunted memories will forget Zul's antics .... but Zul just keeps reminding us that he can do what he wants, and that Anwar is a political wimp when faced with mullah-wannabes!
Or maybe .... just maybe - Anwar wishes to have an Islamic "syura" with wish he can rule with dictatorial powers? After all Zul Taliban has already proposed that the Federal Constitution be amended to make it subservient to the syariah.
Did I hear silence from Anwar or what?
Listen Anwar, if you have ears - Zul Taliban, the intellectual amoeba - has to go!! There's no two ways about that!! And you gotta learn to work with the Sabahans, instead of trying to get them under your thumb.
They don't trust you ever since you kick-started the Umno rule and destroyed their autonomy. Sabah is that much poorer culturally and financially ever since. It is time you seek redemption in their eyes, rather than dictate terms to those you betrayed in the past. Learn to work with the leaders of their choice - and not your's!!
Be thankful that they're willing to give you a second chance.
Anwar better get it into his grand scheme of things - that the people will drop him and his charisma like a hot potato, if he believes in going back on his word. The people would rather not risk political turbulence for more of the same - and mark my words, they'll slaughter PKR/Pakatan Rakyat at the ballot-box in the next elections.
The choice is your's to make Anwar - work with them and save Malaysia, or kiss PutraJaya goodbye and let Malaysia be damned - the people are quite ready to abandon you, if you and your party cannot be disciplined on principles of justice!! (It is what I wrote about in Discipline and Reason, Is All It Takes.)
If that were to happen, you will go down in Malaysian history as the biggest political joke, even if you were persecuted by your rivals - for having made a wrong turning at a critical juncture.
By the way things are going in PKR, it looks like Anwar is set to take the starring/ lead role in an upcoming movie called "A Black Eye- Episode II" ......
Zorro has declared that the above logo of Ketuanan Rakyat will be removed from his sidebar - until ".....I GET THE MEANING OF WHAT ANWAR MEANT WHEN HE SAID:
“No way in hell will I have Jeffrey as chief”". What was Anwar thinking? That he & his desire for power takes precedence over the will of Sabahans? Does he not know that it is not for him to dictate terms to Sabahans, and that it is his duty to work with those whom Sabahans wish to lead them?
Maybe Anwar misses the power he wielded as the Umno DPM in the "good ol' days" before the black eye ....... and Haris had this to say, "My source in Sabah tells me that Thamrin is an Anwar loyalist and his appointment will not go down well with the division chiefs and the PKR grassroots in Sabah".
So it is now manufactured leadership - as in the Umno/BN cronyism/nepotism ......
Another factor seems to hang in the air, he appears to be hesitant where taking disciplinary action against racist/religious bigots like Zulkifli Noordin is concerned. What's with this "endless love" he has with Zulkifli Noordin? Has the individual become more important than the general well-being of the party and country?Maybe Anwar misses the power he wielded as the Umno DPM in the "good ol' days" before the black eye ....... and Haris had this to say, "My source in Sabah tells me that Thamrin is an Anwar loyalist and his appointment will not go down well with the division chiefs and the PKR grassroots in Sabah".
So it is now manufactured leadership - as in the Umno/BN cronyism/nepotism ......
Does this guy take precedence over the Rakyat? Maybe he's hoping that Malaysians with stunted memories will forget Zul's antics .... but Zul just keeps reminding us that he can do what he wants, and that Anwar is a political wimp when faced with mullah-wannabes!
Or maybe .... just maybe - Anwar wishes to have an Islamic "syura" with wish he can rule with dictatorial powers? After all Zul Taliban has already proposed that the Federal Constitution be amended to make it subservient to the syariah.
Did I hear silence from Anwar or what?
Listen Anwar, if you have ears - Zul Taliban, the intellectual amoeba - has to go!! There's no two ways about that!! And you gotta learn to work with the Sabahans, instead of trying to get them under your thumb.
They don't trust you ever since you kick-started the Umno rule and destroyed their autonomy. Sabah is that much poorer culturally and financially ever since. It is time you seek redemption in their eyes, rather than dictate terms to those you betrayed in the past. Learn to work with the leaders of their choice - and not your's!!
Be thankful that they're willing to give you a second chance.
Anwar better get it into his grand scheme of things - that the people will drop him and his charisma like a hot potato, if he believes in going back on his word. The people would rather not risk political turbulence for more of the same - and mark my words, they'll slaughter PKR/Pakatan Rakyat at the ballot-box in the next elections.
The choice is your's to make Anwar - work with them and save Malaysia, or kiss PutraJaya goodbye and let Malaysia be damned - the people are quite ready to abandon you, if you and your party cannot be disciplined on principles of justice!! (It is what I wrote about in Discipline and Reason, Is All It Takes.)
If that were to happen, you will go down in Malaysian history as the biggest political joke, even if you were persecuted by your rivals - for having made a wrong turning at a critical juncture.
By the way things are going in PKR, it looks like Anwar is set to take the starring/ lead role in an upcoming movie called "A Black Eye- Episode II" ......
Thursday, 22 October 2009
The Stinking Scams - "Are We Cowards as a Nation, or a Nation of Cowards"?
Today, I'm posting Art Harun's entry on Facebook, with my comment and that of Michael Lui - which is in essence what I wish to say. (I apologize for not writing as usual due to other pressing engagements.)
1 Scam!!!
1 Scam!!!
Two Acer laptop worth RM9k were bought by MARA for RM EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY , the Auditor General reports.
Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) paid RM84,640 for two Acer Aspire 5052 laptops when the price for each was RM4,500, revealed the Auditor-General's Report.
The Balik Pulau Mara Higher Skills Institute also paid RM40,830 more for 15 Hewlet Packard P3005X laser printers and RM3.45 million for 450 Dell Precision desktops -grossly above market price and out of production now.
They also bought teaching manuals worth RM358,476, which were never used.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/115526
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Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) paid RM84,640 for two Acer Aspire 5052 laptops when the price for each was RM4,500, revealed the Auditor-General's Report.
The Balik Pulau Mara Higher Skills Institute also paid RM40,830 more for 15 Hewlet Packard P3005X laser printers and RM3.45 million for 450 Dell Precision desktops -grossly above market price and out of production now.
They also bought teaching manuals worth RM358,476, which were never used.
http://www.malaysiakini.co
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What say YOU, Kadir?
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Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
-Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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-Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Allow me to respond to Kadir Jasin
I have said this before and I will say it again. Sabah and Sarawak control 56 parliament seats out of a total of 222 seats in parliament. If you want to form the federal government you must first win a sizeable number of seats from Sabah and Sarawak. If not, then dream on.
NO HOLDS BARRED
Raja Petra Kamarudin
Today, A. Kadir Jasin’s article called ‘Zaid, The Hurricane Hattie Of PR’ confirms quite a bit of what I have said in the past, which were pooh-poohed as unfounded rumours and lies. I would like to address some of the points in his article (marked in italics) and bring you back to the points I had made over these many years, which now appears to have been confirmed by Kadir Jasin.
I just love it when I can say: I told you so
He was among the intermediaries used by Umno to reacquire and appropriate its vast assets taken over by the Public Trustee when the party was deregistered in 1988.
I was with the late Datuk Bakar Daud of Kuala Terengganu at the height of this crisis. He lamented that Umno Bahagian Kuala Terengganu was heavily in debt with the bank and was about to lose their Gong Kapas building. The other seven Umno divisions in Terengganu were also facing the same problem.
I went to meet Ahmad Sebi Abu Bakar to inform him of Umno Terengganu’s dilemma and the financial crisis the eight divisions were facing because all their assets had been frozen by the Registrar of Societies and the Public Trustee.
It is not just Umno Terengganu, Ahmad Sebi replied, but Umno all over Malaysia. Even the Umno headquarters building may face auctioning if they can’t solve the problem of Umno’s frozen assets.
It had been the practice that all assets of Umno were registered in the name of Umno. But now that Umno had been deregistered, all these assets had been frozen. The liabilities, however, were not frozen. And since all debts were personally guaranteed by the division heads, treasurers, secretaries, etc., the banks were chasing these people in their personal capacity. Letters of demand were being sent to the guarantors, not to Umno, which no longer legally existed.
Invariably, a huge team of lawyers was engaged to unravel the massive and extremely complicating financial mess. And, as Kadir Jasin, said, Zaid Ibrahim was one of these lawyers, although he was not even an Umno member yet at that time, according to Kadir Jasin.
And I am sure every lawyer who acted for Umno would have made a lot of money, not only Zaid. But Umno was desperate. They would not mind paying whatever it cost to get them out of the mess they were in. I would have whacked Umno for 30% of the assets if I were a lawyer and had been asked to solve Umno’s financial mess.
You paid a lawyer to get a job done. He did it. And you paid the agreed fees. Why now bangkit (resurrect) all this as if you were cheated? Kadir Jasin is making it look like there was some hanky-panky involved here. Even if Zaid did get rich solving Umno’s problems, good for him. That is the kind of man I would want as our leader, someone who knows how to get rich because he happens to be smart and not because he happens to have come out from the right pussy and receives a Bumiputera status because of that.
But that is not the issue. What is would be that Umno learned its lesson. So the new party called Umno Baru did not repeat the mistake of the old party by registering all its assets in the name of the party. Instead, the assets were registered in the name of the President, Deputy President and Treasurer as trustees of the party.
What we should focus on now is where are those assets? We are talking about billions here, and they were registered in the name of trustees, not in the name of the party. Can Kadir Jasin please address this and raise the right questions as to where those assets currently are?
And other than the trustees, what about the proxies? Umno used proxies to park its business interests. Are these interests still in the name of these proxies? And if so where is the money? Remember, PLUS, MAS, TV3, NST, Utusan, DRB-Hicom, etc., etc. etc.? What role did these proxies like Tan Sri Yahya Ahmad, Halim Saad, Shamsudin Abu Hassan, and many, many more play?
The lawyer’s job was to unravel the mess. The assets belonged to the old Umno. Then they were transferred to the new Umno. But the new Umno appointed trustees and proxies to hold these assets to avoid history repeating itself in case the new Umno also gets deregistered for any reason. But did the pagar eat the padi?
Yes, Kadir Jasin, let’s talk about that now.
But he disappointed the Umno higher-ups very early in his career when he failed to deliver his party-endorsed speech on the Ruler and the Constitution during the 1992 Umno General Assembly at the height of the 2nd Constitutional crisis. He chickened out less than 10 minutes into his speech.
Ah, my favourite subject, the Constitutional Crisis. Let us see what Kadir Jasin wrote: when he (Zaid) failed to deliver his party-endorsed speech on the Ruler and the Constitution during the 1992 Umno General Assembly at the height of the 2nd Constitutional crisis.
Zaid is Kelantanese, as Kadir Jasin reminds us, and the Kelantanese love their Sultan. Go stand in the middle of Kota Bharu and shout obscenities at the Sultan and see what will happen to you.
Anyway, the point here is that there was an orchestrated move by Umno to whack the Monarchy good and proper. Kadir Jasin confirms this. And Umno has the gall to accuse the opposition of not showing respect to the Sultan?
For your information, the opposition was against the 1992 amendments that eroded the role of the Constitutional Monarchy. The Rulers may have their shortcomings but at least with Parliament, the Judiciary and the Monarchy, Malaysia would have four branches of government. Now we only have one, the Executive. And one branch means we have a dictatorship.
The opposition was more concerned with the institution of the Monarchy rather than the Rulers as individuals. The Rulers may have their failings, as do many Members of Parliament and Judges as well. But we can’t remove these three Institutions just because the people in the institutions fail us. Instead, we remove the people and replace them so that the institutions can do the job they were set up to do.
Nevertheless, the bottom line is, Kadir Jasin admits that Umno was behind the move to whack the Rulers. So Umno can stop screaming about the opposition being kurang ajar towards the Rulers.
When he was in Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s cabinet, his mission to reform Umno and the Judiciary put him at odds with fellow ministers and Umno leaders.
So now Kadir Jasin admits that Zaid’s mission was to reform Umno and the Judiciary. And because of that he was at odds with his fellow ministers and Umno leaders: meaning the other ministers and Umno leaders were against reforms.
I don’t know whether Kadir Jasin realises this or not but he has just given Zaid a reformist’s image and the ministers and Umno leaders as anti-reforms. Did Kadir Jasin not realise that in one swoop he has painted Zaid in a positive light and the ministers and Umno leaders in a very negative light?
Having publicly urged the Yang di-Pertuan Agong not to appoint Mohd Najib Abdul Razak as Prime Minister, the only honourable thing for him to do was leave Umno when the former was made PM and became Umno President.
And Zaid was against Najib talking over as Prime Minister, says Kadir Jasin. And Zaid did the honourable thing and resign, says Kadir Jasin. I don’t think I need to say more to this.
In a recent interview with Malaysiakini, he spoke confidently about the alliance’s so-called Common Policy Framework (CPF) as if he was the spokesman.
But that is just it. Zaid IS in charge of getting Pakatan Rakyat registered plus to explore a common platform for this to happen. So what’s the beef?
He is supposed to be on a six-month hiatus from politics yet he gave a lengthy interview to talk about a very important development in the PR in the very state that he was forbidden from going -- Sabah.
I have said this before and I will say it again. Sabah and Sarawak control 56 parliament seats out of a total of 222 seats in parliament. If you want to form the federal government you must first win a sizeable number of seats from Sabah and Sarawak. If not, then dream on.
Zaid knows this even if the rest of Pakatan Rakyat still has its head buried in the sand. Zaid went to Sabah because many from amongst the opposition and civil society movements told him to go. One or two leaders at the top may have other ideas. But as far as the people, the voters, are concerned, you listen to us and not to the party leaders.
Let me make this clear. The dog wags the tail, not the tail wags the dog. Pakatan Rakyat must do what we say. We call the shots. The people are the boss.
If Pakatan Rakyat wants our support and our votes then they should listen to what we say. And we don’t want internal bickering, and inter-party and intra-party fighting.
Some Pakatan Rakyat leaders are acting like spoiled brats and immature school children. They allow petty things and their overblown egos stand in the way of the bigger picture.
Kadir Jasin may not know this, but it was we, the voters, who sent Zaid a very strong message. And the message was if he does not go to Sabah then we are going to kick his arse. My wife, in fact, told Zaid: don’t fuck with us. You do that and we are going to whack you.
Zaid had no choice. It is not what the PKR leadership wants that counts. It is what we, the voters want that matters. And we wanted him to go to Sabah. I even told Zaid to send Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan my love and kisses. Zaid replied, love yes, but no kisses, especially not in front of so many people.
So Kadir Jasin, that is my response to your piece today.
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
"Aiksss. Terasa ...."
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For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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The above is an oft quoted proverbial rhyme which we should take note of. It was what I quoted, when asked to be direct in my response to an article "ARROGANCE IN POLITICS", on Anthony Eng's Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/no
So, one needs to understand the reasons for the author's sentiments, before one can see through the shallowness of it all - and once revealed, it would be quite quite clear to the reader, that all the apparent righteousness is simply ignorance or hypocrisy at its best.
The arguments used by the writer, rest on just one premise - interference into the business of "cari makan" by authorities, whom he supported for the sake of "cari makan".
When the coup d'etat took place in Perak, the writer/publisher was a very strong supporter of the status quo - the reason being, "we need to cari makan", "life has to move on" etc etc. The question of morality was brushed aside using the rationale of legality of it all. The mandate of the people, was considered irrelevant - as long as he could "cari makan".
Money and "legalism" took precedence over morality, ethics, democracy and humanity. They who supporters of Zambry's immoral goverment and the illegitimate speaker of the assembly, today lament the lack of investments and impossibility of businesses to run unimpeded, blaming "Arrogance in Politics" - which they themselves supported so as to fill their belly, while selling their soul.
So I ask - who is it who is exhibiting the arrogance? Is it the supporter of the arrogance, or the politicians? Was it not they who asked for it? Did you not just give up your rights for that pie in the sky, hoping that your rights where irrelevant?
How is it that you believe that you reserve the right to express dissatisfaction over an immorality, when you insist on pursuing the immorality of selling away your rights to the arrogance of power?
This is the conflict that many face in making their choices - they wish to condone an immorality, but complain when faced with the reality of it all, some time down the line. They wish to conveniently forget - that "the wages of sin, is death".
So don't complain - unless you wish to makes things right, and stand for righteousness.
The following were our exchanges in the above mentioned article:
Cruzeiro Dc
I'm curious .....
When people do not see the shame in supporting an immorality for the sake of financial gains, it makes no sense for them to complain of arrogance, does it?
If man gives up his humanity, what then does he deserve?
Rewards?
Anthony Eng
aiksss.terasa.
Vijay Kumar Murugavell
Did any of you read this ?
Why the Pakatan Rakyat government was brought down in Perak http://mt.m2day.org/2008/c
Though RPK writes based on inference and is silent about his sources of info (given the potential of sedition and lese majeste charges) it is a plausible scenario.
... Read More
Like I said , there will be endless speculation until fresh polls are called......
Anthony Eng
again, with the issue of fresh elections in Perak.
Vijay Kumar Murugavell
@ Anthony, I do not see a way out of this conundrum, if you do, please tell me ?
Cruzeiro Dc
Vijay - the blind don't see what bites them. But they always complain of the pain.
Some don't mind lashing out at a different target, believing that it's fairgame - as long as they don't get hurt.
Anthony Eng
Bro, be direct lar. always indirect. Depan mali, jangan belakang mali.
Cruzeiro Dc
Anthony - the make the wrong request, you get the wrong answers.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
The issue isn't the "mana Mali ...? It is "Mana Pigi...".
So- "quo vadis", Anthony?
PS
It is much appreciated that Anthony put down the "Aiksss. Terasa" comment.
;-)
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Friday, 16 October 2009
Discipline and Reason, Is All It Takes.
"PKR, DAP and PAS must be buried, and buried deep.
But from the ashes of PKR, DAP and PAS must arise Pakatan Rakyat,
the legendary phoenix rising from the ashes.
The next election, whether it be another by-election or the next general election,
must no longer be about PKR, DAP or PAS. It has to be about Pakatan Rakyat."
-RPK, "Over To You Zaid"
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But from the ashes of PKR, DAP and PAS must arise Pakatan Rakyat,
the legendary phoenix rising from the ashes.
The next election, whether it be another by-election or the next general election,
must no longer be about PKR, DAP or PAS. It has to be about Pakatan Rakyat."
-RPK, "Over To You Zaid"
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So said Pete.
Does he really mean it? That we have to disillusion the electorate who voted one way or the other, and rock the non-BN parties? Although Pete's got the idea, I seriously doubt that he meant it literally- that's a little extreme/ idealistic I would say. What RPK is doing here appears to be, endorsing Zaid's idea of complete multiculturalism - a good idea, which Malaysians (the politicians, actually) indoctrinated by 50 yrs of Umno hegemony and the siege mentality/ghetto mindset, aren't quite ready for. That is the sad fact.
But then again, what he could have meant was - that they have to seek more common ground, rather than harp on the differences - as PAS (read Hasan "Beer" Ali/ "Concert" Nasrudin) and PKR (read Zul "intelectual amoeba" Nordin) insist doing, like they were Khir Toyo's Umno members. Meanwhile, (take note, Anwar, LKS & Hadi!) -I suppose those higher up the party ranks should not impede the progress of the ambitious younger ones in the party.
PR is of course busy riding the wave of discontent among the people, while ridiculing the Umno/BN regime (and little else). It has escaped them, that they should be busy consolidating their positions on gained ground through a better party/alliance hierarchy, and start thinking big. While BN as a coalition may be rocked to the core with the increasing irrelevance of the major allies, Umno is trying it's its best to regain the high moral ground using all the tricks in the book - state resources included.
No offense guys ...
I think it's about time PR cool off on the Umno bashing, and concentrate on sustainable coalition building. C'mon ... gimme a break - at least Umno knows that they are screwed!
Does Pakatan/PKR/PAS/DAP know that? Either they do and don't give a fig, or the leadership is blind as a bat (well ... at least bats aren't so bad, in that they can manage with their hearing).
As long as they (PR) keeps behaving the way they do - there's some truth in calling them strange bedfellows (as everybody with some gray-matter would) who would feign cooperation, in their lust for political power.
They (BN) may not be able to win the love of the people - but they can quite easily make the people hate PR and its ideals (and they're doing just that, while PR is busy strutting away). They're masters at creating discord among the any opposition - it is how they've ruled since the post-513/Razak BN days. They don't just divide people, they even divide institutions and political parties - it is what makes them tick. Meanwhile, they give an impression of united BN, even if they're at each others' throats behind the scenes. It is what kept them going for for 38 years (not 63 as some 1-Malaysia posters may say).
Now - has Pakatan Rakyat been able to do that? NOT one BIT!!
PR's problems reflect their myopic view of Malaysians and the greater malaise within- they don't even understand each others' common ground and the people's wants (more so, those in Sabah/ Sarawak), and hope to rule effectively?
They're united only in opposition to a greater evil- BN/Umno, but divided among themselves (more so where the fascist little mullahs of PAS are concerned - take note, Hadi).
To top all these bickering, we of course have the little-mullahs within PKR and PAS who wish to show their chest thumping religiosity and arrogance by calling for the banning of this and that. They seem to believe that the cloak of religiosity can wash away the sins of economic decadence & corruption - or else, they'd be more concerned about the poverty, instead of liquor, women's skirts and concerts. As for DAP, well, I suppose they could show greater empathy for the dispossessed, instead of just harping on the idiosyncracies of their political opponents, while having dinosaurs themselves.
Then we have this very annoying semblance of either indiscipline or helplessness in the leadership - they don't seem to be able to reign in their own members for flouting the ethical standards and giving the impression of discord within their parties. We have Nasrudin screaming MLTR and Beyonce, Hasan Ali barking out "Alcohol", and Zul Nordin blabbering about some religion being "threatened" (despite evidence to the contrary) and attacking public forums. None of them have yet to be taken to task, reflecting their helplessness (although spun as being a sign of "freedom of expression"). It appears that if anyone has a desire to be "feared" - he just has to ride the "little-mullah" bandwagon, and the leadership would have their balls in their throats!
A consolation though - PKR managed to shut Mike and enlightened him on the wisdom of a table talk ..... but of course we have another drunkard from that mosquito MDP who made plenty of noise. Hopefully Teoh Beng Hock has managed to satisfy his bloodlust .....
Does he really mean it? That we have to disillusion the electorate who voted one way or the other, and rock the non-BN parties? Although Pete's got the idea, I seriously doubt that he meant it literally- that's a little extreme/ idealistic I would say. What RPK is doing here appears to be, endorsing Zaid's idea of complete multiculturalism - a good idea, which Malaysians (the politicians, actually) indoctrinated by 50 yrs of Umno hegemony and the siege mentality/ghetto mindset, aren't quite ready for. That is the sad fact.
But then again, what he could have meant was - that they have to seek more common ground, rather than harp on the differences - as PAS (read Hasan "Beer" Ali/ "Concert" Nasrudin) and PKR (read Zul "intelectual amoeba" Nordin) insist doing, like they were Khir Toyo's Umno members. Meanwhile, (take note, Anwar, LKS & Hadi!) -I suppose those higher up the party ranks should not impede the progress of the ambitious younger ones in the party.
PR is of course busy riding the wave of discontent among the people, while ridiculing the Umno/BN regime (and little else). It has escaped them, that they should be busy consolidating their positions on gained ground through a better party/alliance hierarchy, and start thinking big. While BN as a coalition may be rocked to the core with the increasing irrelevance of the major allies, Umno is trying it's its best to regain the high moral ground using all the tricks in the book - state resources included.
No offense guys ...
I think it's about time PR cool off on the Umno bashing, and concentrate on sustainable coalition building. C'mon ... gimme a break - at least Umno knows that they are screwed!
Does Pakatan/PKR/PAS/DAP know that? Either they do and don't give a fig, or the leadership is blind as a bat (well ... at least bats aren't so bad, in that they can manage with their hearing).
As long as they (PR) keeps behaving the way they do - there's some truth in calling them strange bedfellows (as everybody with some gray-matter would) who would feign cooperation, in their lust for political power.
They (BN) may not be able to win the love of the people - but they can quite easily make the people hate PR and its ideals (and they're doing just that, while PR is busy strutting away). They're masters at creating discord among the any opposition - it is how they've ruled since the post-513/Razak BN days. They don't just divide people, they even divide institutions and political parties - it is what makes them tick. Meanwhile, they give an impression of united BN, even if they're at each others' throats behind the scenes. It is what kept them going for for 38 years (not 63 as some 1-Malaysia posters may say).
Now - has Pakatan Rakyat been able to do that? NOT one BIT!!
PR's problems reflect their myopic view of Malaysians and the greater malaise within- they don't even understand each others' common ground and the people's wants (more so, those in Sabah/ Sarawak), and hope to rule effectively?
They're united only in opposition to a greater evil- BN/Umno, but divided among themselves (more so where the fascist little mullahs of PAS are concerned - take note, Hadi).
To top all these bickering, we of course have the little-mullahs within PKR and PAS who wish to show their chest thumping religiosity and arrogance by calling for the banning of this and that. They seem to believe that the cloak of religiosity can wash away the sins of economic decadence & corruption - or else, they'd be more concerned about the poverty, instead of liquor, women's skirts and concerts. As for DAP, well, I suppose they could show greater empathy for the dispossessed, instead of just harping on the idiosyncracies of their political opponents, while having dinosaurs themselves.
Then we have this very annoying semblance of either indiscipline or helplessness in the leadership - they don't seem to be able to reign in their own members for flouting the ethical standards and giving the impression of discord within their parties. We have Nasrudin screaming MLTR and Beyonce, Hasan Ali barking out "Alcohol", and Zul Nordin blabbering about some religion being "threatened" (despite evidence to the contrary) and attacking public forums. None of them have yet to be taken to task, reflecting their helplessness (although spun as being a sign of "freedom of expression"). It appears that if anyone has a desire to be "feared" - he just has to ride the "little-mullah" bandwagon, and the leadership would have their balls in their throats!
A consolation though - PKR managed to shut Mike and enlightened him on the wisdom of a table talk ..... but of course we have another drunkard from that mosquito MDP who made plenty of noise. Hopefully Teoh Beng Hock has managed to satisfy his bloodlust .....
On another note - Of late, many have come to the conclusion that the people of Bagan Pinang voted for "corruption" - this is a simplistic gross error in judgement. It couldn't be further from the truth. They didn't vote for corruption. They are simple folk - from military/Police kampungs/estates/ small town.
They voted for the familiarity of the devil they know, over the possibility of chaos under PR or PAS Islamism - PR has to be very clear about that! They believe that the possibility of being delivered economic gain was greater with Isa, than with PAS's Islamist stance.
Call it bribery, call it corruption, call it victimization- It doesn't change a thing. If PAS/PKR (and Pakatan) cannot get its act together and work together as a team with discipline and pragmatism with its allies to get to Putrajaya - far from being the "government in waiting", they are just waiting to be booted out.
It's about time, PR - you have to put a stop to all the charade. It is imperative that DAP, PKR and PAS learn to sit down together and come up with something more concrete on policy matters. The people are beginning to get sick of their lack of cohesion and selfishness. If their wish to go on with what they're doing, they will without any doubt squander away the chance that the people have given them.
We can all then lament, that the jubilation after their electoral victory, was nothing but an explosive "premature ejaculation" ....... and they're still in the euphoria!
Reality doesn't play mind games. Think about it all you PR old-timers and stalwarts - Discipline and Reason, Is All It Takes.
Well, maybe you could throw in a little pragmatism into the picture .....
They voted for the familiarity of the devil they know, over the possibility of chaos under PR or PAS Islamism - PR has to be very clear about that! They believe that the possibility of being delivered economic gain was greater with Isa, than with PAS's Islamist stance.
Call it bribery, call it corruption, call it victimization- It doesn't change a thing. If PAS/PKR (and Pakatan) cannot get its act together and work together as a team with discipline and pragmatism with its allies to get to Putrajaya - far from being the "government in waiting", they are just waiting to be booted out.
It's about time, PR - you have to put a stop to all the charade. It is imperative that DAP, PKR and PAS learn to sit down together and come up with something more concrete on policy matters. The people are beginning to get sick of their lack of cohesion and selfishness. If their wish to go on with what they're doing, they will without any doubt squander away the chance that the people have given them.
We can all then lament, that the jubilation after their electoral victory, was nothing but an explosive "premature ejaculation" ....... and they're still in the euphoria!
Reality doesn't play mind games. Think about it all you PR old-timers and stalwarts - Discipline and Reason, Is All It Takes.
Well, maybe you could throw in a little pragmatism into the picture .....
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Pushing Jibby's 1-Malaysia to the limits....
Hooray!!!
Our kids can now learn,
while "mingling freely"
with their teachers in toilets!!!
Yeah, man - I can only imagine that feeling
of "oneness" encouraged in toilets...
Our kids can now learn,
while "mingling freely"
with their teachers in toilets!!!
Yeah, man - I can only imagine that feeling
of "oneness" encouraged in toilets...
(The Star)
KUALA TERENGGANU: The state government will introduce a “1Toilet” policy in a move to liberalise education, where teachers – and even principals – will soon have to share toilets with their students.
State Education, Higher Learning, Human Resource, Science and Technology Committee chairman Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman said the policy was mooted in line with the 1Malaysia concept, and teachers and students could have a feeling of “oneness”.
“We want students to have a sense of belonging that we believe would inspire them to excel further in their education.
“When students share the toilets with the teacher, they (students) will believe that they are on par with academicians and this automatically invokes a sense of being important to an organisation, which, in this case, is the school,” he said here yesterday.
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What a way to evoke camaraderie .... SHARE TOILETS!!!
Just where do these fellas get these "amazing" ideas? They are just beyond my imagination.What a way to evoke camaraderie .... SHARE TOILETS!!!
I can only say what Patrick Teoh would say -
NIAMAHH!!!
Sunday, 11 October 2009
1-Story about 1-PDRM in 1-Malaysia
This was a post on Art Harun's Blog, which I thought, was "hilarious" (definitely not if you're the victim)- in that we now know how certain sectors in our BN Administration's 1-PDRM operates. I thought I just had to have this letter here - just for the record.
Some of the comments to the post were pretty enlightening too - on how to get the "investigation" moving.
I must add that not all of them behave this way - I've personally met some very dedicated and efficient ones (not that I haven't met those who disillusioned for having been transfered out to "timbuktu" on a 24-hr notice for doing their job, and swear to be part of the corrupt system- just to make ends meet for their family - after having "learned their lesson").
Looks like Malaysians have to pray hard - whichever "RACE & RELIGION" you belong to - before setting foot into any PDRM station ......
Anyways, this is what the commenter (sounds like a lawyer to me- same as PI Bala's, I think) Americk said...
Some of the comments to the post were pretty enlightening too - on how to get the "investigation" moving.
I must add that not all of them behave this way - I've personally met some very dedicated and efficient ones (not that I haven't met those who disillusioned for having been transfered out to "timbuktu" on a 24-hr notice for doing their job, and swear to be part of the corrupt system- just to make ends meet for their family - after having "learned their lesson").
Looks like Malaysians have to pray hard - whichever "RACE & RELIGION" you belong to - before setting foot into any PDRM station ......
Anyways, this is what the commenter (sounds like a lawyer to me- same as PI Bala's, I think) Americk said...
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Hai Yah Art, these poor people are so innocent. They don't understand how things work with the 'inspector'. Let me tell you how it works.
You are supposed to call the inspector to make an appointment to see him at his office. When he is free he will invite you over to see him. Thats when you are supposed to grease his palm....for what I don't know....but thats the modus operandi. Then maybe something will be done. You think I am talking rubbish? Well let me tell you the number of times I have had problems with the Polis Raja Di Malaysia in my practice. Do you have a couple of weeks free sometime?
My clients have told me that just to release a body for burial from the University Hospital mortuary (after a road accident) a figure of RM5,000.00 is demanded by the investigating officer. I have had police witnesses refuse to attend court even after a sub poena has been served on them because "Lu punya klien belum jelas hutang ".
When I ask my client what this means they tell me this officer had originally demanded RM2,000.00 to allow them to lodge a police report but they only paid him RM500.00 at that time as they didn't have enough money on them.
The list goes on and on. Am I surprised Marina's friends have got no where? No. Try a handout of say RM5,000.00 and mountains will move.
Believe me.
1 Story
The following is an e mail which was forwarded to me by Dato' Marina Mahathir. I have obtained her permission to reproduce it here in its entirety. I do not wish to add or subtract anything. I have however deleted the identity of the Inspector involved as I do not want anybody to be accused of character assassination.
I must hasten to add that I have not verified the story related in the e mail although I must say I do not have any reason to believe that the writer was just making it up.
I hope the authority would really look into this matter. If what is said is true, it would be obvious that the situation is getting dire.
Quote:
"Hi Marina,
This is M.
I'm sorry to be emailing you like this out of the blue, but an incident happened last week and I do not know who to turn to.
Last Friday, as my husband, my 5 month old daughter and I were entering the gate of our house at Kota Damansara, we were robbed by four men on two bikes. Two of them had parangs. One of them held it to my neck as he molested me, and the other one took our wallets, phones, my necklace and my husband's watch. After they got our stuff, they both molested me. When my husband pushed their hands away, they cut his head with their parang and left. K suffered a deep wound, but he is ok now and so is our daughter.
But the purpose of this email is to tell you what happened after. My neighbour called the police. The person who answered the phone said, "balai ni tak boleh handle kes to, awak kena call balai lain". My neighbour made another call and the cops came - after 45 minutes. When they got here, they got out of the car, looked at us and said, "pergi balai buat report". We then went straight to the balai at Kota Damansara, and as my husband sat there bleeding, the officer behind the counter took an hour to take our report - all the while because he was watching wrestling on tv. My husband managed to get the plate number of one of the bikes (either WSP8724 or WSP7824) - one was a Kriss Modenas and the other was a EX5. When we gave the number plate to the police (written on a scrap of paper), he looked at it and RETURNED it to us. He didn't even include it in the report. He also did not include the fact that I was molested. We only noticed these after we had calmed down somewhat. He then gave us the name of an inspector (Inspector X of Mutiara Damansara branch) to call - but didn't include the phone number. At that time, we were too much in shock and in pain to notice. We waited a couple of days for the Inspector to call us, but he didn't.
Within this time, my husband did his own police work. This group of guys do a lot of crime around here. A week before we were robbed, a Bangladeshi man was robbed in the park beside our house - by men on the same two bikes. Yesterday, two girls were harassed and molested in the park by the same people. The neighbour opposite had his friend robbed at parang point as he waited outside his house. Another neighbour opposite owns a Petronas behind our house. Three days ago, his station was robbed by four men on two bikes with parangs. The guys are going rampant because the police do nothing!
Today, I managed to get the number of Inspector X. When I called him, he said, "kes samun mana ni? banyak sangat kes samun la."
I told him the report was made last week but nobody called us. I also said the guys were spotted yesterday. He said, "hmmm, kena tunggu la. saya tengah cuti ni." I asked, "sampai bila?" he replied, "sampai khamis depan kot". I asked him what we were supposed to do in the meantime, and he said "nombor plate ada tak?". I said yes. He asked, "dah ada suspect ke belum?". I told him that was his job. He said, "ah, awak cuba dapatkan alamat diorang, lepas tu call saya. tapi lepas cuti la".
The residents here are getting nervous and as you can see, the police are no help at all. Today, they were hanging around my neighbour's house. When the makcik asked them, "nak apa?" they said, "nak beraya". And rode off laughing.
Once again I am so sorry to send you such a long email, but I was hoping you knew anyone in the police force who WILL help us. The residents here have bought their own arms because they are so afraid. And I am so afraid for my family's safety - having a 5 month old baby in the house. Also my mother lives in the street behind me. I hope you can refer me to someone who will not treat this as just another case.
Hope you are well, and best regards.
M."
End quote
.......................................
So Malaysians-
Pray real hard,
and think hard,
before you vote for
CORRUPTION
through
1-BN/1-UMNO/1-MCA/1-MIC/1-PMS
in our next elections ....
YOU MAY BE
THE NEXT VICTIM
OF THESE PIRATES!!!
Pray real hard,
and think hard,
before you vote for
CORRUPTION
through
1-BN/1-UMNO/1-MCA/1-MIC/1-PMS
in our next elections ....
YOU MAY BE
THE NEXT VICTIM
OF THESE PIRATES!!!
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Monday, 5 October 2009
The "development" Of Mr. ISA (aka Umno's "Rohaizat II")
- CochinJew, Virtual Tourist
That was the sentiment of the tourist after visiting Seremban and it is very true. I went there just yesterday, hoping to show a dear friend the "beauty" of this place ..... It was so embarrassingly dead, that I made the excuse that I need to find a decent parking space!! In the end, I just dropped her off at Terminal-1 which has an abandoned "skyscraper" (see picture below) which has some make-up on to cover its "blemishes" (like the fat lady who today helms our country's and Umno's leadership la...).
By and large, the development there has been quite "ecofriendly" during the time of Mr. Isa - in that it didn't change much. It is still the same old boring town it was 30 yrs ago - albeit with some "cosmetic surgery" after Isa's departure.
Tersergam Indah - the leftover of the structure used for "Musabaqah membaca Al-Quran" which was moved from the NS Padang after eons to house a "museum".
Addendum:
["Ammar" said in the comment below, that saying "zam-zam" here is "sensitive" might offend Muslims - so I'll rephrase that sentence to "offend" everybody alike- Some say that the water has developed "supernatural" powers (like the Lourdes, Bukit Mertajam, Ganges and maybe even Yang-Tze water la ...).
Hmmm - that should do it. If more are really offended - please highlight it, and I shall offer my heartfelt apologies, and also delete the names of these special places and waters]
This my friends, is a pedestrian friendly city - laid back,
and fit for anyone who wishes to have a boring holiday.
Hmmm - Wide open spaces ... how inspiring ....
You could read "'Abandoned projects mar Seremban's image' - Story and photos by CHARLES FERNANDEZ" (from The Star) here, at the entry on February 13th, 2009, 05:48 AM.
You could also consider the destruction of the waterfront in Port Dickson (that's where Bagan Pinang is right?) beaches of its beauty, after the waterfronts were sold off wholesale (or whatever) to hoteliers - and now the public cannot use these beaches anymore, unless they fork out mega bucks.
Diaphenous Memories gives a pretty "polite" picture of what Seremban is after much cosmetic surgery - believe me ... he was extremely polite in his review. Probably, he had some good company to overshadow his boredom.
"Seremban is one of the few State capitals that has not obtained city status yet. So the Municipal of Seremban is working hard to achieve city hood by 2009."
Yes my friends ... these were the developments Isa boasts about!
PS
I hear that the state coffers were wiped clean during Isa's time (apparently to the tune of billions!!), and it was the current MB who did at least did some face-saving gesture to give this town some respectability as a state capital. (Oh ya ... I forgot - after Isa's departure, Rasah has got Seremban's first flyover okay ... don't play, play!!)
Hanif Omar Advocates DECEIT?
The tale of two former IGPs
From MalaysianInsiderKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 – One is the longest-serving top police officer Malaysia has ever known, someone who left the force with his reputation and image intact. The other is a former top cop who left the force in disgrace after an assault on former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in 1998.
One is a former top cop who reached the peak of the corporate world here, and who looks the part in society pages and roundtable discussions on law and order. The other is a former top cop who shuns publicity like the plague and is shunned by the movers and shakers in government.
The contrast between Tun Hanif Omar and Tan Sri Rahim Noor is not only skin-deep. Both were signatories to two historic agreements between the Government of Malaysia and the Communist Party of Malaya in 1989, watershed agreements that ended the armed conflict between the communists and the government.
But today they occupy opposing sides of the spectrum on public opinion over Chin Peng and the Communist Party of Malaya.
Haniff is part of the strong anti-CPM lobby, the body of Malaysians who do not want Chin Peng to be allowed to step on Malaysian soil.
They argue that the communists inflicted death and suffering on many Malaysians, especially security personnel, and have right to return home.
Rahim is among a group of Malaysians who are guided by the principle that once an agreement has been inked, a line has to be drawn in the sand and the government has a duty and a legal obligation to adhere to the terms of the agreement.
No ifs and buts. No re-opening old wounds.
Hanif made clear his views recently after the High Court ruled that comments made by a former deputy minister against Chin Peng and the CPM were not defamatory.
He pointed out that the former secretary-general of the outlawed Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) had no legal standing.
“It is an illegal operation as it was not registered under the law,” said Hanif.
He said that Chin Peng was in charge of a notorious party which killed thousands of people in the most cruel way, and that a non-registered party had no right making any demands.
This response from Hanif is puzzling, to say the least. If he believed that Chin Peng and others in the CPM were evil and members of an illegal organization, why did he agree to sign the “Agreement Between The Government Of Malaysia and the Communist Party of Malaya.
The agreement reads: The Government of Malaysia and the Communist Party of Malaya, consistent with the common objective for peace, hereby agree to the following:-
Article 1 – Upon the signing of this Agreement, the Government of Malaysia and the CPM shall cease all armed activities forthwith.
Article 2 – The CPM shall disband all its armed units, destroy its arms, ammunition, explosives and booby-traps in Malaysia and Thailand.
Article 3 – Members of the CPM and members of its uits who are of Malaysian origin and who wish to settle down in Malaysia shall be allowed to do so in accordance with the laws of Malaysia.
Article 4 – Malaysian authorities shall assist members of the CPM and members of its disbanded armed units to help them to start their peaceful life afresh.
When Hanif signed the agreement witnessed by among others General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh of the Government of Thailand, did he believe that the Malaysian Government was not interested in honoring its obligations?
Rahim has so far not spoken publicly. He was lined up as a witness for Chin Peng but did not get the opportunity to testify for the 85-year-old because the High Court struck out the former CPM leader’s suit.
Still, Rahim’s friends said that he feels strongly about the sanctity of an agreement. In addition, he feels that he is duty-bound to tell the truth given that he is a signatory to one of the two agreements, and was one of the key players in getting the CPM to come to the negotiating table.
He knows that no amount of reparation or words of comfort can bring back the police and military personnel who lost their lives in the fight against the CPM.
As a former director of the Special Branch, he knows of the countless men and women who went in harm’s way to break the will of the communist movement.
Some of his men and women never returned home to their families.
There is no love lost between Rahim Noor and the CPM. But he was a signatory to the “Administrative Arrangement Between The Government of Malaysia and The Communist Party Of Malaya Pursuant To The Agreement To Terminate Hostilities’’ and believes in the sanctity of the agreement.
One is a former top police officer who seems to have forgotten that he was a signatory to a groundbreaking agreement, a rare occasion where communists laid down their arms.
The other is a former top police officer who still believes that what happened on Dec 2, 1989 in Haadyai has to be respected.
Friday, 2 October 2009
THOSE WHO SHALL NOT LIVE BY THE LAW, SHALL DIE BY THE LAW!
A few the words occurred to me this morning as I got ready to start the day .....
"The Ten Commandments" starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner, has always been among my all time favorite movies. Other than the amazing soundtrack, the fantastic script was definitely among the best quotable quotes of movie scripts.Two among them,
"So let it be written, so let it be done" and
"Those who shall not live by the law, shall die by the law!",
were in my opinion, central to the theme of the storyline in the movie - and of course, the three great Abrahamic religions that we know of today.
The Malaysian Federal Constitution has been amended more than 600 times within a short span of fifty years, to make mortar out of the blood of the people, in order to facilitate the rule of the enriched elite. The executive (aka the ruling BN politicians) in Malaysia have not spared any effort at usurping the power of the people by destroying the independence of all the institutions of democracy - the Monarchy, legislature and the Judiciary, are all equally powerless and in shambles, more so since the time of Mahathir. In the process, BN (particularly Umno, I suppose) has also got the Police and the Army (including all the allied security services)to serve these elite, so as to consolidate their position - or at least that is how it appears to the people.
If we were to go by the many exposes of RPK, they've also taken to supporting those in the underworld against those who stood for righteousness within the system. Faced with the impending collapse of their rule, civil society and social order, the BN leadership has taken to silencing dissent through various underhanded tactics and unconstitutional laws. They have also resorted to making lame attempts at restoring confidence through their propaganda machinery which churns out lies after simplistic lies to feed the minds of unthinking "proles", in order to protect the interests of these criminals in the D&Gs, Guccis and Pradas. We've heard it all - from "Bersih, Cekap, Amanah", "Wawasan 2020", "Work with me, not for me", "Cemerlang, Gemilang, Terbilang", "Islam Hadhari", and now, the greatest of them all - "1-Malaysia"!!
The faults of the administration and the system is pinned on all but themselves, as they goad the people to adopt virtues and laws which they themselves despise. They will not admit that they themselves who are morally corrupt, are the root of all the corruption and evil that permeates our society. They divide into ghettos by design, the very society they ask to unite. They plunder the very resources they claim to have generated, while they rape the land they claim to protect.
With Mahathir suggesting that "we change our strategy" to achieve his "Wawasan 2020", I'm reminded of what was said in Atlas Shrugged -
"Then you will see the rise of the men of the double standard - the men who live by force, yet count on those who live by trade to create the value of their looted money - the men who are the hitchhikers of virtue.
In a moral society, these are the criminals, and the statutes are written to protect you against them.
But when a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law - men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims - then money becomes its creators' avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they've passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it.
Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket. And then that society vanishes, in a spread of ruins and slaughter.
"Do you wish to know whether that day is coming? Watch money".
Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.
When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed."
Yes - watch the money as it dries up, for it is the barometer of society. As the FDI on which our economy evaporates, the people get restless as hunger pangs set in and pirates are rewarded with ministerial posts for their "incompetency by design", the words of Tun Dr. Ismail will prove prophetic. It is a matter of time that the people rise to demand the nation back from the pirate who rule them today. The ruling elite who do not live by the law, shall sooner or later die by the law of causality.
So let it be written, so let it be done......
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Don't people realize that Ketuanan Melayu is 1-Big Scam, used to fleece them of their blood & sweat?
Year after year, the AG comes out with a diarrhoea of scams, which get NFA - and the Umno malays think they're losing financial/economic mileage to the 'Nons' becos of their weakness, rather than Umno's daylight robbery.
Jeez man - Umno supporters must be such imbeciles!!
We can't seem to find anyone in politics, in govt and in power that loves the country more then their own wallets.
Are we cowards as a nation, or a nation of cowards. The corrupt flourish while the innocents and voices of reason or dissent against this status quo get thrown in jail. ... Read More
If UMNO or Najib or BN were to change and truly stand up for the people and being already in power they would have the chance to endear themselves to us.. and right so many wrongs. Regardless of the past I could still vote
them.
Instead all I hear from friends since deciding to return to Malaysia is... keep your head down, let the Malays do whatever..its their country, and even was told to ignore crime if I see it.. just take care of my own ass, dress like poor man, look like a poor man and don't bother to vote .. but the bests of all were.. Don't speak out Brother.. they won't gun for you they will gun for your family and Thai/Indon assassin cheap you will be dead for 3000 ringgit.
Our country folks... is in bad shape. Sigh. Crappiest homecoming greetings ever :)
ML - Nice comment.
It is called The Disease of Fear and Apathy - I wrote about it here http://cruzinthots.blogspo
Yes - it's very disheartening, and it breaks ones spirit if we lack faith and courage. They want us to stop.
The media is grossly skewed against the blogs/ online press. Rocky and Marina Mahathir went "on strike" to stop "politicking". First they ridiculed us and called us names. Some of us were harassed by "certain quarters", had our PCs confiscated, files opened on us. But we did awaken the public. Even today they published something saying that there's "political fatigue" everywhere - to break our spirit....
It's a long road, Michael - we only won a battle, and the war is ongoing. We just have to persevere with educating the public about their rights. Let us be thankful that they responded somewhat on 080308 despite all their fears. Nobody thought it would happen.
Though the awakening did happen, it will take time for them get the courage & faith to get up and run ..... so let's keep the faith, bro.
Cheers, mate.