Now Does Our World Descend

Dedicated to the Victims of Persecution in Police States
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by E. E. Cummings

Now does our world descend
The path to nothingness
(cruel now cancels kind;
friends turn to enemies)
Therefore lament,my dream
and don a doer's doom

Create is now contrive;
Imagined, merely know
(freedom:what makes a slave)
Therefore, my life, lie down
And more by most endure
All that you never were

Hide,poor dishonoured mind
Who thought yourself so wise;
And much could understand
Concerning no and yes:
If they've become the same
It's time you unbecame

Where climbing was and bright
Is darkness and to fall
(now wrong's the only right
since brave are cowards all)
Therefore despair, my heart
And die into the dirt

But from this endless end
Of briefer each our bliss--
Where seeing eyes go blind
(where lips forget to kiss)
Where everything's nothing
-- Arise, my soul; and sing

MAHATHIRISM - Reloaded.....

By "Apanama"

(Note: I'm numbering the points I wish to make today- lest some aging grey matter of mine looses track of them, half-way through reading. Just f%#* the parts my selective @$$ of a memory fails me ....)

1. One way of adulating a politician in power, is to demonize and paralyse the opposition - and give himself pats on the back for pea-brained ideas/ventures (e.g. Bakun Dam, Proton, KLCC, OPV projects) through an idiotic and servile MSM.

2. When a Chinaman across the causeway labels you as an “ultra”, you use it to your advantage- and prove it in your party, by giving all mega-buck contracts to your cronies and party minions while you bleed the ignorant rakyat. make sure though, even if you have to give the most measly contract, you gotta make sure you get your cut ..... at least in the form of what you may call "goodwill investment".

3. It took me decades to live it live it up. When I was Prime Minister there was consternation among many Malays that a “non” could become one. But look at me now - how they "worship" me ..... ! What was .... (hmmmm.....I'm sorry my aging grey matter doesn't permit me to finish this sentence - refer to ChePet.cc for further details on this sentence)

4. However, by the time I stepped down I had managed to lie to the Malaysian morons, in such a way that befits that description. In the 1999 Election it was Chinese votes which helped give me the 2/3 majority in Parliament, because I managed o scare the hell out of the MCA Chinaman (and the Semi Value worshipping MIC Tamilans) with plenty of horrific news about “Islamic extremists”. All I needed to do was to have the blame murders/ assasinations of nons pinned on some vague KMM, Al Maunah (which incidently got their arms from an army depot - during the time of "apanama" as defense minister) or whatever - who cares anyways.
Along with that, as per the Umno method, I also threatened a little 513 lah …. however, they humiliated me later by giving Bodowi a 90% vote in the following elections. These freakin' bus-turds – I'll get them through my baby moron who is now a high-profile deputy minister …....

5. Now the doomsday label is Mahathirism, and it makes my poor old decrepit heart beat with pride. Such was the fear of this thing called Mahathirism that they had to do a Perak on the public to reinforce the fear. The foreign press and the local non-MSM seem to correctly imply authoritarian Government with Mahathirism.

6. No one has yet described the rule of Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi as Badawism. It must be because he is said to be liberal and free from authoritarianism. But is he? Relatively speaking, very much so. But then again, they could've at least used the term Bodowism or something like that.

7. It appears to be simply because the mainstream media, print or electronic, is totally controlled by him through his hatchet man, Kalimullah. However, because Malaysians grew up and resorted to the blogs for information, he wasn't as effective as the media goons in my time.

8. Until the bloggers came into the picture and their blogs became extremely popular as they reported the truth, the black-out was effective. Smart fella this Kali guy - Kali's media reports some of the news and views appearing on the blogs. Meanwhile, my spin-doctors are still clueless as to how to appeal to the masses – and now I have to resort to being a BUM speaker to recruit fresh talent.

9. Anyway, I still don't know why I'm pissed that the general public is not cursing authoritarianism of Abdullah. Just like my time, Ministers and civil servants critical of him have been removed. Many are in cold storage. Tan Sri Sanusi Junid - my dedicated henchman since 1988 Umno elections, who was President of the International Islamic University was one of those removed. No one has been appointed to his vacant place yet.

10. All these, of course aren't as spectacular as my adventures with Tun Salleh Abbas or Anwar, but it was the same tactic – so why don't they curse him? Correct.
Correct, Correct, Correct - In my time, a whole bunch of judges working with the UMNO owned judiciary had to resign, to be replaced by V.K. Lingam's nominees from the sidewalk. Ask Zaki – he'll tell you ….

11. But Corect. Correct, Correct, correct. Linggam has friends amongst the gutter politicians. So we shouldn't complain about Mahathirism. But publicly people have given all kinds of uncomplimentary labels to the 22 years of misrule by the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia.

12. After the Perak coup d'etat and bundling out the Speaker like a sack of potatos, the arrests of people bearing candles and cakes or even wearing black, by now people can draw their own conclusions as to whether Mahathirism is reloaded .....

as Jibby-ism (some call it "Mongolism").

Raja Petra does not turn up in court, again

By M. Mageswari, The Star

Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Kamaraudin failed, again, to appear for his sedition trial at the Sessions Court here on Friday.

DPP Shah Rizal Abdul Manan told judge Aslam Zainuddin that the arrest warrant issued on April 23, when he also did not turn up in court, had yet to be executed on him.

He also said a notice for the editor’s wife Marina Lee Abdullah to summon her to explain Raja Petra’s absence at the sedition trial was also not executed.

Raja Petra’s lead counsel J. Chandra applied to the court to adjourn sine die (idefineitely) for the case until the police succeeded in arresting his client.

It's Cool, Man - "What did you expect us to do?"

Breaking News!!
"Using the mighty media at his disposal, and
the various "Post-Mortems" conducted (Kugan & Aminah included) ,
our beloved PM has managed to come to a very profound conclusion
-on the problem that plagues BN and UMNO."

KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition has been hurt in the Perak saga only because it has not been as good at explaining its case, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Though he conceded that the saga had further damaged BN's already bruised reputation, he put it down to bad public relations on BN's part.
“I'm worried because the opposition have spun the story around. Our problem is, we're not as good at telling our side of the story. That's all,” he said.
Najib, who was measured in his responses during an interview with The Straits Times, became fired up when talking about Perak.......
".... What did you expect us to do?...."
-BN hurt by bad public relations, MalaysianInsider

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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Mahathir's BUM address ....

Recently there was this event called BUM 2009- The event was apparently a runaway hit, especially since they had star appeal in none other than Mahathir, our exPM. Many Malaysians actually "worship" him - much like how Semi Value used to be treated by his minions in the past (There actually is little difference between them, although I must say unlike Semi - Mahathir has polish, brains and some class).
Without a doubt, he is definitely an icon among Malaysians, simply because he ruled for the entire significant lives of many an enslaved mind, and his views are much sought after (even if it is gibberish) by them. Most Malaysians don't realize that we never really needed Mahathir (or his "asian values"/ "strong government"). We just needed good governance and accountability- to achieve the progress we did in the 90s, while riding on the global economic boom (until the bust, i.e.).

However one has to be honest - it must be said without a doubt, that he is a politician par excellence in the Malaysian context (where as a result of his "guidance", we are left with the bums he has left behind in the corridors of power), and (for better or worse) he has carved his place in Malaysian history and the hearts/minds of Malaysians. For that, I would still respect and salute him - despite the fact that I think that he was a very clever dictator, who knew how keep up the pretense of nurturing a democracy and an apparent prosperity.

Malaysiakini, did post the videos - although as expected, there wasn't anything really significant, I somehow liked some of what I heard (not the twisted "truths", though)!!!
Incidently, yours truly wasn't really willing to pay good money to listen to what the man had to say - and hence didn't attend/participate. One reason being, his approach towards Freedom of the Press, which was in total contradiction to the practice of subtle persecution and intimidation during his time at the helm. But of course - it wasn't his fault! It is the MSM that has to blamed for being chicken (or simply infected with the much dreaded illness called Bodekitis) and attempting to "second guess" him, despite the fact that he had never restricted.
Poor guy this, Mahathir fella- apparently he had to "behave according to the sentiments expressed in the media", and it apparently wasn't that the media was sucking up to him!! I suppose one can only have "sympathy" for the predicament which Mahathir was in as a result ...... right? Yeah brother ... "I feel you" - and it breaks my heart!!
No wonder he called them BUMS for listening to his nonsense!! (He "neutralized" it by calling the "VIPs", though .... smart fella this Mahathir - and dumb f%$#s these BUMs are).

Even so, I liked his silly jokes (besides the above joke, i.e.) in the part about how internet porn is peddled on the www. He sure has the makings of a comedian. It is nice to see an old man still having his sense of humour intact, and a very sharp mind (for his age).
Anyway, despite a runny nose, he looked quite well at the BUM 2009, and I wish him good health.
Take care TDM, sir!

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Penanti Run!!!

We will not dance to Opposition tune,
says Najib