We're both seeking the same thing ... NOT!!!

He said that after more than 20 years in office he had failed
to change what he called this culture of extravagance.
-Mahathir criticises Malay community, BBC, 16th June 2002

"Dr Mahathir and I never discussed the matter prior to this
and it is purely coincidental that we are both seeking the same thing,
although we may be doing so along different routes --
Dr Mahathir through Barisan Nasional and I through Pakatan Rakyat."
- RPK, I support Dr Mahathir when he is right, No Holds Barred
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How "heroic" of Mahathir to "have the guts" to criticize the monsters he created .....
ROTFLOL!!!

Hey guys, listen up - I got a nice story too:-

There was once a dad who took great pride in his son. (Actually he didn't give a shit about them- he just wanted little Junior as a showpiece for his virility & generosity la). He always made sure the son got the very best- education, clothes, food, party & Porsche.
As Junior grew up, his name was synonymous with "Party, Drunkeness & Whoring". Decadence was like the son's middle name.

Daddy was a very wise man .....
He fed them with plenty until they were obese and sick with all the illnesses of greedy, slothful & gluttonous rich guys. They were fed like pigs, not because they were hungry- but becos it made him feel good to see them eating & fattened, regardless of the consequences. It gave him immense pleasure to hear his son sing out his praises while whoring for attention at drunken feasts to entertain his underlings. (Yes- little Junior even whored around ... not because he needed to, but just because he started enjoying it!!)
Meanwhile, at the dining table at home, Daddy never failed to preach the virtues of hard work, humility, and moderation.

But good 'ol Sonny showed him the middle finger and went on gorging himself while he partied ....
Soon enough, the son had a heart attack- and had to go thru a bypass surgery to live.
Good ol' Daddy, shed some crocodile tears saying, "I've failed to educate them on the virtues of moderation, hard work and good health required for a better future in all their endeavours".

Now, wise 'ol Daddy quickly retired so that he can give his "expert opinion" on their lifestyles from the sidelines- which he now blames on everybody else, but himself.

Now that little Junior is nose-deep in Daddy's crap, Daddy suggests that the son seek counsel, repents, goes fasting at an "Ashram", or even join "The Greatest Loser" to shed some of the lard under his thick skins, so that he know the meaning of "achievement" & "moderation" .... (but apparently “The Greatest Loser” denied him the 30% headstart/handicap on events/challenges, so he blamed the Jews, and the Chinaman for the “victimisation” & pulled out of the RACE, la ..... and called them “RACISTS”, of course!!)

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Yeah- I support this opinion of “Daddy” who spoiled his kid rotten ..... because he is right-
he definitely failed to change his kids. (That's only because it was he who created the monster treated them like pigs fattened for the slaughter).
But I don't think the fasting (pity their bellies), the Ashram (pity the Swamiji) or "The Greatest Loser" (pity the coach/trainer) will be of much help to these spoilt brat ....

PS
Oh yes- I support MCLM - but not because this wise 'ol daddy spoke about repentance, okay .... and please bear in mind, RPK - that as much as it may sound alike, Mahathir doesn't really seek what you believe is "the same thing".

Sorry for the "cold shower", but just in case anyone begins to believe that they are "the same thing" - It may sound like it, look like it .... but far from it- it is Mahathir's style to seek to subjugate the NGOs under UMNO's patronage & corruption, under the guise of "partnership".

The "same thing" as you put it, belong to two different worlds. If you still believe so- so be it.
You underestimate the political motives of the self-indulgent "Daddy" who gave sweet advice to his sons at the dining table, in the "fairy-tale" above.

But of course - you were being cynical, right Pete?
Silly me ....
Cheers.

As UMNO screws the Malays with its lies, so, too, MIC, the Indians « The People’s Parliament

"Moorthy disclosed to me that this problem affected some 100,000-150,000 Indians throughout the country and agreed that several of the indigenous communities in Sabah and Sarawak also faced this problem."
-Haris Ibrahim

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The Staronline reported yesterday that Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam has confidently assured that the Indian community’s citizenship and welfare woes will be resolved by the end of next year.

Lets leave off the welfare issues for the moment.

I take it that by citizenship issues, this is in reference to the Indians who are citizens of Malaysia but do not have birth certificates and identity cards as indicia of the same.

The report quotes Subramaniam as saying :

“As of the middle of this year, a total of 4,948 cases (citizenship and welfare problems involving Indians) were registered under the Program Mesra Rakyat 1Malaysia and so far 35% of the cases have been resolved”.

Read more at "The People’s Parliament"

Ampun Tuanku, patek pohon derhaka « The People’s Parliament

Ampun Tuanku, patek pohon derhaka « The People’s Parliament

"Perak is still my home state, and Sultan Azlan Shah is still my Sultan.

I have read today, in Malaysiakini, a report that His Royal Highness had said that questioning the special rights of the Malays in this country conflicted with the Federal Constitution.

His Royal Highness is also reported to have said that the

“Malay Rulers who sit on their thrones today are not just inheriting the power to rule but also the responsibilities towards Islam and the Malay race, ensuring that the legacy continues”

and that

“It would be most unfortunate for the race and religion if real history is erased and the facts altered. If this is allowed to go on, it would be pointless to regret if one day the Malays find themselves marginalised and Islam relegated to the periphery” .

I am saddened by these words that have been attributed to my monarch."

Helping himself – Satu Lagi "Projek" Kerajaan BN ....

Helping himself – Taib Lifts Prime Plots from Pelita [Exclusive!] | Sarawak Report

In charge of the land handouts

The Sarawak Chief Minister, Abdul Taib Mahmud, who is also the Chairman of the Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA), which manages state land under the title of Pelita, has been using his control over the government agency to steer prime bits of land the way of himself and his family!

Sarawak Report has found documentary proof that a huge area of 700 acres of valuable state land at 13th Mile Kuching, which had formed part of the Rajah Brooke Memorial Hospital site next to the Semengok National Park, has now been absorbed into the Taib family property empire.

The Chief Minister himself holds substantial shares in the property. In his guise as Chief Minister and Chairman of the LCDA, he himself would have approved and overseen the deal from which he has so directly profited.

A deal marked “CONFIDENTIAL”!

We have established that the land was originally ‘alienated’ from the Hospital and placed under the ‘custody’ of the State in in 1984. Three years later in 1987 the LCDA then saw fit to transfer the custody of this land, which forms an extension of Semengok National Park, to a company called Lanco Plantations.

More ....

Malaysians, your country has class « malaysian media & other matters

COMMENT
by uppercaise

If talented foreigners

get special treatment

to come and live here, what about talented Malaysians who have lived here all their lives? Yesterday’s announcement of a new class of immigration permit gives a subtle hint:-

talented Malaysians are second-class.

The new 10-year residential pass, not tied to employers, with spouses given the right to work, applies to “talented” foreigners. (The Star calls them “gifted”. Presumably, that means they come bearing gifts for those that let them in.) Until official criteria are released, who knows how talent will be defined? (“Gifts” everybody understands.) Even then, few will know what unofficial criteria, the back-room criteria that officials determine among themselves and party cadres, will result in action.

Oh, incidentally, and by the way, “talented foreigners” also applies to those “traitor” Malaysians who emigrated years ago and who were then vilified by Umno officials, and sometimes MCA and MIC officials too, as “rubbish” for leaving. Most of them were Nons but in later years many non-Nons have also left.

(The word “traitor” of course applies to anyone who doesn’t kiss Umno’s racist arse.)

But now that you’re a Non-Malaysian, besides being a Non, you’re also welcome to the new long-stay permits. If you’re talented.

And when you arrive, you can be sure there will be huge gushing stories in the New Straits Times and the Star, being mostly read by the Nons. “Welcome home”, you can be sure they’ll say, even if they don’t believe it themselves.

Home?

But you’re no longer Malaysian. This is home? Can you still make noise about your rights? (Rights? You have rights?) Or about the state of the nation? It’s almost the same state of the nation that made you leave in the first place.

Only difference is, you can’t make noise about it now. So you can stay. Bring your money. And your talent. Share your skills and knowledge among us non-talented and the non-Nons. Help to develop the “nation”. Use your expertise to make money for the ruling class of the keris party and their second-class partners.

As for talented native-born Malaysians, especially the talented Nons (Talent? You have talent?) the message is simple — go away and be talented elsewhere. After that you can come back.

In other words, give up your rights,

then your talent will be recognised.

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