Sometimes, Love Just Ain't Enough

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"However, Sultan of Selangor Sharafuddin Idris Shah said he would cancel the entire football tournament after learning of the group's plan.
'If this is going to be so difficult, we might as well hold this annual event in Singapore,' he said of the Sultan of Selangor Cup match."
- PAS calls off Protest over "Sexy" Singers, Malaysia Today.

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These zealots remind came to mind, when I received this e-mail from a friend ....

If you were around in 1919
(just before the prohibition started)
and came upon the following poster ........

Would you quit drinking?

With such beauty - I know for sure, that I'd need a Chivas - on the double!
Such is the image of "Love" that hyperventilating zealots give Religion/God.

"That party is founded on love, love for Islam.....".
So sayeth Raja Petra in Malaysia Today, time & again.
Maybe so, maybe so .... but I'm in no position to come to such a conclusion, as I haven't said the Kalima.
(Kalima Tayyab is the testification of faith in Islam. By uttering this Kalima a person is purified from disbelief. An impure person becomes pure. This purification is spiritual.)
There is nothing an impure person like me can say about "love for Islam" or right & wrong - all I know is what I've read, experienced & seen among many a Godmen - which incidently, leaves much to be desired.
Moreover, as some Muslims may say, "Islam is beyond reason & logic" - anyways, to them, what good can the impure minds know, right?
(I'm sure the jock-phobic, intellectually-challenged, holy, illiterate Bangla I met some time back - who knows the Quran by heart, can enlighten me on these matters ....)

The impure me however, isn't so sure about that "love" - it seems to me that despite their conciliatory gestures of late, they are still by & large, plagued by frustrated party-poopers who are quite assertive.

What we see now, may just be the start.
These guys have the fire of repression, envy & frustration in them, and aided by vindictive sore losers, is enough to burn Malaysia into an Arab cultural desert [where the only sign of culture, is a silly desert Bedouin war dance performed by ugly, bearded men .... where the beauty of the women (and catamites, too!) are only for harems of the holy elite ].
Only then can Malaysia hold its head high up among the 'virtuous', to the envy of the civilized world ......

"They" say Islam is beyond human reason & logic.
Maybe so - as long as it doesn't contradict the interpretations of "elite" Godmen, I guess.
(Who says religion is different and should be separated from politics?
It is often just politics of a different brand altogether, that seeks legitimacy/credibility without reason or logic, through a "God". Truth has nothing to do with it. Statecraft or spirituality is a different matter, though ...).
Maybe their brand of Islam is beyond others' Islam too - I don't know, and I wouldn't dare to guess (lest some whacko starts a campaign to tattoo, in the name of God). With the many different ideologies, each of course think that they are "infallible".
In fact, these Godmen are not only beyond reason & logic, but also beyond this world and live in "virtual reality"- they probably cannot be peace loving citizens of any nation on earth! They should live on .... maybe Mars or Mercury? [The SETI Project should probably look closer to home ;-D]

Just like PKR & DAP, PAS is now on a "political high" after the winning streak of March 8 under the pact with their "allies", and they who are "feeling left out" wish to show it - albeit with an Islamic twist.
The "firebrand" pro-theocracy faction need their day in the sunshine too ....
That was what the threatened protest was all about - a show of power, out of "love".

How can anybody not agree to it - it is about encouraging "love"!
These are events in KL that they believe, results in the many a child "used" by grandfathers/bomohs for entertainment, illegal abortions, ketum/ codeine/syabu addiction, illiteracy, unemployment, ignorance and idolatory in some godforsaken kampung in the backwaters of Kelantan, Terenganu, Pahang or Perlis.
(How can I forget - actually, even among some elite politicians, in urban localities too... but at least they don't walk around in robes or 'ketayap' for tea parties)
Never mind all that - they at least "cover-up", and the don't force *jocks on the "firebrands".

Ella and Mas Idayu on the other hand, don't - and with the increased cost of fuel, the poor guys have to fork out cold-hard cash for jockstraps*!
They are sexy, successful & very 'desirable' - plus, they are beautiful, have nice hair, wear leotards- which will not allow the robed & jock-less holy men from performing their fardu kifayah or fardu ain.
Yes - Their derriere can damn you to hell! The devil sits right there to shake your faith. Can't any virile man understand that? That's all that matters!

Who cares if it doesn't make sense ....
Who cares if the evils that they hope to discourage happens more in the closed & uneducated communities that they encourage .....

Who cares if they are more prevalent in the very community they alight from.....
Who cares for the schools ...
Who cares if the kufr are denied their rights ....
Who cares if tourists don't turn up....
Who cares if businesses take flight ...
Who cares that the "culture of the kufr" isn't the real reason for these ills....
The argument that, "it is beyond logic, brudder ...." - will answer all that.
Surely Abu Bakr, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Uthman ibn Affan , and Ali ibn Abi Talib would've been awed by these unreasoning minds that defy all logic...

What matters is, these guys get some share of the limelight, even if it allows political rats in power to destabilise Pakatan Rakyat - the only opportunity we've had in 50 yrs to set things right for the future of our children.
Some don't seem to realize that while religion may be their strength, it is also their Achilles Heel - that it is easily used by their adversaries to emasculate them.

Never mind the plunder, rape and suffering that the people have to endure - the idea of sexy successful women will damn you to hell, should these 'enlightened ones' not stop the concert!
Didn't they know that many a reasoning mind would gladly go to the 'human reasoning' hell that they preach?
Or that many are quite comfortable with that, even if it gets their jewels in a twist?
Why would anyone wanna emulate these "god-men" anyways, for heaven's sakes - now that definitely is beyond logic & reason!

Yep - Sometimes, love alone just ain't enough ..... common sense does help!
For others though, maybe turbans, robes, camels or goats will do just fine, thank you.
Is that our culture or what?

Faux PAS?

(For info on the loving 'Rage-Boy', click here.)

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..... So anything the Prophet did not do and which are creations of the Western kafir (infidel) are to be shunned. I suppose if the police had not come to take him away he probably would have burnt his car as well and gone out to buy a camel or a horse.
This ‘example’ frightened me to hell (well, probably my beer would take me there as well).
..... "Nevertheless, I still remember my late mother’s wise words, “Many a true word is said in jest.” "
- Raja Petra Kamarudin, Loony Malaysia, Feb 29 2006.

I once asked a doctor friend of mine in jest, “I don’t drink, don’t smoke, don’t take drugs, don’t womenise, am careful with my diet, exercise regularly, and sleep early. How long do you think I can live?”
He replied, “With that kind of lifestyle what is there to live for? It’s not much fun is it?”
-Raja Petra Kamarudin, Throwing the Cat among the Pigeons, NO HOLDS BARRED

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Reply to the Petronas fan's Letter

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This post is in response to the earlier post -
E-Mail circulated by a Petronas 'fan'
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Dear ......,
I'm sure you know where this e-mail comes from ..... at best, it's laughable!
What I write are things that cross my mind, and not for the reading of others, okay...... so here's what I'd say in response:-

Yes - I'm sure Malaysia is the only oil producing country that rents rigs, explores for oil, needs to transport the oil, cannot refine it and has to export it.
Poor ol' Petronas .....
I'm sure we don't sell light sweet crude on the Black market.
I'm sure we don't sell crude for 'loans' from Japan or Korea for our mega projcts that churn billions of ringgit for the economy

Yes we don't have the money - but we have money for Putrajaya, the KLCC twin phallus of pride & ego, Cyberjaya, Paperless Hospitals, PKFZ, Lumut, Bakun Dam, gambling away billions on futures trading, bailing out MISC, giving money for selling nasi lemak, sarong & MLM at work in the 1.2 million strong civil service, building millions on Brickendonbury sports Complex, Working holidays to Europe, Helicopter rides to international Golf courses for fun, Proton tin cans, Motorized bicycles, Rempit trips to North pole, failed Everest expeditions by HP6 monkeys, F1 tracks .... phew!
I'm sorry - I'm already breathless, ......

But of course - We got no money for decent schools.
We got no money for scholarships, so worthy students can study.
We got no money for REAL world-class education & Universities!
We got no money for infrastructure,subsidizing food, cooking oil.
We didn't have money for a lot of things ......

But we do have money for Monsoon Cup, Theme parks in God-forsaken places, funding Kangkung studies by kangkung Proffies who use proxies!!!
Definitely takes your breath away, doesn't it?

Does the oil belong to PETRONAS & gang or the people?
Where does Petronas get it's right to the profits?
God or Government?

Do cronies decide on this secretive Govt controllers, or the people?
I want a share in the company - why isn't it public listed like any other company?
Why can't I buy a share?
Why can't I get some of the profits, even if I have to pay taxes for it?
Why can't the accounts be revealed to the tax-payers and voters who give it the right to explore/ drill/ pump out this God-given wealth?

Of course I do ask about the taxes- and That also gives me the right to ask Petronas, where are the profits?
If I cannot ask, why not?
What have you got to hide it for 50yrs for?
Who are your "external auditors"?
Who are the beneficieries?
Who are the decision makers, shakers & movers??
Where are the AGMs?
Who votes?

Now show us your accounts!!!
Thank You, Petronas!

(images inserted are from Mob' s Crib)

E-Mail circulated by a Petronas 'fan'

Subject: This is a very good explanation to all Malaysian

Dear All,

This is lengthy but please bear with me. This is worth reading through ALSO.

We're not actually comparing apple-to-apple here, as most countries listed have a very long reserve life (the amount of years they have till the oil is finished) and they have a low population compared to their oil reserve (hence they can cater to their own needs without any bother to the supply). Some research can do wonders instead of blaming others.

UAE
population = 4,380,000
oil reserve = 97 billion barrels
production rate = 2.5 million barrels per day
Reserve life = 107 years

Kuwait
population = 2,851,000
oil reserve = 99 billion barrels
production rate = 2.5 million barrels per day
Reserve life = 108 years

Saudi Arabia
population = 24,735,000
oil reserve = 260 billion barrels
production rate = 8.8 million barrels per day
reserve life = 81 years

Iran
population = 71,208,000
oil reserve = 136 billion barrels
production rate = 3.9 million barrels per day
reserve life = 74 years

Nigeria
population = 148,093,000
oil reserve = 36.2 billion barrels
production rate = 2.3 million barrels per day
reserve life = 43 years

Venezuela
population = 27,877,000
oil reserve = 80 billion barrels
production rate = 2.4 million barrels per day
reserve life = 91 years

Malaysia
population = 27,452,091
oil reserve = 4.8 billion barrels
production rate = 550,000 barrels per day (resources from internet salah. Aku kira production hari2, sila ikut nombor aku)
reserve life = 33 years

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/Malaysia/Oil.html
http://www.malaysia-today.net/Blog-e/2006/03/petronas-profits-create-friction.htm

And the Ahmad fisherman notion that we extract oil from the ground without costs, or little cost, is NOT TRUE. Foolish, even.

FYI, to extract oil from the ground, there're 3 main cycle: Exploration, Development and Production. I wont go into lengthy explanation here, lets just have an overview of Drilling campaigns that needs to be carried out on all three cycles.

Drilling Campaign:

Rig: RM552,000 per day (minimum)

->We dont make rigs. We rent them. The deeper the ocean, the pricier the rig. And FYI, shallow waters of Malaysia is running out of oil. We are running the final race on shallow waters , have to concentrate on smaller pore-sized fields and taking the greater risk and more cost on deepwater fields.

Supply boat : RM 209,509 per day (minimum)

-> we need at least 2 supply boats.

Thats the cost of just two of many, many more items involved in Drilling campaigns alone. I'd like to reiterate that these campaigns occur in ALL of the 3 cycles, each campaign is at least 4 months. Do the maths or better yet, put it in a fancy Excel and publish it around.

Thats just costs involved in extracting the oil.

How about transporting it to shore? How about refining it for industries, daily stuff and for your car?

Some may ask why are we selling our oil, since we can use it? Well, here the answer: WE DONT HAVE MONEY. What else can we sell to make money? Tin? Gold? Pepper? Rubber? All these calculated together would not make even a small portion of profit in O&G. Our oil is of one of the best quality in the world because it is low in sulphur. Fyi, we dont need best quality oil for our cars, its only used in industries and in jets. In the international oil price is average USD130/bbl, ours would be close to USD140/bbl.

And then some might additionally ask, SO WHERE DID ALL THE OIL MONEY GO? Please refer to the statistics above, we have less than 50yrs of supply of O&G, although more explorations are aggressively being done in deepwater and smallfields. PETRONAS needs the money to ensure that we have the supply AFTER 50 years. PETRONAS is aggressively pursuing O&G projects overseas, and these projects does not come cheap. In other words, PETRONAS is not the nation's piggy bank, its THE bank for our children's children.

So please, do not be swayed easily by cheap-mouthed politicians who does not have the in-depth knowledge about how the process goes. If they say they want to use our oil money, please do consider our children's children. PETRONAS have been supporting the nation by giving back almost 60% if its profits.

Itu pakai cheap labor tu. Our skilled engineers, even often frustrated by the meager wages they get for risking their lives at sea, sometimes for weeks, still they stay and think of the country. I'm proud to say a lot of them are very patriotic. But also a lot of them are enticed by Middle East countries and others to work for them for more attractive salary. Nak recruit orang baru senang, but we have to train them and training takes 2-3 yrs!. Since we are running our last mile in our existing oilfields, we need experienced workers, and they dont come cheap.

So next time any politician says, DUIT PETRONAS PEGI MANA?, ask them back DUIT CUKAI SAYA PEGI MANA?

:p. I think that would be more appropriate.

Doubletalk:TDM's 'Racenomics'.

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The former prime minister has come one full
circle in his political rhetoric. In the early days of his political career, he was part of a group of young Umno politicians known as the "Ultras".
This group believed that Umno should not share political power and blamed Tunku Abdul Rahman for pandering to other races. In 1995 he promoted the concept of Bangsa Malaysia. Today he has adopted his old rhetoric, perhaps acknowledging that his goal of pushing Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi out of office will only be realised if the Malay ground, particularly Umno members are galvanised into action by fear of losing power.
- The Malaysian Insider
(Dr M says it again: Don't question Malay rights)

.... Mahathir Mohamad pagi ini menegaskan bahawa orang Melayu mempunyai hak untuk menuntut sebahagian dari kekayaan negara, tanpa perlu mengambil hak orang lain...... Mana ada negara dalam dunia menerima kaum pendatang diberikan hak samarata? ......(sebagai warga negara dan mempunyai hak samarata), janganlah orang lain kini mahu mempersoalkan hak kita!” - quoted on BigDogDotCom

"We (the Malays) are not the type to protest and have accepted those who came to the country."
"We even accorded them rights unlike other countries,"
he said at a talk titled "The Future of Malaysian Malays" .
"When they speak of their rights, people say it is all right as we live in a multiracial country."
"We have come up with policies to help the Malays without sidelining the interests of other races."
- Mahathir Mohammad (quoted in NST's "Dr M's 'racist remarks' draw flak")

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Here are some "snippets" from Chedet.com of Dr. Mahathir:
Snippets

Bank Account

1.Several blogs have given space to a scurrilous statement that I, my wife and my children, have USD 199.45 million and S $ 42,000,000 in fixed deposit in the Israeli National Bank in Singapore.

2. The scum who alleges this does not have the guts to give his name.
3. ....................
4. I give full permission for the Israeli National Bank to make public
these accounts
6. As for the anonymous scum, give your true name, I/C and address so that I can sue you.

(Escuzi, Tok - after 4, is 5 - don't let your pressure muddle your brains ... may result in a stroke.
It may just be a blessing in disguise though, should you persist in the furious incontinence of the scum you spout.
Anyway I'll pass the message that he should be kind enough to send you an e-mail with his I/C no. BTW, nice writing Tok - unlike the normal Mutt-hias style .....
Take care, Tok)
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Nice "economics" he fights for - demand "a piece of the pie" that's "rightfully" Malays' without taking away what belong to "others"!
Hello, old man - WTF does he think he's been doing all these years - Taking away the opportunities that belonging to whom? Who's been paying taxes as citizens - masquerading Bumiputras in the 1.2 million civil service and GLCs, or the "nons"?
Any Malabaris you know from Kerala paying taxes or studying here, masquerading as Melayu?
He's telling me that you can eat your cake and have it too?
This must be his idea of a sick joke for rempits and monkeys, or a perverted idea of "jizya" and dhimmitude with "hak samarata", right?

He must think that Malaysians/ Malays are all really "donggoi", and don't see through his lies & self-serving political rhetoric!

I don't normally read the old man's cribbing anymore (save for the 'nice expose' on RapidKL lately).
However, since I was a little bored, and wanted some light entertainment, I decided to visit it today. I was truly tickled - What a laugh it was!!
Mind you - comments on his blog are stringently moderated, to avoid "scummy" comments ...... it's okay if he says scummy stuff about "unworthy pendatangs threatening Malay rights" though.
He's 'da man', y'know - so it's okay.

It was really entertaining to read the comments at the blog from an "illustrious leader", who now cries about the “injustices” meted out to him these days, oblivious to the "free, fair & lovely 22 pendatang-Kutty years of fighting for Malay rights".
The "rationale" of the old man is quite "intoxicating" for some of his fans.
Truly amazing, and what a riot!
They actually compete in the Malaysia Bodoh spirit to be first to comment on the blog! Imagine what a glorious achievement that is!
Hmmm ..... So - That's what we call real NEP competition, huh?
It's all so 'intense', really - and gets one all dizzy, wanting to barf ...
He could possibly regain his mental strength if he takes up the offer in the last comment that I copied & pasted here.

Just for laughs, lets take a look at some of the "intense intellectual discourse" (no scum here ...) on CheDet.com - I guess these are the people that he loves to appease with his "Racenomics" :-
(I'm sure he'll get similar responses should he say that his flatulence is the only thing that can save them all)

"im the first ... hehe"
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"yeah i'm the second..........."
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"The Blog Alert can assists you to be among the first to read new posts here."
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"im the second hahahahaha hidup tun"
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"me 2nd"
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"Dulu, i used to tgk berite and one of my favorite news is BULETIN UTAMA."
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"There is nothing interesting when you watch the prime news in RTM or
TV3, nowadays i prefer to watch Bernama News at Astro502. Seems they
are a little more balanced."
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"Go on Tun... we support u... 2nd i guess..."
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"You are blogging with your toughts & truth. I believe you & will support you till the end."
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"Blog Tun adalah satu-satu tempat rakyat mengadu hal, ibaratkan
tempat anak mengadu nasib kepada si bapa, meluahkan isi hati yang
terbuku didalam pelbagai isu kehidupan yang dibangkitkan."
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"Assalammualaikum Tun...semoga sihat selalu."
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"you are right.. for me Pak Lah is a komunis.."
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"totally agree with u Tun,nowadays, everything been controlled by the gov.my.."
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"Tun, your articles are rally good lah. Next time you are in Bangsar, I
want to belanja you toseh or Utthapam in Saravana Bhavan and have a
chat with you in appreciation of your good articles."

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Enjoy your Toseh & Utthappam, Tok Det - it may trigger some common sense in your aging grey matter .... & who knows - maybe you'd even remember good ol' ancestral Malabar aka Kerala!

What about the Monkeys?

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Raja Petra wrote a nice piece of story in his No Holds Barred column entitled "You eliminate the plague by killing the rats" which was very interesting.
(I wouldn't expect & accept anything less from RPK anyway!)

Very true, RPK - the problem is, the Rats have blinded the Monkeys who grope for peanuts (when they aren't groping the asses, at least).
Many a lesser Monkey fed on these peanuts for just jumping around, are quite happy with it, and demand that the peanuts keep being thrown at them.

It is their right, apparently - That's why we have "Ketuanan Monyet" ideas floating around!
If the Rats are eliminated, who's gonna throw the peanuts at us poor Monyets?
[Yeah - who knows .... maybe I'm one of them too ....;-(]
For Pete's sake - if they don't get their cheese, they may just decide to chew my butt! They already warned all monkeys to that effect during their electioneering campaigns - the fuel price hike is prolly meant to achieve that, with all the rhetoric about losing rights to fuel the discontent!
Shouldn't we be feeding them with more thick cheese to prevent the price of peanuts skyrocketing and availability dwindling?
You don't understand ............. - this Monkey King and King Rat needs monkeys who understand their concept of "financial prudence".
We need Patriotism with a Rat's Kris & the Compassion for the Monkey's Crutch.
That is what we have BTN for - to make the Monyets who understand these sophisticated concepts.
Everybody knows that consumer spending drives the economy ......
To get people spending, what you need to do is give them money for nothing - that is called "subsidy" lah .... ala NEP style.
That's why we need a 1.2 million "strong" civil service, who are all ISO certified "to deliver" what the King Rat wants - Spend, Spend & Spend.
(If you don't finish your budget this year, your allocation will drop in the next - so make sure we have plenty of "conferences", "lawatan sambil belajar", jamuan, hari this & that towards the end of the year ....)

It doesn't really matter if the value of the money slides down the slippery slope - after all they aren't doing much, except thumping their chest in the "Ketuanan Monyet" spirit.
And buying Proton on loans for life, bonded with non-performing "study" loans and thus have become slaves in their own land without realizing it!
Never mind if they are just puffed-up monkeys, in souped-up Proton tin cans ....
That's called a Vote Bank!

Their purchasing power also sliding?
No problem - Mugabe/Mahathir will tell you .... just print more money - the peasants will think they're getting a raise, just becos their pay-slip shows a bigger number, and will thump their chest harder, till it hurts!
[When it hurts, they just need to seek the nearest Hospital/ Pusat Kesihatan for free pills (.... and maybe an MC as well lah). See - the Govt is so compassionate!
It's so easy, Mate - and you "need to understand that".]
They'll think that the piece of paper signifies wealth - even if it isn't good enough for the toilet.
They'll scramble for the peanuts thrown at them like monkeys - it's real fun, watching these peasants grinning ear to ear, running to spend their money at the malls/petrol pumps/handphone outlets, to feel "hip" & "happening" ....
The idea of wealth creation is lost on our wise guys - they think wealth & money is a piece of paper.
They don't believe in generating wealth thru ideas - wealth has to be waiting for rahmat "durian runtuh" ..... only this time, it is called Petronas Runtuh (or minyak pancut lah).
It is a God given thing, like the durian runtuh, and the minyak pancut - without it, you're supposed to survive on ikan iblis & nasi kosong .... it's really monkeylicous. Period.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is an agent of the despicable Jew, who is intent on destroying the great Islamic nations of the world.

The money/ wealth lost in wasteful spending is peanuts to them - meant to feed the monkeys.
Hey- why should they complain when it assures the Rats access to the precious cheese .....

The Rats are still grinning & skimming.
The peanuts are dwindling.
The monkeys are crying.

The Rat smacks his Lips.
Now, Read My Lips - This is what New Economic Policy (or is it Monkeys' Development Policy since the 90s?) stands for ....

Fuel Price Protest in KL.

The "muftimurtad" "Sedition" Case on July 4!

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There was another arrest on the same day RPK got arrested for his article "Let's send Altantuya's Murderers to Hell" - That of Syed Akbar, The Author of

"Malaysia And The Club of Doom"
(The Collapse of The Islamic Countries)
Author/Publisher: Syed Akbar Ali
ISBN: 9834261918
Paperback, 270 pages.

BigDog gives his take on the launch of the book here.
A book review is available at myAsylum.
He was an active participant in the comments section of MT, and a comment on the article 03/06: Malaysia’s organised crime syndicate: all roads lead to Putrajaya entitled "It is easy to Impress the Malays" caught somebody's eye and got him all fuming two years later(!!!), after everybody forgot about it, and most didn't even know it existed ......
(after all MT & RPK wasn't half as popular/famous/infamous back then, until all the free advertisements he got from some people!
It was a time when MT still had plenty of "flowery" lingo and "brutal" comments, and was somewhat still at the "adolescent" phase, unlike what it has matured into now - it is today "Mainstream" and a hotspot with millions of hits to its credit. Bravo RPK. And thanks to people like Syed Akbar too, who were part of those who helped create a vibrant community).
Certainly hope contributions to Bloggers Defence Fund be made available to him should the need arise.
Here is what I wrote in the 08/05/08 post about the comment he made :-

NOTE:Mr. Syed Akbar Ali was also arrested (posted bail) along with Raja Petra.

He has apparently been charged for a comment that allegedly "insulted Malays & Islam" in June, 2007.Someone mentioned that he was the one of the "Club of Doom" fame - I have no idea if this is the case.

Wasn't he the one who went under the pseudonym- "muftimurtad" aka "mm2007" currently listed as the commenter -"Penerangan UMNO" in the comment on THIS page - entitled IT IS EASY TO IMPRESS THE MALAYS, at 05/06 14:59:39 with his "batu-gang" comment.

Despite his many "harsh" comments which I did find quite "scathing" at times, IMHO, they hardly qualify as "seditious". After all, nobody even spoke about it, and it was just a personal comment which could've been regarded as frivolous. Giving it publicity at the same time as RPK's arrest makes one wonder if there was possibly an "ulterior motive" or "malicious intent" on part of the prosecution.

The following is the Star report yesterday on the "Sedition" case :-

KUALA LUMPUR: A Sessions Court here has set July 4 to hear submissions to determine if the charge against businessman Syed Akbar Ali for allegedly posting a seditious comment on a news portal is defective.

Former banker and writer Syed Akbar, 48, pleaded not guilty to posting the comment in Malaysia Today editor Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin’s article titled Malaysia’s organised crime syndicate: all roads lead to Putrajaya. The offence was allegedly committed at 2.59pm on June 5 last year at Zeenath Begum Jewellers Sdn Bhd in Jalan Masjid India.

On Tuesday, lawyer Ashok Kandiah told the court he was ready to hand over a copy of his written submission to the prosecution. DPP Ishak Yusof said he would need time to reply to the written submissions.

Judge Rozana Ali Yusoff ordered the prosecutor to put in his reply to the court before the hearing on the preliminary objections.

Lawyer Malik Imtiaz Sarwar and counsel Haris Ibrahim also appeared for the accused.

p.s.
Bravo to chedet.com - nice post on RapidKL!
Much better than the earlier defensive posts - that is what we need to hear.
We need to see the dirt hit the fan on current matters.
No use complaining about TSA, AAB, KJ, NTR, Malays losing power, "Ketuanan Melayu" ......
As somebody said, "It's the economy, Stupid ...."!

And oh .... a latest addition- real Cool Image from Bodohland on
the Altantuya Case:-