A Father of Lame Duck.....a Victim?!

Disappointment of the decade: Pak Lah as fifth Prime Minister
By Justin Ong

KUALA LUMPUR - Dec 30, 2009

— “Don’t work for me, work with me.”

That one sentence heralded what was supposed to have been a New Age for Malaysians. After over two decades of iron-fisted rule by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, a prime minister who cared about what the country thinks was exactly what the doctor ordered.

Most Malaysians thought as much.

Together with the promise of a softer approach towards running the country was Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s image as “Mr Clean”. An image that he played up further by vowing to come down hard on a culture of corruption so entrenched that, far from being a crime, it was treated as an entitlement.

More than just giving Pak Lah — as he is popularly known — the benefit of the doubt, Malaysians handed him the keys to the country. In Election 2004, Barisan Nasional was given its most convincing mandate yet, winning 198 out of the 220 parliamentary seats. Whatever gains the opposition made during the 1998 Anwar Ibrahim debacle was all but wiped out.

But despite the overwhelming support of the electorate, it did not take long for it to be obvious that instead of using this mandate to implement policies that might have taken the country somewhere, anywhere, Pak Lah seemed content to rest on his laurels.

An administration paralysed by indecision, it was painful to watch what was essentially the most powerful man in the country being unable — or unwilling — to decide which direction the country should be heading. Instead, Malaysians were treated to mere rhetoric.

If ever there was an example of how indecision can be as harmful — and perhaps even more so — than bad decisions, this was it. National policy — when they made any — seemed to change on a whim, before being reversed soon after if objections were raised.

Dr Mahathir, “recalcitrant” as he was, was at least decisive. And once he made up his mind, for better or worse, he stuck by it. Pak Lah, in contrast, ruled with all the consistency of a limp noodle. And before long, some quarters even began pining for the return of his predecessor.

Anecdotal accounts now seem to suggest Pak Lah was more than happy to let the country run itself, rather than be bothered with the minutiae of administrating the day-to-day affairs of the nation.

It also did not bode well that the man who was in charge of the country brought more than a metaphorical meaning to the phrase “sleeping on the job”. In any case, rather than running itself, the country was quickly running aground.

Besides residing over periods of harsh “unofficial” inflation, when the rakyat was increasingly feeling the pinch yet kept being told that everything was, is, and ever will be all right, it was also obvious that Pak Lah was failing miserably at his earlier promise of combating national graft.

Not only was he not doing much to cut down on corruption, merciless insinuations and accusations of cronyism by Dr Mahathir also ripped Abdullah’s “Mr Clean” reputation to shreds. Allegations of corruption in the UN Oil for Food programme certainly didn’t help matters. Nor the unfortunate discovery of a nuclear smuggling network involving Scomi Group.

Given carte blanche to run the country, Pak Lah chose to play the bureaucrat at a time when the country needed a strong steward to guide it into uncharted waters. Promises of fighting corruption, an Islam Hadhari that no one understands till today, and stillborn economic progress all lie in the wake of possibly the country’s most ineffectual prime minister to date.

What had started with so much potential ended as a major letdown. Hounded out of office by the man who put him there and the man who would be there, Pak Lah cut a lonely and forlorn figure in his final days.

In the end, Pak Lah's years will be remembered as a lost opportunity to reform Malaysia by a man who was paralysed by indecision and manacled to the status quo demands of his own political party.

Merry X'mas and Happy New Year?!

I have received numerous e-cards and sms greetings of - "Wishing you Merry X'mas and a very Happy New Year 2010"!

Merry and Happy? No, I am not! Even God is not, justified by his gloomy face the whole day in the X'mas day which marks 25/12/2009!

I am sure most of the Malaysians are not in the mood of Merry and Happy too amid the ever persistent economic doldrums and political imbroglio in this promised land, we are heading to nowhere!

Even on the eve, last night, the 'jingle bells' were not ringing like usual, the music was dull, and the atmosphere dismayed!

Early in the morning, by spreading out the news papers, we can only see all the bad news, ridiculous news of a youngish Chinese girl student being stupidly mishandled again by our most despicable and good for nothing cops regardless of they are man or woman!

Why I said they are good for nothing?!

When they are, of course, good for all those raids for money activities, going to the construction sites and extort for money, ambush by the roadsides and ask for money from the errant motorists, they are only good at that and nothing else!

What is crime rate is something that they would not feel interested to meddle with and they would say, the community needs to co-operate with the cops in order to curb crime rate, and it's not all their responsibility! And how about duty-bound? Bullshit, they would say!

So, in this auspicious X'mas day, most Happy and Merry will definitely be those snatch thieves, road bullies, run amok revelers and even the perpetrators of felonies would be the ones whom they would make whoopee and treating the cops the fat and dead cats!

What had happened to these supposed to be disciplined force which have become so indiscipline and running wild and woolly, yet, they are laudable of surpassing the KPI, of which the stupid Minister had endorsed?!

How to feel Merry in X'mas when the whole lot of worries are being felt?!

Happy New Year? Probably only those buffaloes-like and the round belly cats are the most happy, knowing that, during the festive new year days, they are going to be fed with more angpows, their pockets are to be filled with moolah, and aplenty!

So, Happy New Year to our abject cops in blue, and good harvesting!

Sick!


Read this - and you will feel equally sick!


Street crime up 27pc in Penang

PENANG, Dec 27 — Penang recorded 3,786 street crime cases this year compared with 3,523 cases last year.

State police chief Datuk Ayub Yaakob said street crime involving motorcycle thefts, snatch thefts, robbery and illegal racing saw an increase of 263 cases or 27.5 per cent over last year’s figure.

“In most of the cases, the suspects, individually, in pairs or in a group, had used motorcycles to commit the crime, especially robbery and snatch thefts.

“We are asking the public to cooperate with the police by giving input or ideas, so that a more effective approach can be drawn up to change the situation,” he said after flagging off the Penang Police Community Expedition, here, today.

Ayub was leading a high-powered motorcycle convoy involving 50 policemen and 50 members of the Penang Motorcycle Club on a Rakan Cop and crime-prevention promotion drive.

The one-day expedition started from Batu Feringghi and ended in Batu Maung.

Ayub said street crime made up about 40 per cent of all crime cases in Penang.

“No matter how many more policemen we recruit and deploy, street crime committed by motorcyclists will still occur, but what is important is curbing it with the cooperation of the public,” he said.

— Bernama

Not once...again..and ....again no more!!!

The siblings of Teoh Boon Hock performing the Buddhist ritual.


Teoh Beng Hock buried...again!

By Neville Spykerman

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 —Teoh Beng Hock was laid to rest again after Buddhist rituals were performed. His brother and sister were at the grave site while his parents stood afar, in accordance with Chinese beliefs that parents do not attend the burial of their children.

DAP’s Lim Kit Siang was also at the Nirvana Memorial Park, along with Teoh’s former boss Selangor exco Ean Yong Hian Wah, Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng and former DAP secretary-general Kerk Kim Hock.

Teoh’s casket arrived from the Sungei Buloh hospital at about 9.50am. Dozens of reporters and photographers were at the scene, along with several uniformed and plainclothes policemen.

A bed of white carnations was placed on top of his grave after the burial and his gravestone was put back into place.


Candid Comment :-

According to the old folk's belief - A man who has to be buried for the second time means that he has to suffer the torture of death for the second time, and it does not augur well for the family concerned!

After this round of 2nd time autopsy, under the many watchful eyes of the internationally renowned forensic experts, and the professional pathologists, should the Government is still unable to allow the justice to take its proper course, the wraith of the late youthful Teoh Beng Hock would definitely not rest in peace and closed his eyes willingly to rise to heaven!

Life is short. The death of an innocent soul, Teoh Beng Hock's case has testament to it! But, no matter how short is life, Teoh's life was wasted to the evil hands of the so-called authority, is a case of curse and condemnation of utter abuse, a criminal deprivation of a human's life and his right!

No one in this earth or planet has got this authority to have done such an animal characteristically act of brutality and uncivilized man slaughtering, only typical to the most backward and uncivilized Countries could find! And only the Talibans and the terrorists would find fit to sever their enemies' heads and the amputation of their limbs in the name of God to satisfy their animal instinct!

In a democracy Country like ours, it's puzzling to see the same man slaughtering act but in a freaky 'civilized way' of mental torture and trauma infliction to a victim in the sacrosanct name of - rule of law - virtually, it's clear cut 'political persecution' each and every decent citizens could have seen and understood!

Teoh Beng Hock was a law abiding citizen with no difference from him with the common people - that - he's only working for the bread as a political aide to a politician - who - was not the most wanted political rival to the fearful power that be of the day! But he was treated as one seemed to be the most unworthy life than a terrorist he who had been tortured and treated to his death - innocently!

Teoh Beng Hock died of sheer innocence and there's no doubt about it....And he did not deserve it, at all!

All the peoples of this Country are on the brink of holding the last straw - and on the watch - how will the most hypocritical politicians with absolute powers granted by the peoples, to act with conscience, or to continue with their animal-like foxy and fiendish characters - in due time, to break the camel's back with this last straw!

20 over millions peoples are not to be run over with roughshod just like the ants under the big foot of the wild and demented elephant!

This is the last warning from the PEOPLES!

Ce Sera Sera.....

STRATEGY - is the elixir to Umno for putting PR down as underdog in all the past and present jostling for 'positive' perception, created in the MMC and the cyberspace multimedia domain all these while. The Machiavellian Najib is comparatively a better strategic planner even the CEO MB Khalid is being shied away! Compounded with the baskets of goodies offered through the national resources and coffer, his proclamation that - before the end of 2010 - all the stimulus packages would be materialized is a powerful catalyst to induce and woo all the departed frogs from leaping back to the once under-greased umno den during the time of the lame duck Dollah, he only greased his SIL from head to tail!

These returning frogs consist irrespective of races, of course, Malay contractors are the majority which therefore pushed up the 55% and could be 60% by now upwards curve, in support of BN! The Chinese towkays, once after being promised some good soup, will also bend back to support BN again and dun ever underestimate their influence, look at that Mr Tiong, you know how powerful money is! About the Indians voters...hmmm....you know lah, worst than Teochew lang - 'ti ko liang, ti ko chor'! The Kugan case they themselves have already forgotten about it, with only little milk spilled into their mouths, and they would have swept the issue under the rubber mat!

The strategy PR harps on, is still based on the old dog's trick, ineffective! Which needs innovation from the regular splashing of saliva and their usual histrionic - 'pikin tak serupa cakap' juga! They have forgotten what BN/Umno had been bashed of flip-flop governance and the most despicable 'pikin tak serupa cakap' stance of hypocrisy! They are not for the rakyat, it seems. And, they are more concerned about their Party's ideology! PAS wants to be for the Islam! PKR wants Anwar to be the PM! DAP wants the little emperor LKS long live and prosperous his dynasty...blah blah!

As for we bloggers who would say No to ISA, soon enough, Najib will present a hamper, all the hardcore detainees will be unleashed from Kemunting, ISA rephrased! Hence all the mouths gagged, and the pens down!

The Singaporean oppositional doyen Dr Lim Hock Siew's video clip will be capitalized as the greatest asset and weapon to replace Chua soi-lek and Lingam's CD -- "There you see, our magnanimous Najib is so kind and compassionate....not like that LKY, can detain people up to 32 years one!"

So, nincompoops will begin sing hallelujah for the pink lips again! Dun be forgetful like the very forgetful Rakyat we have in Bolehland, money can buy everything including hearts and virginity! Democracy and justice is cheap to most of these types of mentality! Dr Lim will be enliven in Sing history book, but in Malaysian book, there's only the Guinness Book of record - a man with C4 could become a PM!

Sad to think of the consequence of the next GE or whatever! How about lets all again switch on our MyFM and tune to the channel for the nostalgic song - "Ce Sera Sera...whatever will be...will be ...(repeat chorus)!"....

Malaysia Boleh!

The unpeaceful soul, and irritated !

Teoh Beng Hock's body exhumed
UPDATED
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 — The exhumation of Teoh Beng Hock’s body for a second autopsy, ordered by the inquest into his recent death, has been completed. The exhumation comes following the testimony of Thai pathologist Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand that the death of the political aide was very likely a homicide.

A team of over ten police forensic experts had earlier cordoned off the grave area with the aid of several cemetery workers, who are helping with the exhumation.

Teoh’s family members arrived earlier, and began offering rites to the departed’s spirit. A feng shui master explained that the time of the exhumation had been chosen specifically to coincide with swallows beginning the day, for good luck.


Dr Pornthip (center in the picture) is also on the scene to observe the exhumation process.

Also present were two other forensic experts — Dr Shahidan Md Noor, who is chief pathologist at the Sungai Buloh Hospital, and UK pathologist hired by the MACC, Dr Peter Venezis.

Following the prayer rituals, the casket was successfully disinterred and displayed to the media present, before being covered in plastic sheets.

The family’s lawyer, Gobind Singh Deo, said that all parties involved were satisfied with the way the exhumation was performed and added that Teoh’s body was still in good condition for the second autopsy.

Dr Shahidan along with Dr Pornthip are expected to carry out an X-ray examination on the body later.

The casket containing the body has been transported to the hospital, which will be the site of the second autopsy scheduled to run from 9.30am to noon tomorrow.

Gobind said lawyers representing Teoh’s family will also be there to hold a watching brief.

“This is to ensure that no complications will come in the future, so it’s better to make sure everything is alright now,” explained Gobind, who is also Puchong MP.

Teoh’s former employer, Selangor state executive councillor Ean Yong Hian Wah, said at the cemetery: “I hope the second autopsy will reveal the truth.”

Yong also stated his desire to know how much the government spent hiring the UK pathologist, Dr Venezis — one of two foreign pathologists, along with Dr Pornthip, who will be observing the second autopsy.


[Teoh’s sister, Lee Lan, leads the procession at today’s exhumation.]

He said it was of public interest that the amount paid to hire the foreign expert be disclosed, as public funds were used to procure his services.

Dr Venezis, who serves as a director at the Cameron Centre for Forensic Medical Sciences in London, has handled over 2,000 autopsy cases involving sudden death, of which 1,500 were found to be homicides.

“The fact that they hired a foreign expert shows they have no confidence in the local pathologists,” Yong added.

DAP’s Lim Kit Siang and Ronnie Lie were also in attendance. Both expressed hope that a fresh autopsy will reveal who or what “killed” Teoh.

Lim also added that Teoh’s death may have been a contributing factor towards Malaysia’s worst ever placing in the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index.

When the two giants meet.....

President Barack Obama visiting the Forbidden City at China

BEIJING, 17th Nov.,2009 – President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament and other global troubles yet emerged from their first full-blown summit Tuesday with scant progress beyond goodwill.

After two hours of talks and a separate meeting over dinner the night before, the presidents spoke of moving beyond the divisiveness over human rights, trade and military tensions that have bedeviled relations in past decades.

"The major challenges of the 21st century, from climate change to nuclear proliferation to economic recovery, are challenges that touch both our nations, and challenges that neither of our nations can solve by acting alone," Obama said, standing with the Chinese leader in the Great Hall of the People.

Hu, who heads a collective leadership that often has preferred to go it alone internationally, said: "There are growing global challenges, and countries in today's world have become more and more interdependent. "

With each of those big issues — from global warming to the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs — persistent differences bubbled up in the form of indirect barbs during the joint appearance.

Stung by new U.S. levies on imports of Chinese-made tires and steel pipes, Hu said he told Obama that given a still struggling global economy both countries "need to oppose and reject protectionism in all its manifestations in an even stronger stand."

Obama later called on China to relax controls that keep the Chinese currency relatively weak and thus help fuel exports — something Beijing officials have rejected in recent days. Obama also pointedly raised human rights, saying they are fundamental to all.


"We do not believe these principles are unique to America, but rather they are universal rights and that they should be available to all peoples, to all ethnic and religious minorities," Obama said in his only nationally televised remarks on the sensitive issue.

The mixture of promises and lasting differences underscored how intertwined the superpower United States and rising power China are, and the difficult task Obama faces in managing friction with an authoritarian, sometimes testy Beijing.

On his first visit ever to China, Obama said he was mostly striving to better understand China, a geopolitical force on its way to becoming the world's second-largest economy.

"Our relationship going forward will not be without disagreement or difficulty," Obama said. "But because of our cooperation, both the United States and China are more prosperous and secure."

Aside from his meetings with Hu, Obama received a formal welcome. He walked past rows of soldiers in dress uniforms and dined on chicken soup with bean curd, Chinese-style beef steak and roast grouper at a state banquet. He also toured the Forbidden City, the emperors' palace for more than 400 years, and met the head of China's legislature, a former mayor of Shanghai, the commercial hub where Obama started his three-day stay in China.

In a minor advance, the two leaders set a deadline of early next year for resuming an on-again, off-again dialogue on human rights. Charting a new frontier for cooperation, the two agreed to reciprocal visits by the heads of their space programs. Promises were made to step up visits by military leaders to help overcome years of distrust over a Chinese military buildup and U.S. reconnaissance missions in the seas off China.

Headway was made on climate change. The two committed their countries — the biggest emitters of the heat-trapping gases causing global warming — to backing a detailed political agreement at next month's climate-change conference in Copenhagen. In their formula, rich countries would commit to reduction targets while developing ones would agree to meet softer goals that would be monitored.

Yet the positions were not markedly different from those Beijing and Washington held before Obama's arrival.

So it also was with attempts to curb Iran's nuclear program and disarm nuclear-armed North Korea. Though Obama talked of continuing diplomatic efforts on Iran and North Korea, Hu did not endorse the U.S. leader's talk of sterner actions should negotiations falter. Beijing has strong interests in keeping North Korea stable and in maintaining budding energy cooperation with Iran.

"Iran has an opportunity to present and demonstrate its peaceful intentions, but if it fails to take this opportunity, there will be consequences," the U.S. president said. Hu did not mention consequences.

Keeping the differences veiled rather than open was a measure of success of sorts for Obama. With its economy still in trouble, U.S. international prestige still battered and China holding $800 billion in U.S. government debt, Obama came to the Beijing summit with a weaker hand than previous U.S. presidents. That makes the emphasis on practical cooperation all the more needed, Chinese analysts said.

"The Chinese leadership will not worry too much about the U.S. pressure. In the context of the financial crisis and George W. Bush's legacy on the issues of Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the U.S. needs China much more than China needs the U.S.," said Yu Wanli, an America expert at Peking University.

At their joint appearance, Hu called on the U.S. to respect China's "core interests" — code for ending support for Taiwan and for the Dalai Lama, in his Tibetan government-in-exile. Obama obliged by saying Tibet was part of China. But he urged China to restart talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives — something Hu did not mention.




SPIN METER: Did Obama grovel?

WASHINGTON – Some conservative commentators seized on President Barack Obama's deep bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito over the weekend, accusing the U.S. commander in chief of groveling before a foreign leader.

So did he?

While it may have been an awkward moment, it wasn't without precedent. And it appeared to be well within protocol guidelines that the State Department issues for foreign service officers working in other countries.

U.S. presidents from both political parties have often been criticized for their attempts at culturally sensitive greetings to high-ranking foreigners.

Former President George W. Bush, a Republican, was mocked for holding Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's hand, a traditional sign of friendship in the Middle East, as they strolled together in 2005.

In 1994, former Democratic President Bill Clinton was criticized for almost bowing to Akihito. The resulting image, The New York Times wrote, was of "an obsequent president and the emperor of Japan."

Former President Richard Nixon, a Republican, can be seen in a Life magazine photo from 1971 bowing to Akihito's father, Emperor Hirohito, who ruled when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Obama's encounter with Akihito was a stumble because it mixed a bow with a handshake — something not normally done. And it wasn't the first time the president, a Democrat in office less than a year, has been criticized for his greeting of a foreign leader. Critics accused him of genuflecting to Saudi King Abdullah at a summit meeting of the leaders of the top 20 rich and developing nations earlier this year.

The current bow comes during a highly charged political moment in the United States. Conservatives are strongly opposing Obama's policies, especially his plan to overhaul the U.S. health care system, and they have seized on any perceived faux pas by Obama, carrying their message on talk radio and blogs.

An online video posted by the University of Connecticut College Republicans juxtaposed a series of upright handshakes between Akihito and other world leaders and Obama's low bow.

Andrew Malcolm, in a blog on the Los Angeles Times Web site, asked, "How low will the new American president go for the world's royalty?"

Obama's bow was compared with photos of former Vice President Dick Cheney giving Akihito a straight-backed handshake and Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who oversaw the post-World War II occupation of Japan, standing with his hands on his hips next to Hirohito.

State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters Monday that the bow was "a sign of respect to the emperor."

In an online State Department posting from 2007 titled "Protocol for the Modern Diplomat," envoys are advised to be aware of greeting rituals such as kisses, handshakes or bows and to follow a country's tradition. "Failure to abide with tradition may be interpreted as rudeness or a lack of respect for colleagues," it says. It's not clear whether the guidelines apply to the president.

John Park, a senior researcher at the U.S. Institute of Peace think tank, said it is a respectful tradition for visitors to bow to the emperor in a formal setting.

But, he said, "We're in an environment right now where everything is hypersensitive. Any type of move that you do, there will be some group that sees some sort of message within all that."

A nonsensical dimwit talks....

Hishammuddin: Demonisation of police main cause of high crime rate
[Hishammuddin’s statement drew criticisms from the opposition. — File pic]
By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein blamed the country's high crime rate on the demonisation of institutions such as the police..........

Now I understand what's the meaning of -'Laugh like a drain' - how lucky with my own experience, I read the news of our Home Minister who would have uttered such a humbug, so childish that he made me laughed like a drain!

Out of so many stupid reasons, he quoted one of the most ridiculous and idiotic reason - the Police force were being demonized to make them look stupid and incapable of doing a job to stifle the ever spiraling crime rates rampantly threatening the social security of the society! In contrast to the usual alibi of having shorthanded in the field force, this given reason of the latest one is even worth a better laugh than a laugh of the horse!

As a senior Minister, albeit the son of a venerable 'Father of Unity' he is still not weaned to be matured enough to match his late father, not even anything close to Him! After so many years drifting in Umno politics, he just didn't learn yet - how to become a real Statesman like his father - to have a demeanor closed to his father - to earn the respects of the common people, the Rakyat at large! Instead, he never fail to behave in his regular mischievous yet revolting pattern of a spoiled kid, let alone duty-bound! Instead of gaining respects through his mouth utterance, he's always fond of spewing bullshits, claptrap, and all the assorted nonsenses of the very cheap substance likened those deep in the invert of the sewerage manhole! Hence he was made to look cheap, and his pea brain lack of quality substance!

How would it be convincing for people to believe, the police force with their chief had just recently been pat on the shoulder by the Singapore police counterpart, one of the accolade of the much vaunted for - outstanding performance award - or sort, his boys and even the political boss now are blaming the public of being the main cause of the high crime rates exacerbated, and the efficiency of the police force declined to the contrary! According to the Minister concerned, he blamed the public of condemning and accusing his royal police force too often than always, to make his boys looked stupid and personalized them as demons. Thus it defeated their morale and caused them fail in performing an ethical job duty as the uniformed enforcement unit! Thus they claimed were scared by all these uncalled for curses and reprimands, allusively, they would rather prefer to do less, make less mistakes, and be fucked less!

They are scared to be fucked by the Rakyat when daily they are fucking up the Rakyat's lives by not doing their sanctity jobs, yet threatening the lives of the many innocent peoples by crowning them political dissidents against their political masters! They conveniently become the lackeys of the demonic politicians, those most villainous and serpentine in characters! And by such mentality, they are playing the risk game - the flying moth which fights the blazing fire!

Since the police are also guilty conscious of becoming the minor demons - nose-ringed by the bigger demon and the demonic political bosses they sub-consciously felt being demonized - whilst a phalanx of them still own some little conscience - they would have to indulge in some honest soul searching, on which direction they should stash their loyalty! The loyalty that they had all along misplaced on the political masters, isn't it now time for them to introspect - to rectify and redirect to the vows that they would have pledged - all and one only undivided loyalty to the Highness, the Supreme Monarch of the Nation - that - they are the guardians of rule of law, in lieu of otherwise?! And that is supposed to be the supreme law of the Country which has had spelled out, loud and clear!

"So, don't ever blame the Society. Neither should you blame the Rakyat of not co-operating with you, nor should you beg for any laudable merits you would have blamed the Rakyat of too stingy to bestow upon you! There will be only merit when merit is due, likewise, there will be only credit when credit is due! The Rakyat are always fair and square in granting the accolades when they are all due to you!"

Amid grouses, listen, Mr Policemen - "You all must open up your eyes big and round like the bulls to recognize who are your real bosses. Who are giving you the all livelihoods you now deserve - the hard earned livelihoods though, but, from the more hard earned livelihoods of the Rakyat!"

Never listen too much from the big mouths of the low life political bosses, they are enjoying easy lives though, but, they are not going to bother about your hard earned livelihoods, and the Rakyat's hard earned livelihoods, any single bit either! Don't listen to all the bunkum, claptrap and humbugs! These are not going to do you any good in portraying all your good image and reputation desirable of earning our credit appraisals and respects! More so, your dignity and the sacrosanct Royal Police Crest will be expedited deterioration in the process of erosion and tarnish, chemically, so long as you guys are willingly remain part and parcel of the shit scums, in the deep and stinking cesspool - or in other words - the filthy umno septic tank!

Fall of the Berlin Wall.

Day the Wall came down: History, what history?

A German historian who witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall explains why it did not feel like a momentous event at the time
By Roland Pietsch
FIRST POSTED NOVEMBER 9, 2009

It was revealed this week that Angela Merkel went for her regular Thursday evening sauna with a friend on the night the Berlin Wall came down on November 9, 1989. While thousands of her fellow East Germans poured into West Berlin, the young physicist who would become an MP a year later and one day rise to be German Chancellor relaxed in an East Berlin steam room and went for a beer afterwards with a friend. "I figured if the Wall had opened, it was hardly going to close again, so I decided to wait," she told the Guardian.

As a West German, brought up on the other side of the Berlin Wall, I too was a little nonchalant that day.

I was 18, in my last year at school. The next morning, November 10, I climbed onto the Wall with some of my classmates and the pictures have entered the history books. "Sir, we didn't know you're already that old!’" was one the many excited responses when I pointed myself out in the photos to my students at Queen Mary University of London during a recent history lecture.

Those photographs have become iconic images of the 20th century. But was it really such a unique moment in my life?

Born in West Berlin, I lived with the Wall for my entire youth. My generation did not know anything else. We questioned the existence of the Wall as often as the British question the water around their island: never.

In fact, we hardly ever noticed the Wall in our everyday lives. West Berlin was our world, a village behaving like a metropolis. Though Westerners were allowed to cross the border into East Berlin by buying a visa, few were interested in what happened on the other side, in dull grey Socialism. In our eyes, the Wall was the Easterners’ own doing. To most West Berliners, the East was just a foreign wasteland we had to drive through to go on holiday in western Europe.

My own knowledge of the East was slightly more detailed, since my mother had absented herself from East Germany and her parents just before the Wall was first erected in 1961. So we spent our holidays visiting grandparents, aunties and cousins on the Baltic Sea coast.

In 1989, our lack of interest was suddenly overtaken by a buzz of daily news about the changes in Eastern Europe. Historic events became a regular occurrence, which is one of my explanations for the inexplicable calmness with which I watched the confused East German government spokesman reading out the press release about free travel for Easterners on the evening of November 9.

I was not alone: most of my friends went to bed that night surprisingly unbothered by it all. Limited free travel for the Easterners had already been debated a week before.

But perhaps we were also slightly stunned. Was there a misunderstanding? Surely free travel GDR-style would include long visa waiting lists, only one family member at a time, and similar restrictions? Nobody guessed that the Easterners would so dramatically exploit the communication breakdown and power vacuum in their government that night by simply overrunning the border.

In the pre-mobile-phone age, millions slept through an historic event undisturbed. My two cousins, by the way, had decided to flee East Germany via Hungary's opened border a few days earlier. By the time they eventually arrived at our home, half of East Germany had already been once to West Berlin and back.

The next morning at school the historic dimension of the event sank in. Our headmaster was talked into closing the school and instead collectively visiting the Brandenburg Gate. Not many pupils eventually made it to the Wall, the majority clearly preferring to enjoy their unexpected holiday by sneaking off elsewhere.

The atmosphere around the Gate was funfair-like; there was an apolitical light-heartedness that serious history books never grasp. Nevertheless, when my students ask me today how it felt to personally be there, then I have to admit: yes it was fun, yes the event was about to change my life. But I also have to say that there are endless events in my life that have had a bigger emotional impact. Even at the time, preparing for a school exam, or being dumped by a girlfriend, were more important.

Nothing illustrates this inferior importance of historic events for the life of a teenager better than the photo taken of me and my classmates (above). I am looking down at my camera. Just at that moment my film was finished. I had deliberately taken only one film with me – digital cameras were still a way off - not wanting to 'waste' too many photos. The result is I have 36 photos from the day the Berlin Wall came down - and 144 from my previous summer holiday.

Yet I also sense a little despair in my barely visibly face. It must have dawned on me that this was not the best moment to be saving money on film. How could I have guessed that my lacking sense of history would thus be preserved for eternity, leaving me having to justify my stupidity to my students today?

I finished my recent lecture by showing clips from a BBC documentary, a standard mixture of emotional images and music arranged in a way that fitted the dramaturgy but was historically not always accurate.

Yet at this point even I could not help being overcome by the power of the images and music. I thought how much heavier the events must have weighed in my mother's life. And I hoped that in the darkness of the lecture hall, no student realised that my eyes were becoming a little wet.


MY CANDID COMMENT :-


Today marks the 20th anniversary for the Fall of Berlin Wall. Since Nov, 1989, the Berlin Wall was torn down and it's today, only after 2 decades, East and West Germany both stand in one and proudly to show to the whole world how they would have proven to the world peoples that – through their borderless co-operation and merger, they are able to excel together as a whole! And Germany has become one of the world largest economic bloc, amidst the world’s most advance Countries!

Whereas here in Bolehland, we see only all the splits, apartheid policies, down the list, to further sub-divide the Country into sectarians! All due to not only the mediocrity of the mediocre leaderships, but also their lunatic and stuck up mentality!

How truthful is the one Malaysia concept and whether it’s based on the Rakyat’s agenda, or still is the self-seeking Najibised agenda, the N2EP in disguise is yet to be seen!

Mahathir gave more than 2 decades time frame for Malaysia to excel into one of the Asian (5th?)Dragon, until now, we see only all the tadpoles and frogs! Where to find a baby dragon, or its embryo?! Given another 10 years until 2020, I believe there’s still no baby dragon, only all the ‘cacing’ and suckling worms!

I personally have no faith in their leaderships and had been disenchanted by all their flip-flop hypocrisies and claptrap!

The real concerns of a decent Rakyat...

As a member of the common public, a civvy in the Civvy Street, I am not so concerned about the political imbroglio ever be ballyhoo happening in the Country. I am not so concerned either about the much ado of political conspiracy, the razz-ma-tazz of mud slinging, and the murky hands of the top brass politicians plotting for the witch-hunts and carnage of politico rivals with malignant wills and maneuver of the public servants as lackeys and all that!

I am tired of showing any concern to all those foul plays, hatchet jobs and monkey business not even the Great Britain Royal Circus would wish to include them in the program of rendition.

But I concern very much - the breads on my table - the basic 3 meals which I will have to ensure and provide for my children. To enable them to fuel their stomachs with energy, of which it's needed to propel them to take on the heap up load of school texts and the burdening home works, all in all constitute the heavy pressures! And they have enough pressure already, would it not irresponsible, being a father, to pass over to them the pressure of finding enough breads to fuel their stomachs and cause to neglect their studies?! Hence it becomes our pressure, as the bread earners!

While the National economy is still on the low, the hatch of the national coffer is still thrown wide open to meet the national development funds, the large quantum of public servants and their emoluments, the astronomical amount of administrative costs and all that are on the spiraling increase against the below par of deficits ever being caused by the world economic crisis. The Government have to emulate other advance Countries dilute the national coffer further by funding the domestic market with the so-called stimulus package as an aid to stimulate the local market and the GPI. Some institutions such as the Banks might have pitched into the lucrativeness and enjoyed as the beneficiary. But, as long as the general public are concerned, little or no feeling are being felt of any benefits befallen into our rice bowls despite the fact that the Governments are vaunting so much about its impact on the national home economy, the benefits had been spectacular and so on!

The corruptions and malversation of the bureaucratic public offices again contributed to a record high of abuses though the AG or PAC are keeping tab on such malpractices and reveal data for public scrutiny. To the dismay of all, no one in the so-called graft buster office takes any heed to curb such criminal offense consciously! It seems MACC is more of concerning about catching small political fish, and does only good services for the power that be in tackling their political rivals, with all intentions, they have cut and leave a hole in the drag net for the big fish to flee, with reasons best known to them!

The issue of vexation which concerned almost every citizen is that - they, the MACC are supposedly the public servants and social scum cleaners who would only draw salaries from the national coffer, in which - tax-payers' blood and sweat monies are stacked like a loaf of jumbo sliced Gardenia - upon them doing their jobs. But to the contrary, in the absence of it, they would also draw the pay packets without obligation, with or without doing the proper jobs! They would only come and pull a slice every month without fail, without appreciating who are the bread earners, have had sweated for it, and supplied in abundance for their enjoyment! Since they are not doing their sanctity job of cleaning up the society full of scumbags and sleazeballs, but only flirting around - by right - they do not deserve at all to enjoy the supplying breads than others who are more needing, and are beseeching for, but to no avail!

This is what I am concerned deep, for they have infringed into my opportunity of earning extra bread due to my decent and extra efforts to slog for it!

When looking at this scenario, and with only one example - by comparing the easy monies that are draining out so easily and rapidly from the national coffer to others' waist pouches - they're indeed our contribution of hard earned monies - and to find it so trifling in our decent earnings - how not it causes our furore which itself, is enough to make our hackles stand! What the kind of good governance is this - 1-Malaysia?!

What the heck is the Government doing?! We begin to curse them and that's the one and many reasons we all wish to teach them a lesson, and to change them for good should they not change for good by themselves!

I am not concerned either who would be a better PM. A PM who only lives by his lips, by propagating with his voluminous rhetoric, tons of histrionics and poseur as a great and gracious benefactor is not good enough to befit as my choice PM. Let alone he must be a leader of good virtue and morality! Being my/our choice PM, he must be one who would not bring shame and besmirch to the reputation of the Nation, a proud image which all Malaysians will be carrying in the hands, when in foreign land immigration counters, our identity in the passports will be either a pride, or a despise, by the gestures and gleaming eyes of the alien officers manning the counters, will tell!

My last but not the least concern is - when are they the fumbling and tricksy politicians going to cut it - all the lowly rated sandiwara (playacts) and randy soap opera of the day, and be vigilant and on the alert of the threat that our Nation is far lagged behind the Marathon run towards the glory of economic triumph amid the world competitors!

This again I believe - is the magnitude of concerns of all the decent Rakyat!

Don't I deserve my right to voice out a little my concern and demand for all that of a better Nation? Am I asking too much?!

700 million emigrant on the look out to move!

(Globe Staff)

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 9:02PM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov. 06, 2009 2:56AM EST

Some 700 million people worldwide, or 16 per cent of the adult population, think the grass is greener on the other side and want to move to another country, according to a new poll. Here are some of the other findings of Gallup's survey of people in 135 countries between 2007 and 2009, released yesterday after phone or face-to-face interviews with 260,000 people aged 15 years and older:

U-S-A! U-S-A!

Nearly one-quarter of these respondents name the United States as their top destination, which translates to more than 165 million adults worldwide.

We're No. 2

An additional 45 million say they would like to move to Canada, and another 45 million would choose Britain or France, while 35 million say Spain, and 25 million Germany. Saudi Arabia is the top chose for 30 million people, and 25 million want to go to Australia.

Get me out of here

People in sub-Saharan Africa are the most likely to want to move, with 38 per cent of adults in the region wanting out.

Homebodies

Asians are the most satisfied with their current homelands, with only 10 per cent expressing a desire to leave.

Boom and bust

If all the adults who wanted to move did so, some countries would be emptied out, and others would be swamped.

* Percentage by which Singapore's population would grow if it accepted everyone who wanted to come: + 260
* Percentage by which Saudi Arabia's would grow: + 180
* Percentage by which Canada would grow: + 170
* Percentage by which the Democratic Republic of the Congo would shrink if everyone who wanted to leave did so: – 60

Source: Gallup

Aladdin's lamp and the cave....

If I were to say - our Nation now is in the current state of political imbroglio, topsy-turvy and prevalent foul play of witch hunting is in its apex notch, 10 out of 10 people will not disagree to give their nods.

Even the retired old kid, the once formidable and unassailable ex-PM who had ruled the Country for over 22 years, seems like still ruling, and tail-griping the recently emerged supremo of the Country, once his protege when during his regime - the Mahathirism Regime. Yeas, Mr Mahathirism, more popularly known as TDM is still holding the choke chain. He stays behind the screen and continues to maneuver without sparing a millimeter of his ultra active cerebral nerve! More in his store, are still drums of venomous liquid whereby he can anytime use to spurt at those had been groomed by him, and trying to defy him! More so threatening would be, with all their skeletons and dirty linens stashed in custody in his many closets, which are likened the pustulating piles in the anuses they would be too ugly and expensive for remedy!

More popularly, people call it a Pandora Box and he is holding in his bearish palm, and hairy obviously, to reveal a typical feature of a beastly and powerful tool of a predator!

To the old kid - TDM himself - he is adoring it as his most precious Aladdin's lamp, which his beloved instrument it would answer all his wishes! He would bow only to his Aladdin's lamp for wishes of longevity and good health plus umpteen wealth that would be lasting for the next next generations of his family, mostly stashed in the Aladdin cave which he founded together with his Aladdin's lamp. He believes little in God, or his God is more of Aladdin's soul, than, the real God. That's the reason he's not scared of the so-called God punishment, and retribution, and he believes that his Aladdin's lamp is much more powerful than any curses, condemnation of karma from the Rakyat are all bullshits and rock music which, his deafening ears can immune.

For the sake of upbringing his baby in the cradle, a very much less politically calibrated son, a prodigal son, or a gigolo son, by all names from the society, he still needs to tirelessly continue driving his old cart to the market and hard-sell on his unwelcome and old stock branded Mahathirism amidst the return sales of rotten eggs and old shoes traded back on him! Such a pathetic old kid, and greeted as a mischievous old ET most of the time by the fair-minded Rakyat, the countrymen whom they had suffered the intoxication of venom in the past - branded Mahathirism!

But he didn't aware of that. Or he just pretends not to be aware of that!

By right he would have been living with a lofty and peaceful life of being a retired great man, likened the dwarfih yet greatest man in China - Teng siu-ping - and enjoying the reunion with his children and grand children, enjoying the hobby of horticulture in the compound of his luxurious mansion now the son is enjoying, listen to the nostalgic pop music of P Ramlee if Michael Jacson's 'The Thrill' is too thrilling for his low pulse mechanical heart!

Why all these hassles of uncompromising brickbats and nefarious activities of throwing them around?! Sigh....!

The most recent cry of the owl is his advocacy of single stream schools fallacy where he advocated that all Malaysian should go to one single-stream school in order to be a true Malaysian, and to foster unity amongst races and national harmony! How a piece of claptrap immediately the whole society of fair-minded citizens have already refuted with barrages of flak, caused him to burrow into the hole like a marmot!

Comparatively, his 1-Malaysia protege is playing a smarter game of vaunting for his respects to the minority groups feelings of their loves to the culture, the sensitive issue should be well threshed out before any of its concrete implementation!

The kudos is for his protege who would put the old mischievous kid to be looked like a nemesis to the downtrodden groups playing a cameo role game. The educationists are holding the last straw threaten to break the camel's back as their last bastion of defense for their thousand years culture and tradition, though such rights have been enshrined in the sacrosanct Federal Constitution!

The moribund soul will not give up such evilly fallacy of turning the Nation into an aggregate of assimilation of 'One Race and One Language', and that is his ultimate egocentric mentality of a tyrannic mamak who would burn all the books in order to record his greatness in the history! It's his sole intention to white wash the skins of the darker to the tan of the fairer, to a brownish tone!

That's all in his mind he wishes to accomplish through the witch craft of his Aladdin's lamp, without knowing, he's faltering fast and the Aladdin's lamp is smothering to a total eclipse by this fast changing era of the elites will cloak over! He's too senile to engage in this high speed race of intelligence and his venom won't work to conquer all the decent minds and perfect pulsating hearts of the intellectual and fair-minded Malaysians of all varied creeds and believes. Irrespective of races!

As a medical doctor, he should know fairly well than any of the laymen in the street, only a highly pure medicine will has its efficacy to pacify the most adamant virus. But, ironically, that doesn't seem to be the case! He's still reading his old manuscript paper from the archaic 'bomoh' prescription that the cheap root - Tongkat Ali - would be a better dosage to go well in 'zooming in' effect, and help to bring in the close intact of 'unity', and the contacting pleasure of 'harmony', than - the Chinese ginseng which has thousands of years rooting to the earth!

He just pretends not to know - the wedge which causes the racial splits and the forever disharmony in the Country is not the few books of other languages, but - the ever never subservient egoistic and hypocritical low life politicians are the only cause!

I say howdy to the old kid :-

"For your own good, slow down and count down - prepare for the good riddance and be always remembered by the Rakyat as a Father of Construction rather than Destruction!"....God bless!




(Note ; The writer is holding back by calling him old punk or old wanker due to respect due for his past contribution to the development of the Nation)

Single Stream Schools - extraordinaire?

Published: Tuesday November 3, 2009 MYT 7:58:00 PM
Single-stream schools: All must agree, says PM
By JOSHUA FOONG

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians have to collectively agree upon an education system that benefits all and which espouses the values that they uphold, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

“I have heard many have called for a switch to a single-stream system as a way to promote greater unity and integration among Malaysians,” Najib said on his blog on Monday.

“However, ‘many’ do not constitute ‘most’. I have also heard many who feel strongly for the right to choose based on the existing education system.

“I have heard these two different opinions and acknowledge them.

“Are we prepared to shun the right to choose and seek a compromise?” he said, in asking for feedback from the Malaysian people.

Najib also asked if those voicing their viewpoints had given thought to the differing opinions of others.

“While the public is still ambivalent and disinclined to make that collective decision, I do not wish for discord to arise within our society on a subject of great sensitivity,” he said, adding that even the noblest of intentions can be rendered pointless if all Malaysians are not prepared to accept and embrace it.

Earlier on Oct 31, Najib announced that a single-stream school system would not be implemented because Malaysians were not collectively ready for it.

In JOHOR BARU, several non-governmental organisations said they were against the implementation of a single stream in schools as they were worried that their communities’ “unique identities would be lost,” report NELSON BENJAMIN and K.C. CHAN.

They feel that the Government should come up with other policies to promote unity.

The 1Malaysia concept is a good one, “but education is something very important and we cannot do anything that would confuse our younger generation,” said Johor Baru Tiong Hua Association manager Eric Ku.

He said the Government had to consider other races in the country, including those in Sabah and Sarawak, before shifting to a whole new direction.

“I believe all races have their strong cultural and historical backgrounds and they should be given a choice of which education system they prefer,” Ku said.

The National Association of Religious Teachers of West Malaysia Johor branch president Samsudin Samudi said a single stream might not be necessary to unite Malaysians.

“The current multiple-stream system has been working fine. The most important thing is how we infuse the culture of unity in the younger generation,” he said.

He argued that the concept of 1Malaysia did not necessarily have to begin in school but should be implemented at “a higher level with fair and equal policies for everyone.”

“I am not saying we have a perfect education system but it does not mean that by changing to a new policy, we would become more united,” he said.

Malaysian Hindu Sangam Johor chief R. Ramakrishnan said his members did not want any changes to affect students studying in Tamil schools.

He said that if the Government was serious about promoting unity, there should be more opportunities for all races in the public sector.

“Minor things like serving beef during government functions should also be stopped as the Government must be sensitive to the needs of all races, even if they are a minority,” he said.

Last week, Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said he was all for single-stream schools to promote unity and 1Malaysia.

However, he said the issue should be looked at in its totality with views from all quarters, including those of the Chinese and Indian communities.

A Trascript of Sabah in the Limbo....

The following is the transcript from Malaysia Today, the commentaries to the letter posted to MT portal by a comrade of freedom fighters - 'batsman'.

Read his full article here - http://mt.m2day.org/2008/content/view/28181/84/#jc_writeComment

I find it read-worthy for those who are interested and will be concerned of the growing of East Malaysia politics - Sabah and Sarawak inclusive - and our brethren in those regions are faced with the limbo which we on the mainland may have ideas and views to extend the feelers into the far east domain, through this border-less and distant-less blogging facility and forum.

GET TO KNOW MORE FROM THE SABAHAN BLOGGERS:-

1) written by RockyMountain, October 30, 2009 10:49:29
You are spot-on ‘batman’. I am a Sabahan and ain't expert on Sabah matters either, but at least I have the so-called first hand eyewitness accounts of events unfolding before my eyes. We the local Sabahans wish to determine and shape our own political destiny within Malaysia. We want to be parts of the policy-making process in the country. We want our voices to be heard. We want to be in the main stream of the nation building programs. But, alas, we are not allowed. Instead, we have been forced to swallow whatever the Central policy-making body (headed by UMNO) thrust down on us, like it or not. They treated, are treating and will treat us perpetually as their colony rather than a part of the nation with equal rights. I am sure I am speaking for the Sarawakians as well.

On top of that, we feel that we have been CHEATED by the leaders of these perpetuators. When our forefathers agreed to form a nation called Malaysia in 1963 Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore and Malaya were supposed to be countries with equal share in terms of political powers as well as and management of our economics and in the control of the administration of the nation. Alas, we were reduced to into one of the states of Malaya. We fought for this in the hope that the Central will recognise our aspirations and rectify the mistakes they made and to right wrongs they had committed. We did this through the ballot boxes. USNO was toppled because it was too close for comfort with the Central UMNO. The BERJAYA Government which took over from USNO too had forgotten the Sabah cause and became a very comfortable bedfellow with UMNO. BERJAYA received the same fate as USNO at the hands of the right-thinking Sabahans so PBS emerged. And can you guess the subsequent responses we got from UMNO? The Muslim Pendatang HARAMs from the Philippines and Indonesia were and are still today given the Malaysian ICs and registered as voters. Their population alone now is 1.7 millions against the locals who only comprised of 1.5 millions.

Now brother ‘batman’ whoever you are, your brilliant input is needed how to overcome this, not just rhetoric, please. Thanks.

2) written by batsman, October 30, 2009 12:21:38
RockyMountain - TQ for your confidence, but I am not Sabahan. Besides I am barely keeping my head above the water in West Malaysia as it is. heeheehee.

Still, I have great sympathy for your struggle. Hopefully most of you guys are not in politics just for the glory of your old mums. Good Luck!

3) written by Zorro, October 30, 2009 13:39:21
Dear Batsman,

The chinese has been around for more than 5000 years and with so much of wisdom and learnings during that period they can survive anywhere in the world presently.

Malays has probably been around for moreless 700 years, and are still a learning race and is no match for the chinese for worldly business knowledge, yet.

As for the natives of Sabah and Sarawak, we probably have existed much lesser years than the malays and the saddest thing is our ancestors did not have any means of communicating written historical datas for their generation to read because they were simply illiterate! My father was the first literate generation.

The real predicament of the Natives of Sabah(Sarawak still enjoys equal majority of natives to that of malays)is that we are now a diluted population whilst when Sabah actually joined malaya to form Malaysia our population were more than 65%! and if it were to grow naturally we should be the majority community in Sabah(as it is now, natives only account for 33% of the population).

By right, the natives should have a bigger voice of the state affairs but as it is now we were being let down by our own leaders and the new colonist master; the malays.

And the problem deepens as time goes by as most of the natives are still at villages living their lives poorly and nobody is telling them that they deserve better because sabah is a rich state with abundance of natural resources which if channeled wisely, the natives childrens would all be able to go all the way to higher education for free and sealed roads should have reached their kampungs long time ago( not like now only when BN is in danger then allocations to build infrastructure are coming in in loads).

We do not trust Anwar because he was one of the masterminds together with TDM to allow those newly made bumiputera muslim in the 1990s ( the practice to attract natives to embrace Islam started way back in 1960s during Mustapha time- many were offered nice positions and promotion if they did).

However, I was willing to put my trust in him last election because I did believe that he would give us a better future in being fair to all the rakyats if he becomes PM. But what he did recently in not appointing the chief of Sabah PKR as what most of the grass roots wanted made me realize that he is still the same Anwar.

Okay, Jeffrey carry a lot of baggage in terms of his conduct with previous parties with and his marital matters but hey, the BN leaders are worst off! Personally I don’t like his ways but the important thing is the common rakyat identify with him because he has been one of the most persistent leaders in voicing our rights and he would have brought in a lot of votes. Our aim is to bring BN down to their knees right?

You should come here to sabah batsman, not just to look at the political situation here..but to enjoy paradise on earth( u should visit kundasang to see the majestic mount kinabalu to get a taste of natural cold whether and then enjoy beautiful beaches and sunshine on islands around kota kinabalu, all possible in a day trip!)

4) written by masterwordsmith, October 30, 2009 14:09:16
Dear batsman,

An excellent write-up by one who has not been to Sabah but who truly loves Malaysia! smilies/smiley.gifThanks! May I request for one on Sarawak which is plagued by similar woes and predicaments as highlighted in this post?

As it stands, they have been hoodwinked left, right and center and stabbed in the back to boot. The saddest part is that their past leaders have hoodwinked them as the chase for money and glory overtakes their loyalty to their own community. Their leaders have quarreled incessantly over private interests and private glory. Even brothers no longer trust each other and belong in opposite camps. In such a situation, it is too easy to get angry and lose direction, retreating into an insular dream world.

I believe the preceding paragraph applies to the rest of Malaysia, not just to Sabah! Sad but true... smilies/cry.gif

Keep up your wonderful work to stir Malaysians flame for change.

5) written by Kopi37, October 30, 2009 14:26:04
"Now brother ‘batman’ whoever you are, your brilliant input is needed how to overcome this, not just rhetoric, please. Thanks. "........

Hi RockyMountain,

We know how much we all have been played out and being lived in the environment of haunting by the hegemonic Umno evil plots for more than half a century, sigh!

All the efforts of our forefathers in fighting for independence, expelled the most fiendish and rapacious occupation by the Japs, then the disguising and hypocritical British as the salvation army was virtually a pandemic of the colonial virus at that point of time, the western civilization was riding rough sod over the third world uncivilized countries! We were one amid the many resourceful primitive countries which were brought into the greedy plan of the Caucasians with Sabah and Sarawak being charted in the map for full exploitation of the richly grown and gifted natural resources, fertile soil, precious minerals underground, timber logs etc. etc. all those were actually the foreign invaders were/are all up to!

The import of the shiploads of immigrants before the cold war was a concrete testimony of those greedy suckers whom they worked on their plan of looting with cheap labors via slavery!

When Umno took over, they were supposed to excel and broke through the ever 'epizoon syndrome' where the Malays were spoon fed with unproductive careers of becoming part of the feudalistic mechanism in the then so-called British administrative system and bureaucracy! Instead they mutated it, they made the then immigrants and hardworking forefathers of ours to slog under the hot sun and sweated for the golden minerals and proliferation of rubber plantations and all that! They then reaped through not by means of weapons and guns, but their mutated way of reaping - via the so-called 'constitutional democracy' which they adulterated with the opium brand of 'Ketuanan', and the action was through - corruption! First they worked through the bureaucracy, blended now with politics aka Umno politico-bureaucracy and they openly reap and loot the national coffer and in the daylight, rob and sabotage the citizen rights of fair shares of hard earned resources, all forms of welfare, the justice had been lost to their acts of expurgating the FC and substituted with the most evilly agenda of racist and bigoted islamist ideology - they tagged it - the Malay Supremacy! They made it a successful recipe for decades liked they were modifying the brainwash tactics of the Japs during the cold war era - the opium war in China!

Hence the handed out of opium and little goodies to pacify their clans in the larger community and the intoxication with the well engineered devious rhetoric and heretical theocracy was managed to be sustained through their eloquent pleas, in modern day terminology, they called it the perception war!

Now that the younger generation has gone through the ebb and rise, the elite groups they have been well trained have become awakening enough to realize that they are virtually one of the victims of such venomous intoxication by their so-called benevolent leaders have shown their true colors of being the real malevolent demons, self-seeking yet bankrupt of any morality!

The youthful intellectuals have also become disenchanted of the cheap marketing strategy of umno which of no national interests but only the parish pump politics which belongs to the ideal cloud-cuckoo-land of umno, the ill famous hegemonic lunatic fringe!

The 308 tsunami is an exert of people's power and the 'sophistication' of the mainland Malaysian and as the onlookers, we definitely hope that the Sabahans and the Sarawakians brethren will join in the formidable force to altogether fight for a notable cause of salvaging our Nation from all these rapacious ravages and stop it from being transmitted like the lethal pandemic to succumb our next generation to victimization, a doom-laden premonition?!...

As one of the fair-minded freedom fighters, shouldn't RockyMountain rise to the mount and preach the vast fraternity with your sermon on the mount with the manifest of the 308 tsunami and join force with all the comrades here from the mainland, made it happens, first from Sabah, then Sarawak?

This i feel is the real action to complement with batman's rhetoric, whatsoever, it's true! As RPK has always said - there's no second way about it!

6) written by batsman, October 30, 2009 16:50:01
Dear Kopi37 - we have our history just as you have yours. In west Malaysia a lot of Malays backed the Japanese in the hope of winning independence from the English. They were betrayed by the Japanese, so they backed the communists, and so on and so on. Often the current is too strong and even if we make the right moves, we still drown. Sad but true.

7) written by RockyMountain, October 30, 2009 16:53:38
Dear batman and Kopi37, thank you for the responses. You two write beautiful comments with brilliant English and fantastic writing skill and flare. I envy you. I wrote the above comment to prove to the MT ardent readers that Sabahans did indeed fight and are still fighting for our rights but failed, not because we lack the fighting spirit and courage but as I said in the above comment we were and are being outmanoeuvred with dirty tactics at every turn and with our hands tied up. Even Anwar who is now in PKR is a big letdown to the Sabahans because apparently the ‘UMNO mentality’ in him is still very much intact. This is also in response to comments from the avid readers particularly from our big brothers in Peninsula that we Sabahans and Sarawakians deserve to be ‘raped’ by these "Monsters" from KL again and again and again because we vote for BN in every election. Hence, we should not be cry-babies said RPK.

Can we really help it and stop crying like a baby?

8) written by mykantree, October 30, 2009 21:14:59
Dear RockyMountain,

I do agree with you that Sabahan politicians are constantly out-maneuvered by the UMNO all these years.Unless Sabahans are able to unite as one, you will continue to be out-maneuvered by UMNO.The way I look at it, the solution is simple.The 1st step is to reject UMNO and all UMNO affiliated Sabah political parties. These parties are no more than stooges of UMNO.

That's the only way Sabahan can regain its pride and a rightful place in Malaysia. Then you can all stop bawling like crybabies and spoilt kids.


LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I must thank 'batsman' for producing such an analytical writeup of the Sabah crisis though he admitted he had never set foot on Sabah land, yet with all necessary concise and precise in his articulation. Thanks Batsman. Viva people's power!

RPK replies to his 'big brother'......

(Malaysia Toady)-Monday, 26 October 2009 15:49
Posted by : RPK

I am very pleased to read the ‘open letter’ from my old friend Megat and thought I would respond with an open letter of my own. Yes, Megat and I go back a long way indeed, to 1963 to be exact. The last time we met was in Tengku Razaleigh’s house in 2007.

NO HOLDS BARRED

(Raja Petra Kamarudin)

Dear Megat, it’s been a long time since I have heard from you. It is certainly nice to hear from you again. I missed you at Tengku Razaleigh’s Hari Raya open house last year because I had to spend not only Hari Raya but also my birthday in Kamunting. And this year I had to spend Hari Raya, as people say, on the run.

But I am not actually running as such, Megat. I wish I was though because, as you can see from this photograph of me with the two Mongolian girls, I have put on quite a bit of weight. Sigh…the good food and cigars are certainly talking its toll on my figure. But let me tell you, Megat, this does not keep the Mongolian girls away one bit, as you would be very pleased to know.

Hey, why don’t you go see Najib and tell him that he and Razak had to share one while I have two all to my own. That should piss him off. No, maybe tell Rosmah instead and then add ‘no wonder Malaysians just love Mongolians’. That should get her panties all twisted into knots.

I can see that you are very frustrated that the longer I remain underground the longer it will take to kick Najib out. However, as I have told Tengku Razaleigh’s boys so many times, Megat, we can only do so much. Tengku Razaleigh has to also do his part and get the nominations. Even if we do manage to bring Najib down it would be Muhyiddin and not Tengku Razaleigh who takes over if he can’t even get two nominations.

Back in 2004, Bul said he can get 60 nominations. Tengku Razaleigh ended up getting just one. Even that can’t be regarded as one but more like half since his own Wanita Bahagian did not nominate him. Then, in 2008, they again said they can get 60 nominations but, yet again, he ended up with only one.

So you see, Megat, what can we do if Tengku Razaleigh’s boys can’t deliver the promised nominations? Therefore, it really does not matter whether I walk into Kamunting or not. It will still not help Tengku Razaleigh become Prime Minister if his own boys are not doing their job. So I hope you do not start thinking that I have turned my back on Tengku Razaleigh.

I know you are keen for me to go to court so that my criminal defamation trial can proceed. Lokman and Nijhar also said exactly the same thing. Actually, my other trial, the sedition trial, is ongoing and far advanced compared to the criminal defamation, which has not even started yet. Why does no one talk about that trial?

Anyway, I doubt that even if the Colonel comes to court to testify that he was the one who informed me about what happened the night of Altantuya’s murder that would be strong enough to bring Najib down. Even Megat Junid and many others were involved in murder but that did not bring them down. I know Bul is hoping that the criminal defamation trial would proceed so that he can line up the witnesses to testify. I seriously doubt that this would be good enough for Najib to fall and for Tengku Razaleigh to take over. Furthermore, it could be Muhyiddin instead who takes over if Najib falls.

I know you are puzzled as to how I can support myself underground. Well, let me assure you of one thing. It is not Najib who is supporting me in an attempt to keep me away so that the truth will not surface. It is in fact the other way around. I am underground so that I can dig up more dirt and shit.

We all felt that if I sit in Kamunting this would not achieve anything. We have to look at what we can gain for the action we take. And we all felt that if I continue to remain free where I could dig up more dirt and shit then this would be better for the cause.

And that is why I am not in Kamunting -- not because I am scared of Kamunting as you suggested. Just see what I have been able to do over the last one year while out of Kamunting. And we have lots more to come, Megat. I am completing my parts 2, parts 3, and so on, for the Carpetman cum Bagman cum Toyboy cum when Rosmah wants him to cum story. I hope to release the story soon. Now that is really going to get Rosmah’s panties all twisted into knots.

Anyway, take care, Megat, and do try to cut down on the booze and girls. You may not want to admit it but age is certainly catching up on us. And see you in Putrajaya when we march in to form the new government. I am really looking forward to that day, which may not be that long away.

READ SOME INTERESTING COMMENTARY HERE:-

1. written by batsman, October 26, 2009 16:05:55

Heeheehee! RPK's in Mongolia! What Najib sows, RPK reaps double! heheheehee. This is a good day for laughing...

2. written by fireduck, October 26, 2009 16:54:06

This is real classic Pete. With one piece he gets to whack Megat so many times. With this one piece he has already put Megat in the 'other' camp. Now Najib's boys will keep an eye on him. Yet, as we all know, Pete also pointed out that Muhiyiddin is all ready to pounce on any opportunity to stab Najib in the back, just like he so deftly did so to that sleepyhead.

And of course, that last paragraph ... another whack on Megat's holier-than-thou ways. Pete can go anywhere in the world and I'm sure friends (and even strangers) will gladly offer him assistance without hesitation.

3. written by malgal, October 26, 2009 15:57:48

u see i always thought you are in ulan bator where the steppes are downy and fine. horse riding and all manner of sports non? marina looks lovely as always in the yurt tent. may the good weather be with you. say hi to gengiz's lovely brood altho i read somewhere they can really wreak bloodthirty revenge on those who ailed them. don't worry about the tummy, it becomes you.

4. written by Kopi37, October 26, 2009 17:48:08

Pete,

You really made everyone man here "stand" jealous you know! See where your left hand had rested, though I am as handsome and macho, I couldn't even have a minute chance of such close body contact with such pretty girls, let alone the intimacy of having to hold the fitness waists of two sisters of Altantuya! You said it right, Najis must be very jealous, he had to share blanket with his aide and you are being shared by two Mongolian fur blankets!

I must say Bravo to Mdm Marina of her understanding not to twist your ears into knots but still allowed you to pose with the beauties with all your organs undistorted! This probably in tandem with what you had just written, big head with broad thinking! Not like the religious bigots, upon close to the sexy girls with V-cuts, their brothers will be agitated and tomorrow, they will set law to ban V-cuts, just like they are banning condom!

So now your 'big brother' received your message loud and clear! His reverse psychology tactic had failed miserably and his anus is now stuck with your BIC pen and i guess he will be jumping with hee-haw the whole night long, even a barrel of whisky will not be enough to pacify his senses of pain, in his anus!

This is how cheap a so-called close friend can be. This Megat bozo needed no further elaboration, sure we know that he's another flip-flop hypocritical Moslem who would only bring shame to his almighty God! A character of cheaper stuff than the condom! Tan sri some more?! ...alamak! smilies/cool.gif

5. written by Bigdawg, October 27, 2009 04:45:28

BTW Pete, while you're frolicking with these 2 chicks in the bunker in Gobi desert,
please don't forget to pay attention to precise aiming of those micro mini space missiles.

Satellite missile control is no child's play, and we don't want to be C4ed and obliterated together with those piggishly things in Putrid Jaya.

Say, you did not trade away MT2day to the Mongolians for those Chinese-made micro mini space missiles, did you ? We badly need MT2day; it's the only free broadcast station in May'sia.

6. written by Ghifarix, October 27, 2009 07:35:01
Oh Goshhhh! Megat Junid kill people too? Maha Phaoun said he prefer Megat though he was not a smart fella but because he'd do anything Maha command.
What booze- You telling us that Tan Sri Megat drinks? This the guys that will do anything for our "Mayau" unity? Tan Sri eh? got the booze in the Palace tak???!

7. written by vox populi, October 26, 2009 20:53:26

How naive, even stupid, can this Megat get! Maybe the booze and girls have something to do with it. And he sits shits on the boards of those high-sounding institutions (no wonder their KPIs are rock bottom)!!!

RPK can survive very well anywhere thanks to his legions of supporters and millions of Malaysians who count on him. Just one word and the contributions will come pouring in.

Anyway, Megat, you don't have to worry about RPK because he is well looked after by Aminah Altantunya=Saaribu Altantunya=Mongolian Government.

The best part of the 7-course dinner our dear RPK served Megat was the desert:

" And see you in Putrajaya when we march in to form the new government. I am really looking forward to that day, which may not be that long away."

RPK,I do hope you really meant what you said. After many an article where you sounded rather pessimistic about PR marching to Putrajaya, it was most reassuring.

Thanks and keep out of harm's way.

8.written by bakas, October 26, 2009 20:18:43

I was reading the Star which was published today. I was actually anticipating RPK to answer his friend, and voila! it came true. What I cannot understand is, if he claims to be a friend of RPK, he would have understand the need for RPK to "run away" so to speak, from the law, until I read it carefully. Read paragraph 2, his role is as 'Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission' (short MACC) advisory committee member. Now this is the same MACC that caused Teoh Beng Hock to 'miraculously' jump off the building, and the same MACC that uses selective persecution in their investigation. Pray tell me, how is he going to make his promise good, when he cannot ensure MACC function with transparency and accountability? He said "people will make noise if there is injustice", but look at Beng Hock! "Public opinion will protect him and ensure he gets a fair trial?". Well, that is if he ever gets to the trial, you cheeky monkey!

RPK, are you sure this is the same Megat that you know? In Bolehland, it may look like him, sound like him, but is not him!

World's Best Cities To Stay In 2009.

[People would rather be in 65 other countries... According to the UN index out today. - Reuters pic]
Vienna is the best city to live in 2009.
Germany has 4 cities listed in the top 20 , followed by 3 cities in Switzerland, 3 in Canada, 2 in Australia and 2 in New Zealand. No US city is listed in the top 20!!! Kuala Lumpur is not even listed in the top 50. Singapore is the only Asean city listed at No. 26.

The world's top cities offering the best quality of life.

(New York City is the base city with a score of 100 points). The world's top cities offering the best infrastructures.

(New York City is the base city with a score of 100 points)


2009/2008>> City<><> Country
======================
1 >>>> =2 > Vienna <> Austria
2 >>>>> 1 > Zurich <> Switzerland
3 >>>> =2 > Geneva <> Switzerland
=4 >>>> 4 > Vancouver <> Canada
=4 >>>> 5 > Auckland <> New Zealand
6 >>>>> 6 > Düsseldorf <>Germany
7 >>>> =7 > Munich <>Germany
8 >>>> =7 > Frankfurt <>Germany
9 >>>>> 9 > Bern <>Switzerland
10 >>> 10 > Sydney <>Australia
11 >>> 11 > Copenhagen <>Denmark
12 >>> 12 > Wellington <>New Zealand
13 >>> 13 > Amsterdam <>Netherlands
14 >>> 14 > Brussels <>Belgium
15 >>> 15 > Toronto <>Canada
+16 >> 19 > Ottawa <>Canada
=16 >> 16 > Berlin <>Germany
18 >> +17 > Melbourne <>Australia
19 >> =17 > Luxembourg <>Luxembourg
20 >>> 20 > Stockholm <>Sweden
21 >>> 21 > Perth <>Australia
22 >>> 22 > Montreal <>Canada
23 >>> 23 > Nürnberg <>Germany
24 >>> 24 > Oslo <>Norway
25 >> =25 > Dublin <>Ireland
=26 >> 32 > Singapore <>Singapore
=26 >> 25 > Calgary <>Canada
28 >>> 27 > Hamburg <> Germany
29 >>> 28 > Honolulu <> USA
=30 > =29 > San Francisco <>USA
=30 > =29 > Helsinki <>Finland
=30 > =29 > Adelaide <>Australia
32 >>> 32 > Paris <>France
34 >>> 34 > Brisbane <>Australia
=35 >> 35 > Tokyo <>Japan
=35 >> 37 > Boston <>USA
37 >>> 36 > Lyon <>France
=38 >> 38 > Yokohama <>Japan
=38 >> 38 > London <>UK
40 >>> 40 > Kobe <>Japan
41 >>> 41 > Milan <>Italy
=42 >> 48 > Portland <>USA
=42 >> 42 > Barcelona <>Spain
=44 > =44 > Washington DC <>USA
=44 > =44 > Osaka <>Japan
=44 > =44 > Lisbon <>Portugal
=44 > =44 > Chicago <>USA
48 >>> 43 > Madrid <>Spain
49 >>> 49 > New York City <>USA
50 >>> 49 > Seattle <>USA

(Research by Mercer Consulting)

THE FOLLOWING IS THE NEWS REPORT FROM THE MALAYSIAN INSIDER:--


Malaysia 66th most attractive country globally, third best in Asean.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — Malaysia is the third most desirable country to live in the Asean region behind Singapore and Brunei. Overall, it was ranked 66th globally out of 182 countries, according to UN data released this week.

Data collected in 2007 before the global economic crisis ranked Singapore as the 23rd and Brunei the 30th most desirable country to live in.

Both countries were listed as having “very high human development” together countries like Sweden, France, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States.

[Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop looking at the HDR report (middle) with Kamal Malhotra (left) and Jeny Klugman (far right). - Picture by Jack Ooi]

Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop looking at the HDR report (middle) with Kamal Malhotra (left) and Jeny Klugman (far right). - Picture by Jack Ooi
[Kamal Malhotra, the UNDP rep for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. - Picture by Jack Ooi]

Kamal Malhotra, the UNDP rep for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. - Picture by Jack Ooi
Other Asian countries ranked as having “very high human development” are Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE.

Norway retained its status as the world’s most desirable country to live in, according to the UN data, which ranks sub-Saharan African states afflicted by war and HIV/AIDS as the least attractive places.

Data collected prior to the global economic crisis showed people in Norway, Australia and Iceland had the best living standards, while Niger, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone scored worst in terms of human development.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) index was compiled using 2007 data on GDP per capita, education, and life expectancy, and showed marked differences between the developed and developing world.

Jeny Klugman, lead author of 2009 Human Development Report. - Picture by Jack OoiMalaysia was ranked in the category of countries with “high human development” together with countries such as Romania, Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba, Hungary, Bahrain, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.

In comparison, Thailand was ranked 87th while Indonesia came in at 111th, and were only classified as having “medium human development.”

According to the country report for Malaysia, life expectancy at birth in Malaysia 74.1 years, compared with 82.7 years in Japan.

Malaysia has a 91.2 per cent adult literacy rate which is lower than Indonesia’s 92 per cent and Georgia’s 100 per cent.

Malaysia’s GDP per capita in 2007 was US$13,518 (RM46,495), compared to Botswana’s US$13,604 and Liechstenstein’s US$85,382.

Singapore’s life expectancy was estimated at 80.2 years, its literacy rate was 94.4 per cent and GDP per capita was US$49,704.

Malaysia was ranked 63rd in previous year’s index.