THE CONSTANTLY GRUMBLING CHINESE

by Raja Petra Kamarudin

"...The Malays are split into four groups. There are the Malays who support Ketuanan Melayu and the New Economic Policy. These Malays will vote for Umno come hell or high water. And they will defend Ketuanan Melayu and the New Economic Policy with their six-inch keris to the death.

Then there are the Malays who support PAS, basically because they believe it is the Islamic thing to do.

Then there are Malays who want to see transparency, good governance, freedom of expression and assembly, independence of the judiciary, an end to abuse of power and corruption, an end to police brutality, and all those other ‘Western notions’. These Malays will vote for PKR.

Then there are those Malays who don’t care a damn and think that all politicians are hypocrites and politics is sheer bullshit. They don’t bother to come out to vote or even to register as voters.

The Malays are clear in their leanings. They don’t hide their feelings. They say it as they see it and you can go to hell if you don’t like what they say for all they care.

But you can’t say the same about the Chinese. They grumble and grumble till the cows come home. But they will do the exact opposite of how they feel. They equate Barisan Nasional as the reincarnation of the devil. But then they will vote for Barisan Nasional because it is the devil they know and the devil they know is better than an angel they don’t know..." Read more

UMNO PENGHALANG HUKUM HUDUD?

by pinkturtle2

"....Paling minima yang Umno lakukan adalah jangan terus mengeluarkan kata-kata bodoh dalam isu hudud ini. Ini kerana kamu bercakap tentang hukum Islam. Dalam perkara yang bukan agama jika kamu salah bercakap, kamu hanya membuat kesilapan dan kesilapan tersebut tidak akan menjejaskan aqidah kamu.

Sebaliknya isu agama lain. Jika salah bercakap sila-silap akan tergelincir aqidah. Atas dasar itu dalam isu hudud diamnya para pemimpin Umno lebih baik daripada mereka bercakap. Ini kerana jika mereka diam kita mungkin rasa mereka jahil dalam isu hudud ini sebaliknya jika mereka bercakap barulah kita sedar memang confirmlah mereka ini memang jahil...." Read more

IS UMNO STILL AT STONE AGE?

by pinkturtle2, http://pinkturtle2.wordpress.com/

"...Nak kata lawak, tak lawak. Nak kata tak lawak, macam lawak. Itu yang saya rasai selepas membaca laporan Utusan Malaysia yang menyebut bahawa seorang bekas Ketua UMNO Bahagian Hulu Langat, Datuk Ahamad Kuris Mohd Nor didapati bersalah melanggar tataetika parti kerana mengadakan blog untuk tujuan berkempen bagi jawatan Ketua Bahagian dan telah diberi amaran dalam perbicaraan yang berlangsung pada 17 Disember lalu....."

"...Kalau berkempen melalui blog menjadi kesalahan, maka UMNO kena hapuskan peraturan lapuk tu. Peraturan begitu bukan sahaja menjadikan orang ketawa, malah boleh membuat orang menjauhkan diri dari UMNO..."

"...bagaimanakah UMNO (atau BN) nak hadapi PKR dan PAS yang hebat menggunakan “new media” sedangkan ahli UMNO tak dibenarkan berkempen menggunakan blog. Kalau tak gunakan blog, Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, Friendster, chat dan lain-lain sewaktu pemilihan parti, bagaimanakah mereka nak mahir gunakan semua itu dalam pilihanraya umum nanti?...." Read more

BN, PAS, HUDUD, HUSAM, KHAIRY

by http://fikir2renung2.blogspot.com

".....Propaganda barat tentang Taliban Afghanistan. Mana ada media barat yang sokong Islam? Benda yang betul akan diputarbelitkan supaya Islam nampak zalim. Israel yang jelas zalim tidak diperbesar-besarkan bahkan bagaikan menjadi perkara biasa sahaja bila umat Islam Palestin dibunuh, diseksa dan bermacam-macam kezaliman lagi.

Dan media Malaysia tidak terkecuali bersekongkol menambah perisa propoganda tersebut. Siapakah mereka ini? Mereka terdiri dari wartawan, editor dan pemilik media cetak dan elektronik yang rela menjaga perut dari memelihara agama yang suci ini. Walhal mereka turut bersembahyang tetapi adakah sembahyang mereka itu diterima? Kerana hudud adalah nas yang soheh di dalam Al-Quran, menolak SATU HURUF dari Al-Quran sudah menjadi kafir dan kekal di dalam neraka selama-lamanya inikan pula secara jelas menolak sebahagian hukum dariNYa...." Read more

HUSAM'S POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION

by Khairy Jamaluddin,

"....Akibat pukulan dan desakan DAP ini, Dato' Husam yang tampak berani dan bersemangat tinggi semasa majlis Wacana di Balai Islam Kota Bharu, tiba-tiba pula menjadi ikon transformasi politik layu di mana dengan longlai dan lesunya tunduk kepada gertakan DAP. Tidak sampai dua hari selepas Dato' Husam dengan lantang memberi jaminan kepada penyokong tegar PAS di gelanggangnya sendiri bahawa hudud akan dilaksanakan sekiranya Pakatan Rakyat mengambil alih kuasa kerajaan persekutuan, beliau sudah pun "surrender" dan kata hukum hudud tidak akan dilaksanakan kerana memerlukan persetujuan rakan kongsi "senior" dalam Pakatan Rakyat yakni PKR dan DAP......" Read more

WHO INSTRUCTS TV3 TO ATTACK AHMAD SAID?

by Si Keldai, malaysiaaktif.com

"....Apa tujuan TV3 menyerang Ahmad Said (photo)? Berlaku pula ketika UMNO Terengganu sedang bersiap sedia untuk menghadapi pilihan raya kecil Kuala Terengganu. Barangkali ada kaitan dengan urusan pemilihan calon BN untuk pilihan raya itu. Agaknya Ahmad Said telah melukai perasaan orang-orang tertentu dalam memilih siapa yang layak dan tidak layak menjadi calon BN dalam pilihan raya kecil itu.

Disebabkan orang kuat di Bahagian Hal Ehwal Semasa TV3 adalah bekas Setiausaha Akhbar Pak Lah, maka peristiwa ini boleh menimbulkan tanggapan buruk terhadap Perdana Menteri. Seolah-olah TV3 menyerang Ahmad Said dengan restu Pak Lah. Tidak fasal-fasal Pak Lah yang dapat nama buruk..." Read more

KELANTAN UMNO BACKS HUDUD

by Leslie Lau, The Malaysian Insider

"...Kelantan Umno will lobby the federal government to allow the Islamist party Pas to introduce hudud law, which prescribes stoning, whipping and amputation as punishment for criminal offences, in what will certainly spark intense debate and rouse opposition from non-Muslims.
The Malaysian Insider understands the Kelantan state Umno leadership is planning to declare their support, which comes on the heels of Pas vice president Datuk Husam Musa's (photo)admission on Saturday that his party would introduce hudud if it wins federal power.
The support appears designed to place pressure on Pas, which has successfully gained support among more moderate Malaysians by appearing to place its stated aim of forming a theocratic Islamic state on the back-burner.
Pas has tried to project a more moderate and progressive image in recent years, but this has resulted in some restlessness from among its more conservative members, and a clear split in the party..." Read more

BATTLE OF THE EASTERN FRONT

by Raja Petra Kamarudin

"...Yes, Kuala Terengganu is not Kuala Terengganu. Kuala Terengganu is Batu Burok, Wakaf Mempelam, Ladang and Bandar. And Batu Burok is government officers, fishermen and farmers while Bandar is strong Chinese. And the Chinese, who form about 11% of the 80,000 or so voters, are Hokkien and Hainanese. This makes Kuala Terengganu most interesting and extremely unpredictable.Much will depend on the candidate chosen by PAS and Umno.

For PAS, there are four possibilities. Mustapha Ali, Wan Abdul Muttalib Embong, Mohamad Sabu (photo) and Dr Syed Azman Syed Ahmad Nawawi (photo). All four have their strengths and weaknesses...."

"....Umno may probably choose Wan Farid Wan Salleh (photo), who is Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s Political Secretary but his hands are tainted with the shooting of the two Bersih demonstrators in Batu Burok awhile back. He is also implicated in the mismanagement and abuse of the RM1 billion a year Wang Ehsan or oil royalty.

Wan Farid’s brother, Wan Hisham, together with Patrick Lim, is the man behind the RM300 million a year Terengganu Monsoon Cup. Whether Terengganu folks can forgive Wan Farid for the shooting during the Bersih rally, plus for the abuse of billions of ringgit of oil royalty, is left to be seen because there would be a lot of issues to use against him..." Read more

MAHATHIR ON IJN'S PRIVATISATION

by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, http://test.chedet.com

".....If it is going to give the same service to civil servants and pensioners the Government will have to pay out the same amount of money after privatisation. How does the Government gain? Besides if the poor are going to be charged the same low fees and charges how does Sime Darby make money?

Or will the Government continue to subsidise an ever growing bill for treatment of the poor? If so why is there a need to privatise? How does Sime Darby, a business entity make money when 80 per cent of the patients are poor?

Some of the major surgeries performed there are so costly that the IJN lost money on them. Will Sime Darby shoulder these losses?

There are far too many questions about this privatisation which need to be answered. Some I think cannot be answered.

I seldom oppose privatisation but this is one instant when I feel privatisation is the wrong thing to do. Leave this institution as it is. It is our pride and it is doing a good job as it is.

The Barisan Nasional Government is not too popular today. Why do something that may give the opposition another issue to belabour the Government...." Read more

DEBATE SUMMARY; HUSAM, KHAIRY, PROF. AZIZ BARI

by ://pemudabesut.blogspot.com/

'....Husam kata berlaku transformasi politik yang hebat pada PRU-12. Khairy pula jawab sebenarnya rakayt hanya memberi undi protes kepada pakatan rakyat. Undi kepada pakatan rakyat hanyalah untuk mengajar UMNO. Khairy menegaskan rakyat akan mengundi BN semula pada PRU akan datang..."

"....Prof Aziz selaku orang yang pakar dalam undang2 begitu hebat mengkritik suruhanjaya baru yang dibentuk ini dakwanya ini satu lagi suruhanjaya ditubuhkan oleh BN. Azam itu ada tetapi pelaksanaan bakal pincang dengan mengambil contoh kegagalan SUHAKAM dalam membawa suara2 yang teraniaya. Sudah beberapa kali SUHAKAM menyediakan laporan untuk dibawa ke parlimen tp PM buat pekak bodoh jer..kata Prof Aziz...."

'...Isu UITM juga timbul apabila seorang penyokong UMNO bangun bertanyakan soalan kepada Husam. Belum sempat Husam ingin menjawab soalan itu dijawab oleh Prof Aziz bahawa itu adalah perkara kecil dan sudah basi. Sepatutunya soalan itu tidak ditanya lagi. Jawapan itu disambut dengan sorakan sokongan oleh penyokong2 PAS. Tambah Prof Dr Aziz lagi TPM Najib sendiri akan menghapuskan DEB. Kenapa UMNO tidak bising bila Najib nak hapuskan DEB?..." Read more

ABDUL LATIF; GOVT WILL NOT PRIVATISE IJN

KUALA TERENGGANU, Dec 20 — The government today assured the people that it will not sell nor privatise the National Heart Institute (IJN) so long as there is no alternative which provide similar service to the people, Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad said.
He said that while the idea to privatise the IJN was good because the government would no longer be burdened by the high costs of subsidising treatments at the institute, now was not the best time to do so.
“It is a good idea but what about those in the low-income group? Can they be assured of obtaining similar service?
“These are the things that the government needs to consider,” he told reporters after a dialogue with Terengganu Health Department staff here.
He also said that the people should not be worried as until an alternative service was available, the government would not entertain any proposal to privatise or sell IJN. — Bernama

HIGHEST PAID CEOS IN MALAYSIA

by http://skorcareer.com.my

".....The CEO of Genting, Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay was ranked as the highest paid CEO in the Malaysia’s corporate world with staggering earnings of RM86.5 million in 2007.

As for the GLC (Government-Linked Corporation) companies, the CEO of Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings (CIMB), Datuk Nazir Razak, became the highest paid GLC CEO with a disclosed earnings of RM9.35 million. Nazir is the key person behind the phenomenal success of CIMB, which grew by leaps and bounds through mergers, acquisitions and product expansions.

Other highly paid CEOs and top executives in Malaysia include Teh Ah Lek (Public Bank - RM6.2 million), Rozali Ismail (Puncak Niaga - RM5.2 million), Ralph Marshall (Astro - RM3.4 million), Amirsham Abdul Aziz (Maybank - RM2.7 million), Ahamad Zubir Murshid (Sime Darby - RM2 million), Yusli Mohamed (Bursa Malaysia - RM1.97 million) and Lodin Wok Kamaruddin (Bousted Holdings - RM1.85 million)....." Read more

IJN DOCTORS; DON'T MAKE US SCAPEGOATS

by the Star Online

".....National Heart Institute (IJN) doctors are happy to serve the institute in its present form and do not want to be made a scapegoat in the proposed privatisation of the institutue.

In a statement signed by 33 of the 35 medical consultants working for IJN, they stressed that the proposed privatisation was not a response towards their demands for better pay....." Read more

NAJIB'S STATEMENT ON IJN DOESN'T JIVE

by anotherbrickinwall.blogspot.com

".....In addition, I was informed that IJN is flush with about RM400 million cash reserves after netting for the RM250 million spent for new wing. The new wing provide for an additional 250 beds to its 150 beds.

IJN caters to 3,000 patienst a day and some 70% are from the low income. As a public institution that has been a centre of excellence, it has been receiving substantial donations to maintain its healthcare program for the people. Will a corporate takeover continue to encourage such donations?

With Sime Darby yet to do a due dilligence, how could they be so confident to maintain that fee structure? It seemed, as told by my insider, IJN generated profits of about RM100 miiion annually on its paid-up capital of about RM200 million...." Read more

IJN's INTRIGUES

by Rocky's Bru

"...1. Why would Government wish to sell IJN when MoH had plans to build some 5 new cardiac centres in the country?

2. With Sime Darby yet to do a due diligence, how could they be so confident to maintain that fee structure?

3. Is Najib reluctant to sell and is trying to stall?

4. Is this another of Omar Ong potentially failed and unimaginative advise, just like his failed Khazanah plans, Proton downsizing, and Airline rationalisation program?

5. When Zubir promise fee structure will not change, the question to be asked is not whether it will not change but for how many years is the promise good for?

6. Are we to expect another major failure in the making?

7. Why was Khairy and Shahrizat's hubby at yesterday's press conference by the Health Minister?....." Read more

IJN: FOR THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OR SIME DARBY?

by A Kadir Jasin

"....As Finance Minister and the chief articulator of the Umno-led BN government he has the power to push through the sale of public assets and to justify it as he had done with the “fatal” backdoor takeover of Golden Hope and Guthrie Corporation by Sime Darby via Synergy Drive, which was the creation of his brother, Mohd Nazir (photo). Sime Darby was once a diversified and highly regarded company. Today, thanks to the merger and its sudden dependence on palm oil, Sime Darby is suffering....."

".....If the government makes the habit of selling premium public assets like IJN to the GLCs and private sector companies for short-term gain and narrow political consideration, the ordinary rakyat will never get to enjoy world-class services.They will forever be condemned to poorly equipped and staffed government hospitals, which are being deprived of specialists and good doctors on daily basis....." Read more

A MALAY VIEW OF KETUANAN MELAYU

by Dr Azly Rahman, http://azlyrahman-illuminations.blogspot.com

"....The idea of social dominance and racial superiority might all be primarily about economics, if we are to read the history of the development of ideologies of superiority. But my question is - who has the right to claim that this or that land belongs to this or that group of people. At what point does culture and citizenship meet and negotiate the issue of egalitarianism? When does ‘the truth of one's culture’ reach its limit and the question of ‘the truth of citizenship’ dominate?

This is a very complex question Malaysians must answer after 50 years of Independence. We must open up the dialogue on this issue...." Read more

SHOULD WE ABANDON OUR MOTHER TONGUE?

by Dr. Azly Rahman, http://azlyrahman-illuminations.blogspot.com

"...There is a call to sacrifice one's mother-tongue in order to stay relevant in Malaysian education.I do not know yet, if it is wise for Malaysians to teach Science and Mathematics in English, or in the Bahasa Melayu, Tamil, Mandarin, Iban, Kadazan-dusun, or any of the Dayak languages. I am presenting my perception of what the English language is, from an international political-economic point of view, based on its modern genealogy vis-a-viz Pax Britannica and Pax Americana.

Needless to say, I am a champion of all languages especially English. I have taught the language, use it to express my ideas, an comfortable with it now as my first language. I leave it up to you readers and policy-makers to think what is best for a country in need of progress but at the same time in fear of neo-colonialism...."

Read more as follows;

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.

MORE EVIDENCE INDIA, ISRAEL AND U.S. BEHIND MUMBAI ATTACKS

by Kurt Nimmo, Prison Planet.com

It is becoming increasingly a hard sell to pin the blame for the Mumbai attacks on Pakistan and thus set the stage for an attack on Pakistan after Barack Obama enters the White House in a few weeks. It now appears Indian intelligence played a large part in the terrorist attacks. On Saturday, the Associated Press reported that a “counterinsurgency police officer (photo) who may have been on an undercover mission” was arrested for illegally buying mobile phone cards used by the gunmen. Mukhtar Ahmed is an Indian police operative who provided cell phone SIM cards to Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan terrorist group blamed for the Mumbai attacks....." Read more

AGONG NEVER HAD VETO POWER

By Deborah Loh, deborahloh@thenutgraph.com

".... Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) is "misrepresenting" the Federal Constitution in calling for a return of royal veto on legislation as the monarchy never had such power in the first place. The constitution, prior to being amended, only gave the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong the power to delay indefinitely bills passed by Parliament that were sent to him for royal assent.

Universiti Teknologi Mara constitutional law expert Prof Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi said the constitution was amended in 1983 to "clarify the law" on the period of time the Agong could delay his assent...." Read more

PAHANG MB MAY CHANGE UPON NAJIB BECOMING PM?

by Pinkturtle

".....Ia berikutan rombakan kabinet yang akan dilakukan oleh Dato’ Najib Razak tatkala bergelar Presiden UMNO dan Perdana Menteri Mac 2009 nanti. Ramai muka-muka baru team Najib akan dimasukkan termasuk di negeri-negeri.

Terdapat satu berita yang kurang manis untuk didengar oleh Menteri Besar Pahang, Dato’ Seri Adnan Yaakob dan juak-juaknya dalam UMNO. Kami mendapat berita “panas” yang kedudukan beliau sebagai MB Pahang juga mungkin akan berubah selepas Najib berkuasa. Khabarnya Najib tidak mahu lagi Adnan menjadi MB di Pahang, dan tempatnya bakal digantikan dengan ADUN dari kawasan Parlimen Pekan sendiri....." Read more

SO, IS HE GOING ...OR STAYING

by The Malaysian Insider, http://www.themalaysianinsider.com

"...Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang says that Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should only step down as Prime Minister once he has fulfilled his slew of promises to Malaysians.

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah says that Abdullah can stay on as Prime Minister even if he is no longer the Umno president.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says that there is every possibility that Abdullah will go back on his word and remain in the top job after party elections in March.

What's happening? What is driving this sudden examination and speculation of Abdullah's options? Is Abdullah reconsidering his retirement plans?..." Read more

WAVING THE KERIS AND UMNO'S APOLOGISTS

Source;http://www.scandalasia.blogspot.com/

"......you don't show Malay spirit, courage and strength through raising knives in meeting halls. You show it through the possession of nuclear arsenal, being an economic giant, having global influence, having a deterrent force, producing Nobel Laureates, being an educational hub, being a regional power (at least), making your language a lingua franca and etc. Did Umno reach one target of the above? ....."

".....If Umno leaders are protecting the Malay Muslim culture, then they need to show nobility and refinery not thuggishness and brute force. Remember the advice The Holy Prophet (pbuh) gave to His Companion Abu Dzar that there "is no nobility better than polite manners." (Narrated by Ibn Hibban). They need to stop corruption, looting and swindling and that's the best way you show how supreme you are......" Read more

WALKING ON THIN ICE

by Raja Petra Kamarudin, MalaysiaToday

".....Barisan Nasional has 140 Members of Parliament, 79 of them Malays and 61 non-Malays. Pakatan Rakyat, in turn, has 43 Malay Members of Parliament against 39 non-Malays. This means both Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat are ‘Malay-majority’ coalitions.

But what happens when 30 non-Malay Barisan Nasional Members of Parliament cross over to Pakatan Rakyat? This would still give Barisan Nasional 79 Malays but it will be reduced to 31 non-Malays. This would make Barisan Nasional even more Malay than it is now. But Pakatan Rakyat would now have only 43 Malays against 69 non-Malays. So, while Barisan Nasional has become even more ‘Malay’, Pakatan Rakyat would become a ‘non-Malay’ coalition. And this would also mean that a ‘non-Malay’ government now runs this country once Pakatan Rakyat, with its 112 Members of Parliament, forms the federal government.

This is what concerns the Malays, the Rulers included. And their concern is not that the Malays have ‘lost political power’ and that the non-Malays have now ‘taken over’ this country. Their concern is that Umno will use this issue to ‘prove’ to the nationalist Malays that, finally, the Malays have lost political power, as they had been saying all along since the 8 March 2008 general election in their many road-shows the length and breadth of this country....." Read more

IF UMNO FIGHTS FOR THE MALAYS WHY SUPPRESS MALAY-MAJORITY KELANTAN

by PAS Parit Buntar

PARIT BUNTAR, 8 Dis. : Sekiranya Umno benar-benar membela Melayu kenapa Kerajaan BN-Umno sanggup merampas royalti minyak hak rakyat Terengganu yang majoritinya Melayu semasa PAS memerintah Terengganu pada tahun 1999 ? Kenapa Kerajaan BN-Umno sanggup menindas rakyat Kelantan yang majoritinya Melayu sejak PAS mula memerintah Kelantan pada tahun 1990 ? Kenapa baru sekarang setelah kehilangan kuasa di beberapa negeri, Umno berlagak seolah-olah merekalah pejuang hak Melayu?.

Itulah antara soalan Dr. Mujahid Yusuf Rawa kepada Dato' Tajuddin Abdul Rahman yang mematikan hujah Ahli Parlimen Umno itu dalam Debat Perdana pada 6 Disember lepas.....Read more

NEED FATWA TO BAN CORRUPTION.... AND ISA

by TulangBesi, malaysiawaves.com

".....Therefore, the NFC must play a pro active role in curbing corruption especially now when innocent lives are being sacrificed for the benefit of the few. The NFC must appear in the society as a body that defends and assist the people, not as a tyrant trying to only impose rules and regulations while being oblivious to people’s sufferings.

In fact NFC must issue a fatwa on ISA of which RPK fell victim to twice (and counting). I suspect the NFC is secretly being used to come up with sensitive fatwa as to drive a bigger wedge between the various races and religions......" Read more

MALAYS BETRAYED?

MELAYU DIKHIANATI by Awang Selamat, Utusan Malaysia.

"....Walaupun banyak kali diperjelaskan tetapi makin ramai pemimpin bukan Melayu mempersoalkan konsep ketuanan Melayu. Kenapa perlu takut? Ketuanan atau kedaulatan Melayu lebih bersifat gagasan bagi menggerakkan pencapaian orang Melayu sebagai kaum teras. Ia bukan bermaksud hubungan antara tuan dengan hamba, seperti yang cuba dikelirukan. Tiada sebab untuk bukan Melayu bimbang. Sejarah membuktikan Melayu adalah kaum yang paling bertolak ansur sehingga sanggup berkongsi kerakyatan dan menjadi pelindung kepada kaum lain....." Read more

CORRUPTION; LAST ASSIGNMENT FOR ABDULLAH

by Datuk Ruhanie Ahmad

".....Indeks Persepsi Rasuah (IPR) di era Mahathir pada tahun 2002 adalah pada tangga ke-33 sementara IPR pada tahun 2003 adalah pada tangga ke-37. IPR di era kepimpinan Abdullah mulai tahun 2004, adalah pada tangga ke-39 bagi tahun 2005, di tangga ke-44 pada tahun 2006 di tangga ke-44, dan di tangga ke-43 pada tahun 2007....."

"....Hakikat rasuah, salahguna kuasa, kronisme dan neopotisme ini tidak perlu dihuraikan dalam siri ini secara terperinci. Cukuplah sekadar kita tanyakan kepada Abdullah soal skandal ECM Libra yang membabitkan Khairy selaku menantunya. Mengapakah siasatan oleh Jawatankuasa Kira-Kira Wang Negara (PAC) Parlimen Malaysia yang menyiasat dakwaan salahguna kuasa dan neopotisme ke atas kes ini seolah-olah berdolak-dalik dan takut-takut dalam usahanya membongkarkan kebenaran yang sebenar-benarnya?....." Read more

UMNO; TEAMING UP FOR AN UPHILL TASK

The Star

"......The popular assumption is that Najib has his eye on Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as his No. 2. He has not said anything to the effect but he has, in private conversations, acknowledged Muhyiddin for opening the floodgates for change. He has said that Muhyiddin was the one who stuck out his neck, then others jumped on for the ride. Both men, noted a senior journalist, demonstrated their teamwork when they were in Lima for the Apec Summit.

When Singapore Premier Lee Hsien Loong offered to make an iconic investment in the Iskandar region as a symbol of commitment between the two countries, Najib conferred with Muhyiddin and Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim. Then he called to brief the Prime Minister. Only then, and some 24 hours later, did he announce it to the press corps....." Read more

PAS TAKING A MORE MODERATE LINE

by SUHAINI AZNAM, The Star

The changing face of PAS is attracting today’s ‘modern’ Muslims as well as non-Muslims. While the party remains consistent in its commitment to Islam, its younger leaders have shed their physical and psychological robes and turbans.

TWO decades after shouts of “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great) rang out in the still night air in the PAS stronghold of Marang, Terengganu, frightening “infidels” after a packed ceramah, the nation has seen the birth of a PAS supporters club – comprising non-Muslims...." Read more

HYPOCRITE, HYPOCRITE, HYPOCRITE.

MUNAFIQ..... MUNAFIQ..... MUNAFIQ
by Raja Petra Kammarudin, MalaysiaToday.

"......The Malaysian government, therefore, has cheated the rakyat. The ISA is a law that is a SPECIFIC law meant to combat terrorism perpetuated by the Communist Party of Malaya. It is not meant for anything else. And the target of the ISA was the 800 or so CTs operating along the Malaysian-Thai border and in the jungles of Pahang. But that threat no longer exists. The ‘war’ ended in 1989 with the signing of the Peace Treaty in Thailand. There is no longer a state of emergency in Malaya, which the British lifted in 1960 anyway. But the ISA remains and is used against those who oppose Umno and against the so-called ‘new Communists’, the Islamists....."

'.....Umno says that Malaysia’s government is a ‘Malay’ government. Umno claims to be the largest Muslim party in the world. Umno says that Islam is the official religion of Malaysia. But Umno, the so-called largest Muslim party in the world in a country that legislates Islam as the official religion of this country, upholds laws that violate Islamic teachings. That is the reality of the situation. And Islam has a word for this. This word can be found in the Quran. And that word is munafiq, which means hypocrite...." Read more

RAKYAT'S DREAMS FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY

IMPIAN RAKYAT ADALAH MELIHAT KEADILAN DAN KESAKSAMAAN

by Dr. Mohd Asri bin Zainul Abidin (photo)

".....Rakyat bukan mengharapkan dari pemimpin untuk menunjuk-nunjuk kemewahan diri seperti mana peraga fesyen mempamerkan gaya dan keranggian pakaian mereka di atas pentas. Apa yang rakyat harapkan adalah pemimpin melakukan keadilan dan kesaksamaan.

Rakyat akan bangga melihat pemimpin mereka adil amanah terhadap harta negara. Rakyat tidak bangga untuk mendengar cerita pemimpin mereka mewah dengan penuh tanda tanya tentang hartanya dan berjalan dengan penuh kebongkakan seakan dia ialah maharaja yang tidak boleh dikalahkan atau dipersalahkan. Seseorang pemerintah dibangga dan dikasihi oleh rakyatnya apabila terselah keadilannya....." Read more

SHAHRIR INSISTS GOVT CAN PROFIT FROM PETROL SALES

By Frank Julian Martin (The Malaysian Insider)

"......Shahrir was asked to comment on an English daily report saying that the government was set to get windfall gains of up to RM16 million per day based on yesterday’s crude oil price of US$44 (RM158.40) per barrel and a consumption estimate of 27.5 million litres per day.

An analyst was reported in the newspaper as saying that at this level, the market price for RON 97 should be about RM1.30 per litre, which was 60 sen lower than the RM1.90 per litre Malaysians are currently paying....." Read more

PM PUSHING FORWARD ANTI-CORRUPTION BILL

by The Malaysian Insider

" There has been some restlessness among some BN MPs over the setting up of a commission which will have more autonomy and bite to tackle corruption in the country. They worry that there could be an explosion of reports and false allegations against politicians by members of the Opposition. Some of them are also wondering if it is fair to saddle Prime Minister-in-waiting Datuk Seri Najib Razak with a body spawned from Abdullah's (photo) reform agenda. They were also upset that the Parliament session was lengthened until Dec 18 to debate the MCAC Bill...." Read more

THE UMNOPUTRAS AND HOW THEY FIGHT FOR ISLAM

by Ahmad K, scandalasia.blogspot.com

".........The Minister urges his people to be proud of their "supreme" culture and status. I guess Umno Ministers' Ketuanan Melayu must have crossed your mind by now. However, none of his children speak their local language. Although the Minister roots for local schools, he doesn't take his children to them. In Malaysia, it is well known that none of Umno Ministers' children attend local schools and if they do, they are the International Schools owned by the "evil" Westerners. Yes, "evil", but they like that "evil" though they tell their people that they are protecting their children from those "evil" people........." Read more

ADUKA-This article makes interesting reading. A Must-read for those who like to pursue nothing but the truth.

UMNO LEADERS OR MALAY UNDER THREAT?

....."UMNO shall not and will not be allowed to abuse the loyalty that they have pledged. When UMNO leaders swindle money from the funds meant for the poor, when UMNO leaders abuse the NEP to enrich themselves and when UMNO leaders tries to act as if they are the Sultans of the state, the people will react and react was what they did.

The lessons from the March 8 general election are for UMNO leaders to learn to be humble, to be fair and to be of high integrity. The Malays have also shown that they will not hesitate to punish UMNO leaders if they betray the people. This can be seen by the losses of many UMNO parliamentary constituencies and state DUNs. To them the NEP is there for the betterment of all Malays not just a select few.

Hence, UMNO leaders must improve the delivery system and implement the noble policies of NEP to elevate the status of the Malays. The Malays despise UMNO leaders who enrich themselves and has no humility as they flaunt their new found wealth with big cars and big mansions....." Read more

HINDU ZIONISTS AND MOSSAD BEHIND MUMBAI MASSACRE

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israel National News De 3, 2008 via nolajbs.net)

A Pakistani TV station has claimed "Hindu Zionists" and the Mossad carried out the Mumbai terrorist attacks, which it said were a "botched" imitation of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. The terrorists looked like Hindus and "no Pakistani speaks the language they chatted in," said security expert Zaid Hamid on the television's "I Differ" news channel show. Hamid said that it was a "badly planned" operation that had gone horribly wrong. "The Americans executed the 9/11 attack perfectly. They managed the media very well. The Indians tried to repeat the formula but goofed up. The idiots made a complete mess of it," he argued......Read more

THE MUMBAI ANOMALIES

by The Truth Seekers

(Photo shows one of the Mumbai attackers caught on camera. Note the red cord around his right wrist - this is a Hindu practise not a Muslim one)

Despite what the mainstream media is saying, there are more indications that those behind the Mumbai massacres were NOT Muslim.

"....One police officer who encountered the gunmen as they entered the Jewish centre told the Guardian the attackers were "white", although this could mean they were paler-skinned Indians from the country's north. (Or it could mean they were actually white, as the police officer himself said. - IL). "I went into the building late last night," he said. "I got a shock because they were white. I was expecting them to look like us. They fired three shots. I fired 10 back."

".....Note the BBC report quotes locals as saying that before the attackers pulled out their guns and began firing they walked into the café and drank beer. This is not the behaviour of “Muslim extremists”, devout or otherwise, as Islam strictly prohibits the consumption of alcohol. Although, unsurprisingly perhaps given its reputation for glossing over the truth, the BBC omits to highlight this fact. Likewise, the mainstream media continues to parrot accusations that "Islamic fanatics" were behind the attacks while evidence pointing to the involvement of Hindu extremists and/or white/Mossad operatives is largely ignored...." Read more

LIKE DOGS BARKING ON HILLS

"Bagaikan Anjing Menyalak Bukit"
by Mohd Rashidi Hassan

"....Masing-masing bercakap pasal politik wang yang merosakkan Umno, macamlah mereka yang bercakap itu tidak pernah terbabit dalam merebut jawatan dengan menggunakan wang untuk mengupah pelobi dan 'pengeras' untuk sehelai kertas undi....."

"...Setakat ini Abdullah masih Presiden, dan beliau pun tidak cakap banyak. Yang banyak bercakap dan berleter ialah Mahathir. Mahathir tidak akan berhenti bercakap. Ada sahaja yang dibuat oleh PM, Umno, kerajaan, yang tidak betul pada pandangannya. Dasar kerajaan, politik wang, rasuah, semuanya ditegur, seolah-olahnya segala kesilapan yang dilakukan BN dan Umno kini, tidak ada kena mengena dengannya....."

"....Politik wang sukar dihapus dalam Umno, Mahathir hanya boleh menjadi ibarat 'anjing menyalak bukit'. Menyalaklah sampai kering 'rengkung' (bahasa utara), apa pun tidak akan berubah. Hakikatnya, salakan Mahathir hanya akan menghakis peluang Mukhriz..." Read more

ABDULLAH'S MARCH

by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

".....On the political front Abdullah has been busy campaigning for his chosen candidates for the posts of Deputy President, Wanita chief and Pemuda chief and other posts which will lead to appointments as Ministers. Najib is going to be surrounded by Abdullah's people and through these people Abdullah will control the Government of Najib. Najib has already abandoned Muhyiddin, the fierce critic of Abdullah. He does not want to incur the displeasure of his boss. Would he refuse to appoint Abdullah's nominees? Would he dare go against them?......" Read more

And here's Malaysian Insider commentary;

"...........In an interview with Riz Khan on Al Jazeera, Dr. Mahathir followed up with another observation, noting that Najib is “more a follower than a leader and must change that.” These statements are designed to spook Najib and his supporters and provoke them into action, namely showing clear support for candidates with antipathy towards Abdullah. These statements must also be read together with the warning by Dr Mahathir to expose election candidates who he believes are guilty of buying support...."

"......In his opinion, Muhyiddin should be a shoo-in for the number two job. Instead, he appears to be in a dog fight with Ali and Muhammad Taib, two candidates said to be close to Abdullah. Sources told The Malaysian Insider that Najib may prefer Muhyiddin over the other two candidates but will not publicly endorse anyone contesting the party elections...." Read more

MALAYSIA VOTE; KEY TEST FOR GOVT AND OPPOSITION

From The Reuters By Julie Goh

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A January by-election will provide a key test for Malaysia’s incoming prime minister as he seeks to avert a sharp economic slowdown, while a win for the opposition could reignite Anwar Ibrahim’s stuttering campaign. The election commission on Friday set the date of the vote, caused by the death of a government MP, for Jan. 17.

.....“If UMNO wins, it will be seen as a victory for Najib personally, but if the opposition wins, it can only be seen as PAS getting stronger since the March general election,” said James Chin, professor of political science at Monash University.

.....“The poll will be seen as a bellwether of the Malay heartland vote,” the Singapore-based Straits Times said on Friday...." Read more

ACCEPTING REALITY IS NOT PESSIMISM, GIVING FALSE HOPE IS NOT OPTIMISM

By Matthias Chang/MalaysiaToday

"Flip-Flopping Fairy Tales - Malaysia Will Not Have 3.9% Growth In 2009 - Accepting Reality Is Not Pessimism, Giving False Hopes Is Not Optimism......"

".....In the past few days, the mass media have gone out of the way to interview politicians and the Governor of Bank Negara to project a rosy picture that somehow our economy will overcome the severe pain and disruption from the on-going global financial tsunami...."

".....Fellow citizens, don’t listen to the Badawi regime’s fairy tales. Prepare for the worst and the worst is yet to come. You owe it to your family. The best way to save our family and our country is to be prepared for all eventualities. We must tighten our belts, save for the stormy days that will surely come and not spend,......." Read more

RESISTING THE UMNO DINOSAURS

by kulitpisang.com

".....These leaders consider it their birthright that they are god-given the position they are in and it is in their faith that the position shall not be given to young and able leader. They are the causes of UMNO’s and BN’s losses in the March 8 general election. The ‘youthfulness’ of the party has been robbed by these leaders hence distancing the party from the youths.

In the election results, it can be seen that 70 – 80% of the voters in Streams 3, 4, 5 and above casted their votes for the opposition. True enough that those in the age brackets of 50 years and above kept BN in power.

However, the fact of the matter is that the young will take over and as they aged, they will occupy the older generation’s age bracket. Once the pyramid chain of these group moves up and if their loyalty to UMNO and BN cannot be depended upon, UMNO and BN will be rendered irrelevant...." Read more

MARCH 2009

by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

"......Rakyat tidak berminat dengan parti-parti lawan tetapi mereka tidak ada pilihan. Umno sudah jadi parti pimpinan ramai perasuah dan jika Umno menang bersama BN, maka yang akan memerintah Malaysia ialah orang yang menjadi Perdana Menteri dan Menteri melalui rasuah dan mereka ini tetap akan amalkan rasuah dalam Kerajaan untuk dapat balik "pelaburan" mereka dan lebih daripada itu.

Jika rakyat Malaysia ingin elak daripada nasib buruk ini menimpa negara, rakyat perlu beritahu UMNO dan kepimpinannya awal-awal lagi iaitu rakyat akan tolak UMNO jika orang yang diketahui umum terlibat dengan rasuah dipilih sebagai pemimpin UMNO pada pemilihan Majlis Tertinggi Mac 2009. Demikian juga jika Abdullah cuba terus menjadi Perdana Menteri selepas Mac 2009, rakyat harus beri mesej yang jelas yang UMNO serta BN akan dikalahkan.

UMNO pimpinan perasuah dan perosak tidak harus diberi kuasa memimpin negara yang tercinta ini....."Read more

CONSIDER MUHYIDDIN'S SUGGESTION SAYS ROSNAH

PAPAR, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- Puteri Umno vice-chief Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin (photo) has urged the party to consider its vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's proposal that voting for the top party leaders be opened to the 100,000 branch delegates to their respective divisional meetings, and not just to the 2,500 divisional delegates to the Umno general assembly. "Whether we like it or not, the scourge of money politics must be wiped out if we want Umno not to be seen by the public as a problematic party," she said here Tuesday. ...Read more

ANWAR SETS ANOTHER MOVING TARGET

by A Kadir Jasin

'......thus Anwar’s (photo) admission that it is not easy to explain the Sept 16 issue could be to his detriment and to the detriment of PKR and Pakatan Rakyat. Their youthful supporters do not have the patience of seasoned voters.Upon failing to meet the Sept. 16 deadline, Anwar said his priority was to work with the government to save the economy. But the BN government has rejected his overtures.Now he told his audience that he has a back-up plan, which he will start with winning over of the Sarawak voters in preparation for the coming state elections.....' Read more

KHALID SAMAD; I SABOTAGE MY BOSS

by the Malay Mail (kutuberahak.blogger.com)

Khalid Samad (photo), who was PAS State deputy commissioner, said the differences in opinions and approaches between him and Dr. Hassan Ali had reached a non-reconciliation stage."He wanted team players in the committee and I cannot be a team player with him as the boss. So, he dropped me and chose his men. Now, I will wait and see if he delivers or not," Khalid said.

"I sabotaged his plans. The fact is we won in other States with the help of other parties in Pakatan Rakyat. Why should we form a State government with BN?" he told Malay Mail yesterday.

"It’s either he stays or I stay in the State committee. There is no way we can reconcile and sit in the same committee anymore."The bad blood between the two has been a long-standing issue way before March 8 with Dr Hassan wanting more seats for Pas so that the party could play a more prominent role in the State if the opposition alliance were to win.However, Khalid felt that Pas should just help strengthen the Pakatan Rakyat alliance in Selangor and take the lead in the other States.

"Put it this way...I am closer to the Pakatan Rakyat government while Dr Hassan is inward looking. He does not want to play second fiddle in the State government while I am willing because in Pas-held States, other parties in Pakatan Rakyat are playing second fiddle. This is what Pakatan Rakyat is supposed to be," he said.......Read more

THE KETUA PEMUDA RACE

by kulitpisang.com

".....Can KJ trust Hishamudin Husssein (HH)? Sakmongkol thinks not. Better not. HH’s preference for KJ is proportionate to the tenure of Pak Lah. While Pak Lah stays in power, HH will play the poodle lapping up everything that Pak Lah says.KJ must face the reality, that HH will seek the first chance to settle old scores. What old scores? Whether one likes it or not, for the 4 years deputising for HH, KJ has overshadowed the ever grinning Pemuda chief Jock. Measure it any way you want- articulation, mental capacity, bravado, fighting spirit- KJ outshines HH in every department. Now that Pak Lah is leaving on a jet plane and wont be back again, HH will play, see no evil, here no evil routine. By refusing to endorse an open debate, would have reveal a few things to KJ. He cannot count on HH..."

"....Who will win the race? If it was a sprint, maybe Muhriz could have been the winner. Now that the race has turned into a marathon, winning requires different set of skills and techniques. You cant sprint in a marathon. You will drop off dead. A marathon man requires stamina. Now, stamina is a generic term. It can mean physical stamina. Khir Toyo can consume a lot of tempereputed to be high in protein from which he can develop muscles and cardio vascular strength. Muhkriz can rely on his own source of strength, that will include his fortune of not holding any public office before and therefore relatively immune from criticisms. KJ can do likewise. He has a track record as deputy, but he is also burdened with a perception of unofficially holding public office and therefore susceptible to more criticisms. Of course, as will be obvious in the coming months, lots of money will be involved......" Read more

SEPARATING KJ FROM KHAIRY JAMALUDIN

Question; "For so long you have been accused of being the power behind the Prime Minister. Do you take any responsibility for this perception?"

KJ (photo); "No, because that is not true. I am saddened and disappointed with that perception. Pak Lah has been in politics for a very long time. He did not make his decisions based on what people tell him. And I never once sought to influence him. Of course, sometimes he would ask what I thought of certain things, but that is that.".......Read more

WILL NAJIB BRING UMNO TO SPEEDY END?

by kickdefella

".....Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took over the country when the world is facing monumental changes. Mahathir retired at the brink of digital changes that he always dreamt and played a part, with cautious. Abdullah tried to govern the country in moderation but beside his flip-flop decision, the conservativeness in UMNO help to fasten his exit. UMNO had until today failed to face the changing world and the new generation. Will UMNO ever capable to change and re-brand itself?...."

"...... Unfortunately, Najib Tun Razak (photo) is not known as reformer. Many already perceived that Najib would bring UMNO back to the way it is managed under Mahathir. Najib has read well what happen to his predecessor for going against Tun. He will not repeat the mistake but to follow and obey the Great Man but by doing so under the current climatic problem world which rapidly being re-craft by the wind of change would only mark disaster to UMNO’s partner in BN....."..............Read more

POLL; BEST CANDIDATE TO REPLACE PAK LAH

A recent Poll conducted by www.drkhir.com on WHO IS THE BEST CANDIDATE TO REPLACE PAK LAH ? (Pada Pandangan Anda, Siapakah Calon Terbaik Mengganti Pak Lah Suatu Hari Nanti?) reveals the following result;

DS Mohd Najib Tun Razak 802 (14%)

TS Muhyiddin Yassin 2710 (48%)

DS Mohd Ali Rustam 200 (03%)

Tg. Razaliegh Hamzah 1844 (33%)

Total Votes: 5556 (100%)

HUTANG KEWARGANEGARAAN PERLU DIBAYAR

by Fahri Abdullah al-Masri

".....Akhir-akhir ini, ramai orang berbicara mengenai Ketuanan Melayu. Cara penolakan Ketuanan Melayu juga tidak sama. Misalnya, dalam kalangan Melayu sendiri, ada yang menolak Ketuanan Melayu kerana lafaz dan pengertian itu datangnya daripada Umno. Lazimnya, Ketuanan Melayu versi Umno ini ditolak oleh Pas, dengan menggunakan lafaz Ketuanan Islam.

Tapi, akhir-akhir ini suara yang menolak Ketuanan Melayu ini datangnya daripada parti komponen BN sendiri, iaitu MCA. Antara punca kenapa Umno tergugat ialah kerana sejak 50 tahun belakangan ini, tiada usaha tersusun untuk menerangkan hubungan asal-usul Ketuanan Melayu yang kuat bergantung kepada Islam....."Read more

RACIAL POLITICS ON THE RISE?

by chegubard (photo)

"............Rakyat Malaysia diminta bertenang dan berfikir dengan waras. Kepada orang Melayu fikirlah dengan matang jangan terbakar tak tentu hala dengan sentimen yang dibakar. Memang diakui melalui banyak kajian ilmiah bahawa kaum Melayu tertinggal di banyak segi dan banyak hak Melayu telah terhakis.Hak Melayu bukan dijamin DEB atau apa parti tetapi hak Melayu dari segi Agama Islam, Bahasa dan kaum telah termaktub dalam Perlembagaan Negara. Memang telah terhakis kerana perlembagaan yang menjamin hak Melayu ini telah beberapa kali dipinda....." Read more

MUHYIDDIN; CHANGE SYSTEM TO CURB MONEY POLITICS

PETALING JAYA,(Bernama) -- In a bid to curb money politics in Umno, vice-president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (photo) today suggested that the election of party national leaders not be confined to the 2,500 delegates to the Umno assembly but be opened to the some 100,000 branch leaders who attend divisional meetings at their respective localities."I have a few suggestions on ways to curb this menace which has brought about a negative perception of Umno. One of it is allowing delegates to the divisional meetings to pick national leaders. Presently, the fate of national leaders is in the hands of the 2,500 delegates to the general assembly.....Read more

PKR BERTEGAS KEMBALIKAN KUASA RAJA

by Jimadie Shah Othman, Malaysiakini

Mengembalikan semula kekebalan Raja-raja Melayu bukan bermaksud institusi itu berkuasa mutlak, sebaliknya mengukuhkan lagi konsep Raja Berperlembagaan, kata penasihat PKR Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (photo).
“Konsepnya bukan kuasa mutlak seperti mana kuasa sistem kerajaan beraja yang pernah wujud. Negara ini telah memilih (sistem) Raja Berperlembagaan, demokrasi berparlimen.

“Maknanya, Raja yang tunduk kepada prinsip perlembagaan dan undang-undang, tetapi kemuliaan dan darjat Raja-raja harus dipelihara,” katanya ketika menyampaikan ucapan di penghujung kongres nasional kelima PKR petang tadi.....Read more