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- Corporate Welfarism and the Munafikation of Malays
- Australia’s Kevin Rudd alerts Attorney General over Taib family activities
- Where We Are Right Now
- Stupid law, stupid results part II
- Of wet dream, nightmare and Marty McFly
- Stupid law, stupid results
| Corporate Welfarism and the Munafikation of Malays Posted: 29 Sep 2011 06:23 PM PDT Any time I write critically of Mahathir, there's this buffoon who says I am paid by KJ. I wished I were so then I can drive around in Porsche Cayenne (as does Mukhriz) or a Maserati (as does Nazir Razak). Maybe I can also own a Bentley as do many UMNO ministers. You are wrong fool; why not say I am on the current PM's payroll? I can name a few operatives in the PM's office who operate the slush funds to pay pro UMNO bloggers. So come on say it- the current PM sucks because he arranges to pay me to hit at Dr Mahathir. Did KJ pay Nazri Aziz for being a consistent pain-in the ass- to Mahathir with his vitriol thrown at Mahathir? How moronic and super stupid can you be- Mahathir's opinions can't be contested without accusing those who disagree with him being paid lackeys? Your grey matter must be polluted either with rancid curry or is lard layered. The subject matter is too complicated for run of the mill pro UMNO bloggers to debate. So we will leave them to wallow in their stupidity. The most piercing observation lies in his opinion that "In short, the hidden personal interests embedded in UMNO's corporate welfarism sold as defending Umno to defend our Malay race has instead brought about the MUNAFIQATION of our Malays". Mahathir's economic prescriptions have exactly turned Malays into that- munafiks who continue to live a life of lies and deceit believing they can't overcome their deficiencies WITHOUT having to depend on a paternalistic government. That's how Mahathir's UMNO survived all these years making Malays live a life of self-disbeliefs. This is the perpetual munafiqation of the Malays and that's how UMNO stays in power forever. UMNO can stay in power by (1) keeping Malays continuously stupid (2) allowing them to live a life of self-deceit and self-censoring and (3) accept the big lie that any questioning and challenges to the opaque economic agendas by UMNO are a direct assault and threat to the Malay race. Why don't we for once shake off that yoke of mental servitude and see whether without UMNO, Malays can survive or not. The corporate welfarism of PETRONAS may not take the form of our national oil company descending into a morass of incompetence like what happened in MAS. But it can take the form of deliberately shielding what goes on in PETRONAS and making them as opaque and transparent as possible. That is where Walla's comparison to what happened in Pertamina, an object lesson for us.
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| Australia’s Kevin Rudd alerts Attorney General over Taib family activities Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:36 PM PDT We would like to briefly update you on the latest developments on the Bruno Manser Fund's international Stop Timber Corrupting campaign: - Australia's Foreign Minister and former Primer Minister, Kevin Rudd, has replied to a joint letter by the Bruno Manser Fund, Sarawak Report and PKR Sarawak Leader Baru Bian on suspected unlawful activities of the Taib family in Australia. Please find scans of the letter attached. - Research by the Bruno Manser Fund has identified 25 Australian companies with links to the family of Malaysian potentate Abdul Taib Mahmud. Please find the exclusive list attached. - Canadian Finance Minister James H. Flaherty has personally replied to a letter by the Bruno Manser Fund on suspected money-laundering by Sakto corporation, an Ottawa-based property developer which is being directed by Taib's daughter, Jamilah Taib, and her Canadian husband, Sean Patrick Murray. BMF has not yet received an answer from American authorities contacted on these matters, including FBI director Robert Mueller. The FBI is renting its Seattle field office, located in the Abraham Lincoln Building in downtown Seattle, from Taib family-owned Wallysons Inc., a Washington state corporation. With best wishes, Your BMF campaignteam
Below is the article reported at the web site sarawak report Kevin Rudd, Australia's former Premier and current Foreign Minister has issued a prompt and positive response to our request for an investigation into the Taib family's foreign assets in that country.In a letter received yesterday, just one day after Sarawak Report publicised the request, Australia's Foreign Minister confirmed that the matter of Taib's wealth has been referred to the Australian Attorney General's Department for consideration. This follows similar commitments to investigate by the Swiss and German governments. Malaysia's own Anti-Corruption Commission has also confirmed that it has launched an official investigation into the Chief Minister's conduct. Read more at: http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/23903/ |
| Posted: 28 Sep 2011 06:01 PM PDT |
| Stupid law, stupid results part II Posted: 28 Sep 2011 10:05 AM PDT In the run up to an anticipated snap GE, the prime minister dangled previously unimagined sweet promises. Najib: We value an independent judiciary PUTRAJAYA: The prime minister said that his administration respects and understands the need for an independent judiciary. "My administration is committed to an independent judiciary, which is an essential ingredient in nation-building," Datuk Seri Najib Razak said in his speech during his maiden visit to the Palace of Justice (POJ), here yesterday, which houses the Federal Court and Court of Appeal. http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/Najib_ISArepealedtomakeMalaysiabestdemocracy/Article/ Najib: ISA repealed to make Malaysia best democracy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, he got a very easy thing to do to prove how serious he is with regards to those lofty goals and put away the ghost of Perkasa torpedoing his previous flagship called NEM (not to mention a tragic waste of tax payers' money succumbing to subcontractor of some sorts to a political party) Take a look at this section of Election Act, 1958.  Whoever drafted this piece of injustice is basically telling the judiciary to f@#k off if a concerned tax payer notice something amiss with the electoral roll. Read more at: http://wangsamajuformalaysia.blogspot.com/2011/09/stupid-law-stupid-results-part-ii.html#more |
| Of wet dream, nightmare and Marty McFly Posted: 27 Sep 2011 03:47 PM PDT Whatever public posturing Pakatan Rakyat puts up in relation to hudud, everybody knows that in hudud resides an issue within Pakatan Rakyat which is potentially explosive and may ultimately be destructive. Everybody knows that. Pakatan Rakyat knows that. And Tun Dr Mahathir, unfortunately to Pakatan Rakyat, also knows that. While the Barisan Nasional, particularly UMNO, was busy trying to out-manoeuvre Mat Sabu in history 101 and the Prime Minister eagerly venturing into a state of "coolness" and "sempoi-neity", Tun Dr Mahathir had other ideas. His was a meister stroke of all political strokes in Malaysia. That's because he knows what hurts the most as well as when and where to execute the hurting blow. So, in an interview one day he threw a seemingly harmless challenge to PAS. PAS has always maintained that he (Tun DrM) was the reason why it could not implement hudud in Kelantan. Tun DrM then asked why hasn't PAS written to Prime Minister Najib to implement hudud as he (Tun DrM) is now no more the PM. Those of you who of my generation will remember the character Marty McFly from the Back to the Future trilogy – to digress, I wonder when Hollywood is going to remake this film – apart from the totally cool and sempoi DeLorean DMC-12 in the movie. Marty boy was a smart kid. Very nice and mild-mannered boy. Quite cool and level headed too. That was until the antagonist started calling him "chicken". Upon being called "chicken", Marty McFly would lose all his good manners and level-headedness. He would turn reckless and completely berserk. He would even do really stupid things. Tun DrM knew all the while that hudud is to PAS and Tuan Guru Nik Aziz what "chicken" was to Marty McFly. Mention the word "hudud" and Tuan Guru Nik Aziz would instantly go ape and all bananas. The whole PAS would grimace in orgasmic pleasure like a 13 year old after his first wet dream. That would in turn be a nightmare for Pakatan Rakyat. In Pakatan Rakyat, DAP's stand on hudud is clear. DAP is against hudud. As for PKR, well, it depends on what day the issue is raised and on which side of the bed Anwar Ibrahim wakes up that day. TDM knows very well that hudud will cause Pakatan Rakyat to lose its "pakatan". His challenge was a calculated move to throw Pakatan Rakyat into shambles. That was exactly what had happened after his challenge. TGNA firstly dismissed as laughable suggestions by TDM that Kelantan can now implement hudud now that TDM has retired. He then challenged the present Prime Minister to withdraw Putrajaya's objection to the implementation of hudud in Kelantan. If TGNA was politically savvy, he would have stopped there. No, he did not. TGNA then continued to meet with Prof Aziz Bari and Dr Dzulkefli Ahmad on 25th September 2011 to discuss the implementation of hudud in Kelantan and gave assurance that hudud will only affect Muslims and will not be imposed on non-Muslims. (the full report is here). DAP, quite expectedly, responded. Karpal went into amok mode. Lim Guan Eng, meanwhile, said that the party's entire Central Executive Committee would resign from their position in the party if hudud was ever included in Pakatan Rakyat's Common Policy Framework or Buku Jingga. The Star newspaper of course saw this as an opportunity. On 25th September it apparently reported what Guan Eng said above. However on 26th September, the Star apparently modified the news to report that Guan Eng had threatened the resignation of the DAP's leadership from Pakatan Rakyat. The water gets even murkier when Anwar Ibrahim, quite recklessly (politically) said that he supports the Kelantan State Government's move to implement hudud (see here for the report). He later clarified his statement saying that all decisions affecting the people will have to be based on consensus within Pakatan Rakyat. He was quoted as saying: "We hold firm to the conviction that any issue which affects the interest of the people must be discussed frankly in a civilized manner with the objective of seeking an amicable resolution." That statement actually does not add or detract to what he had earlier said, namely, that he thinks hudud can be implemented in Kelantan. This was what he said earlier: "For now, in general, in principle, I believe this can be implemented…It is a specific area that affects Muslims and does not impeach rights of non-Muslims. The proceeding makes sure that administration of justice is guaranteed." By then a full storm was brewing within Pakatan Rakyat. PAS was again, showing its true colours.
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| Posted: 27 Sep 2011 11:03 AM PDT Law is man-made regulations. People make mistakes and bad people makes bad decisions. When bad people make law, we ended up with bad laws. For decades, inadequate delivery systems have diverted our law makers from their original legislation duty to that of local councilors, rendering the due process of drafting progressive, fair and reasonable law as a secondary, or even ignored, role. World Class Parliament = World Class Law = Good Place to Live Crap Parliament = Crap Law = Crappy Place to Live Within the MP ranks, with characters such as "close one eye", "bocor" and "RM1 million FB page", how many right minded tax payers can safely say they have the utmost confidence in their ability then? This is what I have in mind when I read some of the laws relating to conduct of general elections. According to section 15 of AKTA PILIHAN RAYA 1958, PERATURAN-PERATURAN PILIHAN RAYA (PENDAFTARAN PEMILIH) 2002, 1. Objections to any addition to the voters' roll must be made within 7 days from the date the supplementary electoral roll is open for inspection; (supposedly every quarter hence 4 times a year) 2. A person can only object against up to 10 registered names only; and 3. A fee of RM10 is to be charged for each name being submitted for protest.
Section 15 made me choked on my tau foo fah, I tell you.
1. 7 days only limitation Every quarterly updates may contain hundreds and thousands of names. Is it reasonable to allow only a 7 day window period for public to review and investigate? Revisiting the disgusting errors DAP recently discovered – lesbian marriage involving a female army personnel, dozens of army wives carrying IC which actually belong to their husbands etc. These are not innocent, straight forward errors but sophisticated mischief not visible to the naked eye or reasonable bystander. "This shows there are systematic way ways of planting voters by irresponsible parties..." New voters have to wait for months before they can check if they are being registered properly so why the glaring double standard here? Income Revenue Board can investigate up to 7 years back, testing our memories to the limit and in case of fraud, there is no limit in the number of backlog years. Yet, how come the mistake ridden SPR / EC is so damn well protected with this 7 days only ruling? Does the legislators ever thought of interested citizens do have other things to do in life? After multiple orgamistic screaming of Rakyat Diutamakan, this punter is extremely disappointed with the fake front, all form no substance. How prominent and transparent are displays of these supplementary electoral rolls? We can see the newspaper publishing those lucky ones heading to National Service but where is the electoral roll being located for public inspection? SPR/EC has been doing a very poor job in this respect. 2. 10 objections per person Limiting a person's right to object more than 10, is without logic, especially with an error prone SPR/EC. If a policeman sees 3 men committing a crime should we legislate and limit him to say, he can only arrest 2 persons a day only? Would that make sense? Why limit pursue of correct records? To this tax payer, it appears to be a form of non-financial bailout of a Barisan Nasional dependent/supporting party. If there is a sysmatic abuse, e.g. the dozens of shemales in the army camp, then surely there would be more than 10. A talented and committed individual who uncovered this would be blocked by this stupid rule. I wonder what was said in the parliament when they scanned through this section, or did the ruling coalition bulldozed this through?
3. RM10 fee per protested person It is also adding insult to injury to penalize concerned and justice-minded citizens for RM10 when SPR/EC (already well funded by tax payers) is suppose to investigate and correct their own gross, laughable and irresponsible or even errors. Read more at: http://wangsamajuformalaysia.blogspot.com/2011/09/stupid-law-stupid-results.html |
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