What do you think?

It's a simple YES or NO. Put your hand on your heart and CLICK on the PM's picture! 

If possible, state reasons for your stand in a readable and/or publishable way/language (in the comments section). 

A civil response would be much appreciated and could go a long way in building this nation.

Archbishop Pakiam, are you a priest or politician?

Priest or politician?

"It is bad enough you tell me you are disgusted with my government – that I must accept, as prime minister – but to then lecture me on my ‘duty’, and bring in my mother into your Allah agenda, was that necessary? You have not only dishonoured her; you have just spit into my father’s grave.

Don’t they teach you manners in the Catholic schools and in the Vatican? What; have you, yourself, forgotten where you come from? Your roots, your forefathers, and those before them, the origins of our indigenous Asian customs, manners and culture, of a people who understood deference and civility? You have instead acquire the condescending manners and the belligerent attitudes of white Christians. Now, in the circumstance, what should be my attitude, my duty, towards your church that you claim to speak on its behalf?

Face it, Pakiam: you’re a white imitation; even your white frock shouts that out as if it were fact. Once you imitate the ways of the white man, once you acquire their values and morality, once you declare the church as a political animal then be prepared to be accorded the treatment politics give. That’s being fair, isn’t it? You and the social standing of your church is your own doing and the doing of your flock.

To be accorded a political treatment means you now sit at the back of the pews, so bark all you like."- ShuZheng

Blogger ShuZheng says PM should treat the kurang ajar Archbishop like nothing but another political animal subservient to his political master.

ShuZheng's suggested reply to the kurang ajar Archbishop is so EXPLOSIVE 

What a wonderful world - LOUIS ARMSTRONG

UKRC - Yang Berhormat or Yang Berbohong ?

Did PAS' Hulu Kelang state assemblyman Saari Sungip (seen above in white skullcap) make empty promises and/or tell blatant lies to his constituents? 

The Ulu Kelang Recreation Club (UKRC) folks are very sure he did just that, and they are not taking it sitting down. 

Some residents have sent the Pakatan Rakyat representative a clear message - See you in court YB!



Yang Berhormat or Yang Berbohong?

p/s Wonder how this video (in a CD) made its way to my letterbox…mmmm 

Kampung boy fills CM’s shoes

Special place: Idris is sentimental about the picture of him back when he was singled out to read from his Jawi textbook by Dr Mahathir, who was then the Education Minister.

Datuk Seri Idris Haron’s journey from poor kampung boy to the office of the Chief Minister of Malacca is a story about overcoming tragedy and hardship to move up in life.

EVERYTHING looks the same in the plush official residence of the Malacca Chief Minister, from the cluster arrangement of the seating areas to the trays of cookies and crispy snacks laid out for visitors.

Well, everything except for the chief occupant and the pictures on the walls.

Datuk Seri Idris Haron, only seven months in the top job, has settled in going by the pictures of him hanging on the walls and placed on the side tables, all beautifully framed. They depict his political journey thus far. There are pictures of him with Umno leaders and he singled out the one with his predecessor and mentor Datuk Mohd Ali Rustam.

“Datuk Ali is like a father to me. He brought me into politics,” Idris said.

There are also the usual family photos. Idris’ wife Datin Seri Fadilah Abdullah, whom he married in 1992, is an attractive lady with a lovely smile and could easily pass off as the sister of their daughter Amira, 17, and son Hakim, 20.

But the most special picture of all where Idris, 47, is concerned is a reproduced black-and-white photo of a young Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, then the Education Minister, visiting a primary school in Malacca in 1975.

The Minister’s attention was on the boy in the front row of a class where a Jawi lesson was on. Dr Mahathir had asked the boy to read from the book and when the nervous boy stumbled on a line, Dr Mahathir read it out for him.

“I know what you are thinking. Dr Mahathir reads Jawi,” said Idris.

A good piece by Joceline Tan in The Star today.

;-)

DAP above the law ?

Initially (before, during and immediately after the last GE) it was just Lim Guan Eng's arrogance plus his father Kit Siang's tears and threats against the Registrar of Societies. The father and son called names and ridiculed this particular Govt agency without even an iota of decency or sincerity. It was pure deception.

Kit Siang fooled the Chinese in Malaysia to an unprecedented level after his 'crocodile tears' stunt. It must have been so effective that now every Kok, DICK and Hally in DAP are jumping into the bandwagon.

They are even threatening to sue the RoS if the notice (below) is not revoked. Now, what does the notice say… in actual fact?

Why is it that the arrogant DAP leaders have made it a point to consistently go against the law and yet threaten the respective government agencies when they are caught with their pants down? 

Why is it so difficult for the DAP to appoint a mere 20-member CEC without any controversy and/or irregularities as reported and made public by their own members? 

DAP leaders in Kedah seem to have opened their eyes wide enough to see the hidden talents of their national leaders. 

'Demonise the RoS' campaign has no takers in Kedah coz the state leaders know Guan Eng's hidden talents by now. 

Even the long serving Kedah DAP leader would have been slaughtered (politically) had he not brought his case to the RoS for justice.

It appears that generally DAP members and supporters respect and abide by the rule of law, except for a selected few who have no choice but to blame the RoS and every other person who stands against their dynasty in the DAP. 

p/s Beats me how some learned lawyers in DAP could push themselves so low to be on the same deck with power crazy lunatics, especially in matters involving rules, regulations and the law of the land. 

Malacca revokes Idris' PGB

PGB is now BGP

Kenyataan Akbar  
Pejabat Ketua Menteri Melaka
12 disember 2013

Kerajaan negeri bersetuju menganugerahkan pingat Bintang Gagah Perkasa (BGP) kepada dua jurulatih dan 11 pelatih asas komando yang terselamat ketika bot mereka karam ketika menjalani latihan mendayung di perairan selat melaka, isnin lalu.


Penganugerahkan itu akan disempurnakan oleh yang dipertua negeri, tun mohd khalil yaakob dalam suatu istiadat yang akan ditetapkan kelak.

Pingat BGP dan bukannya  Pingat Gagah Berani (PGB) yang dilaporkan sebelum ini, dianugerahkan kepada mereka sebagai menghargai semangat berpasukan dan setiakawan yang ditunjukkan oleh anggota terbabit ketika berada di laut hampir 28 jam sebelum selamat mendarat dengan bot di pantai puteri.
    
Pingat BGP pernah dianugerahkan kepada jurukamera bernamatv noramfaizul mohd noor yang terkorban ketika menyertai misi kemanusiaan di somalia pada 2 september 2011. Ia dianugerahkan sempena sambutan Hari Jadi ke-73  Yang Dipertua Negeri Melaka.


Kerajaan negeri menghargai semangat juang yang ditunjukkan oleh jurulatih dan pelatih komondo terbabit ketika menghadapi cabaran dan dugaan yang patut dicontohi oleh generasi muda.

Pejabat Ketua Menteri Melaka

Take a pick. Is this a case of being misquoted, misreporting, misguided or mystery?

Previous posting on Idris' PGB - True heroes of Pingat Gagah Berani won't forgive you Idris 

True heroes of Pingat Gagah Berani won't forgive you Idris - UPDATED

UPDATE! 1430hrs 12/12/13

Was informed that the Malacca State Secretary's officers are currently preparing a brief statement to REVOKE Idris's statement about wanting to award the PGB.

Was told that even Malacca Governor Tun Khalil Yaakob was shocked by Idris statement. 

Who ordered the State Secretary to revoke the silly statement? Idris... oh Idris! Kenapa kau Idris?

Not sure if this newly minted magnanimous Chief Minister of Malacca did the necessary before making the announcement to award the prestigious medal of bravery to the 11 commando trainees and their trainers. (Idris is magnanimous coz he recently said something like 'I forgive the Chinese for not supporting BN)

Certainly this is not a clever decision. It is a populist decision that would have damaging repercussions. Idris appears like nothing but a desperate politician. I'm sure the real recipients of the prestigious PGB  would be shell shocked with yet another act of stupidity from the government.

CM Idris, please don't forget all those commando trainees who have lost their lives while undergoing training in Terendak since the camp was commissioned there a few decades ago. Going by your standards they surely deserve a PGB…don't they? 

When will such stupidity come to an end?  We had dummies with Pingat Kedaulatan Negara a few months ago. 

What next?

With love for Nelson Mandela

Click on Madiba's picture for a live feed brought by the South African Broadcasting Corporation - SABC

It is learned that our Statesman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad will also be in Johannesburg to pay his last respect to South Africa's Statesman the late Nelson Mandela. The two Statesmen were good… personal friends.

p/s Also, while we are at it, please do read Apartheid Malaysia 

Oh! Nurul Izzah Binti Anwar Ibrahim...

… she draws up a wish list for Umno.

As reported in the Opposition mouthpiece Malaysiakini, a portal that is seeking millions of public funds for their posh new building somewhere in PJ, Nurul seems to be more attracted to Umno than PKR.

Nurul' wish list - by Opposition mouthpiece Malaysiakini

PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar has listed several pertinent issues which should be raised during the Umno general assembly to prove it is not only concerned with the centralisation of economic spoils and keeping selected individuals in power.Topping the Lembah Pantai MP’s list was former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim’s statutory declaration, which contained allegations of wrongdoing by Attorney-General Abdul Gani Patail (right) with regard to the Batu Puteh dispute.
Calling on BN to give this matter serious attention, she said: “The issue concerns the (alleged) violation of our nation’s sovereignty by one of our citizens.”

Following this, the PKR leader said Umno must also raise the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), which can lead to economic colonisation.

“In view of this, I recommend that Umno raise the issue of forming a Parliament Select Committee regarding the TPPA and also debate the demand that Parliament be given the power to ratify the agreement before it is inked,” she added.

Number three on Nurul’s list are the Sulu incursion in Sabah as well as the murder and abduction of Taiwanese tourists in that state.

Apart from this, she also wanted the Umno assembly to focus on the issuing of identity cards to foreigners as well as the allegations that countries like the US and Singapore are conducting espionage activities on Malaysia.

“These issues must not only be debated, but Umno must vehemently condemn them,” she said.

Its quite an irony for the Opposition leader's daughter to publicly voice her wish list for Umno. Could it be hidden love and affection for the party that made her family rich and famous? 

It seems Nurul has resigned to the fact that only Umno, the party in which her father was a powerful politician over a decade ago, could make her wishes come true.   

Nurul must have been reminded that it was Umno that once nurtured her street demonstration savvy father Anwar Ibrahim and turned him into a sane politician until power, greed and flamboyance got the better of him. 

I suspect mummy cum PKR president Datin Seri Wan Azizah must have reminded Nurul that  it was actually Umno that fed her family and sent her and her siblings to top grade learning institutions. 

So, I hope Umno would view Nurul's wish list in a positive light and email her a membership form. Who knows she could be one of the speakers in the next Umno General Assembly.

I'm sure many could understand why Nurul did not draw up a wish list for PKR. 

Nurul's father too had a pretty long WISH LIST… his own wish list while Tun Ghaffar was still deputy president of Umno.  

YOU forgot what Anwar did to the late Tun Ghaffar?

The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln

“I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.” - Abraham Lincoln 



p/s Sometimes we need a dose of such great quotes to keep us sane   

Mumbai Express by Scomi

Rompin Round 3, Gopeng next?

Rompin Umno Youth to hold 3rd fresh polls on Nov 30

ROMPIN: Rompin Umno Youth will hold a fresh election for the third time on Saturday (Nov 30) following technical problems encountered during the re-election on Nov 16.

Rompin Umno division secretary Datuk Wan Kadri Wan Mahusain said the division had received an instruction from the Umno Election Committee for the wing's election to be held for the third time. 

He said the re-election would involve all posts. - NST

Something is not right in Rompin. Rompin Umno Youth guys are heading into the 3rd round after two different polling sessions? This is certainly not a boxing match to be enjoyed in multiple rounds. 

How is it that the party election committee allows such mockery in the division?    

Has the election committee released the official detailed results of the party polls? Sudah transparent or are we supposed to enjoy the multiple rounds that are coming our way?

BTW something bigger seems to be brewing in Gopeng 

Enjit enjit semut... siapa tidur naik gaji

Selangor Mentri Besar Khalid Ibrahim says the over 300% salary hike approved by the state government will not be reviewed or suspended despite overwhelming criticisms against the move.

His economic advisor who draws just RM 1 ringgit a month is obviously furious. He has demanded a review of the hike and an explanation to the people of Selangor. (Not sure if he is proposing a pay hike for the economic advisor as well)

The deputy president of Khalid Ibrahim's party has called on the sleeping beauty MB to suspend the state assembly passed pay hike coz it was never discussed in the party.

Now, who said PKR was a cacamarba party? Is this not the right time for Azmin to replace Khalid? 

Roads, potholes and rogues in Sarawak

The caption clearly says that 'Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak declaring the 287-mile Kuching/Sibu Road in 1966 as Tun Jugah looks on.'

That 1966-picture is about the Kuching-Sibu Road. The above road was completed a long time ago. Refer to the map below for a rough understanding of these locations in Sarawak.

Also take note how some hate-mongers have been making a fool of the people.(click on the above pic). They claim the road was never constructed and intentionally confuse and anger the people by saying that the government has cheated them. 

We know who the hate mongers are but I'm surprised that so many among us believe in such blind, black propaganda. Even an illiterate seem wiser than many learned Malaysians. When an illiterate takes an express bus from Kuching to Sibu, he/she knows that the road has been constructed a long time ago. 

Why allow blind hatred based on concocted lies fool you? 

See how such bullshit becomes apple-pie and is widely consumed by the smart ones HERE

See how Malaysiakini does it HERE

Stop being an idiot. Tolong lah! We got better things to do. 

Why don't we start looking for the 40,000 Bangladeshis who voted against Pakatan in the last election? ;-) 

p/s Remember… the road must be there for potholes to exist. 

JOURNALISM… Malaysiakini style

This is the actual news… with lesser Malaysiakini twist after their bullshit was exposed.

Below is the Malaysiakini bullshit which was EXPOSED (thus the 'corrected' version above)

The minister never mentioned 'Sabah dan Sarawak' in his reply. It was a general statement made in Dewan Rakyat, not at a warong kopi next to Anwar's boyfriend's grandmother's house. It was at the Parliament, so every word is recorded in the Hansard.

Malaysiakini, it appears, is back at its old trick of spinning news beyond recognition. Their tactic is well known among the media circle by now. Their modus operandi is simple. Intentionally cook up some bullshit that could have irreversible political damage to BN and then quickly remove/correct/apologise. Damage done and they get away with it scot-free.  

Their bullshit may have been exposed but don't be surprised that there are many who continue to believe in the original bullshit that is as far as it could be from the facts of the matter. You don't trust me? 

See how Malaysiakini screws your mind HERE. 

p/s So much for independent journalism. Frankly, I pity you Steven Gan.   

Dari dulu sampai sekarang

Dulu Nujum Pak Belalang. Sekarang?

Lizard of Penang

Convicted illegal wildlife trader, Anson Wong aka Lizard King appears to be back in business in Penang. For the record the Government had revoked the lizard's business licenses and permits back in 2010. 

How is he then back in business?  Wong reportedly told the reporter who exposed his illicit activities in Penang to "Well, ask the Government."

Wong is right there. We should all ask the relevant Government departments and enforcement agencies, including the courts, as to how THIS is possible in Penang. 

Should we not?

Seeds of hatred... for politics?

Its at work again. This will most probably continue till the next Sarawak state elections. In the past it was solely the contentious NCR land and personal attacks against the state leadership, in particular against BN strongman Taib Mahmud. 

Environmentalist will  the scene when they need of funds and have to create a new 'protect the rainforest or dress-up the Penan' circus' for their sympathizers in the UK or Switzerland. During winter they will be on holiday in Sarawak. Pretending as environmentalists, fooling the locals.

Politics of hatred was on the surface till the 'Allah' issue surfaced. Now it is being piled deeper into the minds of our people, particularly the young. 

It's confirmed that the DAP is drooling to use the contentious 'Allah' issue to penetrate the rural folks. (They did that and won the Sibu by-election). If you could shake up the rural folks via scare mongering and hatred then the BN would be in trouble. Its about planting the seeds of hatred deeper into the society. Faith is indeed very deep. 

And now the Chong Dynasty (DAP warlords in Sarawak) seems to be pushing the limits, intentionally opening another front. I hope the police and the Attorney General's eyes and ears are on this motion to discuss the Malaysia Agreement at the Sarawak State Assembly. 

The motion may seem harmless but what the intention is suspect? Prevention is better than cure. 

Don't allow ambitious warlords/politicians/lawyers/liars and/or traitors within to have the freedom to spread hatred based on lies and false perception.

The authorities took an easy approach before the general elections because some advisors wanted to try liberal politics. It is of not much use to unveil the Opposition's lies now when the damage has been done ( unless we learn from it). I'm sure many who supported Kit Siang after he cried would see idiots when they look into the mirror now.   

The Opposition we know are not good at telling lies. They often get caught with their pants down (40,000 Bangladeshi voters is another example). What beats me is their ability to fool so many people with such foolish stories? 

Look at those details of their bullshits. Army camps, armed forces carriers, C-130s, chartered jumbo jets and many more. Many dare not look into the mirror now but the damage has been done… and we Malaysians forget easily. Who remembers those stories about HIV injection and Arsenic poisoning? 

Jangan mudah lupa! The devil is at work again. Sarawak looks ripe for picking. 

A Malaysian-born international banker with in-depth knowledge about us, in and out, expressed his views recently. I quote the big man in a small frame here "BN will lose in the next General Election if it is business as usual. It doesn't look good".  

Some years ago the same man predicted a certain change that eventually came into being, exactly how he had said it would. I'll take the man in batik very seriously. Start NOW to prevent hatred from destroying our society and by extension this country.

If we allow hatred to rule Sarawak, we will lose even before the next general elections.

It's subtle. 

p/s The man said we must also take a serious look at the way we do things in the government and the BN.… to prevent hatred.

The Devil's Plan

Transparency in transformasi

Why?

Datuk Seri Najib Razak has brought about changes or introduced new ways of doing things both in Umno and the Government. He calls it transformation or 'transformasi'.

The good and bad of Najib Razak's 'transformasi' could be debated but we can't deny that there has been many positive outcomes. Fresh ideas has brought about better things. KR1M is good. BR1M is good although we have to be cautious of it in the long run. Empowering the MACC is good. Pemandu and NKRA is relatively funny. Abolishing the Internal Security Act is certainly not good and not very clever either. 

In Umno, the decision to transform the party to be more democratic is damn good. The idea of allowing more than a 100,000 party members to choose their top leaders is exemplary. It is the first in this country. Najib Razak's transformasi has rejuvenated Umno but implementation needs some major tweaking. 

The president and all his men may want to take note. 

When 2,000 odd delegates chose their leaders during previous Umno elections, their votes were secret. Under the new transformed Umno election process, its more transparent. 

Those who contested for the VP, Youth, Wanita and Puteri wing posts will know exactly how many and which of the 191 divisions voted for them. It is no longer  a secret.  

But it seems that the level of transparency brought about by the president's transformasi stops there.... or someone has forced it to stop there. The complete breakdown of votes received by contestants in the recent Umno elections is a secret, or so it seems. Why is it a secret?

Some are unhappy with this lack of transparency in Najib's transformasi. 

Others claim its the case of 'rumah sudah siap pahat masih berbunyi'. Is this unhappiness about the lack of transparency in Najib's transformasi unfounded? Candidates who contested in the party poll are still being denied the official detailed results from the 191 divisions? 

I hope Umno election committee chairman Tan Sri Tajol Rosli Ghazali will re-classify the details of the party poll results. If someone had classified it as TOP SECRET, you better de-classify before it hits the fan.

If it is not a secret, make it public. You don't need the president's decree to do that. Its part and puzzle of transformasi. If it is the 'little Napoleons' who stand as the stumbling block, tell them not to give Najib's transformasi a bad name.

The party HQ could take up space in Utusan/Mingguan and make the poll results public. I'm sure Najib Razak will agree. Friends in Utusan will also be happy... most certainly. 

p/s Remember the DAP's CEC election fraud? Don't give room for something similar to happen in Umno. 

Apple or Orange... or both?

Orange?

In a survey that asked which gadget was most desired by kids, the 12- to 17-year-old age group showed its conservatism, opting for the tried-and-true. Though it was girls who wanted iPhones far more than boys.

by Chris Matyszczyk

 

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It may well be that they're fleeing Facebook for sexier climes.

But please don't think that today's American teens are talking about a revolution. Unless you have in mind a magical one.

For a survey of their deepest holiday season needs reveals a certain stasis in their hearts.

Performed on behalf of online cash-back shopping site Ebates, the survey probed deeply into the desires of 12- to 17-year-olds.

88 percent of them said they most wanted to get some sort of gadget, come family gifting time. The most desired item among them was the iPhone.

You might think that the survey somehow equated "iPhone" with "cell phone." But, no. These kids know their brands, and only 12 percent of them were most desperate for a Samsung Galaxy phone, as opposed to 32 percent for Apple's offering.

Indeed, the second most desired gadget was another Apple product: the iPad.

Should you wonder whether there might be some glimmer of light for a gadget maker not named after a fruit, there is one. - Cnet

This may be true or could be just another of those clever 'selling'. Obviously Apple stands taller nowadays. But Samsung is not very far behind either. The Koreans are giving the smart gadget market a good run. Hopefully the competition is a healthy one, even if we have to take an Orange a day to keep the doctor away.

Orange and Apple are both good, at least thats what the doctors say.