Politics of fear won't work anymore

I read with utter disgust that the BN government is considering net censorship. Isn't this absolutely contrary to the commitment that Mahathir gave when he was trying to lure investors into the MMSC.

The man is not even dead and you are telling me that his word is not even worth the paper he has put his pen to? And why? Because we cannot have full-blown democracy?

Look, you are either a democracy or you are not - you cannot do democracy half-way. If you are a dictator, or aspiring to take the country to such lows, at least have the guts to admit that and not hide behind rubbish like we need to be protected from ourselves.

We are 52 years old, not 12! If the memory of the bloody 1969 racial riots WAS strong in Malaysia, it is because the BN government wanted it that way, they deliberately kept it that way and milked it for as long as they could.

They encouraged the rakyat to remain fearful and mystified because they know that in making the facts known, they will not be able to hold it over the rakyat any more.

I grew up in the midst of the "riots" and whilst I remember them and I know of families who have lost family members, the fear lingered only for as long as the facts behind them remained unknown.

Now that the mystery has been removed, a lot of that fear is gone and I'm better able to relate to and learn from it - you fear the unknown, you learn to deal with the known.

The need to preserve peace between the races commonly invoked by the government? It is the government that is driving the wedge between the races.

I spent my childhood under a government whom, I think, really had the good of the nation at heart, under leaders who really did love us, and the country, in a way.

I grew up in the era where we, my Malay, Indian and Chinese friends, were truly friends and we did things together, we lived together, we played together, we ran the hills together, we snatched at fallen durians together, we ate together, albeit from our different plates because we knew enough about each other to be aware of and respect our differences, and we were not pre-occupied with looking for these but rather our commonalities and most of all, we did not spend the days tottering at the edge of suspicion and always trying to second-guess each other.

The country must survive? Aren't BN getting a little presumptuous here? This has nothing to do with the survival of the country but everything to do with the survival of BN and the BN is NOT the country!

The country will survive, there will be life after BN - probably a better one than what we have now and if we don't give it a go, we would never know, would we?

source: malaysiakini

Govt willing to provide venues for people to vent anger

Najib said will provide stadiums to protesters where they can shout all they want. Is this all can he can do? who the fuck gonna see if they protest in stadiums?

The point of protesting at the streets is to show to the public!!!

Abolish ISA for god sake!!

Even Islam forbids detention without trial. No one is supposed to be imprisoned unless proven guilty in a proper trial and with enough evidence of a crime being committed. The Internal Security Act, however, allows the government to dispense with trials and evidence and they can hold you indefinitely just because they feel like doing so.

MAGICK RIVER: WHO da fuck gives YOU da right?

I thought of writing something about this, for those who smokes. Yes the pictures on the cigarette box. Is just doesn't make sense at all.

"When tobacco smoke passes into the lungs it is charged with love from the heart chakra. As the smoke is exhaled, it is blessed with a sense of gratitude for life's pleasures, small and great, and offered as a fragrant incense to Father Sky"

"it can be viewed as a universal form of prayer, honoring the mystical connection between Heaven, Earth and Humanity."

"Tobacco represents the plant kingdom, growing from the fertile soil of Mother Earth"

MAGICK RIVER: WHO da fuck gives YOU da right?

Penang: Glimpses of Hope

This is from Hong Kong TVB Special Programme on Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. He's is trying to make a better government, transparency, human rights, freedom of expression in Malaysia. He tried to abolish the NEP but is not as easy as he thought because racial issue haven in the country over decades ago. Is not a matter of days that can be settled even in other countries like US or Australlia. Tun Mahathir once said he can solve alot of issues in the country but not the racial issue since the first day he become the Prime Minister till the day he step down from it he still cant solve this matter.

Lets wait if he can change things.

Melayu mudah lupa Tun Mahathir said but Cina juga begitu, India pun sama, I says

After for so long this is my first post about the politics in our country. As i get older from a boy to a man, i realised that we have to know a little bit of politics. Not to show that im educated or can show off to the elderly that you know things or even to my friends but is to know about the current situation where you living at. We must fight for our rights as a rakyat. We must speak for our rights. We must stand up for our rights. But with our Malaysian attitudes i can say only particular people will speak out for their rights. The rest? NO BALLS. All they can do is complains among each other but no one dare to stand up to fight for their rights. We live in a 'democratic' country. By rights, we can speak out what we wanted to.

Today in Thestar newspaper said that in 1st of September that price of petrol will be increased to RM2 for RON97 but they will be coming out with a new petrol, RON95 that will replacing the RON92 but the price is remaining as the old price of RON92. In a way they are trying to say that they will be introducing higher quality of petrol but at a same price. BUT most of the cars nowadays required RON97 petrol or higher for the engines, only cars that are old, i mean really old like cars manufactured at 80's can use RON92 petrol or else it will damage the engine. What am i trying to say here is most of the cars in Malaysia cant use RON92 or RON95 petrol as you can see at least 80% of the total cars have to use RON97 and above. So the new RON95 petrol introduced is just to cool down the rakyat.

For those who remember or care about the petrol price that increased to RM2.70 surely remembered how does it affect us as a consumer or businessman. Everything has gone up and never be down again eventhough the petrol price decreased to RM1.80. It will be forever high. The government said that they will review the price of the world market every 2-4 weeks(if i not mistaken) before make any price changes of the petrol in our country remember? Tun Mahathir once write a poem tittled Melayu Mudah Lupa. Melayu really mudah lupa. What happened after the price went down to RM1.80 and the oil price in the world market dropped? they didnt make any reviews after Rm1.80. Sudah lupa? They only say this to shut us up when the price higher than what we usually paid at RM1.92. Any price higher than that we will bising or Malaysians are too easy to please? They really lupa they said this before? when the price is lower than RM1.80 i didnt hear any complains after that even the oil price is decreased in the world market. Not only Melayu mudah lupa but Chinese and Indians as well.

Just me and my thoughts.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Older Version

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.

Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.


Modern Version

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

TV1, TV2 & TV3 show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

The majority of the Malaysian Parliment stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper allowed suffering so?

Khairy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant 's house .

Nazri goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.

MOst of the related people criticizes the Malaysia Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.

The local news paper & the Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .

Deputy minister immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and
Grasshoppers.

Hishammudin makes 'More Special Reservation' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & in Government Services.

The Ant; fined for failing to comply with 30% sharing and having nothing
left to pay his retroactive taxes; its home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by maju ---------.

Prime Minister announces to the whole Malaysia that this is part of the NEP and all have to respect, no question ask and have to follow it.

Many years later

The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company. 100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in Malaysia because of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the Grasshoppers, Malaysia is still a developing country!!!

All because the ANTS are still doing their work.