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Salman will probably win given the judges we have
I have never come across even one good comment in malaysiakini about Mahathir. Probably, Mahathir wants to go to court to save Ling. When it suits him he will say that he cannot remember. Otherwise, he will say that Ling has never lied to the Cabinet. This is like the case of Salman Majid the Pakistani who was born in Pakistan & came to Ranau, Sabah, when he was 23 years old. Later he collected a MyKad by claiming that he was born in Ranau. It's only in M'sia that u can be born twice. When the Immigration Dept caught up with him in KL & wanted to deport him, he went to court. Harris Salleh testified on his behalf. He uttered the magic line that Salman had been a loyal voter for the Barisan Nasional. The court declared him a Malaysian & released him. Now, he's suing the Malaysian Gov't & the Immigration Dept for wrongful detention & the latter also for fleecing him of RM one million that he claimed he had in his bank account. He will probably win given the kind of judges we have.

Four emergency ordinances should be repealed
This country is run by four emergency ordinances which have not been repealed. Under these ordinances, the police have a licence to kill. No questions asked. Everything will be excused away on the grounds of "national security". No policeman has been brought to trial & hanged for shooting to kill anyone whether during or off duty. This explains why so many innocent people have been shot dead by the police who later go on to claim that the deceased were criminals planning something. The only inconvenience the police suffer is if a detainee dies in custody. This is what happened with Kugan and Teo Beng Hock (MACC). Even then the courts would be manipulated by the gov't to whitewash the criminals in uniform. The nearest are the extra-judicial killing squads in certain Latin American countries. The NGOs, the Bar Council of Malaya, the Sabah Law Association & the Sarawak Advocates Association should press for the four emergency ordinances to be repealed. Don't just think of business.

Baginda should return the RM 500 million
We can expect Mahathir to flog his theory that politics needs a lot of money. By implication this means it's okay for politicians, whether in gov't or outside, to award themselves gov't projects through nominees under the guise of development. So, gov't projects can ultimately cost twice, triple or even up to ten times the actual contract price charged by the actual contractor down the line from the gravy train. The purchase of the two submarines, which we don't need because our seas are too shallow, is a case in point. RM 500 million vanished into thin air because Najib decided his buddy Baginda (and wife) could be relied on to provide support services for the two submarines. This is simply outright theft from the public treasury by Baginda on behalf of Najib who appointed him as his nominee. No wonder Baginda fled to England, supposedly to study, fearing that the shit is about to hit the ceiling fan. This issue is not going to go away. Baginda should return the RM 500 million.

US dictionary for Ibrahim Ali the Clown
The US Embassy should have given Ibrahim Ali the Clown a copy of an English language dictionary. Ibrahim can then look up the meaning of clown, pitiful, militant, racist, terrorist, freeloader, scrounge, parasite, leech, blood-sucker, fat cat, apartheid, Nazi, illegal immigrant, bogus native, Malay language, affirmative action, out of Africa theory, Islam, ethics, plagiarism, Malayalee, absolute power, abuse, corruption, rentier economy, economic distortions, theft, stealing, robbery, plundering, scoundrel, grabbing, raiding, lying, bullshitting, cheating, scheming, conniving, pathological, congenital, hidden agenda, nouveau riche, living it up, running dogs, police state, ethnic cleansing, criminalization, demonization, dehumanization, isolation, neutralization, marginalisation, elimination, extermination, politics, propaganda, insane, mad, sedition, treason, instigator, agent provocateur, pig, kosher, democracy, freedom, doctrine of separation of powers, checks-and-balances, public accountability, transparency, good governance, label, tag, chop, lunatic fringe self-serving etc etc

No “protection” any longer for the Malay
Is this going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy? It was Sir Frank Swettenham who once wrote: "The Malay is an arrogant creature. Childish. He would not hesitate to injure someone even if it means that he will suffer even more injuries in the process. We have to protect the Malay from himself, from his own stupidity." Well the British are gone. Since independence, it was the leaders of the Indian & Chinese communities who assumed the "protector" role of the British & have been protecting the Malay from himself. This is evident in their willingness to go along with the deviations & distortions in the implementation of the New Economic Policy & wholesale plunder of the public treasury under the guise of development. Now, it seems no longer. Such Indian & Chinese leaders now lack credibility within their own communities -- all the more so given Perkasa -- & hence the demise of MIC, MCA/Gerakan. The younger generation of Indians & Chinese & Malays as well, is the future.

Don’t create jobs for foreign workers
High-end investments are okay provided we have the right workforce which doesn't seem to be the case. But it still doesn't explain why the FDI plunged 81 per cent from the previous year's already miserable figure. Where are the high-end investments? Doesn't Mustapha even know how to lie properly? Also, if we are going for high-end investments, we should send home all the low-skilled foreign workers in the country. Instead, even more are coming over especially in Sabah & S'wak. There are already 1.7 million foreigners in Sabah, including illegal immigrants, compared with 1.5 million Sabahans. In S'wak, there are half a million foreigners including 260,000 illegal immigrants. S'wak's total population is 2.5 million including the half a million foreigners. The SCORE region in S'wak plans to attract 600,000 workers including 400, 000 foreign workers. Why create jobs if there are no workers? It's better for businessmen & investors to invest in countries where the labour comes from.

Umno must open its doors to all
These Umno buggers never learnt to count. That's why there are very few Bumiputera businessmen of note today. That's also the reason the FDI has plunged 81 per cent from the already miserable figure last year, the national debt burden is 54 to 70 per cent of the GDP (depends on who is talking) & Umno politicians are taking gov't projects for themselves through nominees at double, triple & even ten times the actual contract figure in order to continue milking the public treasury of the people's money. The award of the contracts for the two submarines, which we don't need because our seas are too shallow, is a case in point. Meanwhile RM 4 billion is missing from Felda. This is the money that Umno will be using during after the next General Elections to buy up votes, members of parliament & state assemblypersons. Umno has already decided that it can't win the next GE unless it resorts to even more dirty tricks. This is Umno's last gasp. Umno is finished unless it opens its doors to all.

Islam out of date
No wonder Nik Aziz said that teaching sex in schools is like teaching someone to steal properly. According to Chapter 3 of the Professional Ethics module used by the Open University of Malaysia, Islam is only applicable to present times if it evolves. This is the stand taken by Muslim scholars who have also noted that Islam is not an evolving religion (that means it's rigid), nor does it talk much about ethics. Neither is Islam a new religion, according to them, but a continuation of the divine revelations from Abraham to Mohd. Professional Ethics is a compulsory university course for all degree programmes in Malaysia.

Mahathir just a conman & scam artist
This is just a load of crap of the kind that u hear at the teh tarik stalls. Mahathir has always been a shallow thinker, given to extremist views & sweeping statements. One does not have to be an expert to take such a line. We must remember that he comes from the lunatic fringe. Anyone with even half a brain as a so-called statesman would not stoop so low as to be petty & hit below the belt. How much wiser are we about blogging after inviting this perpetual crank to spoil the day? At least Anwar had support within Umno unlike Mahathir who parachuted in from the top & hung on to power until he could hang on no more. Mahathir is driven by a self-serving hidden agenda based on capital accumulation -- to drive out the Chinese -- & living it up at the expense of the people. For this, he's prepared to twist & turn every issue into a racial issue in order to play to the gallery & hoodwink the Malay masses into gathering under the Umno flag, under the banner of so-called unity, so that people like him can live like royalty at the expense of the people.

MarGeeMar
06/08/10

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