I Want to Get Into Trouble....

Ok Guys I want to get into trouble. Send me what you have on any damm thing that could get me into trouble and I will print it here on this blog! You will not get into trouble...because I will be the one that will get into trouble. If you are to lazy to email me or write me...just "tweetjacks" me to my facebook (whatever that means!) and I will let it ride and that should get me into trouble too.

Jesus Christ how stupid is this Barisan Nasional government?  Is MCA responsible for their President jig a jig caught on camera? Is Najib responsible for NFC -after all it was the husband of his Minister that did the dastardly deed! How about UMNO being responsible for Mahathir rescuing is son's business? And can you get Samy Velu to be responsible for the death of his son's PA....the mind boggles with the possibilities.PDRM can now hold any Malay responsible for any crime committed by another Malay!

This is what power can do...allow you to pass any stupid idiotic laws that you want without having to figure out what the repercussions will be. God have mercy on these BN lawmakers!            

ELVIS Separate Ways [On Tour 1972]

Rod Stewart & Amy Belle- I Dont Want To Talk About It

That's Life [from Sinatra A Man And His Music Part II]

Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around (Original Stereo)

Sway

cakap cakap....gila!

This is where our Nation is now at! The whole country has been treated to the spectacle of a group of grown ups prepared to do the bidding of idiots who tells them that what they are doing is Demi Kepentingan Negara, Bangsa dan possibly Ugama too! How have we come to this? How is it that something we would not allow a child to do to others this group of idiots think it is alright for them to do in front of cameras that would record their act for posterity...or should it be for posteriority? 

Then I read the other day of Tunku Aziz being 'thrown out' of DAP for  having his say on Bersih 3! That made me remember my time with Kit Siang. I wrote a number of articles which Kit Siang was kind enough to post in his blog before I started steadyaku47 - over 40 articles in total. When I started my blog I requested that Kit Siang did a link from his blog to mine every time he posted an article of mine in his blog as this would get people familiar with my blog...but did he do it? He did not even acknowledge my request...so eventually I stopped sending him any of my articles. I had that slight suspicion that Kit Siang is not prepared to assist a fledgling Malay blogger get on to his feet! The Chinese DNA in him would not allow him to do so. Was that his problem with Tunku Aziz? I wonder.....!


These days it seems that the long knives are out for DSAI. I for one will be the first to put my hand up if questions are being asked as to the suitability of DSAI as PM - he carries to much baggage from his time in UMNO and since then his doings within PKR does him no favors. But sticks and stones may break DSAI's bones but when will these people learn that talk does not bother him? If Saiful and the Carcosa tapes cannot bury him do you think what happened when he was in UMNO can? Ease off DSAI and just let us see how Najib and DSAI carry themselves as the 13th General Election nears. To all intents and purposes DSAI is the underdog. Surely there is no need to keep kicking that guy when he is already down? And before any of you bastards starts kicking me in the nuts just remember this:I can just click you away - so do not bother!


Ayatollah Mahathir is alive and well? Tell me something I do not know! His own sense of his own self-importance will not allow him to disappear into the woodwork. He is seems to be everywhere -Kedah, Kedah and Kedah! And why should his son want to be Kedah MB? Or does HIS father wants him to be Kedah's MB? Until divine intervention intervenes you can all be rest assured that Mahathir will continue to run UMNO as if it was his own fiefdom. Can you imagine Najib standing in his way? Huh....


And who are the UMNO millionaires that will become billionaires when Felda Global enters the realms of "another projek  by Barisan Nasional?" And from there Felda Global shall go the same way as Bank Bumiputra, Sime Darby, PKFZ, NFC...maybe not in our lifetime but certainly it will go the same way as other "projek" of Barisan Nasional goes - belly up! 


What will happen in Bangsar? Nong Chik goes head to head with Nurrul? We know it, Nurrul knows it but her Father, on Azmin's insistence, will insists that she still stands - and she will become the sacrificial lamb that will strengthen Azmin's hold on PKR at the expense of PKR itself! Ahhh the pity of it all and yet DSAI is silent again in an issue that he should not be! Anwar get a safe seat for Nurrul!


The madness in KL persists....but the people still live in hope...what else is there to cling to but hope!  




   


        


                 

On Being Uncouth and Rethinking Conscience

SATURDAY, MAY 26, 2012

DISTORTED PERCEPTIONS: WE HAVE BECOME A NATION OF DON QUIXOTES, SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME FIGHTING IMAGINARY ENEMIES

BY JOHAN JAAFFAR

 I AM against any attempt to set up stalls in front of Datuk Ambiga Sreenevasan's house. And I deplore anyone exercising with malicious intent there. I dread the day when such acts become a new form of harassment. However, I thank Kuala Lumpur City Hall and the police for standing firm not to allow them to cause disruption in the area. Ironically, they are the same people Ambiga defied that fateful Saturday when her cause was hijacked by politicians.

I commend the police for acting professionally to maintain peace in front of her house -- as much as they were trying to contain unruly demonstrators at the Bersih rally in Kuala Lumpur.
City Hall, too, would like to see disgruntled traders reciprocated for their loss of income, but it did not. The officers acted wisely to avoid any untoward incident.
Ambiga must learn a thing or two from this. The law is not meant to be broken by anyone, especially by a lawyer and former president of the Bar Council. The petty traders also can't say that just because they are ignorant they can break the law. It is, therefore, not their fault to question Ambiga's double standards on the issue.

The damage has been done. And the country will be further divided. Which is sad. Ambiga probably meant well, but it didn't turn out that way. She was merely a pawn in a complex game of misguided justice, conspiracy and deceit. She was in fact used, her agenda hijacked. That irked many among her supporters, the thousands who would like to see real reforms in the electoral process.

The Election Commission is not perfect and the Bersih demands have been a wake-up call for them, too. They are doing a lot of soul-searching themselves. They have to buck up, or else they will lose their credibility. But to be fair to them, many of the allegations are mere hearsay and conjecture. Just because names like Kangkung, Harimau, Machine Gun, Atas Jalan, Batu Tiga or Burung came out on the electoral roll, that does not mean those names are phantom voters. As one newspaper has pointed out, there are in fact bizarre names of real people.

Sadly, we have lost our adab (courtesy) in our pursuit of some things. We have little respect for others. We have lost the willingness to listen to others or to hear the other side of the story. We have made up our minds. There are those who demanded to be heard but were rude in articulating their positions. We have surrendered all notions of hormat (respect), maruah (dignity) and harga diri (self-esteem) when we deal with those who do not agree with us. We snub others just because they represent different views. It is eventually about Us and Them.

And sadly, too, we have become a nation of Don Quixotes -- we are simply spending too much time fighting imaginary enemies. Not only that, like Quixote, our perceptions are distorting us. We can't differentiate lies from the truth and falsehood from reality.

I found the Sinar-Astro Awani debate between Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin and PKR strategic director Mohd Rafizi Ramli interesting -- two young minds arguing their case without fear or favour and with conviction. There is no need to declare the winner, for both are.
Of course, a debate is not judged by the jeering, shouting and clapping of partisan supporters. What is important is that such debates must be encouraged.

The Malays have had a tradition of intellectual discourse since the days of old, continuing into the early 19th century with reformists from Al Azhar University. The Kaum Tua-Kaum Muda debate redefined the intellectual tradition and history of the Malays. They tolerate dissent and differences, with humility, style and finesse.

Sadly, we have become a nation of selfish and self-centred people. We use whatever platforms we have to lambast others. We are allowing the Internet to be a lawless realm. We forget we have laws, ethics and code of morality. We forget adab matters even on the Net. And the possibility of us being sued for libel or worse. Remember, if it is online, you better toe the line, someone advises. Who cares these days?

We have every right to disagree with anyone. This is a democratic country. But there are civilised ways to do it. Putting up stalls in front of people's houses is not right.
On the other hand, Ambiga should know better the next time she's contemplating another Bersih rally. She will offend many people, including the petty traders. She has to question her conscience first.

(from The New Straits Times)

The Indians are restless...Karanraj Sathianathan

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We Malaysian Indians except those who are the faithful dogs of UMNO voted for Pakatsn Rakyat and still want to vote for them. But this time we need some assurance from Pakatan as from our observation Pakatan has not been treating Indians fairly and equally as other Malaysia. Some examples are:

1. It's promise during 12GE of giving 2 exco posts to Malaysian Indians in Penang, Perak and Selangor and give Indians more say in the running of the government has NEVER ben fulfilled at all.

2. It's promise of giving state land to the landless Tamil schools not fulfilled at all. In Selangor a piece of land was given at Taman Sentosa, Klang for non-existent school while existing schools were left out till today. But in Selangor out of 128 hectors of state land allocated to non-Islamic Religious shrines, 114 hectors (89%) given to Chinese Temples and 7.87 hectors(5.99%) to the much trouble some, often torn down Hindu Temples. We say education is very important which PR states do differently. When I blasted xaviar about this in Tamil portal Sempurathi, his cyber troopers used a lot of vulger words, false accusations and even worse things about me. I have clearly written from 2009 till today we don't want the world's largest evil satan BN but wanted PR to be fair but PR showed its colour.

In Selangor the Indian Village Heads get monthly RM 450.00 while Chinese and Malay Village Heads get monthly RM8,000.00 to RM10,000.00.

Out of more than 1,500 scholarships awarded only 3 for poor Indian students.

Manoharan Malayalam's 5 resolutions were defeated in the Selangor State Asssembly. One main one was for the state to assist all very elderly poor citizens and the reason given by Chinese and Malay assemblymen was Malays will get angry. We don't understand this at all why Malays must get angry when it says all not Indians only. Then why Malays never got angry when Chinese Temples with land given more land?

There are a lot of unfairness going on in PR ruled states. That's why this time we want all the promises to be in written form. And we want real fairness and equality with other Malaysians as we are also human beings and Malaysians. Please do some survey and observe - then you all will know the real happenings. 

Cakap cakap...Najib and Anwar. Siapa tahan pressure?

I may have my differences with Anwar Ibrahim but I must tell you that as I saw him walk again into court  - this time for Bersih 3 –I cannot but have respect and a sense of pride that I know that man. The same sense of pride that I felt when I saw him react coolly to those goons forcing their way into his Damasara house to arrest him many years ago. The same feeling I had when I saw him with a black eye but his pride defiant as ever as he made his way into court years ago.

This man has etched into my mind many memories of how brutal and indecent those with power can be. Of course I speak of Ayotallah Mahathir then and Najib now! Never forget what they say of power – that it corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

We, unfortunately, have seen it at its worst in the behaviour  of our Prime Ministers that uses it for evil rather then good, for themselves rather then for their people and for the purpose of consolidating that power within themselves rather then for the people and nation.

That is why when we see a senile and ageing Mahathir trying to make his feeble contribution to prop up an UMNO that is past its used by date – we are amused.

That is why when we see Najib sweating profusely while trying to bribe the people with millions to vote for a Barisan Nasional candidate – we are amused.

And this morning when I saw Najib trying to ‘manage’ a pro Bersih crowd in London as he was trying to speak – it amused me. It amused me because I know that Najib simply do not have the balls and the guts to handle difficult situation well. It is one thing to be surrounded by UTK officers and his Staff at Putrajaya when he is meeting with other people and he can act Presidential….but put in on stage where he is out there by himself and give him a hostile audience…he is going to wets his pants! And that was what happened in London recently when he tried to speak and was heckled by pro Bersih activists! Go watch the video  "Bersih Protest In London (An Evening with Najib)" on YouTube and have a good laugh at his expense! Hell I think even Rosmah would have been able to handle the situation better!

The Green, Green Grass of Home.....

Four weeks ago I told my wife that we were ‘Going Home!’…….home to KL. Back to my Tanah Tumpahnya Darahku! Back to the Nasi Berani in Lucky Gardens Bangsar, my Curry Puffs at Bukit Bintang and my Nasi Dagang at Kampong Baru. We were going home because I wanted to be relevant to the political madness that is now in Malaysia!

We were all packed to go. Our personal effects all packed into boxes and quotes obtained from Freight Forwarders.  Then the reality hit me. What if I go back and those guys from Special Branch wants to cakap cakap with me? To quote one of my PDRM mates when I asked him about that possibility he said:

“I believe so. They can be rather efficient so be careful. Plan and make sure you have alternative plans or contingency plans. They may follow you! Take care”    

My Father was in the Police force with Tun Haniff. The Police have always been family to me – from the mata mata walking their beat to those who have their office in Bukit Aman but today things are different. Even Family are to be feared. I can take care of myself but my wife and son are Australians and if they are sent back to Australia without me and if I do not see them for any length of time….…it would be something we cannot live with. We only have each other! What else can we do but decide to not ‘go home.”

That was when it hit me on a personal level what our country has now become! A place where fear and loathing exists. Fear for the power of the Barisan Government to be able to do what it wants with people that do not do as they say and loathing from us for this very same Barisan Nasional because of what they have done to make our country into a virtual Police State.

But that fear I had for the BN government and its leaders was there for just a moment. For the most part it was a loathing and the contempt that I felt for them because while I can live the life of my own choosing in another country I cannot do so in mine! While I can live with my wife and Family in another country without any problems I cannot do so in my own country because our Immigration laws are not design to allow for these kind of situation – they are designed to make it difficult for ANYONE who wants to make Malaysia their home – no matter if you are married to a Malaysian or intend to get married to a one. But why should the Minister in Charge cares? He and his politically appointed staff and many Immigration officers make a decent side income from the vagaries of our immigration laws. 

In almost every facet of our life in Malaysia we encounter the same problem every day and every where we go. Living has now become such an enormous burden for so many of the little people – like you and me – that at times we pray for divine intervention to right what is wrong in Malaysia. For divine intervention to rid ourselves of this plague call Barisan Nasional and in its place to have a responsible and decent government so that for once the people can understand what good governance is. Dear God this burden becomes heavier by the day as these BN politicians become richer by the hour. When will it all end? Let it end soon for I want to go home....Home where my parents are buried in Ampang, home where our first child was buried in Seremban, home where I will find my place to rest and wait for my time to die.     

Which Country but Malaysia?

I can do nothing more then to put this  onto steadyaku47 so that more of us can also share in this article: Thanks Din.

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Read and Decide for our Country’s Future

May 26, 2012

READ and DECIDE for our Country’s Future

I received this via e-mail from a Malayisian friend who is residing in the Land of the Free (USofA). He told me that he is sick to his inner core about our politics and feels very frustrated with the current administration and its so-called transformation agenda. “It is not transformation. It is retrogression, back to the Age of Ignorance and Barbarism”, he says.

I thought, I should  share this with you. I am also very sick knowing that law and order has broken down and the Police and other agencies are part of the ruling kleptocracy.–Din Merican

From Mahathir to Badawi to Najib (1981-2012…?)

Never in the history of any country has a government been as hypocritical, deceptive, dishonest and destructive as this government in question.

Which country has had only one political party in government for more than half a century?

Which country allows the government to use public funds for political purposes?

Which country uses the Police to beat up peaceful protestors and corner them when they have already dispersed?

Which country has a Prime Minister linked to murder?

Which country has a Prime Minister linked to corruption and his colleagues don’t bother?

Which country uses Islam as a political tool to destroy other Muslims?

Which country practices racial discrimination in its policies like South Africa?

Which country gives money to the rich to buy houses cheaper because of their race?

Which country gives money to ministers so they get very rich while the poorsuffer?

Which country punishes honest former top Custom and Police officers who whistleblow?

Which country allows its government to rob the poor and fill the pockets of the rich by unreasonable road tolls?

Which country bails out cronies in business with public money into billions of ringgit?

Which country forces religion down people’s throats while the political leaders live in sin?

Which country has an anti-corruption agency accused of murder?

Which country has a police system that sees so many Indian youths die in police lock-ups?

Which country has former soldiers take part in politics and act like thugs against a clean and honest lady?

Which country has a ‘First Lady’ who spends the people’s money when the country does not even have a president?

Which country builds a costly palace when many people do not have proper housing, water and electricity?

Which country denies the Opposition time to speak freely yet claims to be the world’s best democracy?

Which country allows the Police to beat its journalists doing their jobs without mercy?

Which country forces its young into national youth programmes and see many die in freak accidents?

Which country has its Prime Minister say something and the DPM disagrees. Remember 1Malaysia and “Aku Melayu”.

Which country has a Prime Minister who runs away while important things happen in his country?

Which country allows dirty videos and other slanderous material to be published against others freely?

Which country has conspired against its Opposition leader in a sex scandal that we know is a conspiracy?

Which country has a retired Prime Minister and No 1 Ass-Hole who can’t keep his mouth shut and creates disharmony?

Which country has someone like former Premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad whose word cannot be trusted – who has said he has retired from politics but is still blabbing?

Which country has a Royal Commission  which exposes mismanagement and corruption in the Police force but nothing is done to correct the shortcomings?

Which country has a Royal Commission to expose judge  fixing and yet still no one is charged?

Which country has the NEP but sees many Malays denied of opportunities because they belong to the wrong political party?

Which country sees the non-Malays discriminated against and deprived of the constitutional rights  while the corrupt take the lion’s share of their prosperity?

Which country makes a car and sells it at a higher price in the country but charges less for it in other countries?

Which country sees the people divided into bumiputera and non-bumiputera and practises apartheid policies?

Which country has gone so backward in its political culture and stays in power by bribing others with money?

Which country has a farmers’ cooperative and short changes  its members not giving them their due money?

Which country has seen so many abuses of power and yet  the government can still stay in power because of electoral irregularities?

Which country has punished its honest citizens for calling for democracy and clean and fair elections?

Which country controls all the country’s mainstream media and spreads propaganda?

Which country punishes media producers who merely want to promote a free country, what’s wrong with that?

Which country spends money on 1Malaysia but promotes racial hatred and disharmony?

Which country allows a politician like that white snake in Sarawak to be filthy rich and rob the natives of their lands and trees?

Which country allows a politician to spend public money to promote himself overseas?

Which country has been censured by the BBC for censoring their news we see?

Which country but Malaysia!

Many Malaysians and I have had enough. I can go on and on forever but I don’t want the UMNO-Barisan political coalition to govern our country and lead us to extinction while their sons and daughters party and drive around in Lamborghini and Ferrari cars while the majority of us live in poverty.

The Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Mamak Mahathir are masters of hypocrisy and their deeds expose their forked-tongues, because they say one thing and do something else, and they are able to trick the blind and impressionable who they know how to keep in check with money and illiteracy but not with intelligence, whether they are Malays, Indian, Chinese, Sarawakians or Sabahans.

What happened to Anwar Ibrahim, Teoh Beng Hock, Ahmad Sarbani, and Kugan and many innocent Malaysians can happen to anybody when you have morally depraved politicians in power.

Whatever your status in the country, whatever your race, whatever your religion, your enemy is the one who is turning your country into a disaster zone and the sooner you vote those crooks out of power the sooner you can save your nation and get something better.

No one can do worse than what has been done to Malaysia. Only those who are on the BN’s political payroll or get the kickbacks will disagree when there is the mounting evidence of corruption and abuses of power. The Umno-MCA-MIC and their Sarawak and Sarawak cronies have sold out their people and traded their interests for their own selfish power and positions.

I am not a member of the Opposition, just a citizen sick of the situation and only a fool will want the same government. If I can, I will vote for change of government for the sake of the nation.

Cakap cakap...Mahathir dah Nyanyok ka?

This morning I see that Ayatollah Mahathir is writing about 'Politik Malaysia' in his Che Det blog. 

What does he talk about? “Kuasa kekal” permanent power…that is what was in his bloody head when he was in power and that is still is what is in his bloody head now that he is over 80 years old! “POWER”. At least This guy is consistent!

Ayatollah Mahathir talks about what problems DSAI, Tengku Razaleigh and Pak Lah has caused UMNO ….always others are the problems! Never him! Same situation with Mugabe, Saddam Hussein, Gadaffi and Mubarak...always others are to be blamed, never themselves!

And he goes on to say that “Kerajaan Barisan Nasional telah "membawa banyak kemajuan dan nikmat kapada rakyat” ….woi Ayatollah I think kerajaan BN has brought more “nikamt dan kejayaan” to your family, your cronies and BN politicians then to all the Rakyat put together!

Yes the elections have so far not been able to “jatuhkan BN”..…but what happened in the 12^th GE is a start…is it not? Did you all not wet your pants thinking of possible defeat then…and are you all not again wetting your pants now thinking of the possible defeat of BN at this 13^th GE and the thought of you all having to spend time in jail for your abuse of political power while in government? If losing five states at the last 12^th GE is not an indication of things to come…what is?

And he makes a reference to the “kuku besi”…iron fist lah – ways of the Arab Government, which, Tun says, the BN government has never indulged in! Woi old man what about the ISA? What about Memali? What about Ops Lallang? What about the whacking of your own people during Bersih demos?

True these are nothing compared to what the people in the Arab countries experienced from their own iron fisted regimes …but it is a matter of degree!

When did the people of Malaysia start getting beaten by their own Police force? Under BN!

When did our people start being murdered while under Police custody? Under BN.

When did an ex DPM got beaten by the IGP? Under BN!

I agree with you TUN that the brutality showered by PDRM on our people is nothing when compared to what is happening in the Arab countries but the brutality of our own PDRM to our people is something our people have never experienced before! We will not tolerate it even if our PDRM so much as touch any of our own people for no other reasons then for wanting to express their desire to want a free and fair elections – what more whack them senselessly!

You also said that the opposition is always making false allegations and claims that the “Kerajaan Menipu!” What is NFC all about? PKFZ, the purchase of those submarines…these are not “kerajaan menipu?” Are these are not attempts to “memburukkan image kerajaan?”

Tun, you and Barisan Nasional are the very people who  “memburukkan image kerajaan!”

You ‘memburukkan image kerajaan!’. Look at how rich your own children are. 

You ‘ memburukkan imej Kerajaan’ when we see the one sided IPP agreements for your cronies. 

You ‘memburukkan image kerajaan’ when the Minister in your cabinet take their oath of office in jest because they then proceed to enrich themselves from the proceed of their political career in your government to their hearts contents at the expense of your own Rakyat!

Tun if anybody ‘memburukkan image kerajaan’ you started it yourself!

And then he paints an image of ‘huru hara’ and mayhem as what he claims are the opposition attempts to incites the population to violence just so they can gain government! What idiotic drivel and rubbish is this old man talking about?

This BN government controls the Armed Forces, the Police, RELA…..and all and any force on the face of Malaysia that could be mobilized to beat the people into a whimpering useless piece of meat at anytime and at any place that they so wish it! And they talk about the people rising against such an overwhelming force to cause mayhem in Malaysia. What rubbish! He really must have gone senile…

Really Ayatollah Mahathir your rantings would be more familiar with those living in Uganda under Idi Amin! Now who amongst his children dares to tell this Ayotaollah Mahathir to be quiet……take his medications and take a short nap? Who? I rest my case....for now at least.

Only in Malaysia......

Only in Malaysia can the President of MCA – one of Barisan Nasional’s major coalition partner, an ex Minister, a Doctor, a Member of Parliament, a Father and Husband to boot….only in Malaysia can this man make into a virtue his philandering sexual high jinks caught on camera: caught not with his pants down to his knees but caught au natural doing what any dog in heat would be doing to any bitch he finds within reach!

Come on lah Chua Soil Leak….any other decent thinking human being would have the decency to just fade into the woodwork so as to not embarrass his wife and children anymore then necessary…but not you! You are a trained psychologist who should understand the immense social pressure your long suffering wife and children must be undergoing having your private affairs air out on the public domain. Yes you did have the common sense to put your hands up and admitted “Guilty as Charged” only because the evidence that dammed you is irrefutable! What else could you do?

Ok lah those guys in MCA think you are good enough to be their President despite or in spite of your jig a jig caught on camera…but then if you look at the past President of MCA’s I think you are keeping good company with crooks, liars and now you seem to take it to another level, even for MCA! It is now acceptable for those aspiring to be a President of MCA to screw around! Where got standard lah? Surely even for the practical Chinese mentality this is a new low!    

Chua you are damaged goods! Soiled goods! You are the type of President that gives the Chinese a bad name. You are one of those idiots that make politics in Malaysia what it is today –  a shameful litany of sexual excesses that those who are rich and politically powerful think is their birthright to indulge in! Of course you do not give a ‘crap’…you are ‘crap’ yourself! With politicians like you who needs to vote Barisan Nasional? 

If i am not a Malay......

If I am a non-Malay studying abroad today the furthest thing on my mind as I go into my final year of study is going back to Malaysia. Yes I would be concerned about the possible outcome of the 13^th general election. I would be concern about the fortunes of Pakatan Rakyat as it prepares to do battle against a domineering Barisan Nasional in the run up to the 13^th general election – as I would be concerned about the financial woes of Greece and Spain in Europe, as I would be concern about the famine in Sudan and the plights of the refugees all over the World displace by the antics of politicians in their part of the world….concerned but not really affected by the outcome of it all.

Malaysia is no longer home. You have decided that you will not go back to Malaysia after your studies.  Your parents and siblings would join you in Australia as and when it is possible for them to do so under your sponsorship. Even if they will not join you, Australia is now home to you. For now the goings on in Malaysia serves only to reinforce the correctness of your choice to leave Malaysia. Was that not your parents thoughts too when they had to use the hard earned money they saved over the years to send you overseas to further your studies? Why would you want to stay in a country that the Malay says is their own? The world welcomes you with open arms!  

This UMNO led Barisan Nasional government must understand that they cannot give citizenship to a non Malay, expect him or her to swear allegiance to king and country, serve in the army and die for this country if asked to…. …but then treat these non-Malays as second class citizens! This UMNO led Barisan Nasional government legislated for this to be true in the education of their children, in their ability to access business and work opportunities, in their religion – in all facets of their life. And then this UMNO led Barisan Nasional government has the audacity to turn around and  harangued these non-Malays for being ungrateful to the very country that have given then a place to call their home at Merdeka over 50 years ago?

Did it ever occur to UMNO that these non-Malays may turn against them at the first opportunity that comes their way? As they did at the 12^th general election? And maybe again at this 13^th general election? Or has that thought already occurred to you and now all that is left is for you to await the verdict of the 13^th general election by the very same people that you have abused and ridiculed in your time of arrogance?    

It has been 55 years of Merdeka and it has now come to this. Perkasa loudly telling the non-Malays that Malaysia is for the Malays? Najib Razak, your Prime Minister echoing the same sentiment! And you expect these non-Malays to vote you into government?

Where in the annals of human history have people who have been prosecuted and treated less then equals by their political leaders risen to ensure that their prosecutors are rewarded for being their oppressors?

Not in Egypt where Hosni Mubarak, a virtual despot with impressive credentials as a dictator, ruled supreme until his own oppressed people have had enough of his regime and rose as one to oust him from government. Chased him relentlessly from power, from the face of Egypt to await his demise alone and ridiculed as an object of hate and contempt by the people he once ruled over!

Not in Libya where Gadaffi babbling that “My people love me….my people love me” was unceremoniously bundled from his seat of power, physically harmed and subjected to the most humiliating of atrocities possible from those that have suffered under his rule before being shot in the head  - a tyrant deservedly dead at the hands of his own people.     

And I am certain not in Malaysia where we all know too well how UMNO leaders have presumed too arrogantly that our country Malaysia is theirs to rule and lord it over as they like! Yesterday as I watched the evening ABC news in Prime Time at 8 p.m here in Australia the news about DSAI latest run in with Najib’s government over the BERSIH 3 rally came on. The gist of the story is this : That Najib is using another of his government legal ‘transformation’ initiatives to run down his political nemesis in the run up to the 13^th general elections! Is this not too familiar story in the history of politics in Malaysia? Memali, Ops Lallang, the irresponsible use of the ISA and other demonic use of any and all governmental machinery's at UMNO’s disposal to rid itself of any meaningful opposition in any election that it faces at any level? All this by a Barisan Nasional government that sees itself all powerful, all domineering and all conquering against an opposition Pakatan Rakyat that can only draw its strength from the people! 

This is the part I cannot understand! How is it that Najib and his advisors are not able to comprehend that what they are doing to DSAI, their inaction over MACC death in custody, PKFZ, NFC, Altantuya and all those myriads of abuses and misuse of political executive power for party and personal gain they not only choose to ignore but also cover-up is damming them to electoral defeat?

If Najib can explain to us why Mindef agreed to pay Razak Baginda RM500 million for services rendered to the Malaysian Government in the purchase of the Scorpene submarines….explain it in a manner that does not insult or intelligence…then we will give our votes to the Barisan Nasional coalition that he leads!

If Najib Razak can explain why Sharizat and her Family are still not been held accountable for the debacle in NFC…explain it in a manner that does not insult our  intelligence….then we will give our votes to the Barisan Nasional coalition that he leads!

If Najib Razak can explain why MACC has not been held accountable for the death of Teoh Beng Hock and Sarbaini while they were in their custody….explain it in a manner does not insult our intelligence….then we will give our votes to the Barisan Nasional coalition that he leads!

So why then does Najib not do all this and ensure that he gets the electoral support that BN desperately need to return to Putrajaya after the 13^th GE?

Maybe because there really is nothing that he can do about it all save to bluster his way like a bull in a China shop and just hope that nothing untoward will happen to all the china in the shop while the bull is still running around ……..like a bull in a China shop!  

The 13^th general election is but a few months away. I see that the UMNO led Barisan Nasional is in the final spasm of its coming demise. I see it, you see it but like the proverbial dictator that see only love not hatred  coming from the people that he has abused and tormented over all the years that he ruled, UMNO can only see what it wants to see and nothing else.

It sees another 50 years in power. It sees itself the champion of Ketuanan Melayu – and for this alone the Malay votes will come their way – despite the fact that the Malays have already abandoned them at the 12^th general elections! It also sees itself arrogantly as having the money, the resources to buy itself victory in the 13^th general election!

Let them think it is so. Let them believe the momentum to take them to victory in the 13^th GE is now with them. Let them convince themselves that the nation, the non-Malays and the Malays are all waiting to vote them back into Putrajaya……and for one last time in our history, let UMNO think that race and religion will triumph over open, accountable and responsible government!

Your responsibility now is to ensure that our people and our country will be given the opportunity to change from darkness to light. From a future without hope to one which gives each and everyone of us a reason to expect that and more of our government of the day. And for not only the Malays but for all of the others – a future without corruption, without money politics, without cronyism, without that onerous presence of Ayotollah Mahathir, without FLOM, without a government answerable to the people for the things they do in our name..….without UMNO or Barisan Nasional! 

And now onwards to the 13^th general election…Malay or not we are all ready…as ready as we will ever be!        

cakap cakap....status semasa.

There will be some of you that will be reading this while having breakfast. Some are just about to start your working day and have a few minutes to spare and stop by to read what I have written today. Though I suspect most of you only have time to surf the net in the evenings after your work is done for the day, dinner is over and what time is left between going to sleep and another day tomorrow is yours to do as you please.

Whoever you are and at what time or place you choose to read what I write I want to say thank you for reading what I write. Those who know me personally will again be perplexed as to what has been happening in my life. I take each day as it comes and live it the best way I can. You should try that too. It takes away a lot of life uncertainties that always seems to lurk just beyond your control.

I have not written in steadyaku47 for quite a while. As I have said in the past, do not try to second-guess what it is that I do. There is a simple explanation as to why I have not done my work here. I am no longer in Adelaide. The relocation has taken its toll on me physically, emotionally and financially – and on a more practical level my work on steadyaku47 has suffered considerably.

By next week my broadband Internet connection will be in place, I will be settled in my present abode that overlooks the skyline of the city that I am now in (and where I am now is for me to know and for you to ponder!) and I will be ready to resume my work on steadyaku47. What direction I take, what causes I choose to propose or oppose is, as always, a work in progress and a decision I make based on considerations that are mine and mine alone. Until then, in the words of one of our friends…shalom!

The Age Of Reason

Today it would seem that Politics rules every facet of our lives. It starts very early in the morning as you scan the front pages of our main stream media - any media: May it be those delivered to your front door or that which you choose to go to as you power your PC just after subuh prayers or over breakfast. It will occupy your thoughts as you drive or is being driven to work for to some of us the goings on in politics is more then a passing fad –it will decide the success or failure of your business, it will provide fodder for conversation at work and at play and for most of us our thoughts are of a Malaysia after the 13th general elections. If truth were told we are really not concern about who will be Prime Minister, about whether Pakatan Rakyat or Barisan Nasional will succeed at the polls. Our concern is for the future of our nation, our people and for the well being of the generation to come – that of our children. Our aspirations are for leaders who wants these same things as we do.

And here I am talking about the critical mass of Malaysians that will cast their votes at the 13th general elections – not the die hard supporters of Barisan Nasional or Pakatan Rakyat because for these people East is East and West is West and never shall the twain meet – and for these people nothing BN or PR do can ever be wrong! I am talking about the critical mass within our population that thinks rationally and can decide for themselves what is the right thing to do for the common good of all of us.

We bloggers sometimes get carried away in the heat of the moment and think that what we write and read on the NET is the heartbeat of our nation. We think that what we write can move our people to our way of thinking about Najib or Anwar, about Pakatan Rakyat or Brisan Nasional. We think at times that our opinion matters and our arguments for and against issues and controversies in politics will sway public opinion against those whom we support or oppose.

Nothing can be further from the truth. All that it would take for any of you to dismiss steadyaky47 from your presence is the same thing you would do to dismiss an irritating mosquitoes or a fly from your presence – a flick of the wrist for the fly and mosquitoes and a click for steadyaky47. I know of this because that is what I myself do to anything that I find on the NET that offends, irritates or disagree with me. If there is room for banter, leeway to discuss or even an indication that the blogger will welcome my views on the matter that I disagree with – then for sure I will tarry a while and give the blogger my two cents worth of my opinion on what has been written. If not I will not waste a second of my time and go on to more interesting things to pursue on this world wide web!

I say these things because I find that the comments now being made on what I and other bloggers write have become offensive rather then constructive, hateful and spiteful rather then helpful and certainly indicates a propensity for readers to view anything that they do not agree with as being offensive are to be condemned without any further thoughts as to the rationality or the right or wrong of what has been written. I myself have struggled to maintain a sense of objectivity and rationality over what I write though having identified myself as being an ABU supporter this may, to most people, already put me in a place that is beyond redemption for those that are against ABU. Perish that thought!

I am for the common good of our nation, our people and for our future generations for what is good for them is also good for me. Corruption, money politics, arrogant politicians and having a government that is not open, accountable and responsible for its actions is not good for our nation, our people and our future generations – and so is not good for you and me.

And so increasingly as the 13th general election draws closer my thoughts are of the choices now in front of us. I see Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat as being two protagonist being ever reluctantly brought to a level playing field in the run up to this general elections. I say a level playing field because no longer can either of these parties hide from what they have done in or out of government. Both these parties are now being stripped bare of any pretence, any bluster, lies or half truths by the relentless probing of the free electronic media that gives complete freedom to the public to read and think for themselves what is right and what is wrong in the things that they do. And none more so manifest this reality then the recent NFC debacle and the goings on in the Bersih 3 situations. Without a doubt NFC caused much pain to Najib and Bersih 3 to DSAI because of the manner in which the public will judge their actions come polling day at the 13th general election – despite the fact that NFC happened before Najib’s tenure as Prime Minister and DSAI has denied any attempt to hijack Bersih 3 for his own purpose. Notwithstanding these ‘facts’ it is the public that will decide!

And tell me my friends, what can steadyaku47 or any blogger do in the face of these ‘facts’ to decide, change or shape public opinion of what is going on in our nation today? We bloggers can only be the messenger of these things and put into the public domain what we know and what we feel the public should know about Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat – it is the people that decides what is right and what is wrong, what is hearsay and what is gospel and in the process the people decide who will lead them after the 13th general election!

And that is where we are at now with the 13th general election just a few months away! I will attempt to do just that. As I have said before we bloggers can write good or bad on just about anybody. That anybody can be from Pakatan Rakyat or Barisan Nasional. From East or West Malaysia. Malays or non-Malays…..all that I ask myself to do is to write for what is good for our nation, our people and our future. To do otherwise is to abuse the trust of those that read what I write.