So tell me....do you really want Anwar or Mahathir to once again lead this country?

When you are prime minister anything you want and every wish you uttered are catered to immediately by those who are tasked to do your every bidding. Seri Perdana is where you go home to after a hard day at the office.  Your image is plastered all over the nation, and everything you do is reported in the main stream media, television stations and spoken of by many. You begin to believe in your own invincibility. You begin to believe that you can do no wrong, break no law. You begin to believe that you are indeed the heartbeat of your nation, the very air your people  need to live. You really believe that in you resides the hope of your people, the future of your nation and that you are the very essence of all that Malaysia is. 

Mahathir, Anwar Ibrahim, Abang Lah, KJ, among others, are people who are still around who would be able to understand and relate themselves to what I am saying...to what Najib is now experiencing. You begin to think that not only can you be God, but you can also speak as God, do as God and soon, God willing....you will be God!

And if you are the wife of Najib Razak you can, if you want, be Cleopatra, Queen Victoria, Joan of Arc, Margaret Thatcher and the most beautiful first lady of Malaysia all at once ...even if in reality you are an old fat hippo bitch who is height challenged!

Mahathir, Anwar, Abang Lah, KJ and many others of their genre have all had political power and then tasted humble pie. Some of them have wallowed in humble pie for many years since their fall from political power and are still up to their necks in it......but political power once tasted have a tendency to make one believe that what was once yours can still be yours again if circumstance and timing can be made to work in your favour....and so covertly or overtly they continue to pursue what they think is rightfully their right to once again be leaders of a country that no longer wants them and a people that has had their fill of them. Good luck to them. Nothing you or I can say will make they think or do otherwise. 

What would be an interesting exercise for us, is to watch closely the fortunes of Najib Razak and Rosmah in the coming months. 

Why in the coming months?

Anybody with half a brain (which covers most of who really do have half a brain!) can sense that Malaysia is now being pulled asunder by the blunders of the many contenders who are now vying to remain, or continue to be, the numero uno in Putrajaya. The time when each of them will be held to account and ask to account for what they have done in the name of political expedience  - whether for our benefit or for their own - draws near. 

Let us ignore those hangers on and those sad sub-humans whose periok nasi hangs on the fortunes of their chosen leaders, for these dregs of society will always be there no matter what happens. I am no longer persuaded by the utterances of politicians who are eager to play to the crowd that stands before them nor will I hold them to what they promise or put down on paper for the very same reason because the compulsion to say anything in order to advance their political interest is too overwhelming for these politicians to ignore. All these things considered....short of Najib taking government by other means than a general election...we can be assured that a general election will take place in the coming months. 

And in a general election where Umno can no longer with certainty, decide on it's outcome, it will be you and me, who will decide. 

So tell me....do you really want Anwar or Mahathir to once again lead this country? Do you want Umno to continue as the government of the day? Will you want a government of consensus? A government of the Malays for the Malays by the Malays? Do you still want that Bugis warrior to still be in Seri Perdana? Do you want Kit Siang and his DAP to be Kingmaker and once for all dictate a Malaysia they think we want? 

Whatever the outcome of this coming election we will indeed see change, for once awaken, the people will not be prepared to lie down again until these corrupt, self serving and arrogant leaders and their underlings are arrested, prosecuted and punished for what they have done in the name of government.....and I for one, will want to be in K Hell when that times comes.              

Do not think that these thoughts are not uppermost in the minds of Najib and Rosmah? Every brand new day brings hope to many Malaysian that their beloved Malaysia will soon be rid of the cancer of corruption and the bane of arrogant and self serving politicians...and yet that same brand new day brings dread to many politicians as the reality of having to account and be responsible for the things these politicians have done while serving king, country and it's people while in public office, nears.

For sure there is in all of us greed and arrogance but surely not in the doses present in these politicians of ours. For sure there are many of us who do wonder if they themselves might not succumb to the insane wealth on offer to these politicians and leaders....and what would we really do when push comes to shove? 

But these are all conjectures that we ask ourselves in moments of reflections and we will not share with anyone the real answers we give to ourselves. But the truth is this...these politicians live their lives on the promise they made to us of what they will be once we give them political power....and having been given that political power....they have failed us. Mahathir, Anwar, Pak Lah, KJ, Najib and many others have failed us in various degrees. So for those who live by the sword, it is fitting that they must die by the sword.....and for each and every one of them, they all know that their political lives now lies "dihujung pedang!". I will not beg for mercy for any of them. The spoils of political office for every one of them has been insane - wealth beyond their wildest dreams - and so when the time comes for them to take responsibility for their deeds, they and they alone will have to answer for what they have done....they and what their fancy and highly paid lawyers hired to defend them, will do to save their skin. 

I can promise you that that time will come. It came for Marcos, for the Shah of Iran, for Idi Amin, for Saddam Hussein and Gaddafi....and it will come for Najib and Rosmah and for all the others who have been responsible for the state of our nation today. Until then let us watch them unravel and see how they prepare themselves for the fate that awaits them : With courage or with fear? With utter contempt in the mistaken belief that they are beyond the long arm of the Law or with trepidation and despair as they see their world crumble around them? Saddam Hussein in his final hours was strong and courageous to the very end. Gaddafi was not. Already within Umno you see the start of it's fall into an abyss of self destruction that will take many many years for Umno to recover from ...if recovery is at all possible. Maybe from the ashes of Umno will rise other Malays who will understand the need to work with other Malaysians to make the Malays, Malaysia and other Malaysians strong again. Maybe not....but one way or the other...there will still be a Malaysia....maybe bankrupt, maybe a failed nation...maybe a Malaysia hopelessly embroiled in racial, religious and political conflict....but it will still be our Malaysia....and we will have to live with that Malaysia to the best of our ability or die trying.          

           

   

     

State of the Nation....as I see it.

We are now witnessing the very public suicide of UMNO and Barisan Nasional - not the taking down of DSAI. And certainly not of Pakatan Rakyat!

Let me explain....late last year I watched the antics of PKR and DSAI and thought that if UMNO gave them enough rope, they would have hung themselves by early 2011. If anything could go wrong with a political party election it did with PKR. And it all came to a head with the inglorious flight of Zaid Ibrahim away from PKR.

What else could go wrong for DSAI?

Well bloggers started turning against him in droves and vented their dissatisfaction and anger at DSAI on their blogs and anywhere on the electronic media that would hear their tales. I watched all this unfold from afar and asked myself if Najib will give DSAI enough rope?

No Najib did not have the wisdom to do so. Instead he went in for the kill - or so he thought! He rev ed up Sodomy 2 a notch and then went for broke with the three stooges and their Carcosa tapes! I guess he does not understand what "overkill" means!

Overkill is the use of excessive force or action that goes further than is necessary to achieve its goal, most commonly in acts of violence.

We saw the result of the Cold War between the USSR and America - where each had much much more nuclear arsenal than was necessary to kill the other many times over. Both were running neck to neck as the only two super powers in the world...and the USSR  blinked! Russia was so preoccupied with winning the race that it forgot to take care of the people they were governing - in the end the USA is still a super power - but the only super power around today. The USSR is kaput!

The same with Najib and UMNO. There are so focused on getting rid of DSAI in order to retain power that they are unable to comprehend the costs of doing it to themselves. After PKR party's election last year there was no need to pursue DSAi with sodomy 2 or the Carcosa tapes. But they went for the overkill and now they are getting themselves butchered!

This week Najib welcomed Mugabe to the Langkawi International Dialogue. Imagine having one of the worlds reviled despotic leader of a tin pot alley African country be the guest of honour at a so called international forum in our country! Are we that bankrupt of reputable world leaders that we need to scrap the bottom of the barrel and go look for Mugabe?

Rosmah on her own was able to grab first place in this fight between DSAI and Najib - observe that it is a fight between DSAI and Najib and Rosmah grabs first place in terms of being able to hold our attention longest! You simply cannot put this good spoiler away until she has done terminal damage to her husband and the government he leads! Just as I though the attention would once again be thrust upon DSAI along came Rosmah with her Hermes handbag, air brushed portraits and official trips abroad by this self proclaimed First Lady. But as in all these situation this Rosmah is oblivious to harm she does - she is too full of herself to notice!

Then Najibs decision to allow Perkasa and Mahathir to act as UMNO's proxy in its losing fight to promote Ketuanan Melayu will be a decision that will surely come back to haunt Najib in the lead up to the 13th general election. And he compounds this by trying to use Perkasa to neutralize BERSIH 2.0 - an exercise in futility because again Najib sees it fit to hide behind Perkasa rather then do the right thing for the Rakyat of Malaysia.

What about the "wedding" trip to Kazakhstan and his daughter's grand engagement? Najib's nightmares continues! How he is unable to forsee the adverse effects these extravagance will have on the Rakyat does brings into question his ability to be in touch with the people he is Prime Minister of!

Are Najib and UMNO amateurs? Pakatan Rakyat, and especially DSAI, must be rubbing their hands in glee. Unable to believe the ease with which UMNO was able to present themselves as the sacrificial lamb at the altar of Malaysian Politics. And so these last few months have seen the rise and rise of Pakatan Rakyat and DSAI - quiet like the rise of the Phoenix.

But enough of this banter. The 13th general election cometh and the time has come for Pakatan Rakyat to take the initiative. There is one thing Pakatan Rakyat must understand and understand well. Stop running down Barisan Nasional because the people within Barisan Nasional are quiet capable of doing it themselves. With people like Mahathir, Najib, Muhyiddin, Nazri, Chua Soil Lek and Samy Velu helping out Pakatan Rakyat is on to a winner here. The one thing that Pakatan Rakyat needs to understand is this : Barisan Nasional is not casting their voters - the Rakyat is the one with the votes to cast. So focus on the Rakyat NOW! Tell us again why we need to vote for Pakatan Rakyat and not Barisan Nasional. Tell us what you will do when you are elected and we will hold you to your promises of open and fair government. Remember this and Pakatan Rakyat will form government with the coming of the 13th general election - so help me GOD!