Then we see
the spectacle of a 74 year-old Taib Mahmud marrying a 28 year old Syrian. We
see this situation everyday in any of the massage parlor that abounds in Bukit
Bintang. He driven by lust and she driven by money - and they each service each
other and all is done within the hour….but this Sarawak Syrian union will last
a bit longer. How much longer is really none of my concern. And he is Chief
Minister of Sarawak? God help that Chief Minister and then God help Sarawak!
Then there is
that sad and sorry saga of Ummi Haflida Ali seeking another 15 minutes of fame
and a last payday before the advent of old age catches up with her. Now I know
that I did not have sex with that girl! Though Norazman Abdullah @ Baginda anak Minda did claimed that he had sex with Ummi
in London! Anybody else who can claim that she had sex with this Ummi Haflida
Ali?
Then there is the matter of
the Utusan Senior Reporter being suspended for being critical of his own
UMNO-owned daily. Utusan Malaysia is
the number one selling Malay-Language daily with a circulation of around
180,00. This, according to the people at Utusan, is a remarkably high net
circulation under the Bahasa Malaysia category. Yeah right! UMNO has 3.6
million registered members and Utusan’s circulation is 180,000? What does that
say about Utusan? That even UMNO members will not buy Utusan? Die lah like
that! The truth is this: By any category the circulation of this newspaper
sucks! Utusan Malaysia is a sorry excuse for a daily.
How
sad that our Malay leaders keep isolating themselves and most Malays from the
realities that is out there. And everyday and every time that they do so we
Malays sink lower into the abyss of inbreeding ourselves intellectually. We
cannot gain strength from competition and exposure to others who are better
then us. And into all this comes the chant of Ketuanan Melayu! How much more
can the Malays take of this condescending attitude of their own leaders?
Now Syed
Mokhtar. Debts of RM$25 biillion? That is more debts then what some countries
has. I am told that these debts are structured in such a way that it presents
no danger to the banking system of the country! Agreed. No danger to the
Banking System of the United Kingdom or the USA but what about the Malaysian
Banking System! Bro just this reminder. If Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. can
declare bankruptcy you think Syed Mokhtar is invincible? Syed Mokhtar does
business within a cocoon. The UMNO cocoon. UMNO gives him projects. UMNO banks
bankrolls him. UMNO gives him all the breaks that he needs. Take UMNO away and
Syed Mokhtar’s business dies a natural death quicker then you or anyone else
can say Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Have the
educated, intelligent and rational generation of Malays all left UMNO?
When the
court initially finds in favor of the opposition as in Perak – they appeal its
decision confident that the Judiciary is ultimately theirs to instruct and
manage. When a death in custody happens the usual suspects are paraded. A
commission, an inquiry, no stones unturned….and then slowly but surely nothing
will come of it. They play the Judiciary as if it was their own – and why not
when the Chief Justice is indeed their own. Whenever a situation arise that
will give problems to them they no longer even have the decency to pay lip
service to placate the Rakyat – now days it is deny, deny deny.
Deny there
was ever any intention to humiliate the Hindus in the cow-head incident. Deny
that there was anything wrong in the caning sentence of Kartika but
nevertheless no less a person then the Prime Minister himself has asked her to
appeal for a reduction in her sentence.
Arrest 16
people for carrying yellow candles and red and white roses who were seeking
freedom of religion in this country. They invoke the name of ALLAH at their
whims and fancies and see no sin in promoting the very sins that Islam frowns
upon. For surely corruption and greed is also corruption and greed whether in
Mecca or Malaysia?
That all this
has become the norm for UMNO frightens me. This is the arrogance of power that
I am talking about. Perhaps the most outrageous example of this arrogance is
their inability to understand that there are other points of view to be
considered other then their own. To them any deviations from their point of
view is a conspiracy to undermine their ability to hold on to power – no matter
what.
I
try to do this. By my writing if I can turn one person against UMNO – just one
– then we are one person ahead towards our ‘brand new beginning’. Do as I do.
Go talk to one person and bring him or her into our fold – then one by one we
will slowly but surely build up our strength and strike down UMNO and Barisan.
Go do it now! You are one. With me we are two!
