I was thinking about the small-mindedness of our current UMNO government.
They haven't learned a damn thing even after their annihilation (by Malaysian political standards) during the March '08 elections.
It's curiously fascinating when someone like Khir Toyo tries to resurrect the 'Malay Unity' bandwagon. He comes from UMNO, and they should be the last ones to preach on that topic.
Terengganu has purchased some fancy new Mercedes' for their Excos. And you're rolling your eyes because you already know that.
Heck, practically everyone has been discussing what is regarded as an utter waste of money. I won't go into that now.
What you may have forgotten, however, is the tussle for the position of Menteri Besar of Terengganu, right after the elections.
Instead of the incumbent Idris Jusoh, the Sultan of Terengganu appointed another assemblyman called Ahmad Said.
Turns out that Ahmad Said is no better. But that's a story for another day.
Right now, there is evidently a Team A (on Idris Jusoh's side) and a Team B (on Ahmad Said's side). The fact that we know about this Mercedes fiasco, is I believe, thanks to Team A's accidentally-on-purpose leak of information to the media.
Obviously, some dude is not happy about the other dude getting some fancy new rides. Team A has efficiently plunged a keris up the behind of Team B.
How's that for Malay unity? Like I said, UMNO should not be one to preach. These are the very throes of hate, slander and revenge.
Perhaps someone should point this out to Khir Toyo. Get him to remove the beam in his own eye before he throws a hissy fit over the speck in someone else's eye.
Haris Ibrahim says it best: In the name of Malay unity and ketuanan Melayu, UMNO has right royally sodomised the Alis’, the Ahmads’ and the Abus’, hijacking the wealth of this nation for their own chosen few.
UMNO hasn't stopped. And they won't until we stand up and tell them to stick it right where the sun don't shine.
Azly Rahman echoes him: These days, the idea of Ketuanan Melayu is going bankrupt, sinking with the bahtera merdeka. It works only for Malay robber barons who wish to plunder the nation by silencing the masses and using the ideological state apparatuses at their disposal.
Reclaim our country, folks. Don't let it go to the dogs.
5 comments:
R, Khir's deviousness was exposed by the meeting days after 8 March....days after they carted off truckloads of evidence documenting UMNO's misdeeds. Malay unity and Islam are always the straw that drowning UMNO men reach for. They have nothing to fall back on, no integrity, no honesty, no achievements, just monuments of corruption and their own decadence. They are rotting but they fail to admit this. They are self-destructing but they pretend that semua-nya OK.
According to Charles Mackay, “Men it has been well said, think in herds and it will be seen that they go mad in herds; while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” The unity they once thought they had are now causing them to go mad in herds caused by greed, gluttony, lust and the rest of the seven deadly sins. Like any element, unity in its purest form is also the most corrosive and dangerous. The more they seek perfection in race unity, the higher will the chance of umno going mad in herds. Didn’t Hilter take Germany along the same path, madness in herds? They should seek moderation in order to save the remaining sanity albeit slowly one by one. Whispering9
You're right, Zorro - I remember them shredding lots of paperwork from the Selangor administration. I hope they self-destruct soon.
Whispering9, you're right. They're like lemmings jumping off a cliff. We all need dissenting views to keep us on track.
A. Said just trying to show his muscle to the Fed govt that he can do whatever he wants. Badawi obviously has no more power in Terengganu - he couldnt even get the MB of his choice up there after getting a royal ass-kicking from the Agong. muahaha. it almost feels like Terengganu is an opposition state. Which state will go next??
Dunno. I reckon Johor will be the last. They're a pretty racist bunch. Either that, or they'll be given away to Singapore.
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