“I have to get our house in order first before we talk about other things.” - Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan
The Borneo Post Online
Friday, July 11, 2008
SUPP's messy House
“I have to get our house in order first before we talk about other things.” - Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan
The Borneo Post Online
the Rotten Fuel Hike debate
Anwar promises a good debate. Says, the Cheek together with Pak Lah and Najib can come, too!
If the Cheek (Ahmad Shabery) never explained to the Rakyat before the Rotten Fuel Hike, the full situation or how it could have been avoided, he will do so now July 15, at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, KL. It may, hopefully, be televised for second class citizens in Sabah and Sarawak, and the politically recalcitrant Kelantanese.
The Big Do is called, "Form the Government Today, Lower Fuel Prices Tomorrow", which will send the Cheek bristling with defence, because the offense sounds like they can't wait to start!
What will be the outcome?
I know one thing depending on whether it will be telecast live. Why shouldn't it be money making? No fool of a product owner is stupid enough not to show it then. The Nation may probably be at a standstill. TNB and SESCO will sure sell a lot of power that night when TVs, lights and airconds are switched on. In addition, gas will be used for making coffee, including coffee and sugar, bottled, canned drinks; small eats like kuih and chips or big eats like pizzas. That is big bizness!
Why was the Cheek, looking after two TV stations, RTM 1 and 2 and several Radio Stations not making money for Gomen and Rakyat before? And for that matter why not issue more licenses, open up the damn thing so there'll be more work and money for our young citizens instead of paying Najib and cronies to contract on National Service and kill our kids?
Better, better still, all the media will be also able to help civil society, telling the Gomen of mistakes and bad management instead of berating people for not complaining to the authorities of horrible services. But sadly, these are what the Gomen doesn't want!
The big let down will be when TNB and SESCO accidentally trip the power when something not pleasant to them is said during the Big Do!
All about the Rotten Fuel Hike!!!
But hey! Tune in all the same. This is gonna be better than "American Idol" !
When Unity can spell death
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| EAGER TO PART: Moroccan twins Safa and Marwa will undergo separation surgery at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh on Saturday. (AN photo) |
The full story at Arab News
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Logged in but locked out
Zone Alarm locked me out although I'm connected to the Internet. Trying to figure if something needs tweaking.
Any help is appreciated!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
For the Little Guys
Starbucks fell victim to a rapid change in attitude, fueled by Internet bloggers complaining endlessly about everything from layoffs to its breakfast sandwiches, he said.
"Starbucks was a cool brand, and then all of a sudden it's not a cool brand," he said. "There's this new global consciousness that is out there that can suddenly shift."
http://www.reuters.com
Big Bucks don't like the small guys, so Bloggers brought Stars down. Who else would bloggers bring down? Maybe anyone who don't like the small guys!
Some Star problems
-> $86.7 million, court and "tips" problem
A civilly disobedient thought
Cheating is not necessarily a bad idea. But in many respects, you are anti-social if you cheat on the Gomen. There are sick kids needing attention at the Gomen Clinics which need taxes to finance the necessary. That "public goods" must be maintained. If a 6-ton lorry crushed your car and you get a green light to heaven, the Hospital might be able to switch it off.
So you want to do right by the Gomen. You are not anti-Gomen. It doesn't matter, if you didn't vote them in or that they rigged the elections, you still need a Gomen.
Supposing, just supposing, the taxes you pay go to somewhere else, instead of creating and supplying public goods, what then? You are not cheating. Someone in the Gomen is then cheating. But you still need a Gomen.
So what to do? You cannot go strike. That's uncivilised. You cannot cheat the Gomen, that's uncivilised, too. But there are people cheating the Gomen. Maybe, we should redefine what cheating is.
If you cheat yourself by accepting damages and losses, that's a lot of cheating. But can you call that cheating? Not on yourself, you can't!
So, it's all right! On yourself it's not cheating. So what's that got to do with Gomen?
Apparently, the Gomen and all it's people are only cheating themselves. We are not the Gomen. Well, now can we call that cheating us?
Maybe we should become our own Gomen!
We can then cheat ourselves by paying taxes and making sure all the public goods are adequately provided for and no kid who's got only a broken arm needs to die. But what about the "other Gomen"? Who cares?! They can cheat themselves to Hell!
So, if we have our own Government, we can do a whole lot of cheating and that would be just fine!
EZAM! Wanna play marbles?
Ezam says PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim is playing mind games.
“I am not suggesting that he did it (committed sodomy). I don’t know. It’s between him, Saiful and God"
The Star
Right, Ezam, let the Court decide, if they can. Should we bother the Almighty?
Or would you rather play marbles?
[Afterthought#]
One very prominent leader in the Opposition had asked, "Pak Lah, who is Anwar?"
BELIEVE IT OR NOT series (1)
2008 General Election
Let us start a new series - “2008 General Election - Believe it or not?” starting with the following:
M’sian PM has ‘forgotten’ about Anwar
Thu, Feb 14, 2008 AFP
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14, 2008 (AFP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Thursday insisted dissident politician Anwar Ibrahim was not a factor in upcoming elections, saying he had “forgotten” about him.
Anwar has objected to the timing of the polls on March 8, just a month before he is eligible to run for office after a ban expires, saying it was designed to keep him out of the race.
“Nothing to do with that,” Abdullah said after a meeting with top leaders of the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).
“We have forgotten about Anwar. I don’t remember about Anwar,” he told reporters.
LIM KIT SIANG for Malaysia
CHIN churning chagrin or jostling for justice?
Malaysian Judge Ian Chin
All is not quiet on the fronts - the Executive (protest on rotten fuel hike is continuing, Petronas might have a blow-off), PR is maintaing pressure on political front, and Ian Chin had thrown the gauntlet and the latest---report Mahathir to the Police for criminal defamation.
There's another battle going on. Pak Lah blames bloggers. Some bloggers are still on some kind of strike, which should please the PM and others.
That's life and it must go on!
I'm looking forward to a full disclosure on Petronas' Financial Report, and nothing less. We can count on those very able people who dig the bowels of our motherland!
War of words continues
SIBU: The war of words between judge Datuk Ian Chin (pictured above) and former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad continues.
In his latest move, Chin said he had asked the High Court deputy registrar here to lodge a police report against Dr Mahathir for comments made on his blog.
Upon resumption of the hearing of the election petition for the Sarikei parliamentary seat at the High Court here beginning yesterday, Chin said a police report should be lodged against Dr Mahathir for criminal defamation under Section 499 of the Penal Code.
In his nine-page statement delivered in court yesterday, Chin said Dr Mahathir had claimed that he (Chin) had exacted revenge in the judgments of two cases in 1999 because of the detention of his father and brother.
He said because of the two cases, he had been accused of impropriety.
In the first case, Sabah Foundation and its company (SF) sued Datuk Syed Kechik and a company called Banita, asking him to account for the profits in respect of a special timber licence because Syed Kechik had acted fraudulently and dishonestly and in breach of his fiduciary duty as the director of Sabah Foundation and as managing director of Seranum when that special timber licence went to Banita.
SF sued Banita to have Banita declared as trustees for SF concerning the licence.
Chin allowed the claim amounting to RM29,467,915 with costs to the plaintiff.
In the second case, it was also a claim by SF with two of its companies against Syed Kechik for an account of the profit resulting from the enhancement of lands owned by the company called Zara.
The appellate court reversed Chin’s decision in that case.
Chin said that in the first case, “It was never the argument before the Court of Appeal or before the Federal Court that my judgment was tainted by any impropriety on my part or by reason of the detention of my father and brother or by reason of my exacting a revenge on account of those detentions.”
In the second case, although his decision was reversed, Chin said the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court had never said the three factors were grounds for the reversal.
He said when a High Court judge erred or misdirected himself in his decision there was the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court to take care of things.
He said the two cases were especially difficult because of the thousands of pages of documents and hundreds of pages of notes of proceedings that he had to go through while writing the judgment for delivery on Sept 6, 1999 after hearing the case from February to April.
He said during that time, he had to hear four other cases and deliver the judgments as well.
“Mistakes in my decisions had occurred before and will occur in future as I am not infallible.
“But to suggest, as Dr Mahathir had, that I have erred in the two cases because I exacted revenge, something which the litigants themselves did not even put forth to the Court of Appeal or to the Federal Court, would be to lie.”
He said if the Federal Court had said that he (Chin) had acted improperly to exact revenge, “I would definitely resign, but they have not. From what I have said, it is obvious that the devil’s advocates are at work trying to give a spin to the judgment of the Federal Court …”
He said he had also been accused of making disclosures in the current election petition hearing because Dr Mahathir had blocked his (Chin’s) promotion.
“This has been shown to be untrue. Let me say it again, whatever I have done and whatever judgments I have handed down can withstand public scrutiny, but, not in the sense that I was not and will not be wrong in the judgments, but, that I have acted in accordance with the law and the evidence before me.
“Let me also say, let the law take its course in respect of whatever allegations that have been made against me; I will let my judgments speak for me. So do not lose your forecast as to what I have said about the judiciary, or else, what I have done will come to naught.”
Chin made this statement in the court yesterday when he asked the counsels whether they were confident in him to proceed with the election petition.
The counsels expressed full confidence in him, and the election petition proceeded as planned.
Hearing continues today.
The Borneo Post
Previous related posts on same subject:
-->Mahathir's turn
-->Bila ayam balik kampung
Monday, July 7, 2008
Protest - Rotten fuel hike [ Videos]
Kalau minyak tak turun, BN turun [MKini Video]
Carnival-like Protest 06/07/08 [ MKini Video]
Protesting rotten fuel hike - report on the evening
From anilnetto.com you can follow and get a good picture of what went at Kelana Jaya from 1030hrs to 2245hrs, on Sunday July 6th. A little like, blow by blow account, but more of segment by segment though not to the hour.
The big suspense is Anwar Ibrahim's secret of how he plans to reduce the price of oil.
As expected, the Gomen through the Police has threatened the rakyat with the Sedition Act over "untruths and slander". As usual ...
Check anilnetto.com for a report on the protest.
UPDATE on DEBATE
The Debate on 15th July is on. The Venue is supposed to be over RTM!
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Fuel hike protest July 6, 2008
You can follow up and check on The People's Parliament. Some photos that have come in give some ideas of the atmosphere there early in the day.
Bloggers taking the heat?
Ahirudin Attan (Rocky), Jeff Ooi and celebrity blogger Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir hit a snag in their blogging lives and have proclaimed they'll take a break from blogging. People are being put off with this "fear of losing face" and the shaming business. The Government Information Ministry media anchor Datuk Shakery has asked PKR people to be "civilised".
What can we do? People in coffe shops and the warongs are probably asking the same question and probably feeling the same. Should they stop doing what they do at the coffee shops and warong? Surely bloggers are not the only people whose hearts are beating!
If people stop blogging how would we get the info the Malaysian Mainstream Media won't give? It would be good bizness for coffee shops and warongs if bloggers mogok!
# Fed-up blogger Rocky takes 48-hour break - The Star Online
Decisions, decisions, decisions
A computer indestructable!
Should I go for a small handheld computer or a laptop? I haven't quite made up my mind.
Both have battery chargers and spare batteries. If you go for the handheld, you could catchup on things just about anywhere. But in Malaysia, susahlah! Our whole country should have been the Multi SuperCorridor. SuperCorridor Mati only!
Not sure what you need the computer for while browsing the beauty of nature under water. For that matter why would you need the computer most of the time?
Computer people talk about risks of total blackout---a fear of a standstill, that's doomsday. So much so some people are working on using live tissues as the computer chip. If you need live tissues what are human beings for?
You and I are not that worried. If there's total blackout, we could just eat "kua chee" and read a magazine, book, reports or do some real work writing out something, or cleaning the toilets. And if the toilet is your hideout, you could still work on your laptop or the handheld.
But the real question is what if you cannot remember the thing you badly need at the most crucial moment? Forgetfulness is not such a bad idea. When you know how rugged handhelds can be, it can be used as a weapon. Pleading for innocence is noble.
The real weapon is Innocence! It can make or break or remake!
Or it might not. As you jump out of the Black Hole, Hawkings thinks so, you'll be pure Innocence!
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