How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Thursday, May 01, 2008

Unlucky picture posters

Many years ago, I had been told that it is not auspicious to take picture of three persons, especially friends, as they are likely to break up. Anyway, that was superstition, nothing more.

Before the GE 2008, I had mentioned about a billboard next to the new Jelutong Expressway on the way to the bridge, which gave me the impression that Koh Tsu Koon and Pak Lah were waving goodbye to Penang. They lost Penang.

In Perak, there is one of Pak Lah, Shahidan, Mahazhir, Koh Tsu Koon and Tajol Rosli, joining their hands as a show of unity, at the junction to Clearwater Sanctuary/to Gopeng, and on the way to Tg. Tualang.

Well, Shahidan won for the party but was deprived of his chief ministership of Perlis; Koh lost in his debut parliamentary election and as acting President of Gerakan, lost his party’s control of Penang completely; and Mahazhir and Tajol Rosli lost control of Kedah and Perak respectively.

It must be a painful reminder for each of the losers if they were to see the posters again. The one in Penang was no longer there but the two posters in Perak remain, fading from the effects of the weather.

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