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.)

Friday, October 22, 2010

The importance of Name and its link to Destiny

Since history began, the Chinese always believed in the significance of one's name. They have developed a very comprehensive system of naming one's children as it is believed that the name of a person strongly influences one's destiny and fate.

Astrologers, fortune tellers, academics and monks are consulted when choosing a name for the new born. The other cultures, however do not really believe in it and tend to brush it off as superstition. Whether you believe it or not, however, the other cultures are not spared of this correlation.

The Chinese surname LEE (or LI) is associated with power and success, with examples like: Lee Kuan Yew (former Singapore PM), Lee Teng Hui (former Taiwan President), Li Peng ( China 's former PM), Li Ka Shing (HK tycoon); and non-Chinese examples like: Lee Iacocca - once Chrysler's chief, and Lee Van Cliff, the actor.

(This is stretching it a bit too far)...
One very good example is Lee Iacocca, whose last name IACOCCA stands for:

I
Am
Chairman
Of
Chrysler
Corporation
America

Coincidence?

Look at the following familiar examples:

MAHATHIR ( Malaysia's former PM):

My
Assets
Halved
After
The
Hit
In
Ringgit!

SUHARTO (Ex President of Indonesia) :

Should
U
Have
Additional
Rupiahs,
Throw
Out!

BUSH (Ex President of USA) :

Beat
Up
Saddam
Hussein!

CLINTON :

Call
Lewinsky,
I
Need
The
Oral
Now!

However, no one can beat this latest casualty in bad naming :

OSAMA:

Oh
Shit,
American
Missiles
Again!!!

Bad naming? Who is complaining? Surely not Obama himself!

... But to stretch it even further... this one appears to be one slick racial slur...
New "Air Force One" Tail Number

LOOK AT THE NUMBER ON THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF PLANE ASSIGNED TO TRANSPORT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...

In case it is not obvious to some, doesn't it spell something? N166ER!
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