KoSong: Of FLOMs and an unexpected comment from my wife

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

Friday, March 18, 2011

Of FLOMs and an unexpected comment from my wife

One thing almost all of us would agree is that the most controversial FLOM must be our present high-profile Rosmah. Can anyone remember the name of our first FLOM, wife of Bapa Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman? I honestly cannot remember Tun Hussein Onn's wife, and most of us can remember Siti Hasmah, being wife of our longest serving PM, Tun Dr. Mahathir.

I am quite surprised when my wife mentioned that the best must be Siti Hasmah, BUT the only criticism she could think of was her comment that Wan Azizah should have stayed at home and look after her kids, and Wan Azizah replied something to the effect that how could she stay at home when her husband was assaulted by the police? Seems like a one-off comment from usually quiet Siti Hasmah and it backfired!

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