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, November 03, 2011

Some are born luckier than others...

Like this cow shown in a picture in Malaysia Chronicle... 5 acres of land to 1 cow!

Only in Bolehland do we get this kind of luxury, even for cattle! One Hakka mechanic used to tell me, 'Thoong yeen ng thoong meang' which translates into English, 'same human being but different life'. So if we substitute cow with human, it is like saying some Malaysians are luckier and we know why.

Excerpt from 'Final Warning: Malaysia may be bankrupt sooner than 2019' :

'Winnable' entrepreneurs, not cronies

But Najib, who is also Finance minister, chose to defend such questionable practises. The PM said in a written reply to a parliamentary question that the company — Agroscience Sdn Bhd — had been selected to operate the NFC project to create Malaysia’s “Beef Valley” after a tender process involving five other companies.

However, as PKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli pointed out, 6 firms making private representations to the government on a project that had not been announced to the people hardly constituted an open or public tender. To rub in the salt, the AG's Report also criticised the project, and pointed out that it was now “in a mess”.

Perhaps the Beef Valley project says it all. A project of national importance because the supply of reasonably priced food is actually of topmost priority, a national security in fact. But the money allocated and the 'talents' to whom the project is given, are not based merit, capability or track record.

Any lay person can see the conflict of interest of this messy affair, yet Najib seems to be blind to it. Perhaps, the PM should view it in the context of the 'winnable candidates' that he is always harping on for the BN's of candidates to contest in the coming general election!

It really is as simple as that. Choose a wrong candidate, and BN will lose. Choose the wrong entrepreneur, and Malaysia will lose. This is the state of the nation as it stands now, and truth be told, all final warning signs are clear to see - Malaysia may well and truly be bankrupt sooner than 2019."

Source:

http://www.malaysia-chronicle.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=22185:final-warning-malaysia-may-be-bankrupt-sooner-than-2019&Itemid=2

The American joke on the White House can be localized to : 'This hole swallows bilions of Ringgit every year and it is filled with 140 ****holes'


Soon we will have to pass this message to our children: 'Someday, son, the bill for all this will be yours.'
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