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Free RPK NOW.

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:44:40 +0000

I have been waiting for the change in government in silence, preferring not to second guess the moves made behind the scenes. Thus far, I feel that not saying anything about politics - especially when things are so volatile - would be best. Why add to the noise and drama (especially the drama - I don’t like dramas)?

But I can’t keep si ...Continue

no sept 16th joy

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:35:47 +0000

No joy on September 16th, and we are left with a wreckage on our hands: a demoralized, dispirited government and loyalty in tatters. Two innocent people locked up for stupid, mysterious crimes without the opportunity to defend themselves. And the country in standstill, waiting for Anwar to do something.

Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, you h ...Continue

consequences

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:03:41 +0000

They’ve already turned RPK, Teresa Kok and Tan Hoon Cheng into matyrs and national heroes for those who believe that BN’s days are due. I wasn’t watching Anwar Ibrahim’s speech on the net and other places this evening, so I don’t know what he’s said. I don’t want to know, really, because I don’t wan ...Continue

to all of you principled Malaysians who rejected crossovers…

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:02:31 +0000

Raja Petra Kamaruddin.

Tan Hoon Cheng.

And, according to Malaysiakini’s SMS service, TERESA KOK.

There is a time for maudlin, intellectualizing, masturbatory ruminations over the ethics of MPs crossing over.

And then there’s a time for thinking less and acting in the most expedient, pragmatic way possi ...Continue

victory. next?

admin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:24:51 +0000

He’s won, he’s been sworn in and he’s now in parliament. What next?

On the net and in blogs I watched and read as so many rejoiced in Anwar’s win. Even KayTee put aside his grouses with DSAI and offered congratulations. I would, too, if I thought DSAI’s win was the beginning of a new dawn. I do see his win a ...Continue

initiative and the road to permatang pauh. some thoughts.

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:59:00 +0000

The fact of the matter is, there will be no better way to shame Anwar Ibrahim than to beat him in his traditional stronghold. It’s better than resorting to the tainted claim of sodomy, which - it has become clear - people don’t believe anyway. The problem for BN, I suppose, is the fact that no one will believe that they won fairly if they wre ...Continue

that 10%

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:09:31 +0000

You know something’s wrong with the way people are educated in Malaysia when some members of the population - some UiTM students in particular - prefer to barricade themselves against the incursion of the “Non-Bumi” Horde ™. Yes, that proposed 10% of non-bumiputras will overwhelm the remaining 90% and will somehow cause the ...Continue

xenophobia

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:08:55 +0000

It was about race, not religion.

That much was clear from the insults hurled at participants during the open forum on the “Conversion to Islam”. For the religion to have been hijacked is pretty sad, but that’s what you get in communitarian Malaysia, especially when the idea of race is so inextricably entwined with being Mu ...Continue

shadow play

admin — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:25:14 +0000

In the midst of the (alternative) media storm was news that a blogger had been hauled up and taken away by the fuzz. I feel both DSAI’s day in court today and Penarik Beca’s arrest confirms that to me that we are firmly in it, and the final pieces ...Continue

collusion

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:09:25 +0000

Yes, it will be unfair to pre-empt voters in Permatang Pauh and talk about the implications of voting one way or the other. In the view of people who support Anwar Ibrahim, voting him in most probably construes a vote for change, cleaning up the government and a host of good virtues, no doubt.

What would voting for UMNO (and its Barisan l ...Continue