The Jewish Factor

I was surprised by the recent development in Malaysian politics involving our politicians and the Jews. Who would have thought that despite our nation's stand against the the Jews-Zionist network and Israel, our politicians from both side of the political divide seem to be well linked to them despite they themselves claiming the other of either being close to the Jews or being a Jewish agent.

Firstly, we look at the opposition leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's Jewish link which include Paul Wolfowitz among others, the architect of the Iraq war, not to mention he also close with many American politicians whom we can't fully trust due to their believe in the American agenda such as free-trade and Pro-Secular stand not to mention their own personal links with the Jews.

This stand and many others propagated by America are not necessarily bad, but it must be done by ourselves as a sovereign nation that we are, molding such values and principles based on our culture and capabilities as our survival is at stake, so such move require deliberate design so as it can co-exist with our nation's core values and so on. We have seen the fate of countries who embrace democracy and free-trade blindly that cause damage rather than progress to nation such as Russia after the collapse of Soviet Union and so on.

Then we have our Prime Minister whose association with the firm that have links to the Jews, APCO, that created a stir in Parliament when the opposition leader raise this issue that lead to some quarters calling him to be referred to the Parliament's special rights and privileges committee for him to be suspended. APCO is said to be link with the Jews helping dictators improve their image so that their abuse towards the people won't affect their image among their people and the international community.

Don't get me wrong, but if they are efficient at doing their jobs, then go ahead, hire them, as rightly or wrongly, human nature is as such that image counts, it' true in economics, politics and so on. So the move will benefit the country with improve confidence in our economy and government from local and foreign investors, than I don't really see the problem as long as our stand on the Palestinian occupation by Israel stays.

Now, is it wrong for them to befriend or hire personalities or firms with links to the Jews? I think it's okay if we have the right intentions to do so. Again, our hatred and skepticism of the Jews and the western figures that are linked to them or simply attached to the western agenda have been used by our politicians to forward their political agenda.In the end, real issues like corruption and incompetence will be buried under the issue that is least important to our nation's progress like ties to the Jews and west. Of course we must be wary of them and their imperialist agenda, but not to the extent of xenophobia.

The reality is that we are using and consuming a lot of Jewish or Jewish link items such as McDonald's itself. We are using their know-how like ideas in economics, management and so on. We must remember that they(Jews and whites) are willing to embrace other ideas and ideals such as during the Islamic Civilisation when they without shame studied our ideas and ideals whilst improving it along the way. They are willing to work with us, use our institutions to forward their ideals. So now we must do the same so that we can progress just as they did then.

In conclusion, Malaysians especially the Malays must be willing to learn from the Jews and the west. Look at their positive traits, apply it appropriately and improve it, that's how we progress unless we are happy and being backward until the end of time, which, will make it easier for the reasons we fear them to become the reality of the day, so the only answer is to learn from the outside world to strenghten our economy, politics, culture, military and so on to avoid the said fear from becoming a reality.

Morality and Politics

The recent events unfolding in our political landscape serve as a clear indication of lack of morality among all quarters in our political circle. Morality while varies in it's importance to individuals as morality is subjective to the respective individual such as what can be perceived as an immoral acts to some like the issue of abortion and gender change may seem like a norm or human rights to others.

Having said that however, the importance of moral values, or a moral compass to be exact in individuals especially those eyeing public office cannot be misconstrued as unimportant as this should guide the individual and the public in assessing his or her character in the performance of the duties entrusted to them by us.

The first big event that shock me to a certain extent is the MCA Presidency victory by former Health Minister Dr Chua Soi Lek despite him being involved in a sex scandal which video was an eye sore to some and entertainment to many speaking with candour if I may as that the reality we are dealing with here.

It surprises me as I believed that Ong Ka Ting should be the winner as despite claims of cronyism which involve his brother, Ong Ka Chuan and the fact that he's the leader in MCA when MCA suffered a massive loss of Parliamentary seat in the last General Election which can't be blame solely on him rather the behaviour of UMNO, which I think was the major reason MCA suffered such loss and not so much of Ong Ka Ting's failure to steer the party. Nonetheless public figures like Dr Mahthir all call for the results to respected as the delegates have chosen their man despite it being a reflection of how they feel about Dr Chua's immoral act.

The second event regards the Hulu Selangor's by election where some in UMNO Selangor made a suggestion in nominating former MB Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib which again surprises me as he was involved in a case involving currency irregularities amounting to 3.8 million in Australia. He's was found innocent simply because he claimed he didn't understand English and so couldn't understand the rules and regulations. Then he lied to his royal highness the Sultan of Selangor about his marriage with his highness daughter.

So with such a character of his, it surprises me as to why some in UMNO Selangor is suggeting him rather than someone with better character and moral values not to mention possibly younger except possibly that he can probably guarantee and win for UMNO. So, now winning is indeed everything even though you put crocks and criminals in office or the state legislative assembly.

To be fair however, such act is nothing new in Malaysians politics as a whole, as we can see from the case of Bukit Lanjan assemblywoman Elizabeth Wong whose pictures and videos of her sleeping wearing only some sort of gown circulated on the web believed to be taken by his boyfriend which happened to be in her bedroom while she's asleep despite the fact that they're not married. PKR didn't take any action so the precedence in morality failed to be set up as there's nothing much PKR or Pakatan can say about Dr Chua when they themselves failed to act on Elizabeth Wong.

In conclusion, it's up to the public now to enforce moral values to our politicians by punishing them through rejection of not only the individuals, but also the party so that they will get the message that Malaysians want a morality based society and we demand them to give it to us eventhough it means political liability for them as only with morality in center stage in our government can it be spread across to other sectors in Malaysia and since politicians control the government, it's with them that this morality issue should begin with. If we the public act, we can give birth to a Malaysia that is a moral based society that we can all be proud of.

The Truth in Politics

The recent revelation by the independent MPs, namely Zahrain Mohd Hashim from Bayan Baru and Zukifli Noordin from Kulim have shown Malaysian that how dirty our politics can be and why we need to clean up our politics as such unethical political maneuvering by our politicians will only cause damage in the long run for our country.

Claims recently made by Zukifli that he had been offered a reward enough to shake one faith to implicate our Prime Minister and his wife with the murder of Altantuya and to link the son of a minister for murder should be taken seriously.

Irrespective of who's right, we can know for a fact that one side, whether opposition, the government or Zukifli Noordin himself is maneuvering this malicious act. Some quarters claim that Zulkifli was paid by BN to divulge such false information to discredit Anwar and the opposition while some assumed that such act did take place and the opposition like should be reprimanded, while others might assume that Zukifli himself is doing this malicious act. Only God knows which one is true and which one is false.

As a concerned citizen however, I believe that such remarks shouldn't be taken lightly by either side of the political divide, especially the opposition as this could really damage their credibility, as some opportunist just want to use it as a political ammunition without really having any interest in finding the truth and fixing it accordingly as mere politicking about it won't solve anything, only by having an investigation and taking stern action will it benefit the nation in the long run.

Why should such act be taken seriously?, some might ask as this is part and parcel of politics and it's the job of politicians to defend themselves against such attacks.

Well to answer this question will require us to delve into human nature where we are prone to believe the sensational albeit untrue facts rather than the ones that are true but plain, so the law must take corrective measure in not allowing the wrong information to cloud the judgement of the people by preventing and punishing quarters who are spreading them in the first place.

Secondly, such move may invite more of such malicious attacks against individuals or groups and this will unjustly damage their credibility not to mention we are possibly politically rewarding the mastermind of such move instead of punishing them as a deterrence to others. This will lead to a state where making malicious statement will be a norm in our politics which will only create a political atmosphere full of such sinful act that will in the end precedes real issues that require our attention like poverty, unemployment and so on.

My only way as a normal citizen to rectify this sinful act is by promoting the need by Malaysians to embrace a new kind of politics where we demand the truth and any force trying to deny us such truth should be eliminated as it's our right as a citizen to know the truth. The first step would be to allow independent inquiry about all the cases and scandals that are full of discrepancies such as the Altantuya murder, the Anwar sodomy case, Kugan case and so on.

The reality is despite going to the court, the public trust on our courts are low thus whatever the judgement, the truth will not surface, rather more discrepancies will surface such as government meddling in court affairs and so on. Even in developed countries, such inquiry is a norm, so it should be the same here if we aspire to be one. Laws that are preventing such information to be publicise must also be reformed to allow a certain degree of it to be publicise for the sake of public interest.

In conclusion, Malaysians must now make the tough decision of which story to believe out of no real concrete facts, just mere hearsay from dubious press be it new or old as the real truth is conceal from us. Only when the truth is revealed, only then can we make informed decisions and demand the right action to be taken against the individuals involved in spreading malicious lies so that our politics will be less evil than it is now clean from malice that are preventing us from tackling real issues.

To achieve that we must free and empower the bodies that play a huge role in allowing the truth to reach the public mainly the media and courts not to mention other bodies like the NGO Transparency International and so on from the shackles that prevent them from doing their job effectively. Just as the saying goes " the truth will set you free", the same goes for a nation" the truth will also set a nation free".

Badminton and Malaysia

First of all, congratulations is in order for Datuk Lee Chong Wei in his success at winning the prestigious All-England Championship, a tittle that's usually compared to the Wimbledon crown in tennis. Malaysians of all races and religion should celebrate and savour this moment as that victory truly add to the meaning ''Malaysia Boleh!" that has been a mere slogan for sometime except in the squash arena, thanks to another Datuk, Datuk Nicol Ann David. With the win, I hope that it will rejuvenate the slogan to be more than a mere slogan, a slogan that will spur Malaysians irrespective of what field to go for the distance for the sake of our country.

Badminton has been the sport for Malaysia even before Merdeka when Malaya won the inaugural Thomas Cup back in 1948. Since then, Malaysia has won the tittle 4 times the last being in our own country in 1992. I am a passionate believer that this sport can play a vital role in nation building if it is treated as more than just a sport, rather an integral part of being Malaysian just like Football to the Brazilian and Baseball to the Americans( called the great American past time there).

First of all, Badminton, or any other sports for that matter, is good for the participants as it promotes good health and can build a person character and traits like teamwork and the fighting spirit that sports cultivate in the participants. Badminton and other sports can be used also as a weapon against the many social ills afflicting our youths like vandalism, being ''Mat Rempit" and so on.

Having a healthy nation that have good traits is good for the country, so sports especially Badminton should be encouraged by the government. Redirecting the youths to more meaningful activities are central to creating a world class youths for nation building and this can be achieved through sports like Badminton.

Besides that, Badminton has been our nation's way at internationalising the name Malaysia in the global stage. With greater success in the sport, Malaysia's name will be better known and this will always beat the unusually expensive promotions that the government conducts to make Malaysia world known by hiring top Public Relations consultants to boost our image in the world, not to say we shouldn't engage them at all but rather we should also use our athletes to be our ambassador to the world.

Furthermore, Badminton can also be used as a tool to integrate the races in our country together as our nation has produced Badminton great from all races such as Datuk Lee Chong Wei who is a Chinese, Misbun Sidek a Malay and Punch Gunalan an Indian, but all of them compete under one flag and that's the Malaysian flag and they all work together either as team mates or as a coach. This can be prime example of all the races working together for the sake of our country, overcoming obstacles together.

It must be remember that all the races played an important part in our nation success in the Thomas Cup either as a player, coach or supporters, but we all cheered and supported our team through thick and thin, the success in 1992 lay proof of that as one can see in the stadium where all Malaysians disregard their colour and unite to support our national team to win the tittle.

Finally, Badminton can also teach it's citizens the meaning of being patriotic to the country. The players in the 1992 gave their best for the country, although they were all handsomely rewarded in the end, it must be remembered that Badminton unlike Tennis or Golf, is not a high paying sport but our team continue to serve their nation despite the low pay and at times difficult moments like overcoming from an injury and all.

In the end of the day, what the players want are the opportunity to sing the national anthem as they put their hand on their chest as the Malaysian flag is being hoisted above other flags as they have done the nation proud by becoming the champ representing the country, that's all that matters. For the supporters, all we want to see is that our country emerge the champ beating other nation, having the bragging rights to call our country Malaysia the best. That's all.

We can also learn from the patriotism from other countries such as how the China Badminton team and it's citizens will always stand up and sing patriotically to their national anthem but the same can't be said for Malaysians. So we inculcate that same spirit shown by the Chinese in all Malaysians as the patriotic spirit towards one country is key for the nation sovereignty.

In conclusion, BAM must play their role not only to develop the sport but rather integrate the sport into nation building with the government cooperation of course. By doing so, not only that Malaysian will have more success in the sport but Malaysia will also gain in other ways like enhance racial unity, stronger patriotic feeling of Malaysians and so on. My final wish is that more success will come for Malaysian in Badminton or any other sports for that matter so that we can all be proud of these nations of ours. MALAYSIA BOLEH!

Independent MPs

I'm writing commenting on recent events where few PKR MP's left PKR and declared themselves independent MPs. I'm not happy with that particular development,however they say every cloud has a silver lining, I think I might be seeing the silver lining here even though preferably, I would like if they join back PKR as they have been elected on that particular party banner in the first place.

It's good for democracy when we have voices not being blocked by any party guidelines and so on, so I'm hoping that these independent MP's( there're 5 of them not linked to any party), can play that role of being the unfiltered voice of the people in Parliament as that role couldn't be played by other MP's due to constraints put forth by their political masters.

Some of these people can be considered a political maverick such as the fiery Datuk Ibrahim Ali, Zulkifli Nordin, and Zahrain Hashim who we should expect to be vocal on may issues affecting the rakyat albeit it may be restricted to their narrow political beliefs like Ibrahim Ali on his position of Ultra Malay or Zukifli Nordin on his conservative Islam stand.

I'm calling on these people to bring up all issues, rather it's the government wrongdoings or the opposition as only then can Parliament inform the people adequately on which side is better to govern. The media from both side should listen to them although it might be painful especially for PKR and Pakatan Rakyat's media but they can offer both side a wealth of information regarding the weaknesses of both the government and opposition, just like the revelation of Zukifli Nordin on the role and power of these little pharaohs in PKR that's undermining the democracy within the party.

This feedback can be used to rectify the weaknesses of BN and PR coalition, whether it concern party matters or state-national issues not to mention an independent barometer by the public to measure the two coalitions.

They can also be the voices of NGO's, Think Tanks or academic institutions whose information concerning Malaysia may not make it to the Parliament due to lack of political connections, they have findings going against the political masters or parties and so on. I heard that Zukifli Nordin is mulling the move of associating himself with an NGO whereas Ibrahim Ali is already the head of a Pro-Malay NGO called PERKASA.

This will allow greater participation of the people in the democratic space which will allow more ideas and suggestion to flow unfiltered to be considered by Parliament which if done properly without restriction from both sides, will be good for the country.

In conclusion, I hope that despite it being sad for me to see that our elected representatives have such a disrespect towards the trust given to them by the voters, I believe that if their are sincere in their justification of leaving the party for reasons that they feel are intolerable, then they should strive to better serve the people now since there's nothing to hinder them from doing so right now, no party restrictions and so on, they are free to do whatever necessary for their constituents, their values or beliefs and the country.

The people will know whether they are real fighters or mere talkers, it's time for them to be subjected by the ''talk the talk, walk the walk'' test as if you want to talk the talk, you've got to walk the walk. So to those independents MP's, I've heard a lot of talk, now's time to walk. So independents MP's, you all better start walking.

Fianlly, I would expect Zahrain and Tan Tee Beng to fight and contribute in the battle against dictatorship and abuse of power in Malaysia just like they did with Lim Guang Eng in Penang, Zukifli Nordin to fight for Islam and Ibrahim Ali, to fight for Malay rights irrespective of which party is doing the misdeed on those issues. I'll expect them being vocal, taking necessary action, contributing to these cause beyond just mere lip service and shouting slogans so on. It might be a blessing in disguise for everybody these MP's left( Ibrahim Ali is an independent from the very beginning), I don't know, only time will tell.

Ku Li And The Opposition

Veteran politician Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, from my point of view, is suffering from a mental condition called nostalgia, so to speak. He said recently that he remained loyal towards the party struggles despite his many criticisms leveled at the government.

I empathise with him, as only he knows how painful it's having spent his whole lifetime contributing to UMNO and it's struggle, sacrificing a lot of things along the way, only to see the party deviates from it's original struggle when the party was formed in 1946.

Despite offers for him to join the opposition rank, he refused, believing that UMNO might one day change and be the UMNO it once was, so he stuck his believe with the party despite incredible odds stacked against his believe. First let me say here and now, the old UMNO is not coming back. The old UMNO for the average Malays, the farmers, teachers and other noble but underpaid and under respected jobs have been replaced by the new UMNO, the professionals UMNO, more notably elite Malays UMNO.

The desire to serve the Malay interests that is the main reason for the party formation, are gone, exchanging such interest is monetary gain and so on. What's left is the symbols and their slogans about Malay struggle and so on, but the true meaning of such symbols and slogans are long gone inside the hearts and minds of many of UMNO's party members.

So, for Ku Li, who wanted a party to serve the average Malays, the best equivalent is PKR or PAS, although they don't chant Ketuanan Melayu or other similar Malay struggle chants, they are helping ordinary Malays and Malaysians in their struggle by giving them a voice that they lost. For example, PKR social welfare programmes such as the giving of monetary aides to university students and so on are proof of my claim.

While BN and UMNO are busy enriching their cronies with tenders and projects, it's this two party that's going down to the people and giving their rightful stake towards the richness of the the country and state which benefit the majority Malays without sacrificing the rights of other races. Case in point the privatisation of SYABAS in Selangor, where only a few cronies benefit from it, PKR together with PAS and DAP are correcting this inequity by subsidising the water and even offering to nationalise SYABAS so that the people of all races in the state can enjoy lower water price. The average Malays benefited from low water price without affecting the non-Malays, not to mention even the non-Malays are enjoying such benefit.

Aside from that, the Malays are now not the same Malays pre-Malayan Union that warranted the establishment of UMNO, Malaysia is not the same as Malaya then too. Many of the problems facing our country require for all the races to sit down together and reach common ground. The old way of separating like that of BN will not work anymore as such practice will only be a fertile ground for race and religious extremist as such system will surely reward them compared to a multi-racial party like PKR and DAP.

Simply giving the Malays more help and aide won't work anymore, rather it will only bring the Malays down into a state of complacency and entitlement like where the Malays are right now, while the Malays deprive the non-Malays of an opportunity to further advance themselves. UMNO forte along the years was just that, give the Malays more help and more aides which in the economic sector primarily benefited their cronies, but know it requires a different more comprehensive kind of a solution.So Ku Li should know that for him to serve the Malay and Malaysian interests simultaneously, the opposition is the right platform for him.

Finally, in addition to that, as a modern society, we Malays and Malaysians alike require more openness and freedom that UMNO, due to it's conservative stand, may not be willing to give. Such freedom like the freedom of speech and association have been long been deprived by the government in order that their political ideology remains the ruling and accepted ideology.

Rules such as ISA had been misused to make sure such freedom is curtailed. Malaysians want to be included in the shaping and creating of our national agenda, thus we must be allowed to speak up and associate ourselves with groups in order to better advance their views and beliefs although it may go against the government agenda and political stand.

Pakatan Rakyat seemed more incline to give us such rights, but UMNO so far have been supporting for restriction of them. So it is wise for Ku Li to adhere to this societal demand and to do so means him joining the Pakatan fold.

In conclusion, would like to join in the fray of many opposition supporters in reinviting Ku Li to the opposition side where his ideals and that of Malays and Malaysians can be better served so that his experience and values will further strenghten the opposition in their ability to serve the people and nation, and hopefully form the government and undue the many wrongs of the current government for the sake of all Malaysians, past, present and future generations.

Illusions and Politics.

Of late, the BN camp had use the large turnout of the people to the open houses that the party organize as a barometer that the people have return to their fold. As a personal observation, this may or may not be true but one thing for sure the turnout cannot be a trustworthy indication of public support as many factors could be concluded for the turnout, one being that Malaysians love food, especially free ones( hahahahaha).

Trying to create a parallel between public support of the government and number of people attending such open houses will only create an illusion that will bring not only the government into a state of disillusion, the people too are also beginning to be disillusioned by this and more.

Besides the open houses, the mainstream media had feed us with among others, the tea party with the PM which including to NST attracted more than 1500 people, creating a state of illusion that the PM is popular and is close to the Rakyat.

Well nothing wrong with the invitation I guess, but assuming that the PM is popular and is listening to us will only be known by future events like the General Election or in a smaller scale, by-elections and whether he's truly close to the rakyat will be determine by the subsequent policies he will introduce, whether or not it is people or political friendly. By policies, I mean real policies not mere slogans like 1Malaysia which is not back thus far by a real change in policies governing our country.

Then we have the invitation to write a letter to the PM on racial unity in these country which again might create the illusion that the PM is actually listening to us and value our feed back.

Again, we can only find out whether or not the PM truly treasure our opinions if there's a significant shift in our policy concerning racial unity as one can truly speculate the contents of such letters will surely include the need to reduce or stop completely racial politicking which is an essential element of UMNO poltical amno, the need to curtail the misuse of religion to political mileage which as recent development clearly shows, another UMNO modus operandi when it's Youth Wing organise protests nationwide on the use of the word Allah by non-Muslims to paint itself as the true fighter and protector of Islam and to stop mainstream media such as Utusan to incite racial hatred of the Malays towards their non-Malays countrymen.

Only when the PM actually put a stop towards all these practices or at least try to incorporate some of our more realistic feedback in these practices, then he's listening to us as if not, then the PM action in inviting us to write to him is only a public relations practice aimed at giving the impression that he's listening to us, when in actual fact he's not, deceiving us all the way.

Finally, with the PR coalition in shambles due to infighting, misunderstanding and disrespect towards each other, some UMNO and BN supporters have assumed that the people are tired of these and will automatically go back in supporting the BN, it might be true but not to the extent that they believe as most of opposition supporters are staying put and claim that such infighting is part and parcel of politics and that will not effect their determination to see a more democratic, inclusive,racial blind Malaysia that is govern by corrupt-free, transparent and accountable government as advocated by the opposition if they are elected to govern Malaysia with some state governments run by opposition showing just that.

In the end of the day, what counts is the performance of BN against Pakatan Rakyat, that will be the deciding factor by the people on who to vote for.

In conclusion, it's wise for the government to learn form the Pak Lah administration failure of separating between the reality and the illusion created by Pak Lah political team that used the media to create such an illusion that it tricked the creator of the illusion themselves into believing that their own illusion aimed at deceiving the public was indeed the reality when in fact it was mere news spinning and media propaganda all the way. They woke up in March8 the hard way, they say history repeats, well I'm banking on that adage to be true so that BN and UMNO will wake up from their dreams to shockingly find out that they're in Pakatan Rakyat ruled Malaysia.