1. I am surprised at the report in The Star that some bloggers are attacking the critics of 1MDB. I am surprised not at the bloggers doing this. I have known about their activities for some time now.
2. These bloggers were once the critics of the Government. But for some greatly unknown reason they have changed. I had noticed this change.
3. But I accept their right to criticise me. I am therefore not surprised at their change of direction.
1. We were poor before. In those days we talked of millions of Ringgit. Now we are much richer and we talk of billions of Ringgit. It is difficult to comprehend what billions of Ringgit mean. Even when a few millions are lost we hardly notice it.
2. I read in the paper someone suggesting that Government should have an external auditor so that there would be more credibility in the eyes of the public.
3. I think it is a good idea. But it should be extended to other Government agencies, including those which are not governed by Government General orders or Salary Scheme.
1. I am against war. I am against killing people. I don’t think it is Islamic. So I join the French people in mourning the death of twelve members of the staff of Charlie Hebdo.
2. I condemn the killings. But I condemn also the killing of Iraqis, Afghans, Arabs etc. They did not do anything to harm the soldiers, or their families. At least the babies, the children, the sick and the old had done nothing to deserve being killed. But they were killed. Nobody demonstrated in sympathy with their families over their loss.
3. Are the Iraqis, the Afghans and the Palestine Arabs not of the human race? Is killing hundreds of thousands of them okay but not 12 Frenchmen? If they have a bad leader, should they be killed, their countries devastated and civil war unleashed upon them.
4. I do not ask for justice from those who are mighty. Might is always right. But don’t preach to us about human rights, about the right to insult people, about free speech and freedom of the press. Just go on killing the people you label as terrorists along with the hundreds of thousands collaterals. That is justice.
1. Saya amat tertarik dengan penjelasan oleh Mohd Puad Zarkashi bahawa tidak mungkin amalan atau budaya politik dinasti dalam UMNO mudah berlaku.
2. Sebabnya ialah undang-undang tubuh UMNO sudah dipinda supaya bukan perwakilan ke mesyuarat agong yang tidak ramai yang akan memilih, tetapi 146,000 perwakilan ke mesyuarat bahagian yang akan memilih.
3. Bahagian bukan sama besar. Ada yang sepuluh kali ganda lebih besar daripada yang lain.
18. Mereka yang ingin menyertai UMNO perlu faham sejarah dan matlamat perjuangan UMNO. Jika mereka dapati perjuangan ini bertentangan dengan prinsip perjuangan diri sendiri, adalah lebih baik jika mereka berada di luar UMNO.
19. Walaupun demikian ini tidak bermakna UMNO beku dan jumud, bahawa perjuangannya sudah ketinggalan zaman, tidak relevan lagi.
20. Asas perjuangan untuk memberi tempat kepada orang Melayu di negara yang mereka bersetuju berkongsi dengan bangsa-bangsa lain tidak perlu diubah. Asas perjuangan UMNO untuk menebus maruah orang Melayu tidak perlu diubah. Asas perjuangan untuk orang Melayu berdiri sama tinggi dan duduk sama rendah dengan bangsa-bangsa lain tidak perlu diubah.
21. Yang perlu diubah ialah pendekatan yang mampu mencapai matlamat dengan lebih awal dan lebih kukuh.
1. Saya bersyukur kerana kesedaran yang ditunjuk oleh orang Melayu terhadap nasib mereka. Terdapat tanda-tanda yang Melayu UMNO sudah sedar akan perlunya UMNO di perbaharui. UMNO sudah nyatakan kesanggupan untuk menerima ahli baru walaupun ini akan mengancam kedudukan ahli lama. Tanpa ahli baru, terutama yang lebih muda UMNO akan susut jumlah keahlian kerana yang tua tetap menjadi lemah dan akhirnya kembali ke Rahmatullah.
2. Tetapi bukan sahaja yang muda yang diperlukan, yang berbakat, berkebolehan juga diperlukan walaupun tidak lagi muda.
3. Namun tapisan perlu juga dibuat supaya yang masuk bukan yang anggap UMNO sebagai batu loncatan seperti yang terdahulu, atau yang nampak peluang bagi diri sendiri. Yang masuk mestilah mereka yang ikhlas dan faham akan perjuangan UMNO, dan ingin menerus dan menjayakannya.
4. Apa dianya perjuangan UMNO? Setelah 400 tahun dijajah hanya apabila berhadapan dengan cadangan penjajah untuk negeri-negeri Melayu semuanya dicantum menjadi tanah jajahan British secara langsung melalui projek Malayan Union, maka baharulah timbul kesedaran di kalangan rakyat Raja-Raja Melayu bahawa tanpa sokongan mereka maka Raja-Raja akan dipaksa menyerah negeri-negeri kerdil mereka kepada British. Jika enggan ada ramai ahli keluarga diRaja yang sanggup menandatangani perjanjian dan dilantik jadi Raja yang diiktiraf British.
5. Ini sudah pun berlaku dengan penyerahan Singapura kepada British. Dan sesungguhnya inilah cara ugutan Mac Michael kepada Raja-Raja Melayu.
1. Flight International magazine dated 14 – 20 Oct 2014 carries an article entitled, “Searching for Answers.” Together is a small picture with MH 370 written on some material. (See here for story)
2. The article relates about “Another rift in the competitive landscape between Airbus and Boeing.” It seems that while Airbus is ready to move forward with a deployable flight data and voice recorder system for commercial aircraft, Boeing which has installed deployable recorders on at least three military aircraft fleets, disagrees that the technology is appropriate or safe for commercial transport.
3. The Airbus concept involves deploying one of the two sets of flight data and cockpit voice recorders in the event of a mid-air collision or impact with the ground. The deployed unit includes a locator beacon, and is designed to float if the crash occurs in water.
1. The economy of the world is in a state of turmoil. Not only has the oil price tumbled from USD 110/- to less than USD 60/-, but palm oil price, rubber price, share prices and the exchange rate of the Ringgit have all taken a beating, a severe beating.
2. All these things involve us, Malaysian, our commodities and our money. But we are assured and reassured that we would not be affected. We will continue to grow at the projected rate.
3. Are we!!
1. I was watching Al-Jazeera news as I often do.
2. The report was on President Putin speaking to the Russian Parliament.
3. He was saying that America and the West were trying to dismantle Russia as they did to Yugoslavia. He warned the Russian people to be prepared.
1. Spain has decided to recognise Palestine. And now France and Ireland have also done likewise. There is even a suggestion that the European Union would do the same.
2. It is all long overdue. If the Europeans care to think, it is they who started the terrorism in the Middle East. If they care to admit, all these violence, killings, wars etc started when the Europeans created the state of Israel by seizing Arab Palestine. Before that terrorism did not plague the Middle East and the rest of the world. Now there are irregular terrorists and state terrorists.
3. To the Europeans Israel can do no wrong. They can massacre the Arabs. That is acceptable. For three Israelis killed a thousand Arabs must pay with their lives. A hundred thousand will have their houses destroyed. And humanitarian aid cannot be given to the victims. The Europeans by saying or doing nothing virtually agreed that the punishment is right.