All for the Sake of Election

Today, we have so many "Christmas" news,

and Santa Claus is truly coming....


Santa drops a gift:

Panel for Non-Muslim (NoMAD coined by Rocky)

"The government MAY (if no objection from ...) "consider" setting up a committee (something like the "3-men panel" or the "Royal Flushed" Interdependent Police Comm) to look into non Muslim affairs," PM said.

"A department would be TOO BIG for this, but a committee may be possible."

"What is important is that we do not forget to pay attention to these issues."

Santa drops another gift:

Mediators to help resolve racial woes

Taking the maxim "prevention is better than cure" to heart, the government is setting up a mechanism to nip racial problems in the bud.

Communal Mediation Committees will be set up throughout the country from early next year.

These committees will work with the police to help diffuse racial tension.

(Well, the pilot committee has a trial run recently at Batu Cave, and it work quite well;

they managed to diffuse the racialist movement without violence, except a brick accidentally hit a police;

other than that there was no untoward incident;

the people had a good shower in that early morning though it was cold but humid.

After shower, they were treated with sauna and turkish steams. All of them stayed within that compound to enjoy the steam and turkish bath and they said they had fun as can be seen in their eyes; there were tears, they must be so moved by that goodwill gestures...)

Professor Datuk Shamsul Amri Baharuddin sums them all:

We are "A Nation Running on Goodwill"

Ya, you are right Prof. Not only that Goodwill, we are also a nation that runs on Petroleum.

Q: "What is it about Malaysia that you can't find anywhere else?"

Prof: "Our non-stop bargaining, negotiating and arguing about all things ethnic and non ethnic. From the cabinet ministers right down to the man in the street. It's quite unique, this willingness to trade in whatever form..."

"Whereas in Malaysia, the most basic notion is that while Malays may hold political influence in terms of numbers in parliament, the Chinese are a major force in the economy, when you measure the quantity of wealth."

"Because of this we have competing majorities". :No single race controls everything."

"As Malaysians, we are essentially contracted to each other, and we have no choice in this."

Dear Prof, You have forwarded a great point. But you seems to miss so many points. We are also unique in another aspect: We have the Police investigating the ACA chief, and the ACA chief investigating the Deputy Internal Security Minister and the IGP, and the Internal Security Ministry assigning the Police Commercial Crime Department to arrest an alleged gangster instead of the Narcotics Department. We also have the Commercial Crime Chief being indicted for misusing a helicopter after they couldn't find sufficient evidence to trace his $27 million.

Isn't it unique? Isn't it something you can't find anywhere else?

Santa Claus drops another gift

Owing to widespread complaints and calls for more consultation, the cabinet decided to defer the Special Complaints Commission Bill 2007 to the next Dewan Rakyat sitting slated for March.

Minister without portfolio and hiding in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said the move was to give MPs more time to study the bill's details.

Hello Datuk Seri Nazri, your MPs are going for Christmas holidays and some are going to Perth. Patrick also going to Perth. However, Nasi Kandar in Perth sudah tutup kedai, so you have to eat maggie mee.

BTW, DS Nazri, do you think you MPs will take the trouble to study the details? After all their job is just to say YES to you, NO to anyone from Soyuz or Moon. And even if they should try to study, many of them lack the intelligentia to do so. This is not a Bill about women's clothes, leaking, masuk sikit, and AirAsia slit-dresses, areas of knowledge that they are competent in. If you do observe, DS Nazri, your MPs are far more awake and active when the subject matters are about women... they had so much passion about women; they love women irrespective of age; they want to give their love... But SCC, they don't understand the philosophy and doctrine; they can't digest. And for some who could, they felt useless as they are ordered to say YES all the time; this is called Barisan Whip.

Nevermind. So is it Christmas gifts? or is it a precursor?

The heart is willing, but the spirit can't. What they do today or tomorrow is rhetorics. After election, we have UMNO election and general assembly. Many young UMNO turks are aspiring for positions. The veterans are also determined to stay on. There are also veterans who were yesteryears leaders who are also eyeing for some positions. So, the battle begins and all the participants needs issues even if there is none. Where else can they find it except with religion and race, and the claim of being discriminated by the other races, uneven playing fields after the fields have being leveled tilted-over, and if no others, find something else, like, crosses at missionary schools, AirAsia dresses, tudong, holding hands or kissings, but one aspects they do not realise within is ...it is observed that there is now a new potential force within the movement; the Indian within. They have now become a potent force. They are Malays and are Muslims. They have the capacity and influence to tilt the power and votes. So whoever aspires to any political position, you will need to align with them. That's the king-maker of UMNO politics.