I'm still around

Hello, Hello. I'm still around. So, BN won in Ijok. No big deal. Was it necessary to pour in millions of ringgit for a few votes ? Must be really desperate, our government. Will be back soon.

Blog-phobia

It does'nt surprise me at all that a minister in Malaysia would suggest that all bloggers using the .my domain to register with the government . Our government chaps seem to have this phobia about the Internet and blogging in particular. Out of ignorance,perhaps, this ministry chap overlooked that most blogs are hosted by Blogspot.com or Word Press.com and other dot coms, hardly any dot.my. Watch for the news tomorrow, see how they fumble and tie their tongues to justify themselves. Rallying for brothers in hot soup , or apple polishing ? Just curious.

Intolerant minister

Dear me, another minister has made a clown of himself. This .......... minister implied that all bloggers are liars and trouble makers. We are to be blamed for setting up the races against each other . His words ... " the Malays will start killing the Chinese, the Chinese will kill the Malays and the Indians will kill everyone else " Pakshah thinks that was a very 'seditious' and irresponsible statement. He called on Malaysians not to be easily decieved by bloggers and gamble away our future. " We must show a positive attitude , if the world learns to be tolerant like us, the world will become peaceful , no more civil strife or wars." Hello, who's talking about tolerance here, you are not even tolerant with bloggers. He even implied that 80 percent of bloggers are unemployed women. He thinks that bloggers are like the aunties gossiping over the fence ? Mr Minister, you should respect those lady bloggers. I bet you cannot write like them or even have enough brains to. Pakshah wonders why our ministers and others of that ilk are so insecure about the internet ? Must be because they seem to be on the recieving end most of the time. PM (if you get to be PM again ?) clean out your cabinet of these cobwebs and cockroaches.

They can hold on to their jobs !!

Pakshah is very very disappointed with our dear leader's statement today about his two suspectedly corrupted officers. He said that they can hold on to their jobs, even under investigations. We ,the rakyat have no right to demand their resignations. Nobody (especially his deputy minister) can influence the police investigations. He (our dear leader ) is overseeing the police force. Pakshah thinks that our dear leader sounds like he is sympathetic to the rascals. Our dear leader is acting soft (pondanish), seems to be in 'fear' of these characters. My dear leader, this is what happens when you don't take your duties seriously and leave it to others to do your bloody job. So sorry sir. Be a man and suspend those fellers. Listen to the rakyat.

Its time to kick-ass

Our dear leader is back home from his international duties. Our wannabe world hero berating the western powers and Israel for their misdeeds and atrocities to poor Palestinians,Iraqis and Afghans. At home, he is not much of a hero, almost zero, Pakshah is sorry to say. Pakshah used to like him and had high expectations when our dear leader took over from his predecessor. He started off well, booking a couple of high profiled persons for corruption. More arrests were expected but only some middle and lower ranked officials were booked and sentenced. What happened to those 'prime suspects' ? Some are still running the government machinery. Prices of essential foodstuff and petroleum products seem to be going up and never coming down. Tolls have gone up, and the rakyat is not allowed to see the 'secret' agreements. The rakyat is tired of being fooled. There's a lot of unhappiness among the races. One particular race wants to be the superior race.This is not good for the country. We send our kids to National Service training. Good for integration they say. But when the kids come home, they are faced with several racial road-blocks. And the horror stories that come from these camps e.g. the bad food, the bad medical facilities, the sexual harrassments, the bullying. At last count nine kids (correct me if I'm wrong) have died , some from exhaustion, sickness and 'accidents' because of poor monitoring by 'trainers'. On corruption, how could a man who was being probed for corruption and sexual abuse in his former department, rise up in ranks to become the chief of the government anti-corruption agency ? And this one ,right under our dear leader's very nose, the man entrusted to keep law and order in the country, is suspected of selling 'freedom' to thugs and gangsters. Our dear leader, has to open up his eyes, really really OPEN. SEE all the shenanigans going on by his underlings. He must not protect them anymore. It is EXPECTED, DEMANDED of him. The rakyat have placed their trust in him. It is his AMANAH. Dear leader, its time you kick some ass, WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR. Then you will deserve to be a HERO.

Who's running the country ?

Pak Lah has gone to Syria, and is on his way to Yemen. Datuk Najib is in Mecca doing his 'umrah'. So, who is minding the country. Has anybody been appointed to act on their behalf ? Datuk Najib needs all the 'divine help' he can get. His defence ministry is in a mess. The ragging incidents at the Air Force College is under probe. The many mechanically unfit aircrafts that have crashed. The silly border guards caught 'playing' with live grenades. And his 'pet' project the National Service is in a mess too. Another teenaged NS trainee was reported dead today,the second death this year and the 19th death since the National Service program started four years ago. And the many sexual and physical abuses reported or hushed-hushed. Meanwhile, the Anti Corruption Agency director general is due for an 'interview' with the parliamentary integrity panel on charges of corruption, sexual abuse and misuse of government facilities, as reported by a fellow ACA officer. The said offences had been going on since the DG was in the police force, and as an ACA official. No action has been taken on him yet. IGP Datuk Musa says he knows about it. The case has gone back to the AG for review. Would a crook catch another crook ? Guess not, thats why there are so many in business. I call on Pak Lah to reduce his globe-trottings and stay put and get some serious work done for the good of the rakyat and the country. Don't be complacent about that victory in Batu Talam.That was no fight at all.

Road safety contest

Its balik kampung season again, this time for Chinese new year. The highways and byeways will be jammed with vehicles, big and small, leaving the big cities for little hometowns and villages. In their eagerness, in their haste to be with family, many drivers tend to be careless and forget about traffic rules. 55 deaths by road accidents have been reported since Ops Sikap XII was launched on Sunday. The death toll may go up further if drivers don't change their attitude on the roads. Think of your family and loved ones waiting for you. A few days back, the Road Safety department thought it had a brilliant idea to keep the roads safe and creating awareness among the public. It launched a public contest called 'Snap,Send and Win' to snap photos of traffic violators caught in the act. Cash prizes were being offered. In other words they want you to waste your precious time and go out and look for traffic offenders and record it in pictures then send to them for action. Risk your own life and limb for a few ringgit. Tranport minister Chan Kong Choy was not amused and directed the department to scrap the contest immediately due to possible abuse by certain quarters. The department should start planning some other strategies or get road safety consultants from other countries to help educate our road users and road designers.

MyKad lucky draw

On Tuesday, home affairs minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad announced that the 'Jom tukar dan menang' lucky draw for MyKad (new IC) applicants be withdrawn. He said it was silly (actually he said rubbish) to reward people for doing what they are supposed to do. That's the problem with Malaysians ,if you want them to do something, offer something in return. Which is bloody unfair to law abiding citizens like me and you. The former minister (now natural resources and environment minister) Azmi Khalid said he will give a written statement soon on why the lucky draw was held. The third draw supposed to be held in November 2005, was postponed indefinitely, because the NRD announced a RM10 fine for late collection of their MyKad. The contest was overtaken by events, such as the Cabinet reshuffle in February 2006 and the minister Azmi had no intention to stop the contest. He left it to the discretion of the incoming minister Radzi. In Kangar, Perlis CM Shahidan Kassim asked minister Radzi not to be harsh. If he is not in favor of the previous minister's actions, just issue a statement to scrap the contest. Don't call it stupid or rubbish. Why, Datuk Radzi, after all you, Datuk Azmi and Datuk Shahidan are state brothers from Perlis. UPDATE : Datuk Azmi admitted that he had postponed the lucky draw and forgot to update his successor Datuk Radzi. His ministry officials had forgotten too. This minister must be having more pleasant things on his mind,other than just his job. (He just got married at that time to a hot tv personality.)