Penat lah

Transport Minister Chan Kong Choy, the man embroiled in the Port Klang Free Zone fiasco, has gone on two weeks medical leave.

His press secretary said the condition requires Chan to receive treatment overseas.

The weight of a RM4.6 billion controversy and the loss of lives of innocent citizens riding on an express bus can indeed cause a terrible terrible migraine, to say the very least.

And what is so wrong with Bangsa Malaysia, Zam?

Read this.

"To say that theSun newspaper is a champion of Bangsa Malaysia shows that Dr Lim Keng Yaik sympathises with the newspaper which has all this while fought more for (the DAP's) 'Malaysian Malaysia'."

- Zainuddin Maidin, reported by The Sun; Aug 28, 2007

Read it and taste it. Smell it. Breathe it in deep and sense the textures of that thought. Try conjure the psyche of a person who could utter such a statement. Is he a wise person? Is he worth his appointment as a leader? You want the full broth, go here. Jeffooi highlights it here.

I really, really can't figure this current Minister of Information. He's against public discussion, he truly believes the closed-door Cabinet is the only forum that is sensible. He believes only his kind in the party are smart and that every single one of us outside of it is a bumpkin fit only to chew on betel nuts and such.

This much i can gather: The textures and undertones of his remarks smack of the view that the common people in this country are a bunch of grazing farm animals out here in the pampas of Malaysia; some are beasts of burden, tasked to plough, others carry loads. We're good for our wool, good for meat and milk and the leather our skin may provide. The man speaks like we're lost without shepherds. Shepherds like Zam.

Zam truly believes we cannot think. And the only true feeling that defines a patriotic Malaysian is adulation for its shepherds. Like how we should carry flags everywhere we go. Barisan Nasional flags, i mean.

Amazing. What twisted tribe of humans does he belong which is capable of justifying a line of argument which translates critical thinking and debate as bad because it magically pursues the idea of Bangsa Malaysia, and in turn congeals into the Malaysian Malaysia agenda which ultimately is the loathsome DAP tagline? How is it possible that a simple practice of preserving the ethics of the fourth estate is led through his convoluted offals and emerges as a political ploy to overthrow the government. It always comes down to that, doesn't it?

Well, farm animals as we might be, Zam, i'm telling you this: Baaa off. Go feed some ducks and goats in some agricultural enclave in the North Corridor Economic Region. In there lies your truest calling.

Balls

I have at the rear screen of my car a newly-minted Malaysia Today sticker. After reading this latest post by the Man, i'm doubly proud to have it there.

I know it is frustrating when the government cannot touch me. Well, I am prepared to make your job easier for you, Muhammad son of Muhammad. I am going to allow you to organise another gathering at the PWTC like you did last Saturday. I am prepared to step onto the stage and face your 2,500 Umno members in a gathering organised by Umno and repeat all my allegations live, on Malaysian soil, in the Umno headquarters. I will remove the protection that I now have and throw myself to the mercy of the government to do what it wants to me.

- Raja Petra Kamarudin

So, enough of pondan talk, Umno c/o Muhammad Muhammad Taib. Fix a date, take up the challenge.

Anything cheaper?

So here's what AAB said at the closing of the Langkawi International Dialogue (LID) 2007:

As we are well aware, actions speak louder than words.

So, as we leave this beautiful island of Langkawi, let us resolve, each of us, to do our bit and play our part to give practical meaning and ensure the implementation of the plan of action that we have just adopted here.

As they say in popular jargon, let us walk the talk.

YAB, when you first masuk PM's office some four years ago, i remember you dem garang lah. Conducted surprise visit to Immigrations office. Made them quake, then buck up. Shortly thereafter, there was the Royal Commission on the Police Force - had some of the best minds on the panel. Based on their report, you promised an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC) will be set up. Then there was Perwaja's Eric Chia; arrested and charged for CBT. Then Kasitah Gaddam, for corruption.

You declared a War on Corruption. Wah. And you made the Promise. Woo-ooh.

You were glowing. Rakyat shiok you. i also shiok you. i thought maybe you were the real thing. After the Mahaheroics era, here comes someone with deeper self-confidence and the wisdom to reach for the soul of our land and its people.

That was then. Shame on me.

But if that wasn't bad enough, you've upped the ante on Najib and Samy for saying things you don't mean without even tripping a lie muscle.

IPCMC mana? "Work with me, not for me" mana? Flushing out corruption mana? Integrity and openness mana?

Aiyo, Zam shaddup oreddy

What's worse than stupid?

In three letters - ZAM.

You cannot have a discussion with such creatures. They holler and make declarations which remind you of fascist regimes.