Thank you, Umno

i'm surprised they still haven't figured this out.

Every right action the BN has failed to take only unifies us. And for every cruel blow, we emerge stronger. The Bangsa Malaysia project has been accelerated, in large part thanks to them.

Back in March '08, when Anwar first mooted the plan to get 30 MPs to defect, i wasn't hot about the idea. It wasn't right. i was sure the Abdullah govt would wake up and make deep changes to remain relevant. More than logical, it was common sense. The recent GE was a severe spanking by the people after all. Let's wait for the next GE to decide who rules, i thought. Most people i know felt that way. Even the Pakatan partners seemed ambivalent.

But the new Cabinet was announced and i shook my head in apprehension. And, true enough, the trials began.

Instead of making reforms, they defamed Penang's LGE over the NEP, and tried to stir the racial pot. Didn't work. Abdullah himself - without any prior checks - slammed Guan Eng and was embarrassed as a result. To 'atone' for it, he pulled the plugged on Penang's key projects.

Instead of getting to work, they tried to portray Nizar as a DAP stooge in Perak. But it brought those folks closer. Today, try slipping a blade in any Perak crackline if you can.

Then came the Toyo confessions, and the relevation of AAB himself about how they went a-courting PAS. They blitzed the Malay agenda. We were tested. And we became even more Malaysian.

Instead of working to wake economy, they threw in some vintage TNT - codenamed Saiful - and dangled the Islam carrot. But Muslims know, Islam is Faith; and Faith is never a carrot.

And the air of Permatang Pauh was made foul as they burned the flesh of Malaysia, even as they are legitimately responsible for safeguarding this estate. But even as we are charred and scarred, our spirit grows. The phoenix is rising.

The Pakatan Rakyat persistently continues to moot the plan for a change in govt.

i am all for it. All my friends are for it. Eagerly.

We shall not wait four years for a team that hasn't shown ANY interest in a better Malaysia. We shall not allow a team that seems hell-bent on breaking this nation.

Sept 16, 2008? With open arms.