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Ku Li reforms:Direct elections for UMNO president, single BN party

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah plans to turn the Barisan Nasional coalition into a single political party with direct membership and an elected leader if he wins the Umno presidency.

As part of a slew of radical reforms he plans to introduce to BN and Umno, the 71-year-old leader also wants future Umno presidents to be directly elected.

"I am suggesting that BN becomes a multiracial party open to all. Umno members can, for example, be direct members of BN," he told The Malaysian Insider in an interview.

"As soon as I become Umno president I will propose this."

Tengku Razaleigh said he would announce at a later date the details of how he planned to turn BN into a single political party, and explain how such a proposal would affect the interest of all component members.

All he would say now was that, under his proposal, BN members would elect their leaders directly.

Tengku Razaleigh has been the only person so far to have offered himself as a candidate for the Umno presidency. He is likely to take on Datuk Seri Najib Razak if Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi decides not to defend the post.

Asked about the kind of reforms he hopes to bring to Umno, Tengku Razaleigh said there should be direct elections at all levels of leadership, including that of the presidency.

"We have three million over members. If we give them the right to elect leaders at various levels we can get rid of money politics," he said.

"There is a need to democratise Umno. Power should be given back to members instead of being concentrated at the top."

He said that "when the masses are beholden to the leadership, we will not move forward."

As a further step to democratise Umno, Tengku Razaleigh said he would also introduce a proposal to allow members from each division to directly select candidates for the general elections.

He also wants to introduce some form of term limit in the party. "Maybe the president of Umno should be allowed to hold the post for eight or nine years at most."

Explaining the reasons behind the radical reforms he was suggesting, the Umno veteran said it was because he sees "Umno heading down."

"I do not think Umno can survive the next elections. People are simply going for material gains now for themselves and their supporters. People are becoming more corrupt.

"This is not the purpose of the party. It is for serving the people and it must be in tip-top condition to do that."

Mr. Razaleigh's reforms are quite interesting indeed. He must the first prominent UMNO leader who has mooted the idea of a single Barisan Nasional party. Many other Barisan leaders from the MCA, Gerakan and PPP have suggested that the Barisan merge, but Mr. Razaleigh seems to be the first voice from UMNO, the dominant partner in the coalition.

I must say that in a climate where UMNO's (very blatant) strategy is to convince the Malays that they need UMNO, it takes a brave man to propose reforms such as the ones mooted by Mr. Razaleigh. I simply do not think that the rank and file UMNO members at this present time would ever contemplate, much less agree to such a proposal. Especially since the majority of Malays who support the party are convinced that UMNO is needed to safeguard the Malays. Their arsenal thus far has been Pakatan's multi-racial stance and for UMNO and Barisan to go the same route would be akin to blasphemy to some of them.

Yet the way forward for UMNO and Barisan must be to merge. Racial politics can only last for so long. If ten years ago most Malaysians thought that the 'Barisan formula' of 'power-sharing between races' is best form of governance in the country, now we can safely say that around half of Malaysia's population are willing to forgo racial interests for the greater good of the country.

But Mr. Razaleigh would be very hard pressed to sell his reform ideas to his UMNO coleagues. To many of them, the problem with UMNO lies with its current president. A change of leadership would return the people's support to them. I do not agree with this view. They are far bigger and more inherent problems within the party that no amount of leadership change can remedy. But it would seem that this fact has escaped many in UMNO.

Maybe Mr. Razaleigh's proposal for reforms are his way to rejuvanate his bid for the top post. It is widely expected that Mr. Abdullah would not seek re-election as UMNO president, which would mean that Mr. Najib would be next in line. Whilst a contest between Mr. Abdullah and Mr. Razaleigh would have been close, a contest between Mr. Najib and Mr. Razaleigh would almost certainly result in victory for the former.

Regardless of his motive, UMNO needs more people like Mr. Razaleigh, to moot ideas of reform into the party. The members might not buy it as yet, but for the future of the party, hopefully they will one day.

Not that I care much for the party.

Qualifiers then

If the home minister and the prime minister are of the opinion that when they meant open house, they meant open to those who subscribe to Barisan politics. That would make it clear, at least to us the rakyat. I do like to know whose money the PM used for the function anyhow.

Please place in small print, like any good lawyer - look! I'm saying something nice about Syed Hamid Albar - that the event is strictly for BN fans.

The real contention

The castigation is about the fact, people are willing to politicise a social engagement. Which is a fair statement, if it were a sensible society. But it is not.

The PM might, but the home minister won't I hope, fail to realise that the five Hindraf men are in prison because the home minister placed them there under his discretion, under his interpretation of danger to society.

And the men and their families and their friends and their supporters are deprived the right to contest the arrest, so what do you expect to do?

If you arrest men because of their political conviction, then you are politicising justice. And if so, they are justified nay required to court and harass you to rectify your decision to remove their basic human rights.

Sorry PM, you removed the right to have a truce for your functions when you compromise unconstitutionally other people's liberty.

The real contention is that you could not swat them down with water cannons or FRU batons because your guests are there with cameras ensuing. And you can't leave your own event. The tragedy for you and your home minister was that you had to confront your accusers, and Umno politicians have always struggled to deal with any fair fights.

They like subservience from all and sundry, actually they demand it - like the feudal lords they are.

Dialogue

The reason they gatecrashed is because they don't get a forum really to talk about this sticky situation. Governments have the moral obligation to meet its constituents on fair terms and if that is impossible, then to persuade the constituents nevertheless. That is how the Malaysian government will get the real respect of other nations, because right now - yes Hamid, they won't say it to you in your face - they think the country is run by a bunch of self-indulgent brats.

Governments must always lead dialogue, or they lose their populace. And no, hate ceramahs by the Biro Tata Negara don't qualify.

The MIC cometh

The Samy come lately in this travesty is MIC. Coming in with standard swagger, they chastise the Hindraf guys for being too gung-ho with their Raya instrusion.

Now they claim, their sincere efforts to plead for the Hindraf five to the BN government may fall apart.

Firstly mates, you are a member of the BN, having to beg while being an equal member is really unbecoming. Secondly, what do you expect these Hindraf supporters to do, to beg like you guys?

The whole momentum of Hindraf is of not playing the game of compliant minority, which is pretty much the successful path of all minorities in modern times. Only a fool would think cajoling the Umno leadership ceaselessly will get you real things - nothing more than a ministership for you for 28 years.

Gatecrashing

A point of realisation has dawned upon Malaysians since late 2007, only now is it crystalising into a cognisant tactic.

You have to push the BN using not their rules and pushing them from all points. They are severely undermanned - decades of blind loyalty numbs the minds of those who remain and chases away the rest. The party is rotten to the core.

Why must the PM of this country have an easy ride and when he likes it have the right to torment his people? The 15h Century is over Torquemada, so Umno just deal with widespread dissent.

Dialogue and we all move forward. Don't, you will start to look relevance while the rest of the rakyat head towards the 21st Century.

Both the MIC and Hindraf are fighting to get five of the group’s leaders freed from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention but they are using different approaches. (the Star 6/10/08; MIC doens't agree with Hindraf's method says Subra)

Err, since when MIC fight for the Hindraf leaders huh? Just because they make one/two press statement, that consider "fight"? I thought that is call CHEAP PUBLISITY not FIGHT. If the MIC don't dare to stand up for their people, the least you could do is keep you mouth shut.

Hindraf went over the limit (NST 6/10/08)

Oh, so MIC means arresting someone without trial without proof absolutely nothing and leave them separated from their familiy members is within limit, but visiting open house with the ISA detainees children and asking for their release is over the limit la. Bringing along their childrens is a reminder to the PM as well as other "leaders" that while ISA detainees inside Kamunting, it's their family members outside that suffered the most. Imagine the family lost the sole bread winners, worst still, a child grown up without their father's presence. The more BN "leaders" talk the more stupid and inconsiderate they showed to the RAKYAT.

Artikel 153 Perlembagaan Malaysia memberikan tanggungjawab kepada Yang di-Pertuan Agong menjaga hak keistimewaan orang Melayu dan penduduk asal Malaysia, secara kumpulannya dirujuk sebagai Bumiputera. Artikel mengspesifikkan bagaimana kerajaan pusat melindungi kepentingan kumpulan-kumpulan ini dengan mendirikan kuota kemasukan ke dalam perkhidmatan awam, biasiswa dan pendidikan awam. Ia juga biasanya dianggap sebagai sebahagian daripada kontrak sosial, dan biasanya dikatakan sebagai pertahanan legal bagi ketuanan Melayu — kepercayaan orang Melayu bahawa mereka adalah penduduk asal Malaysia.

Perlembagaan sebagai mengemukakan kontrak sosial, dan bapa-bapa kemerdekaaan juga bersetuju dengannya, walaupun rujukan kepada kontrak sosial tidak dibuat dalam Perlembagaan. Sebaliknya, kontrak sosial biasanya dianggap sebagai suatu persetujuan yang memberikan kewarganegaraan kepada orang-orang bukan Melayu dan bukan orang asli (kebanyakannya orang Malaysia Cina dan Malaysia India) sebagai ganti untuk pemberian hak keistimewaan kepada orang-orang Melayu dan orang-orang asli (dirujuk secara kolektif sebagai Bumiputera). Oleh sebab pemimpin-pemimpin Melayu bersetuju untuk melonggarkan syarat-syarat kewarganegaraan, pemimpin-pemimpin komuniti Cina dan India telah menerima kedudukan istimewa Melayu sebagai penduduk asli Malaya.  (sumber Wikipedia}Kita turunkan kembali apa yang telah berlaku pada tahun 1969: sebagai satu langkah kebenaran ketulusan dan pengorbanan  Bangsa Melayu didalam kontrak sosial untuk membina satu masyarakat berbilang kaum didalam negara ini.

Presiden MCA, Tun Tan Siew Sin, dilaporkan dalam akhbar tempatan bertajuk "Tun Tan Answers Critics on special Previleges" dalam pada 30 april 1969, berkata:

"The Malays, through UMNO, were generous enough to relax the citizenship laws of this country to such extent that within 12 months of independence, 90 percent were still non-citizens after nearly 100 years of colonial rule in the Malay States. In return for this major concession. the MCA and the MIC agreed to continue the policy of preserving the special position of the Malays while at the same time upholding the legitimate interest of other communities."

[Orang Melayu menerusi UMNO bermurah hati melonggarkan syarat-syarat dalam undang-undang negara ini sehinggakan dalam masa 12 bulan selepas kemerdekaan, 90 peratus penduduk bukan Melayu telah menjadi warganegara. Ini berbeza dengan keadaan sebelum merdeka di mana 90 peratus daripada mereka masih tidak diiktiraf sebagai rakyat Tanah Melayu walaupun hampir 100 tahun hidup di bawah pemerintahan penjajah. Sebagai membalas kemurahan hati orang Melayu, MCA dan MIC bersetuju meneruskan dasar memelihara dan menghormati kedudukan istimewa orang Melayu dan dalam masa yang sama mempertahankan kepentingan-kepentingan sah kaum lain.]

- Sumber Tan Sri Khalid Awang Osman, Malaysia - An Anthology, Vantage Press, New York, hal. 38-39.

UCAPAN PRESIDEN MIC merangkapMENTERI KERJAYA RAYA, POS DAN TELEKOM, TUN V.T. SAMBANTHAN DI DEWAN RAKYAT PADA 1 JUN 1965.

"Now, in 1955 we won the elections with a great majority. Then we obtained freedom in two years time. During this period, we had to discuss citizenship and various other things. Now what did the Malays do - since we are speaking on racial lines - what did the Malay leadership do? The had 88 percent of the electorate still with them. What did they do with citizenship?

If we look around in Asia and East Asia, particularly, you will find that my race the indian race, is not welcomed in Ceylon, is not welcomed in Burma. Look at my brother Chinnese race, it is not welcomed in Thailand, in Vietnam, in Cambodia, in all the other areas. What help do they get for citizenship in all these territories? In Burma, as we know, Indian have been send packing, in Ceylon they refused them citizenship and in Burma it is likewise. I know it, you know it. And yet in Malaya what happened? Here we found that the Malay leadership said, "We shall tkae them unto ourselves as brothers, we shall give them full opportunity to live in this country, we shall give them every opportunity to become citizens." And so, in 1957, for the whole year, we waived language qualifications, and tens of thousand of Indians, Chinnese, Ceylonese and others became citizens...

As I said, it has been my great good fortune to have born in this country. Where else can you find a more charitable, a more polite, a more decent race than Malay race? Where else can you get such politically decent treatment for any immigrant race? Where else in the history of the world? I ask you. These are the facts. Who are you to safeguards us? I am 10 percent minority race here. But I am happy here."

[Pada tahun 1955 kita telah memenangi pilihan raya dengan majoriti yang tinggi, selanjutnya mendapat kemerdekaan dalam masa dua tahun kemudian.Dalam jangka masa itu kita terpaksa berbincang dan menangani pelbagai perkara termasuk soal kewarganegaraan. Persoalannya di sini, apakah yang dilakukan oleh Orang Melayu memandangkan kita bercakap menyentuh perkauman? Apakah yang dilakukan oleh pemimpin-pemimpin Melayu?

Mereka mempunyai 88 peratus daripada pengundi menyokong mereka. Apakah yang mereka putuskan mengenai isu kewarganegaraan?

Jika jita lihat di serata negara Asia dan asia Timur, kita akan mendapati kaum India tidak akan diterima di Ceylon dan juga tidak diterima di Burma. Dam lihat saudara kita kaum Cina, mereka tidak diterima di Thailand, Vietnam, Kemboja dan di negara-negara lain.

Dan apakah bantuan berhubung kewarganegaraan yang mereka perolehi di semua wilayah tersebut?

Di Burma, seperti yang kita semua sedia maklum, kaum India telah diusir keluar, di Ceylon mereka tidak diberikan taraf warganegara seperti juga di Burma. saya tahu dan anda juga tahu. dan dalam pada itu apa yang sedang berlaku di Malaya?

Di sini kita mendapati pemimpin Melayu berkata, "Kita akan menerima mereka sebagai saudara, kita akan berikan mereka sepenuh peluang untuk meneruskan lehidupan di negara ini, kita akan beri mereka peluang untuk menjadi warganegara."

Dan seterusnya pada tahun 1957, dengan tidak mengambil kira kebolehan berbahasa (Melayu) ribuan orang India, Cina dan Ceylon menjadi warganegara.

Seperti yang saya nyatakan, saya amat bernasib baik kerana dilahirkan di negara ini. Di manakah anda boleh berjumpa bangsa yang lebih prihatin, bersopan-santun dan tertib selain dari Bangsa Melayu. Di manakah anda boleh mendapat layanan politik yang baik untuk kaum pendatang? Di manakah dalam sejarah dunia? Saya bertanya kepada anda. Ini adalah fakta. Siapakah anda untuk menjaga keselamatan kami? Saya adalah kalangan 10 peratus kaum minoriti di sini. Tetapi saya amat gembira di sini."]

- Sumber Tan Sri Khalid Awang Osman, Malaysia - An Anthology, Vantage Press, New York, hal. 60

Sejak akhir-akhir ini isu kontrak sosial sering dan acapkali di mainkan oleh beberapa pihak untuk meraih dan menaikkan populariti  dan membakar semangat melalui sokongan  daripada masyarakat yang kurang mengkaji  kenapa hak hak istimewa tersebut yang dikecapi oleh orang-orang melayu.

Mempertikaikan hak hak orang melayu sebagai ketuanan dan Agama Islam diatas bumi Malaysia in adalah sesuatu  tindakan yang terlalu merbahaya. Bagi generasi baru kontrak sosial ini sangat dipandang serius kerana ianya  dikatakan satu penindasan  terhadap  mereka. Tetapi mereka tidak mengkaji bagaimana pemimpin terdahulu berusaha untuk melepaskan bangsa mereka menjadi pendatang didalam Negara ini.

Mengapa kontrak sosial ini dipertikaikan, sedangkan kita boleh melihat bangsa melayu bukan lah satu bangsa yang menguasai ekonomi yang mana menindas bangsa lain. Tetapi adalah menjadi satu kesalahan jika bangsa lain memburukkan bangsa lain tidak berlaku adil pada mana-mana kaum didalam negara ini.

Didalam kontrak sosial ini, orang melayu telah melakukan satu pengorbanan  yang terlalu besar untuk kaum lain,  dengan memberikan kerakyatan  lebih daripada sejuta migran  yang datang kenegara ini.

Kesannya kaum Cina dan India menerima hak pendidikan, keselamatan, peluang pekerjaan, peluang ekonomi dan yang paling penting peluang untuk mengundi dan menentukan arus kepimpinan negara ini bersama-sama orang Melayu. Apakah ini tidak berbaloi lagi untuk mereka.

Apakah orang melayu dengan sedikit hak  untuk mempertahankan  Agama, bangsa  yang telah dipersetujui  tidak lama dahulu telah menjadi kudis yang bernanah bagi mereka.

Jika diimbas kembali bagaimana  pemimpin terdahulu  berjuang untuk bangsa mereka dengan begitu ikhlas tanpa prejudis tentang hal lain hanya memikirkan masa depan bangsa mereka. Tetapi  generasi kali ini yang telah diasuh, dididik dengan ideologi barat telah lupa dengan pembentukkan masyarakat pelbagi  kauam dan bangsa didalam negara ini. Jangan lah bermain dengan api nanti terbakar diri,

Jika soal kemiskinan  yang dipersoalkan atau pembeleaan satu satu kaum,  jika kita lihat juga atau imbas kembali, orang orang melayu juga  banyak yang berda diatas tahap ini, tetapi untuk kaum lain, bantuan telah disalurkan melalui MCA, MIC dan juga pelbagai badan pertubuhan untuk mengimbangi  keadilan  pemerintahan pelbagai kaum. Kelemahan didalam pentadbiran untuk menyalurkan telah menjadi satu  kesalahan bagi mereka  dan memberikan ruang bagi mereka mempertikaikan kedudukan Agama Islam sebagai Agama  rasmi  dan  kedudukan ketuanan orang melayu yang mana telah dipersetujui sejak sekian lama dahulu.

Part 1: Comedian Park Ji Sun??? That's hilarious. I don't know her, but that's hilarious. A comedian. That's like asking for it. She comments on how it's too clean for a living room for 5 boys. XD SHE CAME ONLY TO MEET JONGHYUN *ONEW'S DOOMED FROM THE START* XD And she searched through they're closet and criticizes their clothes. whut? and she changes their homepage to her blog. and ransacks their fridge?!?! OMG SHE'S CRAZY. while the boys go and run and play sports and workout and stuff. and she's rubbing her scent all over lying on their beds AND STEALING THEIR MONIEZ XDXDXDXDXD AND WEARING THEIR STUFF. AND TOUCHING EVERYTHING. AND POSTING UP HER HEADSHOTS ON THEIR WALLS NEXT TO THEIR BEDS! she's watching them forever and she starts making them food... BUT THEN the truth is revealed when cameraman asks her, is that enough for 6 ppl? and she's like WHAT??? NOWAYZ. I'M ONLY MAKING ENOUGH FOR JONGHYUN AND ME. XDXDXD Then SHINee comes home and they're like, why are you wearing TM's clothes? and she's like... "It was Taemin's clothes? I thought it was Jonghyun's." ROFLCOPTER. XD She's crazy enough to be a comedian, I'll give her that. In the confessional, she says that the clothes were a bit small for her. High school boy's clothes should be bigger on her... THEN WHY DID SHE KEEP IT ON *DIES XD AND MINHO IS SMILING LIKE THE SUN. x]

I don't think this STICKY!CAPS thing is gonna stop for a while. xD

Part 2: So we start off, Taemin is the most popular in her noona group. LoL TM and Onew are like *we don't hafta cook today :D* Then she reveals that JH is the only person to eat her fermented soybean stew. AND EVERYONE'S HOPES ARE DASHED. look at minho's crestfallen face @ :32 x[ but then she's like, but look here! I bought everyone else this food from a restaurant! XD AND EVERYONE... or Onew voicing everyone's opinion IS LIKE, OH! "I LIKE THIS BETTER!" Noona is offended, but JH is like... OH I LIKE YOUR STEW BETTER. and *awkward* happens as noona is like OMG*TOUCHJONGHYUN CRUSADE* Okay, that wasn't as bad as I'm making it out to be, but still... xD hilarious. Then everyone goes into the room and finds that all their stuff has been messed with... Onew is mad... cause all his music sheets were strewn on the floor >:[ "I DON'T LIKE HER." he says. let me fume with you, Onew dear :/ Then JH turns around and sees... SCARYNOONA ONHISWALL WATCHING HIS EVERY MOVE. XD And he jumps like OMO! And Taeminnie is like... "Instead of being envious, I felt bad for JH hyung. *laughs*" XD I'm right there with you, Taemin. This noona is SO SCARY! XD They play horror music as she asks if Taemin remembers when they first met. AND EVERYBODY IS LIKE, whUT? *SCAREDFACE* and then she's like.. you don't remember? JHbb?? And he's like.. i remember. answer: early replay days. i'm not really sure about the actual answer since the cuts were pretty bad XD Then CUTSCENE to the room, where Minho is laying down on his bed... then the cameraman is like.. is anything missing? ... Like your emergency fund? XDXDXD And MH JUMPED and was like D:
*DOINK* WHERE MY MONEY AT? Next scene, noona brings out N.E.R.D.'s new album (didn't know about that) to show Key and JH. Key has a new red ribbon for his foil!mic, I just noticed. XD It looks like if you unwrap it, it could be a candy apple or something XD lol. Anyways, JH points at the album and is like "I have those pants." and noona says, "Can you give me the pants?" E'ERYBODY GOES WTF? GTFO! She's like, I'm giving you the CD for your pants. what size are they? JH: I wear pants big, so it's 30 inches. Noona: It's my size! XD LoL uhhhhhh. XD Sigh. Minho is pacing around everywhere looking for his money. And he borrows cameraman's cellphone to call someone to ask about his money :/ WHO'S MAD AT NOONA?? D:< make minho poor, will you? *FACE THE FANS FURY XD* Then outside, Jonghyun trades instead his much loved Chris Brown album. I do see similarities in their singing style xD only JH is Koreanized. haha. Noona encourages them by saying that she thinks SHINee will do better than Chris Brown. Well, one can only hope XD Onew comes in suddenly and is like.. "LA!" Noona gets mad. I think maybe Onew is the one to reveal the stolen objects? The editting doesn't make it clear. XD WE NEED SOMEONE TO TRANSLATE CAPTIONS TOO. And the search begins... SHINee finds out that she stole all their stuff! xDXDXD SO FUNNY. ONEW IS LIKE *SOLEMNSMILES* "I'll fix your habit of taking things." AND NOONA GETS UP TO RUN!!! LOL Then another cut scene, noona's saying that SHINee should be a 4 person group cause something bad is in SHINee. Onew??? BLASPHEMY! Onew has started borrowing Key's mic too XD I just noticed. I THOUGHT HE HAD HIS OWN? What happened to that one? XD Onew was frustrated I think. Key and JH got all the attn and Onew just kept on with the Onew Condition~ WHY WON'T ANYONE PICK HIM!?!? He's... funny. XD no, really. Then noona asks, y'all know where Minho's moneybagz is? REVEALS. XD Taemin is helping Minho look and is like "are you sure that it's gone?" and minho is like.. yea. and *SADFACELAUGHTER* at Minho @4:30 when he's like "Noona took it... didn't she." Back to outside, noona bribes onew to leave. cause he was interrupting them? she didn't like him. well, he doesn't like her either. so i guess that's fair. but then she was like we're filming all day, so come back at 7! the camera's won't follow you!" Then she tells minho that she took his money. and laughs. :| tis not as funny as everything else. *oh look and Onew is back XD* He was saving that money to buy a gift for Keys birthday!!! :[ SUCH A GOOD CAUSE. Then she thought he was mad and was like "I'll get on my knees" making him look like the bad guy. WHAT A BAD NOONA. :[ and she confessed that he came to her later and was like, "I wasn't really mad." she said that he actually talked well. haha. MINHO IS AWESOMENESS. Especially in the next scene, it's morning and noona made them all stew for breakfast? confessional!Taemin was like, i didn't understand, hyungs were eating with smiles, but they looked like they wanted to cry. XD HAHAHA Minho @6:14 is REALLY CUTE. D: TRUFAX = NOLIES. Noona talks about Onew for a bit and how she thinks he's a pure person, so it's hard for him to talk to her. He does this weird thing at the table. He has no chair, so he kneels on the floor even though the table is really high, then rises up slowly as if he were growing as he ate xD haha. and noona keeps going, "He's funny! It's weird!" XD LOL "he seems like a child who wants attn" haha. true. They all seem to enjoy the meal. noona has a schedule, so she has to leave finally.

Part 3: but she's cleaned their rooms and left a surprise on their computer hope it's not just that homepage i should've hoped for something else cause their desktop was HER SCARY FACE. XD and i think JH or Taemin turned off the monitor XD HAHAHAHAHA. and they read her blog. haha. In the van, they talk about their impressions of noona. Taemin was shocked "a little." Apparently, he's always shocked "a little." Cute Taeminnie. They all asked Minho in unison. xD JH felt noona was very interested in himself and Key. They reveal that Taemin likes Kimchi wrap rather than steaks. KIMCHI WRAP FLOWER BOYS. They play a game that I can't recognize. But noona is waiting creepily on a rooftop... in a wedding like outfit. Key was like "The other members probably were shocked, but I looked on the bright side." WHAT BRIGHT SIDE? NOONA'S FRONT? OR BACK? OR WAS IT HER TIARA??? XD IT WAS AN ENGAGEMENT PARTY!!! She was wearing rubber gloves? haha, OMG JH in the confessional with Key's foil!mic! XD LOL. That mic's gettin' around. xD LOL The member's give words of encouragement, wishing them happiness and syaing a lot of ppl came. even ancestors *points at empty chairs* JH sings "Graze" for noona... and she thinks JH thinks on he feet. "Did he write this song cause he knew he'd be in this situation?" LoL... I don't know. Only if you count when he sang "What is this miserable feeling~" XD jk haha. So they stand and fake the stage where they win 1st place on MNet Countdown, and all this rookie stuff about loving SHINee World forever. XD but we love them anyways. what is minho doing? Catching rain? With a wine glass no less! LOOKS LIKE A PERFECT MODEL XD LOVE <3 WAI SO BEAUTIFUL, MINHO? He could be the Korean Edward Cullen! ... not the movie version. It's raining so Noona is like Staff, why'd you pick this day? you prob knew of the weather, you should be embarrassed! xD And so, they are engaged. Someone even decorated their van with marriage banners. The FIRST COMEDIAN SIGNER COUPLE as Jisun noona says. They talk about JH's ideal woman. Noona said "In order to look natural, I didn't put on any makeup" haha. funny thing is she gets mad about the ideal woman thing and wants some payment. She wants JH to do some small show of affection or confession during their stage performance. He tries to negotiate out of it by suggesting whoever gets the chance to do it has to. noona is like, if you don't do it, I'll come to your dorm and cook stew for you every morning. LOL one time was enough apparently. XD They do the SHINee "ULTRA SHINEE TRANSFORMATION" like "GoGo Power Rangers!" or the Sailormoon "In the name of love!" kinda thing xD and then WHO WILL SUCCEED IN THIS MISSION!? We'll fnd out next week! x]

Personally, though this Jisun noona came on strong and was psycho with a side of insane and a cherry on top, she was sorta hilarious. I think it was the comedian in her. I could tell she was not taking this seriously... by trying to act too serious. LOL especially about Jonghyun. Too bad about Onew though :/ He was really doomed from the start. Now JH has been chosen 3 times :/ I mean, yeah, he's the most outgoing and clownish along with Key, and one of the... more viable boys. but really? I would choose Minho or Onew over either of them XD Of course, that is my definite bias showing, but yes. MY BIAS. IT BURNS. LET ME BRAND YOU WITH IT. :D They just have so much more character. Maybe it's just my liking for more mature and blank smiley guys. xD understand? probably not... AHhhhh lol.

Here's my cap of ep 8 pt 1, as promised... Sorry... it really IS a GREAT episode... I just... GOT LAZY *DED* haha. ah well. I can't help it that I had so much good commentary that my brain died on me XD

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HAHA, yeah, don't I suck. This episode has been out for a while but i've just been lazy. xD Though I've really been wanting to SPAZDIE over this... CAUSE IT'S JUST SO CHOCK FULL OF MINHO-AWESOME D:

Part 1: Okay, so they meet up in a gym and there's badminton rackets, balls, ribbons, and hula hoops there and SHINee is being utterly and unbelievably aegyo (esp when Jonghyun is like "I want the hula hoop. I need to get rid of my belly fat." and we all say whut?). So they're all trying to guess what they're doin' there... and JH is like.. we have a hula hoop! and rhythm (lideum)! and Onew is like... that's a ribbon (libon). JH: oh, that's right. hahaha. XD I love you, Korean English loanwords. and then *guess guess* and everybody's really confused. Even Minho is like "Did the noona change?" But then noona comes in really cutely and elegantly too, doing her gymnstics! and SHINee is like *JAWDROP. LOL @ Minho's face @1:44. They find out she was a Korean Rep for Rhythmic Gymnstics and LOL @ JH's rxn at 1:50 XD HAHA. They're so surprised and amazed. It's cute. xD Of course, KEY is so demanding... he's like... can you do it again since you only did it 2 times when you came in... Wai you be so difficult, Key? :[ but that's alright, cause the noona totally pwns. XD haha. trufax! She dances to that Titanic song XD which is like...filled with WHOAAAaa~!'s and such xD And then it was quite amazing when she danced to SHINee's "Noona is so pretty" and ended in an aegyo!pose! They were all checking her out, I swear. Don't you wish you were her? xD I heard one of the boy's go "WHOAWHoawhoa--!" HAHA. SO EXAGGERATED. After that, they all get together to do some moves. [There's a lot of focus on Minho for some reason... it totally means that he's the one to be chosen XD AND I LIKE IT TOO MUCH. LOL.] So they all grab one item each, jonghyun immediately calls a ball, and taemin just grabs one, but then onew goes for the last ball and minho ends up taking it XDXDXD so onew is left with a hula hoop, as well as key. haha. so noona teaches onew and key how to use the hula hoop... where Onew is ULTIMATE!FAIL XDXD Even the narrator sings "Whatever he does, it's Onew Condition~" XDDDD OMAN. So they do this thing where a person rolls the hoop and has to jump through it, and noona demonstrates... poorly. Jonghyun asks "Noona, does this move really exist?" XD We all wonder. This is like, the ONLY THING THAT ONEW DOESN'T FAIL AT in this episode. but he's like "it hurts" XD and he does it OVER AND OVER AGAIN probably cause it's the only thing that he seemed to succeed at. sorry onew bb. but at least we get some OnHyun interaction out of it. XD That ends and TM, JH and MH get up and learn how to do tricks with their balls... hmm... yeah. fangirls, control yourselves. First, they roll balls down their backs. Minho is the only one really concentrating on getting it right. Then, while they practice throwing the ball and jumping and stuff, key and onew fenced with their hoops and totally didn't do what they were supposed to be doing and didn't pay attn to noona. Okay, seriously, that was a bit rude to her, but it's something that boys do and I'm really wowed by noona's understanding XD haha. Noona pointed out that Minho was working hard practicing alone (a bit of foreshadowing by the editors of the show XD as if it wasn't getting blatantly clear). She gives the ball boys a rolling ball test thing and JH hurts himself XD Key is like If anyone knows a hospital we can take him to, please post a msg on the YunHaNam board. haha, wrong ppl to ask. lol. (So it's like, oh hey, shinee gaiz, there's a hospital here. and jh can go, thx, but it's been a week, i'm good. XD) So then, noona is like, okay, you guys learned everything...... whut now? XD SHINee goes "Use what we learned!" and "Evaluation!" So noona gives them 20 minutes to make up an evaluation performance. and KEY sidles up next to her, and JH is like "We can do well without Key!" cause they think he's ditching them and he turns back around like.. HAHAHAHA, THAT'S FUNNY. NO WAI GAIZ. and of course, comes back. LOL. @ around 6:07 you can see Key doing some really gaudy looking moves. XD pretty flamboyant. I'm feeling a "happy" vibe. Like, as in, suju happy. HAHA. So they make up some moves and test out some moves... There's this one thing they do where you hafta jump over a rolling hoop. Onew jumps. and fails, obvs. Then Key does it and succeeds, making Onew's failure that much more sad :/But it all works out and they're performing to Sansogatteun Neo. Key didn't work too hard during practice and was the only one to go off and do his own thing (with the ribbon). The performance time comes... and it's quite good~ish XD definitely not up to their TRUE stage presence, but XD haha.. the end... Onew jumps through the hoop again and lays dead as everyone throws their item at him. Onew, RETURN! Then the music cuts abrubptly and JH is like... it's done. wth? XD very anti-climatic. Minho was actually the only one, I felt, that truly tried his hardest. The epi so far hasn't put Key or Onew in a good light. Though Onew did try a lot. I feel really sad :[

I LIKE THIS NOONA CAUSE SHE'S QUIET. and really graceful XD

Sambil melahirkan rasa kecewanya, Presiden MIC Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu berkata tindakan kira-kira 1,000  penyokong Hindraf menyerbu rumah terbuka itu di Pusat Dagangan Dunia Putra (PwTC), Kuala Lumpur kelmarin boleh menyebabkan segala rundingan antara MIC dengan kerajaan bagi membebaskan lima pemimpin Hindraf yang kini ditahan di Kamunting gagal.

Katanya, kerana taksub untuk menjadi ketua, terdapat pihak yang sengaja menjadikan perkara itu sebagai isu dengan tujuan supaya kelima-lima tahanan
terbabit terus ditahan.

"Sebenarnya ada pemimpin yang akan tertekan sekiranya tahanan ini bebas, segala penipuannya yang dijalankan semata-mata ingin menjadi ketua yang
disanjungi dan dihormati akan berkubur.

"Saya mahu semua kaum India yang menganggotai kumpulan ini berhenti mendengar segala nasihat dan tohmahan yang dikeluarkan pemimpin kumpulan ini serta meninggalkannya," katanya seperti laporan Bernama.

Samy Vellu turut mencabar pemimpin Hindraf P  Waythamoorty, yang berada di London, untuk kembali ke tanah air dan memberikan penjelasan kepada pengikutnya mengenai semua persoalan
termasuk wang hasil kutipan Hindraf selama ini.

"Jelaskan kepada mereka (pengikut Hindraf), adakah permergiannya ke London untuk menuntut hak RM1 juta untuk semua pengikut Hindraf atau menghabiskan semua duit anggota kumpulannya yang dikutip dan lari ke sana," kata Samy Vellu.

Bagaimanapun Hindraf menafikan ia menyerbu atau menimbulkan kekecohan di majlis itu seperti laporan beberapa media.

Penyelarasnya RS Thanenthiran dilaporkan berkata mereka mengirim surat rasmi untuk hadir di majlis tersebut untuk mengucapkan Selamat Hari Raya.

Tambahnya pembantu peribadi kanan perdana menteri Datuk Ahmad Yaakob menerima surat tersebut dan memaklumkan bahawa sesiapa sahaja boleh hadir di rumah terbuka Abdullah.

Benar sangatlah kata-kata ini. Sampai bila pun cita-cita penggabungan, permuafakatan dan penyatuan akan menjadi kata-kata jinak buat pameran semata-mata. Bertolak dari sentimen perkauman yang taksubkan bangsa; Umno dengan ke-Melayuannya, MCA dengan ke-Cinaannya dan MIC dengan ke-Indiaannya, maka seruan konsep permuafakatan dan tolak ansur BN tidak membawa erti apa-apa.

2. Begitu juga dengan kata-kata Naib Presiden MCA, Dato' Donald Lim dan harapan seorang lagi Naib Presiden MCA, Dato' Ong Tee Keat di hari yang sama dalam akhbar yang sama.

Masing-masing menganggapkan ia idea yang baik tetapi apakah sentimen perkauman yang selama ini dipupuk dan dibajai oleh masing-masing parti komponen parti dalam BN boleh menumbuhkan sikap yang berkompromi dalam semangat persaudaraan yang murni dan tinggi?

PAS meletakkan titik persaudaraan tanpa mengira perbezaan bangsa dan suku kaum.

Teras bicara kita ialah kita semua daripada keturunan yang satu yakni Adam dan Hawa.

Semua orang adalah sama melainkan perbezaan maqam dan nilai mulia atau hinanya seseorang itu terletaklah diatas ukuran taqwa.

Dengan menggunakan "parameters" ini, PAS mempunyai seluruh potensi dan kekuatan yang ada untuk bertindak sebagai parti penyatuan rakyat.

Di atas pentas Islam inilah juga PAS sedang diterima dengan baik sebagai pilihan kepada Umno/BN.

Jika mahu dilihat masih relevan, inilah saat yang memerlukan Melayu dalam Umno datang dan memasuki PAS.

Dalam "mood" penggabungan yang sedang ghairah diterima oleh pemimpin komponen di dalam BN, tentu sekali langkah untuk memartabatkan ketuanan Islam adalah suatu yang amat menepati masa.

3. Pemimpin Umno perlu ingat bahawa bila Umno kekal dengan ketuanan Melayunya, pemimpin MCA pun boleh bercakap tentang ketuanan Cinanya.

Begitulah juga dengan MIC dan Gerakan dengan khayalan ketuanan masing-masing.

Dalam keadaan begini, perkataan penggabungan dan permuafakatan ke arah Integrasi Nasional hanyalah gimik dan fatamorgana.

Ia retorik dan sapuan gincu yang tidak mempunyai nilai apa-apa.

Sepatutnya inilah saat Umno meninggalkan ketuanan Melayu. Tidak sudah dengan terus berpegang kepada faham kebangsaan lapuk kerana ia hanya menganjurkan perkauman.

Di akhirat nanti, tiada harga berupa pahala untuk dinikmati oleh mana-mana pejuang bangsa. Di sinilah Islam meletakkan hujah bahawa ia agama penyatuan.

Ia agama yang tidak mementingkan bangsa dan semangat kebangsaan. Bahkan ia suatu agama yang menerima prinsip kewarganegaraan berasaskan semangat keantarabangsaan.

Ia agama sejagat yang menyatukan anugerah bangsa yang berbeza-beza dan bukan memecah belahkan orang diatas jalur-jalur kebangsaan.

Menjadi umat Islam ialah menjadi hamba Allah yang menjadi hamba kepada "tuan punya" kepada langit dan bumi ini terlebih dahulu.

4). Lantaran itu Islam sangat mementingkan hujah. Firman Allah S.W.T yang bermaksud,

"Katakanlah: "Allah", dan sesungguhnya kami atau kamu (orang-orang musyrik), pasti berada dalam kebenaran atau dalam kesesatan yang nyata. (Surah Saba' : Ayat 24).

Di sini, roh kebenaran Islam cukup jelas iaitu setiap sesuatu itu wajib disandarkan kepada fakta dan hujah.

Jika Umno mempunyai hujah untuk mempertahankan kebangsaan Melayu sebagai asas penyatuan, maka mereka bolehlah mengemukakan segala fakta dan segala alasan.

Akan tetapi, setakat yang dapat disaksikan, perjuangan Umno yang hujahnya kebanyakannya dibina di hujung keris dan tombak Melayu itu tidak memberi bekas dan membawa faedah kepada sejarah dan masa depan bangsa dan negara. Tiada signifikan apa-apa.

Apa yang jelas dapat disaksi rakyat hanyalah perpecahan, disintegrasi, korupsi, curiga, dengki, benci dan dendam. Cinta,rindu dan simpati antara kaum semakin tandus dari takung kalbu kehidupan.

4. Sudah sepanjang 50 tahun sikap curiga antara kaum semakin tajam. Jika sedikit masa dahulu masyarakat Cina pernah melahirkan Dato' Lee Kim Sai, kini Umno pula melahirkan Dato' Ahmad bin Ismail.

Ini menunjukkan jalan ke hadapan untuk Malaysia cukup buntu selagi Umno tidak berubah.

Maksud saya di sini ialah Umno perlu berubah dan kembali kepada Islam.

Bukan PAS lagi yang masuk Umno tetapi Umno yang mencari dan memasuki PAS.

Bermukabalah ke arah kembali kepada Islam - hanya inilah penyelesaian yang ada di hadapan kita. Jika tidak, Umno cuma mahu mengelirukan keadaan.

Umno hanya mementingkan survival dengan memainkan sentimen perkauman yang sensitif ini demi menyelamat dan menyambung kelangsungan hayat pemimpin mereka. Begitulah terkini dan trend Umno selama-lamanya.

Sesungguhnya, hampir semua orang tahu yang dia kini sedang bernafas dalam nyawa-nyawa ikan. Ada orang kata, lagi dua minggu dan ada pula yang lebih yakin bahawa sesuatu akan berlaku pada 13 haribulan.

Sayapun tidak sangat mahu ambil tahu tentang tarikh-tarikh ini. Apapun,sambil melihat budak-budak bermain bunga api, elok juga kita sama-sama saksikan. Ah, sepanjang-panjang tali; masakan tidak berhujung?

I know what you're thinking what is a internet dummy. Most people would assume that a Internet Dummy is someone who isn't very savvy when it comes to the world wide web; but on contrary. You've probably dated a Internet Dummie or have associated with one to say the least. Internet Dummies often live their real lives vicariously through the internet. Myspace and Facebook are prime host for Internet Dummies. You know the type. They stay logged on for hours on Facebook for hours looming for Drama. This type of person would take you out of their top-8 or delete you all together when they are mad at you. You have a Super Internet Dummie or SID as my friends call them when text you to claim your innocence when you have updates. Claiming your Innocence you Ask? Yes Prime Examples you go out to a party take a couple of photos. You get a text like who is that bitch!! You feel like you're dating Joi From Friday! Or some complete stranger tells you you're cute and all of a sudden you're in defense mode. Beware of The Internet Dummie!! And Rid Yourself The Headache lol!!!

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It's not like Sony could really keep this thing under wraps for much longer, but the company finally did the deed by announcing the PSP-3000 at the Leipzig Games Convention. The unit itself will look exactly like the PSP-2000, though it will feature an "improved screen that's better outside with no glare and a built-in mic." The juicy tidbits have yet to surface, but we are told to expect the new handheld in Europe for €199 ($291) on October 15th.

UMNO blamed it on political bloggers and freedom of speech. Action taken? ISA whichever bugger deemed irritating;

MCA said it was not their fault. Action taken? Continue with their "No Action, Talk Only" policy, while kissing the feet of the keris-wielding Lords;

And MIC?

They decided to blame it on their "out-dated image" and unleased a very expensive Re-Branding Exercise earlier this year, with new taglines, membership discount cards, new logo, new uniforms, new hair-pieces (?).........

A call centre will be established to entertain problems, and a new portal to replace the party’s current website will also be launched.

An MIC discount card will also be given to members for use at selected outlets.

“We are expecting total penetration of this image change within a two-year period.

“A detailed action plan will also be communicated to all grassroots leaders via some 140 meetings to be held in all branches from district to district,” he said, adding that the complete exercise would cost some RM500,000.

I must say, MIC is definitely working their asses off to ensure the success of this "Image Overhaul" Project...........

Check out what they've been up to lately :

K.Basil, MIC Division Head of Bukit Katil, Malacca and fellow MiCkey Mouse stamping their seal of approval on the Ali Rustam's proposal for tapioca plates. (Another more apt term to describe this would be "to kiss ass" :P)

Yummy utensil: K. Basil (left), one of NHI directors, tasting the biodegradable plate at the Al-Azim state mosque Sunday.

And then we have this....

SHAH ALAM: About 100 MIC members demonstrated here to protest the demolition of a Hindu temple by the Ampang Jaya Municipal council recently. (Wonder where they were hiding all these while before PR took over......)

The crowd, which included Indian NGOs, protested at the main gate of the Selangor secretariat building yesterday morning.

List of grievances: Mohan (centre) handing over the memorandum to Nik Nazmi in Shah Alam yesterday.

Organiser T. Mohan, who is MIC Youth chief, said the PKR government had lied to the people that they would not tear down any places of worship.

“They said no temples would be destroyed, what happened now?” Mohan told reporters the MIC was unhappy with the state government’s action to demolish the Sri Mahakaliaman temple after he presented a memorandum to Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim’s political secretary, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

The 19-year-old temple was built on forest reserve. It was destroyed and rebuilt several times between 2002 and 2007.

Asked why the MIC did not solve the issue then, Mohan said the party had taken action and that was why the temple was rebuilt. (Betul ke ni?)

Isn't it funny that, after having so many Post-Election meetings, these headless chickens can only come up with such hilarious and shallow post mortem analysis and damage control measures?

It looks like only in Selangor hindu temples being demolished, no news of temples being demolished in other states. Ironically, this issue had been played to the most benefit by PR peoples before general election. And it's fair to say that one of the main reason BN government was brought down is due to the successful PR campaign against the devilish and irresponsible previous government led by Khir Toyo.

I was in Malaysia and had a chance to meet the then Selangor MB. Samy Vellu was outraged that temples being knocked down by the local authorities furthermore with Deepavali was just around the corner. Pak Lah called Samy and Khir immediately to discuss on this matter.

Khir's explanation when asked in that small meeting which I happened to attend was, the temple is built on private property, any structure built without permission by the landowner is an 'illegal structure' regardless whether the structure is a mosque, temple, shrine or even a palace. Pretty straight forward answer from him. Well few months after that, he was booted out of his office. Hindraf was on fire (read: angry)...

Promises were made by PR's peeps that Hindu temples will be respected and protected and Indians will be given extra attention in order to bring Indians out of poverty line.

Today, few months after the infamous 85% Indian vote swings from BN to PR, which undoubtedly gave Selangor to PR to govern, another Hindu temple is destroyed. Should we call them liar now? Or was Khir telling the truth about too many temples built illegally? Who is telling the truth, and who is capitalizing the most by creating racial tension aimed directly towards previous Selangor state government?

I just couldn't help but to notice this inconsistencies. Let's have a look at statements made by PR leaders with regards to this issue. Note that some carried the same tone as previous BN government, and some just don't know what they are talking about (read: clueless).

YB Zuraidah Kamarudin

When contacted by Bernama, Ampang Member of Parliament Zuraidah Kamarudin said the temple was not supposed to have been demolished and that there were certain procedures which had to be followed, prior to the demolition.

She said the council had demolished the temple without the state government's consent. (aren't those councilors appointed by PR government?)

"The Pakatan Rakyat government is very particular about religious issues, including mosques or temples," she added. (rhetoric?)

YB Ronnie Liu

"State Local Government, Study and Research Committee chairman Ronnie Liu said the state government had issued an order asking all local councils to halt such actions against all places of worship." (First, is there no one in your office to read the letter for you? And alert you immediately. Or are you bringing the whole office staffs for a holiday in China. Secondly, your reply is similar to BN's reaction before GE-12)

YB Dr. A Xavier Jayakumar

"Initial investigations by the Selangor government have revealed that the "temple" demolished by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council was actually a small shrine built on forest reserve land.

State executive councillor Dr A. Xavier Jayakumar said it was misleading to call the structure a "temple". (shrine or temple, musalla or mosque)

HINDRAF replied.. We challenge Dr Jayakumar and his Pakatan Government to produce the necessary provisions of the state Law that stipulated the necessity of the so-called “format”. To add insult to injury he had the audacity to say this is not a Temple but a shrine. Is he trying to indicate that it was okay to demolish a shrine? How less is a shrine than a temple?? The problem with these politicians is they do not give a damn about the feelings of Hindus and the need to provide and gazette places of worships belonging to Hindus.

YB Manickavasagam

Member of Parliament Kapar says he is resigning as Deputy Liasion Chairman Parti Keadilan Rakyat Negeri Selangor with immediate effect. (Why so hurry to step down? Plus it's not the party post that you have to give up, it should be your parliamentary seat, that will serve a blow to the current PR government. They made promises they failed to deliver)

S. Manikavasagam is expected to submit his resignation letter to Parti Keadilan Rakyat , Selangor Chief on Monday 29 Oct 2008.

It shows He is serious and committed in upholding the rights of all Human Being. When conveying this message at Kulai last night he says “I’m not like other leaders holding on position despite knowing Rakyat’s rejection” (Well maybe you are a man of your words. You have your own principles and you stand by them)

Manikavasagam disagrees, saying "not registered" is unacceptable as that was the excuse given by the BN government to demolish scores of temples in the state and across the country. (in response to Dr. Xavier's remark)

YB Zuraidah Kamarudin.. again..

“The truth is: the temple was demolished by its own committee to make way for renovation and a facelift. They did this on their own accord and did not consult nor seek approval from the state government."(note the inconsistencies, first she said council took action against state government directive)

HINDRAF

HINDRAF is taken aback with the statement that the MPAJ had ordered the demolition of the Temple without knowledge or directive of the state Government. If the statement of Dr.Xavier is true he should take the most responsible step by lodging police report and insist the police initiate criminal proceedings against MPAJ for their

The statement by Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin justifying the demolition of the temple on grounds of misunderstanding between MPAJ and temple management on renovation works and documentation is another mockery. Is it consistent with good Governance to demolish a place of worship should there be a “misunderstanding”. Would anyone in MPAJ dare demolish a mosque?

Whatever the reasons are, this PR government will taste the bitter medicine. They once were in the attacking position while being opposition. Now they will understand how hard it is to be running the government. They will know now it's impossible to satisfy all, and what they can do know is damage control. BN government failed to take adequate damage control actions maybe due to continuous attacks by the then oppositions including Hindraf's threat.

This issue of Hindu temples must be taken seriously. There are more than 500 temples in Selangor, and safe enough to say 30 percent of them are built on private properties. There will be another temple demolished, I am sure of that. The matter is to address the possible controversies before it will be blown out of control by the current opposition. Fair enough to say that you can't blame them since that's just what you did when they knocked down temples. Did you give them chance to explain and rectify the problem? I don't think so. So don't expect them to be nice to you.

Release HINDRAF 5 now? so that they can teach Selangor PR state a lesson?

Related links.

Malaysiakini: Samy: Pakatan claims on demolition confusing

Hindraf: Demolition of temple in ampang, pakatan exco lost plot?

The Star: Officer act against state directive

MP kapar resigns

MIC's walk: Temple demolishing issue

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A past

In my school grounds - I remember vividly -  how a nine year old me struggled with the polarised environment in school. It was a fixation with me, to stay away from something purely Indian.

It was not to deny my Dravidian roots, but it was to make sure that people did not see me as an Indian only.

I come from a purely Tamil family. My parents are, and so are all their relatives. There was one second cousin of my mom who married in Sarawak, but we never see them. By large everything was Tamil.

The movies, the culture, the values system and the gaslight in my grandparents home in Kampung Pandan.

To a much simpler child - as I was - it was more important to seem multicultural and to look at things in absolutes.

When my time came for university - I was not sure university, at least the way it is here in Malaysia, was ready for me.

In the first month, the Indian students had a broad consensus that I felt I was too good for them. By end of my first year, it was gospel truth. By the start of my second year, I got on with people more - everyone really - and they started to understand I was not anti-anyone. I just was not pro-some.

Minorities subtext

That brings me to think diversity in Malaysia. The often unseparated concepts of political rights and political representation.

The former when considered in the ethnic minority consideration, was about winning it. To get what others have. Not more, just as much.

Minorities are not measured by the numbers.

Women in America whilst many yet disenfranchised were and are still a minority. Blacks, juveniles, single mothers.

But they are minorities in some context, and not so in others.

A black man was a severely under-represented in the former slave states in the US, however he was not as under-represented in his community when it came to women - who were disenfranchised further by the prevailing parochial think.

So minorities and disenfranchisement are dynamic constructs.

Any group of people - even before you set eyes on them - have a multitude of minorities, however the emphasis only grows or exists when particular losses or lack of opportunities are shared by any part sub-group.

All the slaves in America would be from various tribes and stretches of the African west coast. In Africa, there are various and diverse races of people. Not all Africans are from the same race, let alone same tribe. There would have been distinctions, however their commonality of being Africans and slaves eroded those other differences.

Yet now, with almost 150 years after slavery lapsed, the non-emphasis of absolute discrimination - blacks like many minorities experience levels of oppression - gave increase to other subgroup emphasis. Like music ( West coast and East Coast music), education and income groups.

Mega-rich black personalities can access everything any white contemporary may or want to. There are no scenes of a desolate and upset Muhammad Ali chucking his gold medal into the river in Kentucky because fame and money does not get you to dine in restaurant in the 1960s south.

So the debate always shifts when distortions in the initial group manifest.

Political rights versus Political representation

So when political rights are undermined, the aggrieved minority group pursues remedy, together.

The Malayan Union protest was a minority group perceiving the competition of rights by an indeterminate group. Right or wrong. Same goes with MIC and MCA trying to procure citizenship for a large group of British sponsored individuals a political stake in the forming country.

Those are fights for rights. However what do you do when just rights are yours? Where does right fringe and then coalesce with power?

Rights are about equal minimums, not domination. They are making sure you are not losing out because you belong to a minority group, not that you get more than others as a right.

A slave seeks to be free, not to be a slaver-owner.

The country is governed by a group of parties built on pursuing political rights for their constituents. But you can only go that far with that notion. It has a finishing line.
The continuing role of politicians is political representation. That is not dictated by a political rights agenda.

Political parties in Malaysia are now asked by its population general to represent them. Political remedies are not rights issues. Getting a bus to service a low density area, making sure there are no high-voltage aerial cables and improving school conditions are policy issues - not necessarily in the domain of a rights debate.

However since the ruling parties are imbued in a rights debate perpetually, the rights elements will somehow emerge.

The bus is serving other areas because there are Malays there, and the buses in this area are run by Chinese. Same goes for cables, and schools are a hot-bed of rights issues, and rarely education issues.

So while the rest of the progressive world is trying to get their children to read, write and count better, we are mired in making sure they are reading, writing and counting in a language tied to political rights, and compromise the quality bit.

The whole, we are ok if the child can count only to 10 as long as he counts in __________.

The hindraf vigil

Circumnavigating back to the opening bit, the vigil is about rights - which is fine. But once accrued, the discussion must move to political representation, and that is a policy debate.

That is why all the civil rights protestors did not form a political party. The correcting of rights was the issue of a lobby, the issue of representation was for the examination and debate of a political party.

So being a member of the Southern Baptist Conference or the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People did not preclude you from being a member of the Democratic Party.

You can speak as a black man for black issues inside the Democratic Party, however the political issues related to representation stretch beyond just to race only.

As so is the women’s caucus in the major parties in America.

So speaking for Indian issues is not an impediment for me, but for people to think that those are the only issues I can speak on, or that they as non-Indian cannot speak about them is flawed.

That would also explain why I defended the rights of Muslims in my country drinking in bars, when someone told me it was a Muslim issue. I said no. They are Muslims but they are also citizens. And their interests are mine to protect too.

No one has the right to think issues are the exclusive domains of those who claim them by a demographic connection.

The fight for a right is always dynamic, and political representation provides the umbrella for those rights.

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THEY REFUSE TO DIE!!! Despite being riddled with never ending streams bullets, thrown off the building, set on fire, etc.......these persistant mutants from hell never fail to return and haunt their victims........

Hollywood's Boleh!!! - Mike Myers, Freddy Kruger, Jason......comes back everytime to SLASH screaming good looking teens

Malaysia Boleh!!! - Mohd. Taib, Thamby Chik, Osu Sukam.....comes back into the political arena after a brief hiatus hiding from scandals to STASH more screaming taxpayers' money into one's coffers?

The latest addition to our Malaysia Boleh would be this joker (with bad hair piece btw)........

The Star, Monday September 22, 2008

MIC: Free Hindraf five

PETALING JAYA: The MIC has reiterated its call for the Government to free five Hindraf leaders from Internal Security Act (ISA) detention.

Party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said that he would raise the matter with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi again, despite having done so many times.

Samy Vellu also said the Government should not detain the leaders any longer as this would only prolong the Indian community’s ill-feelings towards the Government.

“It is about time they were released as they pose no danger to the security of the country,” he said in a statement.

Erm, this joker is still around?

Obviously, somebody realised the recent release of Kickthefella, Teresa Kok and Tan Hoon Cheng presented an excellent opportunity to try and crawl back into the voters' good graces........Not working Uncle Samy....not working....

Then again, you can't blame ol' Uncle Samy for trying........this pompous fool still thinks the public is as easily fooled as in the old days..........

The Star, Monday September 22, 2008

Indian folk back to seek help, says Samy

IPOH: Many Indian voters in the country who abandoned the MIC during the March 8 general election are now turning back to the party, claims party president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.

He said “hundreds of people” had started thronging the party’s offices everyday, knowing that only the MIC could help them.

“In the last elections, about 50% of the Indian community rejected the MIC and supported the Opposition.

“But many want to return now,” he told reporters at a hotel here yesterday after opening a workshop on re-branding the party.

The Indian community, Samy Vellu said, has realised that it needed to have a close relationship with the Federal Government through the MIC in order to improve its livelihood.

“They admit to having been confused and in disarray, that they were influenced into voting for the Opposition but I tell them that it does not matter.

“When asked why they had come back looking for us, their answer was that the MIC has an administration, offices and an experienced leadership, and has continued looking after the people despite having lost in the elections. (Any news about the Maika Shares btw, Mr Vellu?)

“This is the reason why they are still interested in forging a relationship with the MIC,” he said.

Samy Vellu said response to the re-branding workshops nationwide was also encouraging, and urged grassroots leaders to discard their old mindset and “go back to thinking the people are our bosses”.

He admitted that the MIC had erred in not using the Internet and electronic media to reach out to the Indian community during the elections.

He also announced that the party would launch its own Internet portal in October.

And, seriously, can someone please, once and for all, tell these clueless jokers that they lost their 2/3 majority NOT because they didn't set up their party website!!!

Sheesshh!!!

delCapo is a darkconscience.... cynical & suspicious....

Is it just me or has ISA become a bloody bandwagon in recent days??? No??

Yes, the true supporters & NGOs have been actively holding candles vigils, lobbying, blogging for the obolishment of ISA & the release of RPK & others....

Kudos to the Bar Council for making an stand "At its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) attended by 739 members" to demand for unconditional release of all ISA detainees and "repeal the ISA and the Emergency Ordinance 1969 and Dangerous Drugs Act 1985"

700+ lawyers in agreement is already an achivement in itself... hehehehe...

All the above are ok so far..... BUT.. check these out (Star articles)

MCA to press for ISA review, Politicians insist on ISA repeal, MIC: Free Hindraf five, BN Youth leaders to seek release of Hindraf five

All these in one day..... why the sudden orchestra from MIC, MCA & Gerakan??..... Why now??... do u know how fucken long these poor buggers have been in there???

read more into the articles & you will realise they headlines is nice but they still dun fucken get it!!....

MCA is doing it to "to change the people’s misconception of its leaders."

Samy is the most direct =] ... he wants teh hindraf 5 2 be released because their detention "prolong the Indian community’s ill-feelings towards the Government."

Only Gerakan made some sense "Gerakan was of the view that the ISA should be replaced with a new Act limited to preventing terrorism."

Hello! if u guys wanna use something to gain political mileage dun make it so fucken obvious lah.... we are NOT STUPID!!!

If you really wanna do something, besides whacking the Botak & government for change, maybe you can visit those detainees' family & offer help for a start!!

lETS SEE SOME RESULTS, LETS SEE THE GOVERMENT ACTUALLY CHANGING THEIR STAND ON ISA.... if u cannot influence them one fucken bit... then just shut the fuck up!

DON"T JUST TALK COCK!!!!

DON'T JUMP IN WITH YOUR POLITICAL BULLSHIT & TAINT THE REAL EFFORTS OF THE REAL PEOPLE!!!

FUCK OFF!