How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Ezam u-turned!

... or rather returned, to Umno. Surprising? What else is surprising anymore?

I would tend to agree with Wan Azizah's reaction that it was 'strange' or was it 'puzzling' after all that he had suffered for Anwar and reformasi.

The immediate reaction from the layman seems to be 'if you can't beat them, join them'! So what is going to happen to the 600+ pages of corruption report submitted? Neutralised by Pak Lah's offer. How many people get to meet PM for 30 minutes before having his application form accepted? Anyone believe that Pak Lah did not offer any post? Another of his lies?

This is from The Malaysian Insider:

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — The New Straits Times called it the RM64,000 question in an article on Monday: will former Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) youth chief Mohamad Ezam Mohd Noor rejoin Umno?

The question was finally answered this afternoon by no less than the prime minister himself. Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also president of Umno, welcomed Ezam back to the party today.

In a short press conference at his office in Parliament, the prime minister jokingly asked Ezam if he was joining Umno for life this time when the former PKR leader handed him his party application.

While he declined to speak to the press, Ezam was beaming happily next to the PM throughout the press conference. On whether Ezam was offered any posts in the party, the PM said no and that Ezam had also not asked for any.

And when someone asked how Umno could take Ezam back as he had been highly critical of the party in the past, the PM said, "Mungkin dia insaf (he has repented)."

As for the other questions -- Will Ezam be contesting in the party elections at the end of the year? What can he bring to the party this time round? What is his agenda? – well, only time or the man himself can tell.

Ezam will be holding a press conference tomorrow where we are sure he will do more than just smile.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, meanwhile, has also welcomed Ezam back to the fold.

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