Why not, Anyone can be DPM?

Well, seems like everyone got caught up with Obama's rhetoric presidential win recently. TheStar reported the PM sleepy head talking nonsense again, he said, "Anyone can be PM".

You and I know that's just bullshit, considering what the Federal Constitution and Malay supremacy had to say. But here's another perspective, if the sleepy head walks the talk, why not appointing someone else from another BN party to be the DPM instead going to the same party that has been hogging the seat since Merdeka.

A Sarawakian/Sabahan/Chinese/Indian DPM?

naaah... keep on dreaming!

Budget RM20

When tabling the National Budget 2009 last Friday, PM Abdullah said: “As part of the government’s effort to further reduce the financial burden of the lower income group, households which incur monthly electricity bills of RM20 or less, will not have to pay for electricity for the period from Oct 1, 2008 to the end of 2009.”

RM20?

If you have a refrigerator running 24 hours daily at home you can forget about enjoying the RM20 electricity monthly exemption.

Negative Propaganda Spins

It has begun. The hidden hands are at work. The political propaganda wheels are spinning in overdrive. It is putting fears to the man-on-the-street and it's objective is to destablised the nation to a possible chaos. The ultimate goal is to achieve a new political agenda.

1) Utusan screams that Ketuanan Melayu is at risk and the paper links this with BN losing five northern states in the peninsula. It's no secret that Utusan is Umno's mouth piece.

2) Zaid Ibrahim, who was not picked to defend his Kota Bahru parliamentary seat, revealed that he had received a lot of SMSes lamenting that the Malays had lost political power. He also said that that the mainstream media are not helping matters either when they say that the Malays have lost the Ketuanan Melayu. He further added that TV3, the newspapers and the radio stations must also stop pitting the Malays against the non-Malays as this caused political instability especially in this just concluded election period.

3) Waves after waves, there were calls of resignation towards the PM especially within Umno. Some of these calls were made from grassroots (they don't usually do so unless they have tremendous backing from prominent figures), and notably from Mukhriz Mahathir. Some even put up anonymous posters with Umno logo's on it. Tun Dr Mahathir recently said the only way to topple PM, it has to be through the channels of Umno hierarchy.

4) Tun Dr Mahathir has opened up suggestions that Najib is the capable successor to Abdullah Badawi. Najib has since pledged allegiance to Badawi. Mahathir has always maintained that Najib was his first choice to replace him when he stepped as the PM in 2003.

5) Calls to gather for illegal protest gatherings/marches were made in areas where states had fallen to PKR-DAP-PAS alliance. There were one in Penang today, one in Perak yesterday and another made in Shah Alam.

6) Sore losers from MCA and Gerakan, Umno's partners in BN are telling voters of doomsday ahead for those states governed by new alliance PKR-DAP-PAS.

7) Unsettling events in Perlis and Terengganu Menteri Besar posts and the state royalties has caused some disaffection among Umno supporters. The present Agung is from the state of Terengganu. It was widely known that the Sultans have rejected the Mentri Besar candidates recommended by the PM. In fact, the Sultan of Perlis has appointed another assemblyman in Isa Sabu whom he believed enjoyed the confidence of the majority of state assemblymen.

Thus far, he is definitely standing on a shaky ground. Let's just hope he's not on quicksand.

And there are more.

All said and done, there is a shadowy figure and he has made his moves. He wants the PM seat but he can't be seen as one. He has waited long enough and he creates an opportunity to seize the day. His plans were executed as he expected. Many were used as pawns in his moves. Some even didn't know that they were used. He created the push and now his plans were to ride along these waves, one after another, gathering momentum. He had planned for a grand political entrance and there he will be. He will then presents himself as the saviour of all these dirt. His goal is to rally and unite his party, form a new political agenda and to deliver the states which has been lost. But it will not be pretty. He will rule with iron fist because he has learned from the best. He will then cut loose to those who threatens his position.

Blink and you might lose your focus. I hope it is not him.

Some just dont get it

Nazri Aziz, Umno supreme council member said, "It looks like the educated Malays do not care about Malay rights anymore."

And then we have some loud mouth from UMNO Penang to recommend to the Federal Government to stop all proposed mega projects in the state, include those planned under the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER), the second Penang Bridge, the light monorail transit system, the Penang Outer Ring Road, the Penang Sentral and the RapidPenang bus service.

I think they just don't get it. They don't even know why are they rejected by the rakyat. They think they have this smart ass attitude and perfectly accepted rationale. It is exactly these stupid statements they made that got them five states taken by new PKR-DAP-PAS alliance. Yeah, if these continues, I think the new alliance will take over a few more states too. These people who made these statements are a real selfish lot and that is why the rakyat has rejected them.

The voice of the rakyat has spoken. It's time for BN to accept the verdict. If PM has said that he has accepted the verdict of the people, and so be it. It is those who are still in hallucinating keeps on hallucinating.

Take a peek on this blog on why the new alliance was chosen. Yes, blog doesn't necessarily mean rubbish, Nazri. It is your advisers that are feeding rubbish to you and you don't even smell it.

Where is Damai Malaysia?

Now, where is Damai Malaysia?

This organisation supposedly made up by 395 NGO representing 1.5million members and its representatives include those from 75 Chinese-based and 20 Indian groups and associations. This organisation also presents itself as supposedly representing the silent majority, has gone silent over the election results. Especially with the ever dismal election results produced by our PM.

I'm surprised that this supposedly silent majority organisation has not spoken up and make a big hu-ha press conference to pledge their support to our 'ever excellent and hard-working' PM who has been hit by calls of resignation.

Meanwhile, Tracy Yeoh who writes for TheSun SpeakUp column pointed out, "What was most surprising was significant reduction in percentage of popular election votes received by BN coalition from 63% in 2004 to 51.2% nationally, and 49.8% excluding east Malaysia."

If I read it correctly, BN coalition garnered less than 50% of popular vote from Peninsula Malaysia for this 2008 election campaign. Yes, by any yardstick, the election results showed that the silent majority has indeed spoken.

* Reality check on Damai ?

Pak Lah: We've learned our lesson

"We've learned our lesson."

This is what he said. But what he didn't say was what lessons he had learned. But wait.
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Hmmmm.. if Pak Lah have indeed learned his lessons, then why do he need to set up an independent body to do a post-mortem on the elections? Sometimes I do wonder if he is sincere for making the statement "We have learned our lesson" claims.

And then he goes on down playing the failure of obtaining two-thirds majority in the Parliament.When first asked about it, he retorted, "In what way is it so vital? As far as we are concerned, we are not so crazy to be wanting to get two-thirds. We have a strong majority, just short of eight seats to secure a two-thirds majority. So it's not something we are worried about."

Saturday's results mark the first time since 1969 that the government failed to meet that mark.

So has he learned? You decide.

* Here's some election facts:

1) BARISAN NASIONAL'S (BN) lost five states to opposition - up from one in 2004 - and a staggering 28 per cent drop in the number of parliamentary seats held, from 198 to 140.

2)A tally of the actual votes cast for the ruling coalition shows that though it had seized 63 per cent of the 222 parliamentary seats, it had won barely half the 7.9 million votes cast on Saturday - 51 per cent. The only thing that helped BN inch past the halfway mark was the votes from Sabah and Sarawak.

Losing the plot

The Sin Chew Daily reported the following:

"MCA president Ong Ka Ting is believed to have decided to give up his ministerial position but will remain as party president.

The front-page report, which quoted sources, said Ong would not offer himself as a minister because he wanted to take responsibility for the party's disastrous outing in Saturday's 12th General Election.

Instead, he will propose to the prime minister that his brother and party secretary-general Ong Ka Chuan to take over the Housing his Local Government Ministry."

If you are watching a movie, you'll definitely sees through this plot. Yes, he has a personal agenda. It is very disgusting for him to 'act honorable' but yet promotes nepotism within the party's hierarchy. I think MCA is due to doom.

An urban voter, TM Lee, 28, remarked "Ong has accused DAP’s Lim Kit Siang of being power crazy. But by holding on to MCA presidency now, he is viewed as lacking integrity and credibility himself."

A MCA Penang insider reveals, “When he promised the party a new era in 2003 following his first 100 days as president, we did not know it would be the start of the Ong dynasty,"

More so, when Tun Dr Mahathir has this to say, "As long as you have that kind of arrangement where family takes precedence over cabinet, over the government itself, I think the people would want to go against them."

So please do the right thing and heed from the old man's wisdom. And please, stop acting like you're some angel coz you're not!

Another "Tak Tau" Classic.

Here's another from our PM infamous "Saya tak tau" (cluessless mindset).

"The rout the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) suffered on Saturday was due to a number of factors, many of which are still unclear. But at the top of the list has to be the coalition's gross misreading of the electorate's mood. Datuk Seri Abdullah and his senior colleagues had no idea they were unpopular." writes Janadas Devan for NST.

Yes, it's infectious and it is getting a hang on to his party members.

* Rashid's ungentlemanly response when he was asked how did the opposition fared in the GE results.

Will he be the No2 again?

Abdullah Badawi succeeded Tun Dr Mahathir and became the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia on October 31 2003. He did not have a deputy for slightly more than 2 months. Later, Najib was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in January 7, 2004. It was part of the package arranged by Tun Dr Mahathir and it was pre-conditional upon Abdullah's appointment as UMNO president. Tun Dr Mahathir further reinforced this succession by putting very broad hints in the media that Najib was the most capable person to become Abdullah’s deputy. Hence, Abdullah's hands were tied and due to public's respect towards Tun Dr Mahathir, Abdullah obliged and appointed Najib as his running mate.

Fast forward to 2008, post general election. Will Najib be appointed as the no2 again this time around? We'll find out more soon ;)