October 31, 2010 Tok Guru Nik Aziz: People First Always by Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT Anniversaries are not what they are cracked up to be for reason of the phenomenon of ‘historical body-snatching’. Whenever some anniversary occurs, there is a scramble to appropriate the occasion for the benefit of some contemporary cause or the glorification of [...]
Archive for October 2010
Tok Guru Nik Aziz: People First Always
October 31, 2010PKR No.2 Contest: Outcome too early to tell
October 31, 2010October 31, 2010 PKR No.2 Contest throws up an acid test by Terence Netto @www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT A nice contrarian test of authenticity suggests itself after day one of the first weekend of the historic direct election of principal office-bearers of PKR. Three more weekends of balloting follow in this first-ever enactment of the one-member-one-vote franchise [...]
Galas: The Gobbling of the Goodies
October 31, 2010October 31, 2010 www.malaysiakini.com Bridget Welsh on Galas By-Election:The Gobbling of the Goodies In this large rural constituency of Kelantan (Galas), the mood appears calm. The by-election has gotten off to a slow start, with limited posters and modest turnout at ceramahs, where enterprising Kelantanese entrepreneurs and outside supporters outnumber the local crowds. From the [...]
A Message for PERKASA and its Patron
October 30, 2010October 30, 2010 www.nst.com.my Misconstruing the Malaysian Constitution by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar MISINTERPRETATIONS of and misconceptions about the Constitution have exacerbated ethnic tension and soured race relations in the country. Several issues have come to the fore lately. A few weeks ago, a politician alleged that the concept of 1Malaysia is against the Constitution since [...]
The State of Conservatism in the US
October 30, 2010October 30, 2010 The State of Conservatism by Christopher Caldwell* Within the space of a week last summer, one judge in Arizona, ruling in a suit brought by the Obama administration, blocked a provision in a new state law permitting police officers to check the status of suspected illegal immigrants, while another blocked the implementation [...]
The State of Liberalism
October 30, 2010October 30, 2010 The State of Liberalism by Jonathan Alter* It’s a sign of how poorly liberals market themselves and their ideas that the word “liberal” is still in disrepute despite the election of the most genuinely liberal president that the political culture of this country will probably allow. “Progressive” is now the self-description of [...]
Frank Sinatra is Back for this Weekend Entertainment
October 29, 2010Friends and Fellow Bloggers, It is time again for us to sit back and relax after another hectic week following the UNMO General Assembly. October will soon give way to November and it will be cold in some parts of the World as autumn gives way to winter. For starters, we welcome US Secretary of [...]
PKR Elections 2010: Molly’s Nightmare
October 29, 2010October 29, 2010 PKR Direct Election is neither clean nor fair By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal@www.themalaysianinsider.com Datuk Zaid Ibrahim’s aides demanded today for an immediate stop to the PKR elections following claims that several pro-Zaid divisions were unable to cast their votes. Zaid’s aides said that they had received reports that four divisions which had either [...]
Malaysians on Fantasy Ride over Sodomy 2
October 29, 2010October 29, 2010 Sodomy 2 Trial: Ride into Fantasy by Terence Netto COMMENT The Sodomy 2 trial of Anwar Ibrahim has been awaiting its ‘Azizan moment’ and appears to have had it yesterday. Azizan Abu Bakar was once a driver for Anwar’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, and was a witness in the first [...]
The Realmild Story: UMNO the owner?
October 29, 2010October 29, 2010 UMNO the real owner of Realmild Sdn Bhd(?): Judgment on December 2, 2010 by Debra Chong@www.themalaysiainsider.com When the High Court here hands down its judgment on the disputed sale price of Realmild Sdn Bhd’s shares on December 2, all eyes will be trained on the grounds — whether UMNO, the senior party [...]
Introducing Andre Vltchek: The West Perfecting Its Techniques To Hurt China
October 29, 2010October 29, 2010 http://www.zcommunications.org The West Perfecting Its Techniques To Hurt China by Andre Vltchek* (From Z) Have no illusions: the Nobel Peace Prize that has been awarded this year (2010) to Liu Xiaobo, the primary drafter of Charter 08, has nothing to do with human rights. It is a direct attempt to harm the [...]
Hillary will be in town soon
October 29, 2010October 29, 2010 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to visit Kuala Lumpur by Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Monday as part of a two-week Asian tour and the buzz in the diplomatic circles is that she will not only be meeting Prime [...]
Suharto debate has ripples for ours
October 28, 2010October 28, 2010 Suharto debate has ripples for ours by Terence Netto@www.malaysiakini.com COMMENT A debate over whether former president Suharto should be included in the list of his country’s national heroes is presently raging in Indonesia and will have resonance for our country in the near future. It’s not hard to predict that Malaysia [...]
Government is successful in fighting Big-C
October 28, 2010October 28, 2010 www.malaysiakini.com Government is successful in fighting Big-C, says Minister-Senator Idris Jala Although it might not have been significantly reflected in the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI), the government has been successful in fighting corruption, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Idris Jala. He was commenting on Malaysia maintaining its [...]
Reaping Our Racial Harvest
October 28, 2010October 28, 2010 www.sun2surf.com.my Reaping Our Racial Harvest by K.K.Tan BOTH the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister stated just before the UMNO General Assembly last week that there should be no more discussion or debate about the social contract and other issues pertaining to race in our country. It was wishful thinking, for [...]
1Malaysia: Action Plan Needed,says Kee
October 27, 2010October 27, 2010 Turn 1Malaysia Into Action Plan by Kee Thuan Chye The Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) “is not a plan, it is an action-based program”. This is what its overseer, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Idris Jala, has been repeating to the point of overstatement. By this, he means a goal is identified, [...]
Is Pure Altruism Possible?
October 27, 2010October 27, 2010 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com Is Pure Altruism Possible? by Judith Lichtenberg* Who could doubt the existence of altruism? True, news stories of malice and greed abound. But all around us we see evidence of human beings sacrificing themselves and doing good for others. Remember Wesley Autrey? On Jan. 2, 2007, Mr. Autrey jumped down onto [...]
