Wanita UMNO chief Rafidah Aziz's 'verbal tirade' (to quote the SUN) can best be described as 'rantings' of an old-school madam with a severe 'attention-seeking' disorder after being unceremoniously-booted out of the cabinet. Iron Lady? On the contrary as I do not see anything 'iron-clad' or 'lady-like' about this individual whose chequered career remains blotted with the unresolved and poorly-explained AP issue. The term 'iron-lady' must definitely be a misnomer if it was meant to compare her with Britain's late Margaret Thacher whose tenure as Prime Minister has remained unblemished to this day.
Her 'nit-wit' statements describing the practice of the PM hurriedly handing power to the DPM as being unprecedented are laughable. So too was the unceremonious dumping of a senior woman Minister (no prices for guessing who that was) from the cabinet without warning or fanfare.
Spurred by today's cyber-technology, political-trends tend to change with such speed and awe that it has simply no place for 'dinosaur-mindsets' that refuse to go with the flow. Anything can happen. The ball, as they say in soccer, IS ROUND.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
'Cheeky' threat to bloggers
'The Truth Hurts' best describes information Minister, Shabery Cheek's veiled threat to bloggers that they are 'not untouchable' (the SUN/pg8/16thApril/08). The 'cheek' of him (pun intented).
Instead of wasting taxpayer's money by dragging these so-called 'miscreants' to court, wouldn't it be wiser of the honourable Minister to suggest a government-backed blog-panel to refute the alleged half-truths and lies that supposedly litter the blogsphere? Wiser still would be for him to take the blog-articles in stride with 'a pinch of salt' and use it to cure the various ills that plague the administration he subscribes to. If the BN is seeking answers to its pathetic performance in the recently-concluded elections, they should look no further than the local blogsites.
Instead of wasting time with fad-technologies such as cyber-forensics to nab bloggers, which also involve the taxpayer's money, the good Minister would be better off improving the broadcasting-quality of RTM's radio and TV stations which are currently, best described as 'graveyard channels'
Instead of wasting taxpayer's money by dragging these so-called 'miscreants' to court, wouldn't it be wiser of the honourable Minister to suggest a government-backed blog-panel to refute the alleged half-truths and lies that supposedly litter the blogsphere? Wiser still would be for him to take the blog-articles in stride with 'a pinch of salt' and use it to cure the various ills that plague the administration he subscribes to. If the BN is seeking answers to its pathetic performance in the recently-concluded elections, they should look no further than the local blogsites.
Instead of wasting time with fad-technologies such as cyber-forensics to nab bloggers, which also involve the taxpayer's money, the good Minister would be better off improving the broadcasting-quality of RTM's radio and TV stations which are currently, best described as 'graveyard channels'
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Snake & the bunny
Once upon a time, in a nice little forest, there lived an orphaned
bunny and an orphaned snake. By a surprising coincidence, both were
blind from birth. One day, the bunny was hopping through the forest,
and the snake was slithering through the forest, when the bunny
tripped over the snake and fell down.
It's quite ok," replied the snake. "Actually, my story is as yours. I
too have been blind since birth, and also never knew my mother. Tell
you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and work out what you
are so at least you'll have that going for you."
"Oh, that would be wonderful" replied the bunny. So the snake
slithered all over the bunny, and said, "Well, you're covered with
soft fur, you have really long ears, your nose twitches, and you have
a soft cottony tail. I'd say that you must be a bunny rabbit."
Oh, thank you, thank you," cried the bunny, in obvious excitement. The
bunny suggested to the snake, "Maybe I could feel you all over with my
paw, and help you the same way that you've helped me." So the bunny
felt the snake all over, and remarked, "Well, you're smooth and
slippery, and you have a forked tongue, no backbone and no balls. I'd
say you must be either a team leader, supervisor or possibly someone
in senior management!
bunny and an orphaned snake. By a surprising coincidence, both were
blind from birth. One day, the bunny was hopping through the forest,
and the snake was slithering through the forest, when the bunny
tripped over the snake and fell down.
It's quite ok," replied the snake. "Actually, my story is as yours. I
too have been blind since birth, and also never knew my mother. Tell
you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and work out what you
are so at least you'll have that going for you."
"Oh, that would be wonderful" replied the bunny. So the snake
slithered all over the bunny, and said, "Well, you're covered with
soft fur, you have really long ears, your nose twitches, and you have
a soft cottony tail. I'd say that you must be a bunny rabbit."
Oh, thank you, thank you," cried the bunny, in obvious excitement. The
bunny suggested to the snake, "Maybe I could feel you all over with my
paw, and help you the same way that you've helped me." So the bunny
felt the snake all over, and remarked, "Well, you're smooth and
slippery, and you have a forked tongue, no backbone and no balls. I'd
say you must be either a team leader, supervisor or possibly someone
in senior management!
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