Saturday, February 4, 2012

A bit on English Etymology

A bit on English Etymology

A bit on English Etymology

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 09:30 AM PST

"Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time..."

Where did "Piss Poor" come from? Interesting History...

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot. And then once a day it was taken and sold to the tannery... if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor".

But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot...
They "didn't have a pot to piss in" and were the lowest of the low.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." (Just a thought: as compared with more recent ' filthy rich'?) The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing.

As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.
Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old".

Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." (Just a thought: as compared with 'breadwinner'?) They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat...


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Maulidur Rasul

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 08:57 AM PST

Sabda Rasulullah SAW, mafhumnya:

"Sesiapa yang bersalawat sekali ke atasku, nescaya Allah akan bersalawat 10 kali ke atasnya..."


SELAMAT MENYAMBUT MAULIDUR RASUL


E&O: Exception & Omission?

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 08:50 AM PST

Another case of Husband and Wife connection which is causing embarrassment. How would the Wife in charge of the Securities Commission deal with the company headed by her Husband? Where there is conflict of interest, by not doing anything is already damaging to public confidence, what if action contrary to the Commission's rules?

"It has emerged that there was a decision within the Securities Commission's Management team that investigated the E&O acquisition by Sime Darby to request Sime to make a mandatory general offer on the remaining shares of E&O. It is said that there was a recommendation to form a concerted party by Sime and Datuk Terry Tham to do so in view that the collective shares held by both parties had exceeded the 33% threshold that is set by law.

This was revealed in an affidavit raised with a judicial review application raised by a minority shareholder.

In the same application, it was also revealed that the takeover and mergers committee of the SC had overruled the recommendation of the management committee..."

Source:
E&O Fallout; SC mulls ruling publication
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7 NGO Pulau Pinang Demonstrasi Bantah Kenyataan Anwar

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 05:00 AM PST


GEORGETOWN: Tujuh pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) menganjurkan demonstrasi di sini, hari ini bagi membantah kenyataan Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yang didakwa menyokong Israel.

Demonstrasi yang berlangsung selama 30 minit selepas solat Jumaat di hadapan Masjid Kapitan Keling itu melaungkan perkataan seperti "Anwar Pengkhianat" dan "Hancur Israel".

NGO berkenaan ialah Pertubuhan Kebajikan Al-Ehsan Islamiyah Malaysia, Persatuan Anak Jati Melayu Islam Pulau Pinang, Persatuan Anak-anak Malaysia, Badan Bertindak Rakyat Tertindas Pulau Pinang, Suara Anak-anak Malaysia, Persatuan Kebajikan Insan Mulia dan Gabungan Bela Hak Insan Pulau Pinang.

Timbalan Setiausaha Pertubuhan Kebajikan Al-Ehsan Islamiyah Malaysia, Arshad Kassim, berkata kenyataan Anwar dilihat sebagai melawan arus dengan cuba menentang dasar negara yang mengecam rejim Zionis sejak sekian lama.

Naib Pengerusi Persatuan Anak Jati Melayu Islam negeri (PAJIM), Jaffar Osman, pula berkata sikap Anwar yang sering berubah pendirian itu tidak harus diterima sebagai kualiti atau sifat asas seorang pemimpin.

Anwar baru-baru ini dilaporkan menyokong usaha menjaga keselamatan Israel ketika beliau ditemuramah akhbar The Wall Street Journal. – BERNAMA

Pisau kata " asalkan Anwar,yahudi pun pakatan sokong"

THE MALAYSIAN INDIAN IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM - KEY NOTE ADDRESS BY PROF. DATO DR. C.P. RAMACHANDRAN

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 04:29 AM PST

Welcome to the Millennium Conference for Malaysian Indians.

The theme of the Conference as you would have no doubt noted is 'Rebuilding Our Community'.

More than a year ago a few of us were discussing the incident in Kampong Medan and were deliberating the big question of how marginalised Malaysian Indians had become.

And after some discussion we felt that part of the cause for the dire straits of the Malaysia Indians has been the relative non-involvement of the middle class Indian in the effort to help the impoverished and marginalised Indians in the country.

THE CONTEXT
That a wide chasm exists today between the middle class Malaysian Indian and the working class Malaysian Indian is an undeniable fact. It is also a reality deeply rooted in the history of Indian migration to Malaysia, euphemistically referred to as "labour" and "non-labour" migrations. The former category primarily refers to the bulk of migrants brought under the dreaded Colonial indentured system succinctly encapsulated in the Colonial administrator Sir Thomas Hyslop's famous phrase: "We want Indians as indentured labourers not free men"

The non-labour migrants refer to the "literate" Indians brought in to man the administrative and clerical and security services. K.S.Sandhu in his seminal work on Indian migration to Malaya, best describes the genesis of the middle class - working class chasm as follows:

"Once this movement of literate Indians to Malaya began, many more emigrated from the same localities, and found employment on plantations and in other private enterprises where the employers found them invaluable assistants in dealing with Indian labour"

"Invaluable assistants in dealing with Indian labour" is the operative phrase. Herein lay the roots of the mindset of the middle class Malaysian Indian of today. A mindset steeped in sublime ignorance and blind arrogance, even to the point of denying the very roots of our common genetic and ethnic heritage. A mindset that readily identified with the ruling class to subjugate and lord-over our downtrodden brethren. This same mindset persists today in the way we view ourselves.

However there is a big gap in the way others view us. It is of no consequence to other Malaysians that we have Dravidian, Aryan or any other esoteric roots; or that we come in many shades of colour. To them - we are just Indians!

In this beautiful multiethnic nation of ours, we have been and are, either the object of envy or the subject of denigration- more often than not, the latter. The microscopic minority that has achieved the riches desired by all and sundry, remains miniscule and withdrawn from the mainstream of daily problems faced by the toiling underclass majority. In between we have the not so significant middle class that wallows in its illusion of grandeur and is equally divorced from the problems of the vast majority. All this is rooted in history. We need to understand everything in the historical context before we can even begin to comprehend the enormity of the challenges that we have to address if we are to remain a meaningful component of the Malaysian polity in the new millennium.

A SENSE OF HISTORY
Without a sense of history any community is condemned to a time warp of ignorance and inaction.

The saga of the Malaysian Indian is steeped in centuries of civilisational hegemony - from the 1st to the 13th century as socio-cultural and religious "rulers" and in the 19th and 20th centuries as the politically and economically "ruled".

The Indian provided the civilisational foundation during the early centuries of the first millennium for all ASEAN member nations, except Vietnam and Philippines. Thus the historians reference to "Indianised States of South-East Asia" or "Greater India". Lest it be forgotten, it is the Indian civilization that provided the political, social, religious, cultural and administrative leadership for this region. Historians Rawlinson and Winstedt described this era as India's all but total cultural contribution to Southeast Asia, from the first to the fifteenth century. After a lapse of a thousand years these contacts were resumed but in less creditable form. Indians did not return to Malaya as representatives of a prosperous maritime nation but as indentured labourers from a land subject to alien rule. (C.Kondapi: Indians Overseas, 1951)

It is a historical fact that the successors of Greater India transitioned into the "cannon fodder" of the Colonial powers in the 19th century. In Colonial Malaya they were the economic slaves of the British, be it in the plantations or the administrative urban centers.

This position was somewhat maintained in post-Independence Malaya and Malaysia. Whilst there was some upward mobility to professional and middle-class ranks, this was largely confined to sub-ethnic groups that had the initial advantage of English education and that, which placed a high premium on education.

The majority of the Malaysian Indian has been mired in a proletarian under-class status. In 1957 almost 70.4 percent of the Indian labour force was in the rural plantation and mining sectors, 24.2 percent were employed in government agencies mainly as labourers, 3.6 percent in transport services and 1.8 percent in manufacturing. In 2000, 15.1 percent remain in the agriculture sector whilst 62 percent are in the manufacturing and services sectors. This fundamental shift from primarily rural work "tapping rubber" to the urban work of "soldering chips" and "driving lorries" is a reality that needs to be recognized. Is there really a difference between the fetid, unending estate environment and the inhuman squalor of the urban squatter colony?

THE PROBLEM STATED
The socio-economic problems faced by the production-service worker of the 21st century are not much different from that experienced by the indentured labourer of the 19th and 20th centuries. The setting has changed but the problems have not.

They are very real- the low educational achievement, the social inequities and the lack of political or economic clout. This is best seen in the high dropout rate, the high crime rate and the dependence on political and economic handouts.

Indians feature highest in all of the negative statistics.

" The second highest infant mortality rates.

" The lowest life expectancy rates- 67.3 years compared to national average of 71.2.

" The highest school drop out rates best seen in the data that only 5.0 percent of Indians reach the tertiary level compared to the national average of 7.5 percent.
[And to top it all, just recently we have openly declared to the world that our students cannot make the cut under the newly introduced system of meritocracy for tertiary intake!]

" The highest incidence of alcoholism, that cuts across all classes. Alcohol it seems is the greatest leveler of class distinctions.

" The highest incidence of drug addiction in proportion to population.

" The highest number of prisoners in proportion to population.

" And we are told that the largest number of gangs is now Indian gang and that 60 percent of serious crimes are committed by Indians.

These are depressing statistics. But is it all bad news? Not really.

Indians constitute 15.5 percent of professionals in the country.
This includes doctors (28.4%), lawyers (26.8%), dentists (21%), veterinary surgeons (28.5%), engineers (6.4%), accountants (5.8%), surveyors (3.0%)and architects (1.5%) and Scientists. There are also an increasing number of businessmen in the Indian community. The Sindhis, Gujeratis and Punjabis have been formidable businessmen, as are the Indian Muslims.

There are Indian contractors, road builders, oil and gas suppliers and contractors and we are all aware of the Indian who built up a telecommunications, media and gaming empire and the Indian who built one of the fastest growing ports in the country, as well as Scientists and  Doctors who has reached highest positions. Then again these high achievers are more than likely to be the descendants of the "non-labour" migrants of yore.

INDIAN CONTRIBUTION TO NATION BUILDING
It is undeniable fact that Indians have contributed to the building of this country since the 19th century. This is sometimes forgotten.

Indian labour opened up the country. Indian labour opened up the forests, established the rubber plantations, built the roads, railways, set up the transmission lines, built the ports and airports.

Indian civil servants formed the core of the civil service and the medical service. Indian veterinarians looked after animal husbandry. Indian teachers formed the backbone with the missionaries of the teaching service. Indians pioneered private education in the country. (e.g. my father)

But this was at a high and often untold cost to human rights and dignity.
Hundreds of thousands of Indians died because of disease and hardship. In the building of Port Klang alone more than 500 thousand Indians died of malaria.

The 1957 Federation of Malaya Census Report succinctly summarises this point as follows:

"The important characteristics to note about Indian migration to Malaya are that, firstly, the great bulk of this movement has been of an ephemeral character, with approximately 4 million entering and 2.8 million leaving the country between 1860 and 1957.

Secondly, much of the 1.2 million net immigration appears to have been wiped out by disease, snake-bites, exhaustion and malnutrition, for the Indian population of Malaya in 1957 numbered only 858,615 of which 62.1 percent was local born."

The invaluable contribution of the Indians appears to have been forgotten. But some have remembered. In 1975 a local born Indian known by his initials SAJ wrote this unpublished Ode to the Indian Working Class and I quote:

"We tapped the rubber that beautified your homes,
We built the roads that produced your bountiful economy,
And now we live in non-descript squalor.
You pass us by and snigger at our sub-human status,
Not in the least realizing how our blood, sweat and tears,
Contributed to the comfort and the opulence,
You now enjoy!"

Whilst others may choose to forget, Indians should not forget. Indians also played a role in the fight for Independence and in the fight against the communists. It is sad therefore to contemplate the dire straits the community is in today.

The object of this conference is to bring all Malaysian Indians, irrespective of language or location from India into a common forum to discuss the Malaysian Indian dilemma and to examine what role we can each play in helping the community at large. As our numbers continue to decline, in a relative sense, we appear to become less and less relevant. In 1957 we constituted almost 12 percent of the population. It is forecasted that in the year 2020 Indians will only form 6.4 percent. The implications from the political, social and economic dimensions are self-evident. Perhaps in the Census of the year 2050, we may even be classified as "Others"! ( A real possibility)

ROLE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS
In a society where race determines opportunity the Indian is at a severe disadvantage. All Indians must now become involved. The problem of the Malaysian Indian community is our problem as well. We must acknowledge it. It is our problem because the displaced, alienated Malaysian Indian working class individual that gets embroiled in crime and other socially unacceptable practices is not going to discriminate on the basis of ethnicity in targeting his next victim. He is just as likely to rob our homes or kill us as he would others. Why should he discriminate in our favour when we have not done him or his family any favours?

We cannot like the proverbial ostrich pretend that it is someone else's problem. It is ours and ours alone. This is precisely why we need to build the bridges of social inclusion.

We are all Indians. Whatever the precise shade of our complexions or shape of our noses, those outside the community perceive us, as Indians. We should not be ashamed of belonging to the Indian community. We have a common value system born in the cradle of the Indian civilization. We come from one of the oldest civilizations in the world and this behoves us to carry ourselves with dignity and distinction.

NEED TO ADOPT THE LEARNING PARADIGM
The adage " knowledge is power "is often used, but what does it really mean to the individual and the community?

We can only be categorised as mindless robots if we repeat platitudes but do not attempt to understand the real import! Worse still if we do not put to use what we acquire as information and internalise it as knowledge for the betterment of self and the community at large.

Pursuing knowledge for the sake of knowledge is indeed the domain of philosophers in the Socratic tradition. Theirs' was a cerebral exercise - to expand and extend the limits of logical thinking and to postulate on the intricacies and the vagaries of life. They had their utility in providing the intellectual tradition for the human civilization.

We can't all be Plato or Aristotle, but we can certainly use the information available in this wondrous, yet daunting, era of the information society, to upgrade our knowledge and skills to make ourselves better human beings.

For this, we have to rise above the level of textbook knowledge. We have to stop gloating that we are educated, we are professionals, what have you…

To be called "educated" one needs to translate the knowledge acquired to strive for a higher and higher quality of life in the spiritual, intellectual and of course the material dimensions.

It is so very easy to escape into the world of social snobbery using our so-called professional -cum-educated status in society. However, deep in our souls we know, it is certainly most difficult to be recognised as a truly educated person.

It is not the paper qualifications, but the possession of the mindset to constantly strive for knowledge and thus a better understanding of the rapidly changing world, that qualifies one to attain the humble membership of the society of the educated.

Thus as a community we need to adopt a learning paradigm. Let us cast aside our false pretences, our flawed assumptions and our predisposition for myth making. That should be the start to opening up a whole world of knowledge for the larger good of the community.

In my humble opinion, the Malaysian Indian needs to rediscover the passion for learning and the thirst for knowledge. Then from a civilisational perspective, Malaysian Indian community can reconstruct the glory of past millennia and become meaningful players in the Malaysia of the new millennium.

WAY FORWARD
The reason for this conference is to establish a coherent framework of action to guide individuals, groups and institutions to bring to bear resources, to first resolve the inimical problems and second to build a spirit of self-reliance.

It is only through a sense of history can the Malaysian Indian see himself or herself as a person of self-worth and self-reliance. The achievement of this state of consciousness can only come about if the Malaysian Indian middle-class, unprecedented as it is, takes the bold step to actively build bridges to engage the under-class majority. We cannot afford to continue be polarized along the axis of opposition between productive, information-rich, affluent groups and impoverished groups that are economically devalued and socially excluded.

In my view to be socially and economically excluded is unfortunate, but to be "included" and not do anything about it to benefit the society we live in, is blatantly criminal. We all have important and invaluable roles to play. We need to target segments of the population to bring about "hubs of learning" to facilitate innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship. Value creation that results from this will contribute to economic development.

Let us do it in small yet meaningful ways; mini-projects in schools, places of worship, homes, and community centres. What is required is a total effort by all sectors of society. Sustainability in implementation of programmes and projects is critical.

Getting people involved in the process of transformation is key. It must be people-driven. Of course people must want to change. We cannot afford to subscribe to the view that one NGO's, one political party's or one government agency's approach is the panacea for all problems. Blind arrogance should not be allowed to control the way we need to respond to challenges. History should not be allowed to repeat itself.

Can we not learn some lessons from our chequered history in this land of milk and honey? Surely as individuals we need to first make the commitment to life-long learning. Second, we can make someone, somewhere information-rich by sharing our tacit knowledge, on a daily basis. The true meaning of prosperity for Malaysian Indian in the new millennium can be an abiding reality, if we can all make this commitment today. The paths to prosperity begin with you!

CONCLUSION
If as a community we do not want to be marginalised to occupy the "exalted" positions on the periphery of society, we need to make a positive start by understanding the basis of the real problems and challenges. Then and only then will our future be secure.

This indeed is a unique moment in history to rise above the petty prejudices and ignorance and to take actions that will ensure the Malaysian Indian a rightful place in the Malaysia of the new millennium.

It is battle for the hearts and minds and it must begin with the self-realisation that it is "our problem", not someone else's. We can mobilize the resources if we have the vision and the will to change our mindset.

Finally, I hope that cognizant of the aspirations of all other Malaysian communities, you would conduct your deliberations in a constructive and objective manner.

In this regard, I would like to share with you the words of wisdom given to us by none other than the late Indian philosopher par excellence, Dr.S.Radhakrishnan:" We may become learned and skilled, but if we do not have some kind of purpose in our life, our lives themselves become blind, blundering and bitter. For a truly cultured mind, there is a single-mindedness, a dedication to a single purpose. For the uncultured mind, the whole life is scattered in many directions. Therefore it is essential that the education you acquire should give you not merely learning and skill but endow you with a definite purpose in life. What that purpose is, you have to define for yourself".

As for today and tomorrow, it is my fervent hope that you would single-mindedly focus on charting the course for the advancement of the Malaysian Indian in the new millennium.






THE MALAYSIAN INDIAN IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM:
KEY NOTE ADDRESS BY PROF. DATO DR. C.P. RAMACHANDRAN

“Lynas plant will scare off other investors”

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 03:30 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh has hit back at Lynas Corp, insisting that the presence of the Australian miner's RM2.5 billion rare earth plant would deter investors from Pahang. Earlier today, Lynas executive chairman Nicholas Curtis warned against any move by Pakatan Rakyat (PR) to shut the company's refinery, which has [...]


White ang pow: The state has failed us

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 02:34 AM PST

COMMENT Perkasa's giving out of white 'ang pows' to the people who attended its Chinese New Year open house, which the right-wing NGO claims was a mistake due to ignorance, exposes the flaw that sometimes characterises Malay-Muslim considerations of the Other. Not all Malays or Muslims are insensitive towards the customs and beliefs of other [...]


Poster-poster rasis sudah mula dinaikkan. Itu petanda BN sudah kehabisan modal

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 01:05 AM PST

Saya telah pergi ke TTDI hari ini untuk bertemu beberapa orang rakan yang ingin berjumpa saya sambil minum pagi. Saya diberitahu oleh rakan-rakan saya yang sudah banyak poster-poster yang ditampal dimerata-rata tempat tentang Lim Guan Eng sebagai anti-Melayu. Poster itu berbunyi 'Lim Guan Eng anti Melayu'. Sebagai seorang yang sentiasa berada bersama rakyat marhean di bawah ini, saya dapat merasakan dengan jelas yang DAP sedang mendapat penerimaan dari kaum Melayu yang sudah terbuka minda dan tidak lagi terkongkong dengan momokan jahat setengah pihak terhadap parti itu.

Ini juga dapat dirasakan oleh UMNO dan sekutunya. Maka tidak terkejut jika mereka melakukan tindakan desperado ini kerana ini sahajalah jalan yang tinggal untuk menggagalkan usaha DAP untuik membuktikan yang parti itu benar-benar sebuah parti 'multi-racial' yang sedang mendapat sambutan dari semua kaum termasuk dari kaum Melayu yang sudah tidak terkongkong dengan momokan gila parti-parti dalam BN khususnya UMNO.

Untuk memahami tujuan poster ini dinaikkan tidak memerlukan seorang yang bijak pandai untuk mentelaahnya. Seseorang yang terbuka sedikit mindanya dan sudah bercampur gaul dengan mereka yang berpolitik secara jujur akan cepat tahu matlamat pihak yang menaikkan poster-poster ini. Matlamatnya ialah untuk berusaha dengan cara kotor untuk BN mendapat sokongan dari semua kaum khususnya orang Melayu.

Kerja menakut-nakutkan Melayu ini memang cara UMNO untuk menjauhkan Melayu dari mendekati DAP. Puluhan tahun orang Melayu ditakutkan dengan isu 13 Mei untuk menjauhkan orang Melayu dari DAP. Tetapi isu itu sudah tidak dipakai lagi kerana rakyat tahu kaum Cina lah kaum yang takut dengan pergaduhan di antara kaum kerana mereka mahukan keamanan dan hidup berniaga di dalam negara yang tidak berpecah belah.

Rakyat pun tahu yang kerajaan Pulau Pinang pimpinan Lim Guan Eng telah menunjukkan sikap mengambil tahu hal untuk semua kaum di negeri tadbiran beliau. Orang Melayu sekarang sudah sedar yang Guan Eng tidak boleh di nafikan ketelusannya dalam mentadbir negeri Pulau Pinang. Lim Guan Eng yang dituduh anti Melayu dan Islam oleh penyokong UMNO dan BN telah memperuntukkan wang sebanayk RM64 juta untuk mentadbir urus hal ehwal agama Islam di Pulau Pinang. Semasa BN memerintah Pulau Pinang, peruntukkan untuk hal ehwal Islam hanyalah sebanyak RM12 juta sahaja.

Walaupun negeri Pulau Pinang hanya sebuah negeri yang kecil dan jumlah orang Islamnya kecil jika dibandingkan dengan negeri-negeri lain, peruntukkan sebanyak RM64 juta itu merupakan jumlah yang amat besar. Peruntukkan itu termasuklah untuk menyelia elaun guru-guru KAFA, pentadbiran tanah perkuburan serta semua yang berhubungkait dengan agama Islam di negeri itu.

UMNO sedar yang Guan Eng tidak boleh lagi dipersendakan kepimpinannya. Jika benar Guan Eng anti Melayu bagaimanakah 70% dari kontrak yang diberikan oleh kerajaan Pulau Pinang itu diperolehi oleh Bumiputra? Kerajaan Pulau Pinang tidak memandang bangsa dan ethnik dalam pembahagian kontrak-kontrak ini sebaliknya pembahagian itu adalah didasarkan kepada 'merit' yang ada kepada kontraktor-kontraktor itu. Dengan keadaan itu maka terbukti kontraktor-kontraktor Melayu mempunyai 'merit' yang tinggi yang mereka tidak dapat buktikan semasa pemerintahan Koh Tsu Khoon dahulu.

Dengan kata-kata lain Bumiputra boleh berjaya tanpa bersandar kepada peruntukkan keistimewaan Bumiputra sebagai yang diperuntukkan oleh Perlembagaan Negara. Sesungguhnya orang Melayu mampu membuktikan yang mereka boleh bersaing dan semasa pemerintahan Gerakan dahulu mereka tidak berupaya membuktikannya kerana setiap kerja yang di berikan oleh kerajaan BN semasa itu telah diperolehi oleh kroni-kroni kerajaan semasa itu.

Segala bukti-bukti ini secara beransur-ansur dapat disaksikan oleh rakyat dan itulah sebabnya UMNO ternyata takut dengan DAP yang akhirnya telah berjaya membuktikan yang parti itu benar-benar parti untuk rakyat dan bukannya untuk kroni-kroni tertentu dan 'warlords' yang istimewa dalam UMNO dan BN itu.

Pentadbiran yang jujur memang satu perkara yang tidak mampu dilakukan oleh UMNO dahulu maka perbezaan yang ditunjukkan oleh Guan Eng ini amat menakutkan UMNO. Maka tidak hairanlah kenapa poster yang bersifat sensitif ini dinaikkan oleh setengah pihak yang takut kepada kejayaan DAP untuk membuktikan yang parti itu tidak bersifat rasis seperti MCA dan UMNO dalam BN itu.

Poster-poster itu hanya merupakan satu tindakan yang 'counter productive' bagi pihak yang menaikkannya yang bersifat rasis yang keterlaluan itu.

Umno’s twist on Anwar and Israel

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 12:30 AM PST

In recent days, Malaysia's ruling party has again brought out its anti-Jew drum in a bid to discredit Anwar Ibrahim, the popular Opposition Leader and his resurgent Pakatan Rakyat coalition. Among those leading the charge for Prime Minister Najib Razak and former premier Mahathir Mohamad is Chandra Muzzafar, a Brahmin who gave up Hinduism to [...]


Nak Suruh Nik Aziz Berhenti,Tapi Berkias Tak Habis

Posted: 04 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST


Sebelum ini Hj Hadi sindir Nik Aziz,kali ini tiba pula giliran Ketua Penerangan PAS,Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.Nik Aziz semenjak dua menjak asyik di sindir oleh barisan pemimpin PAS menjelang PRU13,ada apa apa ka ni?

Sudah lah tak payah sindir orang tua tu,sepatutnya para pemimpin PAS harus memenuhi hasrat Nik Aziz nak jadi mursyidul am dan Menteri Besar sampai mati.Penuhilah hasrat orang tua tu. Tak payah nak sibuk.Esok ni dia mati korang ambil la jawatan tu.

Hormatlah sikit orang tua,pemimpin PAS dah tak sabar agaknya.




KUALA LUMPUR, 3 Feb: PAS Pusat sebulat suara menolak hasrat Presiden PAS, Datuk Seri Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi Awang untuk tidak dicalonkan dalam Pilihan raya Umum ke-13 sama ada di peringkat Dun atau Parlimen dan

membuat keputusan bahawa beliau perlu bertanding di PRU13.


Ketua Penerangan PAS Pusat, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man berkata, keputusan tersebut dicapai dalam mesyuarat lujnah politik yang diadakan pada 2 Februari di Pejabat Agung PAS.

"Tuan Guru Presiden turut akur dengan keputusan tersebut.


"Dengan pengumuman ini, maka isu penarikan diri beliau tidak berbangkit kerana parti melihat beliau masih diperlukan bagi memimpin parti dan Pakatan Rakyat (PR) dalam menghadapi PRU ke-13," ujarnya dalam satu

kenyataan.


PAS, katanya bersetuju dengan pandangan Mursyidul Am, bahawa perjuangan Islam tidak mempunyai tempoh masa bahkan sehingga akhir hayat.

Beliau menambah, walaupun jawatan boleh bertukar ganti, namun PAS masih memerlukan Tuan Guru Presiden terus memimpin bahkan para pemimpin tertinggi PR juga telah mengeluarkan kenyataan meminta Presiden PAS terus menerajui PR.

"Kita yakin dengan karisma kepimpinan, wibawa dan kedudukan Tuan Guru Haji Hadi untuk memimpin parti," jelasnya yang juga Pesuruhjaya PAS Pahang.

Malah, ujarnya dengan kepercayaan gerakan Islam Antarabangsa kepada Tuan Guru Abdul Hadi bagi menjadi pimpinan utama dalam menghadapi sebarang kemelut negara-negara Islam boleh dinobatkan sebagai pimpinan muslim agung abad ini.

"Hasrat beliau yang lahir dari sifat tawaduk dan akhlak Islam yang tinggi memperlihatkan bahawa dalam PAS, jawatan bukanlah perkara yang direbut, tetapi ianya adalah amanah.

"Islam mengajar kita agar tidak meminta jawatan, tetapi di waktu yang sama kita tidak boleh melarikan diri bila mana jamaah mengharap dan memerlukan kita untuk terus memimpin," jelas Tuan Ibrahim lagi

Pisau kata " wayang apa pulak yang puak khawarij ni main, tokey mintak kebenaran kuli?"

Malaysian opposition says would scrap rare earths plant

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 11:12 PM PST

(Reuters) – Malaysia's political opposition has vowed to scrap a controversial $200 million rare-earths processing plant being built by Australia's Lynas Corp if it wins national elections expected to be called within months. The plant, in Malaysia's east, aims to weaken China's monopoly on the global supply of the metals, which are used in a [...]


Apology by different nationalities...

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:53 PM PST

各國女人裙子破了的反應~~~
日本東京 Tokyo, Japan

在川流不息的銀座廣場，一日本男子不小心刮開了一日本單身女人的超短裙。
日本男人還沒有開口，那日本單身女人一個90度的大鞠躬︰不好意思，給您添麻煩了！
都怪裙子的品質不好......說完，取出一個別針別好，又匆匆走掉。

A man accidentally tore a girl's short miniskirt in Tokyo. Before the guy had a chance to apologize, the single lady took a 90 degree bow, then said: "I am sorry to give you trouble! The quality of the skirt is not all that good." Then she took out a pin, put the skirt back together and left.

美國紐約 New York, USA

在人來人往的時代廣場，一美國男子不小心刮開了一美國單身女人的超短裙。
美國男人還沒開口，那美國單身女人立刻從身上摸出一張名片來︰這是我律師的電話，他會找你細談關于你性騷擾我的事情，你可以做好準備，我們法庭上見. .. .
說完記下美國男子的姓名電話，揚頭走掉。

Time Square, New York, a man accidentally tore a girl's short miniskirt. Before the guy had a chance to react, the single lady pulled out a name card, gave it to him and said: "This is my lawyer's business card. He will contact you about this sexual harassment. It is better that you prepare yourself, then we will see you in court."


法國巴黎 Paris, France

A French man accidently tore a girl's miniskirt. Before the man opened his mouth, the young single lady said with a smile: "If you do not mind, a red rose can represent your apology." The French man bought her a rose, then they went to a bar, and lastly, they went to a small hotel discussing what was in the miniskirt.

在聞名于世的凱旋門廣場上，一法國男子不小心刮開了一法國單身女人的超短裙。
法國男人還沒開口，那法國單身女人咯咯一笑，然後細手搭肩的說道︰如果你不介意的話，送我一枝玫瑰來向我道歉.......
說完。法國男人從花店買了一枝玫瑰，還請她去酒吧喝上一杯，然後兩人一起去一家小旅館再研究一下超短裙以內的事情了......

英國倫敦 Thymes, England

In the Church Square by Thymes, an Englishman accidentally tore the mini skirt of a young single lady. Before the English man opened his mouth, the young lady covered her tore spot, then said with a blush on her face: "Do you mind taking me home, sir? I live near here." The English man took his jacket off, put on her shoulders, call a cab, then took her home safely.

在泰晤士河邊的教堂廣場上，一英國男子不小心刮開了一英國單身女人的超短裙。
英國男人還沒開口，那英國單身女人忙用手裡的報紙遮住裙子開了的部分，紅著臉說︰先生，可以先送我回家嗎？我家就在前面不遠. .. . . ..
說完。英國男人把自己的上衣脫下來，披在她身上。叫了一輛Taxi，安全的把她送到家，又換了一件裙子。


中國重慶 Chong Qing, CHINA

A man accidentally cut open the miniskirt of a young lady. Before the man said anything, the young lady slapped the guy, then said, "You, the sex maniac. Dare to take advantage of me, I will send you to the labour camp…"

在人頭簇動的解放碑前，一重慶男子不小心刮開了一重慶單身女人的超短裙。
重慶男人還沒開口，那重慶單身女人揚手一記響亮的耳光，還抓住重慶男人的脖領子不放︰你這個不要臉的傢伙！敢吃老娘豆腐，送你去勞改...


台灣西門町 Shimending, Taiwan

A man accidentally tore a girl's short miniskirt. Before the guy started to speak, the girl smiled and said: "We have not come up with a price yet, and you want to inspect the merchandise?"

在台灣的西門町裡，一台客不小心刮開了一女學生的超短學生裙。
台客還沒開口，那個女學生咯咯一笑，對著你說：價錢還沒談攏就要先看貨了啊！


香港銅鑼灣 Times Square, Hong Kong

A man accidentally tore a girl's miniskirt. She was only 18 years old. Before the man opened his mouth, the girl screamed: "XXX your XXX, you think I am the cheap whore on the street? Watch out, I will find someone to peel your skin!"

在人山人海的時代廣場，一中年男子不小心刮開了一年約! 18女生的超短裙。
中年男人還沒有開口，那女生就大聲:我操你老母！
你當我是站路邊的便宜貨啊. .小心我去找人來收你的皮. ..


韓國斧山 Korea
On the street of Yinchong, a man accidently tore a girl's miniskirt. Before the man speaks, the girl gave him a round kick, then said: "Don't you know that I am a second degree black belt in Tai Kwan Dao."

在斧山的街上，一中年男子不小心刮開了一年約18女生的超短裙。
中年男人還沒有開口，那女生二話不說便踢出一個彈跳迴旋踢，然後冷冷地說:你不知道我是跆拳道黑帶二段嗎?


泰國曼谷 Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand, a man accidentally tore the miniskirt of an 18 year's old girl. Before the man start to apologize, the girl said with a Buddha hand gesture: "No worries honey, ……we are all men."

In Malaysia? Man would accuse the girl for dressing provocatively which caused it. If both are Muslims in Selangor, JAIS will arrest and charge them for khalwat. If JAIS officials not around, others will gather round and hope to watch some drama.
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Even a frog doesn't like to be fooled...

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:30 PM PST

Parking with cell phone... a boon to some drivers

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:25 PM PST

KP Umno Penang Tak Layak Debat Dengan Guan Eng!

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 10:00 PM PST

Hasrat Ketua Pemuda Umno Pulau Pinang untuk mempersoalkan Lim Guan Eng harus dilupakan,memandangkan ketua menteri lidah bercabang dan mempunyai kemahiran putar belit,tipu dan bohong yang diiktiraf oleh badan akreditasi PAS telah berjaya mempengaruhi pengundi pakatan kononnya beliau berjaya membina "JALAN RAKYAT" .

Jalan rakyat yang dimaksudkan oleh Guan Eng hanya satu satunya yang terdapat di Malaysia,Itu pun atas hasil usaha regim DAP yang tidak mampu dibuat oleh BN sejak 50 tahun yang lalu...keh keh keh..

Kalau tak percaya klik sini , sini

Kemuncaknya Guan Eng berjaya hapuskan tol Sungai Nyoq! Klik sini
Pisau kata "dah 50 tahun,geng pakatan kata BN tak pernah buat jalan rakyat! hahaha"

A doctor with excellent English and sense of humour

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:06 PM PST

Let me tell you about my doctor. He's very good! If you tell him you want a second opinion, He'll go out and come in again n give you another opinion..
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He treated one woman for yellow jaundice for three years Before he realized she was Chinese.
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Another time, he gave a patient six months to live. At the end of the six months, the patient hadn't paid his bill, So, the doctor gave him another six months.
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While he was talking to me, his nurse came in and said, "Doctor, there is a man here who thinks he's invisible." The doctor said, "Tell him I can't see him."
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Another time, a man came running in the office and yelled, "Doctor, doctor! - my son just swallowed a roll of film!" The doctor calmly replied, "Let's just wait and see what develops."
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One patient came in and said, "Doctor, I have a serious memory problem." The doctor asked, "When did it start?" The man replied, "When did what start?"
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I remember one time I told my doctor I had a ringing in my ears. His advice: "Don't answer it."
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My doctor sure has his share of nut cases. One said to him, "Doctor, I think I'm a bell." The doctor gave him some pills and said, "Here, take these - If they don't work, give me a ring."
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Another guy told the doctor that he thought he was a deck of cards.
The doctor simply said, "Go sit over there. I'll deal with you later."
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When I told my doctor I broke my leg in two places, He told me to stop going to those places.
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You know, doctors can be so frustrating. You wait a month and a half for an appointment, Then he says, "I wish you had come to me sooner."

(I'm afraid most of today's students would not be able to discern the jokes.)
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PAS Lancar Solat Hajat Untuk BMW & Camry

Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:00 PM PST

Khawarij PAS nak adakan solat hajat sebab bmw & camry tim pesuruhjaya diaorang dibakar.Baru kelmarin diaorang tuduh Umno yang bakar. Hari ini tuan empunya badan dah tuduh ada kaitan politik.

Kata penyokong khawarij "salam...saya menyeru semua penyokong PAS agar melakukan solat hajat seluruh negara agar orang yang khianat bakar itu kita serahkan kepada Allah...biar Allah sahaja yang tentukan nasib dia.....dia tahu ke ada kuasa Yang Maha Hebat iaitu Allah yang akan menjatuhkan hukum di dunia dan di akhirat yang pasti....amin..."

Tahu pun Allah ada,bila buat solat hajat untuk Anwar ,bukti dan kebenaran muncul diaorang kata fitnah pulak...

Takkan dia nak tuduh DAP?tak mungkin sebab khawarij ciom molot dengan DAP..dia nak tuduh PKR lagi tak mungkin sebab dah jadi tungangan.. siapa lagi kalau bukan Umno..

Timbalan Pesuruhjaya PAS Johor, Dzulkifly Ahmad mendakwa kejadian rumahnya dibaling bom molotov awal hari ini bermotifkan politik.

Beliau yang bekerja sebagai perunding hartanah turut menolak kejadian ada kaitan dengan perniagaan, sebaliknya mendakwa bermotifkan politik.

tenang pas pc 290111 dzulkefly ahmad"Saya yakin kejadian ini ada kaitan dengan isu pengambilan QSR Brands Bhd and KFC Holdings (M) Bhd (KFCH) oleh Johor Corporation, syarikat kerajaan negeri Johor dan isu tanah Kampung Ladang, Tanjung Kupang yang diambil oleh Iskandar Investment Berhad yang saya kendalikan Khamis lalu," katanya.

Dzulkifli juga berkata beliau tidak pernah menerima sebarang ugutan.

Ketua Polis Daerah Johor Baharu Utara, ACP Ruslan Hassan mengesahkan kejadian tersebut dan berkata pihaknya akan menyiasat kes itu dari semua sudut.

Kes disiasat mengikut Seksyen 435 Kanun Keseksaan kerana khianat dengan menggunakan api, katanya.

Sementara itu, Dzulkifly berkata kejadian itu menyebabkan kereta jenis BMW miliknya rosak teruk manakala kereta jenis Toyota Camry pula mengalami kerosakan pada bahagian depan.

Kerugian dianggar RM300,000 termasuk kerosakan perabot serta kompresor pendingin hawa, katanya.

Dzulkifli, 44, berkata ketika kejadian, beliau bersama isteri serta tiga anak dan kakak iparnya berada di rumah tersebut di Jalan Kemajuan 20, Taman Universiti di Johor Bahru.

- Bernama
Pisau kata " kemarin diaorang tuduh umno,hari ini tuan bmw kata motif politik pulak.."

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