'Anwar Ibrahim Tak Reti Mengira'

'Anwar Ibrahim tidak pandai ekonomi,' sergah Khir Toyo.  'Anwar akan bankrapkan Selangor,' tokok Tun Mahathir.  Memang menjadi tugas mantan MB dan PM menyumbang idea, walaupun tanpa dipohon.  Selain membantu Najib, tugas mereka memberi propaganda negatif terhadap pentadbiran Pakatan Rakyat.  Program hitam 'Anwar bashing' akan terus kedengaran.

When the goin' gets tough, the toughs get goin'

I qoute a piece from the Malaysian Insider, 17 Nov 2009:

Malaysia seen as more corrupt than ever


KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 - Malaysia is now seen to be more corrupt than ever, anti-graft watchdog Transparency International said in its global corruption perception index 2009 launched today.


Malaysia now ranks 56 out of 180 countries in the world with a corruption index score of 4.5 out of 10, with 10 being the least corrupt, said the world corruption watchdog. Last year, it placed 47 with a CPI score of 5.1.


The three least corrupt countries in the world are, in order, New Zealand, Denmark and Singapore.

The Star 25 Oct 2009 Andrew Sia: 'The truth emerges'

A former minister shares eyebrow-rising inside stories from his long political career.

UNLESS the name on the cover is Mahathir or Badawi, ministerial memoirs wouldn’t usually be greeted with bated breath.

But the book by Tan Sri Mohamed Rahmat that was released on Oct 12 has been causing quite a stir.

He was, after all, the person who controlled for more than a decade what the Malaysian public saw and heard on Government TV and radio channels as Information Minister from 1987 to 1999.

Now, aged 71 and suffering from diabetes and cancer, Tok Mat, as he is known, freely admits that his job was really as a Propaganda Minister.

In his political memoirs, Umno: Akhir Sebuah Impian (Umno: The End of a Dream), he explains how his ministry’s campaigns, such as Setia (Loyalty), were actually a response to the Team A versus Team B split in Umno in 1987.

Penyelewengan Sistem Demokrasi

Falsafah demokrasi menegaskan bahawa kebenaran dan kebaikan itu ditentukan oleh majoriti.  Sama ada kita setuju dengan ideologi ini atau tidak, yang jelas tidak wujud amalan demokrasi yang tulen dalam dunia kini. Tambahan pula, ada negara yang demokrasinya langsung diselewengkan.

1Malaysia, Kelantan & Royalti Minyak

Pelaksanaan 1Malaysia diperhebatkan. Antara sasaran terkini ialah Kelantan. Isunya royalti minyak.

Sedikit Ulasan: 'The Truth Emerges'

Saya ada kepilkan sorotan buku Tok Mat yang terbit dalam akhbar The Star 25 Oktober 2009. Walaupun sorotan itu pendek, tetapi ia berjaya menyentuh noktah-noktah yang signifikan dan relevan dalam konteks politik semasa tanah air kita. Apa yang penting bagi seorang rakyat yang berfikir ialah mengekstrapolat pemerihalan Tok Mat itu untuk kini dan selanjutnya.

1Malaysia: Gagasan atau Hanya Slogan?

Tatkala PM Najib mengambil alih tampuk pemerintahan daripada PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, dia melancarkan gagasan 1Malaysia dengan slogan '1Malaysia Pencapaian Diutamakan'. Sejak hari itu '1Malaysia' merupakan slogan yang menanti dipenuhi makna. Pada hemat saya, walaupun 1Malaysia merupakan sebahagian strategi Najib dalam usaha mengembalikan sokongan rakyat Malaysia terhadap BN, isi atau substans 1Malaysia masih belum ditanggapi sepenuhnya oleh pasukan think-tank yang merangkanya.