Month: September 2008

By Anatres @MagickRiver

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

With each passing day my admiration for RPK keeps growing. Not only does the man have titanium balls, he’s also blessed with crystalline intelligence. Besides, his initials are a good match for PKR, or Parti KeADILan Rakyat, the party behind the Reformasi movement triggered by Anwar’s unceremonious sacking. Most importantly, RPK has got HEART – unlike many other self-styled pundits who hem and haw and throw cold water on the burning passion of the rakyat for genuine reform. I won’t name these pusillanimous political analysts. There are too many of them, stroking their metaphorical beards and showing disdain for everything Anwar Ibrahim has accomplished as a reformer and visionary. These mockingbird intellectuals all have one thing in common: their envy of Anwar’s political charisma, his mental agility, physical stamina, and his rockstar-like popularity. Rather than jump to their feet and and give this great hero a standing ovation, they carp at his human shortcomings and past errors. And what do they prescribe as a remedy for the malaise that has afflicted Malaysia for decades? Wait till GE13! Bollocks! In the immortal words of Jim Morrison: “The time for hestitation’s through/No time to wallow in the mire/Try now, we can only lose/Come on, baby, light my fire!” In case some of you still can’t access Malaysia Today, I’m reproducing RPK’s latest inspiring blogpost below…

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By Bernard Khoo aka zorro

Monday, September 8, 2008

I spent the afternoon at the Chinese assembly Hall to lend support to the launch of the Centre for Policy Initiatives English and Chinese Website. The launch was preceded by speeches by Dr Syed Husin Ali, Deputy President of PKR and former Penang State Councillor Datuk Dr Toh Ki Woon. Both spoke on Freedom of Information. Dr Syed Husin Ali recalled the time when Ku Li of Semangat 46 was trying to promote Gagasan. He asked the BN government during the election campaign: “Give me 3minutes even at 3am on TV”. This was denied. So much for freedom of Information. During question time Dr Husin was asked if 916 was a fact. He said, straight-faced, ” I can say authoritatively that we have the numbers…….it will happen…if not on the 16, its after……because they have snatched some bodies away on some study trip to Taiwan.”

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By Khairul Hezry

But you knew that already, didn’t you? In his attempt to appear heroic in the eyes of the UMNOputras, former Chief Minister of Selangor, Dr. Khir “my name suggests I’m an immigrant myself??? Toyo urged UMNO President and lame duck PM Abdullah Badawi to step down so as to avoid another May 13 incident. He warned that if something is not done quickly (read: Pak Lah handing in his resignation), people (read: the Chinese) might go to the streets and demonstrate.

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Today, I received many phone calls from concerned friends who told me that the government is considering detaining me under the Internal Security Act ‘very soon’. If that does happen, then this could probably be the last article I write, at least until 16 September 2008.

THE CORRIDORS OF POWER

Raja Petra Kamarudin

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