Do You Agree With This Senator's Arguments For Perpetuation Of The NEP?

A senator today disagreed with a tabloid newspaper editorial which proposed that the existing social contract between the various races in the country be restructured.

Senator Datuk Syed Ali Al Habshee said the tabloid proposal that the political formula be restructured by using a more universal spirit in line with global trends indirectly questioned the special privileges of the Malays as agreed in the social contract.

"Come to think of it, all the races are dissatisfied. This we admit but don't question Malay rights this way. Why must we question something which has led to racial harmony and unity," Syed Ali told Bernama here today .

The tabloid had raised the issue when commenting about the illegal rally by the Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) on Nov 25 and its demands.

"There are things which can be changed to suit the times but this is not the case for Malaysia as the social contract had been agreed and used for a long time," Syed Ali added.

***** Syed Ali obviously is adamant in his view that the so-called 'social contract' is akin to an ironclad holy agreement blessed by the Gods. As one who has benefited hugely and very profitably by the unfettered implementation of the NEP, he definitely would not like to see it being diluted or 'restructured', at least not till the next millennium or until the Bumis are ready to compete on a 'level playing field', whichever comes later. At least Pak Lah was hinting at a 2057 expiry date for the end of this abomination called the Never Ending Policy. This bugger seems much worse.

Strange isn't it, that one whose name sounds more Arabic than Malay and who looks more Pakistani than Malay should be so fanatically pro-Malay! A case of knowing which side his bread is buttered? Oh well, to each his own.
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Grateful Govt Reappoints ACA D-G On One-year Contract For A Job 'Well Done'

Anti-Corruption Agency director-general Datuk Ahmad Said Hamdan has been reappointed to the post on a one-year contract following his mandatory retirement on May 26 next year.

Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said Ahmad Said would serve in the graft-busting agency's top post until May 25, 2009.

He was reappointed as his services were still needed, Mohd Sidek said in a statement.

He said the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin has consented to the reappointment under Section 3(3) of the Anti-Corruption Act 1997.

Penang-born Ahmad Said was appointed ACA director-general on May 14 this year. (Bernama)

***** Who said that our government doesn't reward those who truly deserve it? the ACA has been hyperactive recently and without fail followed and implemented our kerajaan's matlamat. What better honour for an obedient servant than to have his tenure extended. The same way that the government now seeks to amend the constitution to accommodate another loyal and servile errand boy, the chairman of the Election Commission. In our country all this and more are good examples of our patriotic slogan, Malaysia Boleh!
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Bootlicking Sycophancy At Its Worst - Khairy Selected To Hoist Malayan Flag In Re-Enactment!

From today's TheStar:
Umno deputy youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin is used to having thousands of eyes watch his every move and thinks nothing of it. However, what he has been asked to do tonight has got him feeling like a bundle of nerves.

He has been given the important task of hoisting the Malayan flag during the re-enactment of the countdown to independence, which occurred at Dataran Merdeka in 1957, when an Umno Youth member hoisted the flag.

Tomorrow night, he will carry the Declaration of Independence to be handed over to the VIPs at the mammoth Merdeka celebration at Merdeka Stadium.

“I am scared, really. I have been practising and wanting to get it perfectly right. This is huge and makes the Merdeka more meaningful to me personally,” said Khairy when met during a rehearsal at Merdeka Stadium last night.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim were also present at the rehearsal.

Khairy said he received a call from Umno Youth leader Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein a few weeks ago who informed him of the “duties.”

“I was overwhelmed then, and I still am,” he added.

***** Are we so short of eligible, deserving and talented young Malay men that we have to depend on a political opportunist to hoist the flag? His only qualification is that of being a notoriously high profile son-in-law of the Prime Minister.

The bootlickers in Umno of whom there are literally thousands, merely to ingratiate themselves to the party president have selected, despite I'm sure their very private reservations, this totally undeserving character to do the honours. Those servile and obsequious 'pemimpin' who go crawling on all fours to the 'hallowed' offices at level 4 Putrajaya, should be ashamed of themselves at this blatant display of pure, unadulterated sycophancy.

And this Khairy character proudly claims to 'struggle' for maruah bangsa when those that surround him and his father-in-law do not have even the slightest idea of what it means to have maruah! Maruahless baruahs.
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Osama Bin Laden - Good Example Of 'A Miss Is As Good As A Mile'

United States troops in Afghanistan came so close to discovering Osama bin Laden in the winter of 2004-2005 that his supporters were on the verge of killing him to prevent his capture, Newsweek reported on Sunday.

Bin Laden's entourage, ordered to kill the al-Qaeda chief and themselves to avoid capture, were about to take the drastic action using a special code word when nearby US troops moved off in a different direction, the magazine said in its latest issue on sale on Monday.

"If there's a 99 percent risk of the sheikh (Bin Laden) being captured, he told his men that they should all die and martyr him as well," Newsweek quoted Egyptian al-Qaeda operative Sheikh Said as telling Taliban official Omar Farooqi.

The near-miss by US forces occurred on the lawless border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the magazine reported.

In its cover story on the six-year-old search for Bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, Newsweek also said the intense US search for him has made little progress in several years.

"There hasn't been a serious lead on Osama bin Laden since early 2002," Bruce Reidel, a retired CIA South Asia expert, told the magazine. "What we're doing now is shooting in the dark in outer space. The chances of hitting anything are zero," said an unidentified intelligence official.

The publication also reported that US security officials believe al-Qaeda is still planning dramatic attacks on the West comparable to 9/11. (Independent Online)
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