This Fireduck Is Really Funny!

By Fireduck, 26 December 2009, 17:35 in reply to Tohkong Mosjid [READ MORE].

Hrrrrmmmph! This is God.

You Malaysians are so fickle-minded. First to help you all along, I send you a decent fella Rahman. He was happy to serve you guys, but some of you were not happy and forced him out. Instead, you wanted a Brutus to lead you, so you got Razak instead. Now that one, I do not have much to do with. He led you guys on a divergent route from what was planned for Malaysia, but since you guys wanted him ..... oh well, you guys always want to learn the hard way.

But even I couldn't stand the fact that he got to lead us guys via the Brutus (mere mortal men came up with the term "brutish") way down the path I didn't mean for you guys to go. When it was time for him to return to answer for his time on earth, I decided to try and lead you guys out form the lost path. I sent you another decent fella, Hussein but aiyah, you Malaysians do not see the good I have meant for you, and again, you asked for another Brutus character. I tried to warn you guys that one Brutus will lead to another. You guys didn't listen. That Hussein guy had enough of you guys and quit on me, and you guys brought this real Brute (he's the mother of all Brutuses -- his name Maha should have alerted you) into the picture.

You must understand I endowed your country with riches far beyond gold and all that glitters. I endowed your country with a diversity of cultures some other countries would go out of their way to have. They value the beauty of the differences I'm able to come up with, and the intrinsic strength of such diversities. But sigh, again, you Malaysians do not appreciate that. Your mother-of-all-Brutuses tried to go against that wisdom and through his actions tried to cull that diversity and instead place upon you the ketuanan that even I cannot understand. I understand he even tried to masquerade as me in his 22 years lording over you guys. Sorry there, I had to let you guys learn the hard way.

Again, I must mention that if you guys like Brutuses to lead you, you will forever be on the wrong path. Until you get rid of the present batch of leaders I cannot do much to help you further. Some things have to come from within each of you. I will not take away the riches that I have endowed upon your country, but then, neither will I add to that richness if you people do not help yourselves. I'm sure you heard of the oft-quoted "God help those who help themselves". I'm very patient, and I can definitely wait. After all, my 1minute = your 1 millennium.

But if you wish to see positive change, take the initiative to act now. Reach out to your fellow Malaysians and get them to see the goodness in each other. Repulse and reject any of your fellow Malaysians who tell you to only see the difference in the skin colors. I reveal to you now (what the rest of the world already knows) that I played with the different skin colors just for diversity's sake .... maybe I was bored ..... but beneath all that, the basic components are EXACTLY the same.

I will work in my own way for the ultimately good in the end, but remember, don't wait for me to do my work. I follow a different timing system. But I allow you all to control your own destiny, so help yourselves .... then I will come and help you. My parting advice right now, is 'get rid of the entrenched system of patronage, seize the opportunities for change, and dare to make that change. I'm watching .....'.

I bless!

God .... Grand Old Daddy

Christmas Isn't Christmas Till It Happens...

Chorus:

Christmas isn't Christmas

till it happens in your heart.

Somewhere deep inside you

Is where Christmas really starts.

So give your heart to Jesus, you'll discover when you do.

That it's Christmas, really Christmas for you.

Jesus brings warmth like a winter fire, a light like a candle's glow.

He's waiting now to come inside, as He did so long ago.

Jesus brings gifts of truth and life, and makes them bloom and grow.

So welcome Him with a song of joy, and when He comes you'll know that

Christmas isn't Christmas

till it happens in your heart...

NB: The composer of this song is unknown to this blogger. Those with the information kindly comment. Thank you.

Forum "Natijah dari Krisis Perak" Anjuran MerdekaReview

Butiran:

Tema: Whither the Constitution? Lessons to be learnt from the Perak Crisis (English)
Tarikh: 9 Disember 2009 (Rabu)
Masa: 8 pm
Tempat: MBPJ Civic Centre Auditorium, Jalan Yong Shook Lin, Petaling Jaya.

Kedatangan dialu-alukan. Kemasukan adalah percuma.

Antara ahli panelnya termasuklah Professor Kevin Tan, Professor Shad Faruqi dan Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin.

Kevin Tan, graduan dari Yale University, seorang pensyarah di Singapura, dan juga Monash University di kampus Kuala Lumpur. Selain itu, beliau juga banyak menulis mengenai perlembagaan Malaysia dan Singapura.

Professor Shad Faruqi, pakar perlembagaan, dan juga penulis buku Document of Destiny. Selain mengajar di universiti tempatan, juga seorang kolumnis dalam akhbar Star.

Nizar Jamaluddin, Menteri Besar Pakatan Rakyat negeri Perak, merangkap ahli parlimen Bukit Gantang, Perak.

Sekali imbas, krisis Perak yang berlanjutan sehingga kini merupakan antara peristiwa yang paling penting dalam tahun 2009. Pergelutan kuasa antara Barisan Nasional dengan Pakatan Rakyat ini telah memberi impak yang besar kepada sistem politik Malaysia dari semua dimensi, termasuk kehakiman, pasukan keselamatan, perundangan, institusi Raja dan sebagainya.

Human Rights Award for Malaysian Group Against Security Law

By James Chow, Epoch Times, 8 Dec 2009

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Fifty years after British colonial authorities passed a “temporary” law in Malaysia that allows police to detain suspects in security threats, human rights groups are fighting back, and winning awards for doing so.

The Internal Security Act (ISA) was passed in 1960 to strengthen the British colonials in suppressing the communist rebellion. Today, the law is still on the books and according to Human Rights Watch, is a recipe for abuse.

Under the preventative detention law, police can detain suspects without trial or criminal charges by the order of the home minister. Any person who is suspected of posing a threat to the security of the country can be detained for a period of 60 days to two years and is extendable thereafter for further periods not exceeding two years at a time.

“Those held under the ISA are defined as a group that has virtually no rights, so it is hardly surprising that prison guards treat them as less than human,” said Brad Adams, executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division.

The group leading the fight, the Abolish ISA Movement, known as GMI in Malay, won the SUARAM Human Rights Award 2009 at the 20th SUARAM Fundraising Dinner on Sunday.

Representing GMI to accept the award was Norlaila Othman. Her husband Mat Sah Mohd Satray was one of the ISA detainees who was released on Sept. 15 this year—however, his movement is still restricted by authorities, preventing him from attending the award ceremony.

GMI was awarded the human rights awards because of their fearlessness when facing the authorities and their persistent struggle on their cause, according to the event organizer.

Comprised of 83 organizations, GMI was formed in 2001, and has held various public awareness activities including protests, candle vigils, and public forums. The group is coordinated by human rights activists, lawyers, former detainees, and family members of current and former detainees.

In August this year, GMI held a rally to urge the government to abolish the ISA. The rally attracted 30,000 people, and many ISA detainees were released not long afterward.

SUARAM (Malaysian’s Voice), considered one of the leading human rights organization in the country, was established in 1989 upon the release of the last detainees of “Operation Lalang” (Weeding Operation), where 107 opposition leaders and social activist were detained by the government under the ISA in 1987.

“SUARAM has a mission to build a human rights movement in Malaysia using empowerment, advocacy, and solidarity, and our vision is to build a society based on peace, justice, democracy, and human rights,” said SUARAM’s founder, Dr. Kua Kia Soon, during his awards speech.

More than 500 human rights activist and supporters attended the fundraising and awards dinner to pay tribute to human rights defenders who have fought and sacrificed for the improvement of human rights in Malaysia, as well as to raise funds for SUARAM to continue in its work.