Tun Dr. Mahathir tells UMNO members to speak up bravely and watch the video to see what happens when someone actually does. Aduh!!

Mat Salo took some interesting photos

Got this piece of news at The Star Online.

Karyawan fears four states may follow Kelantan’s example

The Malaysian Artistes’ Association (Karyawan) fears for the local arts and entertainment industry following the formation of new governments in five opposition-led states. 

“We are very apprehensive that the same restrictions in PAS-led Kelantan might apply to the four other states where the party is part of a loose DAP-PKR-PAS coalition,” president Freddie Fernandez said. 

What crap are you talking about Mr. Fernandez!  Everyone knows PAS is part of the Barisan Rakyat coalition in these states and they do not have the majority to do and implement all the things you say they might. Seriously… I would never have thought a man of your calibre and education would be so stupid to actually give an idiotic interview like the above. (Guess I was wrong!)

What seems more plausible is that you were put up to this! Are you a BN lackey used by UMNO?

Come on, kiss my blogger a.s.s « * SUSAN LOONE’s blog *

Susan Loone says it so well. How come some of the other bloggers don’t smell a rotten fish?

Idris Jusoh (pic)

Some serious drama is brewing in Trengganu.

Just awhile ago, the UMNO goons accused DAP and Lim Kit Siang of being disrespectful to the Perak Regent.

But now UMNO is doing the same thing. The state assemblymen of Trengganu decided to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of the new MB of Trengganu when the Sultan was adamant to install his choice to the position and not UMNO’s recommendation of the infamous Idris Jusoh.

Latest news says the Trengganu Sultan’s choice of MB who was supposed to be sworn in this morning has been stripped of UMNO membership.

I like what Aisehman had to say.

With UMNO and the BN it has always about them and never about the rakyat.

I hope our Agong will stand firm with his decision and show us that he cannot be manipulated by the UMNOPutras.

Daulat Tuanku!!

A certain dentist who left his profession to become the MB for the state where I live must be looking into getting back to his former profession.

Unfortunately a little bird told me he has not been renewing his annual practioner’s license. How lah like that? Maybe the new Minister of Health can help the poor guy get his practising license back.  

He should really get

this guy

and this guy

to help him at his new clinic

He should also watch this video for inspiration. Or he can get into the tempe business lah. Makan tempe hidung mancung, kulit makin berseri nyuk nyuk nyuk nyuk.

 Photo above courtesy of the very cute Mob1900.

as told by Joceline Tan in The Star today.

 No fury like Rafidah

News that Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz had not been reappointed a minister was followed by high drama in the Wanita Umno wing as the senior ladies lamented their lack of representation in the Cabinet.

ALL hell more or less broke loose in Wanita Umno the day the new Cabinet was unveiled.  A large part of it had to do with the wing’s chief Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz being dropped from the Cabinet.  

Then there was the fact that the only woman in the new Cabinet was Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said whom the senior ladies do not regard as a member of the women’s wing or, at least, not yet. 

“The general feeling is that we are not appreciated. We have been made to feel insignificant, even irrelevant, particularly when the heads of the Youth and Puteri wings are appointed to posts,” said a senior Wanita exco member. 

An emergency meeting was hurriedly called by Wanita secretary Datuk Faridah Abu Hassan at their PWTC headquarters. Faridah, a long-time loyalist of Rafidah, had panicked because Rafidah had apparently indicated that she wanted to resign from all her posts. 

The Iron Lady was said to be so upset that she had contemplated quitting as Wanita chief and even as Kuala Kangsar MP.  

Pickles: She should have resigned. Any self-respecting person would. What an insult!

“We must do something, this cannot be allowed to happen,” one of them said.  Rafidah was not present and her deputy Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil chaired the meeting. It was a rather chaotic meeting with people trying to talk at the same time and with little consensus about what to do next.  It was then decided that Wanita members would be asked to convene in Putrajaya that very evening to show how unhappy they were and to petition the Prime Minister. Unfortunately, the SMS instructions going out were less than clear and some of the women went to the Prime Minister’s residence while the others went to his office. To add to the confusion, a few of those who had advocated going to Putrajaya decided to go instead to Rafidah’s house in Damansara Heights. 

In Putrajaya, the women dispersed at about 7pm only after being told that Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi would meet the wing’s exco the next day. 

But the drama was far from over. 

A late announcement from Putrajaya that Shahrizat, who lost her Lembah Pantai seat in the polls, had been appointed special adviser with ministerial status on women’s affairs did little to improve the situation. 

Pickles: How funny is this… Sharizat went to argue Rafidah’s case and the PM shut her up by giving her an extra special post (nyuk nyuk nyuk).

Instead, it only made Rafidah more furious resulting in a heated exchange of words over the telephone that may have damaged relations between the two women for some time to come. Rafidah apparently accused Shahrizat of stabbing her in the back. 

Pickles: Rafidah, she went to fight for you lah but PM gave her a post she cannot say no to. That’s how it is kan in UMNO/BN la di da Malaysia Boleh land….

Rafidah’s reaction to the sudden end of her long political career had been stunning to say the least. 

“She was like a wounded tigress,” said a senior Wanita Umno politician. 

She was livid, fierce and wrathful, lashing out at people around her, including Shahrizat who has been an uncommonly loyal deputy. 

Pickles: Poor mild-mannered Sharizat. Why do you even put up with this nonsense? And why exactly do the rest of the women in Wanita UMNO put up with this bad-tempered makcik? Terlalu banyak makan budi ke

It was meltdown time for the Iron Lady. 

Even as people were trying to absorb the implications of the new Cabinet on Tuesday, speculation was rife that Rafidah was preparing to resign as leader of Wanita Umno. 

But she calmed down and was back to her usual confident self by the time she faced a packed press conference yesterday. There was no hint whatsoever of her rage the day before.  

Pickles: Fuiyoh, so terrer this makcik… can recover from her wrath so quickly. I expected to see some major drama at the PC but nothing….

She said she would not relinquish her Wanita Umno leadership, that the Cabinet was the Prime Minister’s prerogative and that her grandchildren liked the idea of her spending more time at home.  

Pickles: Sure or not the grandkids even want the tyrant granny around. Takuuuuuttttttt!!

Rafidah is 64. She has been in politics close to 40 years, 32 of which were spent in the Cabinet. And she has been, without a doubt, in a class of her own and there will be very few who can hold a candle to her accomplishments. 

At the same time, like many politicians who have overstayed, she has accumulated more than her share of political baggage. 

It is said that Abdullah had been under great pressure to drop her after the controversial Approved Permits issue several years ago. But she survived the Cabinet reshuffle in 2006. 

Sources said that even before the general election, the Prime Minister had been soliciting feedback from people about the prospect of retiring Rafidah. The feedback he got was that it was time for her to go. 

Another reason for her exclusion is that the Government is anticipating complications over the issue of her not signing her nomination form during the elections.  

Her PAS opponent will likely file a complaint and there has been a precedent of a candidate being disqualified for not signing his nomination form. 

Some suggest that the Cabinet line-up also says a lot of the Prime Minister’s intentions for the Umno elections due later this year. 

His appointment of Shahrizat as women’s affairs adviser and Azalina as Tourism Minister is seen as a hint of the future hierarchy of Wanita Umno. 

Pickles: Does this mean makcik will no longer be at the top of Wanita Umno after August 2008?

But, of course, the final outcome lies with the women’s wing and also whether Rafidah will let go gracefully or fight like a tigress to stay on.

Pickles: Doesn’t matter really. UMNO is so irrelevant!

The new Minister of Information of Malaysia said bloggers are an important source of information and he also mentioned that he would like to have a talk with them. Quite a change in attitude compared to the previous bumbling, stuttering Minister (nyuk nyuk nyuk).

Malaysians bloggers played a main role to bring about the change we now have in Malaysia. I too would like to be part of that change… hence this blog.