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Saying UMNO is hypocritical is an UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE MILLENIUM

UMNO is not a hypocritical political party, it displays FASCIST tendencies.

Each year UMNO leaders lie through their teeth, behaving benelovent 2-3 months before each General Election and then immediately after that, adopts their naturally racist faces to the public.

Only a fascist-oriented political party in Govt destroys the judiciary, castrated the media and cowed all other races in the name of a majority-race superiority, engaged in almost apartheid policies and got away with sweet talking rhetorics. If not for the economy supported by mainly non Malay businessmen who had parked their money overseas but maintain a corrupted front to these UMNO greedy politicians, Malaysia would have been like Myanmar.

Just read the latest about a Chinese businessman who paid RM 130,000 to UMNO in Johore and got cheated out by these UMNO politicians, they even refuse to give a receipt to the donations.

And the Chinese and Indians, the opportunists who cannot see beyong their noses and not even beyond their children's general will buy log stock and barrel the bullshit from UMNO in the coming months. The cheek of it all is that MCA and MIC leaders will sell their souls packaged inside UMNO's false promises to the rest of the suckers in the Chinese and Indian community.

UMNO will win the election, mainly with the compliments of the Chinese and Indians because the Chinese and Indians have totally lost their balls... and castrated through and through since 1957 by UMNO politicians.

As Lord Acton once opined,

"Power tends to corrupt;
absolute power corrupts
absolutely."

UMNO swaggers, postures, and brandishes the keris as defender of "bangsa, agama dan negara", the already voiced indignation and state offence taken by at least one of their non-Malay BN partners (and many Malaysians of various races too) be damned.

Yet, as a race, the Malay race in Malaysia is the one which, in my opinion, still is the most cultured, gentle and caring of all the races in Malaysia, even in the face of the corrupting forces of the modern world.

Even some (not all) of the offensive leaders of UMNO, in their private capacities, are very cultured, gentle and nice people, I think.

So dare I say that a major reason why UMNO is the way it is is its stranglehold on power?

Which leads to this question - Is UMNO actually working for a better Malaysia or is it doing the opposite?

In the final analysis, is UMNO actually working for or against the "bangsa, agama dan negara"?

And if my thesis is valid, then is the cure for the malady not obvious?

ekekeke.. fascist ? hmm
i dono, i lost my trust on UMNO long time..and i was reminded of it from the Kg Jawa incident few days ago..
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An old joke best describe UMNO.

When Stalin met Napoleon at the crossroad between hell and heaven, Stalin told Napoleon, "If French army follow the communist, you will not be defeated in Waterloo."

Napoleon replied in sigh,"Let me control the media as what you have done, people will never know I am defeated".

and in rocky's bru, a poster recently wrote as below quote-unquote;

the question is this: does it reflect the Umno line? my retort would be that the next pm in reality will be nib's other half and will she be the one doing the mindset changing of the malays that's the bottomline of this post? think hard the real situation ahead, this is the maroczy bind:

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" Brunt Council said...

DAP can simply whack at random because they are perpetually outside of Government, not even at any state level. I certainly doubt the Chinese will give them Penang to govern but they do want them to continue barking in Parliament and provide that odd shrill of a voice "mana ini peraturan ....!"

PAS will only be relevant in the Malay hinterland albeit lesser developed state. Perhaps have some presence in Kelantan and on the long shot govern Terengganu. Other than their Islamic agenda and localised Malay issue, do they have anything worthwhile to add at the national level. And, as opposition, they can pounce away at will.

PKR ... what is there to say abt PKR? It's waiting for its burial, even if BN do poorly. Anwar will perhaps run to PAS and accentuate his Arabic accent. They are so desperate that the Malays in PKR are so muted by their non Malay members that they are willing to accelerate the forgoing of Malay rights. As for the non Malays, if not for the continual presence of Lim Kit Siang, they would have long been in DAP.

The non UMNO BN members are there to voice the interest of the non Malays and non Muslims, and once in a while at some token occasion, you'll hear them talk like a Bangsa Malaysia concern for the well being for Malaysia and Malaysian.

Love them or deplore them, the reality is that UMNO and only UMNO that is wearing the many hats of looking after their own ethnic interest, balancing it with the needs of the other ethnic interest and ensuring all this fit in with the national plan.

As a political party, they would naturally want to maintain their dominance. If any of the other parties had been in UMNO shoe, would they not do so? Now thats another hat to wear for them.

Then let's not forget the highly competitive level of its own internal politics.

We should appreciate the predicament UMNO and the Malays is in. Perpetual demands based on narrow interest would only make UMNO/Malays more defensive and flex their muscle to once in a while turn aggresive.

With no other viable political options left for the Malays, it is only UMNO the Malays will give their vote and support. It's no more political but already acculturised.

It is the Malays and specifically the Malays in UMNO that will bring about change, not others, even how smart they think they are. Accept the fact that you can only bring abt chaneg if the Malays is convince, comfortable and agree to change.

If we are truly concern for the well being of the country, learn to appreciate this reality. Whats wrong with engaging in a non adverserial and positive manner with the Malays?

A defensive Malay will not serve the process of change. Whats wrong with appreciating their concerns and insecurity. Convince them that the change you demand will not jeopardise them. Change will not happen fast, with so many balancing act needed. Be pragmatic and not be aggresive in your demands.

If what is wanted positive change for all to benefit, whats wrong with doing that?"

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Neil

The fact is UMNO does not represent the interests of ALL Malays.

It is a self-serving and cares less about the poorer Malays, let alone the non Malays.

With UMNO, you don't negotiate, if the last 50 years are of any lesson to be remembered.

UMNO never learns and refuses to learn its mistakes. It is power unto itself and its absolute power has corrupt the governance of this country and makes a mockery of the Federal Constitution, the Judiciary and the freedom of the press.

The only negotiable thing worth talking is send UMNO out to pastures or the biblical wilderness for 5 years to brood over their sins against Malaysians and against God.

The next time the UMNO-led government decides to splurge another RM90 million ( or anything up to billion or more even ), perhaps they should spare a thought for the still needy Malays.

AFP has this news item out:

Malaysia's forgotten poor failed by policy to boost Muslim Malays

by Romen Bose Sun Nov 4, 6:06 PM ET

KUALA TERENGGANU, Malaysia (AFP) - Nearly four decades of controversial positive-discrimination policies were supposed to lift Muslim Malays like fisherman Maskan Mohamad out of poverty.

But despite the programme, which has alienated the nation's ethnic Chinese and Indian citizens, Maskan's family have empty bellies and little hope as they struggle to survive on a handful of dollars a day.

"All I know is how to fish. My family are all fisherman and even my children are fishermen because we cannot hope for anything more," says the 62-year-old, who earns about 400 ringgit a month (119 dollars).

That's barely enough to feed his wife, three children and elderly parents. Maskan's two teenage sons had to drop out of school at 11, and the whole family labours to process their daily catch.

"The government say they are helping us but I have not gotten much help from them," he says.

"Where is the government money and projects to help us live a better life, to help my children get jobs and have a better future than me?"

Malaysia's population of nearly 27 million is made up of 60 percent Malay Muslims who dominate the government, 26 percent ethnic Chinese who are prominent in business, and eight percent ethnic Indians.

Two years after race riots broke out in 1969, the government launched the New Economic Policy (NEP) with initiatives to narrow the wealth gap between the Chinese and Malays.

But by 2004, 8.3 percent of Malays were still living in poverty -- earning less than 190 dollars a month -- compared to just 0.6 percent of Chinese and 2.9 percent of Indians.

Critics say the main beneficiaries of the policy have been Malay entrepreneurs who cash in on an array of perks including discounts on property purchases and specially allocated government projects.

Meanwhile, the village of Seberang Takir outside the northern city of Kuala Terengganu is home to 20 fishing families leading a hand-to-mouth existence, living in rickety homes that are a patchwork of wooden planks and pieces of tin.

Women in brightly coloured batik work salting fish and shrimp in the hot sun, shrouded in dust from trucks rumbling to a reclamation site where the state government is building a new cruise ship terminal.

The fishing folk are unlikely to benefit. Instead, half the village has been demolished to make way for the new project.

"They now want us to move away from the beach. How can we do that as this is our livelihood? They are not paying us much for this land and they have yet to tell us where we will be shifted to. Is this helping the poor?" asks Maskan.

Terengganu, which until 2004 was held by the fundamentalist opposition Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), is expected to be a key battleground in national elections likely to be held by early 2008.

One out of every five people in Terengganu lives below the poverty line, and many say they are disappointed at how little the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) which has ruled Malaysia for 50 years has done for them.

"We really need the government to help us boost our earnings," says Alias Ismail, 45, whose family makes fish crackers in their simple home in Seberang Takir.

"See over there," Alias says, pointing to the lights of Kuala Terengganu. "That's where all the rich people are. We in the villages don't get any money."

Some of the fishermen say they support the government's development plans for the region, but the green-and-white PAS flags that flutter in the windows and doorways of most houses tell a different story.

Development experts say that economic aid is badly needed in rural regions like Terengganu and neighbouring Kelantan, which is the only state now held by PAS.

"There has been a massive structural underdevelopment in the east coast states of Malaysia," says Professor Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, director of ethnic studies at the Malaysian National University.

"The fact that east coast states have been in and out of opposition hands has meant that there has been very little interest or investment from the federal government."

The ruling National Front coalition has begun gearing up for the elections, launching a series of big-spending development masterplans across the nation including one for Terengganu and the other eastern states.

But Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has warned that Malays cannot continue to rely on the NEP and government handouts, and that a change in mindset is needed.

"There are no easy ways to succeed in life. Only the educated, knowledgeable and the hardworking will succeed eventually," he said Sunday, according to the state Bernama news agency.

"I've said many times Malays are not stupid or weak," he added. "I want the Malays to capitalise on the opportunities given to them."

Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071104/wl_asia_afp/malaysiapoliticseconomydevelopment

Frank&Honest,

I concur with what you've written.

The grief to the whole nation is that while Umno is playing up the psychological insecurity of the malays, the world has moved ahead, while at least half the population of this country, probably some eighty percent, have long realized that the sort of governance we have been having these past thirty years has gone down the gutter.

Umno is playing a game and lately it has raised its stakes.

The line of argument posed by brunt council shows how easy it is to argue a situation back to a monoracial comfort zone, in effect reinforcing the very problem that good governance should be removing. It's all within a tempurung limited by this country's borders. That sort of argument is about the perceived negativities of others against the potential positivities of all.

That also implies they cannot see non-Umno's as better Malaysians as well.

I think enough has long gone passed enough. It's time to kick ass at the next elections. Meanwhile those who know should start supporting all opposition parties and do what's necessary to work towards reducing the majority, market and financial pies controlled by Umno.

Folks

Here is an article in the international media about the great achievements of UMNO while in Government, helping the Malays.

The UMNO leaders can talk and crow till the cows come home at the present UMNO General Assembly about their mission to help the POOR Malays, the facts on the ground don't match the rhetoric.

The educated Malay elite, the Malay intelligentsia and those that have morally benefited from NEP should now go out to the kampung folks to pull the wool off their eyes from the lies and falsities over the last 37 years.

The POOR kampung Malays did not even get the crumbs of NEP from UMNO, which even the ass-licking MCA leaders and towkays from NEP.

The elite urban Malays owe their current socio-economic status to their Malay fellow brothers and sisters, who are still trying to make ends meet despite 37 years of NEP.

From AFP wire.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iuaRj5nV226ZVVN1jNqcvJKHSuTA

Malaysia's forgotten poor failed by policy to boost Muslim Malays

AFP

KUALA TERENGGANU, Malaysia (AFP) — Nearly four decades of controversial positive-discrimination policies were supposed to lift Muslim Malays like fisherman Maskan Mohamad out of poverty.

But despite the programme, which has alienated the nation's ethnic Chinese and Indian citizens, Maskan's family have empty bellies and little hope as they struggle to survive on a handful of dollars a day.

"All I know is how to fish. My family are all fisherman and even my children are fishermen because we cannot hope for anything more," says the 62-year-old, who earns about 400 ringgit a month (119 dollars).

That's barely enough to feed his wife, three children and elderly parents. Maskan's two teenage sons had to drop out of school at 11, and the whole family labours to process their daily catch.

"The government say they are helping us but I have not gotten much help from them," he says.

"Where is the government money and projects to help us live a better life, to help my children get jobs and have a better future than me?"

Malaysia's population of nearly 27 million is made up of 60 percent Malay Muslims who dominate the government, 26 percent ethnic Chinese who are prominent in business, and eight percent ethnic Indians.

Two years after race riots broke out in 1969, the government launched the New Economic Policy (NEP) with initiatives to narrow the wealth gap between the Chinese and Malays.

But by 2004, 8.3 percent of Malays were still living in poverty -- earning less than 190 dollars a month -- compared to just 0.6 percent of Chinese and 2.9 percent of Indians.

Critics say the main beneficiaries of the policy have been Malay entrepreneurs who cash in on an array of perks including discounts on property purchases and specially allocated government projects.

Meanwhile, the village of Seberang Takir outside the northern city of Kuala Terengganu is home to 20 fishing families leading a hand-to-mouth existence, living in rickety homes that are a patchwork of wooden planks and pieces of tin.

Women in brightly coloured batik work salting fish and shrimp in the hot sun, shrouded in dust from trucks rumbling to a reclamation site where the state government is building a new cruise ship terminal.

The fishing folk are unlikely to benefit. Instead, half the village has been demolished to make way for the new project.

"They now want us to move away from the beach. How can we do that as this is our livelihood? They are not paying us much for this land and they have yet to tell us where we will be shifted to. Is this helping the poor?" asks Maskan.

Terengganu, which until 2004 was held by the fundamentalist opposition Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), is expected to be a key battleground in national elections likely to be held by early 2008.

One out of every five people in Terengganu lives below the poverty line, and many say they are disappointed at how little the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) which has ruled Malaysia for 50 years has done for them.

"We really need the government to help us boost our earnings," says Alias Ismail, 45, whose family makes fish crackers in their simple home in Seberang Takir.

"See over there," Alias says, pointing to the lights of Kuala Terengganu. "That's where all the rich people are. We in the villages don't get any money."

Some of the fishermen say they support the government's development plans for the region, but the green-and-white PAS flags that flutter in the windows and doorways of most houses tell a different story.

Development experts say that economic aid is badly needed in rural regions like Terengganu and neighbouring Kelantan, which is the only state now held by PAS.

"There has been a massive structural underdevelopment in the east coast states of Malaysia," says Professor Shamsul Amri Baharuddin, director of ethnic studies at the Malaysian National University.

"The fact that east coast states have been in and out of opposition hands has meant that there has been very little interest or investment from the federal government."

The ruling National Front coalition has begun gearing up for the elections, launching a series of big-spending development masterplans across the nation including one for Terengganu and the other eastern states.

But Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has warned that Malays cannot continue to rely on the NEP and government handouts, and that a change in mindset is needed.

"There are no easy ways to succeed in life. Only the educated, knowledgeable and the hardworking will succeed eventually," he said Sunday, according to the state Bernama news agency.

"I've said many times Malays are not stupid or weak," he added. "I want the Malays to capitalise on the opportunities given to them."