Political incontinence
Incontinence is a sign of biological dysfunction. It is often linked to the lack of voluntary control of excretory functions over urine and faeces. Wikipedia refers to incontinence as leakage that occurs under conditions that cannot be helped or stopped. Largely, they are due to stress and urge.
Patients of incontinence, adults included, are forced to wear diapers to save them the agony of wetting themselves in public.
In these days of political upheavals in Barisan Nasional (BN), it is apparent that Putrajaya must order loads of adult diapers for Abdullah Badawi and his Umno men in Penang. They are all suffering from political incontinence of sorts.
Case in hand is the way Abdullah, the temporary BN and Umno president, losing control over his henchman in Penang, Ahmad Ismail; and the way Ahmad losing control over his followers along the chain of command.
Intentionally and intentionally, racial sentiments are allowed to inflame over the name-calling of Chinese Malaysians as being the 'penumpang' (squatters) in this country.
Protracted over weeks after Umno lost in the August 26 Permatang Pauh by-election, Ahmad twice went on the racial romp, followed by Penang Umno secretary Azhar Ibrahim, who mutated a new issue, demanding for the Sinchew journalist who exposed Ahmad's racial slur to be shot (ditembak).
In the heat of things, Ahmad tongue-lashed at Penang BN chief, ex-CM Koh Tsu Koon, and urged for the expulsion of Gerakan from the 34-year coalition.
'Chinese Malaysians mimic American Jews'
Yesterday, Ahmad chaired his second PC in a week, and was seen to condone his supporters to remove Koh's picture hanged in the Umno Penang premises, and torn in the probing eyes of the journalists, and within the ranges of lenses of the photogs who covered the function.
At the same press conference yesterday, Ahmad warned Chinese Malaysians not to mimic American Jews who not only seek to control the country's economy but also its political power.
By the measure of political theatrics, this is an act that pacifies the filial peers but truly agonises the multi-racial fabric of bystanders.
By the standard of civility, it is a sheer incident of political indecency.
It also indicates the political incontinence that Abdullah is suffering from. He wets himself in public for losing control over his political anatomy.



Pictures sourced from Kwong Wah Yit Poh e-Newspaper
Taking a realist stance, I do not pity Koh for being humiliated by his partners in the political coalition that he chooses to align with and to remain within. He has been offering himself a slave, rather than equal partner, to Umno all these years. It matters naught even if Gerakan, or for that matter the MCA, chooses to leave BN.
However, I do pity that 51 years of nationhood building has to go down the drain due to nincompoops like Ahmad and Azhar. Their reign of arrogance and tyranny has dealt national unity into disrepair.
Again, Abdullah triumphs by flip-flopping on his authority to stamp ruckus within his household, and submits the country to racial discord. This is not good for Malaysia.
I believe the right way to stop this malaise is that, rather than getting everyone else to leave the coalition -- as Ahmad dictates -- it's best to get all BN component parties to press for the ouster Umno for condoning the uber race politics.
That's is political wisdom that Malaysians sorely lacks.
Cut ties to developers
For Ahmad, who is the Umno Bukit Bendera Division chief, to rebuff the party's chieftains like Abdullah and Najib, it is because he holds sway over delegates who will decide the party's leadership line-up this December. Ahmad's peers at the other 12 divisions saw the same trump card and joined in the fray to ransom Abdullah, who needs their votes to survive in politics.
Secondly, Ahmad and other little warlords at the Umno division level are well funded by Chinese-run and Chinese-owned real estate developers who hooked them on on the gravy train when BN ruled Penang before GE2008.
One way to cut the umbilical chord, if Koh had already known, was to manage these real estate developers at their Achilles' heel. When the life support system is unplugged, the devils of Ahmad die.
BY THE WAY... are you decided to send adult diapers to Putrajaya by the loads?
Comments
Diapers will be but flimsy covers to hide the stinking mess and putrid rot that is there regardless of whatever is applied to try to hide the true state of affairs.
Cosmetic dressings and empty spin-doctoring are not going to help.
The patients are now in Stage 4 Terminal Acute Panic. Disease had been grossly mismanaged from the start, and progressed rapidly from Stage 1 Acute Power Greed which progressed to Stage 2 Delusions of Grandiour and declined to Stage 3 Festering Self-Denial.
Better to save the money the diapers will cost, and use some of the money for a wreath as a generous gesture on soon-to-be passing of said patients from the political stage.
Posted by: Leithaisor
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September 9, 2008 10:56 AM
Dear YB,
I like this tongue in cheek comment:
"...BY THE WAY... are you decided to send adult diapers to Putrajaya by the loads?..."
We all know who is REALLY wearing adult diapers, don't we?
Ahmad and his Penang ball carriers are fishing in troubled waters. They know they have a toothless boss and they are taking advantage of this to play the racial card to bolster their own chances for the coming UMNO elections.
Never mind. Give them enough rope and they will hang themselves. They have done PR a great favour by their antics and all you have to do is to keep reminding these morons once in a while their stupid actions and you can be sure they will do even more stupid things to benefit PR.
Posted by: Justice Bao
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September 9, 2008 11:14 AM
This is getting really ridiculous!!
Imagine our country are run by these morons! Do they really think they are "strong" and "better" by acting like a baboon?
It's really sad to see M'sian becoming more "de-civilised". With all the overseas M'sians looking at the current situation, i'm not sure if they are wanting to go back anymore. I myself would be very reluctant to come back if BN is still in power.
Where's ISA when you need it? Or ISA is only for anti BN people? Doesn't apply to BN cronies?
Awaiting the result of the meeting between that monkey with PM. Hopefully not another, "i slap his wrist and tell him not to do it anymore" :P
Posted by: Shawn
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September 9, 2008 11:24 AM
It's a staged drama possibly approved by the top bitches. Isn't that is how BN functions since like ages ago?
Posted by: hasilox
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September 9, 2008 11:25 AM
As a Malay from Penang I can say that most of the Malays especially those on Island are :"campuran" of Indians from India.
As for Ahmad Ismail, why did he attack only the Malaysian Chinese. Why didn't he say the same to the "mamaks' and the Indians.
Ahmad Ismail is a bigot of the biggest order who has forgotten his roots. Wasn't his late father an Indian immigrant from the State of Kerala, in India.
Ask him the above question. Would he dare deny it? Just like the Malaysian Chinese whom he has termed as "penumpang", he himself is also one.
I think he should be banished to an uninhibited island far away from Malaysia so that he will no be able to threaten the peace in this country.
Posted by: oldman
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September 9, 2008 11:45 AM
I have previously said only UMNO desperately needs a May 13. And this shows. He does it because he has got his sanction from somewhere obviously.
Calling for all Malays and Muslims to unite. Well, he dreams too much. i don't think this guy will be able to even get his kampung to support him. Obviously the supporters in Penang amongst the UMNO divisions are basically reeling from the lack of Ali Baba contracts coming their way. I am sure even Ali Baba, after having found his wealth, if you suddenly stopped him from accessing it, that mild lovable guy will throw a tantrum. So this is what it is.
These guys are only used to they being tuans and the Chinese being nothing but calling and talking to them in reverence. And now,, in Penang they got nothing to do and the Chinese are not calling them over and buying them their Starbucks coffee anymore.
AS I have said elsewhere, what this guy is saying is no worse than what the Biro Tata Negara guys say to our kids and their kids. So nothing unusual here.
What is unusual at this time is MCA's and Gerakan's response here.
Are the guys in Gerakan and MCA not supposed to say "setuju"? Why change the lines for? Now you see what happens?
Posted by: Observer
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September 9, 2008 11:58 AM
gangterism
Posted by: CY
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September 9, 2008 12:36 PM
Ahmad Ismail ??? who is this guy ? Ah "mad" Ismail the penang division chief of Bukit Bendara ? wat he's mad ? oh no....folks don't go near this guy , he's mad already , he issue malay's warning to us the minority. hmmm...he reprsent all malays ??? then PKR & PAS represent who ? tat guy something wrong with his brain , need to call MPH & send him for brain scanning checkup ???
Posted by: kent
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September 9, 2008 03:16 PM
Smith: 'Neil, were they to just say the Chinese are pendatang, it would already be factually wrong but to say they are penumpang is clearly racism.'
Neil: 'How is that so?'
Smith: 'The guy said it within earshot of the Chinese so if he had said they are pendatang, he was clearly labelling them pendatang by dint of their forefathers. How is that possible if those Chinese in his midst were also born in this country as was him? Are and were are two different things, otherwise there's no past and present. What must have rankled more than half the population i think was the use of the term penumpang. That shows he wanted to threaten that they have temporary residence and can be evicted if they are deemed to be parasitic in much the same way illegal squatters can be evicted by the bulldozers of cityhalls. The question is who is to deem them parasitic enough for eviction? Even as a Smith, i can tell you that Malaysia is not what Rhodesia was so what's their real beef? And how would he evict your Dr Mahathir or even your present PM? One leg out of the border, ah?'
Neil: 'It's all the fault of your forefathers.'
Smith: 'Why you always want to blame us mat-sallehs one?'
Neil: 'The guy who wrote the paper must have stared out the window and saw some Chinese, Indians etc. Then he must have thought ok citizenship for them for the exigency of their allegiance to the State to be formed. Smith, the paper was written during a specific period for a specific objective. Both that period and objective have passed. After fifty one years, no one is an immigrant just as after five hundred years, the indigenous natives would have concluded those who had come from Palembang or wherever would have been called immigrants per se during that time but not when they have expired and later generations were born on the same land. If he can as a right say the others are pendatang or penumpang, wouldn't you say the indigenous natives before his forefathers such as you find in great numbers generations later in Sabah and Sarawak today would have an even greater right to say that of him? If he cannot accept that, why? If it's just by numbers, then he comes from just about half of the population, as the last official census tried to hide. So where's the rationale? Can't you see it too, Smith? Your forefathers didn't ask the question about those born here after that period.'
Smith: 'Don't blame my forefathers, Neil. It's just the bigotry and racism of some amidst your countrymen today.'
Neil:' And how do you expect us who are affected by what he had said to think they and us are all common countrymen of this country, given their propensity to spew such frivolous, vexatious and racist remarks? He even said he has some chinese friends. Did he think what they will feel when he said what he had said?'
Smith: 'You have my sympathies. Indeed, I happened by your New Sunday Times of September 7th. It's pretty confusing, i must say. Headlines said Cool It! But the text mentioned in passing only the alleged racist statement by your Ahmad Ismail while your PM dragged in the non-malays as well when the whole issue was not caused by them, and then he also said the guy had informed the meeting that his statement had been misinterpreted by the newspaper. I understand that subsequently the guy refused to recant his remarks. So i am wondering now why he won't recant what he said was misinterpreted. Can you tell me? Now if you also turn to page 2, your DPM said the guy refusing to apologise was a different matter while the rights and interests of the non-Malays will be protected under the BN govt. So i thought if it was a different matter, why no action was taken on those who had gatecrashed the Bar Council dialogue, for instance, and i can certainly think of at least one thousand other examples. Meanwhile on the same page, your Information Minister said the media should not simply report for the sake of reporting. I would have thought that this matter was more than important because as we can now see, the same guy has refused to apologise, what more tore up the photo of the head of a component party of BN who had tried to excuse his behaviour for having some personal axe to grind, and then the same fellow now proceeded to warn the chinese not to be american jews for wanting political power in addition to economic power. I would think if they wanted political power, they would not have waited fifty one years, suffering for at least thirty in national interest, and also for once through the MCA party helping their Umno financially when the latter was in financial difficulty.
Having said that, shouldn't your BN govt through your information minister be quick to make amends by now instead? But i see nothing in subsequent papers. Nothing at all. What i want to say is that in just two pages of your official daily, your BN govt has chickened out to show that it means what it says when it says the rights of non-Malays are protected. Why not just haul up that guy for a sedition charge that they have been otherwise so easy to tar on others? Why the double standards, kids-glove, hands-off-mat-rempits approach? So where are the equal rights that your BN govt says it will protect?'
Neil:'It's just simple realpolitik, Smith. The people who can correct matters won't because they think they are dependent on ultras in their ranks in order to create a reason for their party to exist that they still think the electorate wants. They want to divide the nation by racial and religious issues so that they can tighten their powerhold over all, even if doing so means they will allow for the non-malays to again be their bogeymen, and that despite their fellow component party members trying against their own members' wishes to support the unsupportable.'
Smith: 'I think at the least your Koh would be feeling that extremely badly right now. The trouble with political parties is that they become a platform for the smallest fry to be magnified into giants. A chance of a lifetime to feel good about defending something even if the process sickens and the results deepen the sickness. And i think it's not just political systems which create havoc. Religion, too. Some uneducated fella with no rationalisation skills can put on a garb and assume afterlife authority over his ceo on all matters where the right perspectives are required. It's quite messy, really.'
Neil: 'Especially given these economically difficult times for most, Smith. Just the other day one guy wrote that the chinese retailer tended to charge a bit more if the customer was a malay. I thought that given today's globalization forces where places like Tesco can knock out those mom-and-pop shops, it would be stupid of the retailer to do such a thing. In fact those shops survive only by customer loyalty, so what gives segmenting customers by race? After all, money can be any colour to be legal tender. Everyone should see that the biggest need today is cooperation because the biggest problem still unsolved is globalization. We have no buffer, as the recent fuel hike has so painfully shown. Save for a small percent, most of the rakyat are suffering right through it. In fact, one wonders if Umno thinks the rakyat stupid for one minute telling them to change their lifestyle and then the next sponsoring 41 MPs to go to Taiwan. Why? so that they can appreciate more how the tourism minister's proposal for the ministry website can, should and must cost RM36 million? What is the word the young use, "duh"?!'
Smith: 'Clear to me it was to prevent them for walking over to the other side, Neil.'
Neil: 'Yeah, just like the ruckus they're trying to generate that a win by the other side will mean less muslim MPs in Parliament. Still trying to divide by religion next to race, one can see. Don't you think if the MP is non-muslim but the majority of his constituency is muslim, he would be mad to do anything that will hurt them? But even if this isn't so, at the end of the day everyone should ask what kind of country we want this place to be, a country as was in the past where guys like that fella brew up from some primordial soup, or a better country where everyone is happy with one another and there is progress, harmony and hope. All real, not the type sanctioned by parsimonious Umno leaders only in form, but allowed to be destroyed in substance by their diehard racists ultras. As we have seen in the case of the Biro scandal, racism has joined its cousins corruption and religious extremism right into the bone marrow of the members of one political party.
How can any right-minded citizen, whatever the race or background you care to champion, sit still and condone all these things going on and on?
All the component members of BN including the MCA, MIC and Gerakan should just leave their house of shame. Umno has moved the furniture around until it has become unrecognizable. In fact the best settees have been sent to the sumptuous master bedroom only which is only open to the great masters, the umnoputras.'
Smith: 'So, Neil, what you say to do?'
Neil: 'The only decision to make you already know, so why ask me, Mr Smith?'
Smith: 'You can call me that if you will let me call you Neo, Neil.'
Neil: 'Smith, a matrix suffuses this land, choking the goodwill and potential, sucking the lifeblood, riches and naturality out of all. No one is spared. Go ask the Oracle who the damn architect of it all is. Then kickda ass once and for all. We should have more time to tend to the great grandchildren before we hit the great beyond. No more-lah. Enough is enough.'
Smith: 'Let's go for some grub.'
Neil: 'Hope it doesn't come in big bags with the word "Friskies" on it.'
Smith: '(horrified mat-salleh look). Neil, that's cat food!'
Neil: 'And the nitwit says there are rich and power-crazed american jews here. Hah!'
Posted by: Neil
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September 9, 2008 07:33 PM
I think this Mr.Angry Man did the right thing. He must have noticed that photo is a bit outdated and should be replaced by the photo of the current CM of Penang. He appears to be a pretty good actor as a Mr. Angry Man to me.
Joke aside, if I were him, I will definitely be as angry, as well as worry of the change of political landscape in Malaysia. For a a typical privileged warlord in the old BN-UMNO set up, the change means I will potentially lose those fat commissions, ten and thousands of APs aka "Easier than printing money.. TQVM", ten and thousands of taxi, bus licences, etc again aka "Easier than printing money..TQVM", juicy contracts and what not. Come 916, all these privileges will be fairly shared by all deserving and competent Malaysians and not monopolized by selected few warlords. The Pakatan Rakyat promises that the nation's wealth and resources will be equitably shared and more opportunities to get a better and richer life will be created for all Malaysians regardless of race sounded so bloody annoying. If I were one of those warlord who is subscribing to those outdated "race supremacy" ideology, I will be definitely be angry and worry.
But does the Mr. Angry Man really and truly represents the race as he claims ? Does he thinks that each and every individual person of his race are thinking and behaving like him ? The answer is definitely NO. Just the other day, my newly moved in neighbor of Malay by race, who is a professional architect came all out and sweat under a pretty hot sun to help my wife to change one of her tires as she did not noticed it earlier, when she was out to send the kids to school. And the other neighbor of the same race who is a journalist, their kids as well as their parent always waive and smile to us whenever they are hanging out in their very nice garden, as our car passes their house. I for one, had purposely created a fair bit of opportunities and promoted quite a numbers of fellow Malay Malaysians who were competent and deserving.
For those warlords who shouted fellow Chinese Malaysians as "pendatang", may be they are right if you look at it from a different perspective. We are all pendatang to this planet called Earth. We are belonging to the same family. Didn't they noticed the theme song of the Beijing Olympic? - "You and me/ From one world/ Heart to heart/ We are one family." I wonder they are football fans too, didn't they also notice those many "NO TO RACISM" electronic billboard around.
The ideology of "race supremacy" is dieing fast. This is the end product of "DIVIDE and RULE" tactics, purposely and intentionally left over by those old colonial masters who wanted to maintain their interests in these countries. This "Divide and rule" and "race supremacy" ideologies had ruined and are still ruining (and killing) many developing countries, especially in Africa. I think majority Malaysians do not subscribe to this ideology. The world had changed. Soon, USA may even have a Black as their president. I think those KKK - 'Race Supremacy" folks in USA certainly will not like it. I wonder those folks who are subscribing to the similar "Race Supremacy" ideology in Malaysia will like this new development or not.
Like it or not, folks, the World had changed. We all better look ahead, work hard as well as work smart. No one single race in this Earth is a chosen one. And please do not use race issue as a mask to practice "Divide and Rule" anymore. It just simply does not work anymore. All reasonable, sensible, humble and honest Malaysians know that.
Posted by: Niuku
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September 9, 2008 08:00 PM
another case where our pm failed to stop his 'mad dog' from biting others.
what saddens me is that the mamak (indian muslim) choose to be by his side which he labeled them as a 'pendatang'. do they have any honor?
i wish to be a 'pendatang' too, at least i can go back to anywhere i want instead of here where i get wat i had worked for not bcos of my skin color.
such ironic...our leader used to say others as racist but they, themselves are one. hope 16th will be happening, we might not know wat will happen but i knew it will be better than having 'them' around....
God bless Malaysia...
Posted by: lovehurts
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September 9, 2008 09:55 PM
Correction on my posting: "uninhabited" instead of "uninhibited"
Posted by: oldman
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September 9, 2008 10:56 PM
Dear YB Jeff,
The "Dreaded" time & language has finally arrived - yes, the “Critical, Dangerous & Ugly” Political situation developing in this great nation, precipated by the “Evil & Desperate” Powers-that-be, provoking & inciting “Racial & Religious” divide amongst the downtrodden “Anak Bangsa Malaysia".
Just give them more rpoe to "Hang" themselves at every turn towards their "Demise" soon.
"Devine Intervention" works wonders & with the "Anarchy" developing within their ranks of "Wannabe Young UMNOputra Heroes" aka "Pendatangs" also, they have their own "Enemies" from within !
PM & DPM have lost the "Plot" altogether & this "UMNO Anarchy" will be the "Mother of the BN Self-Desruct" mechanism in full action.
We have to be virgilant, stay UNITED, stay calm, have Faith in God Almighty for His Blessings, Protection & Guidance so that we will not fall into the BN “Chaos Trap”.
Posted by: flyer168
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September 9, 2008 11:34 PM
saya percaya Isu Menumpang ini ada motif di sebaliknya...
lihatlah ni...
Kenapa Ahmad Berani Ingkari Arahan
Rakyat Malaysia!
Jangan Terpengaruh dengan taktik MEREKA!!!
PERPADUAN ADALAH TERAS KEJAYAAN!!!
Posted by: Go!Malaysian...
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September 10, 2008 12:22 AM
Dear YB Jeff.
They talk about historical facts. Let's give them historical facts.
You want historical facts, Mr. Prime Minister? Here are some historical facts:
1. The first 'Malay' Sultan ever was a Hindu Sumatran prince named Parameswara (who later called himself Iskandar Shah, though his conversion to Islam is still unclear so far with no evidence), and who also claimed descent from Alexander the Great. So does that mean our current Malaysian royal houses, all of which the Hikayat Melayu incontrovertibly states have their roots from the Malaccan Sultanate, are originally of Sumatran and Greek origin?
2. The Chinese 'immigrants' came to this country just about a hundred years after the 'Malays'. And even that is arguable judging from trading records which point to earlier dates. Followed closely by the Indians a century and a bit later. (But let's not forget the Hindus who were here well before even the Muslims. Archaeological sites abound all over the country, no?)
3. The reason for the very existence of the definition of 'Malay' is due to the fact that there really isn't a real 'Malay' race. The definition of 'Malay' as a race was created by the British colonialists for administrative and political reasons only 50 or less years ago. Before then, we had the very distinct groupings of the Javanese, Bugis, Bawean, Achehnese, Minangkabaus, Pattanis, Champas, etc etc. Nearly all of whom migrated from the group of islands we now call Indonesia and the rest from various parts of Indo-China.
4. The original inhabitants of the land have always been the Orang Asli, the Iban, the Bidayuh, the Orang Ulu, the Melanau, the Kadazan, the Dusun and all the other ethnic minorities who have been rendered politically neutred, casually skimmed over in history lessons and then insultingly categorised as pra-bumi, whatever that means. These minorities, as you call us, have been living on this land since time immemorial. (More archaeological sites abound.)
So who are the real immigrants and who are the real princes of the soil? You want to talk about historical facts, Mr. Prime Minister? Let's open the real history books and study the learned and unbiased research of real historians and find out for ourselves the historical facts as they really are, not the systematically re-written histories that we have been indoctrinated with.
Sure, many already know of these historical facts. But it wouldn't hurt to offer you this gentle reminder, Mr. Prime Minister. Perhaps Ahmad should seriously start considering which part of Indonesia or Indo-China he would like to return to if he continues to suggest that the Chinese are immigrants?
Posted by: The Gerasi
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September 10, 2008 08:55 AM
I'm just curious.. does anyone here actually read Neil's posts?
I don't get what he's trying to do.. not that it's any of my business but i'm just curious :D
Posted by: GreaterGood
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September 10, 2008 06:13 PM
Dear All,
See...? The hero is koyak-ing Koh's picture... So hero hoh?
God bless Malaysia.
Posted by: Jovis Low
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September 11, 2008 10:23 AM