Of UMNO's 2007 GA, Bersih's 4,000, Rommel and denying BN a 2/3s majority

I took a break from blogging the past week or so. Partly due to limited broadband access and an inordinate amount of work due to a member of my team being on 3 months maternity leave.

But Malaysia sure as hell was not on a break. So here's what I learned over the last couple of weeks.

UMNO might have toned down the racial rhetoric a little at this year's General Assembly, but it's still the same rubbish party without doubt. This picture here of Dumb & Dumber aptly depicts the essence of UMNO.

1. The mouths are wide open, but there's nothing worth hearing coming out.

I've lost count of how many ways they can spin and re-spin: "We will actively discriminate against you, your race and your religion, but without being unfair to you, your race and your religion."

That's like saying "I'm going to take this here penis, and thrust it in and out of your vagina repeatedly, but you're going to remain a virgin anyway. Trust me."

2. The fists are clenched in the air, but it means nothing more than upturned palms at the end of outstretched hands demanding 30% share for 0% contribution.

Their next free lunch.., the newspaper distribution industry controlled by that dastardly race which dared to enjoy their main festival and solitary public holiday when the UMNO president's son-in-law wanted to have his father-in-law's speech published.

Bersih went ahead with it's Nov 10th 'illegal' march to deliver a memorandum on clean elections to the Agung at Istana Negara.

The police closed off all roads into KL attempting to thwart the march, but were wrong-footed into thinking that Merdeka Square was the rallying point. Instead, the marchers simply marched straight to Istana Negara while the police formed an impenetrable cordon around a deserted Merdeka Square.

The newspapers of course, completely blacked out the marcher's side of the event, preferring instead to spread govt propaganda about riot police having to douse the marchers with chemically laced water cannons because they were in danger of being savagely attacked by boxes of half eaten sandwiches and rain drenched yellow t-shirts.

Best of all, according to 'official' reports, this picture of a huge ocean of people filling the entire length and width of the thoroughfare is actually only 4,000 people. Never have so many been counted as so few.

At the end of the day, it's all very simple. Things are not as rosy as some will have you believe, and it's going to take nothing less than a complete change of government (or at least a reduction of the ruling coalition's majority to less than 2/3s) in order to put the country back on the wagon.

Apparently, the election's coming soon. For the first time in your life, please vote wisely. If you're Chinese and you want what's best for the country, vote against BN... even if you need to vote for PAS against MCA. It doesn't matter that you disagree with PAS' Islamic Nation objective. Even if PAS wins all their seats, they don't contest enough seats to form the govt. But by simply voting for ANYONE BESIDES BN, we can deny BN a 2/3s majority.

If you're Malay and you want what's best for the country, vote against BN... even if you need to vote for DAP against UMNO. It doesn't matter if you disagree with DAP's Malaysian Malaysia. Even if DAP wins all their seats, they don't contest enough seats to form the govt. But by simply voting for ANYONE BESIDES BN, we can deny BN a 2/3s majority.

If you're Indian or dan lain-lain... according to UMNO, your vote doesn't matter. But trust me, it's in your best interest to simply vote for ANYONE BESIDES BN, to deny BN a 2/3s majority.