From Around The Blogs: The Week of March 22, 2010

From Around The Blogs:

By Joe Fernandez

Who is running the police force?
It is an open secret that besides the ruling elite, the Third Party interfering with Police work includes former top officers of the force including those who have served as IGP & deputy IGP etc. These people are being used to lobby for various favours. They may not be doing it for themselves but for others who are prepared to be more than generous if they get what they want. The only way to stop this rot is to have a thorough shake-up of the police force & a Police Commission be set up to discipline & hold it accountable. The infamous blue black eye incident suffered by Anwar should have alerted us all to the need for changes in the police force. Kugan, for example, may have been given the third degree treatment by police acting on the instructions of a luxury car syndicate & insurance adjusters, according to the speculation. Things can only get worse for the police who are determined to protect their shady dealings come hell or high water. Even the IGP is under suspicion. He knows.

SivaRasa should be rapped on the knuckles for delay
Musa Hassan should be given 4 years to get his law degree failing which he should be prosecuted for lying under oath. If he fails his law degree, he should be prosecuted too. In mitigation, he can say that at least he didn't pass off a bogus degree to get his job. SivaRasa should be rapped on the knuckles too by the court for not coming forward earlier & only kicking a man when he's down. That's not very gentlemanly of him. What do you expect of a legislator who doesn't open his mouth at all on Indian issues & pretends to be deaf, dumb & blind? He's happy playing mandore politics, announcing the same allocations over & over again for Indians. The former DBKL Mayor was for years referred to as Dr Elyas Omar by the media. Subsequently, it transpired that he did not have a PhD. Asked why he didn't stop the media referring to him as Dr, Elyas replied "because they didn't ask". Deja Vu? The gov't should offer an amnesty for all those in the civil service holding bogus qualifications/kulitfications.

When women are considered a man's property
A man sticking to one woman is a rule made by a society which considers women as property. Nature knows no restrictions and men are driven by their hormones to ensure the survival of the genes. Being horny or gatal is incidental to the big picture that nature sees. Of course, nature would be defeated if the man was not horny. Once a woman reaches a certain age, she wouldn't be able to keep up with a man who's still strong and looks young and good-looking. Add to that a pocketful of ringgit and all hell will break loose. In fact, the more money that men have, the more their thoughts tend to wonder dangerously and the hornier they become. Besides, financial freedom buys one loads of time. The problem is what to do with all that time if not get laid. Ask any politician in Umno what they do most of the time and you will get the same answers. This is one area the religious dept and Islamic police should be looking at if they are willing to risk theirs jobs, perks and promotions.

The link between Najib and Altantuya is quite obvious
Obviously, the link is because of the submarine deal which saw the Federal Gov't paying out RM 500 in commissions & promises to pay RM 300 million a year for the next 30 years for the maintenance of the two subs which we don't need because our seas are shallow. Many people don't seem to realise that what the ruling elite calls a legitimate business deal is nothing more than stealing the people's sweat from the public treasury. This is what drives the so-called development projects promised by the ruling Barisan Nasional. As Tengku Razaleigh once said in Australia when Mahathir was Prime Minister, they (the ruling elite) are awarding themselves gov’t projects. Altantuya enters the picture as an interpreter who was promised some RM 5 million for her services. Obviously, some people didn't want to pay her & had her killed for perhaps a paltry sum. The finger of suspicion falls on Najib because he was Defence Minister & the broker company that bagged the submarine project was under Baginda, his aide.

Anwar a big let-down among Indians, East M’sians
If MIC were to stand again, it will be wiped out & it will be a toss between Pakatan Rakyat & HRPM. PR is likely to have the edge if HRPM cannot secure at least some non-Indian support. However, if Umno replaces MIC -- & this would not be viewed favourably by the latter -- the party would have a good chance of bagging the seat by default if HRPM enters the fray at the same time. HRPM can only win if PR gives way & this is unlikely to happen given the fact that Anwar thinks PKR is his family business. Anwar is found more & more wanting as a national leader, not only among the Indian community but also in Sabah & S'wak. After having accepted the Tambunan Declaration which covers autonomy, Sabah/S'wak rights, 20 Points & the M'sia Agreement, Anwar refused to back the recent briefing by CigMa activists from PKR at the British Parliament in London & even cut-off promised financial aid from the party for the trip at the last minute. Luckily, M'sians in London came through, tnx to Hindraf.

Religion should not dictate a man’s fate
The big difference between the mainstream media & the alternative media is that the former buries the news angle when reporting on a "negative" issue. Besides that, the MSM tries to pass off virtually racist speeches & propaganda on development as "news". There is also a religious element among the MSM establishments. At the New Straits Times, for example, the policy is to have only Muslims as heads of the various news bureaus around the country. At the main office, Muslims also hold a disproportionate number of the top posts despite sometimes their weakness in the English language & even their inability to match their non-Muslim colleagues in energy & productivity. Not surprisingly, the Nst circulation is down to 88,000 copies daily including copies sponsored for schools by big corporations & other sponsored copies handed out free at the toll plazas, KLIA & LCC. A person's religion should never be held against him but that's the sad fact at the Nst. Many even convert to get promoted.